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Brokedown Palace

Author : Steven Brust
Publisher : Orb Books
ISBN 13 : 1466820500
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)

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Download or read book Brokedown Palace written by Steven Brust and published by Orb Books. This book was released on 2006-09-05 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Back in print after a decade, Brokedown Palace is a stand-alone fantasy in the world of Steven Brust's bestselling Vlad Taltos novels. Once upon a time...far to the East of the Dragaeran Empire, four brothers ruled in Fenario: King Laszlo, a good man—though perhaps a little mad; Prince Andor, a clever man—though perhaps a little shallow; Prince Vilmos, a strong man—though perhaps a little stupid; and Prince Miklos, the youngest brother, perhaps a little—no, a lot-stubborn. Once upon a time there were four brothers—and a goddess, a wizard, an enigmatic talking stallion, a very hungry dragon—and a crumbling, broken-down palace with hungry jhereg circling overhead. And then... At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Brokedown Palace

Author : Maggie Dubris
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781734130003
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Brokedown Palace written by Maggie Dubris and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poetry. Fiction. Literary Nonfiction. Afterword by Antonino D'Ambrosio. BROKEDOWN PALACE is Maggie Dubris's ode to St. Clare's, the Hell's Kitchen hospital where she worked as an EMT for more than 25 years, until it closed. She weaves together prose and verse, memory and reportage, documents and testimonies into an epic ride that takes in the crumbling Times Square of the 80s, the parade of odd characters that passed through, the ad hoc expedients demanded by a hospital without funds, and then the crushing onslaught of AIDS. Her book is absorbing, funny, lyrical, and transcendentally sad, a stunning poetic monument to a New York City that no longer exists

To Reign in Hell

Author : Steven Brust
Publisher : Orb Books
ISBN 13 : 1429910739
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book To Reign in Hell written by Steven Brust and published by Orb Books. This book was released on 2007-04-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The time is the Beginning. The place is Heaven. The story is the Revolt of the Angels—a war of magic, corruption and intrigue that could destroy the universe. To Reign in Hell was Stephen Brust's second novel, and it's a thrilling retelling of the revolt of the angels, through the lens of epic fantasy. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

The Damage Done

Author : Warren Fellows
Publisher : Pan Australia
ISBN 13 : 174262930X
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (426 download)

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Download or read book The Damage Done written by Warren Fellows and published by Pan Australia. This book was released on 1999-02-01 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1978 Warren Fellows, Paul Hayward and William Sinclair were convicted of heroin trafficking between Thailand and Australia. They were sentenced to life imprisonment in Bangkok's notorious Bang Kwang men's prison, the Bangkok Hilton. For Warren Fellows, it was the beginning of twelve years of hell. The Damage Done takes you behind the bars of a Bangkok prison. A place where sewer rats and cockroaches are the only nutritious food, where autocratic prison guards giggle as they deliver pulverising blows and where the worst punishment by far is the khun deo - solitary confinement, Thai style. Brutally honest and repentant of his initial crime, Warren talks about the decade of his life he lost in leg irons. The Damage Done is a brave and compelling book that poses harrowing questions on the nature of justice. 'Not a book for the fainthearted...A gut-wrenching confessional of endless days and nights in purgatory.' HERALD SUN 'Exceptionally readable' THE AUSTRALIAN

Cowboy Feng's Space Bar and Grille

Author : Steven Brust
Publisher : Orb Books
ISBN 13 : 1429910747
Total Pages : 481 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book Cowboy Feng's Space Bar and Grille written by Steven Brust and published by Orb Books. This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Steven Brust's Cowboy Feng's Space Bar and Grille is a time-traveling, science fiction thriller and a rollicking, fun read. Cowboy Feng's Space Bar and Grille serves the best matzoh ball soup in the Galaxy, and hires some of the best musicians you'll ever hear. It's a great place to visit, but it tends to move around—just one step ahead of whatever mysterious conspiracy is reducing whole worlds to radioactive ash. And Cowboy Feng's may be humanity's last hope for survival. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Shopping for Buddhas

