Set in the fictional town of Castle Rock, Maine The “haunting…tender, intimate book that makes an epic interior journey” (The New York Times), Lisey’s Story is a literary masterpiece—an extraordinarily moving and haunting portrait of a marriage and its aftermath. Lisey lost her husband Scott two years ago, after a twenty-five year marriage of profound…
Read moreWho is Jot Soora? Devoted fiance of movie star Monima Das, gifted programmer at software giant MysoreTech, or deadly Assassin with a secret? When Jot stumbles into a layer of code deep in his company’s new device, the discovery threatens his relationship, his job, and his life. It also reveals shocking links to an ancestral…
Read moreDocuments the experiences of a Syrian immigrant who spent her formative years in Detroit, where she struggled with school bullies and her family traditions before becoming a New York City hair stylist at the height of the punk movement, succumbing to drug addiction and eventually embracing a clean life of peace and redemption. GBS_insertEmbeddedViewer(“aF6JDQAAQBAJ”, 500,400);
Read more“You were supposed to observe Goldfinger, not borrow his girlfriend.” — From the film Goldfinger Provides information about the making of the movie and its aim at the American market. Looks at the influence of Bond in general, and Goldfinger in particular, on Hollywood action thriller blockbuster movies Examines the secret behind Bond’s continued movie…
Read moreJingle Bells Christmas Song with lyrics | Christmas Carols | Christmas Songs For Kids #Christmassong #christmascarols #christmassongsforkids #christmassong2019 Jingle Bells christmas song with lyrics I Christmas songs for kids I Christmas carols Ho ho ho Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way Oh, what fun it is to ride in a one horse open…
Read moreHow is academia portrayed in children’s literature? This Element ambitiously surveys fictional professors in texts marketed towards children, who are overwhelmingly white and male, tending to be elderly scientists. Professors fall into three stereotypes: the vehicle to explain scientific facts, the baffled genius, and the evil madman. By the late twentieth century, the stereotype of…
Read moreThe New York Times bestselling author of Neuromancer and Agency presents a fast-paced sci-fi thriller that takes a terrifying look into the future… Flynne Fisher lives down a country road, in a rural America where jobs are scarce, unless you count illegal drug manufacture, which she’s trying to avoid. Her brother Burton lives on money…
Read moreThe New York Times bestselling author of Neuromancer and Agency presents a fast-paced sci-fi thriller that takes a terrifying look into the future… Flynne Fisher lives down a country road, in a rural America where jobs are scarce, unless you count illegal drug manufacture, which she’s trying to avoid. Her brother Burton lives on money…
Read moreA little boy, Tip, escapes from his evil guardian, the witch Mombi, with the help of a walking wooden figure with a jack-o’-lantern head named Jack Pumpkinhead (brought to life with the magic Powder of Life Tip stole from Mombi), as well as a living Sawhorse (created from the same powder). Tip ends up on…
Read moreThis Norton Critical Edition of Solomon Northup’s harrowing autobiography is based on the 1853 first edition. It is accompanied by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Kevin Burke’s introduction and detailed explanatory footnotes. The Norton Critical Edition also includes: · The illustrations printed in the original book. · Contemporary sources (1853—62), among them newspaper accounts of…
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