Author: John Steinbeck
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1440635498
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
A Penguin Classic In Monterey, on the California coast, Sweet Thursday is what they call the day after Lousy Wednesday, which is one of those days that are just naturally bad. Returning to the scene of Cannery Row—the weedy lots and junk heaps and flophouses of Monterey, John Steinbeck once more brings to life the denizens of a netherworld of laughter and tears—from Doc, based on Steinbeck’s lifelong friend Ed Ricketts, to Fauna, new headmistress of the local brothel, to Hazel, a bum whose mother must have wanted a daughter. This Penguin Classics edition features an introduction and notes by Robert DeMott. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Sweet Thursday
Author: John Steinbeck
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1440635498
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
A Penguin Classic In Monterey, on the California coast, Sweet Thursday is what they call the day after Lousy Wednesday, which is one of those days that are just naturally bad. Returning to the scene of Cannery Row—the weedy lots and junk heaps and flophouses of Monterey, John Steinbeck once more brings to life the denizens of a netherworld of laughter and tears—from Doc, based on Steinbeck’s lifelong friend Ed Ricketts, to Fauna, new headmistress of the local brothel, to Hazel, a bum whose mother must have wanted a daughter. This Penguin Classics edition features an introduction and notes by Robert DeMott. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1440635498
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
A Penguin Classic In Monterey, on the California coast, Sweet Thursday is what they call the day after Lousy Wednesday, which is one of those days that are just naturally bad. Returning to the scene of Cannery Row—the weedy lots and junk heaps and flophouses of Monterey, John Steinbeck once more brings to life the denizens of a netherworld of laughter and tears—from Doc, based on Steinbeck’s lifelong friend Ed Ricketts, to Fauna, new headmistress of the local brothel, to Hazel, a bum whose mother must have wanted a daughter. This Penguin Classics edition features an introduction and notes by Robert DeMott. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Cannery Row
Author: John Steinbeck
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101659793
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
Steinbeck's tough yet charming portrait of people on the margins of society, dependant on one another for both physical and emotional survival Published in 1945, Cannery Row focuses on the acceptance of life as it is: both the exuberance of community and the loneliness of the individual. Drawing on his memories of the real inhabitants of Monterey, California, including longtime friend Ed Ricketts, Steinbeck interweaves the stories of Doc, Dora, Mack and his boys, Lee Chong, and the other characters in this world where only the fittest survive, to create a novel that is at once one of his most humorous and poignant works. In her introduction, Susan Shillinglaw shows how the novel expresses, both in style and theme, much that is essentially Steinbeck: “scientific detachment, empathy toward the lonely and depressed…and, at the darkest level…the terror of isolation and nothingness.” For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101659793
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
Steinbeck's tough yet charming portrait of people on the margins of society, dependant on one another for both physical and emotional survival Published in 1945, Cannery Row focuses on the acceptance of life as it is: both the exuberance of community and the loneliness of the individual. Drawing on his memories of the real inhabitants of Monterey, California, including longtime friend Ed Ricketts, Steinbeck interweaves the stories of Doc, Dora, Mack and his boys, Lee Chong, and the other characters in this world where only the fittest survive, to create a novel that is at once one of his most humorous and poignant works. In her introduction, Susan Shillinglaw shows how the novel expresses, both in style and theme, much that is essentially Steinbeck: “scientific detachment, empathy toward the lonely and depressed…and, at the darkest level…the terror of isolation and nothingness.” For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Sweet Thursday
Author: Mari Carr
Publisher: Wild Irish
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Lily intends to rewrite the past at her high school reunion. When she was younger, she was too shy to act on her feelings, but she's all grown up now. And ready to take what she wants. Even if it's only for one night. Soldiers Justin and Killian are blown away when quiet Lily proposes a night too tempting, too hot to resist. But just one no-holds-barred, explosive evening with the stunning woman will never be enough. Sweet Thursday is the fourth book in New York Times bestselling author Mari Carr's Wild Irish series.
