Author: William Golding
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 0571290582
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 301
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A plane crashes on a desert island and the only survivors, a group of schoolboys, assemble on the beach and wait to be rescued. By day they inhabit a land of bright fantastic birds and dark blue seas, but at night their dreams are haunted by the image of a terrifying beast. As the boys' delicate sense of order fades, so their childish dreams are transformed into something more primitive, and their behaviour starts to take on a murderous, savage significance. First published in 1954, Lord of the Flies is one of the most celebrated and widely read of modern classics. Now fully revised and updated, this educational edition includes chapter summaries, comprehension questions, discussion points, classroom activities, a biographical profile of Golding, historical context relevant to the novel and an essay on Lord of the Flies by William Golding entitled 'Fable'. Aimed at Key Stage 3 and 4 students, it also includes a section on literary theory for advanced or A-level students. The educational edition encourages original and independent thinking while guiding the student through the text - ideal for use in the classroom and at home.
Author: David Henryk Ropschitz
Publisher: Grosvenor House Publishing
ISBN: 1786236834
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 522
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It's July 1940, Italy. A young Polish-born Jewish doctor, rendered stateless by the racial laws of 1938, is unable to flee the country. Henry Raupner is arrested and transported to Ferramonti Concentration Camp in Calabria, destined to become the largest internment camp for Jews in the whole of Italy. This autobiographical novel written by Henry in 1982, takes the reader back to WW2 to experience life behind the barbed wire of Ferramonti, its freezing winters, scorching summers, malaria swamps, hunger and uncertainty. Above all, Ferramonti becomes the salvation of 3,000 Jews escaping the clutches of the Final Solution.
Author: Jianglin Li
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 1503629791
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 421
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An untold story that reshapes our understanding of Chinese and Tibetan history From 1956 to 1962, devastating military conflicts took place in China's southwestern and northwestern regions. Official record at the time scarcely made mention of the campaign, and in the years since only lukewarm acknowledgment of the violence has surfaced. When the Iron Bird Flies, by Jianglin Li, breaks this decades long silence to reveal for the first time a comprehensive and explosive picture of the six years that would prove definitive in modern Tibetan and Chinese history. The CCP referred to the campaign as "suppressing the Tibetan rebellion." It would lead to the 14th Dalai Lama's exile in India, as well as the Tibetan diaspora in 1959, though the battles lasted three additional years after these events. Featuring key figures in modern Chinese history, the battles waged in this period covered a vast geographical region. This book offers a portrait of chaos, deception, heroism, and massive loss. Beyond the significant death toll across the Tibetan regions, the war also destroyed most Tibetan monasteries in a concerted effort to eradicate local religion and scholarship. Despite being considered a military success, to this day, the operations in the agricultural regions remain unknown. As large numbers of Tibetans have self-immolated in recent years to protest Chinese occupation, Li shows that the largest number of cases occurred in the sites most heavily affected by this hidden war. She argues persuasively that the events described in this book will shed more light on our current moment, and will help us understand the unrelenting struggle of the Tibetan people for their freedom.
Author: Shannon Burke
Publisher: Catapult
ISBN: 1593762542
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 130
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A “raw and fascinating” novel based on the author’s experiences as a New York City paramedic during the crack epidemic—”Burke is a poet of trauma” (Publishers Weekly, starred review). Black Flies is the story of paramedic Ollie Cross and his first year on the job in mid-’90s Harlem. It is a ground’s eye view of life on the streets: the shootouts, the bad cops, the hopeless patients, the dark humor in bizarre circumstances, and one medic’s struggle to maintain his desire to help despite his growing callousness. It is the story of lives that hang in the balance, and of a single job with a misdiagnosed newborn that sends Cross and his partner into a life-changing struggle between good and evil. “Although Black Flies is a novel, it contains more reflections of lived experience than some memoirs. . . . Reading this arresting, confrontational book is like reading Dispatches, Michael Herr’s indelible account of his years as a reporter in Vietnam.” —The New York Times Book Review
Author: Garry Kilworth
Publisher: Gateway
ISBN: 0575114371
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 205
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In 1997 an angel fell to Earth. Dave Peters, and his sidekick in the San Francisco police squad, Danny, were right there at the time. Caught up in a supernatural war between good and evil, they had eventually tracked down the rogue entity and brought an end to its reign of deadly fire. But now the stakes had risen. It's 2002, and there's a demon abroad in London, a soul so corrupt and foul that Satan himself has recruited him from the legions of the dead. Only one entity in Heaven can counter his power - an Archangel, an angel of the highest rank.
