Twenty-One Stories

Twenty-One Stories
Author: Graham Greene
Publisher: Open Road Media
Total Pages: 213
Release: 2018-07-10
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1504054067

These wide-ranging tales of menace, tragedy, and comedy offer ample proof that “in the short story, as well as the novel, Graham Greene is the master” (The New York Times). Written between 1929 and 1954, here are twenty-one stories by a “master storyteller” (Newsweek). Whatever the crime, whatever the pursuit, whatever the mood—from the tragic and horrifying to the ribald and bittersweet, Graham Greene is “the ultimate chronicler of twentieth-century man’s consciousness and anxiety” (William Golding). In “The End of the Party,” a game of hide-and-seek takes a terrifying turn in the dark. In “The Innocent,” a romantic gets a rude awakening when he finds a hidden keepsake from a childhood crush. A husband’s sexual indiscretion is revealed in a most public and embarrassing way in “The Blue Film.” A rebellious teen’s flight from her petit bourgeois life includes a bad boy, a gun, and a plan in “A Drive in the Country.” In “A Little Place off the Edgware Road,” a suicidal man’s encounter with a stranger in a grubby cinema seals his fate. A young boy is ushered into a dark world when he discovers the secrets adults hide in “The Basement Room.” And in “When Greek Meets Greek,” a clever con between two scoundrels carries an unexpected sting. In these and more than a dozen other stories, Greene confronts his usual themes of betrayal and vengeance, love and hate, faith and doubt, guilt and grief, and pity and pursuit.

Proof Positive

Proof Positive
Author: Philip Singerman
Publisher: Forge Books
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2007-04-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1429980710

When his long-lost love and new bride Clara was brutally murdered in an Austrian mountain chateau while they were on their honeymoon, super-sleuth and undercover operative Roland Troy quits chasing criminals and retreats to the back woods of Vermont. But when his old friend and former partner McKenzie Rockett travels from Florida to ask a favor, Troy knows he can't say no to Rockett's request for help in solving one last homicide. Troy is partnered up with beautiful, ex-model, Angela Becker, a superb undercover cop in her own right. The two of them quickly find that they are on the trail of something far larger and darker than what Troy and Rockett had initially assumed: an on-going international conspiracy that has spanned not only the decades, but generations as well. This riveting stand-alone sequel to Prancing Tiger (Morrow, 0-688-13049-6), takes the reader from rural Vermont to the swampland of Florida, and into the mountains along the Austrian-Italian border on a hunt for the truth about one girl's past and the history of an entire nation. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Collected Short Stories

Collected Short Stories
Author: Graham Greene
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 372
Release: 1986
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780140186123

Affairs, obsessions, ardours, fantasy, myth, legend and dream, fear, pity and violence - this magnificant collection of stories illuminates all corners of the human experience. Previously published in three volumes - "May We Borrow Your Husband?," "A Sense of Reality" and "Twenty-One Stories" - these thirty-seven stories reveal Graham Greene in a range of contrasting moods, sometimes cynical and witty, sometimes searching and philosophical. Each one confirms V.S. Pritchett's statement that Greene is 'a master of storytelling'.

Proof Positive

Proof Positive
Author: Archer Mayor
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2014-09-30
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1250026407

Ben Kendall was a troubled man. Coming back from Vietnam with PTSD and scars that no one else could see, he hid away from the world, filling his house with an ever-increasing amount of stuff, until finally, the piles collapsed and he was found dead, crushed beneath his own belongings. But what at first glance looks to be a tragic accidental death of a hoarder, may be something much more—and much deadlier. Ben's cousin, medical examiner Beverly Hillstrom, unsettled by the circumstances of his death, alerts Joe Gunther and his Vermont Bureau of Investigation team. Ben, it seems, brought back something else from Vietnam than personal demons—he also brought back combat photos and negatives that someone else wants desperately to keep from the public eye. When Beverly's daughter Rachel made her cousin Ben—and his photos—the subject of her college art project, some of those photos appeared on the walls of a local art gallery. This in turn resulted in the appearance of a two man hit squad, searching for some other missing negatives. With Joe Gunther and his squad trailing behind the grisly research results of the hit team, and the deadly killers closing in on Rachel, Gunther has little time to find and protect Rachel before she ends up in the same grisly state as her cousin before her. Archer Mayor's Proof Positive is another enthralling installment in the Joe Gunther Series.

