Dragon Seed

Dragon Seed
Author: Pearl S. Buck
Publisher: Open Road Media
Total Pages: 460
Release: 2012-08-21
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1453263519

A New York Times–bestselling historical novel about the Japanese invasion of Nanking from the author of The Good Earth. Farmer Liang Tan knows only a quiet, traditional life in his remote Chinese farming community. When news filters in that Japanese forces are invading the country, he and his fellow villagers believe that if they behave decently to the Japanese soldiers, the civilians might remain undisturbed. They’re in for a shock, as the attackers lay waste to the country and install a puppet government designed to systematically carry out Japanese interests. In response, the Chinese farmers and their families form a resistance—which not only carries grave risk, but also breaks their vow of nonviolence, leading them to wonder if they’re any different than their enemy. Later adapted into a film featuring Katharine Hepburn, Dragon Seed is a brilliant and unflinching look at the horrors of war. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Pearl S. Buck including rare images from the author’s estate.

Dear Elio

Dear Elio
Author: Franco Marabelli
Publisher: Rizzoli Publications
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2021-03-16
Genre: Design
ISBN: 889183047X

The world and creativity of Elio Fiorucci seen from the inside and recounted by those who took part in his fashion adventure. The fashion and stores created by Elio Fiorucci in the late 1960s were a great creative hotbed for the following decades, anticipating many of the trends that emerged later and the ideas of the next generation of designers. Elio Fiorucci's innate curiosity led him to explore the unknown, to broaden his vision towards new currents of freedom of expression, beyond the borders of his country, in search of other energies. This book recalls his new, joyful, mocking, free realm, and the conception of unconventional clothing that upset the rules of the bourgeois, conformist world of the 1960s. It is a choral fresco, told through the letters of those who worked with him, including absolute beginners, professionals who knew him and shared his passions, family, and friends: architects such as Antonio Citterio and Michele De Lucchi, photographers, artists (Andy Warhol and Keith Haring, who decorated the entire Milan store in 1983), singers, and actors who attended his stores and parties. Direct testimonials come from the likes of Biba (Barbara Hulanicki), Oliviero Toscani, Donna Jordan, Terry Jones, Italo Lupi, Alessandro Mendini, Paul Caranicas and Joey Arias. The book also features a preface by Janie and Stephen Schaeffer, the current brand owners.

Call Me By Your Name

Call Me By Your Name
Author: Andre Aciman
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2022-10-20
Genre:
ISBN: 9781838957322

Never before available in hardback, this is a lavish edition of one of the greatest love stories of our time. The perfect gift for anyone captivated by Elio and Oliver. A sudden and powerful romance blossoms between Elio, an adolescent boy, and Oliver, his parents' guest, over the course of one summer. Each is unprepared for the consequences of their attraction, when, during the hot restless weeks, unrelenting currents of obsession, fascination, and desire intensify their passion and test the charged ground between them. Recklessly, the two verge toward the one thing both fear they may never truly find again: total intimacy.

Debts and Vows: The Deirdre and Elio Duet Box Set

Debts and Vows: The Deirdre and Elio Duet Box Set
Author: Vero Heath
Publisher: Peace Weaver Press Inc.
Total Pages: 717
Release: 2024-05-29
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

The epic dark mafia duet now in one single volume... A Debt So Ruthless At the stroke of midnight on my twentieth birthday, he comes in darkness and in blood. Elio Titone, heir to Toronto’s most brutal Cosa Nostra famiglia. Elio has come for one thing and one thing only – to claim what he is owed. And what he’s owed is me. My captor is dangerous and demanding. Tortured, possessive, and wealthy beyond belief. He traps me in his gilded, violent world and offers me no hope of escape. But the longer I spend with him, with his dark eyes and scarred hands, the less I want to claw my way out of his cage. When new enemies threaten me, I see a side of Elio I didn’t know existed – a ruthlessly protective side. He forces me to do the one thing that guarantees my safety, even if it means I’ll forever be his prisoner. I’ll no longer be shackled by debt, but by marriage vows. Because he’ll make me his bride. A Vow So Soulless I’ve taken everything from my Songbird. Her freedom. Her innocence. Even her name. She’ll no longer be known as Deirdre O’Malley, but Deirdre Titone. My wife. Whether she wants to be or not. It’s the only real way to show this city who she belongs to. The only way to tell the world that she’s as protected as she is possessed. I’ll keep her safe, even if there’s no one left to keep her safe from me. My Songbird made me believe in souls again. And maybe I don’t have one. Maybe I never did. But she does. And I won’t stop until I’ve taken it along with everything else. Debts and Vows is the complete Deirdre and Elio dark mafia duet collection boxset. It contains the novels A Debt So Ruthless and A Vow So Soulless by Vero Heath. It is a dark, steamy, age-gap mafia romance ideal for fans of Jill Ramsower, BB Easton, and SJ Tilly.

Elio Petri

Elio Petri
Author: Roberto Curti
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 354
Release: 2021-07-06
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1476642834

Elio Petri (1929-1982) was one of the most commercially successful and critically revered Italian directors ever. A cultured intellectual and a politically committed filmmaker, Petri made award-winning movies that touched controversial social, religious, and political themes, such as the Mafia in We Still Kill the Old Way (1967), police brutality in Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970), and workers' struggles in Lulu the Tool (1971). His work also explored genre in a thought-provoking and refreshing manner with a taste for irony and the grotesque: among his best works are the science fiction satire The 10th Victim (1965), the ghost story A Quiet Place in the Country (1968), and the grotesque giallo Todo modo (1976). This book examines Elio Petri's life and career, and places his work within the social and political context of postwar Italian culture, politics, and cinema. It includes a detailed production history and critical analysis of each of his films, plenty of never-before-seen bits of information recovered from the Italian ministerial archives, and an in-depth discussion of the director's unfilmed projects.

Find Me

Find Me
Author: André Aciman
Publisher:
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2020-05-07
Genre: Gay men
ISBN: 9780571356508

Elio believes he has left behind his first love - but as an affair with an older man intensifies, his thoughts turn to the past and to Oliver. Oliver, a college professor, husband and father, is preparing to leave New York. The imminent trip stirs up longing and regret, awakening an old desire and propelling him towards a decision that could change everything. In Call Me By Your Name, we fell in love with Oliver and Elio. Find Me returns to these unforgettable characters, exploring how love can ripple out from the past and into the future.

Embaby Elio

Embaby Elio
Author: Christina Oberon
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2020-11-20
Genre:
ISBN: 9781733076814

Who Ate the Pie?

Who Ate the Pie?
Author: Elio Villafranca
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 47
Release: 2020-09-28
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 166550062X

Who Ate the Pie? offers children an interactive way to learn to recognize animals by their geometrical shapes of their footprints and by the sound each animal makes. Who Ate the Pie? is a fun, engaging, educational and beautifully illustrated book, where young children and their parents are invited to join an important mission: find a lost pie for Mr. Goose. This first children’s book by Cuban jazz pianist, Elio Villafranca, is bound to capture the heart of readers of all ages.

Third Generation

Third Generation
Author: Ernesto Campiti
Publisher: Youcanprint
Total Pages: 157
Release: 2021-06-10
Genre: Bibles
ISBN:

I have known the author of this book for many years. I am familiar with his background, and partially I am familiar with his family's as well. In a nutshell, the character of Elio depicts the author himself and Elio's family depicts the author's family. I always thought it was a good idea that Ernesto/Elio write this novel. Not only for psychoanalytic self-therapeutical reasons that, seemingly, would have worked as well. It was a good idea because the storyline is gripping, unsettling and mysterious. In a word, the story is interesting.