Author: Elizabeth Withey
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
ISBN: 1459818571
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Key Selling Points A young child observes a man sleeping under a bridge and asks his mother questions about how he got there and why. This book examines homelessness and poverty with compassion and an empathetic, nonjudgmental point of view, offering a learning opportunity for kids and adults. This is a true story based on the author’s personal experience of an ongoing family situation. The author is also a journalist who is interested in social issues and human-interest stories. The illustrator has been recognized by the National Magazine Awards and was the winner of Creative Quarterly. Her work has been featured in the New York Times, The Walrus, The Globe & Mail, Image Comics and in many other publications.
The One with the Scraggly Beard
Author: Elizabeth Withey
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
ISBN: 1459818571
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Key Selling Points A young child observes a man sleeping under a bridge and asks his mother questions about how he got there and why. This book examines homelessness and poverty with compassion and an empathetic, nonjudgmental point of view, offering a learning opportunity for kids and adults. This is a true story based on the author’s personal experience of an ongoing family situation. The author is also a journalist who is interested in social issues and human-interest stories. The illustrator has been recognized by the National Magazine Awards and was the winner of Creative Quarterly. Her work has been featured in the New York Times, The Walrus, The Globe & Mail, Image Comics and in many other publications.
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
ISBN: 1459818571
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Key Selling Points A young child observes a man sleeping under a bridge and asks his mother questions about how he got there and why. This book examines homelessness and poverty with compassion and an empathetic, nonjudgmental point of view, offering a learning opportunity for kids and adults. This is a true story based on the author’s personal experience of an ongoing family situation. The author is also a journalist who is interested in social issues and human-interest stories. The illustrator has been recognized by the National Magazine Awards and was the winner of Creative Quarterly. Her work has been featured in the New York Times, The Walrus, The Globe & Mail, Image Comics and in many other publications.
The Wall
Author: H. G. Adler
Publisher: Modern Library
ISBN: 0812983157
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 658
Book Description
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY PUBLISHERS WEEKLY Compared by critics to Kafka, Joyce, and Musil, H. G. Adler is becoming recognized as one of the towering figures of twentieth-century fiction. Nobel Prize winner Elias Canetti wrote that “Adler has restored hope to modern literature,” and the first two novels rediscovered after his death, Panorama and The Journey, were acclaimed as “modernist masterpieces” by The New Yorker. Now his magnum opus, The Wall, the final installment of Adler’s Shoah trilogy and his crowning achievement as a novelist, is available for the first time in English. Drawing upon Adler’s own experiences in the Holocaust and his postwar life, The Wall, like the other works in the trilogy, nonetheless avoids detailed historical specifics. The novel tells the story of Arthur Landau, survivor of a wartime atrocity, a man struggling with his nightmares and his memories of the past as he strives to forge a new life for himself. Haunted by the death of his wife, Franziska, he returns to the city of his youth and receives confirmation of his parents’ fates, then crosses the border and leaves his homeland for good. Embarking on a life of exile, he continues searching for his place within the world. He attempts to publish his study of the victims of the war, yet he is treated with curiosity, competitiveness, and contempt by fellow intellectuals who escaped the conflict unscathed. Afflicted with survivor’s guilt, Arthur tries to leave behind the horrors of the past and find a foothold in the present. Ultimately, it is the love of his second wife, Johanna, and his two children that allows him to reaffirm his humanity while remembering all he’s left behind. The Wall is a magnificent epic of survival and redemption, powerfully told through stream of consciousness and suffused with daydream, fantasy, memory, nightmare, and pure imagination. More than a portrait of a Holocaust survivor’s journey, it is a universal novel about recovering from the traumas of the past and finding a way to live again. Praise for The Wall “[A] majestic novel . . . Adler’s prose is tidal, surge after narrative surge rushing forward and then enigmatically receding, the moment displaced by memory, and memory by introspective soliloquy.”—Cynthia Ozick, The New York Times Book Review “A towering meditation on the self and spirit . . . The writing is sonorous and so entirely devastating that the reader is compelled to pore over every word.