Author :
Publisher : Shaman Sounds
Page : 796 pages
File Size : 25,18 MB
Release :
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The Elephant Vanishes
Author : Haruki Murakami
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 25,55 MB
Release : 2010-08-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0307762734
Book Description
In the tales that make up The Elephant Vanishes, the imaginative genius that has made Haruki Murakami an international superstar is on full display. In these stories, a man sees his favorite elephant vanish into thin air; a newlywed couple suffers attacks of hunger that drive them to hold up a McDonald’s in the middle of the night; and a young woman discovers that she has become irresistible to a little green monster who burrows up through her backyard. By turns haunting and hilarious, in The Elephant Vanishes Murakami crosses the border between separate realities—and comes back bearing remarkable treasures. Includes the story "Barn Burning," which is the basis for the major motion picture Burning.
I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell
Author : Tucker Max
Publisher : Citadel Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 48,24 MB
Release : 2009-09
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0806532343
Book Description
"My name is Tucker Max, and I am an asshole. I get excessively drunk at inappropriate times, disregard social norms, indulge every whim, ignore the consequences of my actions, mock idiots and posers, sleep with more women than is safe or reasonable, and just generally act like a raging dickhead. But, I do contribute to humanity in one very important way: I share my adventures with the world."--Introduction
The Billionaire's Princess
Author : Ava Ryan
Publisher : Ava Ryan Books
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 30,91 MB
Release : 2021-03-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1953157009
Book Description
A billionaire player craves the one woman he can't have--an icy British princess... No one melts this ice princess but me... Friday nights have a routine. Drinks with my brothers. Maybe a casual hookup later. Then the ice princess walks into the bar. And it’s game over for me. I can’t figure her out. She runs hot and cold. She turns me inside-out. I like to keep my one-night stands cut and dried—my ambitions outweigh my emotions every time. Until she disappears without a trace. And I discover her little secret. She’s an actual princess. I need more than one night from her. Much more. A woman like that deserves the whole fairy tale. She deserves a charming prince. Too bad I’m the one that’s going to earn all her happy endings… Don't miss the first standalone in the Fairy Tale Billionaire series! “Ava Ryan is hands down the queen of fairytale inspired novels." (Just Love Books)
The Manor & the Estate
Author : Isaac Bashevis Singer
Publisher : Terrace Books
Page : 836 pages
File Size : 16,35 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780299205447
Book Description
The Manor and The Estate—combined in this one-volume edition—bold tales of Polish Jews in the latter half of the nineteenth century, a time of rapid industrial growth and radical social change that enabled the Jewish community to move from the ghetto to prominent positions within Polish society.
Fairy Tale Billionaires
Author : Ava Ryan
Publisher : Ava Ryan Books
Page : 625 pages
File Size : 33,67 MB
Release : 2022-05-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1953157122
Book Description
The entire series--three scorching hot fairy tale inspired billionaire romances in one volume! A billionaire player craves the one woman he can't have. An icy British princess... THE BILLIONAIRE'S PRINCESS Friday nights have a routine. Drinks with my brothers. Maybe a casual hookup later. Then the ice princess walks into the bar. And it’s game over for me. I can’t figure her out. She runs hot and cold. She turns me inside-out. I like to keep my one-night stands cut and dried—my ambitions outweigh my emotions every time. Until she disappears without a trace. And I discover her little secret. She’s an actual princess. I need more than one night from her. Much more. A woman like that deserves the whole fairy tale. She deserves a charming prince. Too bad I’m the one planning to earn all her happy endings… THE BILLIONAIRE'S BEAUTY They call him The Beast for good reason. Now this billionaire boss wants his beautiful--and off-limits--assistant... Griffin: They call me The Beast. Some people think I’m a bully. I’m not here to make friends. I ruthlessly clawed my way to the top of the real estate market in NYC. No friends needed. She’s my feisty executive assistant. My right hand… woman. We have an unspoken arrangement: she pretends I’m smarter than she is while I pretend not to notice how sexy she is. That was before she gave me her notice while wearing that dress. I can do a lot. Run my family empire. Ignore the loneliness the top brings. Punch anyone who looks twice at her. But letting her go without a fight? Over my dead body… THE BILLIONAIRE'S CINDERELLA She's just a girl next door and a pastry chef. Why would a sexy billionaire ever want more than one steamy night with her? Ryker: Marriage and relationships aren’t for me. I have no desire to revisit my failures. Now I work hard and play hard--period. Until suddenly there she is. Sexy. Unexpected. Sweet. Unforgettable. One unprecedented night with her only whets my appetite for more. She’s been burned before, which makes her suspicious of me. Doesn’t think she’s good enough, that I’d prefer someone more… society. If only she knew how uninterested I am in other women since I first laid eyes on her. And I hope she never knows the things I think about when I look at her now. Fairy tales endings are meant for children’s books. I know that. But I write my own stories...
