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A German Reader and Theme-Book (Classic Reprint)

Author : Calvin Thomas
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781333903374
Total Pages : 494 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (33 download)

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Download or read book A German Reader and Theme-Book (Classic Reprint) written by Calvin Thomas and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-10-10 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A German Reader and Theme-Book It is not expected by the authors that any one pupil or any one class will do all the exercises provided in the Reader. We do not advise anything of the kind. To at tempt that would be to retard unduly the pace of the reading itself, which is after all the important considera tion. What is intended is to provide a quantity of good material for drill, which can be used variously by teachers, according to their individual preferences, or according to the circumstances such as the size and maturity of classes. Those who prefer to conduct the class-room drill in German will make large use of the Fragen and ignore the Themes, except for written work at home or for review. Those who instruct classes of considerable size can use both Fragen and Themes - or portions of either, selected and distributed at pleasure either for colloquial practice or for exercises in writing German. In the beginning the preparation of the Fragen will mean little more than the memorizing of the answers from the German text. As soon as possible, however, this process should be replaced by real freie Reproduktion, and for this reason the set Fragen are discontinued after the seventeenth selection. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

First German Reader (Classic Reprint)

Author : Frieda Louise Martini
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780331305050
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book First German Reader (Classic Reprint) written by Frieda Louise Martini and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-18 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from First German Reader There is always need for new material of a simple kind for first German readings in high-school and college. It is hoped that this book will help those teachers who are dissatisfied with the German reader in use in their classes whether because its selections are too difficult for elementary reading, because they do not contain the vocabulary of everyday modern life, because they are too long, or because their themes are not such as interest the American student. This book is written to meet present-day class conditions. The stories, interspersed with popular verses, are unvaryingly easy; they tell of things common to the home and school and play-life of the German youth of to-day; they are short, pithy, and told in colloquial language. The author not only repeats many times the phrases that have been once used, but attempts to place them in novel and entertain ing surroundings, with the aim of stimulating the student's mem ory and holding his interest. The book will be found easy enough for the first weeks of German work in high-school and college. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

A New History of German Literature

Author : David E. Wellbery
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674015036
Total Pages : 1038 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book A New History of German Literature written by David E. Wellbery and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 1038 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A New History of German Literature' offers some 200 essays on events in German literary history.

The Reader

Author : Bernhard Schlink
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0375726977
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (757 download)

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Download or read book The Reader written by Bernhard Schlink and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2001-05-01 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • Hailed for its coiled eroticism and the moral claims it makes upon the reader, this mesmerizing novel is a story of love and secrets, horror and compassion, unfolding against the haunted landscape of postwar Germany. "A formally beautiful, disturbing and finally morally devastating novel." —Los Angeles Times When he falls ill on his way home from school, fifteen-year-old Michael Berg is rescued by Hanna, a woman twice his age. In time she becomes his lover—then she inexplicably disappears. When Michael next sees her, he is a young law student, and she is on trial for a hideous crime. As he watches her refuse to defend her innocence, Michael gradually realizes that Hanna may be guarding a secret she considers more shameful than murder.

The House without a Christmas Tree

Author : Gail Rock
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 149767381X
Total Pages : 69 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (976 download)

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Download or read book The House without a Christmas Tree written by Gail Rock and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2014-11-04 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It’s Christmastime in 1946, and all Addie wants is a pair of cowboy boots and a Christmas tree Ten-year-old Addie lives in Clear River, Nebraska, population fifteen hundred, with her stoic but loving father and quirky grandmother. Carla Mae is her neighbor and best friend in the fifth grade. Carla Mae’s house is different than Addie’s—she has five siblings and another on the way, while Addie is an only child. It’s the week before Christmas, and shopping lists are at the front of the girls’ minds. Addie’s house doesn’t have a tree—her dad says they are a waste of money, and they’ll be opening presents at Uncle Will’s anyway. Uncle Will has a tree, but to Addie, it doesn’t feel like Christmas without a tree of their own. Then she comes up with the perfect plan. Will it make this the best Christmas they’ve ever had, or will her father never forgive her?

