Author: Mark Helprin Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN: 0547819234 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 725
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Returning home after serving World War II to run his family business in New York, a paratrooper falls in love with a young heiress and actress he meets on the State Island ferry.
Author: Lawrence Block Publisher: Pegasus Crime ISBN: 9781681775593 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 0
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A truly unprecedented literary achievement by author and editor Lawrence Block, a newly-commissioned anthology of seventeen superbly-crafted stories inspired by the paintings of Edward Hopper, including Jeffery Deaver, Joyce Carol Oates, Stephen King, Lee Child, and Robert Olen Butler, among many others. "Edward Hopper is surely the greatest American narrative painter. His work bears special resonance for writers and readers, and yet his paintings never tell a story so much as they invite viewers to find for themselves the untold stories within." So says Lawrence Block, who has invited seventeen outstanding writers to join him in an unprecedented anthology of brand-new stories: In Sunlight or In Shadow. The results are remarkable and range across all genres, wedding literary excellence to storytelling savvy. Contributors include Stephen King, Joyce Carol Oates, Robert Olen Butler, Michael Connelly, Megan Abbott, Craig Ferguson, Nicholas Christopher, Jill D. Block, Joe R. Lansdale, Justin Scott, Kris Nelscott, Warren Moore, Jonathan Santlofer, Jeffery Deaver, Lee Child, and Lawrence Block himself. Even Gail Levin, Hopper’s biographer and compiler of his catalogue raisonée, appears with her own first work of fiction, providing a true account of art theft on a grand scale and told in the voice of the country preacher who perpetrated the crime. In a beautifully produced anthology as befits such a collection of acclaimed authors, each story is illustrated with a quality full-color reproduction of the painting that inspired it.
Author: Anne Sibley O'Brien Publisher: Scholastic Inc. ISBN: 0545905761 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 317
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Hatchet in North Korea: A sister and brother go on the run with explosive forbidden photographs in this gripping and timely survival adventure. North Korea is known as the most repressive country on Earth, with a dictatorial leader, a starving population, and harsh punishment for rebellion.Not the best place for a family vacation.Yet that's exactly where Mia Andrews finds herself, on a tour with her aid-worker father and fractious older brother, Simon. Mia was adopted from South Korea as a baby, and the trip raises tough questions about where she really belongs. Then her dad is arrested for spying, just as forbidden photographs of North Korean slave-labor camps fall into Mia's hands. The only way to save Dad: get the pictures out of the country. Thus Mia and Simon set off on a harrowing journey to the border, without food, money, or shelter, in a land where anyone who sees them might turn them in, and getting caught could mean prison -- or worse.An exciting adventure that offers a rare glimpse into a compelling, complicated nation, In the Shadow of the Sun is an unforgettable novel of courage and survival.
Author: Cameron Dokey Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1439120331 Category : Young Adult Fiction Languages : en Pages : 198
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Mina was born on the longest night of the darkest month of the year. When her father looked at her, all he saw was what he feared: By birth, by name, by nature, she belonged to the Dark. So when Mina turned sixteen, her father took her away from shadow and brought her into sunlight. In retaliation, her mother lured a handsome prince into a deadly agreement: If he frees Mina, he can claim her as his bride. Now Mina and her prince must endure deadly trials -- of love and fate and family -- before they can truly live happily ever after....
Author: EM Castellan Publisher: Feiwel & Friends ISBN: 1250226031 Category : Young Adult Fiction Languages : en Pages : 274
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EM Castellan's In the Shadow of the Sun is a sumptuous YA romantasy set in 17th century Versailles. It’s 1661 in Paris, and magicians thrill nobles with enchanting illusions. Exiled in France, 17-year-old Henriette of England wishes she could use her magic to gain entry at court. Instead, her plan is to hide her magical talents, and accept an arranged marriage to the French king’s younger brother. Henriette soon realizes her fiancé prefers the company of young men to hers, and court magicians turn up killed by a mysterious sorcerer who uses forbidden magic. When an accident forces Henriette to reveal her uniquely powerful gift for enchantments to Louis, he asks for her help: she alone can defeat the dark magician threatening his authority and aid his own plans to build the new, enchanted seat of his power--the Palace of Versailles.
Author: Ilya Ellis Publisher: Independent Publishing Network ISBN: 9781800683525 Category : Young Adult Fiction Languages : en Pages : 300
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Pan grew up. Then he went missing. The fight for control of Neverland has come around yet again; it is time for the ruler to be decided in the Crowning Games. Nathaniel has stood by the undefeated king's right hand side for forty years, helplessly watching his cruel governing of the island. Only this year, rumours that Peter Pan has come back to claim his crown have started to be passed from fairy to fairy. Nathaniel doesn't know if the return of the man he once called friend will bring about peace or more destruction. For when it comes to Peter Pan, dangerous shadows from the past always follow.
Author: Judy Liautaud Publisher: ISBN: 9781883841171 Category : Mothers Languages : en Pages : 280
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In 1966 when Judy became pregnant at the age of 16, her family kept her plight a secret and was compelled to give up her daughter. Judy felt the grief and shame as a tangible lumpwithin her body and fought to keep it contained within the shadows of silence. But as an adult, she felt compelled to address the loss by searching for her birth daughter and bringing her story to light--From back cover.
Author: Gail Levin Publisher: Universe Publishing(NY) ISBN: Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 88
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A companion volume to Universe's The Poetry of Solitude pairs an array of literary excerpts by such writers as John Updike, William Faulkner, and Lawrence Block with the Hopper works that inspired them.
Author: Richard Matheson Publisher: St. Martin's Press ISBN: 9780765362292 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 244
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As the Army and the Apache experience an uneasy peace, the discovery of the body of a man who had been brutally murdered and mutilated threatens to ignite all-out war, and it is up to Indian Agent Billjohn Finley to prevent it.
Author: Mark Helprin
Author: Lawrence Block
Author: Anne Sibley O'Brien
Author: Cameron Dokey
Author: EM Castellan
Author: Ilya Ellis
Author: Judy Liautaud
Author: Gail Levin
Author: Richard Matheson
Author: F.W. Champion