Proof Positive

Proof Positive
Author: Joyce Richards Case
Publisher: WestBow Press
Total Pages: 303
Release: 2017-06-09
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1512789801

This inspirational story follows Winston and Hope Prichard during the 1940s in South Texas. This fourth volume begins with the attack on Pearl Harbor. The portrayal of the family on the home front accurately recounts the events of WWII. Sacrificing for the war effort, the Prichard family is also beset with devastating loss and hardship of starting over. They never miss printing the weekly newspaper, though at times, Winn accomplishes it with a hangover. Hope has faith that God will answer her prayers for him to overcome his compulsion to binge drinking. Infuriating relatives and endearing town characters contribute humor and warmth to this compelling novel. The author weaves a story of an honest, hardworking couple who love deeply, laugh readily, and look to God for every need. Proof Positive is a feel-good book, acknowledging the pure kindness of folks who care about each other and their neighbors.

Starting English Teaching

Starting English Teaching
Author: Robert Jeffcoate
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 238
Release: 2002-11-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1134939019

This book is aimed at new teachers and at teachers new to the teaching of English. Its main focus is the secondary classroom, but primary teachers too will find here much to interest them. Taking the National Curriculum in English as a starting point, but not necessarily the last word on the subject, Robert Jeffcoate looks at the theoretical issues involved in thinking about what English means, defining goals and planning the curriculum. He shows the how to go about developing a repertoire of skills in the different curriculum areas from drama teaching to teaching about the language. His suggestions are illustrated with detailed examples of classroom practice and with many quotations from pupils' own work.

Whatshisface

Whatshisface
Author: Gordon Korman
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 205
Release: 2018-05-08
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1338200178

Gordon Korman's next stand-alone novel, a fun, funny ghost story about a nobody kid who becomes a somebody while helping a ghost right a wrong from the past. Cooper Vega's family moves so often that he's practically invisible at any school he attends. Now they've relocated to the town of Stratford - where nobody even makes an effort to learn Cooper's name. To them, he's just . . . whatshisface.Cooper's parents feel bad about moving him around so much, so they get him a fancy new phone. Almost immediately, it starts to malfunction. First there's a buzzing. Then there's a weird glare on the screen. Then that glare starts to take on the form of . . . a person?It's not just any person trapped inside Cooper's phone. It's a boy named Roderick, who says he lived in the time of William Shakespeare - and had a very tangled history with the famous playwright. Cooper thinks his phone has gone haywire, but there's nothing he can do to get rid of Roderick. Then, even stranger, Roderick starts helping him. Even though his seventeenth-century advice isn't always the best for a twenty-first century middle school.

The John Brunner Collection Volume One

The John Brunner Collection Volume One
Author: John Brunner
Publisher: Open Road Media
Total Pages: 1113
Release: 2018-05-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1504053788

Three visionary sci-fi novels from the Hugo Award–winning author whose dystopian prescience made him “one of the most important” (SF Site). British science fiction master John Brunner remains one of the most influential and respected authors of all time, and now many of his classic works are being made available to new generations of readers. The very definition of timeless, Brunner’s skillful and often frightening political and social commentary takes its place alongside the most iconic works of Arthur C. Clarke, Aldous Huxley, Margaret Atwood, and George Orwell. The Sheep Look Up: In a near future of poison air and soaring health hazards, environmentalist Austin Train is on the run—from the insurrectionists who want him to lead and the government that wants him dead, in this Nebula Award Finalist. “An arresting diary of what’s in store for us.” —The Washington Post The Crucible of Time: On a planet hurtling precariously through space, an alien civilization struggles for generations against ice ages and catastrophic meteors while scientists slowly develop the technology that will ultimately save them. “Impeccably detailed, and beautifully thought out, even to the fascinating alien personalities, speech patterns, and thoughts: Brunner in top form.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review The Jagged Orbit: In this Nebula Award Finalist, a journalist tries to expose the corrupt director of a mental hospital in a dystopian future where drug abuse, organized crime, and the inhumane treatment of anyone deemed “insane” have all but destroyed social order. “One of his most trenchant dystopias, yet it is as irresistible as it is biting.” —SFReviews.net

Proof Positive

Proof Positive
Author: Neil Nedley
Publisher: Nedley Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1999
Genre: Health
ISBN: 9780966197938

A must for all wanting to use natural means for preventing or treating high blood pressure, blocked arteries, cancer, chronic fatigue, diabetes, osteoporosis, and many other afflictions. Provides information that minimizes the use of prescription drugs, diet fads, and their accompanying side effects. Highly illustrated in full color, this tome of information is designed to be readable and easy-to-understand. Singular case studies, which can be misleading, are not used. Instead, the results of a host of scientific studies conducted around the world are cited, many of which involve large groups of individuals with widely varying lifestyles. Many topics are covered such as how to strengthen the immune system, overcome addictions, increase reasoning ability, cope with stress, and enhance children's mental and physical potential.