Author: Anthony Doerr
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1476746605
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
*NOW A NETFLIX LIMITED SERIES—from producer and director Shawn Levy (Stranger Things) starring Mark Ruffalo, Hugh Laurie, and newcomer Aria Mia Loberti* Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist, the beloved instant New York Times bestseller and New York Times Book Review Top 10 Book about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II. Marie-Laure lives with her father in Paris near the Museum of Natural History where he works as the master of its thousands of locks. When she is six, Marie-Laure goes blind and her father builds a perfect miniature of their neighborhood so she can memorize it by touch and navigate her way home. When she is twelve, the Nazis occupy Paris, and father and daughter flee to the walled citadel of Saint-Malo, where Marie-Laure’s reclusive great uncle lives in a tall house by the sea. With them they carry what might be the museum’s most valuable and dangerous jewel. In a mining town in Germany, the orphan Werner grows up with his younger sister, enchanted by a crude radio they find. Werner becomes an expert at building and fixing these crucial new instruments, a talent that wins him a place at a brutal academy for Hitler Youth, then a special assignment to track the Resistance. More and more aware of the human cost of his intelligence, Werner travels through the heart of the war and, finally, into Saint-Malo, where his story and Marie-Laure’s converge. Doerr’s “stunning sense of physical detail and gorgeous metaphors” (San Francisco Chronicle) are dazzling. Deftly interweaving the lives of Marie-Laure and Werner, he illuminates the ways, against all odds, people try to be good to one another. Ten years in the writing, All the Light We Cannot See is a magnificent, deeply moving novel from a writer “whose sentences never fail to thrill” (Los Angeles Times).
All the Light We Cannot See
Author: Anthony Doerr
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1476746605
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
*NOW A NETFLIX LIMITED SERIES—from producer and director Shawn Levy (Stranger Things) starring Mark Ruffalo, Hugh Laurie, and newcomer Aria Mia Loberti* Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist, the beloved instant New York Times bestseller and New York Times Book Review Top 10 Book about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II. Marie-Laure lives with her father in Paris near the Museum of Natural History where he works as the master of its thousands of locks. When she is six, Marie-Laure goes blind and her father builds a perfect miniature of their neighborhood so she can memorize it by touch and navigate her way home. When she is twelve, the Nazis occupy Paris, and father and daughter flee to the walled citadel of Saint-Malo, where Marie-Laure’s reclusive great uncle lives in a tall house by the sea. With them they carry what might be the museum’s most valuable and dangerous jewel. In a mining town in Germany, the orphan Werner grows up with his younger sister, enchanted by a crude radio they find. Werner becomes an expert at building and fixing these crucial new instruments, a talent that wins him a place at a brutal academy for Hitler Youth, then a special assignment to track the Resistance. More and more aware of the human cost of his intelligence, Werner travels through the heart of the war and, finally, into Saint-Malo, where his story and Marie-Laure’s converge. Doerr’s “stunning sense of physical detail and gorgeous metaphors” (San Francisco Chronicle) are dazzling. Deftly interweaving the lives of Marie-Laure and Werner, he illuminates the ways, against all odds, people try to be good to one another. Ten years in the writing, All the Light We Cannot See is a magnificent, deeply moving novel from a writer “whose sentences never fail to thrill” (Los Angeles Times).
