Author : George Asakuara
Publisher : Kodansha America LLC
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 50,72 MB
Release : 2018-08-14
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 1642124230
Earnest, exhilarated, passionate—a young love, shining bright. Safe in the unwavering embrace of Otomo's refreshing aura, Natsume loses herself in a wonderful romance… but when the unlikeliest person returns to interfere at such a crucial time… The tale of teenage pathos continues like a fleeting dream in this ominous tenth volume!
Author : Tiphanie Yanique
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 11,44 MB
Release : 2014-07-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0698168801
Recipient of the 2014 American Academy of Arts and Letters Rosenthal Foundation Award A major debut from an award-winning writer—an epic family saga set against the magic and the rhythms of the Virgin Islands. In the early 1900s, the Virgin Islands are transferred from Danish to American rule, and an important ship sinks into the Caribbean Sea. Orphaned by the shipwreck are two sisters and their half brother, now faced with an uncertain identity and future. Each of them is unusually beautiful, and each is in possession of a particular magic that will either sink or save them. Chronicling three generations of an island family from 1916 to the 1970s, Land of Love and Drowning is a novel of love and magic, set against the emergence of Saint Thomas into the modern world. Uniquely imagined, with echoes of Toni Morrison, Gabriel García Márquez, and the author’s own Caribbean family history, the story is told in a language and rhythm that evoke an entire world and way of life and love. Following the Bradshaw family through sixty years of fathers and daughters, mothers and sons, love affairs, curses, magical gifts, loyalties, births, deaths, and triumphs, Land of Love and Drowning is a gorgeous, vibrant debut by an exciting, prizewinning young writer.
Author : Torre DeRoche
Publisher : Hachette+ORM
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 49,91 MB
Release : 2011-08-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1401342914
New love. Exotic destinations. A once-in-a-lifetime adventure. What could go wrong? City girl Torre DeRoche isn't looking for love, but a chance encounter in a San Francisco bar sparks an instant connection with a soulful Argentinean man who unexpectedly sweeps her off her feet. The problem? He's just about to cast the dock lines and voyage around the world on his small sailboat, and Torre is terrified of deep water. However, lovesick Torre determines that to keep the man of her dreams, she must embark on the voyage of her nightmares, so she waves good-bye to dry land and braces for a life-changing journey that's as exhilarating as it is terrifying. Somewhere mid-Pacific, she finds herself battling to keep the old boat, the new relationship, and her floundering sanity afloat. . . . This sometimes hilarious, often harrowing, and always poignant memoir is set against a backdrop of the world's most beautiful and remote destinations. Equal parts love story and travel memoir, Love with a Chance of Drowning is witty, charming, and proof positive that there are some risks worth taking.
Author : George Asakura
Publisher : Kodansha Comics
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 17,18 MB
Release : 2017
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 1682338924
Shining so brightly, loving so deeply, but all for naught—George Asakura paints a new chapter in the lives of these self-destructive teens. Sullied by the events of "that day", Natsume and Kou-chan realize that the world they built together has been crushed beyond hope of repair. The cruel eyes of the onlookers kick them while they’re down in this lonely fifth chapter!
Author : George Asakuara
Publisher : Kodansha America LLC
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 21,36 MB
Release : 2019-06-11
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 164212883X
Just as things are heating up between Natsume and Otomo, in the back of her mind, the chilling memory of ”that day" sends shivers down Natsume's spine. Fighting shadows at every turn, the turbulent teens cling to hope like a candle in the dark.
Author : George Asakuara
Publisher : Kodansha America LLC
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 40,83 MB
Release : 2019-07-30
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 1642129178
Laugh and believe in yourself. Natsume won't let this important bond disappear. Separated in their highschool life Natsume starts a new gig. She fights to develop her relationship with Otomo, but keeps getting pulled into the past. Fighting shadows at every turn, the turbulent teens cling to hope like a candle in the dark.
