Author: Sam Taylor
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1440635722
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
A gripping literary thriller from an exciting new voice in fiction Hailed as 'one to watch' by the UK's Telegraph, Sam Taylor is one of the most imaginative and innovative young writers at work today. With The Amnesiac, his United States debut, he incorporates a murder mystery and a forgotten manuscript into an exhilarating and intelligent novel. When twenty-nine-year-old James Purdew returns to England from his home in Amsterdam, it is to discover what happened during three earlier years of his life that he cannot recall. What he finds, in an old house with a tragic history, is a nineteenth-century manuscript that begins to seem less and less like a work of fiction-and more like the key to his own lost past. Memory and amnesia, fiction and reality, destiny and randomness, heaven and hell-all converge to form an engrossing gothic story that is sure to appeal to fans of Carlos Ruiz Zafon's The Shadow of the Wind.
The Amnesiac
Author: Sam Taylor
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1440635722
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
A gripping literary thriller from an exciting new voice in fiction Hailed as 'one to watch' by the UK's Telegraph, Sam Taylor is one of the most imaginative and innovative young writers at work today. With The Amnesiac, his United States debut, he incorporates a murder mystery and a forgotten manuscript into an exhilarating and intelligent novel. When twenty-nine-year-old James Purdew returns to England from his home in Amsterdam, it is to discover what happened during three earlier years of his life that he cannot recall. What he finds, in an old house with a tragic history, is a nineteenth-century manuscript that begins to seem less and less like a work of fiction-and more like the key to his own lost past. Memory and amnesia, fiction and reality, destiny and randomness, heaven and hell-all converge to form an engrossing gothic story that is sure to appeal to fans of Carlos Ruiz Zafon's The Shadow of the Wind.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1440635722
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
A gripping literary thriller from an exciting new voice in fiction Hailed as 'one to watch' by the UK's Telegraph, Sam Taylor is one of the most imaginative and innovative young writers at work today. With The Amnesiac, his United States debut, he incorporates a murder mystery and a forgotten manuscript into an exhilarating and intelligent novel. When twenty-nine-year-old James Purdew returns to England from his home in Amsterdam, it is to discover what happened during three earlier years of his life that he cannot recall. What he finds, in an old house with a tragic history, is a nineteenth-century manuscript that begins to seem less and less like a work of fiction-and more like the key to his own lost past. Memory and amnesia, fiction and reality, destiny and randomness, heaven and hell-all converge to form an engrossing gothic story that is sure to appeal to fans of Carlos Ruiz Zafon's The Shadow of the Wind.
Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac
Author: Gabrielle Zevin
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
ISBN: 1429956291
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
From the author of Elsewhere and the Birthright trilogy, Gabrielle Zevin's Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac is an imaginative YA novel all about love and second chances. If Naomi had picked tails, she would have won the coin toss. She wouldn't have had to go back for the yearbook camera, and she wouldn't have hit her head on the steps. She wouldn't have woken up in an ambulance with amnesia. She certainly would have remembered her boyfriend, Ace. She might even have remembered why she fell in love with him in the first place. She would understand why her best friend, Will, keeps calling her "Chief." She'd get all his inside jokes, and maybe he wouldn't be so frustrated with her for forgetting things she can't possibly remember. She'd know about her mom's new family. She'd know about her dad's fiancée. She wouldn't have to spend her junior year relearning all the French she supposedly knew already. She never would have met James, the boy with the questionable past and the even fuzzier future, who tells her he once wanted to kiss her. She wouldn't have wanted to kiss him back. But Naomi picked heads. Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac is a 2008 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
ISBN: 1429956291
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
From the author of Elsewhere and the Birthright trilogy, Gabrielle Zevin's Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac is an imaginative YA novel all about love and second chances. If Naomi had picked tails, she would have won the coin toss. She wouldn't have had to go back for the yearbook camera, and she wouldn't have hit her head on the steps. She wouldn't have woken up in an ambulance with amnesia. She certainly would have remembered her boyfriend, Ace. She might even have remembered why she fell in love with him in the first place. She would understand why her best friend, Will, keeps calling her "Chief." She'd get all his inside jokes, and maybe he wouldn't be so frustrated with her for forgetting things she can't possibly remember. She'd know about her mom's new family. She'd know about her dad's fiancée. She wouldn't have to spend her junior year relearning all the French she supposedly knew already. She never would have met James, the boy with the questionable past and the even fuzzier future, who tells her he once wanted to kiss her. She wouldn't have wanted to kiss him back. But Naomi picked heads. Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac is a 2008 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.
