Sabu

Sabu
Author: Shugoro Yamamoto
Publisher: Shelley Marshall
Total Pages: 297
Release: 2023-04-14
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1959002066

No one lives life alone. Edo, Japan Eiji is a smart, good-looking, young man dedicated to mastering the craft of scroll mounting and framing. Sabu, neither handsome nor clever, is his best friend and fellow apprentice. The future looks bright for these friends until Eiji is accused of stealing and vanishes.

Boswell

Boswell
Author: Stanley Elkin
Publisher: Open Road Media
Total Pages: 385
Release: 2010-10-26
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1453204105

Elkin’s striking debut: The story of one man’s comic attempts at immortality James Boswell is a professional strongman and a wrestler. He is also a loveable leech who amasses friends of wealth and influence as his own insurance policy against death, an obsession that leads him from coast to coast, crashing parties and mentioning any celebrity whose name will grant him an ounce of social currency. But when those around him begin dying, Boswell is forced to confront his own mortality and determine once and for all how to find permanence in an ephemeral world. Poignant and laugh-out-loud funny, Boswell is Elkin’s engaging novel of one man’s desperate attempts to outmaneuver death, and an acerbic take on the follies of the American Dream. This ebook features rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author’s estate and from the Stanley Elkin archives at Washington University in St. Louis.

The Vessel

The Vessel
Author: Elle Brian
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 82
Release: 2016-10-21
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1524539406

The Vessel is a five chapter, nonfiction book based on the life of a psychic woman named Marie Nan. The book delineates this native New Yorkers life from childhood in the 1950s to adulthood. It details a journey in which Marie is emotionally impacted by both her psychic experiences and her extraterrestrial encounters. Her fear of both unknowns impels her to seek spiritual guidance from Maria. As a santera, Maria channels a spirit who explains to Marie her mission in life. Throughout the book, Maries frightening experiences are intertwined with her personal lifes successes and disappointments. She is married more than once and has a daughter, whom she knows has been a victim of an encounter of the third kind. Her familys psychic and alien-related experiences are also interlaced into Maries journey. Throughout her life, Marie accepts her spiritual experiences but continues to question the purpose for her alien-related encounters. Ultimately, Marie seeks a regression to uncover why she has been chosen.

East or West

East or West
Author: Sudhir Jain
Publisher: FriesenPress
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2017-05-16
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1525502786

East or West is a worldly, eclectic collection of linked short fiction. In these pages are stories that explore themes like the clash of cultures of east and west, the small instances that shape great lives, starting over, and more. A new holy site arises in the east: an ashram . . . for atheists, but is it all that it seems? A young British girl struggles against her new boyfriend’s fundamentalist religious culture. A musician in the 1800s strives to gain recognition while under the shadow of one of the greatest composers of all time. A business tycoon has one last chance at happiness after his hubris has cost him his fortune. A debut author seeks success at a local book fair. A young executive tries to close a deal that could save her struggling company. East or West contains more than twenty stories that radiate intelligence, pathos, and humour in a reading experience for all ages.

The Gorger

The Gorger
Author: Paul J. Kubis
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
Total Pages: 230
Release: 2015-04-06
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1681390841

My life story, tells of a very innocent young boy raised up in very innocent times, by his grandparents, in the suburbs of Chicago and how he becomes man of the house at eleven when his grandfather suddenly dies. In high school he does something that alienates him from his classmates simply because he said he would do it. He is criticized and bullied for the next two and a half years and then the two most popular boys in school befriend him. After graduating he goes to live with his mother in Miami, Florida and is exposed to the outside world. A short, boring stint in college and he finds puppy love. He marries, has a little girl and is doing very well as a realtor on the north shore of Chicago. Two men burst into his office one afternoon and take him down into a basement where he is handcuffed to a chair, bolted to the floor, and threaten. They play one way russian roulette with him from 8:00p.m. to 12:00a.m. and then throw him in jail with a guy who just killed a man. He proves his innocence and moves on with his life, divorces, starting a new job, remarries and divorces, becomes a landlord and refurbisher, remarries and divorces, remarries his first wife, eludes hit man hired by his partner and moves to Miami Florida, divorces first wife again and he moves on.

Sabu & Me

Sabu & Me
Author: Maura Lane
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2009-08
Genre: Children's writings
ISBN: 9780615288086

Sabu & Me is the story of Maura Lane and her dog Sabu and the wonderful times they spent together during Mauras early life. Mauras words are complemented by the wonderful illustrations of Hazel Mitchell. Through a rainbow of colors, her illustrations bring the story of Sabu & Me to life.