Author : Jeff Greenwald
Publisher : Travelers' Tales
ISBN 13 : 1609520947
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (95 download)

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Download or read book Shopping for Buddhas written by Jeff Greenwald and published by Travelers' Tales. This book was released on 2014-08-12 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jeff Greenwald's classic travelogue follows his quest for the "perfect" Buddha statue. At turns hilarious and moving, his quest features a cast of amazing characters — from a passionate palmist to a flying lama — who provide unforgettable glimpses into the daily life and culture of the former kingdom (including a wild ride on Kathmandu’s very first escalator). Greenwald doesn't shy away from Shangri-la’s darker side. Along with colorful descriptions of Hindu and Buddhist mythology, the book tells of the rampant corruption, art smuggling, assassination attempts and human right abuses that would ignite Nepal’s violent "People Power" Revolution in April 1990. A new afterword by the author recounts Nepal's tumultuous recent history — including the massacre of the royal family — in vivid detail. And a new preface introduces this 25th anniversary edition with some thoughts about how Nepal, and travel writing, have evolved since the book’s first publication. Shopping for Buddhas remains a must-read for anyone who has visited, or plans to visit, Nepal.

Maizy Chen's Last Chance

Author : Lisa Yee
Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 1984830287
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (848 download)

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Download or read book Maizy Chen's Last Chance written by Lisa Yee and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2022-02-01 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEWBERY HONOR AWARD WINNER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • ASIAN/PACIFIC AMERICAN AWARD FOR YOUTH LITERATURE Twelve year-old Maizy discovers her family’s Chinese restaurant is full of secrets in this irresistible novel that celebrates food, fortune, and family. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY School Library Journal • Booklist • The Horn Book • New York Public Library Welcome to the Golden Palace! Maizy has never been to Last Chance, Minnesota . . . until now. Her mom’s plan is just to stay for a couple weeks, until her grandfather gets better. But plans change, and as Maizy spends more time in Last Chance and at the Golden Palace—the restaurant that’s been in her family for generations—she makes some discoveries.For instance: You can tell a LOT about someone by the way they order food. People can surprise you. Sometimes in good ways, sometimes in disappointing ways. And the Golden Palace has secrets... But the more Maizy discovers, the more questions she has. Like, why are her mom and her grandmother always fighting? Who are the people in the photographs on the office wall? And when she discovers that a beloved family treasure has gone missing—and someone has left a racist note—Maizy decides it’s time to find the answers.

Herb Trader

Author : Arthur R. Torsone
Publisher : Woodstock Mountain Press
ISBN 13 : 0578012928
Total Pages : 333 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book Herb Trader written by Arthur R. Torsone and published by Woodstock Mountain Press. This book was released on 2009-05 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1998, U.S. agents orchestrated a mission to alter the national election in Cambodia. A pair of Green Beret twins used deception and betrayal for their own gain. A reefer smuggler from Woodstock, who became the sacrificial lamb, now tells his true story.

Skels

Author : Maggie Dubris
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 1932360255
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (323 download)

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Download or read book Skels written by Maggie Dubris and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2004-05-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Orlie Breton shows up in June of 1979 to work as a paramedic in New York City’s 911 system, she finds herself plunged into a violent and magical world, populated by medics who are not terribly different from the homeless people—the "skels"—who comprise most of their patient population. Orlie draws parallels between her experiences to the stories and feelings represented in the works of her favorite writers, including Jack London, Walt Whitman, Rimbaud, and Mark Twain. Skels was written with the question in mind of what would happen if the ambulance world really was permeated with the works of past writers, and the skels were carrying the consciousnesses of the writers themselves. What would the protagonist have done if she had met the greatest poet of all, dirty and covered with lice, and been granted the chance to save him? Not from dying, but from his own life. With Skels Dubris shares what she saw during her own time as an EMT— not literally, but more importantaly, how she felt in her soul, magical and violent and funny, filled with passion, and like it contained some ancient element that was invisible from the outside.

