Author: Karl Schroeder
Publisher: Tordotcom
ISBN: 1250185416
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
Futurist and award-winning author Karl Schroeder imagines infiltrating the elite of a marginal society in The Million. Every thirty years, ten billion visitors overrun Earth during one month of madness: partying, polluting, and brawling. In between, the world is ruled by the Million; the inheritors and custodians of all of humanity’s wealth and history, they lead unimaginable lives of privilege and wealth, and they see it as their due. Gavin Penn-of-Chaffee is an illegal child—a visitor hidden among the Million. When the family that raised him in secret is torn apart, Gavin must impersonate a dead boy to survive. What he doesn’t know is that his new identity is expected at the School of Auditors—the Million’s feared police force, sworn to find and capture outcasts like him to keep the peace. In order to solve the murder of his adoptive father, Gavin must keep his disguise and his wits intact within the stronghold of those threatened by his very existence. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
The Hero with a Thousand Faces
Author: Joseph Campbell
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0586085718
Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 107
Book Description
A study of heroism in the myths of the world - an exploration of all the elements common to the great stories that have helped people make sense of their lives from the earliest times. It takes in Greek Apollo, Maori and Jewish rites, the Buddha, Wotan, and the bothers Grimm's Frog-King.
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0586085718
Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 107
Book Description
A study of heroism in the myths of the world - an exploration of all the elements common to the great stories that have helped people make sense of their lives from the earliest times. It takes in Greek Apollo, Maori and Jewish rites, the Buddha, Wotan, and the bothers Grimm's Frog-King.
The Million
Author: Karl Schroeder
Publisher: Tordotcom
ISBN: 1250185416
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
Futurist and award-winning author Karl Schroeder imagines infiltrating the elite of a marginal society in The Million. Every thirty years, ten billion visitors overrun Earth during one month of madness: partying, polluting, and brawling. In between, the world is ruled by the Million; the inheritors and custodians of all of humanity’s wealth and history, they lead unimaginable lives of privilege and wealth, and they see it as their due. Gavin Penn-of-Chaffee is an illegal child—a visitor hidden among the Million. When the family that raised him in secret is torn apart, Gavin must impersonate a dead boy to survive. What he doesn’t know is that his new identity is expected at the School of Auditors—the Million’s feared police force, sworn to find and capture outcasts like him to keep the peace. In order to solve the murder of his adoptive father, Gavin must keep his disguise and his wits intact within the stronghold of those threatened by his very existence. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Publisher: Tordotcom
ISBN: 1250185416
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
Futurist and award-winning author Karl Schroeder imagines infiltrating the elite of a marginal society in The Million. Every thirty years, ten billion visitors overrun Earth during one month of madness: partying, polluting, and brawling. In between, the world is ruled by the Million; the inheritors and custodians of all of humanity’s wealth and history, they lead unimaginable lives of privilege and wealth, and they see it as their due. Gavin Penn-of-Chaffee is an illegal child—a visitor hidden among the Million. When the family that raised him in secret is torn apart, Gavin must impersonate a dead boy to survive. What he doesn’t know is that his new identity is expected at the School of Auditors—the Million’s feared police force, sworn to find and capture outcasts like him to keep the peace. In order to solve the murder of his adoptive father, Gavin must keep his disguise and his wits intact within the stronghold of those threatened by his very existence. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
A Million Windows
Author: Gerald Murnane
Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher
ISBN: 1567925790
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 107
Book Description
“The house of fiction,” wrote Henry James, “has . . . not one window, but a million.” In this, his latest work, Gerald Murnane, one of Australia’s most acclaimed contemporary authors, takes these words as his starting point, and asks: Who, exactly, are that house’s residents, and what do they see from their respective rooms? His answer, A Million Windows, is a gorgeous (if unsettling) investigation into the glories and pitfalls of storytelling. Focusing on the importance of trust and the inevitability of betrayal in writing as in life, its nested stories explore the fraught relationships between author and reader, child and parent, boyfriend and girlfriend, husband and wife. Murnane’s fiction is woven from images-the reflections of the setting sun on distant windowpanes, seemingly limitless grasslands, a procession of dark-haired women, a clearing in a forest, the colors indigo and silver-grey, and the mysterious death of a young woman-which build to an emotional crescendo that is all the more powerful for the intricacy of its patterning.
Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher
ISBN: 1567925790
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 107
Book Description
“The house of fiction,” wrote Henry James, “has . . . not one window, but a million.” In this, his latest work, Gerald Murnane, one of Australia’s most acclaimed contemporary authors, takes these words as his starting point, and asks: Who, exactly, are that house’s residents, and what do they see from their respective rooms? His answer, A Million Windows, is a gorgeous (if unsettling) investigation into the glories and pitfalls of storytelling. Focusing on the importance of trust and the inevitability of betrayal in writing as in life, its nested stories explore the fraught relationships between author and reader, child and parent, boyfriend and girlfriend, husband and wife. Murnane’s fiction is woven from images-the reflections of the setting sun on distant windowpanes, seemingly limitless grasslands, a procession of dark-haired women, a clearing in a forest, the colors indigo and silver-grey, and the mysterious death of a young woman-which build to an emotional crescendo that is all the more powerful for the intricacy of its patterning.
A Girl in a Million
Author: Betty Neels
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 0373249500
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Four classic romances by "USA Today"-bestselling author Neels are available once again in stunning new packages. Reissue.
