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Author : Herbert Ernest Bates
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (573 download)
Download or read book My Uncle Silas written by Herbert Ernest Bates and published by . This book was released on 1939 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : H.E. Bates
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1448215323
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (482 download)
Download or read book The Complete Uncle Silas Stories written by H.E. Bates and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-04-14 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bates's famous loveable rogue, Uncle Silas, has a unique range of work to his name. For the first time, all of these stories are gathered together in one collection, allowing readers to experience Silas from multiple perspectives. Some tales offer sly, affectionate glimpses of the narrator's great-uncle Silas – the rural oldster of the earthy, boozy, incorrigible school. But there is also an active tenderness as seen in 'The Revelation,' where the narrator watches old Silas being given a bath by his surly, long-time housekeeper – and realises that their relationship is intensely romantic. In 'The Lily', in a voice at once dreamy, devilish, innocent, mysterious and triumphant, 93-year-old Silas recalls his more youthful days of poaching and wooing. Elsewhere, in 'A Funny Thing' Silas chortles over tall tales of his Casanova days, trying to out-lie his dandyish, equally ancient brother-in-law, Cosmo. There are nostalgic vignettes of roof-thatching, pig-wrestling, and grave-digging. Bates claims some of the stories to be "so near to reality that they needed only the slightest recolouring on my part", citing 'The Wedding,' 'The Revelation,' 'Silas the Good,' and 'The Death of Uncle Silas'. It is in these examples that we see how he was inspired by that “apocryphal legend” borne of “every country child who keeps his ears cocked when men are talking." Silas shrewdly and gently opens the eyes of his young listener to the adult world. V.S. Pritchett acknowledged Bates's gift in the short story genre, finding that he avoided farce with Silas through the use of the "passive, wondering audience" of the boy and the fidelity of style to the "techniques of rural story-telling...Uncle Silas is in fact the scandalizing village memory at work."
Author : Stephen M. Giles
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1402240910
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (22 download)
Download or read book Death (and Further Adventures) of Silas Winterbottom: The Body Thief written by Stephen M. Giles and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2010-08 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lured to their sick Uncle Silas's home under the pretense of becoming heirs to his vast fortune, cousins Adele, Isabella, and Milo soon learn that the old man has a diabolical plan to prevent his own death.
Author : Roald Dahl
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101605421
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (16 download)
Download or read book My Uncle Oswald written by Roald Dahl and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-08-28 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet Oswald Hendryks Cornelius, Roald Dahl's most disgraceful and extraordinary character . . . Aside from being thoroughly debauched, strikingly attractive and astonishingly wealthy, Uncle Oswald was the greatest bounder, bon vivant and fornicator of all time. In this instalment of his scorchingly frank memoirs he tells of his early career and erotic education at the hands of a number of enthusiastic teachers, of discovering the invigorating properties of the Sudanese Blister Beetle, and of the gorgeous Yasmin Howcomely, his electrifying partner in a most unusual series of thefts . . . 'Raunchy and cheeky entertainment' Sunday Express 'Immense fun' Daily Telegraph Roald Dahl, the brilliant and worldwide acclaimed author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, Matilda, and many more classics for children, also wrote scores of short stories for adults. These delightfully disturbing tales have often been filmed and were most recently the inspiration for the West End play, Roald Dahl's Twisted Tales by Jeremy Dyson. Roald Dahl's stories continue to make readers shiver today.
