A Terrible Roar of Water

A Terrible Roar of Water

Author: Penny Draper

Publisher: Coteau Books

Published: 2014-11-26

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13: 1550506250

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One cold day in 1929, a tsunami strikes the Burin Peninsula in Newfoundland and suddenly twelve-year-old Murphy is doing a man's work, saving lives and caring for the people he loves.


This Is Water

This Is Water

Author: Kenyon College

Publisher:

Published: 2014-05-22

Total Pages: 140

ISBN-13: 9780316151467

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Only once did David Foster Wallace give a public talk on his views on life, during a commencement address given in 2005 at Kenyon College. The speech is reprinted for the first time in book form in THIS IS WATER. How does one keep from going through their comfortable, prosperous adult life unconsciously' How do we get ourselves out of the foreground of our thoughts and achieve compassion' The speech captures Wallace's electric intellect as well as his grace in attention to others. After his death, it became a treasured piece of writing reprinted in The Wall Street Journal and the London Times, commented on endlessly in blogs, and emailed from friend to friend. Writing with his one-of-a-kind blend of causal humor, exacting intellect, and practical philosophy, David Foster Wallace probes the challenges of daily living and offers advice that renews us with every reading.


Roar

Roar

Author: Cora Carmack

Publisher: Tor Teen

Published: 2017-06-13

Total Pages: 382

ISBN-13: 0765386313

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Raised to rule, despite not having the abilities her ancestors did, Aurora becomes betrothed to a prince who possesses the magic needed to keep the kingdom safe.


Settler and Savage

Settler and Savage

Author: Charles De Boos

Publisher:

Published: 1906

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13:

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Fictional account of attack on settlers hut in Hunter River district, and subsequent revenge of the survivors of the Aborigines.


This Is Water

This Is Water

Author: David Foster Wallace

Publisher: Little, Brown

Published: 2009-04-14

Total Pages: 141

ISBN-13: 0316071005

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In this rare peak into the personal life of the author of numerous bestselling novels, gain an understanding of David Foster Wallace and how he became the man that he was. Only once did David Foster Wallace give a public talk on his views on life, during a commencement address given in 2005 at Kenyon College. The speech is reprinted for the first time in book form in This is Water. How does one keep from going through their comfortable, prosperous adult life unconsciously? How do we get ourselves out of the foreground of our thoughts and achieve compassion? The speech captures Wallace's electric intellect as well as his grace in attention to others. After his death, it became a treasured piece of writing reprinted in The Wall Street Journal and the London Times, commented on endlessly in blogs, and emailed from friend to friend. Writing with his one-of-a-kind blend of causal humor, exacting intellect, and practical philosophy, David Foster Wallace probes the challenges of daily living and offers advice that renews us with every reading.