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Author: Virginia Howard
Publisher: Weigl Publishers
Published: 2019-08-01
Total Pages: 32
ISBN-13: 1791107087
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe wind swirls through the farmyard one dark night. It tears around the farmyard, over the meadows, past the pond. It blows so hard and so long that all the animals howl, too. And, in the sunny morning, the animals learn that the wind has played tricks on them.
Author: Bernard Pomerance
Publisher: Grove Press
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9780802138453
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this collection of four plays, Tony Award winner Bernard Pomerance demonstrates once again that he is a writer unafraid to address, in the words of The New York Times, "challenging -- and very human -- historical subjects." In his fiction and plays, from The Elephant Man to Melons, Pomerance explores greed, despair, darkness, redemption, and most of all the human impulse to try to make sense of the world we live in. Superhighway presents the relatives of a woman ill with cancer who are unable to cope with her death. The protagonist of Quantrill in Lawrence, set during the Civil War, leads the townspeople of Lawrence into chaos. In Melons, an Apache chief and a retired army major reprise the Indian wars and embody, respectively, an imperiled traditional way of life and the century just dawning. Hands of Light is a contemporary exploration of the story of King Midas and an allegory for greed's power to disrupt the world's natural balance.
Author: Antall (A. Szabo)
Publisher: Dorrance Publishing
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 56
ISBN-13: 1434913082
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFive families from different corners of the Earth are going about their routine activities. In the midst of it all, they realize something is amiss; upon further investigation, they recognize that all of it points to the way their weight scales are giving readings way below normal. The days and months ahead see the kind of global turmoil never before observed at any point in the history of mankind: overindulgence by the obese populations, which gradually turned to severe depression when they realize that the 'loss of weight' did not give them healthy bodies; rather, the earth's rotation has suddenly slowed down. And it is only the start of more sinister events to come. For one, as the days and nights are extended by some hours, things that are normally on the earth, now tend to fall up into the vast abyss of the sky: the water, portions of land, and objects fashioned by humans are showing preference to reside in the stratosphere. What could these mean? And what are those gigantic alien metallic rings along the line of the equator?
Author: Nancy Raines Day
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Published: 2010-10-01
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780810939004
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOn a windy Halloween night as a boy is returning home through the woods after trick-or-treating, he hears scary noises behind him.
Author: Russell Charles Leong
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Published: 2012-02-01
Total Pages: 181
ISBN-13: 0295802723
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRussell Charles Leong shows an astonishing range in this new collection of stories. From struggling war refugees to monks, intellectuals to sex workers, his characters are both linked and separated by their experiences as modern Asians and Asian Americans. In styles ranging from naturalism to high-camp parody, Leong goes beneath stereotypes of immigrant and American-born Chinese, hustlers and academics, Buddhist priests and street people. Displacement and marginalization — and the search for love and liberation — are persistent themes. Leong’s people are set apart, by sexuality, by war, by AIDS, by family dislocations. From this vantage point on the outskirts of conventional life, they often see clearly the accommodations we make with identity and with desire. A young teen-ager, sold into prostitution to finance her brothers’ education, saves her hair trimmings to burn once a year in a temple ritual, the one part of her body that is under her own control. A documentary film producer, raised in a noisy Hong Kong family, marvels at the popular image of Asian Americans as a silenced minority. Traditional Chinese families struggle to come to terms with gay children and AIDS.
Author: Joseph Heywood
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2014-12-03
Total Pages: 1090
ISBN-13: 1493016989
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGet your fix of not one, not two, but three of the Woods Cop Mystery series! This triple-thrill pack includes three of Joseph Heywood’s mystery novels: Ice Hunter, Blue Wolf in Green Fire, and Chasing a Blond Moon. Each novel takes the reader on a suspenseful journey through the wild against vicious poachers and hunters. This package is the perfect introduction to this thrilling mystery series featuring conservation officers in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.
Author: D.L. Hicks
Publisher: Pantera Press
Published: 2022-05-31
Total Pages: 289
ISBN-13: 0648748812
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDeep down, there's something we'd all kill for. I know I would. I know I have. I know I will. Recovering addict Eric Johnstone is turning his life around until one small moment sends him down a dark path. Just months after he takes a job at the retirement village in Point Imlay, the ebbing tide reveals Eric's body, trussed to the town's oyster beds. When Senior Detective John Darken's business card is discovered in the dead man's pocket, J.D. transfers to Point Imlay to help with the investigation. But J.D.'s life is in shambles: his job is precarious, his marriage is on the rocks, and his past haunts him constantly. Two men whose lives are entwined – but how does one end up dead? Together, J.D. and homicide detective Emma Capsteen – another unwelcome new face in the sleepy seaside town – work to unravel the final days of Eric's life. But instead of answers, all they uncover are more questions. Why does a local bikie have free reign? What are the residents at Seascape Gardens retirement village hiding? And, in a town whose beating heart is community, why isn't anyone prepared to tell the truth?
Author: Marlena Frank
Publisher: Marlena Frank
Published:
Total Pages: 350
ISBN-13: 1955854335
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDeep beneath the desert town of Peridot, something evil lurks. Werewolf detective Colton Fen is used to strange mysteries, but when he arrives in Peridot on his latest assignment, he’s less than pleased to be assigned a partner. Rennick Dalton is a blood-drinking, illusion-wielding card shark who doesn’t have the best reputation. The two unlikely partners will have to put aside their differences if they hope to stop the horrible acts taking place beneath the streets of Peridot. Together with the help of sharp-shooting actress Mary Silva, they’ll track the demonic creature that slithers beneath the desert. But the demon is waiting for them. It wants to turn them into one of its many disturbing minions — or add them to its grotesque collection. Step into a dangerous and fantastic world set in the old west of 1893, where supernatural creatures and unexplainables live alongside cowboys and gunslingers. THE MAN WHO DEALT IN DEATH is book one of the COLTON FEN series.