Amnesiac Selves
Author: Nicholas Dames
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0195143574
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 309
Book Description
In its nuanced examination of a wide variety of Victorian theories of mind, including physiognomy, physiology, associationism, and cognitive philosophies, 'Amnesiac Selves' reveals a portrait of the interaction between psychology and the novel in the years 1810-1870.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0195143574
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 309
Book Description
In its nuanced examination of a wide variety of Victorian theories of mind, including physiognomy, physiology, associationism, and cognitive philosophies, 'Amnesiac Selves' reveals a portrait of the interaction between psychology and the novel in the years 1810-1870.
Amnesiac Ex, Unforgettable Vows
Author: Robyn Grady
Publisher: Silhouette
ISBN: 1426879369
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
The last woman Samuel Bishop expected to have in his arms was his ex-wife. Left with amnesia from an accident, Laura had no memory of their bitter divorce. In her mind, she and the business tycoon were still newlyweds. With her ready to pick up where she thought their scorching-hot marriage had left off, he couldn't turn her down. But soon Bishop realized he was playing with fire. He wanted to reclaim the wedded bliss this Laura had shown him, but what would happen when her memory returned? And what would happen if it didn't?
Publisher: Silhouette
ISBN: 1426879369
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
The last woman Samuel Bishop expected to have in his arms was his ex-wife. Left with amnesia from an accident, Laura had no memory of their bitter divorce. In her mind, she and the business tycoon were still newlyweds. With her ready to pick up where she thought their scorching-hot marriage had left off, he couldn't turn her down. But soon Bishop realized he was playing with fire. He wanted to reclaim the wedded bliss this Laura had shown him, but what would happen when her memory returned? And what would happen if it didn't?
Memoirs of an Amnesiac
Author: Harry Parry
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 141167006X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 279
Book Description
I have heard it said that everyone alive has a special gift. Therefore it stands to reason that we all have a special disability. Maybe sometimes the two go hand in hand.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 141167006X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 279
Book Description
I have heard it said that everyone alive has a special gift. Therefore it stands to reason that we all have a special disability. Maybe sometimes the two go hand in hand.
The Sheriff's Amnesiac Bride
Author: Linda Conrad
Publisher: Silhouette
ISBN: 142682436X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
Sheriff Jericho Yates was about to marry a friend as a favor when a gorgeous damsel appeared, dodging bullets and running for shelter. He had to help this woman who didn't know who she was. Rosie wished she could tell Jericho why she'd been running—and how she'd ended up pregnant. She did know she was falling in love with the handsome, engaged sheriff. Then Jericho's marriage was called off… and he showed Rosie how far he'd go to keep her safe. But once her memory returned, would they lose their chance for a future together?
Publisher: Silhouette
ISBN: 142682436X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
Sheriff Jericho Yates was about to marry a friend as a favor when a gorgeous damsel appeared, dodging bullets and running for shelter. He had to help this woman who didn't know who she was. Rosie wished she could tell Jericho why she'd been running—and how she'd ended up pregnant. She did know she was falling in love with the handsome, engaged sheriff. Then Jericho's marriage was called off… and he showed Rosie how far he'd go to keep her safe. But once her memory returned, would they lose their chance for a future together?
The Sinner and the Amnesiac
Author: Alon Goshen-Gottstein
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 9780804733878
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
This is a detailed study of two intriguing figures in early rabbinic literature, shown to be products of the literary creativity of rabbinic storytellers who convey a particular ideology through the image of the rabbinic heroes they portray: Elisha ben Abuya, considered as apostate and sinner, and Eleazar ben Arach, known as the one who forgot his Torah.
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 9780804733878
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
This is a detailed study of two intriguing figures in early rabbinic literature, shown to be products of the literary creativity of rabbinic storytellers who convey a particular ideology through the image of the rabbinic heroes they portray: Elisha ben Abuya, considered as apostate and sinner, and Eleazar ben Arach, known as the one who forgot his Torah.
