Author: Cecilia Samartin Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1416550399 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 369
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In the spirit of "The Kite Runner," this shimmering literary debut traces thepath of two cousins--one who left Cuba at the brink of revolution and the onewho stayed behind.
Author: Cecilia Samartin Publisher: Black Swan ISBN: 9780552776028 Category : Languages : en Pages : 400
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It is 1955 and two cousins, Nora and Alicia, are growing up in Cuba, where the sea is a beguiling turquoise and at night the lights glitter like stars along Havana's shoreline. But revolutionary storm clouds are gathering, and as Fidel Castro comes to power, banks are closed, religion outlawed, and food shortages begin. Nora and her family emigrate to California; Alicia and hers stay behind. But Nora has left her heart in Cuba with her cousin. As the years pass and she becomes a woman, Alicia writes of her marriage to Tony, the birth of her daughter, and the terrible privations ordinary Cubans are suffering. When Tony is arrested for anti-revolutionary behaviour, and Alicia and her daughter's survival becomes increasingly hand-to-mouth, Nora knows she must leave her privileged life in America and return to help them. But Cuba, and Alicia's life as a single parent, is like nothing she has ever imagineda
Author: Rob Marshall Publisher: Xlibris Corporation ISBN: 1543495575 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 482
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ECO-ACTION ADVENTURE NOVEL SET IN NEW ZEALAND’S WILDERNESS. Three couples decide to go on an adventure into the mountains riding horses up a big wild river. Their four day ride takes them to a wonderful camping spot. The two leading men in the group had hunted and camped frequently here over the years from their youth. They described it as the most wonderful place – beautiful landscapes, majestic trees, a wonderful river and a great campsite with plenty of game in the bush and fish in the river. They called it their Paradise. The rest of the group are excited to go and see Paradise for themselves. “We’ve dreamed of being here for so long and here we are. Two dreams become one,” said Janey, blowing a kiss to Brent from where she sat on her horse. As their journey progresses there is a dramatic turn of events.
Author: Anne Malcom Publisher: Anne Malcom ISBN: 1386117633 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages :
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He collected beautiful things. Rare things. Ripped them out of their natural environment and preserved them in all of their dead splendor. The problem was I wasn't beautiful. I was all of the hideous and ugly realities of the world packaged into one broken human being. He came to kill me. That was his business. Death. He ripped me out of my natural environment, the prison I'd created, and locked me away with all of his beautiful dead things. I hated him. I still hate him. But if I was given the choice and the ability to leave this cage, come back to life, I'd stay dead. In all of my hideous splendor. Because my murderer can only possess dead things. And I can only be possessed by someone more broken and ugly than me.
Author: Peter Boxall Publisher: A&C Black ISBN: 0826491677 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 493
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A fascinating study of Beckett's legacy for contemporary writers, which is part of the growing interest in Beckett studies in the question of Beckett's reception and influence.
Author: Illinois. Dept. of Mines and Minerals Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 246
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-1898 include also the reports of the State Inspectors of Mines; 1899-1907, Report of the Illinois Free Employment Offices; 1917- , reports of the Miners' Examining Board and the Mine Rescue and First Aid Division (formerly Mine Rescue Station Commission).
Author: A.T. Haessly Publisher: AuthorHouse ISBN: 1504932854 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 284
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The Apocalypse has been a war from the dawn of time, and the first horsemans story is shared. Young Abdias finds himself in the middle of this epic battle between the forces of creation and destruction as the first horseman of the end times. Attending a local festival, the youth falls for a lovely, mysterious woman. They enjoyed the stereotypical festival of flowing wine and fornication; however, the party is ruined by the horrifying force of a shadowy figure that topples the marble gods and burns all but two in attendance. With his love stolen by the shadowy figure, he thought his life seemingly meaningless, and his mind in shambles, he stumbles into the path of a wandering stranger. This man shares with him secrets of our world and those that rule it. He tells Abdias of his divine mission to restore balanceto ride against the rebel gods and their leader in the shadows. He must become Conquest.
Author: Cecilia Samartin
Author: Cecilia Samartin
Author: Rob Marshall
Author: Anne Malcom
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Author: Peter Boxall
Author: Illinois. Dept. of Mines and Minerals
Author: Jean Baudrillard
Author: A.T. Haessly
Author: Horace Bleackley