This Side of Babylon
This Side of Babylon

Author: James Stoia

Publisher:

Published: 2020-10

Total Pages: 348

ISBN-13: 9781649218841

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Just because they're family doesn't mean they are without contradictions or complications... It's the week that won't seem to let up. The sweltering Chicago heat begins to seep into the city and drench everything in a humid haze. An unexpected death, difficulties at work, and an ever-increasing schism within his family all force Lennox Adler to confront a maudlin past that never faded. As Lennox travels from Chicago to Portland, the emotional strain of unresolved discord compels him to navigate a labyrinth of mental despair. It's in the time of his greatest need that he relies on Alastor, his brother, to help. Just talking to him makes the world seem more bearable. Told through several unique voices, stimulating dialogue, and lamenting flashbacks, This Side of Babylon is a far-reaching story of how we wade through the intricacies of family, and how we also choose who is part of that unit. It takes us deep into the everyday lives of one immigrant family as it struggles to sustain a kindred connection amid the ever-changing expectations of growing up in a new home.

The Town of Babylon
The Town of Babylon

Author: Alejandro Varela

Publisher: Astra Publishing House

Published: 2022-03-22

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 1662601042

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A FINALIST FOR THE 2022 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION LONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2022 – Boston Globe, BuzzFeed, LitHub, Electric Literature, LGBTQ Reads, Latinx in Publishing *Recommended by The New York Times* In this contemporary debut novel—an intimate portrait of queer, racial, and class identity —Andrés, a gay Latinx professor, returns to his suburban hometown in the wake of his husband’s infidelity. There he finds himself with no excuse not to attend his twenty-year high school reunion, and hesitantly begins to reconnect with people he used to call friends. Over the next few weeks, while caring for his aging parents and navigating the neighborhood where he grew up, Andrés falls into old habits with friends he thought he’d left behind. Before long, he unexpectedly becomes entangled with his first love and is forced to tend to past wounds. Captivating and poignant; a modern coming-of-age story about the essential nature of community, The Town of Babylon is a page-turning novel about young love and a close examination of our social systems and the toll they take when they fail us.

By the Waters of Babylon
By the Waters of Babylon

Author: Stephen Vincent Benet

Publisher: CreateSpace

Published: 2015-08-24

Total Pages: 38

ISBN-13: 9781517031244

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The north and the west and the south are good hunting ground, but it is forbidden to go east. It is forbidden to go to any of the Dead Places except to search for metal and then he who touches the metal must be a priest or the son of a priest. Afterwards, both the man and the metal must be purified. These are the rules and the laws; they are well made. It is forbidden to cross the great river and look upon the place that was the Place of the Gods-this is most strictly forbidden. We do not even say its name though we know its name. It is there that spirits live, and demons-it is there that there are the ashes of the Great Burning. These things are forbidden- they have been forbidden since the beginning of time.

Beyond Babylon
Beyond Babylon

Author: Igiaba Scego

Publisher:

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 464

ISBN-13: 9781931883832

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"Describes Argentina's horrific dirty war, the chaotic final years of brutal dictatorship in Somalia, and the modern-day excesses of Italy's right-wing politics through the words of two half-sisters, their mothers, and the elusive father who ties their stories together"--

Lion of Babylon
Lion of Babylon

Author: Davis Bunn

Publisher: Bethany House

Published: 2011-07

Total Pages: 379

ISBN-13: 0764209051

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An American operative sent to rescue two vanished soldiers in Iraq finds himself in the midst of a centuries-old conflict of religion, violence, and hatred.

Babylon Steel
Babylon Steel

Author: Gaie Sebold

Publisher:

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781907992377

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"Babylon Steel, ex-sword-for-hire, ex ... other things, runs The Red Lantern, the best brothel in the city. She's got elves using sex magic upstairs, S & M in the basement and a large green troll cooking breakfast in the kitchen, and she'd love you to visit, except ... She's not having a good week. The Vessels of Purity are protesting against brothels, girls are disappearing, and if she can't pay her taxes, Babylon's going to lose the Lantern. She'd given up the mercenary life, but when the mysterious Darask Fain pays her to find a missing heiress, she has to take the job. And then her past starts to catch up with her in other, more dangerous ways.

The Whore of Babylon, A Memoir
The Whore of Babylon, A Memoir

Author: Katrina Prado

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2010-01-29

Total Pages: 193

ISBN-13: 1441596291

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Prado's latest novel centers on a mother who embarks on a mission to rescue her daughter from the mean streets of San Francisco. Margot Skinner can't bear to see her 15-year-old daughter, Robyn, dolled up in fishnets and spiked heels while her room devolves into a sty and her truancy and rebelliousness accelerate...Aided by two private investigators and a streetwise nun, Margot scours the notorious Tenderloin district in search of her runaway daughter, who may have fallen into the clutches of a local pimp named Blu Boy....Prado writes in a visceral present tense, elevating her drama with crisp, sensory details, as she skillfully employs the solid pacing and atmosphere of a crime novel....Prado commands a robust vocabulary and tells a searing tale laced with disturbingly candid insight...This taut mix of memoir, novel and crime drama succeeds through vivid writing and soulful revelations.

Alas, Babylon
Alas, Babylon

Author: Pat Frank

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2005-07-05

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13: 0060741872

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The classic apocalyptic novel that stunned the world.

Babylon Revisited
Babylon Revisited

Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald

Publisher: Modernista

Published: 2024-02-27

Total Pages: 25

ISBN-13: 9180947336

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»Babylon Revisited« is a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, originally published in 1931. F. SCOTT FITZGERALD [1896-1940] was an American author, born in St. Paul, Minnesota. His legendary marriage to Zelda Montgomery, along with their acquaintances with notable figures such as Gertrude Stein and Ernest Hemingway, and their lifestyle in 1920s Paris, has become iconic. A master of the short story genre, it is logical that his most famous novel is also his shortest: The Great Gatsby [1925].

Last Train to Babylon
Last Train to Babylon

Author: Charlee Fam

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2014-10-28

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13: 0062328085

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Fans of Alice Sebold and John Green will be transfixed by this sophisticated, edgy debut novel packing dark humor, biting wit, and a lot of Jack Daniels. Who put the word fun in funeral? I can’t think of anything fun about Rachel’s funeral, except for the fact that she won’t be there. Aubrey Glass has a collection of potential suicide notes—just in case. And now, five years—and five notes—after leaving her hometown, Rachel’s the one who goes and kills herself. Aubrey can’t believe her luck. But Rachel’s death doesn’t leave Aubrey in peace. There’s a voicemail from her former friend, left only days before her death, that Aubrey can’t bring herself to listen to—and worse, a macabre memorial-turned-high-school reunion that promises the opportunity to catch up with everyone . . . including the man responsible for everything that went wrong between Aubrey and Rachel. In the days leading up to the funeral and infamous after party, Aubrey slips seamlessly between her past and present. Memories of friendship tangle with painful new encounters while underneath it all Aubrey feels the rush of something closing in, something she can no longer run from. And when the past and present collide in one devastating night, nothing will be the same again. But facing the future means confronting herself and a shattering truth. Now, Aubrey must decide what will define her: what lies behind . . . or what waits ahead.