German Prose and Poetry for Early Reading

Author : Hans Christian Andersen
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780331900279
Total Pages : 622 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book German Prose and Poetry for Early Reading written by Hans Christian Andersen and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-25 with total page 622 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from German Prose and Poetry for Early Reading: Stories by Grimm, Andersen, and Hauff, and Poems by Various Authors Since the chief object in school in reading a foreign language is to learn to read at sight, and since to read at sight requires much reading rather than repetition and familiarity with a few pages, it is the editor's pur pose to offer in German Prose and Poetry, in one volume, reading matter sufficient for the first year, if supplemented with the usual amount of outside work in grammar and composition. Part First, bound by itself, will be convenient for those who desire less. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Honig's Owl-Tower

Author : Gräter Gräter
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780483154711
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (547 download)

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Download or read book Honig's Owl-Tower written by Gräter Gräter and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-15 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Honig's Owl-Tower: A German Tale His scale in his hand, through the old Gelbinger gate to the salt works, where he had a small office as work master of the carpenters. His attire was mean and coarse, his head often without a cover save his curly, black, and partly grey hair. He went along, usually whistling an old march, and followed by a large black dog, whose name was Russ. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

What Makes This Book So Great

Author : Jo Walton
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1466844094
Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)

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Download or read book What Makes This Book So Great written by Jo Walton and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2014-01-21 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As any reader of Jo Walton's Among Others might guess, Walton is both an inveterate reader of SF and fantasy, and a chronic re-reader of books. In 2008, then-new science-fiction mega-site Tor.com asked Walton to blog regularly about her re-reading—about all kinds of older fantasy and SF, ranging from acknowledged classics, to guilty pleasures, to forgotten oddities and gems. These posts have consistently been among the most popular features of Tor.com. Now this volumes presents a selection of the best of them, ranging from short essays to long reassessments of some of the field's most ambitious series. Among Walton's many subjects here are the Zones of Thought novels of Vernor Vinge; the question of what genre readers mean by "mainstream"; the underappreciated SF adventures of C. J. Cherryh; the field's many approaches to time travel; the masterful science fiction of Samuel R. Delany; Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children; the early Hainish novels of Ursula K. Le Guin; and a Robert A. Heinlein novel you have most certainly never read. Over 130 essays in all, What Makes This Book So Great is an immensely readable, engaging collection of provocative, opinionated thoughts about past and present-day fantasy and science fiction, from one of our best writers. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Three Rings

Author : Daniel Mendelsohn
Publisher : New York Review of Books
ISBN 13 : 1681376393
Total Pages : 129 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (813 download)

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Download or read book Three Rings written by Daniel Mendelsohn and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2022-04-26 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A memoir, biography, work of history, and literary criticism all in one, this moving book tells the story of three exiled writers—Erich Auerbach, François Fénelon, and W. G. Sebald—and their relationship with the classics, from Homer to Mimesis. In a genre-defying book hailed as “exquisite” (The New York Times) and “spectacular” (The Times Literary Supplement), the best-selling memoirist and critic Daniel Mendelsohn explores the mysterious links between the randomness of the lives we lead and the artfulness of the stories we tell. Combining memoir, biography, history, and literary criticism, Three Rings weaves together the stories of three exiled writers who turned to the classics of the past to create masterpieces of their own—works that pondered the nature of narrative itself: Erich Auerbach, the Jewish philologist who fled Hitler’s Germany and wrote his classic study of Western literature, Mimesis, in Istanbul; François Fénelon, the seventeenth-century French archbishop whose ingenious sequel to the Odyssey, The Adventures of Telemachus—a veiled critique of the Sun King and the best-selling book in Europe for a hundred years—resulted in his banishment; and the German novelist W.G. Sebald, self-exiled to England, whose distinctively meandering narratives explore Odyssean themes of displacement, nostalgia, and separation from home. Intertwined with these tales of exile and artistic crisis is an account of Mendelsohn’s struggle to write two of his own books—a family saga of the Holocaust and a memoir about reading the Odyssey with his elderly father—that are haunted by tales of oppression and wandering. As Three Rings moves to its startling conclusion, a climactic revelation about the way in which the lives of its three heroes were linked across borders, languages, and centuries forces the reader to reconsider the relationship between narrative and history, art and life.

