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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.