Facing the Night
Author | : Ned Rorem |
Publisher | : Counterpoint LLC |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Ned Rorem |
Publisher | : Counterpoint LLC |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Graham Moore |
Publisher | : Random House |
Total Pages | : 384 |
Release | : 2016-08-16 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0812988914 |
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A world of invention and skulduggery, populated by the likes of Edison, Westinghouse, and Tesla.”—Erik Larson “A model of superior historical fiction . . . an exciting, sometimes astonishing story.”—The Washington Post From Graham Moore, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of The Imitation Game and New York Times bestselling author of The Sherlockian, comes a thrilling novel—based on actual events—about the nature of genius, the cost of ambition, and the battle to electrify America. New York, 1888. Gas lamps still flicker in the city streets, but the miracle of electric light is in its infancy. The person who controls the means to turn night into day will make history—and a vast fortune. A young untested lawyer named Paul Cravath, fresh out of Columbia Law School, takes a case that seems impossible to win. Paul’s client, George Westinghouse, has been sued by Thomas Edison over a billion-dollar question: Who invented the light bulb and holds the right to power the country? The case affords Paul entry to the heady world of high society—the glittering parties in Gramercy Park mansions, and the more insidious dealings done behind closed doors. The task facing him is beyond daunting. Edison is a wily, dangerous opponent with vast resources at his disposal—private spies, newspapers in his pocket, and the backing of J. P. Morgan himself. Yet this unknown lawyer shares with his famous adversary a compulsion to win at all costs. How will he do it? In obsessive pursuit of victory, Paul crosses paths with Nikola Tesla, an eccentric, brilliant inventor who may hold the key to defeating Edison, and with Agnes Huntington, a beautiful opera singer who proves to be a flawless performer on stage and off. As Paul takes greater and greater risks, he’ll find that everyone in his path is playing their own game, and no one is quite who they seem. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST AND THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER “A satisfying romp . . . Takes place against a backdrop rich with period detail . . . Works wonderfully as an entertainment . . . As it charges forward, the novel leaves no dot unconnected.”—Noah Hawley, The New York Times Book Review
Author | : Facing History and Ourselves |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 106 |
Release | : 2017-11-20 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781940457239 |
Teaching "Night" interweaves a literary analysis of Elie Wiesel's powerful and poignant memoir with an exploration of the relevant historical context that surrounded his experience during the Holocaust.
Author | : Chris Abani |
Publisher | : Akashic Books |
Total Pages | : 171 |
Release | : 2007-09-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1933354313 |
My Luck, a West African boy solider who has not spoken for three years, fights in a senseless war and embarks on a terrifying yet beautiful journey to find his lost platoon.
Author | : Zhao Feng |
Publisher | : Devneybooks |
Total Pages | : 1631 |
Release | : |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 1304462358 |
Totem continent, animal cultivation is rampant, people can become powerful orcs as long as they wake up the animal blood in their bodies.
Author | : Chung Wenyin |
Publisher | : P.R.A. Publishing |
Total Pages | : 129 |
Release | : 2012-10-10 |
Genre | : Family & Relationships |
ISBN | : 0982140797 |
Ahmam's Island is the new American release of the Taiwanese title Woman's Islands. The translation deals with a young woman living in Taipei, Taiwan as she prepares to visit her home village for the Chinese New Year. What she will discover on the trip home is the role family and society expectations play in what thought she knew about herself. What she will learn, is to accept who she wishes to become.