Amanda Paradise

Amanda Paradise
Author: Caconrad
Publisher:
Total Pages: 136
Release: 2021
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 9781950268429

"A new collection of poetry by CAConrad"--

The Mask

The Mask
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 412
Release: 1868
Genre: English wit and humor
ISBN:

Bird of Paradise

Bird of Paradise
Author: Raquel Cepeda
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2013
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1451635877

An award-winning journalist and documentary filmmaker chronicles her personal year-long journey to discover the truth about her ancestry through DNA testing, sharing her findings as well as her insights into controversies surrounding modern Latino identity.

To Paradise

To Paradise
Author: Hanya Yanagihara
Publisher: Anchor
Total Pages: 720
Release: 2022-01-11
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0385547943

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • From the award-winning, best-selling author of the classic A Little Life—a bold, brilliant novel spanning three centuries and three different versions of the American experiment, about lovers, family, loss and the elusive promise of utopia. A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: VOGUE • ESQUIRE • NPR • GOODREADS To Paradise is a fin de siècle novel of marvelous literary effect, but above all it is a work of emotional genius. The great power of this remarkable novel is driven by Yanagihara’s understanding of the aching desire to protect those we love—partners, lovers, children, friends, family, and even our fellow citizens—and the pain that ensues when we cannot. In an alternate version of 1893 America, New York is part of the Free States, where people may live and love whomever they please (or so it seems). The fragile young scion of a distinguished family resists betrothal to a worthy suitor, drawn to a charming music teacher of no means. In a 1993 Manhattan besieged by the AIDS epidemic, a young Hawaiian man lives with his much older, wealthier partner, hiding his troubled childhood and the fate of his father. And in 2093, in a world riven by plagues and governed by totalitarian rule, a powerful scientist’s damaged granddaughter tries to navigate life without him—and solve the mystery of her husband’s disappearances. These three sections comprise an ingenious symphony, as recurring notes and themes deepen and enrich one another: A townhouse in Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village; illness, and treatments that come at a terrible cost; wealth and squalor; the weak and the strong; race; the definition of family, and of nationhood; the dangerous righteousness of the powerful, and of revolutionaries; the longing to find a place in an earthly paradise, and the gradual realization that it can’t exist. What unites not just the characters, but these Americas, are their reckonings with the qualities that make us human: Fear. Love. Shame. Need. Loneliness.

A Concise Companion to Milton

A Concise Companion to Milton
Author: Angelica Duran
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 384
Release: 2016-02-18
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1444393804

With brevity, depth, and accessibility, this book helps readers to appreciate the works of John Milton, and to understand the great influence they have had on literature and other disciplines. Presents new and authoritative essays by internationally respected Milton scholars Explains how and why Milton’s works established their central place in the English literary canon Structured chronologically around Milton’s major works Also includes a select bibliography and a chronology detailing Milton’s life and works alongside relevant world events Ideal as a first critical work on Milton

First Party Activity Book

First Party Activity Book
Author: DK
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 50
Release: 2008-08-18
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0756689341

This exciting series of activity books keeps little fingers busy for hours on end! Each title is packed with fun, inspirational ideas that kids will love. In First Party Activity Book, children will find lots to celebrate with adorable party-themed projects. With easy-to follow instructions, clear, step-by-step photographs, and close-up shots of the finished projects, this book has all the information and inspiration a young host or hostess needs to throw a party extraordinaire!

Night Masks

Night Masks
Author: R.A. Salvatore
Publisher: Wizards of the Coast
Total Pages: 265
Release: 2011-08-16
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0786954345

Cadderly the warrior-priest discovers a magical book whose secrets may help him to defeat the Chaos Curse once and for all Cadderly’s spiritual and moral wrestlings reach a crescendo upon his discovery of the mysterious Tome of Universal Harmony. While he is eager to defeat evil, his battles against the Chaos Curse have taken him far from his scholarly inventor’s life, and the magical book from his priestly order calls to him in ways he cannot fully comprehend. But adventure isn't finished with the young cleric yet. Cadderly and his friends face great danger from a sinister killer and the assassins of the Night Mask, all of whom lurk in the streets of the city of Carradoon. With the dreaded Chaos Curse still at large and new enemies at every turn, can Cadderly find both his faith and his warrior’s courage before it’s too late?

Tastes of Paradise

Tastes of Paradise
Author: Wolfgang Schivelbusch
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 260
Release: 1993-06-29
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780679744382

From the extravagant use of pepper in the Middle Ages to the Protestant bourgeoisie's love of coffee to the reason why fashionable Europeans stopped sniffing tobacco and starting smoking it, Schivelbusch looks at how the appetite for pleasure transformed the social structure of the Old World. Illustrations.

Criminal Paradise

Criminal Paradise
Author: Steven M. Thomas
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2008-02-26
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0345504909

The literature of larceny welcomes a newcomer with some serious chops, as Steven M. Thomas muscles his way to a place at the table–elbow-to-elbow with Elmore Leonard and Carl Hiaasen–courtesy of a harrowing, hilarious, two-fisted, hard-boiled thriller that’s pure heaven for anyone who loves a hell of a crime novel. Robert Rivers is a crook. No excuses, no apologies. Breaking the law is his calling, crime is his rush, capers his reason for getting up in the morning and staying up late at night. But he’s a thief with honor, plotting and pulling off carefully choreographed heists where no shots are fired, no blood is spilled, and nobody gets hurt . . . except in the wallet. After a brief stint behind bars back in the day, he’s managed to carve out a comfortable existence, cheerfully plundering the sunny Southern California community whose streets he tools in the tweaked-out Cadillac DeVille that’s his pride and joy. But now Rob (whose name has become ironic) is pushing forty, and–like his trusty partner, Switch, who’s got a pregnant girlfriend and a hefty stash of loot–he’s thinking about quitting the game. But then he and Switch, pulling their latest Butch and Sundance, score a payday that could end up costing them plenty. Inside a strongbox packed with greenbacks rests a disturbing black-and-white photo of a beautiful young girl, eyes full of fear as naked as she is. It’s an image that Rob can’t shake, and a wake-up call: There are rules even he won’t break. It’s also his one-way ticket into the underbelly of the underworld–a lethal landscape of sex slaves, sadistic psychopaths, and sawed-off shotguns, where honor is for fools, and trust is for suckers, where very bad people do even worse things and nice guys don’t finish at all. They just get finished off. With its alluring setting, quirky characters, and restrained and subtle prose, Criminal Paradise has something for every thriller fan. And with sharp natural instincts and writing skills as serious as his humor is sly, Steven M. Thomas shows as much promise as any author on the suspense scene.

My American Harp

My American Harp
Author: Surazeus Astarius
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 672
Release: 2017-03-14
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 1365807142

"My American Harp" presents 1,169 poems written 2010-2014 by Surazeus that explore what it means to be an American in the modern world of an interconnected global civilization.