Diary of a Man in Despair

Author : Friedrich Reck
Publisher : New York Review of Books
ISBN 13 : 1590175867
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Diary of a Man in Despair written by Friedrich Reck and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2013-02-12 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hailed as one of the most important works on the Hitler period, this is an “astonishing, compelling, and unnerving” portrait of life in Nazi Germany between 1936 and 1944—from a man who nearly shot Hitler himself (The New Yorker) Friedrich Reck might seem an unlikely rebel against Nazism. Not just a conservative but a rock-ribbed reactionary, he played the part of a landed gentleman, deplored democracy, and rejected the modern world outright. To Reck, the Nazis were ruthless revolutionaries in Gothic drag, and helpless as he was to counter the spell they had cast on the German people, he felt compelled to record the corruptions of their rule. The result is less a diary than a sequence of stark and astonishing snapshots of life in Germany between 1936 and 1944. We see the Nazis at the peak of power, and the murderous panic with which they respond to approaching defeat; their travesty of traditional folkways in the name of the Volk; and the author’s own missed opportunity to shoot Hitler. This riveting book is not only, as Hannah Arendt proclaimed it, “one of the most important documents of the Hitler period,” but a moving testament of a decent man struggling to do the right thing in a depraved world.

The Giving Tree

Author : Shel Silverstein
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061965103
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (619 download)

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Download or read book The Giving Tree written by Shel Silverstein and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2014-02-18 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As The Giving Tree turns fifty, this timeless classic is available for the first time ever in ebook format. This digital edition allows young readers and lifelong fans to continue the legacy and love of a classic that will now reach an even wider audience. "Once there was a tree...and she loved a little boy." So begins a story of unforgettable perception, beautifully written and illustrated by the gifted and versatile Shel Silverstein. This moving parable for all ages offers a touching interpretation of the gift of giving and a serene acceptance of another's capacity to love in return. Every day the boy would come to the tree to eat her apples, swing from her branches, or slide down her trunk...and the tree was happy. But as the boy grew older he began to want more from the tree, and the tree gave and gave and gave. This is a tender story, touched with sadness, aglow with consolation. Shel Silverstein's incomparable career as a bestselling children's book author and illustrator began with Lafcadio, the Lion Who Shot Back. He is also the creator of picture books including A Giraffe and a Half, Who Wants a Cheap Rhinoceros?, The Missing Piece, The Missing Piece Meets the Big O, and the perennial favorite The Giving Tree, and of classic poetry collections such as Where the Sidewalk Ends, A Light in the Attic, Falling Up, Every Thing On It, Don't Bump the Glump!, and Runny Babbit. And don't miss the other Shel Silverstein ebooks, Where the Sidewalk Ends and A Light in the Attic!

The Strife of Life

Author : Gotthold August Neeff
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780484040402
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book The Strife of Life written by Gotthold August Neeff and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-25 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Strife of Life: A Book of Modern Verse About this time another German reader found it somewhat of a task to determine that this poet was a non-entity. He de clared concerning a certain poem about Buddha and Christ, later admired by Theologians and others, that the author of these verses, since a layman, could have no knowledge of theological wisdom and should therefore humbly permit only profes sional men to write verses on religious themes. Verily, a fine literary standpoint, concerning which I need add nothing in refutation! Among the things which the reverend gentleman did not know was the fact, though it was unimportant and non-essential! That the writer of that German book of verses happened to be indeed a colleague and a theolog, a young doctor of phisosophy, who had studied theology at home and abroad for some years, and was therefore not unversed with his theme, having devoted special studies to comparative religions and studied oriental wisdom in the original tongue. Though one thing, to be sure, had been neglected. Had the poet signed his double title, and legitimately made his professional bow, everything would have been different. As it was, there naturally appeared on the title-page only the simple and unknown name cf an obscure little light, if light at all. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Themes in Dickens

Author : Peter J. Ponzio
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476631352
Total Pages : 197 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Themes in Dickens written by Peter J. Ponzio and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2018-03-04 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Victorian age is often portrayed as an era of repressive social mores. Yet this simplified view ignores the context of Great Britain's profound shift, through rapid industrialization, from rural to metropolitan life during this time. Throughout his career, Charles Dickens addressed the numerous changes occurring in Victorian society. His portrayals of organized religion, class distinction, worker's rights, prison reform and rampant poverty resonated with readers experiencing social upheaval. Focusing on his novels, nonfiction writing, speeches and personal correspondence, this book explores Dickens's use of these themes as both literary devices and as a means to effect social progress.