The Sheriff & The Amnesiac
Author: Ryanne Corey
Publisher: Silhouette
ISBN: 1459200713
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 183
Book Description
"WHO IS JENNY KYLE? " Seems as if everybody in Bridal Veil Falls is asking that question. The feisty redhead with the high-powered motorcycle made quite an impression on the little Montana town—even before the accident that stole her memory… Sheriff Tyler Cook—a champion rodeo rider who'd walked away from a million-dollar career to become the law in his hometown—wants to know her story, too. But folks are starting to think his interest isn't purely professional… And the sparks flying between the sassy stranger and the rock-solid Western lawman have the town wondering if she'll be sticking around—even after she remembers who she is…
Publisher: Silhouette
ISBN: 1459200713
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 183
Book Description
"WHO IS JENNY KYLE? " Seems as if everybody in Bridal Veil Falls is asking that question. The feisty redhead with the high-powered motorcycle made quite an impression on the little Montana town—even before the accident that stole her memory… Sheriff Tyler Cook—a champion rodeo rider who'd walked away from a million-dollar career to become the law in his hometown—wants to know her story, too. But folks are starting to think his interest isn't purely professional… And the sparks flying between the sassy stranger and the rock-solid Western lawman have the town wondering if she'll be sticking around—even after she remembers who she is…
The Amnesiac's Guide to Espionage
Author: Dave Sinclair
Publisher: Dave Sinclair
ISBN: 0648221423
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
Eva Destruction is Back! Eva is an MI6 agent who wakes to find armed men in her apartment hell-bent on revenge. The only problem is, she has no idea what they're talking about. Someone has stolen the last sixth months’ worth of her memories and the fate of the world rides on getting them back. On the eve of the G8 summit, Eva is thrown headlong into globe-trotting assassinations and gun battles on the trail of the mysterious plan known only as Halcyon. Together with a besotted CIA agent and a misogynistic MI6 operative, Eva races across the world to retrace her steps in the hopes of finding answers. With the clock ticking, Eva must track down those behind her memory loss, as well as battle a foe she can't remember. The globetrotting takes her from London, to exotic Macau casinos, to Hong Kong hydrofoils, to French castles, to English mansions, to a car chase between an ice-cream van containing a nuclear weapon and black SUVs through the streets of London. With betrayal at every turn, Eva discovers she can't trust anyone, including her own organisation. Eva must face down nuclear annihilation alone and she hasn't even had her coffee yet.
Publisher: Dave Sinclair
ISBN: 0648221423
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
Eva Destruction is Back! Eva is an MI6 agent who wakes to find armed men in her apartment hell-bent on revenge. The only problem is, she has no idea what they're talking about. Someone has stolen the last sixth months’ worth of her memories and the fate of the world rides on getting them back. On the eve of the G8 summit, Eva is thrown headlong into globe-trotting assassinations and gun battles on the trail of the mysterious plan known only as Halcyon. Together with a besotted CIA agent and a misogynistic MI6 operative, Eva races across the world to retrace her steps in the hopes of finding answers. With the clock ticking, Eva must track down those behind her memory loss, as well as battle a foe she can't remember. The globetrotting takes her from London, to exotic Macau casinos, to Hong Kong hydrofoils, to French castles, to English mansions, to a car chase between an ice-cream van containing a nuclear weapon and black SUVs through the streets of London. With betrayal at every turn, Eva discovers she can't trust anyone, including her own organisation. Eva must face down nuclear annihilation alone and she hasn't even had her coffee yet.
The Amnesiac
Author: Sam Taylor
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780143113409
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
Returning to England from Amsterdam to investigate what happened during three earlier years of his life that he cannot recall, twenty-nine-year-old James Purdew finds a familiar old house with a tragic past, along with a manuscript, a mysterious nineteenth-century thriller that seems to offer clues to a tragedy that took place in the house many years before. Original.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780143113409
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
Returning to England from Amsterdam to investigate what happened during three earlier years of his life that he cannot recall, twenty-nine-year-old James Purdew finds a familiar old house with a tragic past, along with a manuscript, a mysterious nineteenth-century thriller that seems to offer clues to a tragedy that took place in the house many years before. Original.