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 0373249500
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Four classic romances by "USA Today"-bestselling author Neels are available once again in stunning new packages. Reissue.
A Million Truths
Author: Linda Jakobson
Publisher: M. Evans
ISBN: 1461704308
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Income levels have risen sharpley in China during the last two decades. Although just 2% of all Chinese have hot, running water, virtually all households have televisions. This personal, intelligent book addresses these sweeping changes and how they are forming modern China.
Publisher: M. Evans
ISBN: 1461704308
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Income levels have risen sharpley in China during the last two decades. Although just 2% of all Chinese have hot, running water, virtually all households have televisions. This personal, intelligent book addresses these sweeping changes and how they are forming modern China.
The Four Million
Author: O. Henry
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3387022182
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3387022182
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.
A Million Shakespeares
Author: Gregg Glory
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595317987
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 737
Book Description
FIRST STATEMENT TO THE AUDIENCE I stand naked in front of you. I can't lie to you for one second. This is my story you will see. I see it as one of redemption, Justice. But how you will see it, my thousand eyes transfixing this darkness, I do not know, and I cannot say. I only know that you have entered it, my story. You will feel it in my blood as I feel it. I do not accept that any distance can exist between us. Not any distance in space. Not any distance in culture. Not any distance in time. Not any distance in language. Not in blood. Not in hope. You are me, in this. Who you will be afterward even you do not know. I stand naked in front of you. I can't lie to you for one second. Oh, my thousand eyes, my thousand eyes... from ULTRA
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595317987
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 737
Book Description
FIRST STATEMENT TO THE AUDIENCE I stand naked in front of you. I can't lie to you for one second. This is my story you will see. I see it as one of redemption, Justice. But how you will see it, my thousand eyes transfixing this darkness, I do not know, and I cannot say. I only know that you have entered it, my story. You will feel it in my blood as I feel it. I do not accept that any distance can exist between us. Not any distance in space. Not any distance in culture. Not any distance in time. Not any distance in language. Not in blood. Not in hope. You are me, in this. Who you will be afterward even you do not know. I stand naked in front of you. I can't lie to you for one second. Oh, my thousand eyes, my thousand eyes... from ULTRA
Miss Million's Maid
Author: Berta Ruck
Publisher: Graphic Arts Books
ISBN: 1513287877
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Miss Million’s Maid (1913) is a romance novel by Berta Ruck. After a decade of publishing stories in literary magazines, Ruck began releasing romance novels to popular acclaim. Miss Million’s Maid is a satirical tale of love, work, and modern life that continues to entertain over a century after it was written. Beatrice Lovelace longs for a social life. Although she was born into a family of London elites, her family’s fortunes turned to leave Beatrice with next to nothing. Living with her frugal Aunt Anastasia, she hears secondhand of events around town she has no opportunity to see for herself. Her only friend, if she could be called such, is her loyal maid Nellie Million, whose name takes on a brand-new meaning when a distant uncle unexpectedly leaves her a massive fortune. Sensing an opportunity, Beatrice volunteers to work as her maid, making something of herself for the first time in her life. Despite their cordiality and good rapport, the two women soon succumb to the pressures of life in a class they had never experienced. Juggling work and wealth, navigating the ways of men, Nellie and Beatrice learn that money and happiness often refuse to mix. Miss Million’s Maid is a comedy of social life, a story of romance and friendship from one of the twentieth century’s most prolific authors. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Berta Ruck’s Miss Million’s Maid is a classic of British romance literature reimagined for modern readers.
Publisher: Graphic Arts Books
ISBN: 1513287877
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Miss Million’s Maid (1913) is a romance novel by Berta Ruck. After a decade of publishing stories in literary magazines, Ruck began releasing romance novels to popular acclaim. Miss Million’s Maid is a satirical tale of love, work, and modern life that continues to entertain over a century after it was written. Beatrice Lovelace longs for a social life. Although she was born into a family of London elites, her family’s fortunes turned to leave Beatrice with next to nothing. Living with her frugal Aunt Anastasia, she hears secondhand of events around town she has no opportunity to see for herself. Her only friend, if she could be called such, is her loyal maid Nellie Million, whose name takes on a brand-new meaning when a distant uncle unexpectedly leaves her a massive fortune. Sensing an opportunity, Beatrice volunteers to work as her maid, making something of herself for the first time in her life. Despite their cordiality and good rapport, the two women soon succumb to the pressures of life in a class they had never experienced. Juggling work and wealth, navigating the ways of men, Nellie and Beatrice learn that money and happiness often refuse to mix. Miss Million’s Maid is a comedy of social life, a story of romance and friendship from one of the twentieth century’s most prolific authors. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Berta Ruck’s Miss Million’s Maid is a classic of British romance literature reimagined for modern readers.
New York: Its Upper Ten and Lower Million
Author: George Lippard
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : City and town life
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : City and town life
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Speak American English
Author: S.LAWRENCE JAYAKUMAR
Publisher: SAKTHI PUBLISHING HOUSE
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
அமெரிக்கன் ஆங்கிலத்தை அறிந்து கொள்ளுங்கள்
Publisher: SAKTHI PUBLISHING HOUSE
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
அமெரிக்கன் ஆங்கிலத்தை அறிந்து கொள்ளுங்கள்