Timeless Tales Trio: Vonnegut, Dumas, and Twain (2BR02B/ A Tapestry of Vengeance/ Adventures of Huckleberry Finn)

Timeless Tales Trio: Vonnegut, Dumas, and Twain (2BR02B/ A Tapestry of Vengeance/ Adventures of Huckleberry Finn)
Author: Kurt Vonnegut
Publisher: Prabhat Prakashan
Total Pages: 1699
Release: 2024-06-21
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:
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Book 1: 2BR02B by Kurt Vonnegut [ASIN: B0CL4XPF3Y] Embark on a sci-fi journey with Kurt Vonnegut's "2BR02B." This thought-provoking short story explores a future where life and death take on new meanings, challenging the very fabric of existence. Vonnegut's narrative prowess will leave you contemplating the intricacies of humanity. Book 2: A Tapestry of Vengeance by Alexandre Dumas [ASIN: B0CNPHJFVJ] Dive into the world of historical intrigue with Alexandre Dumas's "A Tapestry of Vengeance." This classic tale weaves a web of revenge, honor, and complex characters set against the backdrop of a bygone era. Dumas's storytelling mastery will transport you to a time of duels and deceptions. Book 3: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain [ASIN: B0CHWDYPP1] Navigate the waters of the Mississippi with Mark Twain's "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn." Join Huck and Jim on a journey of friendship, freedom, and moral awakening. Twain's iconic work explores the complexities of society and human relationships in a way that remains relevant and thought-provoking.

Bluebeard

Bluebeard
Author: Kurt Vonnegut
Publisher: Dial Press
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2009-10-14
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0307567206
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“Ranks with Vonnegut’s best and goes one step beyond . . . joyous, soaring fiction.”—The Atlanta Journal and Constitution Broad humor and bitter irony collide in this fictional autobiography of Rabo Karabekian, who, at age seventy-one, wants to be left alone on his Long Island estate with the secret he has locked inside his potato barn. But then a voluptuous young widow badgers Rabo into telling his life story—and Vonnegut in turn tells us the plain, heart-hammering truth about man’s careless fancy to create or destroy what he loves. Praise for Bluebeard “Vonnegut is at his edifying best.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer “The quicksilver mind of Vonnegut is at it again. . . . He displays all his talents—satire, irony, ridicule, slapstick, and even a shaggy dog story of epic proportions.”—The Cincinnati Post “[Kurt Vonnegut is] a voice you can trust to keep poking holes in the social fabric.”—San Francisco Chronicle “It has the qualities of classic Bosch and Slaughterhouse Vonnegut. . . . Bluebeard is uncommonly feisty.”—USA Today “Is Bluebeard good? Yes! . . . This is vintage Vonnegut—good wine from his best grapes.”—The Detroit News “A joyride . . . Vonnegut is more fascinated and puzzled than angered by the human stupidities and contradictions he discerns so keenly. So hop in his rumble seat. As you whiz along, what you observe may provide some new perspectives.”—Kansas City Star

The Fourth Science Fiction MEGAPACK ®

The Fourth Science Fiction MEGAPACK ®
Author: Isaac Asimov
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
Total Pages: 678
Release: 2012-04-25
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1434448819
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The Fourth Science Fiction Megapack selects 25 more modern and classic science fiction stories, by talented authors new and old. Authors in this volume include: Mary A. Turzillo, E.C. Tubb, Murray Leinster, Philip K. Dick, Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Jason Andrew, Henry Kuttner, Cynthia Ward, George H. Scithers and John Gregory Betancourt, Milton Lesser, John Russell Fearn, Harry Harrison, Isaac Asimov, Ayn Rand, and many more Complete contents "Zora and the Land Ethic Nomads," by Mary A. Turzillo "Food for Friendship," by E.C. Tubb "The Life Work of Professor Muntz," by Murray Leinster "Tiny and the Monster," by Theodore Sturgeon "Beyond Lies the Wub," by Philip K. Dick "Pictures Don’t Lie," by Katherine MacLean "The Big Trip Up Yonder," by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. "Storm Warning," by Donald A. Wollheim "The Application of Discipline," by Jason Andrew "Tom the Universe," by Larry Hodges "Wild Seed," by Carmelo Rafala "Tabula Rasa," by Ray Cluley "The Eyes of Thar," by Henry Kuttner "Regenesis," by Cynthia Ward "Not Omnipotent Enough," by George H. Scithers and John Gregory Betancourt "Plato’s Bastards," by James C. Stewart "Pen Pal," by Milton Lesser "Living Under the Conditions," by James K. Moran "The Arbiter," by John Russell Fearn "The Grandmother-Granddaughter Conspiracy," by Marissa Lingen "Top Secret," by David Grinnell "Living Under the Conditions," by James K. Moran "Sense of Obligation," by Harry Harrison "Angel's Egg," by Edgar Pangborn "Youth," by Isaac Asimov "Anthem," by Ayn Rand And don't forget to search this ebook store for more entries in the "Megapack" series -- covering Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Mysteries, Westerns, Cthulhu Mythos, and many other subjects.