Cabbage and Bones
Author : Caledonia Kearns
Publisher : Holt Paperbacks
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 11,78 MB
Release : 1997-11-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0805052003
Book Description
In this affecting anthology of fiction by Irish-American women, the voices of some of our most important writers are finally celebrated. These 25 pieces, more than half of which have never before been published in book form, include selections by such established, award-winning authors as Anna Quindlen, Alice McDermott, Mary McCarthy, and Mary McGarry Morris, as well as promising newcomers.
Safari
Author : Parnell Hall
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 45,96 MB
Release : 2014-11-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1605987174
Book Description
Stanley Hastings on safari? I don't think so. Neither did Stanley, until Alice's small inheritance—coupled with scrimping on a few luxuries like food and rent—allowed them to book a group trip to Zambia. Now the New York PI is hiking with lions, canoeing with hippos, and having close encounters with elephants and giraffes.It's a dangerous safari. The leader is a reckless, gun-ho, great white hunter who delights in leaping from the jeep with a hearty, "Come on, gang, let's see where this lion is going!" And a series of bizarre accidents quickly dwindles the group's numbers. Why was the guide's young spotter foolish enough to walk under a sausage fruit tree . . . just as one on the huge sausage fruits fell? How did the leaves of a poisonous plant wind up in a tourist's salad? Are these really accidents?A stabbing tips the scale. It's murder, and the only policeman in a hundred miles is a park ranger (whose only murder case was that of a ivory poacher shot dead in plain sight). It's up to Stanley to crack the case . . . if he can just avoid being eaten by a lion.
Catalog of Copyright Entries
Author : Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher :
Page : 1070 pages
File Size : 29,40 MB
Release : 1956
Category : Copyright
ISBN :
Book Description
Poceza M'madzulo
Author : Julius Chongo
Publisher : University of Zambia Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 30,10 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Drama
ISBN :
Book Description
Julius Chongo is a household name in Zambia, a celebrated Chewa poet and raconteur, renowned for adapting and creating a popular radio drama of oral prose and poetic narratives known in Chewa or Njanga as ?Poceza M?Madzulo'. The serial ran for ten years between 1966 and 1976 and became a hit amongst both rural and urban Zambians. The stories, which mix realism and illusion, were adapted from the storytelling tradition, and the story theatre performance tradition of the Chewa and Njanja speaking peoples of Northern Mozambique, Malawi and Zambia, as an effort to keep this tradition alive. In the same spirit, the stories have been transcribed and translated into English for a new generation. Although not intended for the written medium, the stories convey much of Chongo's idiom, originality and aesthetic devices. The corpus of stories and their translations are thus a valuable contribution to an understanding of Zambian oral literature in indigenous languages, and as a means of communicating these cultures. Further the work is an important effort to address the underdeveloped area of publishing in indigenous languages and literature in Zambia, a prerequisite for the nurturing of local cultural identity.
