Author : A J BOOTHMAN
Publisher : Alvasda Kerezard
Page : 21 pages
File Size : 50,51 MB
Release : 2023-05-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1916537006
Young student, Sarah, gets detached from her group in the wilderness with night falling. Desperate to escape the increasing cold and darkness she begins to make her way alone back to the hostel. All the while a serial killer has escaped from a high security prison and is believed to be in the area. A Dark Winter’s Tale is a short suspense story that will have you on the edge of your seat as the tension intensifies gradually until the dramatic finale.
Author : Matthew Davis
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 39,8 MB
Release : 2010-02-16
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1429957875
At 23, Matt Davis moved to a remote Mongolian town to teach English.What he found when he arrived was a town—and a country—undergoing wholesale change from a traditional, countryside existence to a more urban, modern identity. When Things Get Dark documents these changes through the Mongolians Matt meets, but also focuses on the author's downward spiral into alcohol abuse and violence--a scenario he saw played out by many of the Mongolian men around him. Matt's self-destruction culminates in a drunken fight with three men that forces him to a hospital to have his kidneys X-rayed. He hits bottom in that cold hospital room, his body naked and shivering, a bloodied Mongolian man staring at him from an open door, the irrational thought in his head that maybe he is going to die there. His personal struggles are balanced with insightful descriptions of customs and interactions, and interlaced with essays on Mongolian history and culture that make for a fascinating glimpse of a mysterious place and people.
Author : Slim Randles
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,59 MB
Release : 2003
Category :
ISBN : 9780970671219
Imagine a place where people know each other by the color of their parkas, where dogs are citizens, and where a handshake is as good as currency. Imagine a time when the wild went on forever, and the only link to the outside was a brave pilot with a shy smile. Imagine a world blanketed in snow and warmed by people.... Delightfully, that time is now, and that place is Alaska--but not just anywhere in Alaska. Here, the little towns are the last great secret of the Last Frontier; true Alaska living is found in small villages full of scruffy cabins and original characters. Author Slim Randles knew and loved one such town, presented here as the fictional Kahiltna. In this classic of Alaska fiction, the array of mushers and pilots, cheechakos and sourdoughs who call Kahiltna home are exuberantly true to life, as are their adventures, from the hilarious to the horrible. In the season of the long dark, it is the small town that lets Alaskans fend off the isolation and chill of winter near the top of the world.
Author : Padraic Colum
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 31,5 MB
Release : 1944
Category : Fairy tales
ISBN : 1613102844
Chronicles the adventures of the King of Ireland's eldest and wildest son, describing how he encounters an enchanter's daughter, the king of the cats, Gilly of the goat-skin, and numerous others.
Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 1810 pages
File Size : 47,5 MB
Release : 2002-10-01
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0141000589
This major new complete edition of Shakespeare's works combines accessibility with the latest scholarship. Each play and collection of poems is preceded by a substantial introduction that looks at textual and literary-historical issues. The texts themselves have been scrupulously edited and are accompanied by same-page notes and glossaries. Particular attention has been paid to the design of the book to ensure that this first new edition of the twenty-first century is both attractive and approachable.
Author : Mark Helprin
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 578 pages
File Size : 21,73 MB
Release : 2005-07-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1101201177
A New York Times bestseller by Mark Helprin, author of Winter's Tale, which is now a major motion picture starring Colin Farrell, Jessica Brown Findlay, Russell Crowe, William Hurt, and Jennifer Connelly “Freddy and Fredericka is a vast, sprawling book of Homeric proportions and design in which Helprin exploits to the fullest his powers of invention as well as a lesser known talent for comedy.” —Bookreporter.com Mark Helprin’s legions of devoted readers cherish his timeless novels and short stories, which are uplifting in their conviction of the goodness and resilience of the human spirit. Freddy and Fredericka—a brilliantly refashioned fairy tale and a magnificently funny farce—only seems like a radical departure of form, for behind the laughter, Helprin speaks of leaps of faith and second chances, courage and the primacy of love. Helprin’s latest work, an extraordinarily funny allegory about a most peculiar British royal family, is immensely mocking of contemporary monarchy and yet deeply sympathetic to the individuals caught in its lonely absurdities.
Author : Katherine Harbour
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 12,86 MB
Release : 2014-06-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0062286749
Combining the sorcery of The Night Circus with the malefic suspense of A Secret History, Thorn Jack is a spectacular, modern retelling of the ancient Scottish ballad, Tam Lin—a beguiling fusion of love, fantasy, and myth that echoes the imaginative artistry of the works of Neil Gaiman, Cassandra Clare, and Melissa Marr. In the wake of her older sister’s suicide, Finn Sullivan and her father move to a quaint town in upstate New York. Populated with socialites, hippies, and dramatic artists, every corner of this new place holds bright possibilities—and dark enigmas, including the devastatingly attractive Jack Fata, scion of one of the town’s most powerful families. As she begins to settle in, Finn discovers that beneath its pretty, placid surface, the town and its denizens—especially the Fata family—wield an irresistible charm and dangerous power, a tempting and terrifying blend of good and evil, magic and mystery, that holds dangerous consequences for an innocent and curious girl like Finn. To free herself and save her beloved Jack, Finn must confront the fearsome Fata family . . . a battle that will lead to shocking secrets about her sister’s death.
Author : David Mark
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 40,18 MB
Release : 2012-03-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0857389203
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING RICHARD & JUDY PICK AND KINDLE CHART-TOPPING SENSATION: MEET DS AECTOR MCAVOY, AND BEGIN DAVID MARK'S ADDICTIVE HULL-BASED CRIME SERIES. 'Dark, compelling crime writing of the highest order' Daily Mail 'Breathtaking. Mark writes bad beautifully' Peter May, author of The Blackhouse Hull, northern England. Two weeks before Christmas. Three bodies in the morgue. The victims - each a sole survivor of a past tragedy - killed in the manner they once cheated death. Somebody is playing God. And it falls to DS Aector McAvoy to stop their deadly game. Hooked on Hull? Then check out the second in the DS Aector McAvoy series, Original Skin . . .
Author : Kresley Cole
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 46,44 MB
Release : 2015-09-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1501120638
Grieving over the loss of his love, werewolf Bowen MacRieve enjoys a passionate encounter with his enemy, the witch Mariketa the Awaited, but when sinister forces threaten her life, Bowen must use all his skills to keep her alive.
Author : Harold Bloom
Publisher : Chelsea House Publications
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 21,45 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Drama
ISBN :
A collection of critical essays on Shakespeare's play "The Winter's Tale" arranged in chronological order of publication.