The Tragic Odes of Jerry Garcia and The Grateful Dead

Author : Brent Wood
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429582218
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (295 download)

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Download or read book The Tragic Odes of Jerry Garcia and The Grateful Dead written by Brent Wood and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-03-26 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Tragic Odes of Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead is a multifaceted study of tragedy in the group’s live performances showing how Garcia brought about catharsis through dance by leading songs of grief, mortality, and ironic fate in a collective theatrical context. This musical, literary, and historical analysis of thirty-five songs with tragic dimensions performed by Garcia in concert with the Grateful Dead illustrates the syncretic approach and acute editorial ear he applied in adapting songs of Robert Hunter, Bob Dylan, and folk tradition. Tragically ironic situations in which Garcia found himself when performing these songs are revealed, including those related to his opiate addiction and final decline. This book examines Garcia’s musical craftsmanship and the Grateful Dead’s collective art in terms of the mystery-rites of ancient Greece, Friedrich Nietzsche’s Dionysus, 20th century American music rooted in New Orleans, Hermann Hesse’s Magic Theater, and the Greek Theatre at Berkeley, offering a clear prospect on an often misunderstood phenomenon. Featuring interdisciplinary analysis, close attention to musical and poetic strategies, and historical and critical contexts, this book will be of interest to scholars and researchers of Popular Music, Musicology, Cultural Studies, and American Studies, as well as to the Grateful Dead’s avid listeners.

Stages of Decay

Author : Julia Solis
Publisher : Prestel Pub
ISBN 13 : 9783791348193
Total Pages : 159 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (481 download)

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Download or read book Stages of Decay written by Julia Solis and published by Prestel Pub. This book was released on 2013 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Julia Solis's photographs of abandoned theaters from across the United States and Europe conjure the remaining magic of the decaying buildings and rooms, though the screenings and performances ceased long ago -- Back cover.

The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci

Author : Jonathan D. Spence
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0140080988
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci written by Jonathan D. Spence and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1985-09-03 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the renowned historian and author of The Death of Woman Wang, a vivid and gripping account of the 16th-century missionary’s remarkable sojourn to Ming China In 1577, the Jesuit Priest Matteo Ricci set out from Italy to bring Christian faith and Western thought to Ming dynasty China. To capture the complex emotional and religious drama of Ricci's extraordinary life, Jonathan Spence relates his subject's experiences with several images that Ricci himself created—four images derived from the events in the Bible and others from a book on the art of memory that Ricci wrote in Chinese and circulated among members of the Ming dynasty elite. A rich and compelling narrative about a fascinating life, The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci is also a significant work of global history, juxtaposing the world of Counter-Reformation Europe with that of Ming China.

Agyar

Author : Steven Brust
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780765310231
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book Agyar written by Steven Brust and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2004-08 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the bestselling author of Dragon and The Paths of the Dead, a novel of immortality--and its price

The Complete Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439103348
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book The Complete Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics written by and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-12-16 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the most popular and enduring band ever: “Even the most hardcore Deadheads will be impressed by this obsessively complete look at the Grateful Dead’s lyrics” (Publishers Weekly). The Complete Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics is an authoritative text, providing standard versions of all the original songs you thought you knew forwards and backwards. These are some of the best-loved songs in the modern American songbook. They are hummed and spoken among thousands as counterculture code and recorded by musicians of all stripes for their inimitable singability and obscure accessibility. How do they do all this? To provide a context for this formidable body of work, of which his part is primary, Robert Hunter has written a foreword that goes to the heart of the matter. And the annotations on sources provide a gloss on the lyrics, which goes to the roots of Western culture as they are incorporated into them. An avid Grateful Dead concertgoer for more than two decades, David Dodd is a librarian who brings to the work a detective’s love of following a clue as far as it will take him. Including essays by Dead lyricists Robert Hunter and John Perry and Jim Carpenter’s original illustrations, whimsical elements in the lyrics are brought to light, showcasing the American legend that is present in so many songs. A gorgeous keepsake edition of the Dead’s official annotated lyrics, The Complete Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics is an absolute must-have for the fiftieth anniversary—you won’t think of this cultural icon the same way again. In fact, founding band member Bob Weir said: “This book is great. Now I’ll never have to explain myself.”

