Author: Shaun Prescott
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 0374719268
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 175
Book Description
"A powerfully doomy debut" (The Guardian), Shaun Prescott’s The Town is a novel of a rural Australian community besieged by modern day anxieties and threatened by a supernatural force seeking to consume the dying town. This is Australia, an unnamed, dead-end town in the heart of the outback—a desolate place of gas stations, fast-food franchises, and labyrinthine streets: flat and nearly abandoned. When a young writer arrives to research just such depressing middles-of-nowhere as they are choked into oblivion, he finds something more sinister than economic depression: the ghost towns of Australia appear to be literally disappearing. An epidemic of mysterious holes is threatening his new home’s very existence, and this discovery plunges the researcher into an abyss of weirdness from which he may never escape. Dark, slippery and unsettling, Shaun Prescott’s debut resurrects the existential novel for the age of sprawl and blight, excavates a nation’s buried history of colonial genocide, and tells a love story that asks if outsiders can ever truly belong anywhere. The result is a disquieting classic that vibrates with an occult power.
The Town
Author: Shaun Prescott
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 0374719268
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 175
Book Description
"A powerfully doomy debut" (The Guardian), Shaun Prescott’s The Town is a novel of a rural Australian community besieged by modern day anxieties and threatened by a supernatural force seeking to consume the dying town. This is Australia, an unnamed, dead-end town in the heart of the outback—a desolate place of gas stations, fast-food franchises, and labyrinthine streets: flat and nearly abandoned. When a young writer arrives to research just such depressing middles-of-nowhere as they are choked into oblivion, he finds something more sinister than economic depression: the ghost towns of Australia appear to be literally disappearing. An epidemic of mysterious holes is threatening his new home’s very existence, and this discovery plunges the researcher into an abyss of weirdness from which he may never escape. Dark, slippery and unsettling, Shaun Prescott’s debut resurrects the existential novel for the age of sprawl and blight, excavates a nation’s buried history of colonial genocide, and tells a love story that asks if outsiders can ever truly belong anywhere. The result is a disquieting classic that vibrates with an occult power.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 0374719268
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 175
Book Description
"A powerfully doomy debut" (The Guardian), Shaun Prescott’s The Town is a novel of a rural Australian community besieged by modern day anxieties and threatened by a supernatural force seeking to consume the dying town. This is Australia, an unnamed, dead-end town in the heart of the outback—a desolate place of gas stations, fast-food franchises, and labyrinthine streets: flat and nearly abandoned. When a young writer arrives to research just such depressing middles-of-nowhere as they are choked into oblivion, he finds something more sinister than economic depression: the ghost towns of Australia appear to be literally disappearing. An epidemic of mysterious holes is threatening his new home’s very existence, and this discovery plunges the researcher into an abyss of weirdness from which he may never escape. Dark, slippery and unsettling, Shaun Prescott’s debut resurrects the existential novel for the age of sprawl and blight, excavates a nation’s buried history of colonial genocide, and tells a love story that asks if outsiders can ever truly belong anywhere. The result is a disquieting classic that vibrates with an occult power.
A Match Made in Battle
Author: Peter Favour
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1984519921
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
This book is a fictional story with a hint of romance relaying the adventures of certain people of royalty in modern-day rural eastern Nigeria.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1984519921
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
This book is a fictional story with a hint of romance relaying the adventures of certain people of royalty in modern-day rural eastern Nigeria.
Bluesday
Author: Adrienne Thompson
Publisher: Adrienne Thompson
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
"Bobbie Brooks was living the life she'd always dreamed of until ... as her life twists and turns, Bobbie discovers that it reflects the blues songs that made her famous. Broken, abandoned, and penniless, she must find a way to pick up the pieces of her shattered world. But, is she strong enough to make a new start?"--Back cover
Publisher: Adrienne Thompson
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
"Bobbie Brooks was living the life she'd always dreamed of until ... as her life twists and turns, Bobbie discovers that it reflects the blues songs that made her famous. Broken, abandoned, and penniless, she must find a way to pick up the pieces of her shattered world. But, is she strong enough to make a new start?"--Back cover
High School Prodigies Have It Easy Even in Another World!, Vol. 3 (light novel)
Author: Riku Misora
Publisher: Yen Press LLC
ISBN: 1975309774
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Love Huntress RingoIt’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to win Tsukasa’s heart when Ringo finally goes on a date with him. Can the genius scientist overcome her shyness to tell her longtime crush how she feels, though? Meanwhile, the war against Oslo el Gustav finally comes to a close, but Shinobu is still suspicious of Gustav’s supposed demise. As the Prodigies’ new nation grows, so too does the chance of retaliation from the wicked Freyjagard Empire. Are the high schoolers from Earth truly ready for such a powerful opponent?
Publisher: Yen Press LLC
ISBN: 1975309774
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Love Huntress RingoIt’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to win Tsukasa’s heart when Ringo finally goes on a date with him. Can the genius scientist overcome her shyness to tell her longtime crush how she feels, though? Meanwhile, the war against Oslo el Gustav finally comes to a close, but Shinobu is still suspicious of Gustav’s supposed demise. As the Prodigies’ new nation grows, so too does the chance of retaliation from the wicked Freyjagard Empire. Are the high schoolers from Earth truly ready for such a powerful opponent?
Stanley Bearly Awake
Author: Disney Book Group
Publisher: Disney Press
ISBN: 9780786845538
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Stanley doesn't want to go to sleep-ever! He wants to play all night long. But when he and Dennis learn that even grizzly bears need their rest, Stanley realizes just how important it is to get your zzz's.