The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner

Author : James Hogg
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.B/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner written by James Hogg and published by . This book was released on 1824 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published anonymously in 1824, this gothic mystery novel was written by Scottish author James Hogg. The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner was published as if it were the presentation of a century-old document. The unnamed editor offers the reader a long introduction before presenting the document written by the sinner himself.

Heimburg, a Tale

Author : William Richards Jr.
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780267303816
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book Heimburg, a Tale written by William Richards Jr. and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-31 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Heimburg, a Tale: And Other Poems Each particular castle is the theme of some wild and wondrous tradition; Of every town and hamlet some tale of love or chivalry is told. But the reader of a legend cannot duly appreciate it. It is when standing within the deserted halls, where once rang the sounds of gaiety and mirth, - when gazing upon the scene which speaks Of splendour and magnificence gone by, that we most love to let our thoughts wander far, far back, and linger as in a dream around the past - then, as the tale falls from the lips Of the uneducated shepherd or lowly peasant, in all the original simplicity with which it has been handed down from generation to generation, while pointing to the crumbling pile he tells Of the hand that reared it, Of the people who defended it, of the crime that destroyed it, - our hearts confess to emotions elsewhere unknown. Of the poems translated from the German introduced in the follow ing pages, I have lately heard that some have already appeared in English. My only wonder is that this has not long since been the case with the whole of Uhland's works without possessing the power Of Schiller and Goethe, or the imagination of Hauff, the style Of Uhland has a delicacy to which the former cannot always lay claim. As I have never seen any of these translations, I have not withheld my own version from this small volume. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Life, Travels, and Literary Career of Bayard Taylor (Classic Reprint)

Author : Russell H. Conwell
Publisher : BEYOND BOOKS HUB
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Life, Travels, and Literary Career of Bayard Taylor (Classic Reprint) written by Russell H. Conwell and published by BEYOND BOOKS HUB. This book was released on 2018-03-17 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Life, Travels, and Literary Career of Bayard Taylor The author cannot do less than acknowledge, in this place, his great obligations to the father and mother of Mr. Taylor, to Mrs. Annie Carey, his sister, and to Dr. Franklin Taylor, his cousin, for their generous courtesy and most important assistance in gathering the facts for this volume. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Monkey's Raincoat

Author : Robert Crais
Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 0307789985
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book The Monkey's Raincoat written by Robert Crais and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2011-06-01 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Elvis Cole provides more fun for the reader than any L.A. private eye to come along in years.”—Joseph Wambaugh WINNER OF THE ANTHONY AND MACAVITY AWARDS FOR BEST NOVEL • NOMINATED FOR THE EDGAR AND SHAMUS AWARDS FOR BEST NOVEL Meet Elvis Cole, L.A. Private Eye. . . . He quotes Jiminy Cricket and carries a .38. He’s a literate, wisecracking Vietnam vet who is determined to never grow up. When quiet Ellen Lang enters Elvis Cole’s Disney-Deco office, she’s lost something very valuable—her husband and her young son. The case seems simple enough, but Elvis isn’t thrilled. Neither is his enigmatic partner and firepower, Joe Pike. Their search down the seamy side of Hollywood’s studio lots and sculptured lawns soon leads them deep into a nasty netherworld of drugs, sex—and murder. Now the case is getting interesting, but it’s also turned ugly. Because everybody, from cops to starlets to crooks, has declared war on Ellen and Elvis. For Ellen, it isn’t Funtown anymore. For Elvis, it’s just a living . . . He hopes. Praise for The Monkey's Raincoat “Outstanding characters, tight plot, and scintillating prose style. . . . This fast-paced story speeds Elvis Cole to a chilling, heart-stopping ending.”—Mystery Scene “Is Bob Crais good? Put it this way: if they're taking you out to put you against the firing squad wall, and you want to enjoy your last moments on earth, pass on the last cigarette and ask for an Elvis Cole novel.”—Harlan Ellison “Far and away the most satisfying private eye novel in years. Grab this one—it's a winner!”—Lawrence Block “The best private eye novel of the year . . . lots of action; bright, crisp dialogue; and sharply drawn characters.”—The Denver Post “Robert B. Parker has some competition on his hands. . . . Elvis Cole is an appealing character and Crais's style is fresh and funny.”—Sue Grafton “In Crais, a new star has appeared on the private eye scene—a dazzling first novel.”—Tony Hillerman