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1476746605
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
*NOW A NETFLIX LIMITED SERIES—from producer and director Shawn Levy (Stranger Things) starring Mark Ruffalo, Hugh Laurie, and newcomer Aria Mia Loberti* Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist, the beloved instant New York Times bestseller and New York Times Book Review Top 10 Book about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II. Marie-Laure lives with her father in Paris near the Museum of Natural History where he works as the master of its thousands of locks. When she is six, Marie-Laure goes blind and her father builds a perfect miniature of their neighborhood so she can memorize it by touch and navigate her way home. When she is twelve, the Nazis occupy Paris, and father and daughter flee to the walled citadel of Saint-Malo, where Marie-Laure’s reclusive great uncle lives in a tall house by the sea. With them they carry what might be the museum’s most valuable and dangerous jewel. In a mining town in Germany, the orphan Werner grows up with his younger sister, enchanted by a crude radio they find. Werner becomes an expert at building and fixing these crucial new instruments, a talent that wins him a place at a brutal academy for Hitler Youth, then a special assignment to track the Resistance. More and more aware of the human cost of his intelligence, Werner travels through the heart of the war and, finally, into Saint-Malo, where his story and Marie-Laure’s converge. Doerr’s “stunning sense of physical detail and gorgeous metaphors” (San Francisco Chronicle) are dazzling. Deftly interweaving the lives of Marie-Laure and Werner, he illuminates the ways, against all odds, people try to be good to one another. Ten years in the writing, All the Light We Cannot See is a magnificent, deeply moving novel from a writer “whose sentences never fail to thrill” (Los Angeles Times).
To See the Light
Author: Ben Sharp
Publisher: Smooth Sailing Press, LLC
ISBN: 1618990209
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 445
Book Description
When small-town newspaper reporter Rick Hoskins gets physically assaulted along a rural Texas road, he thinks the time has come for him to hang up his pen and notepad. Before he can tender his resignation, though, a police officer's house is burned to the ground, a confidential informant is murdered, his mother is run off the highway, and Rick's editor is found dead in a garage (apparently from carbon monoxide poisoning). And so Rick finds himself forced to stick it out at the paper, shaking off nightmares and a Pandora's Box of personal demons as he struggles to find out who is behind the violence that is pulling his town apart by the seams - and what their ultimate goal may be.
Publisher: Smooth Sailing Press, LLC
ISBN: 1618990209
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 445
Book Description
When small-town newspaper reporter Rick Hoskins gets physically assaulted along a rural Texas road, he thinks the time has come for him to hang up his pen and notepad. Before he can tender his resignation, though, a police officer's house is burned to the ground, a confidential informant is murdered, his mother is run off the highway, and Rick's editor is found dead in a garage (apparently from carbon monoxide poisoning). And so Rick finds himself forced to stick it out at the paper, shaking off nightmares and a Pandora's Box of personal demons as he struggles to find out who is behind the violence that is pulling his town apart by the seams - and what their ultimate goal may be.
Beginning to See the Light
Author: Ellen Willis
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN:
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN:
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Memory Wall
Author: Anthony Doerr
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 143918285X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
In the wise and beautiful second collection from the acclaimed, Pulitzer Prize-winning #1 New York Times bestselling author of All the Light We Cannot See, and Cloud Cuckoo Land, "Doerr writes about the big questions, the imponderables, the major metaphysical dreads, and he does it fearlessly" (The New York Times Book Review). Set on four continents, Anthony Doerr's new stories are about memory, the source of meaning and coherence in our lives, the fragile thread that connects us to ourselves and to others. Every hour, says Doerr, all over the globe, an infinite number of memories disappear. Yet at the same time children, surveying territory that is entirely new to them, push back the darkness, form fresh memories, and remake the world. In the luminous and beautiful title story, a young boy in South Africa comes to possess an old woman's secret, a piece of the past with the power to redeem a life. In "The River Nemunas," a teenage orphan moves from Kansas to Lithuania to live with her grandfather, and discovers a world in which myth becomes real. "Village 113," winner of an O'Henry Prize, is about the building of the Three Gorges Dam and the seed keeper who guards the history of a village soon to be submerged. And in "Afterworld," the radiant, cathartic final story, a woman who escaped the Holocaust is haunted by visions of her childhood friends in Germany, yet finds solace in the tender ministrations of her grandson. Every story in Memory Wall is a reminder of the grandeur of life--of the mysterious beauty of seeds, of fossils, of sturgeon, of clouds, of radios, of leaves, of the breathtaking fortune of living in this universe. Doerr's language, his witness, his imagination, and his humanity are unparalleled in fiction today.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 143918285X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