Author : Silas House
Publisher : Algonquin Books
ISBN 13 : 1616202971
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (162 download)
Download or read book Clay's Quilt written by Silas House and published by Algonquin Books. This book was released on 2001-04-01 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On a bone-chilling New Year's Day, when all the mountain roads are slick with ice, Clay's mother, Anneth, insists on leaving her husband. She packs her things, and with three-year-old Clay in tow, they inch their way toward her hometown along the treacherous mountain roads. That journey ends in the death of Clay's mother. It's a day that comes to haunt her only son, who's left without a family and a history. This is the story of how Clay Sizemore, a coal miner in love with his town but unsure of his place within it, finds a family to call his own. And it's the story of the people who become part of the life he shapes: Aunt Easter, always filled with a sense of foreboding and bound to her faith above all; Uncle Paul, quietly producing quilt after quilt; Dreama, beautiful and flighty; Evangeline, the untameable daughter of a famous gospel singer; and Alma, the fiddler whose song wends its way into Clay's heart. Together, they all help Clay to fashion a quilt of a life from what treasured pieces are around him. Authentic and moving, Clay's Quilt is both the story of a young man's journey and of Appalachian people struggling to hold on to their heritage.
Author : Damon Silas
Publisher : Balboa Press
ISBN 13 : 1504362306
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (43 download)
Download or read book From Mourning to Knight written by Damon Silas and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2016-07-29 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author and psychologist Dr. Damon A. Silas describes his own, incredible journey of powerfully overcoming loss and grief within his life. Elegantly, and with skillful humor, he guides the reader through the lessons drawn from the tragedies and challenges he has experienced. His poignant style, cleverly interwoven with lightheartedness, draws the reader into a journey that shows remarkable resilience. In addition, he provides useful resources to support readers working through their own losses, grief and trauma. The reader easily believes these losses could at any stage relate to their own life, thus transcending the labels we tend to place on each other. Through every loss is a journey of many steps. Delve into this book to experience the path of evolving from the darkness into the light.
Author : Neil Gaiman
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0060530944
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (65 download)
Download or read book The Graveyard Book written by Neil Gaiman and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2010-09-28 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It takes a graveyard to raise a child. Nobody Owens, known as Bod, is a normal boy. He would be completely normal if he didn't live in a graveyard, being raised by ghosts, with a guardian who belongs to neither the world of the living nor the dead. There are adventures in the graveyard for a boy—an ancient Indigo Man, a gateway to the abandoned city of ghouls, the strange and terrible Sleer. But if Bod leaves the graveyard, he will be in danger from the man Jack—who has already killed Bod's family.
Author : Si Robertson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1476745390
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (767 download)
Download or read book Si-cology 1 written by Si Robertson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-09-03 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You know him from the hit A&E® show Duck Dynasty®—now you can enjoy Uncle Si’s tall tales, crazy exploits, and quirky one-liners in one raucous collection! “These hands are so fast, I can get your wallet before you know it. In a minute, you’ll be standing there buck naked and won’t know what hit you!” “Look here—if it wasn’t for my tripped knee, I’d be playing in the NBA today.” “Hey, Jack!” Any of these sound familiar? If they do—or even if they don’t—you’re in for a good laugh. The brother of patriarch Phil Robertson, Uncle Si has a limitless supply of stories about his childhood, duck hunting adventures, his days in Vietnam, and everything in between. Now the best of those tales are gathered into this roaring book. And as Uncle Si recounts his outlandish tales, he weaves in an up-close look into his personal life. You’ll learn about his childhood as the youngest son in the Robertson family, his college days, and how he came to use a green Tupperware cup for his ever-present tea.. And in many of these never-before-heard tales, Si openly talks about his wife Christine and two children, Scott and Trasa—who are never seen and rarely mentioned on the show. Sure to please die-hard fans and curious newbies alike, Si’s one-liners are presented alongside fun, expressive photographs, as well as photos of his family. As you learn about his behind-the-scenes life, this smattering of zany stories will have you falling over with laughter and retelling them to all your friends.
