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Buried But Not Quite Dead

Author : Anthony Daniels

Publisher : Encounter Books

Page : 158 pages

File Size : 48,35 MB

Release : 2024-03-05

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 1641773685

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While many famous writers – Balzac, Proust, Oscar Wilde – are buried at Paris’s Père Lachaise Cemetery, “there are also writers, many more of them in fact, buried there who have been completely forgotten, not necessarily because they were not good but because cultural memory is necessarily limited.” In eight chapters, the inimitable Anthony Daniels dilates on some forgotten writers of Père Lachaise, exploring their literary merit and the amusing byways of history, aiming “to entertain while illustrating the inexhaustible depth of our past.”



The Past and Other Things That Should Stay Buried

Author : Shaun David Hutchinson

Publisher : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

Page : 320 pages

File Size : 42,10 MB

Release : 2020-04-21

Category : Young Adult Fiction

ISBN : 1481498584

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“A fearless and brutal look at friendships...you will laugh, rage, and mourn its loss when it’s over.” —Justina Ireland, New York Times bestselling author of Dread Nation “Simultaneously hilarious and moving, weird and wonderful.” —Jeff Zentner, Morris Award–winning author of The Serpent King Six Feet Under meets Pushing Daisies in this quirky, heartfelt story about two teens who are granted extra time to resolve what was left unfinished after one of them suddenly dies. A good friend will bury your body, a best friend will dig you back up. Dino doesn’t mind spending time with the dead. His parents own a funeral home, and death is literally the family business. He’s just not used to them talking back. Until Dino’s ex-best friend July dies suddenly—and then comes back to life. Except not exactly. Somehow July is not quite alive, and not quite dead. As Dino and July attempt to figure out what’s happening, they must also confront why and how their friendship ended so badly, and what they have left to understand about themselves, each other, and all those grand mysteries of life. Critically acclaimed author Shaun Hutchinson delivers another wholly unique novel blending the real and surreal while reminding all of us what it is to love someone through and around our faults.



Not Quite Dead

Author : John MacLachlan Gray

Publisher : Minotaur Books

Page : 316 pages

File Size : 15,76 MB

Release : 2007-11-13

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1429971916

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On a rust-bucket cargo ship bound from Liverpool to the United States in 1848, an Irish stowaway named Devlin steals a suspicious package after witnessing it changing hands between two sea captains. All he finds is a seemingly worthless pile of papers marked "David Copperfield, Final Four Numbers, by Charles Dickens." Devlin is determined to see if he can somehow turn events to his advantage by paying a call on Dickens's American publisher. A year later, a newly admitted patient to a Baltimore hospital, a disreputable writer who goes by the name of Edgar Allan Poe, is clearly raving mad, which makes it easy to dismiss his claims to have information about the murder of an innocent woman. Meanwhile, the eminent English novelist Charles Dickens has embarked on a tour of America, where his views are not received as he would have wished. Dickens's growing discomfort reaches new heights of intensity when he finds himself sharing disreputable lodgings---and reluctantly collaborating with---none other than Edgar Allan Poe, who has gone into hiding after faking his own death in a desperate attempt to escape the Irish mob. Like White Stone Day, which The Washington Post hailed as "a Dickens of a thriller," this is a brilliantly imaginative tale in which crime and literature intersect in surprising ways.



Dead and Not So Buried

Author : James L. Conway

Publisher :

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 41,61 MB

Release : 2011-02-15

Category : Body snatching

ISBN : 9781603818667

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Hollywood is rocked after the remains of an iconic movie star are stolen. The thief chooses Gideon Kincaid to deliver the ransom, forcing the PI to unravel a master plan that will include extortion, blackmail and murder. While trying to keep a starlet, his ex-wife, and his adorable assistant from harm, Gideon is led on a harrowing roller coaster ride through sun and sin-drenched Hollywood.



Not Quite Dead

Author : Stephanie Rowe

Publisher : Authenticity Playground Press

Page : 427 pages

File Size : 43,11 MB

Release : 2017-03-03

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1940968046

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He must find his brother before an ancient vampire destroys him...and she's his only hope. Enter the dangerous, mysterious world of the Louisiana bayou, a haunted land where vampires are more than myths and the hot nights are made for passion. "Rowe is a paranormal star!" ~JR Ward ★★★★★ "Love love love it!" ~Avid Reader (Five-star Amazon Review) An ancient vampire has coveted Jordyn Leahy since she was a child, haunting her sleep, demanding her soul and her flesh. After decades of silence, he has returned to ruthlessly claim the woman who once denied him. Only the aloof and mysterious Eric holds the key to her survival...or does he? Haunted by a darkness he can't escape, Eric Hunter will do whatever it takes to find his missing brother, even if it means teaming up with a bold, sassy woman who awakens in him the dark cravings he has denied for so long. As the deep of night closes in, Jordyn and Eric must fight the battle of their lives, in a quest for survival in a world where hunger rules, desire destroys, and eternity means no second chances. Love is their only chance, but love is the most dangerous risk of all. ★★★★★ "You'll love Eric and Jordyn - they're a super-dynamic couple who fight till the end. You won't be able to put it down!" ~Alyssa B (Amazon Review) ★★★★★ "Well-written, suspense-racked love story. And yeah...I'll take a loyal loving stud muffin vampire…any day and twice on Saturday." ~tdprsa Amazon Review) ★★★★★ "A hot, suspense-filled, uniquely told, paranormal masterpiece." ~Riding Reviewer (Amazon Review) ★★★★★ "What a fabulous read...couldn't put it down. I fell in love with Eric in a previous book, and boy did he live up to his hype." Amazon Review ★★★★★ "5+ stars! Wow! This book was so intense! Never a dull moment. I couldn't put it down & when I did, I couldn't wait to pick it up again. Great story!" ~Amazon Review ABOUT THE AUTHOR: New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Stephanie Rowe is the author of more than fifty novels. Stephanie is a 2021 Vivian® Award nominee, and the winner of the 2018 RITA® Award for Best Paranormal Romance, as well as a five-time nominee, the highest awards in romance fiction. As the bestselling author of more than fifty books, Stephanie delights readers with her wide range of genres, which include contemporary romance, paranormal romance, and romantic suspense novels.



