The Lost Book of Bonn
Author : Brianna Labuskes
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 14,9 MB
Release : 2024
Category :
ISBN : 9780063390935
Bern Book
Author : Vincent O. Carter
Publisher : Deep Vellum Publishing
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 12,70 MB
Release : 2022-05-17
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1628974109
Book Description
The Bern Book is a travelogue, a memoir, a “diary of an isolated soul” (Darryl Pinckney), and a meditation on the myth and reality of race in midcentury Europe and America. In 1953, having left the US and settled in Bern, Switzerland, Vincent O. Carter, a struggling writer, set about composing a “record of a voyage of the mind.” The voyage begins with Carter’s furiously good-humored description of how, every time he leaves the house, he must face the possibility of being asked “the hated question” (namely, Why did you, a black man born in America, come to Bern?). It continues with stories of travel, war, financial struggle, the pleasure of walking, the pain of self-loathing, and, through it all, various experiments in what Carter calls “lacerating subjective sociology.” Now this long-neglected volume is back in print for the first time since 1973.
What Can't Be Seen
Author : Brianna Labuskes
Publisher : Thomas & Mercer
Page : pages
File Size : 37,3 MB
Release : 2022-05-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781542035521
Book Description
A brilliant psychologist faces the secrets and lies of her own dark past in a shocking novel of suspense by the Washington Post and Amazon Charts bestselling author of A Familiar Sight. "Gretchen...What have you done?" Psychologist and criminologist Dr. Gretchen White, top consultant for the Boston PD, has solved countless cases--but never her own. Since the age of eight, she has lived her life thinking she killed her aunt. After all, she was found standing over the body, clutching a bloody knife. Most people, including Detective Patrick Shaughnessy, believe the little sociopath got away with murder. Thirty years later, Detective Lauren Marconi wants to prove them wrong. When plucking at the threads of the past unravels a decades-old case tied to the White family, both Lauren and Gretchen grapple with the question, What if Gretchen really is guilty? As old secrets come to light and Gretchen's lifelong grip on her darkest impulses threatens to erode, Shaughnessy is there watching, waiting for her to lose control one more time. Everyone thinks they know what happened that night. But the truth is beyond what anyone imagines--even Gretchen herself.
The Regrets
Author : Amy Bonnaffons
Publisher : Little, Brown
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 28,8 MB
Release : 2020-02-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0316516147
Book Description
Reality and dream collide in Amy Bonnaffons's "dazzling," wildly inventive "miracle of a love story" about an affair between the living and the dead (NPR) For weeks, Rachel has been noticing the same golden-haired young man sitting at her Brooklyn bus stop, staring off with a melancholy air. When, one day, she finally musters the courage to introduce herself, the chemistry between them is undeniable: Thomas is wise, witty, handsome, mysterious, clearly a kindred spirit. There's just one tiny problem: He's dead. Stuck in a surreal limbo governed by bureaucracy, Thomas is unable to "cross over" to the afterlife until he completes a 90-day stint on earth, during which time he is forbidden to get involved with a member of the living -- lest he incur "regrets." When Thomas and Rachel break this rule, they unleash a cascade of bizarre, troubling consequences. Set in the hallucinatory borderland between life and death, The Regrets is a gloriously strange and breathtakingly sexy exploration of love, the cataclysmic power of fantasies, and the painful, exhilarating work of waking up to reality, told with uncommon grace and humor by a visionary artist at the height of her imaginative power.
The Lost Book of Enoch
Author : David Humphreys
Publisher : Janus Publishing Company Lim
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 47,58 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1857565045
Book Description
Though widely read by early Christians, the book of Enoch was banned by the church in the fourth century and considered lost for 1,600 years. A mention of it in the New Testament led 19th-century scholars to a manuscript of the Enoch story in Hebrew and Aramaic verse, and a theological study of the manuscript in English followed in 1912. Yet it too eventually disappeared from public view. This edition of the lost biblical book is re-written in contemporary English and recounts the apocalyptic vision revealed to Enoch, the father of Methuselah, when he was taken to heaven by archangels who showed him the future of mankind as he looked down upon the world.
