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Author | : Pamela Sargent |
Publisher | : Open Road Media |
Total Pages | : 253 |
Release | : 2014-04-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 148049741X |
From a Nebula award-winning author, society turns to violence after a strange celestial body appears in the sky in this dystopian sci-fi thriller. When what appears to be a star turns its powerful and deadly glare toward earth, the entire planet becomes a living nightmare. Rape, murder and suicide become the norm, and fear grips at the heart of humankind. One doctor goes against the tide, defying the medical code by providing insulin to a diabetic. But a protocol that was once a routine part of his practice turns Dr. Simon Negron into a criminal. With a young prostitute as his only ally, he goes on the run through a world that grows madder with every waking hour. . . . Published in the UK under the title The White Death.
Author | : Claire North |
Publisher | : Redhook |
Total Pages | : 537 |
Release | : 2016-05-17 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0316335975 |
The World Fantasy Award-winning thriller about a girl no one can remember, from the acclaimed author of The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August and 84K. My name is Hope Arden, and you won't know who I am. But we've met before -- a thousand times. It started when I was sixteen years old. A father forgetting to drive me to school. A mother setting the table for three, not four. A friend who looks at me and sees a stranger. No matter what I do, the words I say, the crimes I commit, you will never remember who I am. That makes my life difficult. It also makes me dangerous. The Sudden Appearance of Hope is a riveting and heartbreaking exploration of identity and existence, about a forgotten girl whose story will stay with you forever.
Author | : Cynthia D. Billinger |
Publisher | : Nova Science Publishers |
Total Pages | : 148 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
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Grace Coolidge was considered the perfect balance to her husband, Calvin Coolidge, renowned for his shy, cautious and restrained nature (nicknamed Silent Cal). The first lady was to emerge as a fashion trendsetter, cordial social mixer and the one who remembered names and faces - a great political asset. This book is to provide readers with an overview of Grace's life and her time in Washington. Her own values, as seen through her personal letters, form the new material for this book, which will be beneficial to those interested in first ladies and women in American history.
Author | : Garth Stein |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 469 |
Release | : 2014-09-30 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0857205781 |
From the author of the million-copy bestselling The Art of Racing in the Raincomes the breathtaking and long-awaited new novel. This novel centres on four generations of a once terribly wealthy and influential timber family who have fallen from grace; a mysterious yet majestic mansion, crumbling slowy into the bluff overlooking Puget Sound in Seattle; a love affair so powerful it reaches across the planes of existence; and a young man who simply wants his parents to once again experience the moment they fell in love, hoping that if can feel that emotion again, maybe they won't get divorced after all.
Author | : Christopher LaFarge |
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Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1946 |
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Author | : Maritta Wolff |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 448 |
Release | : 2012-12-11 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1471105504 |
In 1972, in the suburbs around L.A., traditional housewives in their 30s and 40s are starting to ask whether they are satisfied by their everyday lives; meanwhile, a young woman in her early 20s feels paralyzed by her options. The story centers around five middle-class L.A. couples of three different generations and the ways in which their relationships and home lives are affected by the trends (specifically the rise in divorce and feminism) of the time. Maritta Wolff's moving, compelling novel takes place in one stormy L.A. weekend, as a literal fog of unrest blows into town, and alters these marriages forever.
Author | : Christine Perkins-Hazuka |
Publisher | : Karen and Michael Braziller Bo |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780892553716 |
Presents a collection of short stories about significant moments which marked a turning point in the lives of young protagonists by such authors as Anne Mazer, Alan Stewart Carl, Dave Eggers, and Peter Bacho.
Author | : John Sandford |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 404 |
Release | : 1997-05-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1101051299 |
“The stakes are high, the characters rich, the action relentless” (Publishers Weekly) in this Lucas Davenport novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author John Sandford. The crime spree should have ended when Lucas Davenport killed the female bank robber during the shoot-out. But it’s just beginning, because the woman’s husband isn’t about to let Lucas—or anyone he loves—escape retribution. INCLUDES A NEW INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOR
Author | : Robert Shapard |
Publisher | : Gibbs Smith |
Total Pages | : 284 |
Release | : 1986 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780879052652 |
Presents over seventy short stories five pages long or less by such American authors as Joyce Carol Oates, Ray Bradbury, Langston Hughes, and Raymond Carver, and includes authors' commentary on the genre.
Author | : Oliver Strange |
Publisher | : Hachette UK |
Total Pages | : 190 |
Release | : 2013-04-15 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 935009701X |
The second book in the chronology has James Green finding a mission in life..and confronting men whose mission in life is to exterminate him. Sudden.