Author : Kate Allen
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 38,18 MB
Release : 2020-04-21
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0735231613
Funny, poignant, and deeply moving, The Line Tender is a story of nature's enduring mystery and a girl determined to find meaning and connection within it. Wherever the sharks led, Lucy Everhart's marine-biologist mother was sure to follow. In fact, she was on a boat far off the coast of Massachusetts, collecting shark data when she died suddenly. Lucy was seven. Since then Lucy and her father have kept their heads above water--thanks in large part to a few close friends and neighbors. But June of her twelfth summer brings more than the end of school and a heat wave to sleepy Rockport. On one steamy day, the tide brings a great white--and then another tragedy, cutting short a friendship everyone insists was "meaningful" but no one can tell Lucy what it all meant. To survive the fresh wave of grief, Lucy must grab the line that connects her depressed father, a stubborn fisherman, and a curious old widower to her mother's unfinished research on the Great White's return to Cape Cod. If Lucy can find a way to help this unlikely quartet follow the sharks her mother loved, she'll finally be able to look beyond what she's lost and toward what's left to be discovered. ★"Confidently voiced."—Kirkus Reviews, starred ★"Richly layered."—Publishers Weekly, starred ★"A hopeful path forward."—Booklist, starred ★"Life-affirming."—BCCB, starred ★"Big-hearted." —Bookpage, starred ★“Will appeal to just about everyone.” – SLC, starred ★"Exquisitely, beautifully real."—Shelf Awareness, starred
Author : Al Young
Publisher :
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 20,29 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
"While drowning in the sea of sound, " writes Al Young, "my whole life passes before me." These memoirs, essays, and informed vignettes tap into the evocative powers of music and song. On this thoroughly original, lyricized voyage through time and timelessness, jazz, blues, pop, country and western, classical, and Latin traditions get deliciously replayed and reborn in Al Young's heart and musical psyche. Drowning in the Sea of Love contains Young's previously uncollected take on blues legend Robert Johnson, as well as selections from his three popular underground collections, Bodies & Soul, Kinds of Blue, and Things Ain't What They Used to Be. This exciting, music-triggered autobiography vibrates with intimacy and soul.
Author : Emily Foster
Publisher : Tordotcom
Page : 101 pages
File Size : 40,99 MB
Release : 2016-01-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1466891939
When the Dragon Ships began to tear through the trade lanes and ravage coastal towns, the hopes of the archipelago turned to the Windspeakers on Tash. The solemn weather-shapers with their eyes of stone can steal the breeze from raiders' sails and save the islands from their wrath. But the Windspeakers' magic has been stolen, and only their young apprentice Shina can bring their power back and save her people. Tazir has seen more than her share of storms and pirates in her many years as captain, and she's not much interested in getting involved in the affairs of Windspeakers and Dragon Ships. Shina's caught her eye, but that might not be enough to convince the grizzled sailor to risk her ship, her crew, and her neck. PRAISE FOR THE DROWNING EYES "The Drowning Eyes is a magic- and wind-filled adventure, peopled with excellent and strong characters. The story made me want to sail the coastline on a boat of my own and see if I could call up a storm. In Emily Foster's debut novella, apprentice Windspeaker Shina must return her people's power to them before the Dragon Ships destroy everything . . . unless Shina destroys it by accident first. So vividly rendered, you'll be tempted to wash the salt-spray from your clothing after reading The Drowning Eyes." - Fran Wilde, author of Updraft At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Author : Ilsa J. Bick
Publisher : Carolrhoda Lab ®
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 32,18 MB
Release : 2013-08-01
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 1467731935
There are stories where the girl gets her prince, and they live happily ever after. (This is not one of those stories.) Jenna Lord's first sixteen years were not exactly a fairy tale. Her father is a controlling psycho and her mother is a drunk. She used to count on her older brother—until he shipped off to Iraq. And then, of course, there was the time she almost died in a fire. There are stories where the monster gets the girl, and everyone cries for his innocent victim. (This is not one of those stories either.) Mitch Anderson is many things: A dedicated teacher and coach. A caring husband. A man with a certain...magnetism. And there are stories where it's hard to be sure who's a prince and who's a monster, who is a victim and who should live happily ever after. (These are the most interesting stories of all.) Drowning Instinct is a novel of pain, deception, desperation, and love against the odds—and the rules.