The Complete Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics

Author : David G. Dodd
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1501123327
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book The Complete Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics written by David G. Dodd and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-10-13 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Additional edition statement from dust jacket.

A Song for the Road

Author : Kathleen Basi
Publisher : Crooked Lane Books
ISBN 13 : 164385691X
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (438 download)

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Download or read book A Song for the Road written by Kathleen Basi and published by Crooked Lane Books. This book was released on 2021-05-11 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cheryl Strayed's Wild meets Katherine Center's How to Walk Away in Kathleen Basi's debut novel about an unconventional road trip and what it means to honor the ones we love. It's one year after the death of her husband and twin teenagers, and Miriam Tedesco has lost faith in humanity and herself. When a bouquet of flowers that her husband always sends on their anniversary shows up at her workplace, she completely unravels. With the help of her best friend, she realizes that it's time to pick up the pieces and begin to move on. Step one is not even cleaning out her family's possessions, but just taking inventory starting with her daughter's room. But when she opens her daughter's computer, she stumbles across a program her daughter has created detailing an automated cross-country road trip, for her and her husband to take as soon-to-be empty nesters. Seeing and hearing the video clips of her kids embedded in the program, Miriam is determined to take this trip for her children. Armed with her husband's guitar, her daughter's cello, and her son's unfinished piano sonata, she embarks on a musical pilgrimage to grieve the family she fears she never loved enough. Along the way she meets a young, pregnant hitchhiker named Dicey, whose boisterous and spunky attitude reminds Miriam of her own daughter. Tornadoes, impromptu concerts, and an unlikely friendship...whether she's prepared for it or not, Miriam's world is coming back to life. But as she struggles to keep her focus on the reason she set out on this journey, she has to confront the possibility that the best way to honor her family may be to accept the truths she never wanted to face. Hopeful, honest, and tender, A Song for the Road is about courage, vulnerability, and forgiveness, even of yourself, when it really matters.

City of Margins

Author : William Boyle
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1643134035
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (431 download)

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Download or read book City of Margins written by William Boyle and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-03-03 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A vivid new cast of characters collide in gritty 1990s Brooklyn, in this latest from acclaimed neo-noir author William Boyle. In City of Margins, the lives of several lost souls intersect in Southern Brooklyn in the early 1990s. There’s Donnie Parascandolo, a disgraced ex-cop with blood on his hands; Ava Bifulco, a widow whose daily work grind is her whole life; Nick, Ava’s son, a grubby high school teacher who dreams of a shortcut to success; Mikey Baldini, a college dropout who’s returned to the old neighborhood, purposeless and drifting; Donna Rotante, Donnie’s ex-wife, still reeling from the suicide of their teenage son; Mikey’s mother, Rosemarie, also a widow, who hopes Mikey won’t fall into the trap of strong arm work; and Antonina Divino, a high school girl with designs on breaking free from Brooklyn. Uniting them are the dead: Mikey’s old man, killed over a gambling debt, and Donnie and Donna’s poor son, Gabe. These characters cross paths in unexpected ways, guided by coincidence and the pull of blood. There are new things to be found in the rubble of their lives, too. The promise of something different beyond the barriers that have been set out for them. This is a story of revenge and retribution, of facing down the ghosts of the past, of untold desires, of yearning and forgiveness and synchronicity, of the great distance of lives lived in dangerous proximity to each other. City of Margins is a Technicolor noir melodrama pieced together in broken glass.