Publisher: Wild Irish
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Lily intends to rewrite the past at her high school reunion. When she was younger, she was too shy to act on her feelings, but she's all grown up now. And ready to take what she wants. Even if it's only for one night. Soldiers Justin and Killian are blown away when quiet Lily proposes a night too tempting, too hot to resist. But just one no-holds-barred, explosive evening with the stunning woman will never be enough. Sweet Thursday is the fourth book in New York Times bestselling author Mari Carr's Wild Irish series.
The Thursday Murder Club
Author: Richard Osman
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1984880977
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
Soon to be a Major Motion Picture The first installment in the beloved and New York Times bestselling series from Richard Osman, also author of We Solve Murders Four septuagenarians with a few tricks up their sleeves A female cop with her first big case A brutal murder Welcome to... THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet weekly in the Jigsaw Room to discuss unsolved crimes; together they call themselves the Thursday Murder Club. When a local developer is found dead with a mysterious photograph left next to the body, the Thursday Murder Club suddenly find themselves in the middle of their first live case. As the bodies begin to pile up, can our unorthodox but brilliant gang catch the killer, before it's too late? “Witty, endearing and greatly entertaining.” —Wall Street Journal
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1984880977
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
Soon to be a Major Motion Picture The first installment in the beloved and New York Times bestselling series from Richard Osman, also author of We Solve Murders Four septuagenarians with a few tricks up their sleeves A female cop with her first big case A brutal murder Welcome to... THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet weekly in the Jigsaw Room to discuss unsolved crimes; together they call themselves the Thursday Murder Club. When a local developer is found dead with a mysterious photograph left next to the body, the Thursday Murder Club suddenly find themselves in the middle of their first live case. As the bodies begin to pile up, can our unorthodox but brilliant gang catch the killer, before it's too late? “Witty, endearing and greatly entertaining.” —Wall Street Journal
Sweet Giselle
Author: Karen Williams
Publisher: Urban Books
ISBN: 1599832917
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
Giselle thinks she has the perfect life. Her fine and sexy husband, Giovanni, is obsessed with his perfect wife and gives her whatever her heart desires. Giselle thinks her husband can do no wrong. What she doesn't know is that his lucrative adult film company is not as legit as it seems, and Giovanni's seedy dealings put his precious wife in danger. Giselle is kidnapped by a vicious drug dealer named Bryce, who is hell bent on revenge after his sister comes up missing and he believes Giovanni is responsible. Bryce takes the thing he knows Giovanni treasures most. He plans to torture Giselle, but instead he finds himself falling in love with her. He reveals the truth about Giovanni and the news pushes her right into Bryce's arms. Giovanni wages a war against Bryce and anyone close to him, leaving several dead bodies in his wake. Now that he has his wife back, Giovanni thinks things can return to the way they were. Giselle, however, can't get Bryce out of her system, and continues to see him behind Giovanni's back. As the war between these two men heats up again, Giselle has to decide if being with the man she loves is worth risking her life.
Publisher: Urban Books
ISBN: 1599832917
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
Giselle thinks she has the perfect life. Her fine and sexy husband, Giovanni, is obsessed with his perfect wife and gives her whatever her heart desires. Giselle thinks her husband can do no wrong. What she doesn't know is that his lucrative adult film company is not as legit as it seems, and Giovanni's seedy dealings put his precious wife in danger. Giselle is kidnapped by a vicious drug dealer named Bryce, who is hell bent on revenge after his sister comes up missing and he believes Giovanni is responsible. Bryce takes the thing he knows Giovanni treasures most. He plans to torture Giselle, but instead he finds himself falling in love with her. He reveals the truth about Giovanni and the news pushes her right into Bryce's arms. Giovanni wages a war against Bryce and anyone close to him, leaving several dead bodies in his wake. Now that he has his wife back, Giovanni thinks things can return to the way they were. Giselle, however, can't get Bryce out of her system, and continues to see him behind Giovanni's back. As the war between these two men heats up again, Giselle has to decide if being with the man she loves is worth risking her life.
