Author: Randy Pausch
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780340978504
Category : Cancer
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The author, a computer science professor diagnosed with terminal cancer, explores his life, the lessons that he has learned, how he has worked to achieve his childhood dreams, and the effect of his diagnosis on him and his family.
The Last Lecture
When the Ground Turns in Its Sleep
Author: Sylvia Sellers-Garcia
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1440629269
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
The award-winning debut novel that ?brings to mind the atmosphere and tension of Gabriel García Márquez.?( Katharine Weber, author of The Little Women) Nítido Amán knows he was born in Guatemala, but he doesn?t know why his family left. Raised in the States by his immigrant parents, they never talked about it. When Nítido loses his father to Alzheimer?s disease, his despondent mother grows increasingly silent and Nítido realizes that his links to the past are disappearing. Seeking answers, Nítido travels to Guatemala against his mother?s wishes. Upon his arrival in the small town of Río Roto, he is mistaken for the new priest, and decides to play the part. From his parishioners, he catches tantalizing and frightening glimpses of the buried history he?s aching to know. In a place shrouded in secrets, Nítido is at once determined and frightened to unearth the unnamed horrors it has seen. With her elegant, hypnotic prose, this marks Sellers- García?s arrival as a distinctive new voice in fiction.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1440629269
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
The award-winning debut novel that ?brings to mind the atmosphere and tension of Gabriel García Márquez.?( Katharine Weber, author of The Little Women) Nítido Amán knows he was born in Guatemala, but he doesn?t know why his family left. Raised in the States by his immigrant parents, they never talked about it. When Nítido loses his father to Alzheimer?s disease, his despondent mother grows increasingly silent and Nítido realizes that his links to the past are disappearing. Seeking answers, Nítido travels to Guatemala against his mother?s wishes. Upon his arrival in the small town of Río Roto, he is mistaken for the new priest, and decides to play the part. From his parishioners, he catches tantalizing and frightening glimpses of the buried history he?s aching to know. In a place shrouded in secrets, Nítido is at once determined and frightened to unearth the unnamed horrors it has seen. With her elegant, hypnotic prose, this marks Sellers- García?s arrival as a distinctive new voice in fiction.
Competitive Problems in the Drug Industry
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Small Business. Subcommittee on Monopoly
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Drugs
Languages : en
Pages : 872
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Drugs
Languages : en
Pages : 872
Book Description
Proceedings
Author: National Electric Light Association
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electric lighting
Languages : en
Pages : 646
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electric lighting
Languages : en
Pages : 646
Book Description
Proceedings of National Electric Light Association
Author: National Electric Light Association. Convention
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electric lighting
Languages : en
Pages : 646
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electric lighting
Languages : en
Pages : 646
Book Description
Big Sky Daddy
Author: Linda Ford
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1460344375
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 181
Book Description
For His Son's Sake Caleb Craig will do anything for his son, even ask his boss's enemy for help. Not only does Lilly Bell tend to his son's injured puppy, but she offers to rehabilitate little Teddy's leg. Caleb knows that getting Teddy to walk again is all that really matters, yet he wonders if maybe Lilly can heal his brooding heart, as well. Precocious little Teddy—and his devoted father—steal Lilly's heart and make her long for a child and husband of her own. But Lilly learned long ago that trusting a man means risking heartbreak. Happiness lies within reach—if she seizes the chance of love and motherhood she never expected… Montana Marraiges: Three sisters discover a legacy of love beneath the Western sky
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1460344375
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 181
Book Description
For His Son's Sake Caleb Craig will do anything for his son, even ask his boss's enemy for help. Not only does Lilly Bell tend to his son's injured puppy, but she offers to rehabilitate little Teddy's leg. Caleb knows that getting Teddy to walk again is all that really matters, yet he wonders if maybe Lilly can heal his brooding heart, as well. Precocious little Teddy—and his devoted father—steal Lilly's heart and make her long for a child and husband of her own. But Lilly learned long ago that trusting a man means risking heartbreak. Happiness lies within reach—if she seizes the chance of love and motherhood she never expected… Montana Marraiges: Three sisters discover a legacy of love beneath the Western sky
Young England
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Children's literature
Languages : en
Pages : 594
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Children's literature
Languages : en
Pages : 594
Book Description