Author : Ronald L. Donaghe
Publisher : Iuniverse Star
ISBN 13 : 9780595297603
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (976 download)
Download or read book Uncle Sean written by Ronald L. Donaghe and published by Iuniverse Star. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When fourteen-year-old Will Barnett meets his Uncle Sean, whom he has not seen since he was six years old, Will is instantly captivated by his uncle's beauty and begins at that moment to fall in love. That such love is dangerous and forbidden, young Will is only vaguely aware. While trying to understand what his feelings mean, he is driven to write about his Uncle Sean and begins with these words: "Uncle Sean sure is pretty, but there's something wrong with him, anyway." "Donaghe's magic in crafting this tale was writing Will's journal in the voice of a fourteen-year-old The book is so realistic that one wonders what has become of Sean and Will since the box containing Will's journal was stowed away in the barn thirty years ago The novel is a natural for high school and publics libraries." -John R. Selig, Foreword Magazine
Author : Herbert Ernest Bates
Publisher : Nature Classics Library
ISBN 13 : 9781908213020
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (13 download)
Download or read book Through the Woods written by Herbert Ernest Bates and published by Nature Classics Library. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bates describes a single woodland year in this enchanting book.
Author : Elizabeth Coatsworth
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0027197107
Total Pages : 82 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (271 download)
Download or read book The Cat Who Went to Heaven written by Elizabeth Coatsworth and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1958 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A cat looks on as her master, a poor Japanese artist, works on a painting commissioned by a high priest. The artist must paint all the animals blessed by Buddha except cats, which have been excluded from paradise. Despite the risk, the compassionate artist decides to include a cat in his painting and is rewarded. Text copyright 2004 Lectorum Publications, Inc.
Author : Ari Berk
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416991158
Total Pages : 546 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (169 download)
Download or read book Death Watch written by Ari Berk and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-11-15 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When seventeen-year-old Silas Umber's father disappears, Silas is sure it is connected to the powerful artifact he discovers, combined with his father's hidden hometown history, which compels Silas to pursue the path leading to his destiny and ultimately, to the discovery of his father, dead or alive.
Author : Sheridan Le Fanu
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)
Download or read book Passage in the Secret History of an Irish Countess written by Sheridan Le Fanu and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-07-21 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is one of Le Fanu's earlier stories. Set in Ireland, it is written as though le Fanu was a priest named Purcell, it contains all the ingredients of the classic Gothic horror story. The countess is known only as Countess D. All we know about her at first is that her family and the family into which she married, are now entirely extinct.
Author : Stan Hoig
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 0806187123
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (61 download)
Download or read book The Sand Creek Massacre written by Stan Hoig and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2013-02-27 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sometimes called "The Chivington Massacre" by those who would emphasize his responsibility for the attack and "The Battle of Sand Creek" by those who would imply that it was not a massacre, this event has become one of our nation’s most controversial Indian conflicts. The subject of army and Congressional investigations and inquiries, a matter of vigorous newspaper debates, the object of much oratory and writing biased in both directions, the Sand Creek Massacre very likely will never be completely and satisfactorily resolved. This account of the massacre investigates the historical events leading to the battle, tracing the growth of the Indian-white conflict in Colorado Territory. The author has shown the way in which the discontent stemming from the treaty of Fort Wise, the depredations committed by the Cheyennes and Arapahoes prior to the massacre, and the desire of some of the commanding officers for a bloody victory against the Indians laid the groundwork for the battle at Sand Creek.
Author : Kate Dopirak
Publisher : Beach Lane Books
ISBN 13 : 1534424970
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (344 download)
Download or read book Hurry Up! written by Kate Dopirak and published by Beach Lane Books. This book was released on 2020-05-19 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A busy boy and his dog learn to slow down and enjoy life together in this lyrical, rhyming picture book perfect for hurried families everywhere. For one busy boy, life is all hurry up, hurry down, hurry round and round and round! That is until he takes a big breath...and a big break...and slows down to see all the wonderful things in the world around him. From celebrated picture book creators Kate Dopirak and Christopher Silas Neal, this playful yet powerful picture book reminds us to be present, to be mindful, and to appreciate each moment.
Author : H. E. Bates
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (483 download)
Download or read book My Uncle Silas written by H. E. Bates and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Herbert Ernest Bates
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book My Uncle Silas written by Herbert Ernest Bates and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