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) “Masterful and utterly unique.”—The Jerusalem Post “Haunting and utterly heart-wrenching . . . a literary masterpiece.”—Historical Novels Review “An epic novel . . . an unforgettable portrait.”—The Jewish Week “[A] pensive portrait of a man struggling to find a place in the world after enduring transformative calamity . . . an eloquent record of suffering—and perhaps of redemption as well.”—Kirkus Reviews Praise for H. G. Adler’s novels The Journey and Panorama, translated by Peter Filkins “Modernist masterpieces worthy of comparison to those of Kafka or Musil.”—The New Yorker “Haunting . . . as remarkable for its literary experimentation as for its historical testimony.”—San Francisco Chronicle, on Panorama
Publisher: Modern Library
ISBN: 0812983157
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 658
Book Description
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY PUBLISHERS WEEKLY Compared by critics to Kafka, Joyce, and Musil, H. G. Adler is becoming recognized as one of the towering figures of twentieth-century fiction. Nobel Prize winner Elias Canetti wrote that “Adler has restored hope to modern literature,” and the first two novels rediscovered after his death, Panorama and The Journey, were acclaimed as “modernist masterpieces” by The New Yorker. Now his magnum opus, The Wall, the final installment of Adler’s Shoah trilogy and his crowning achievement as a novelist, is available for the first time in English. Drawing upon Adler’s own experiences in the Holocaust and his postwar life, The Wall, like the other works in the trilogy, nonetheless avoids detailed historical specifics. The novel tells the story of Arthur Landau, survivor of a wartime atrocity, a man struggling with his nightmares and his memories of the past as he strives to forge a new life for himself. Haunted by the death of his wife, Franziska, he returns to the city of his youth and receives confirmation of his parents’ fates, then crosses the border and leaves his homeland for good. Embarking on a life of exile, he continues searching for his place within the world. He attempts to publish his study of the victims of the war, yet he is treated with curiosity, competitiveness, and contempt by fellow intellectuals who escaped the conflict unscathed. Afflicted with survivor’s guilt, Arthur tries to leave behind the horrors of the past and find a foothold in the present. Ultimately, it is the love of his second wife, Johanna, and his two children that allows him to reaffirm his humanity while remembering all he’s left behind. The Wall is a magnificent epic of survival and redemption, powerfully told through stream of consciousness and suffused with daydream, fantasy, memory, nightmare, and pure imagination. More than a portrait of a Holocaust survivor’s journey, it is a universal novel about recovering from the traumas of the past and finding a way to live again. Praise for The Wall “[A] majestic novel . . . Adler’s prose is tidal, surge after narrative surge rushing forward and then enigmatically receding, the moment displaced by memory, and memory by introspective soliloquy.”—Cynthia Ozick, The New York Times Book Review “A towering meditation on the self and spirit . . . The writing is sonorous and so entirely devastating that the reader is compelled to pore over every word.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) “Masterful and utterly unique.”—The Jerusalem Post “Haunting and utterly heart-wrenching . . . a literary masterpiece.”—Historical Novels Review “An epic novel . . . an unforgettable portrait.”—The Jewish Week “[A] pensive portrait of a man struggling to find a place in the world after enduring transformative calamity . . . an eloquent record of suffering—and perhaps of redemption as well.”—Kirkus Reviews Praise for H. G. Adler’s novels The Journey and Panorama, translated by Peter Filkins “Modernist masterpieces worthy of comparison to those of Kafka or Musil.”—The New Yorker “Haunting . . . as remarkable for its literary experimentation as for its historical testimony.”—San Francisco Chronicle, on Panorama
The Celtic Fox
Author: Cornelia Amiri
Publisher: Cornelia Amiri
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
Many devoted couples began as foes, so why not lay down the sword and conquer your enemy with a rose—like you’d entice a lover? Tryffin is a fearless champion when it comes to battling Saxons but fighting for Aelfrida’s love proves a greater challenge. Can he trust a Saxon? The Welsh Prince, Tryffin, will do anything to make the Saxon maiden, Aelfrida, his bride. But to her, he’s a sworn enemy. She can never give her heart to him. To save her foster father’s life, Aelfrida is forced to wed the powerful Prince, who led the warband that slew her parents. She is shocked at what a powerful temptation he is to her body and her heart. Can she trust a Celt? Everything rests on the Saxon bride’s choice of vengeance or love. Will Aelfrida prove to be Tryffin’s soul mate or his worst enemy?