Author: Linda J. White
Publisher: RiverOak Publishing
ISBN: 9781589190283
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 324
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After her agent-husband is murdered, you FBI agent Cassie McKenna takes a leave from the Bureau to try to find serenity on her sailboat that's moored on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay. But serenity is the last thing she finds. Breakneck twists follow the chilling realization that a series of strange events are anything but a coincidence, and if Cass's hunch is correct, there's more at stake than she ever dreamed. Will Cass find out who killed her husband? Who assaulted her former partner leaving him with an injury only God can heal? Will Cass end her self-imposed estrangement from God - before it's too late?
Author: Daniel Farb
Publisher: UniversityOfHealthCare
ISBN: 1594912785
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 337
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Agent GCP is THE way to learn FDA regulations. The exciting, suspenseful, and sometimes zany plot of a murder in a clinical trial is interweaved with interactivity and teaching of FDA regulations in an unforgettable manner. At the completion, learners will have obtained a superb knowledge of informed consent and IRB regulations. This course covers all the regulations on informed consent procedures and Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)—that is, Good Clinical Practices in 45 CFR 46, 21 CFR 50, 21 CFR 56, and other regulations. It is useful for any person or organization participating in clinical trials. The book contains useful aids including a glossary, a list of resources, model consent forms, and texts of regulations. Those readers who wish to have an accompanying program with interactivity should also purchase the CD version.
Author: Mark Kendall
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781959205555
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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FIRST THEY FEASTED ON FARM ANIMALS. THEN THEY FOUND HUMANS... A little girl was dead, attacked and mutilated by some things, creatures of nightmare that were spreading outward like the Black Death, stripping the entire town bare of life. The death toll mounted, with bodies maimed or ripped to shreds, and thousands cowered in the shadows, hiding fearfully from the death out of the skies, the millions of sucking probosci eagerly reaching out for the attack. And terror erupted into uncontrollable panic, as a lone scientist worked feverishly to save a dying population and destroy the KILLER FLIES!
Author: Lefty Kreh
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 162873227X
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 299
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Lefty Kreh takes his readers on an angling journey through the last half-century, when water was big and fishermen were bigger (maybe). But, despite all that's changed since the fifties, when Lefty began his career as a professional fly fisherman and writer, fishing is still just fishing. In My Life Was This Big, he relates tales of fishing expeditions with Fidel Castro and Ernest Hemingway, as well as solo battles with some of the scrappiest, most elusive fish in the world. Lefty also takes the reader through the development of his world-famous "Deceiver" fly style, and takes on the issue of conservation through catch-and-release. This is a glimpse into the heart and soul of Lefty Kreh—a man who has written for nearly every outdoor magazine in the U.S.; a man who has fished some of the remotest parts of the globe; and a man whose books and articles have taught thousands of people his techniques for hooking and landing more fish. For fans both young and old, these are Lefty's stories.
Author: Will Self
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408837390
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 347
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When Tom Brodzinski finally decides to give up smoking during a family holiday in a weird, unnamed land, a moment's inattention becomes his undoing. Flipping the butt of his last cigarette off the balcony of the holiday apartment, it lands on the head of the elderly Reggie Lincoln, and burns him. Despite Brodzinski's liberal attitudes and good intentions, the local authorities treat his action as an assault. Soon the full weight of the courts and tribal custom is brought to bear. What follows is a journey through a fantastically distorted world, a country that is part Australia, part Iraq and entirely the heart of distinctively modern darkness.