Thirsty Thursday
Author: Phyllis Root
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 0763636282
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
A lack of rain causes everyone on Bonnie Bumble's farm to be dry and thirsty, but when a little cloud finally blows past, Bonnie comes up with a clever plan that calls for interspecies cooperation.
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 0763636282
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
A lack of rain causes everyone on Bonnie Bumble's farm to be dry and thirsty, but when a little cloud finally blows past, Bonnie comes up with a clever plan that calls for interspecies cooperation.
Death in the Tunnel
Author: Miles Burton
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1667632620
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
On a gloomy November evening, Sir Wilfred Saxonby boards the 5 o'clock train from Cannon Street, settling into a locked compartment for the journey. But as the train slows and stops inside a dark tunnel, tragedy strikes. By the time the train emerges, Sir Wilfred lies dead, a single bullet piercing his heart. Suicide seems the obvious answer—yet no motive surfaces to explain why. Inspector Arnold of Scotland Yard begins to question this theory when he discovers a mysterious red light that caused the train to stop in the tunnel. Stymied by the peculiar details of the case, he enlists the help of his friend Desmond Merrion, a wealthy amateur criminologist. Merrion suspects a carefully orchestrated conspiracy, but the motive and identities of those involved remain elusive. Could the crime be linked to Sir Wilfred’s unblemished family life, his thriving business, or his imperious and uncompromising nature? As the investigators dig deeper, they uncover a labyrinth of secrets and lies. Will Merrion's sharp mind unravel the truth before it’s too late?
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1667632620
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
On a gloomy November evening, Sir Wilfred Saxonby boards the 5 o'clock train from Cannon Street, settling into a locked compartment for the journey. But as the train slows and stops inside a dark tunnel, tragedy strikes. By the time the train emerges, Sir Wilfred lies dead, a single bullet piercing his heart. Suicide seems the obvious answer—yet no motive surfaces to explain why. Inspector Arnold of Scotland Yard begins to question this theory when he discovers a mysterious red light that caused the train to stop in the tunnel. Stymied by the peculiar details of the case, he enlists the help of his friend Desmond Merrion, a wealthy amateur criminologist. Merrion suspects a carefully orchestrated conspiracy, but the motive and identities of those involved remain elusive. Could the crime be linked to Sir Wilfred’s unblemished family life, his thriving business, or his imperious and uncompromising nature? As the investigators dig deeper, they uncover a labyrinth of secrets and lies. Will Merrion's sharp mind unravel the truth before it’s too late?
Lost in a Good Book
Author: Jasper Fforde
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101158115
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 417
Book Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of The Constant Rabbit comes “Harry Potter just for adults . . . [an] immensely enjoyable, almost compulsive experience” (The New York Times Book Review)—the second novel in the renowned Thursday Next series. “[Lost in a Good Book] is satire, fantasy, literary criticism, thriller, whodunit, game, puzzle, joke, postmodern prank, and tilt-a-whirl.”—The Washington Post If resourceful, fearless literary detective Thursday Next thought she could avoid the spotlight after her heroic escapades in the pages of Jane Eyre, she was sorely mistaken. Her adventures as a renowned Special Operative in literary detection have left Thursday Next yearning for a rest. But when the love of her life is eradicated by the corrupt multinational Goliath Corporation, Thursday must bite the bullet and moonlight as a Prose Resource Operative in the secret world of Jurisfiction, the police force inside the books. There she is apprenticed to Miss Havisham, the famous man-hater from Dickens’s Great Expectations, who teaches her to book-jump like a pro. If Thursday retrieves a supposedly vanquished enemy from the pages of Poe’s “The Raven,” she thinks Goliath might return her lost love, Landen. But her latest mission is endlessly complicated. Not only are there side trips into the works of Kafka and Austen, and even Beatrix Potter’s The Tale of Flopsy Bunnies, Thursday finds herself the target of a series of potentially lethal coincidences, the authenticator of a newly discovered play by the Bard himself, and the only one who can prevent an unidentifiable pink sludge from engulfing all life on Earth. Don’t miss any of Jasper Fforde’s delightfully entertaining Thursday Next novels: THE EYRE AFFAIR • LOST IN A GOOD BOOK • THE WELL OF LOST PLOTS • SOMETHING ROTTEN • FIRST AMONG SEQUELS • ONE OF OUR THURSDAYS IS MISSING • THE WOMAN WHO DIED A LOT
