Skintown
Skintown

Author: Ciaran McMenamin

Publisher: Random House

Published: 2017-04-06

Total Pages: 245

ISBN-13: 1473543304

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‘We’re in the back of a car belonging to the men our mothers told us to never get in the back of a car of. I close my eyes and wonder how many girls will come to my funeral.’ Vincent Patrick Duffy has already checked out. Trapped between Skintown’s narrow horizons, he chops ribs and chickens in a takeaway, dreaming of escape, joint after freshly rolled joint. A mindless act of kindness leads to the unlikeliest of business opportunities. Where the government has failed, might the second summer of love and a little pill with a dove on it be the broom to sweep away the hatred and replace it with love, so much love? Skintown is Vinny’s drink- and drug-fuelled odyssey through fighting, fishing, rioting, romance, reconciliation and acid house. Bristling with a restless energy and drunk on black humour, this superb debut is a wild ride. ---- 'Ciaran McMenamin writes brilliantly ... Horrifying and hilarious, Skintown is a compulsive read.' Liz Nugent 'Lures the reader into the madcap night and then delivers a hairpin twist.' Irish Times 'A supercharged riot of a debut novel, zinging with confidence and intelligence.' Joseph O'Connor

The Sunken Road
The Sunken Road

Author: Ciaran McMenamin

Publisher: Random House

Published: 2021-02-18

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 1473573386

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'Ciarán McMenamin confirms his exceptional talent with this admirably powerful and authentic novel about the First World War and the struggle for Irish independence. Tremendous' William Boyd Longlisted for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction Annie, Francie and Archie were inseparable growing up, but in 1914 the boys are seduced by the drama of the Great War. Before leaving their small Irish village for the trenches, Francie promises his true love Annie that he will bring her little brother home safe. Six years later Francie is on the run, a wanted man in the Irish war of Independence. He needs Annie's help to escape safely across the border, but that means confronting the truth about why Archie never came back.... For readers of Sebastian Faulks, Ian McEwan and Sebastian Barry

Planet of the Apes
Planet of the Apes

Author: Daryl Gregory

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2013-02-05

Total Pages: 148

ISBN-13: 1608862976

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Ten years after the assassination of the Lawgiver, rumbles of revolution gather below the surface of the otherwise peaceful ape society and this time, humans are not the source.

The Whole Stupid Way We Are
The Whole Stupid Way We Are

Author: N. Griffin

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2013-02-05

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13: 144243158X

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What happens when everything you’ve got to give isn’t enough to save someone you love? This transformative portrayal of “injustice, frustration, and rage is wrenching and difficult to forget” (Publishers Weekly, starred review). It’s Maine. It’s winter. And it’s FREEZING STINKIN’ COLD! Dinah is wildly worried about her best friend, Skint. He won’t wear a coat. Refuses to wear a coat. It’s twelve degrees out, and he won’t wear a coat. So Dinah’s going to figure out how to help. That’s what Dinah does—she helps. But she’s too busy trying to help to notice that sometimes, she’s doing more harm than good. Seeing the trees instead of the forest? That’s Dinah. And Skint isn’t going to be the one to tell her. He’s a helper guy too. He’s worried about a little boy whose dad won’t let him visit his mom. He’s worried about an elderly couple in a too-cold house down the road. But the wedge between what drives Dinah and what concerns Skint is wide enough for a big old slab of ice. Because Skint’s own father is in trouble. Because Skint’s mother refuses to ask for help even though she’s at her breaking point. And because Dinah might just decide to…help. She thinks she’s cracking through a sheet of ice, but what’s actually there is an entire iceberg.

Planet of the Apes Vol. 3: Children of Fire
Planet of the Apes Vol. 3: Children of Fire

Author: Daryl Gregory

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2012-10-02

Total Pages: 116

ISBN-13: 1608862712

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Bako, hoping to turn the course of the war and save the humans from the ape government, acts in desperation while sisters fight each other below the city.

Burning Fields
Burning Fields

Author: Michael Moreci

Publisher: Boom

Published: 2016-07-13

Total Pages: 211

ISBN-13: 161398555X

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Dana Atkinson, a dishonorably discharged army investigator, is pulled back to the Middle East when a group of American oil technicians disappears under bizarre circumstances. With the help of an Iraqi investigator, Dana discovers a series of unusual incidents at the drill site, which lead her and an unlikely ally to discover a mythic evil that has been released, one that threatens both the lives of the entire region and the fragile peace that exists.

Author: Robert B. Chambers

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2008-11-06

Total Pages: 270

ISBN-13: 1434361209

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Third in the Series of Hobee's Quest Books: In the Deep (Theme: Bullies), that is Non-Violent Adventure Sagas with Hobee and Bobit. We last left them stranded when their ship sailed off with out them. They had to seek out the Head Tool Teeker D.J. once again to ask him for help on getting off the Island. The Head Tool Teeker had a Cycle-sub built that was powered by two bicycles that would take Hobee and Bobit to the deepest parts of the Pacific Ocean and beyond in their search of others like Hobee. They end up finding the Skoodaddles and helping them in getting rid of their bullies. In return the Skoodaddles give Hobee a map of the Northern Pacific Ocean floor and the secrets to the hidden Gates of Ambiguous that lead to unknown Oceans. In their explorations they find a small island called the Island of Pretend. The King there is a bully and makes others do thing they don't want to do. In their search of the small island they find out how to navigate by using the stars and find more clues left by the Marching Rodent Explorers.

Planet of the Apes Vol. 2: The Devil's Pawn
Planet of the Apes Vol. 2: The Devil's Pawn

Author: Daryl Gregory

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2012-05

Total Pages: 116

ISBN-13: 1608866696

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The feared and respected General Aleron finds himself at the center of a conspiracy that could transform ape/human relations! Aleron's journey puts him face to face with ... Dr. Zaius!

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Author: Maya Angelou

Publisher: Random House

Published: 2010-07-21

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 030747772X

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Here is a book as joyous and painful, as mysterious and memorable, as childhood itself. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings captures the longing of lonely children, the brute insult of bigotry, and the wonder of words that can make the world right. Maya Angelou’s debut memoir is a modern American classic beloved worldwide. Sent by their mother to live with their devout, self-sufficient grandmother in a small Southern town, Maya and her brother, Bailey, endure the ache of abandonment and the prejudice of the local “powhitetrash.” At eight years old and back at her mother’s side in St. Louis, Maya is attacked by a man many times her age—and has to live with the consequences for a lifetime. Years later, in San Francisco, Maya learns that love for herself, the kindness of others, her own strong spirit, and the ideas of great authors (“I met and fell in love with William Shakespeare”) will allow her to be free instead of imprisoned. Poetic and powerful, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings will touch hearts and change minds for as long as people read. “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings liberates the reader into life simply because Maya Angelou confronts her own life with such a moving wonder, such a luminous dignity.”—James Baldwin From the Paperback edition.