Author: Orhan Miloshe
Publisher: The Artless Dodges Press
ISBN: 098199394X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 276
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"Perhaps when I die, whether by assassin's bullet or by some natural end, I will float free of my body and come into the blessed light of eternal repose beside my Maker. But in my heart I do not believe it to be so: I know that in truth the world is only like a house afire, a frantic and terminal farce from which no doorway leads and of which no record remains." from I AWOKE IN A HOUSE AFIRE Orphaned at age five, when his anarchist parents are executed for treason, Rousseau travels through life buffeted by chance. Along the way he is deified and damned, imprisoned and exalted, welcomed and exiled. Through these trials he comes to believe that the world is like a house afire: a terminal farce into which everyone is born and of which everyone must make some reckoning while the walls collapse around him. In the tradition of Swift's Gulliver's Travels and Kafka's America comes a novel that is at once a window onto our own world and a funhouse mirror reflection of it, a portrait and a caricature, at once profoundly funny and deeply unsettling. Written by Orhan Miloshe Cover design by Tom Maven
Author: Adele Griffin
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0385752741
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 306
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There was an accident. Ember knows at least that much. She was driving. The car was totaled. Eight months later, Ember feels broken. She can’t even remember the six weeks of her life leading up to the accident. Where was she going? Who was she with? And what happened during those six weeks that her friends and family won’t talk about? In the wake of her critically praised young adult psychological thrillers, Tighter and All You Never Wanted, National Book Award finalist Adele Griffin has created another triumph in this unflinching story of loss and recovery that Booklist called “exquisite” in a starred review.
Author: Hillary Jordan
Publisher: Algonquin Books
ISBN: 1616201843
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 369
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Bellwether Prize winner Hillary Jordan’s provocative new novel, When She Woke, tells the story of a stigmatized woman struggling to navigate an America of a not-too-distant future, where the line between church and state has been eradicated and convicted felons are no longer imprisoned and rehabilitated but chromed—their skin color is genetically altered to match the class of their crimes—and then released back into the population to survive as best they can. Hannah is a Red; her crime is murder. In seeking a path to safety in an alien and hostile world, Hannah unknowingly embarks on a path of self-discovery that forces her to question the values she once held true and the righteousness of a country that politicizes faith.
Author: Laurence Manning
Publisher: Del Rey
ISBN: 9780345279699
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Languages : en
Pages :
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Author: Dallas Hunt
Publisher: Portage & Main Press
ISBN: 1553797809
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
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During an unfortunate mishap, young Awâsis loses Kôhkum’s freshly baked world-famous bannock. Not knowing what to do, Awâsis seeks out a variety of other-than-human relatives willing to help. What adventures are in store for Awâsis? Awâsis and the World-Famous Bannock highlights the importance of collaboration and seeking guidance from one's community, while introducing the Cree words for different animals and baking ingredients. Find a pronunciation guide and the recipe for Kôhkum’s world-famous bannock in the back of the book.
Author: Andrew Lang
Publisher:
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Category : Adventure and adventurers
Languages : en
Pages : 364
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Author: John Joseph Halcombe
Publisher:
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Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 696
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Author: Boris Sidis
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 404
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Languages : en
Pages : 704
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Author: Richard Morris
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Category : Crosses
Languages : en
Pages : 278
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