Moments for Nothing

Author : Gabriele Schwab

Publisher : Columbia University Press

Page : 126 pages

File Size : 13,2 MB

Release : 2023-10-24

Category : Literary Criticism

ISBN : 0231558996

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Samuel Beckett’s work has entranced generations of readers with its portrayal of the end times. Beckett’s characters are preoccupied with death, and the specters of cataclysm and extinction overshadow their barren, bleak worlds. Yet somehow, they endure, experiencing surreal and often comic repetitions that seem at once to confront finitude and the infinite, up to the limits of existence. Gabriele Schwab draws on decades of close engagement with Beckett to explore how his work speaks to our current existential anxieties and fears. Interweaving critical analysis with personal reflections, she shows how Beckett’s writing provides unexpected resources for making sense of personal and planetary catastrophes. Moments for Nothing examines the ways Beckett’s works have taken on new meaning in an era of crises—climate change, environmental devastation, and the COVID-19 pandemic—that are defined by both paralyzing stasis and pervasive uncertainty. They also offer a bracing depiction of aging and the end of life, exploring loneliness, vulnerability, and decay. Beckett’s particular vision of the apocalypse and his sense of persistence, Schwab argues, help us understand our times and even, perhaps, provide sanctuary and solace. Moments for Nothing features insightful close readings of iconic works such as Endgame, Happy Days, and the trilogy, as well as lesser-known writings including the thirty-five-second play Breath, which Schwab reconsiders in light of the pandemic.



Not Quite Dead

Author : Lyla Payne

Publisher : Trisha Leigh Ziegenhorn

Page : 316 pages

File Size : 15,53 MB

Release : 2014-03-27

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1497319935

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A broken engagement sends Graciela Harper crawling back to Heron Creek with her tail between her legs, but finds the sleepy little town too changed to set her life right. Not even her budding drinking problem can obscure her Gramps’s failing health, or erase the mental picture of her first love happily married to her childhood best friend. To top it all off, she’s having a heck of time convincing the town’s dashing young mayor of her unfit-for-dating status. When the ghost of 18th century lady pirate Anne Bonny starts insisting on a near daily audience, Graciela has to confront something else she never expected—being certifiably nuts at twenty-five years old. Her brand new "I don't give a crap" attitude makes it easy to dismiss the mysterious threats that seem to be tied to her search for more information on the long dead pirate, but when her family becomes a target, Gracie knows she needs to find out why the ghost insists on being a constant, reeking companion. If Graciela can put aside her prejudice against people without a pulse, she may discover that Anne Bonny’s problems are intricately linked with her own. The past harbors answers could help the cantankerous spirit find closure, but she is, after all, already dead. If Graciela doesn’t move fast, she might find herself doing the haunting, instead of the other way around.





The Buried Giant

Author : Kazuo Ishiguro

Publisher : Vintage

Page : 283 pages

File Size : 13,52 MB

Release : 2015-03-03

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0385353227

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature and author of Never Let Me Go and the Booker Prize–winning novel The Remains of the Day comes a luminous meditation on the act of forgetting and the power of memory. In post-Arthurian Britain, the wars that once raged between the Saxons and the Britons have finally ceased. Axl and Beatrice, an elderly British couple, set off to visit their son, whom they haven't seen in years. And, because a strange mist has caused mass amnesia throughout the land, they can scarcely remember anything about him. As they are joined on their journey by a Saxon warrior, his orphan charge, and an illustrious knight, Axl and Beatrice slowly begin to remember the dark and troubled past they all share. By turns savage, suspenseful, and intensely moving, The Buried Giant is a luminous meditation on the act of forgetting and the power of memory.



Novel Practices

Author : Eugene Goodheart

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 292 pages

File Size : 16,79 MB

Release : 2019-01-22

Category : Literary Criticism

ISBN : 1351323261

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An important debate in modern literary criticism concerns the exact relationship between the ancient epic and the novel. Both the epic and the most ambitious modern novels are large-scale attempts to present a comprehensive view of the world through the experience of a representative hero. However, in the older tradition the hero stood for the aspirations and highest ideals of his society. The protagonist of the modern novel is usually at odds with that society, whether as exile, active rebel, or antagonistic critic. In Novel Practices, the distinguished literary scholar Eugene Goodheart surveys a representative selection of modern novelists tracing how the epic impulse has been reshaped under the conditions of modernity.