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Book Synopsis Fifty-Fifty O'Brien by : L. Ron Hubbard
Download or read book Fifty-Fifty O'Brien written by L. Ron Hubbard and published by Galaxy Press LLC. This book was released on 2014-10-21 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winchester Remington Smith is a crack shot. Problem is, surrounded by roller coasters and merry-go-rounds, his talent is going to waste, knocking down ducks in a carnival shooting gallery. Win wants some real action, and like Gary Cooper as Sergeant York, he's going to war—running off to join the U.S. Marines to fight a guerilla insurgency south of the border. In the jungles of Central America, Win takes a different kind of roller coaster ride. Quick and quiet, he's now a runner. It's a vital role, but he feels like a messenger boy, unable to put his rifle to good use. Even when he saves the life of First Sergeant Fifty-Fifty O'Brien—a Marine so gung-ho he has about a fifty-fifty chance of survival—Win ends up facing a disciplinary hearing for disobeying orders. Can the young sharpshooter redeem himself? Win's about to get his chance, an opportunity to deliver a message that the Marines will never forget. Hubbard knew exactly what it meant to be a Marine. As he wrote in 1935: “Most of the fiction written about [Marines] is of an intensely dramatic type, all do-or-die and Semper Fidelis.” But the reality, he said, was far different. “I've known the Corps from Quantico to Peiping, from the South Pacific to the West Indies, and I've never seen any flag-waving. The most refreshing part of the U.S.M.C. is that they get their orders ... and do the job and that's that.” It's that kind of unique and pointed insight that he brings to stories like Fifty-Fifty O'Brien. Also includes the military adventures The Adventure of X, in which a French Foreign Legionnaire's intelligence mission leads him into an enemy ambush, and he has to warn his fellow Legionnaires before they walk into a massacre; and Red Sand, the story of a disgraced Chicago cop who joins the Legionnaires and finds his investigative skills invaluable in the desert.
Book Synopsis Fitz James O'Brien by : Francis Wolle
Download or read book Fitz James O'Brien written by Francis Wolle and published by . This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a new release of the original 1944 edition.
Download or read book The Sculpted Ship written by K. O'Brien and published by . This book was released on 2016-11-18 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Starship Repair and Society Manners She dreamed of adventuring across the stars as captain of her own sleek ship. Then Anailu Xindar grew up.She didn't lose her dream - she changed it; made it practical. She became a starship engineer; she saved her money; she earned the skills and experience a starship captain would need.She still didn't feel ready to go out on her own - but then her safe job went sour.With her newly minted Imperial Shipmaster's License in hand, Anailu just needs to find and buy a cheap, reliable freighter. Instead, she ends up making a crazy deal for an impractical, rare ship that's long on beauty - but short a few critical components.She's determined to get her crippled ship back out among the stars, but her technical skills won't be enough. Anailu will have to brave the dangers of a planet on the edge of the empire: safaris, formal dinners, rogue robots, and a fashion designer.She may even have to make a few friends - and enemies.The Sculpted Ship is set on the outskirts of a thousand-year interstellar empire, where a young woman with ambition, skill, and manners has a chance to achieve her dreams.
Download or read book The Drowned Book written by Sean O'Brien and published by Picador. This book was released on 2007-09-17 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many of the poems in Sean O'Brien's new collection take their emotional tenor and imaginative cue from his acclaimed translation of Dante's Inferno, and occupy a dark, flooded, subterranean world, as dramatically compelling as it is disquieting. Circumstances have compelled O'Brien to return repeatedly to the elegiac form, and The Drowned Book contains a number of powerfully moving poems written in memory of fellow poets and artists. The Drowned Book again shows O'Brien a master of the authoritative line, and underscores his pre-eminence among contemporary English poets. Praise for Sean O'Brien's verse translation of Dante's Inferno: 'Compelling, with a steady incandescence to the language' Independent 'All life is written in Dante's burning pages, and Sean O'Brien is to be congratulated on his expert rehabilitation of a classic' Spectator 'Combines urgent readability with a muscular forcefulness' The Economist
Download or read book Dad's Maybe Book written by Tim O'Brien and published by Mariner Books. This book was released on 2019 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A bestselling author shares wisdom from a life in letters, lessons learned inwartime, and the challenges, humor, and rewards of raising two sons.
