Author : Richard Selzer
Publisher : Excelsior Editions
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,40 MB
Release : 2010-08-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781438434445
A beautifully crafted memoir by one of America's finest storytellers.
Author : Will Hobbs
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 24,61 MB
Release : 2012-07-10
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1442445475
Fifteen-year-old Jessie and the other rebellious teenage members of a wilderness survival school team abandon their adult leader, hijack his boats, and try to run the dangerous white water at the bottom of the Grand Canyon.
Author : David Gemmell
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 551 pages
File Size : 36,51 MB
Release : 2005-09-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0345486080
With this first masterly volume in an epic reimagining of the Trojan War, David Gemmell has written an ageless drama of brave deeds and fierce battles, of honor and treachery, of love won and lost. He is a man of many names. Some call him the Golden One; others, the Lord of the Silver Bow. To the Dardanians, he is Prince Aeneas. But to his friends, he is Helikaon. Strong, fast, quick of mind, he is a bold warrior, hated by his enemies, feared even by his Trojan allies. For there is a darkness at the heart of the Golden One, a savagery that, once awakened, can be appeased only with blood. Argurios the Mykene is a peerless fighter, a man of unbending principles and unbreakable will. Like all of the Mykene warriors, he lives to conquer and to kill. Dispatched by King Agamemnon to scout the defenses of the golden city of Troy, he is Helikaon’s sworn enemy. Andromache is a priestess of Thera betrothed against her will to Hektor, prince of Troy. Scornful of tradition, skilled in the arts of war, and passionate in the ways of her order, Andromache vows to love whom she pleases and to live as she desires. Now fate is about to thrust these three together–and, from the sparks of passionate love and hate, ignite a fire that will engulf the world.
Author : Adele Geras
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 50,3 MB
Release : 2014-08-07
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1444922084
The siege of Troy has lasted almost ten years. Inside the walled city, food is scarce and death is common. From the heights of Mount Olympus, the Gods keep watch. But Aphrodite, Goddess of Love, is bored with the endless, dreary war. Aided by Eros's bow, the goddess sends two sisters down a bloody path to an awful truth: In the fury of war, love strikes the deadliest blows. Heralded by fans and critics alike, Adèle Geras breathes personality, heartbreak, and humour into this classic story.
Author : Troy Senik
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 30,60 MB
Release : 2023-11-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1982140771
"A long-overdue biography of Grover Cleveland, the honest, principled, plain-spoken, and incorruptible twenty-second and twenty-fourth president whose country has largely forgotten him"--
Author : Troy Cummings
Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
Page : 41 pages
File Size : 32,91 MB
Release : 2018-03-13
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0399554521
The New York Times bestseller featured on THE TODAY SHOW! A heart-tugging dog adoption story told through letters--deeply sincere and almost desperate pleas for a forever home--from the dog, himself! This picture book shares the tale of Arfy, a homeless mutt who lives in a box in an alley. Arfy writes to every person on Butternut Street about what a great pet he'd make. His letters to prospective owners share that he's house broken! He has his own squeaky bone! He can learn to live with cats! But, no one wants him. Won't anyone open their heart--and home--to a lonesome dog? Readers will be happily surprised to learn just who steps up to adopt Arfy. Troy Cummings's hilarious and touching story is a perfect gift for a child wanting a dog, and for pet adoption advocates. It also showcases many different styles of letter writing, making it appealing to parents and teachers looking to teach the lost art of written communication. "It's an instant classic in our household." --#1 New York Times bestselling author Sarah J. Maas
Author : Günay Uslu
Publisher : W Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 22,56 MB
Release : 2012
Category : History
ISBN : 9789040007934
No city has captured the imagination like Troy does. Since the famous poet Homer wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey in the eighth century BC, many peoples have sung, edited, studied and appropriated the stories of the city, the war between Greeks and Trojans and the famous Trojan horse. Roman emperors and many European monarchs have traced their roots to Trojan or Greek heroes. Troy was a legendary city, a city of poetry, paintings, operas and films. But the city really existed: in 1871 the German archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann found the remains of Troy during excavations in Turkey. Since the end of the nineteenth century, teams of archaeologists exposed the history of the city. In this handbook, with contributions from numerous experts from the Netherlands and Turkey, the latest insights and discoveries about both the historical and legendary Troy are presented.0Exhibition: Allard Pierson Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (7.12.2012-5.5.2013).
Author : Pat Barker
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 48,3 MB
Release : 2021-08-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 038554670X
A daring and timely feminist retelling of The Iliad from the perspective of the women of Troy who endured it—an extraordinary follow up to The Silence of the Girls from the Booker Prize-winning author of The Regeneration Trilogy and “one of contemporary literature’s most thoughtful and compelling writers" (The Washington Post). Troy has fallen and the victorious Greeks are eager to return home with the spoils of an endless war—including the women of Troy themselves. They await a fair wind for the Aegean. It does not come, because the gods are offended. The body of King Priam lies unburied and desecrated, and so the victors remain in suspension, camped in the shadows of the city they destroyed as the coalition that held them together begins to unravel. Old feuds resurface and new suspicions and rivalries begin to fester. Largely unnoticed by her captors, the one time Trojan queen Briseis, formerly Achilles's slave, now belonging to his companion Alcimus, quietly takes in these developments. She forges alliances when she can, with Priam's aged wife the defiant Hecuba and with the disgraced soothsayer Calchas, all the while shrewdly seeking her path to revenge.
Author : William B. Patrick
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 41,95 MB
Release : 2009-11-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781438431543
A powerful account of the hazards, challenges, and dangers faced by America's first-responders.
Author : Jill Rubalcaba
Publisher : Charlesbridge Publishing
Page : 83 pages
File Size : 35,4 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1580893260
Recounts the lost city of Troy and the efforts it took to rediscover it.