Lost Books
Author : Flavia Bruni
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 541 pages
File Size : 38,96 MB
Release : 2016-04-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9004311823
Book Description
Questions of survival and loss bedevil the study of early printed books. Many early publications are not particularly rare, but many have disappeared altogether. Here leading specialists in the field explore different strategies for recovering this lost world of print.
A Small Town in Germany
Author : John le Carré
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 16,35 MB
Release : 2013-03-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1101603046
Book Description
From the New York Times bestselling author of A Legacy of Spies. "Haven't you realized that only appearances matter?" The British Embassy in Bonn is up in arms. Her Majesty's financially troubled government is seeking admission to Europe's Common Market just as anti-British factions are rising to power in Germany. Rioters are demanding reunification, and the last thing the Crown can afford is a scandal. Then Leo Harting—an embassy nobody—goes missing with a case full of confidential files. London sends Alan Turner to control the damage, but he soon realizes that neither side really wants Leo found—alive. Set against the threat of a German-Soviet alliance, John le Carré's A Small Town in Germany is a superb chronicle of Cold War paranoia and political compromise. With an introduction by the author.
The Lost
Author : Natasha Preston
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 10,77 MB
Release : 2019-03-26
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 149265227X
Book Description
A twisty psychological thriller from Natasha Preston, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller author of THE CELLAR! It's a fight for survival in a building designed to ensure that no one makes it out alive. In Piper's hometown, teenagers keep disappearing, and everyone assumes they're just a bunch of runaways. But when yet another person vanishes, Piper and her best friend Hazel suspect something more sinister is going on. So they decide to investigate, determined to learn the truth. Their search for answers leads them to the source of the missing...and their captors. Piper and Hazel suddenly find themselves locked away in a secluded property in the middle of a privately owned forest. But the building isn't only meant to keep them imprisoned; every room is a test to see if they can make it out alive. And failure means being lost...forever. A high stakes thriller for readers of One of Us is Lying and The Cheerleaders! Teen Thrillers also by Natasha Preston: The Cellar Awake The Cabin You Will Be Mine The Twin
The Lost Romantics
Author : Norbert Lennartz
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 20,15 MB
Release : 2020-01-13
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 3030355462
Book Description
This book features a collection of essays, shedding subversively new light on Romanticism and its canon of big-six, white, male Romantics by focusing on marginalised, forgotten and lost writers and their long-neglected works. Probing the realms of literary and cultural lostness, this book identifies different strata of oblivion and shows how densely the net of contacts and rivalries was woven around the ostensibly monolithic stars of the Romantic age. It reveals how the lost poets inspired the production of anthologised poetry, that they served as indispensable muses, sidekicks and interlocutors of the big six and that their relevance for the literary scene has been continuously underrated. This is also surprisingly true for some creators of famous one-hit wonders (Frankenstein, The Vampyre) who were suddenly rocketed to fame or notoriety, but could not help seeing their other works of fiction turning into abortive flops.
The Phoenix Eggs (The String Weavers - Book 2)
Author : J.A. Marlow
Publisher : Star Catcher Publishing
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 13,46 MB
Release : 2011-11-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1937042170
Book Description
The power of universes fit in the palm of a hand. What Professor Hadrian wants with the scattered Phoenix Eggs, no one knows. What Kelsey Hale and her team do know: They must find and secure them before he can harness and use the raw power contained within. The lives across countless universes depend on the team coming together like never before. Despite no time for Kelsey's formal training. Despite instincts that go against Weaver rules. Despite strange dreams following her into sleep. Despite a divided team. Kelsey’s rare talent may give them the edge they need. If her teammates will only believe it exists in the first place. Join Kelsey Hale in a coming of age science fiction adventure across alternate universes and encounters with alien planets, species and societies. Thrust into a dangerous journey to places she could have never imagined, she is determined to discover the truth of her mysterious past. A truth that will change her life forever. Titles in "The String Weaver" Series The String Weavers The Phoenix Eggs The Dark Phoenix The Dividers The Tower of Epnos When the Skies Fell Celestial Fire
