Seventeen Lost Stories

Seventeen Lost Stories
Author: William Somerset Maugham
Publisher:
Total Pages: 298
Release: 1969
Genre: British
ISBN:

A collection of seventeen little known short stories by an author considered to be the master of situation and irony.

Visions of Nostradamus and Other Prophets

Visions of Nostradamus and Other Prophets
Author: Donald Wigal
Publisher: Gramercy
Total Pages: 200
Release: 1999
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 9780517160947

Since ancient times, fascinating individuals have claimed the power to peer into the beyond using everything from crystal balls, trances, and messages from God to ancient spirits and the stars.

Seventeen

Seventeen
Author: Hideo Yokoyama
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Total Pages: 344
Release: 2018-11-13
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0374719160

A tense, powerful thriller from the bestselling author of Six Four 1985. Kazumasa Yuuki, a seasoned reporter at the North Kanto Times, runs a daily gauntlet of the power struggles and office politics that plague its newsroom. But when an air disaster of unprecedented scale occurs on the paper’s doorstep, its staff is united by an unimaginable horror and a once-in-a-lifetime scoop. 2003. Seventeen years later, Yuuki remembers the adrenaline-fueled, emotionally charged seven days that changed his and his colleagues’ lives. He does so while making good on a promise he made that fateful week—one that holds the key to its last solved mystery and represents Yuuki’s final, unconquered fear. From Hideo Yokoyama, the celebrated author of Six Four, comes Seventeen—an investigative thriller set amid the aftermath of disaster.

Two Novels

Two Novels
Author: Kenzaburō Ōe
Publisher: Foxrock Books
Total Pages: 232
Release: 1996
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Two views of a world whose traditional values had been blown away: Seventeen, the story of a lonely boy who turns to a right-wing group for self-esteem, and J, the story of a spoiled young drifter son of a Japanese executive.

Forgotten

Forgotten
Author: Melody Carlson
Publisher: Tyndale House
Total Pages: 206
Release: 2014-03-24
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1617471747

With absent parents, overdue rent, and no one to turn to, Adele is forced into the hard, cold world of homelessness. While striving to maintain the pretense of a “normal” life, Adele attempts to finish high school, all the while concealing her secret. But is she strong enough to keep up the act? Forgotten will propel teen readers into a world where promises are broken, life is not fair, and challenges seem unbearable, while still offering assurance that solid faith, loyal friends, and a persistent spirit will prevail.

Seventeen

Seventeen
Author: Booth Tarkington
Publisher: The Floating Press
Total Pages: 268
Release: 2011-06-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1775453294

Booth Tarkington's wildly successful novel Seventeen satirizes the vagaries of American adolescence. Though 17-year-old protagonist William Sylvanus Baxter is awkward, tactless, and often less than likable, Tarkington's insightful -- and hilarious -- take on teenage life and love is sure to please readers who appreciate top-notch humor writing.

Seventeen Syllables and Other Stories

Seventeen Syllables and Other Stories
Author: Hisaye Yamamoto
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1998
Genre: Concentration camp inmates
ISBN: 9780813526072

This collection of 15 stories of Japanese-American life by Hisaye Yamamoto spans her 40-year career. Themes include: the cultural conflict between the first generation and their children; coping with prejudice; and the World War II internment of Japanese Americans.

The Greatest Survival Stories Ever Told

The Greatest Survival Stories Ever Told
Author: Lamar Underwood
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2001
Genre: Airplane crash survival
ISBN: 9781585742387

Many adventures begin when a storm descends, a boat overturns, a plane crashes, a grizzly attacks out of nowhere, or a wilderness traveller becomes lost. From the tropics to the Arctic Poles, here are 27 epic tales of survival and adventure, both fact and realistic fiction.