Download or read book July, July written by Tim O'Brien and published by HMH. This book was released on 2002-10-01 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “perceptive, affectionate, and often very funny” novel about old college friends at a thirty-year reunion, by the author of The Things They Carried (Boston Herald). From a National Book Award winner who’s been called “the best American writer of his generation” (San Francisco Examiner), July, July tells the story of ten old friends who attended Darton Hall College together back in 1969, and now reunite for a summer weekend of dancing, drinking, flirting, reminiscing—and regretting. The three decades since graduation have brought marriage and divorce, children and careers, hopes deferred and replaced. This witty, heart-rending novel about men and women who came into adulthood at a moment when American ideals and innocence began to fade, a New York Times Notable Book, is “deeply satisfying” (O, the Oprah Magazine) and “almost impossible to put down” (Austin American-Statesman). “A symphony of American life.” —All Things Considered, NPR
Book Synopsis The Things They Carried by : Tim O'Brien
Download or read book The Things They Carried written by Tim O'Brien and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A classic work of American literature that has not stopped changing minds and lives since it burst onto the literary scene, The Things They Carried is a ground-breaking meditation on war, memory, imagination, and the redemptive power of storytelling. The Things They Carried depicts the men of Alpha Company: Jimmy Cross, Henry Dobbins, Rat Kiley, Mitchell Sanders, Norman Bowker, Kiowa, and the character Tim O’Brien, who has survived his tour in Vietnam to become a father and writer at the age of forty-three. Taught everywhere—from high school classrooms to graduate seminars in creative writing—it has become required reading for any American and continues to challenge readers in their perceptions of fact and fiction, war and peace, courage and fear and longing. The Things They Carried won France's prestigious Prix du Meilleur Livre Etranger and the Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize; it was also a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award.
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Book Synopsis Alaska, 1955 by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs
Download or read book Alaska, 1955 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 1570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Remembering Brown at Fifty by : Orville Vernon Burton
Download or read book Remembering Brown at Fifty written by Orville Vernon Burton and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2009-11 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Original interpretations of Brown v. Board of Education's impact, fifty years later
Download or read book Country Girl written by Edna O'Brien and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2013-04-30 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Country Girl is Edna O'Brien's exquisite account of her dashing, barrier-busting, up-and-down life."-National Public Radio When Edna O'Brien's first novel, The Country Girls, was published in 1960, it so scandalized the O'Briens' local parish that the book was burned by its priest. O'Brien was undeterred and has since created a body of work that bears comparison with the best writing of the twentieth century. Country Girl brings us face-to-face with a life of high drama and contemplation. Starting with O'Brien's birth in a grand but deteriorating house in Ireland, her story moves through convent school to elopement, divorce, single-motherhood, the wild parties of the '60s in London, and encounters with Hollywood giants, pop stars, and literary titans. There is love and unrequited love, and the glamour of trips to America as a celebrated writer and the guest of Jackie Onassis and Hillary Clinton. Country Girl is a rich and heady accounting of the events, people, emotions, and landscape that have imprinted upon and enhanced one lifetime.