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101158115
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 417
Book Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of The Constant Rabbit comes “Harry Potter just for adults . . . [an] immensely enjoyable, almost compulsive experience” (The New York Times Book Review)—the second novel in the renowned Thursday Next series. “[Lost in a Good Book] is satire, fantasy, literary criticism, thriller, whodunit, game, puzzle, joke, postmodern prank, and tilt-a-whirl.”—The Washington Post If resourceful, fearless literary detective Thursday Next thought she could avoid the spotlight after her heroic escapades in the pages of Jane Eyre, she was sorely mistaken. Her adventures as a renowned Special Operative in literary detection have left Thursday Next yearning for a rest. But when the love of her life is eradicated by the corrupt multinational Goliath Corporation, Thursday must bite the bullet and moonlight as a Prose Resource Operative in the secret world of Jurisfiction, the police force inside the books. There she is apprenticed to Miss Havisham, the famous man-hater from Dickens’s Great Expectations, who teaches her to book-jump like a pro. If Thursday retrieves a supposedly vanquished enemy from the pages of Poe’s “The Raven,” she thinks Goliath might return her lost love, Landen. But her latest mission is endlessly complicated. Not only are there side trips into the works of Kafka and Austen, and even Beatrix Potter’s The Tale of Flopsy Bunnies, Thursday finds herself the target of a series of potentially lethal coincidences, the authenticator of a newly discovered play by the Bard himself, and the only one who can prevent an unidentifiable pink sludge from engulfing all life on Earth. Don’t miss any of Jasper Fforde’s delightfully entertaining Thursday Next novels: THE EYRE AFFAIR • LOST IN A GOOD BOOK • THE WELL OF LOST PLOTS • SOMETHING ROTTEN • FIRST AMONG SEQUELS • ONE OF OUR THURSDAYS IS MISSING • THE WOMAN WHO DIED A LOT
Where Does Thursday Go?
Author: Janeen Brian
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618212644
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
Bruno and Bert try to find out what happens to a special day after it is over.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618212644
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
Bruno and Bert try to find out what happens to a special day after it is over.
The Short Reign of Pippin IV
Author: John Steinbeck
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1440628629
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
In his only work of political satire, The Short Reign of Pippin IV, John Steinbeck turns the French Revolution upside down as amateur astronomer Pippin Héristal is drafted to rule the unruly French. Steinbeck creates around the infamous Pippin the most hilarious royal court ever: Pippin’s wife, Queen Marie, who “might have taken her place at the bar of a very good restaurant”; his uncle, a man of dubious virtue; his glamour-struck daughter and her beau, the son of the so-called “egg king” of Petaluma, California; and a motley crew of courtiers and politicians, guards and gardeners. This edition includes an introduction by Robert Morsberger and Katharine Morsberger.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1440628629
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
In his only work of political satire, The Short Reign of Pippin IV, John Steinbeck turns the French Revolution upside down as amateur astronomer Pippin Héristal is drafted to rule the unruly French. Steinbeck creates around the infamous Pippin the most hilarious royal court ever: Pippin’s wife, Queen Marie, who “might have taken her place at the bar of a very good restaurant”; his uncle, a man of dubious virtue; his glamour-struck daughter and her beau, the son of the so-called “egg king” of Petaluma, California; and a motley crew of courtiers and politicians, guards and gardeners. This edition includes an introduction by Robert Morsberger and Katharine Morsberger.