Cat's Cradle

Author: Kurt Vonnegut
Publisher: Dial Press
ISBN: 0307567273
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 306

Book Description
“A free-wheeling vehicle . . . an unforgettable ride!”—The New York Times Cat’s Cradle is Kurt Vonnegut’s satirical commentary on modern man and his madness. An apocalyptic tale of this planet’s ultimate fate, it features a midget as the protagonist, a complete, original theology created by a calypso singer, and a vision of the future that is at once blackly fatalistic and hilariously funny. A book that left an indelible mark on an entire generation of readers, Cat’s Cradle is one of the twentieth century’s most important works—and Vonnegut at his very best. “[Vonnegut is] an unimitative and inimitable social satirist.”—Harper’s Magazine “Our finest black-humorist . . . We laugh in self-defense.”—Atlantic Monthly

Cat's Cradle

Author: Anne Akers Johnson
Publisher: Klutz
ISBN: 9781878257536
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
In today's high tech world, people have completely forgotten how to make The Cup and Saucer, The Witch's Broom, and Jacob's Ladder. Thank goodness for Cat's Cradle. This book's simple instructions and ultra-clear instructional art are foolproof.

The Golden Twine

Author: Jo Rioux
Publisher: Kids Can Press Ltd
ISBN: 1554536367
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 116

Book Description
With monsters slipping through the mountains into the valley of Galatea, Suri, an orphan, dreams of becoming a monster tamer.

Odd John

Author: Olaf Stapledon
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 216

Book Description
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Odd John" by Olaf Stapledon. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Early Christian Experience

Author: Günther Bornkamm
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780334003472
Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 193

Book Description
What a treasure is the English edition of Giinther Bornkamm's Early Christian Experience! This is a collection of scholarly papers on NT subjects gathered and translated by Paul Hammer... Of the eleven papers only one, the second, is otherwise than Pauline in its subject-matter, and nos. 4 to 7 provide a most valuable supplement to any commentary on Romans. No. 8 analyses the Kenosis passage in Philippians, and the last expounds I Corinthians 13. This is high-level preachers' nourishment, the kind of searching stuff which helps preaching to be preaching rather than casual journalism. Tough, but immensely worth while

Cat's Cradle

Author: William W. Johnstone
Publisher: Lyrical Press
ISBN: 160183537X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 386

Book Description
No one knew where she had come from. A scrap of a girl clinging to a black cat with eerie yellow eyes. A lost child or an orphan, maybe. It was a miracle she had survived on Eden Mountain at all. Suddenly strange things began to happen in placid Ruger County, bizarre killings that the police couldn’t solve. Horrifying accidents that the people couldn’t comprehend. An insatiable beast was stalking their intimate hideaways, their swimming holes—and their children. No one noticed how quickly the little girl’s pale cheeks turned pink with health. How her frail body filled out with sleek, lithe muscles and feline grace. And no one noticed that at night her innocent blue eyes turned an eerie, evil yellow . . .

Cat's Cradle, Owl's Eyes

Author: Camilla Gryski
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780590254861
Category : String figures
Languages : en
Pages : 84

Book Description
Play 40 terrific games with only one piece of string!

String Figures and how to Make Them

Author: Caroline F. Jayne
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486201528
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 476

Book Description
Diagrams and text illustrate the steps involved in creating over one hundred string figures while providing information on their origin and cultural background

Camilla Gryski's Cat's Cradle

Author: Camilla Gryski
Publisher: Scholastic
ISBN: 9780439779388
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36

Book Description

Pity the Reader

Author: Kurt Vonnegut
Publisher: Rosetta Books
ISBN: 0795352832
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 386

Book Description
“A rich, generous book about writing and reading and Kurt Vonnegut as writer, teacher, and friend . . . Every page brings pleasure and insight.”—Gail Godwin, New York Times bestselling author Here is an entirely new side of Kurt Vonnegut, Vonnegut as a teacher of writing. Of course he’s given us glimpses before, with aphorisms and short essays and articles and in his speeches. But never before has an entire book been devoted to Kurt Vonnegut the teacher. Here is pretty much everything Vonnegut ever said or wrote having to do with the writing art and craft, altogether a healing, a nourishing expedition. His former student, Suzanne McConnell, has outfitted us for the journey, and in these 37 chapters covers the waterfront of how one American writer brought himself to the pinnacle of the writing art, and we can all benefit as a result. Kurt Vonnegut was one of the few grandmasters of American literature, whose novels continue to influence new generations about the ways in which our imaginations can help us to live. Few aspects of his contribution have not been plumbed—fourteen novels, collections of his speeches, his essays, his letters, his plays—so this fresh view of him is a bonanza for writers and readers and Vonnegut fans everywhere. “Part homage, part memoir, and a 100% guide to making art with words, Pity the Reader: On Writing with Style is a simply mesmerizing book, and I cannot recommend it highly enough!”—Andre Dubus III, #1 New York Times bestselling author “The blend of memory, fact, keen observation, spellbinding descriptiveness and zany characters that populated Vonnegut’s work is on full display here.”—James McBride, National Book Award-winning author