Publisher: Cornelia Amiri
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
Many devoted couples began as foes, so why not lay down the sword and conquer your enemy with a rose—like you’d entice a lover? Tryffin is a fearless champion when it comes to battling Saxons but fighting for Aelfrida’s love proves a greater challenge. Can he trust a Saxon? The Welsh Prince, Tryffin, will do anything to make the Saxon maiden, Aelfrida, his bride. But to her, he’s a sworn enemy. She can never give her heart to him. To save her foster father’s life, Aelfrida is forced to wed the powerful Prince, who led the warband that slew her parents. She is shocked at what a powerful temptation he is to her body and her heart. Can she trust a Celt? Everything rests on the Saxon bride’s choice of vengeance or love. Will Aelfrida prove to be Tryffin’s soul mate or his worst enemy?
The Underground Box Set, Volume One
Author: Becca Jameson
Publisher: Becca Jameson Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 880
Book Description
The Underground is a six-book spin-off series that follows the lives of six Russian fighters who were introduced in The Fight Club series. This series will be best read in order as there is an escalation of events in each story that lead to the eventual answers concerning how and why these six fighters' lives are so intertwined. Each book follows a different fighter and the woman who captures his heart. This book is a re-release of a previously published book. No additions or changes have been made to the story.
Publisher: Becca Jameson Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 880
Book Description
The Underground is a six-book spin-off series that follows the lives of six Russian fighters who were introduced in The Fight Club series. This series will be best read in order as there is an escalation of events in each story that lead to the eventual answers concerning how and why these six fighters' lives are so intertwined. Each book follows a different fighter and the woman who captures his heart. This book is a re-release of a previously published book. No additions or changes have been made to the story.
The Kurt Vetter Trilogy
Author: William Esmont
Publisher: Devious Productions, LLC
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 501
Book Description
All ex CIA-analyst Kurt Vetter wants is some peace and solace after facing loss after loss. But fate has other plans for this reluctant hero. Danger and destruction pull him back into a world he thought he left long ago. Teaming up with Amanda Carter, an enigmatic woman of strength and confidence, they take on perilous and death-defying missions in this three-book Reluctant Hero Series. Grab on to your seats and enjoy the thrilling and exhilarating global adventure as Kurt and Amanda clash with traitorous CIA operatives and hunt down notorious nuclear arms dealers -- all while preventing the world from descending into anarchy at the hands of a crazed madman. This omnibus edition contains all three international espionage thriller novels in the Reluctant Hero series: The Patriot Paradox Pressed Blood in the Streets The Kurt Vetter Trilogy is set in a world that could be our own, where shadowy deep state government operatives scheme to shift the balance of power to suit their needs by whatever means necessary while rogue states pursue weapons of mass destruction. Conspiracies abound.
Publisher: Devious Productions, LLC
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 501
Book Description
All ex CIA-analyst Kurt Vetter wants is some peace and solace after facing loss after loss. But fate has other plans for this reluctant hero. Danger and destruction pull him back into a world he thought he left long ago. Teaming up with Amanda Carter, an enigmatic woman of strength and confidence, they take on perilous and death-defying missions in this three-book Reluctant Hero Series. Grab on to your seats and enjoy the thrilling and exhilarating global adventure as Kurt and Amanda clash with traitorous CIA operatives and hunt down notorious nuclear arms dealers -- all while preventing the world from descending into anarchy at the hands of a crazed madman. This omnibus edition contains all three international espionage thriller novels in the Reluctant Hero series: The Patriot Paradox Pressed Blood in the Streets The Kurt Vetter Trilogy is set in a world that could be our own, where shadowy deep state government operatives scheme to shift the balance of power to suit their needs by whatever means necessary while rogue states pursue weapons of mass destruction. Conspiracies abound.
