Author: Jim Mather
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780615945385
Category : Grandfathers
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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In 1948, young Jonathan Lusk's life was perfect--a big Boston house, swimming pool, summers on the Cape. His father was a Nobel Prize-winning Harvard professor and his mother the beautiful only child of Boston socialites. When his parents get caught in the middle of the growing rift between Arab and Jewish faculty over the creation of the State of Israel, Jonathan's life is turned upside down. He soon finds himself in Japan, living with his grandfather, the former American ambassador and a judge on the Tokyo War Crimes Tribunals. American opulence and comfort is abruptly replaced by subtle Japanese elegance and traditional austerity. The boy is thrust into a life among strangers and forced to navigate his way through a new country, foreign customs, unfamiliar language, and ultimately political intrigue that will threaten his life. This suspenseful story, one of personal survival, is a testament to a young boy's perseverance and to human courage and loyalty, which are sometimes found in unexpected places.
Author: Adam Moore
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780933849242
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
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Adam Moore describes how he suffered a serious brain injury and recovered with medical help and family support.
Author: Xie BuFan
Publisher: Funstory
ISBN: 1647871972
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 660
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As a scholar, Zhang Nan had always wanted to become one of the nine great demon catcher s, whose name resounded throughout the world. However, he had never thought that the difficulty of the great tribulation, which involved ten thousand people in the human world, would have quietly arrived...
Author: Lewis Nordan
Publisher: Algonquin Books
ISBN: 1565128435
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 310
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Introduction by Richard Howorth and foreword by the author. The incomparable Lewis Nordan's first two collections of short fiction--WELCOME TO THE ARROW-CATCHER FAIR and THE ALL-GIRL FOOTBALL TEAM--originally published in 1983 and 1986, have long been out of print in all editions. Collectors' items, these two books are now almost impossible for Nordan fans to find anywhere.To rectify that, Algonquin is delighted to announce a selection of fifteen of the best stories from the two books, newly arranged and introduced by fellow Mississippian, bookseller Richard Howorth, and with a foreword by the author. Critics have called Lewis Nordan's fiction "extraordinary" and "marvelous" and "stunning" and "scorching" and "story-telling genius." The selected stories show that genius in the making. "Characters that people the South hobble and dance across the pages of his short stories."--United Press International; "Delightfully eccentric situations and colorful language add up to a work that is even stronger than WOLF WHISTLE."--Library Journal.
Author: Barbara A. Baker
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
ISBN: 0817356819
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 220
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Lewis Nordan: Humor, Heartbreak, and Hope examines and celebrates the work of southern writer Lewis “Buddy” Nordan, whose stories reveal his own pain and humanity and in their honesty force us to recognize ourselves within them. Written by scholars and fiction writers who represent a fascinating range of experience—from a Shakespearean scholar to English professors to a former student of Nordan’s—this is a rich array of essays, poems, and visual arts in tribute to this increasingly important writer. The collection deepens the base of scholarship on Nordan, and contextualizes his work in relation to other important southern writers such as William Faulkner and Eudora Welty. Nordan was born and raised in Mississippi before moving to Alabama to pursue his Ph.D. at Auburn University. He taught for several years at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville and retired from the University of Pittsburgh, where he was a professor of English. Nordan has written four novels, three collections of short stories, and a memoir entitled Boy with Loaded Gun. His second novel, Wolf Whistle, won the Southern Book Award, and his subsequent novel, The Sharpshooter Blues, won the Notable Book Award from the American Library Association and the Fiction Award from the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters. Nordan is renowned for his distinctive comic writing style, even while addressing more serious personal and cultural issues such as heartbreak, loss, violence, and racism. He transforms tragic characters and events into moments of artistic transcendence, illuminating what he calls the “history of all human beings.”
Author: Lewis Nordan
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 9780679721642
Category : City and town life
Languages : en
Pages : 5
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Affection, revulsion, madness and eccentricity form the subjects for nine stories
Author: Bastion Press
Publisher: Bastion Press, Inc.
ISBN: 9781592630165
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 186
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Author: Travis Faas
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1315318687
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 269
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Experience the thrill of crafting your own HTML5 game with Phaser.js game engine. HTML5 and modern JavaScript game engines have helped revolutionized web based games. Each chapter in An Introduction to HTML5 Game Development with Phaser.js showcases a sample game that illustrates an aspect of Phaser.js (now Lazer.js) that can be used as is, or in remixed games of the developer’s design. Each of these examples help the reader to understand how to optimize JavaScript game development with modern project tooling like Grunt and Bower. Though the world of HTML game development continues to grow and evolve, An Introduction to HTML5 Game Development with Phaser.js, provides a grounded resource and vital learning tool to anyone looking to optimize web game development process.
Author: Carol Seeley Scott
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1479735469
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 110
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THE EEL CATCHERS TRAVELS by Carol Seeley Scott
Author: Gavin Freeman
Publisher: The Hard Word
ISBN: 0645713511
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 149
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We all hope to upgrade our lives, careers, relationships, finance, fitness and more. But until now, there has been no blueprint, no guide to how people transform from ordinary to extraordinary. Welcome to Don’t Let Me Die in Economy Class, a book about the unique and specific thought processes and motivations shared by those who have achieved what many consider impossible. In this inspiring, approachable and entertaining narrative, performance psychologist and executive coach Gavin Freeman and journalist and 16-year Guinness World Records veteran Chris Sheedy reveal the vital ingredients in the recipe for hard-core personal success.