The Yellow Birds

The Yellow Birds
Author: Kevin Powers
Publisher: Little, Brown
Total Pages: 173
Release: 2012-09-11
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0316219355
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Finalist for the National Book Award, The Yellow Birds is the harrowing story of two young soldiers trying to stay alive in Iraq. "The war tried to kill us in the spring." So begins this powerful account of friendship and loss. In Al Tafar, Iraq, twenty-one-year old Private Bartle and eighteen-year-old Private Murphy cling to life as their platoon launches a bloody battle for the city. Bound together since basic training when Bartle makes a promise to bring Murphy safely home, the two have been dropped into a war neither is prepared for. In the endless days that follow, the two young soldiers do everything to protect each other from the forces that press in on every side: the insurgents, physical fatigue, and the mental stress that comes from constant danger. As reality begins to blur into a hazy nightmare, Murphy becomes increasingly unmoored from the world around him and Bartle takes actions he could never have imagined. With profound emotional insight, especially into the effects of a hidden war on mothers and families at home, The Yellow Birds is a groundbreaking novel that is destined to become a classic.

THE BIG TRIP UP YONDER

THE BIG TRIP UP YONDER
Author: KURT VONNEGUT
Publisher: BEYOND BOOKS HUB
Total Pages: 15
Release: 2023-06-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:
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hundreds of additions, deletions, accusations, conditions, warnings, advice and homely philosophy. The document was, Lou reflected, a fifty-year diary, all jammed onto two sheets — a garbled, illegible log of day after day of strife. This day, Lou would be disinherited for the eleventh time, and it would take him perhaps six months of impeccable behavior to regain the promise of a share in the estate. To say nothing of the daybed in the living room for Em and himself...FROM THE BOOK.

Pictures Don't Lie

Pictures Don't Lie
Author: Katherine MacLean
Publisher: Litres
Total Pages: 31
Release: 2021-01-18
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 5040564406
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Angel's Egg

Angel's Egg
Author: Edgar Pangborn
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 56
Release: 2016-04-26
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1682997375
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When adopting a pet, choose the species that is most intelligent, obedient, loyal, fun to play with, yet a shrewd, fearless protector. For the best in pets—choose a human being!

The Arbiter

The Arbiter
Author: John Russell Fearn
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
Total Pages: 29
Release: 2021
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1479469483
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The thing was of metal—but it walked and thought like a man, and was a grim object of deadly peril and menace! John Russell Fearn (1908–1960) was a British author and one of the first British writers to appear in American pulp science fiction magazines. Always a highly prolific author, he published not only under his own name, but also as Vargo Statten and other pseudonyms including Thornton Ayre, Polton Cross, Geoffrey Armstrong, John Cotton, Dennis Clive, Ephriam Winiki, Astron Del Martia (and others). He remains best known for his long-running Golden Amazon saga. At times these drew on the pulp traditions of Edgar Rice Burroughs. Fearn also wrote Westerns and crime fiction.

Affective Health and Masculinities in South Africa

Affective Health and Masculinities in South Africa
Author: Hans Reihling
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2020
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780429328565
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"Affective Health and Masculinities in South Africa explores how different masculinities modulate substance use, interpersonal violence, suicidality, and AIDS as well as recovery cross-culturally. With a focus on three male protagonists living in very distinct urban areas of Cape Town, this comparative ethnography shows that men's struggles to become invulnerable increase vulnerability. Through an analysis of masculinities as social assemblages, the study shows how affective health problems are tied to modern individualism rather than African 'tradition' that has become a clichâe in Eurocentric gender studies. Affective health is conceptualized as a balancing act between autonomy and connectivity that after colonialism and apartheid has become compromised through the imperative of self-reliance. This book provides a rare perspective on young men's vulnerability in everyday life that may affect the reader and spark discussion about how masculinities in relationships shape physical and psychological health. Moreover, it shows how men change in the face of distress in ways that may look different than global health and gender transformative approaches envision. Thick descriptions of actual events over the life course make the study accessible to both graduate and undergraduate students in the social sciences. Contributing to current debates on mental health and masculinity, the volume will be of interest to scholars from a number of disciplines including anthropology, gender studies, African studies, psychology and global health"--

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Author: Mark Twain
Publisher: Bedford/st Martins
Total Pages: 551
Release: 1995
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780312112257
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Essays on its background, themes, style, and ending accompany the story of Huck Finn and Jim, an escaped slave, as they travel down the Mississippi