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Author: Andrea Barrett
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 2003-02-17
Total Pages: 297
ISBN-13: 0393323579
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSpanning two centuries, an intricately woven collection of stories and novellas journeys across landscapes of yearning, awakening, loss, and unexpected discovery as the lives of extraordinary characters unfold in a borderland between science and passion.
Author: Andrea Barrett
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 2008-10-17
Total Pages: 300
ISBN-13: 0393067289
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Turbulent and dramatic, full of longing and death and lust, the yearning to cover one’s own life and way in the world." —David Mehegan, Boston Globe An elegant and astute tale of desire and betrayal, science and medicine, from the "genius enchantress" (Karen Russell) author of Ship Fever, winner of the National Book Award. In the fall of 1916, America prepares for war—but in the town of Tamarack Lake, the focus is on the sick. Wealthy tubercular patients live in private cure cottages; charity patients, mainly immigrants, fill the large public sanatorium. From within their isolated community, they grapple with some of the most thrilling scientific discoveries of their time—X-ray technology, chemical and biological weapons, changing theories of atomic structure—and their limitations. Prisoners of routine, they take solace in gossip, rumor, and, sometimes, secret attachments. When the well-meaning efforts of one enterprising patient lead instead to a tragic accident and a terrible betrayal, the war comes home, bringing with it a surge of anti-immigrant prejudice. With The Air We Breathe, Andrea Barrett has crafted a "majestic, breathtaking, [and] thrilling" (San Diego Union-Tribune) novel that brilliantly illuminates the inescapable heartbreak of war.
Author: Robert Roberts
Publisher: M.E. Sharpe
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9780765601148
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn annotated introduction exploring the contemporary importance of the book "The House Servants Directory", the identity and character of the author, and its significance in American history.
Author: Andrea Barrett
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 1996-11-17
Total Pages: 259
ISBN-13: 0393316009
DOWNLOAD EBOOK1996 National Book Award Winner for Fiction.
Author: Delilah S. Dawson
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2014-08-05
Total Pages: 384
ISBN-13: 1442483784
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAfter her best friend dies in a hurricane, high schooler Dovey discovers something even more devastating--demons in her hometown of Savannah.
Author: Andrea Barrett
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Published: 2012-02-20
Total Pages: 404
ISBN-13: 000740428X
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Author: Laila Lalami
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 2014-09-09
Total Pages: 360
ISBN-13: 0307911675
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK • The imagined memoirs of the first black explorer of America—this "stunning [book] sheds light on all of the possible the New World exploration stories that didn’t make history” (Huffington Post). In these pages, Laila Lalami brings us the invented memoirs Mustafa al-Zamori, called Estebanico. The slave of a Spanish conquistador, Estebanico sails for the Americas with his master, Dorantes, as part of a danger-laden expedition to Florida. Within a year, Estebanico is one of only four crew members to survive. As he journeys across America with his Spanish companions, the Old World roles of slave and master fall away, and Estebanico remakes himself as an equal, a healer, and a remarkable storyteller. His tale illuminates the ways in which our narratives can transmigrate into history—and how storytelling can offer a chance at redemption and survival.
Author: Jack Campbell
Publisher: Jabberwocky Literary Agency, Inc.
Published: 2016-11-01
Total Pages: 344
ISBN-13: 1625671385
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA Storm that will wreck a world threatens Dematr. Only Mari, one of the Mechanics who control all technology through their Guild, has a chance to stop it. She and Mage Alain have survived numerous attempts to kill them and have gained many more followers, but the Storm of chaos, born of centuries of enslavement, grows ever closer. Mari leads an army now. She and Alain must fight together to bind back the Broken Kingdom and build a force strong enough to defeat the might of the Great Guilds. But the Storm has many Servants who seek to preserve or gain personal power or wealth, or fear the New Day that Mari seeks to bring to the world. And Mari knows that victory will mean nothing if the precious knowledge brought long ago to their world is destroyed. In order to save it, Alain and Mari will have to pierce through the heart of their enemies' power and confront once more a place of ancient nightmare.
Author: Raymond E. Feist
Publisher: Spectra
Published: 2017-08-22
Total Pages: 706
ISBN-13: 0525480242
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"A sweeping drama unveiling a tale of love, hate and sacrifice against the panorama of an alien yet familiar society."--Publishers Weekly. "Uncommonly satisfying."--Locus
Author: Felix J. Palma
Publisher: Scribe Publications
Published: 2011-06-27
Total Pages: 481
ISBN-13: 1921942045
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEnter a world of wonder, intrigue, and adventure ... London, 1896. Andrew Harrington’s beloved has been murdered by Jack the Ripper. Claire Haggerty longs to escape the constraints of Victorian society. For both, time is the problem: to escape it, to change it, might offer them the hope they need. As their lives become entangled with that of H.G. Wells — who is basking in the success of his novel The Time Machine — all three set off on a desperate flight through the centuries. But what happens when we alter history? That is the question explored in this epic page-turner, which will take you on a dazzling ride back and forth in time.
