Author: Anna G. Ford
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
Through the Years with the Hudspeths
The Resurrectionist
Author: E. B. Hudspeth
Publisher: Quirk Books
ISBN: 1594746249
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
“Disturbingly lovely . . . The Resurrectionist is itself a cabinet of curiosities, stitching history and mythology and sideshow into an altogether different creature. Deliciously macabre and beautifully grotesque.”—Erin Morgenstern, author of The Night Circus This macabre tale—part dark fantasy, part Gray’s Anatomy—tells the chilling story of a man driven mad by his search for the truth, with hypnotic and horrifying images. Philadelphia, the late 1870s. A city of gas lamps, cobblestone streets, and horse-drawn carriages—and home to the controversial surgeon Dr. Spencer Black. The son of a grave robber, young Dr. Black studies at Philadelphia’s esteemed Academy of Medicine, where he develops an unconventional hypothesis: that the mythological beasts of legend and lore—including mermaids, minotaurs, and satyrs—were in fact humanity's evolutionary ancestors. And beyond that, he wonders: what if there was a way for humanity to reach the fuller potential these ancestors implied? The Resurrectionist offers two extraordinary books in one. The first part is a fictional biography of Dr. Spencer Black, from his childhood spent exhuming corpses through his medical training, his travels with carnivals, his cruel and crazed experiments, and, finally, his mysterious disappearance. The second part is Black’s magnum opus: The Codex Extinct Animalia, a Gray’s Anatomy for mythological beasts, all rendered in meticulously detailed anatomical illustrations.
Publisher: Quirk Books
ISBN: 1594746249
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
“Disturbingly lovely . . . The Resurrectionist is itself a cabinet of curiosities, stitching history and mythology and sideshow into an altogether different creature. Deliciously macabre and beautifully grotesque.”—Erin Morgenstern, author of The Night Circus This macabre tale—part dark fantasy, part Gray’s Anatomy—tells the chilling story of a man driven mad by his search for the truth, with hypnotic and horrifying images. Philadelphia, the late 1870s. A city of gas lamps, cobblestone streets, and horse-drawn carriages—and home to the controversial surgeon Dr. Spencer Black. The son of a grave robber, young Dr. Black studies at Philadelphia’s esteemed Academy of Medicine, where he develops an unconventional hypothesis: that the mythological beasts of legend and lore—including mermaids, minotaurs, and satyrs—were in fact humanity's evolutionary ancestors. And beyond that, he wonders: what if there was a way for humanity to reach the fuller potential these ancestors implied? The Resurrectionist offers two extraordinary books in one. The first part is a fictional biography of Dr. Spencer Black, from his childhood spent exhuming corpses through his medical training, his travels with carnivals, his cruel and crazed experiments, and, finally, his mysterious disappearance. The second part is Black’s magnum opus: The Codex Extinct Animalia, a Gray’s Anatomy for mythological beasts, all rendered in meticulously detailed anatomical illustrations.
The Columbia Anthology of American Poetry
Author: Jay Parini
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 9780231081221
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 788
Book Description
An authoriative survey of all major American poets from colonial to contemporary.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 9780231081221
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 788
Book Description
An authoriative survey of all major American poets from colonial to contemporary.
Things 90s Kids Realize
Author: Christopher Eric Hudspeth
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781468192421
Category : Civilization, Modern
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A look back at pop culture from the 1990s as an adult! Reflect and discover the things you didn't realize as a kid, like how awful The Rugrats parents were, or how whipped Doug Funnie was on Patti Mayonnaise. Even shocking revelations are made, such as James Avery (Uncle Phil) voicing the Ninja Turtles arch enemy Shredder. Power Rangers, Disney, Nickelodeon, Nintendo, Sega, boy bands, teen pop princesses and MANY MORE things 90s are discussed in this nostalgia filled book!
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781468192421
Category : Civilization, Modern
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A look back at pop culture from the 1990s as an adult! Reflect and discover the things you didn't realize as a kid, like how awful The Rugrats parents were, or how whipped Doug Funnie was on Patti Mayonnaise. Even shocking revelations are made, such as James Avery (Uncle Phil) voicing the Ninja Turtles arch enemy Shredder. Power Rangers, Disney, Nickelodeon, Nintendo, Sega, boy bands, teen pop princesses and MANY MORE things 90s are discussed in this nostalgia filled book!
The Opportunist
Author: Tarryn Fisher
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 0369761995
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 239
Book Description
The first book in Tarryn Fisher's fan-favorite Love Me with Lies trilogy, The Opportunist is the twisty, unconventional second-chance love story you didn't see coming! When Olivia Kaspen spots her ex-boyfriend in a Miami record shop, she ignores good sense and approaches him. It’s been three years since their breakup, but when Caleb reveals he’s suffering from amnesia after a recent car accident, first she feels regret—and then opportunity. If he doesn't remember her, then he also doesn’t remember her manipulation, her deceit, or the horrible way she broke his heart. Seeing a chance to reunite with Caleb, she keeps their past, and the details around the implosion of their relationship, a secret. Wrestling to keep her true identity and their sordid history under wraps, Olivia’s greatest obstacle is Caleb’s wicked new girlfriend, Leah, who's equally determined to possess the man who no longer remembers her. But soon Olivia must face the consequences of her lies, and in the process discover that sometimes love falls short of redemption.