Publisher: Disney Press
ISBN: 9780786845538
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Stanley doesn't want to go to sleep-ever! He wants to play all night long. But when he and Dennis learn that even grizzly bears need their rest, Stanley realizes just how important it is to get your zzz's.
Journal
Author: Bath and West and Southern Counties Society
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick
Author: Jason Edwards
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134244975
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 199
Book Description
Queer studies is increasingly popular and this is the first introductory guide to the work of this crucial thinker Has appeal across the arts, from literature and cultural studies to philosophy and sociology Written in a uniquely personal and direct style which is clear, engaging and well-suited to the subject. Contains useful features for students such as explanatory text boxes, glossary and further reading Part of the sucessful Routledge critical thinkers series
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134244975
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 199
Book Description
Queer studies is increasingly popular and this is the first introductory guide to the work of this crucial thinker Has appeal across the arts, from literature and cultural studies to philosophy and sociology Written in a uniquely personal and direct style which is clear, engaging and well-suited to the subject. Contains useful features for students such as explanatory text boxes, glossary and further reading Part of the sucessful Routledge critical thinkers series
Salt-range Fossils ...
Author: Wilhelm Heinrich Waagen
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 716
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 716
Book Description
Bachiesichang Dictionary of English Errors
Author: King Sulleyman D. Bachiesichang
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1483618846
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 671
Book Description
English like any other language is replete with problems not only for foreign learners, but also for native speakers. As a living language that is changing continuously, certain words and phrases are commonly misused even in the hands of experienced users. Consider this deviant expression I will do my possible best to pass the test. It is rather right to say I will do all that I can to pass the test. In Standard English we do not use possible to qualify best. This dictionary sows a seed in your mind an engaging experience of Standard English proficiency as a deposit of gold worth poor mans money. If you've ever struggled with a word on the tip of your tongue, searched for a witty comeback, or lacking the ability to express yourself and consult a good sentence, then you understand just how useful this dictionary can be.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1483618846
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 671
Book Description
English like any other language is replete with problems not only for foreign learners, but also for native speakers. As a living language that is changing continuously, certain words and phrases are commonly misused even in the hands of experienced users. Consider this deviant expression I will do my possible best to pass the test. It is rather right to say I will do all that I can to pass the test. In Standard English we do not use possible to qualify best. This dictionary sows a seed in your mind an engaging experience of Standard English proficiency as a deposit of gold worth poor mans money. If you've ever struggled with a word on the tip of your tongue, searched for a witty comeback, or lacking the ability to express yourself and consult a good sentence, then you understand just how useful this dictionary can be.
Heart of Junk
Author: Luke Geddes
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 1982106670
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
A hilarious debut novel about an eclectic group of merchants at a Kansas antique mall who become implicated in the kidnapping of a local beauty pageant star. The city of Wichita, Kansas, is wracked with panic over the abduction of toddler pageant princess Lindy Bobo. However, the dealers at The Heart of America Antique Mall are too preoccupied by their own neurotic compulsions to take much notice. Postcards, perfume bottles, Barbies, vinyl records, kitschy neon beer signs—they collect and sell it all. Rather than focus on Lindy, this colorful cast of characters is consumed by another drama: the impending arrival of Mark and Grant from the famed antiques television show Pickin’ Fortunes, who are planning to film an episode at The Heart of America and secretly may be the last best hope of saving the mall from bankruptcy. Yet the mall and the missing beauty queen have more to do with each other than these vendors might think, and before long, the group sets in motion a series of events that lead to surprising revelations about Lindy’s whereabouts. As the mall becomes implicated in her disappearance, will Mark and Grant be scared away from all of the drama or will they arrive in time to save The Heart of America from going under? Equally comical and suspenseful, Heart of Junk is also a biting commentary on our current Marie Kondo era. It examines why certain objects resonate with us so deeply, rebukes Kondo’s philosophy of wholesale purging, and argues that “junk” can have great value—connecting us not only to our personal pasts but to our shared human history. As author Luke Geddes writes: “A collection was a record of a life lived, maybe not well or happily but at least with attention and passion. It was autobiography made whole.”
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 1982106670
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
A hilarious debut novel about an eclectic group of merchants at a Kansas antique mall who become implicated in the kidnapping of a local beauty pageant star. The city of Wichita, Kansas, is wracked with panic over the abduction of toddler pageant princess Lindy Bobo. However, the dealers at The Heart of America Antique Mall are too preoccupied by their own neurotic compulsions to take much notice. Postcards, perfume bottles, Barbies, vinyl records, kitschy neon beer signs—they collect and sell it all. Rather than focus on Lindy, this colorful cast of characters is consumed by another drama: the impending arrival of Mark and Grant from the famed antiques television show Pickin’ Fortunes, who are planning to film an episode at The Heart of America and secretly may be the last best hope of saving the mall from bankruptcy. Yet the mall and the missing beauty queen have more to do with each other than these vendors might think, and before long, the group sets in motion a series of events that lead to surprising revelations about Lindy’s whereabouts. As the mall becomes implicated in her disappearance, will Mark and Grant be scared away from all of the drama or will they arrive in time to save The Heart of America from going under? Equally comical and suspenseful, Heart of Junk is also a biting commentary on our current Marie Kondo era. It examines why certain objects resonate with us so deeply, rebukes Kondo’s philosophy of wholesale purging, and argues that “junk” can have great value—connecting us not only to our personal pasts but to our shared human history. As author Luke Geddes writes: “A collection was a record of a life lived, maybe not well or happily but at least with attention and passion. It was autobiography made whole.”