In the wise and beautiful second collection from the acclaimed, Pulitzer Prize-winning #1 New York Times bestselling author of All the Light We Cannot See, and Cloud Cuckoo Land, "Doerr writes about the big questions, the imponderables, the major metaphysical dreads, and he does it fearlessly" (The New York Times Book Review). Set on four continents, Anthony Doerr's new stories are about memory, the source of meaning and coherence in our lives, the fragile thread that connects us to ourselves and to others. Every hour, says Doerr, all over the globe, an infinite number of memories disappear. Yet at the same time children, surveying territory that is entirely new to them, push back the darkness, form fresh memories, and remake the world. In the luminous and beautiful title story, a young boy in South Africa comes to possess an old woman's secret, a piece of the past with the power to redeem a life. In "The River Nemunas," a teenage orphan moves from Kansas to Lithuania to live with her grandfather, and discovers a world in which myth becomes real. "Village 113," winner of an O'Henry Prize, is about the building of the Three Gorges Dam and the seed keeper who guards the history of a village soon to be submerged. And in "Afterworld," the radiant, cathartic final story, a woman who escaped the Holocaust is haunted by visions of her childhood friends in Germany, yet finds solace in the tender ministrations of her grandson. Every story in Memory Wall is a reminder of the grandeur of life--of the mysterious beauty of seeds, of fossils, of sturgeon, of clouds, of radios, of leaves, of the breathtaking fortune of living in this universe. Doerr's language, his witness, his imagination, and his humanity are unparalleled in fiction today.
Beginning to See the Light
Author: Ellen Willis
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 0816680787
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
Originally published: New York: Knopf, 1981.
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 0816680787
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
Originally published: New York: Knopf, 1981.
Dying to See the Light
Author: Rita D Lovins
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1496974239
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 117
Book Description
Heaven is real. You will learn that you are special, and you are right where you are supposed to be right now. This is the perfect time for you to read this book. Included are the facts I learned that we create our own reality, and you will learn why people are born to love others of the same sex or homosexuals. When I learned why and how I came to be, I was astonished. It was so difficult to get the old teachings out of my head. The reason for the creation of all is probably the biggest shock of everything I learned. I still spend hours contemplating what I learned. It will not sink in right away. Believe me, it takes time to come to grips to the reality of our creation and of all that is. I learned how and why this all began.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1496974239
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 117
Book Description
Heaven is real. You will learn that you are special, and you are right where you are supposed to be right now. This is the perfect time for you to read this book. Included are the facts I learned that we create our own reality, and you will learn why people are born to love others of the same sex or homosexuals. When I learned why and how I came to be, I was astonished. It was so difficult to get the old teachings out of my head. The reason for the creation of all is probably the biggest shock of everything I learned. I still spend hours contemplating what I learned. It will not sink in right away. Believe me, it takes time to come to grips to the reality of our creation and of all that is. I learned how and why this all began.
See the Light
Author: Patti K. Owens
Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
ISBN: 1098089995
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 153
Book Description
This is a collection of letters of encouragement written to friends and strangers. All are inspired by the Holy Spirit. These letters try to see the light that can be elusive in people's lives. They were written to remind people of who they are or to help them through a difficult time. They span the emotions of love, hope, compassion, joy, gratitude, faith, and peace. They always speak to the recipient's hearts. There are life's moments that need to be acknowledged or validated, and these letters respond to those moments. Jesus said, "Let there be light," and this book describes how to find it in a very ordinary way. The letters are always optimistic. It is so important to see the light in the darkness. It is important to look around and see the goodness in others and, most importantly, in ourselves. Life is worth living and living to the fullest. The responses from the recipients of the letters are so often "These are the exact words that I needed to hear."
Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
ISBN: 1098089995
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 153
Book Description
This is a collection of letters of encouragement written to friends and strangers. All are inspired by the Holy Spirit. These letters try to see the light that can be elusive in people's lives. They were written to remind people of who they are or to help them through a difficult time. They span the emotions of love, hope, compassion, joy, gratitude, faith, and peace. They always speak to the recipient's hearts. There are life's moments that need to be acknowledged or validated, and these letters respond to those moments. Jesus said, "Let there be light," and this book describes how to find it in a very ordinary way. The letters are always optimistic. It is so important to see the light in the darkness. It is important to look around and see the goodness in others and, most importantly, in ourselves. Life is worth living and living to the fullest. The responses from the recipients of the letters are so often "These are the exact words that I needed to hear."
You Can See the Light
Author: Dianne Morrissey
Publisher: Citadel Press
ISBN: 9780806523057
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
This guide elaborates on seven keys that allow readers to gain a glimpse of "the light" and return with reassurance that there is life after death. The author experienced her own near-death after being electrocuted, and has since taught the technique of experiencing the next world to more than 25,000 people.
Publisher: Citadel Press
ISBN: 9780806523057
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
This guide elaborates on seven keys that allow readers to gain a glimpse of "the light" and return with reassurance that there is life after death. The author experienced her own near-death after being electrocuted, and has since taught the technique of experiencing the next world to more than 25,000 people.
See the Light
Author: Kate McMurray
Publisher: Carina Press
ISBN: 1488036225
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Kate McMurray brings friends-to-lovers to the Great White Way Up-and-coming Broadway actor Jeremy was given two days to get up and get out. Dumped by his long-term boyfriend and suddenly homeless, he needs a sofa and a sympathetic ear, stat. Enter Max, aspiring makeup artist and Jeremy’s BFF and former roommate. Max has been in love with his best friend forever. Now that Jeremy is back in his home, his old feelings are back, too. He’s happy to help his friend, but this time…it’s complicated. When Jeremy gets his big break in a new show, the message of the play hits home. “Live life to the fullest” means recognizing how he really feels about Max, and that’s not complicated at all. Jeremy’s in love, and wants to move full steam ahead. But Max has waited too long for Jeremy to look at him this way, and he doesn’t want to risk his heart. If this is just a rebound fling, or if Jeremy is only interested in Max because he’s convenient, it will not only shatter him—it will ruin the best friendship he’s ever known. This book is approximately 72,000 words One-click with confidence. This title is part of the Carina Press Romance Promise: all the romance you’re looking for with an HEA/HFN. It’s a promise!
Publisher: Carina Press
ISBN: 1488036225
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Kate McMurray brings friends-to-lovers to the Great White Way Up-and-coming Broadway actor Jeremy was given two days to get up and get out. Dumped by his long-term boyfriend and suddenly homeless, he needs a sofa and a sympathetic ear, stat. Enter Max, aspiring makeup artist and Jeremy’s BFF and former roommate. Max has been in love with his best friend forever. Now that Jeremy is back in his home, his old feelings are back, too. He’s happy to help his friend, but this time…it’s complicated. When Jeremy gets his big break in a new show, the message of the play hits home. “Live life to the fullest” means recognizing how he really feels about Max, and that’s not complicated at all. Jeremy’s in love, and wants to move full steam ahead. But Max has waited too long for Jeremy to look at him this way, and he doesn’t want to risk his heart. If this is just a rebound fling, or if Jeremy is only interested in Max because he’s convenient, it will not only shatter him—it will ruin the best friendship he’s ever known. This book is approximately 72,000 words One-click with confidence. This title is part of the Carina Press Romance Promise: all the romance you’re looking for with an HEA/HFN. It’s a promise!
See the Light
Author: A. R. Shaw
Publisher: A. R. Shaw
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
Monty and Onnie Newton, along with their young son Sirus, escape the violence of a city after the fall and find a house in the middle of a field that's perfect in every way...except that, the lights never turn off.
Publisher: A. R. Shaw
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
Monty and Onnie Newton, along with their young son Sirus, escape the violence of a city after the fall and find a house in the middle of a field that's perfect in every way...except that, the lights never turn off.