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 0369761995
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 239
Book Description
The first book in Tarryn Fisher's fan-favorite Love Me with Lies trilogy, The Opportunist is the twisty, unconventional second-chance love story you didn't see coming! When Olivia Kaspen spots her ex-boyfriend in a Miami record shop, she ignores good sense and approaches him. It’s been three years since their breakup, but when Caleb reveals he’s suffering from amnesia after a recent car accident, first she feels regret—and then opportunity. If he doesn't remember her, then he also doesn’t remember her manipulation, her deceit, or the horrible way she broke his heart. Seeing a chance to reunite with Caleb, she keeps their past, and the details around the implosion of their relationship, a secret. Wrestling to keep her true identity and their sordid history under wraps, Olivia’s greatest obstacle is Caleb’s wicked new girlfriend, Leah, who's equally determined to possess the man who no longer remembers her. But soon Olivia must face the consequences of her lies, and in the process discover that sometimes love falls short of redemption.
The Whale: A Love Story
Author: Mark Beauregard
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0399562346
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
A rich and captivating novel set amid the witty, high-spirited literary society of 1850s New England, offering a new window on Herman Melville’s emotionally charged relationship with Nathaniel Hawthorne and how it transformed his masterpiece, Moby-Dick In the summer of 1850, Herman Melville finds himself hounded by creditors and afraid his writing career might be coming to an end—his last three novels have been commercial failures and the critics have turned against him. In despair, Melville takes his family for a vacation to his cousin’s farm in the Berkshires, where he meets Nathaniel Hawthorne at a picnic—and his life turns upside down. The Whale chronicles the fervent love affair that grows out of that serendipitous afternoon. Already in debt, Melville recklessly borrows money to purchase a local farm in order to remain near Hawthorne, his newfound muse. The two develop a deep connection marked by tensions and estrangements, and feelings both shared and suppressed. Melville dedicated Moby-Dick to Hawthorne, and Mark Beauregard’s novel fills in the story behind that dedication with historical accuracy and exquisite emotional precision, reflecting his nuanced reading of the real letters and journals of Melville, Hawthorne, Oliver Wendell Holmes, and others. An exuberant tale of longing and passion, The Whale captures not only a transformative relationship—long the subject of speculation—between two of our most enduring authors, but also their exhilarating moment in history, when a community of high-spirited and ambitious writers was creating truly American literature for the first time.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0399562346
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
A rich and captivating novel set amid the witty, high-spirited literary society of 1850s New England, offering a new window on Herman Melville’s emotionally charged relationship with Nathaniel Hawthorne and how it transformed his masterpiece, Moby-Dick In the summer of 1850, Herman Melville finds himself hounded by creditors and afraid his writing career might be coming to an end—his last three novels have been commercial failures and the critics have turned against him. In despair, Melville takes his family for a vacation to his cousin’s farm in the Berkshires, where he meets Nathaniel Hawthorne at a picnic—and his life turns upside down. The Whale chronicles the fervent love affair that grows out of that serendipitous afternoon. Already in debt, Melville recklessly borrows money to purchase a local farm in order to remain near Hawthorne, his newfound muse. The two develop a deep connection marked by tensions and estrangements, and feelings both shared and suppressed. Melville dedicated Moby-Dick to Hawthorne, and Mark Beauregard’s novel fills in the story behind that dedication with historical accuracy and exquisite emotional precision, reflecting his nuanced reading of the real letters and journals of Melville, Hawthorne, Oliver Wendell Holmes, and others. An exuberant tale of longing and passion, The Whale captures not only a transformative relationship—long the subject of speculation—between two of our most enduring authors, but also their exhilarating moment in history, when a community of high-spirited and ambitious writers was creating truly American literature for the first time.
Principles of Neural Science
Author: Eric R. Kandel
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780838580684
Category : Anatomy
Languages : en
Pages : 1135
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780838580684
Category : Anatomy
Languages : en
Pages : 1135
Book Description
Word 97 Annoyances
Author: Woody Leonhard
Publisher: O'Reilly Media
ISBN:
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
This text takes an in-depth look at what makes Word 97 tick and shows how to transform this software into a powerful, customized tool.
Publisher: O'Reilly Media
ISBN:
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
This text takes an in-depth look at what makes Word 97 tick and shows how to transform this software into a powerful, customized tool.
Song Without Words
Author: Gerald Shea
Publisher: Da Capo Press
ISBN: 0306821931
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
At age 34, Shea discovered that he had been deaf since childhood despite somehow maintaining a prestigious legal career.
Publisher: Da Capo Press
ISBN: 0306821931
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
At age 34, Shea discovered that he had been deaf since childhood despite somehow maintaining a prestigious legal career.
Southern Nights and City Lights
Author: Ron Hudspeth
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780931948411
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780931948411
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description