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Book Synopsis Proceedings of the Board of Aldermen by : New York (N.Y.). Board of Aldermen
Download or read book Proceedings of the Board of Aldermen written by New York (N.Y.). Board of Aldermen and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 1178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Diamond Lens by : Fitz-James O'Brien
Download or read book The Diamond Lens written by Fitz-James O'Brien and published by Prabhat Prakashan. This book was released on 2024-10-11 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Journey into the realms of science and imagination with Fitz-James O'Brien’s intriguing tale, "The Diamond Lens." This captivating story explores the boundaries of perception and reality, inviting readers to witness the wonders that lie just beyond our sight. As O'Brien unfolds his narrative, a provocative question arises: What if the microscopic world, often invisible to the naked eye, holds secrets that could change everything we know? Follow the story of a passionate scientist whose groundbreaking discovery leads him into a mesmerizing and perilous journey through the microscopic universe. O'Brien’s vivid descriptions and imaginative plot challenge our understanding of life and the extraordinary possibilities that lie within the tiniest of creatures. This edition revitalizes O'Brien’s classic tale, making it accessible for contemporary readers while preserving the brilliance of his prose. Each chapter invites you to ponder the intersection of science and fantasy, urging you to consider what wonders might be lurking in the unseen world around you. Are you prepared to peer through the lens of imagination in "The Diamond Lens"? Engage with thought-provoking passages that will stretch your understanding of reality and ignite your curiosity about the natural world. O'Brien's storytelling invites you to explore the delicate balance between discovery and obsession. This is your chance to experience a classic that blurs the lines between science fiction and adventure. Will you dare to uncover the hidden marvels that await within the pages? Don’t miss the opportunity to own this fascinating tale. Purchase "The Diamond Lens" now, and embark on an extraordinary journey through the unseen!
Book Synopsis Conversations with Edna O'Brien by : Alice Hughes Kersnowski
Download or read book Conversations with Edna O'Brien written by Alice Hughes Kersnowski and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2013-12-02 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Who’s afraid of Edna O’Brien?” asks an early interviewer in Conversations with Edna O’Brien. With over fifty years of published novels, biographies, plays, telecasts, short stories, and more, it is hard not to be intimidated by her. An acclaimed and controversial Irish writer, O’Brien (b. 1930) saw her early works, starting in 1960 with The Country Girls, banned and burned in Ireland, but often read in secret. Her contemporary work continues to spark debates on the rigors and challenges of Catholic conservatism and the struggle for women to make a place for themselves in the world without anxiety and guilt. The raw nerve of emotion at the heart of her lyrical prose provokes readers, challenges politicians, and proves difficult for critics to place her. In these interviews, O’Brien finds her own critical voice and moves interviewers away from a focus on her life as the “once infamous Edna” toward a focus on her works. Parallels between Edna O’Brien and her literary muse and mentor, James Joyce, are often cited in interviews such as Philip Roth’s description of The Country Girls as a “rural Dubliners.” While Joyce is the centerpiece of O’Brien’s literary pantheon, allusions to writers such as Shakespeare, Chekhov, Beckett, and Woolf become a medium for her critical voice. Conversations with contemporary writers Philip Roth and Glenn Patterson reveal Edna O’Brien’s sense of herself as a contemporary writer. The final interview included here, with BBC personality William Crawley at Queen’s University Belfast, is a synthesis of her acceptance and fame as an Irish writer and an Irish woman and an affirmation of her literary authority.
Download or read book Left for Dead written by Kevin O'Brien and published by Pinnacle Books. This book was released on 2004 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Something She Can't Remember When Claire Shaw wakes in a Seattle hospital, she remembers nothing of what has happened to her. She doesn't recognize the concerned faces of her husband and friends. She knows only that she is lucky to be alive, the single surviving victim of a vicious serial killer. Someone Who Won't Forget She was a mistake--not like the others. She didn't understand. That was obvious now. But she would come to understand. Next time, there would be no escape--and her eyes would fill with that perfect, beautiful terror. . . Some Things You Can't Imagine On an island isolated from the mainland, Claire has returned to a life she barely knows anymore. A town that feels as if it, too, is hiding something in its dark woods, remote cabins, and chilly smiles. Bit by bit, Claire's memory is taking terrifying shape in a place where fear is very much at home. . . Praise for the Novels of Kevin O'Brien "Another taut page-turner."--Seattle Post-Intelligencer "O'Brien does what he does best: keeping the suspense at unbelievably high levels." --The Midwest Book Review "Imaginative, well written. . .add this book to your summer reading list." --Times Record News (Wichita Falls, Texas)
Book Synopsis Parliamentary Debates by : New Zealand. Parliament
Download or read book Parliamentary Debates written by New Zealand. Parliament and published by . This book was released on 1935 with total page 1124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Annual Report of the New York State Agricultural Society for the Year ... by : New York State Agricultural Society
Download or read book Annual Report of the New York State Agricultural Society for the Year ... written by New York State Agricultural Society and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 702 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