Kinshasa

Kinshasa
Author: Filip De Boeck
Publisher: Leuven University Press
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2014-03-24
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9058679675

Reading African cities into contemporary theory—reprint of a richly illustrated reference work In their internationally acclaimed publication Kinshasa: Tales of the Invisible City, anthropologist Filip De Boeck and photographer Marie-Françoise Plissart provide a history not only of the physical and visible urban reality that Kinshasa presents today, but also of a second, invisible city as it exists in the mind and imagination of its inhabitants. They bring to light a mirroring reality lurking underneath the surface of the visible world and explore the constant transactions that take place between these two levels in Kinshasa’s urban scape. With the exhibition that accompanied the release of their Kinshasa book, the authors won a Golden Lion at the 11th International Architecture Bienniale in Venice, 2004. This beautifully illustrated publication is now again made available. Based on longstanding field research, it provides insight into local social and cultural imaginaries, and thus in the imaginative ways in which local urban subjects continue to make sense of their worlds and invent cultural strategies to cope with the breakdown of urban infrastructure.

King of the Storm

King of the Storm
Author: B. A. Brock
Publisher: DSP Publications
Total Pages: 311
Release: 2015-11-24
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 163476157X

The Godhead Epoch: Book One No one can outrun destiny or the gods. In Epiro, a kingdom in Greece, Perseus is prophesied to be a great demigod hero and king, with a legacy that will shape the world of Gaia. When he was born, his grandfather exiled him, and his mother brought them to Seriphos, where she created an academy for demigod youth. Perseus trains there and waits for the day when he will be able to take the throne of Argos. Despite potential future glory, Perseus’s fellow students think he is weak. By the time he reaches manhood, he has given up the hope of having any real friends, until Antolios, a son of Apollo, takes an unexpected interest in him. Perseus and Antolios fall in love, but Antolios knows it cannot last and leaves Seriphos. Perseus, grief-stricken and lonely, rebels against the Fates, thinking he can avoid the prophecy and live his own life. But when the gods find him, he is thrust into an epic adventure. With his divine powers, he fights gorgons and sea serpents, and battles against his darker nature. Perseus strives to be his own man… but the gods have other plans.

More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop

More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop
Author: Satoshi Yagisawa
Publisher: Bonnier Zaffre Ltd.
Total Pages: 158
Release: 2024-07-04
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1786584336

THE EMOTIONAL AND LIFE-AFFIRMING NEW NOVEL FROM THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF DAYS AT THE MORISAKI BOOKSHOP, TRANSLATED FROM JAPANESE BY ERIC OZAWA In Tokyo, there is a neighbourhood with the highest number of bookstores in the world. It is called Jinbocho where book lovers can browse to their heart's delight and where hunters of first editions or autographed copies prowl the bookcases. The Morisaki bookshop, a small family-run shop, is so packed with books that barely five people can fit inside. Books crowd the shelves and invade every corner of the floor; when a customer arrives, the owner, Satoru, immediately pops out from behind the counter. Recently, his wife Momoko has joined him, and often, in her free time after work, their niece Takako also helps out. For the first time, the girl does not feel lonely; she has new friends and new rituals to keep her company: the annual Jinbocho festival, the café around the corner, or an unexpected visitor. Because, as she has discovered, a bookstore is populated not by the characters contained in the books, but also by those who frequent it. And those stories create bonds. As a sign of gratitude, Takako gives her aunt and uncle a trip, promising to look after the shop while they are away. Everything seems to be going swimmingly, but then why is Satoru behaving so strangely? And what does that woman with the red umbrella want who has appeared at the end of the street? How many other stories, emotions, and treasures does the Morisaki bookshop hold? Loved by thousands of readers worldwide, More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop is a story of hope, friendship and the healing power of books. Will we see you in the bookshop this summer? PRAISE FOR DAYS AT THE MORISAKI BOOKSHOP: 'Brims with genuine charm . . . evokes powerful feelings that any book lover will recognize' Japan Times 'Ozawa's translation gracefully captures the author's whimsical and tender voice. Yagisawa has the right touch for lifting a reader's mood' Publishers Weekly 'Readers will want to linger in this world' Booklist 'A familiar romance about books and bookstores, told with heart and humor' Kirkus 'A slender book, but one rich in experience, exactly like the tiny, crammed Morisaki bookshop itself' New York Journal of Books