The Navigator
Author: PM Johnson
Publisher: PM Johnson
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
EARTH HAS CHANGED. The old world order collapsed following the meteor impacts of 2031 when fire rained down from the skies, instantly vaporizing millions. Billions more died during the Long Winter and resource wars that followed. Over one hundred years have passed since those devastating events and new societies have formed around the globe. In North America, the fragile peace that exists among the continent’s independent nations and city-states is under threat. The ambitious Grand Guardian of the People’s Republic of America is mobilizing his massive war machine in order to make real his dream of reunifying a former great power. But on the eve of the offensive, a leading scientist dies under mysterious circumstances, though not before he entrusts another with the key to unlocking a secret. A secret so powerful, it could not only unravel the Grand Guardian’s designs, but also doom, or save, all of humanity. Book 2, The Warrior, and Book 3, The Renegade, and Book 4, The Conqueror, now available.
Publisher: PM Johnson
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
EARTH HAS CHANGED. The old world order collapsed following the meteor impacts of 2031 when fire rained down from the skies, instantly vaporizing millions. Billions more died during the Long Winter and resource wars that followed. Over one hundred years have passed since those devastating events and new societies have formed around the globe. In North America, the fragile peace that exists among the continent’s independent nations and city-states is under threat. The ambitious Grand Guardian of the People’s Republic of America is mobilizing his massive war machine in order to make real his dream of reunifying a former great power. But on the eve of the offensive, a leading scientist dies under mysterious circumstances, though not before he entrusts another with the key to unlocking a secret. A secret so powerful, it could not only unravel the Grand Guardian’s designs, but also doom, or save, all of humanity. Book 2, The Warrior, and Book 3, The Renegade, and Book 4, The Conqueror, now available.
The Names
Author: Don DeLillo
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307817180
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 351
Book Description
Set against the backdrop of a lush and exotic Greece, The Names is considered the book which began to drive "sharply upward the size of his readership" (Los Angeles Times Book Review). Among the cast of DeLillo's bizarre yet fully realized characters in The Names are Kathryn, the narrator's estranged wife; their son, the six-year-old novelist; Owen, the scientist; and the neurotic narrator obsessed with his own neuroses. A thriller, a mystery, and still a moving examination of family, loss, and the amorphous and magical potential of language itself, The Names stands with any of DeLillo's more recent and highly acclaimed works. "The Names not only accurately reflects a portion of our contemporary world but, more importantly, creates an original world of its own."--Chicago Sun-Times "DeLillo sifts experience through simultaneous grids of science and poetry, analysis and clear sight, to make a high-wire prose that is voluptuously stark."--Village Voice Literary Supplement "DeLillo verbally examines every state of consciousness from eroticism to tourism, from the idea of America as conceived by the rest of the world to the idea of the rest of the world as conceived by America, from mysticism to fanaticism."--New York Times
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307817180
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 351
Book Description
Set against the backdrop of a lush and exotic Greece, The Names is considered the book which began to drive "sharply upward the size of his readership" (Los Angeles Times Book Review). Among the cast of DeLillo's bizarre yet fully realized characters in The Names are Kathryn, the narrator's estranged wife; their son, the six-year-old novelist; Owen, the scientist; and the neurotic narrator obsessed with his own neuroses. A thriller, a mystery, and still a moving examination of family, loss, and the amorphous and magical potential of language itself, The Names stands with any of DeLillo's more recent and highly acclaimed works. "The Names not only accurately reflects a portion of our contemporary world but, more importantly, creates an original world of its own."--Chicago Sun-Times "DeLillo sifts experience through simultaneous grids of science and poetry, analysis and clear sight, to make a high-wire prose that is voluptuously stark."--Village Voice Literary Supplement "DeLillo verbally examines every state of consciousness from eroticism to tourism, from the idea of America as conceived by the rest of the world to the idea of the rest of the world as conceived by America, from mysticism to fanaticism."--New York Times
The Outlook
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1074
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1074
Book Description
The One That Got Away
Author: C. Kelly Robinson
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780451216632
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Fast-rising record exec Tony Gooden has his priorities in line: making money and loving the single life. But his game is thrown off balance when he sees Serena Kincaid, the only woman he ever put himself on the line for.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780451216632
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Fast-rising record exec Tony Gooden has his priorities in line: making money and loving the single life. But his game is thrown off balance when he sees Serena Kincaid, the only woman he ever put himself on the line for.
The Patriot Paradox
Author: William Esmont
Publisher: Devious Productions, LLC
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 207
Book Description
Ex-CIA analyst, Kurt Vetter is no stranger to tragedy and loss. Swearing off any connections to a life he once lead, he retreats to South America--on a self-imposed exile. But when he receives a mysterious package of encrypted files from his dead brother, he's drawn back into a dangerous world of treason and espionage--a world he swore he'd left behind for good. It's up to Kurt to uncover the message that his brother was desperate to convey--a message that could be the difference between life and death. When the files lead him across the world, he encounters Amanda Carter, an enigmatic woman linked directly to his brother, who just might have the information he needs to decipher what's hidden inside the files. Together, they uncover a plot far bigger than anything he ever anticipated--a rogue CIA mission to detonate a nuclear bomb. But with time running out and his brother's assassins closing in, Amanda and Kurt must face this alone. With millions of innocent lives at stake, they race against the clock to stop the attack. If they fail, the results could be explosive. The Patriot Paradox is the first book in the Reluctant Hero Trilogy, an espionage thriller and political mystery series that features gripping suspense, international intrigue, and a cast of characters whose exploits will enthrall you. If you enjoy action-packed spy stories by the likes of Vince Flynn, Robert Ludlum, and Tom Clancy, you’ll love the story! Get the first book in this gripping spy thriller series for free today! Suggested reading order: 1. The Patriot Paradox 2. Pressed 3. Blood in the Streets or get all three in The Kurt Vetter Trilogy The Patriot Paradox is set in a world that could be our own, where shadowy deep state government operatives scheme to shift the balance of power to suit their needs by whatever means necessary. Conspiracies abound.
Publisher: Devious Productions, LLC
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 207
Book Description
Ex-CIA analyst, Kurt Vetter is no stranger to tragedy and loss. Swearing off any connections to a life he once lead, he retreats to South America--on a self-imposed exile. But when he receives a mysterious package of encrypted files from his dead brother, he's drawn back into a dangerous world of treason and espionage--a world he swore he'd left behind for good. It's up to Kurt to uncover the message that his brother was desperate to convey--a message that could be the difference between life and death. When the files lead him across the world, he encounters Amanda Carter, an enigmatic woman linked directly to his brother, who just might have the information he needs to decipher what's hidden inside the files. Together, they uncover a plot far bigger than anything he ever anticipated--a rogue CIA mission to detonate a nuclear bomb. But with time running out and his brother's assassins closing in, Amanda and Kurt must face this alone. With millions of innocent lives at stake, they race against the clock to stop the attack. If they fail, the results could be explosive. The Patriot Paradox is the first book in the Reluctant Hero Trilogy, an espionage thriller and political mystery series that features gripping suspense, international intrigue, and a cast of characters whose exploits will enthrall you. If you enjoy action-packed spy stories by the likes of Vince Flynn, Robert Ludlum, and Tom Clancy, you’ll love the story! Get the first book in this gripping spy thriller series for free today! Suggested reading order: 1. The Patriot Paradox 2. Pressed 3. Blood in the Streets or get all three in The Kurt Vetter Trilogy The Patriot Paradox is set in a world that could be our own, where shadowy deep state government operatives scheme to shift the balance of power to suit their needs by whatever means necessary. Conspiracies abound.