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Young, Gifted and Dead

Author : Lucy Carver
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1447241398
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (472 download)

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Download or read book Young, Gifted and Dead written by Lucy Carver and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2013-10-10 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You can’t get into St Jude’s Academy unless you’re gifted, talented and supremely rich. New girl Alyssa is on a scholarship and feels like an outsider - she's not even that smart, apart from her photographic memory (and that's cheating, right?). Then one day her room-mate Lily is found floating face down in the lake. It looks like suicide, but, torn apart with guilt and grief, Alyssa is convinced that things aren't as they seem. Soon a jolted memory puts her on the trail of a sinister secret that might hold the clues to Lily's suspicious death. But Alyssa is in too deep, and she's being watched . . . The first in a brand-new YA series, perfect for fans of The Gallagher Girls

The Art of Death

Author : Edwidge Danticat
Publisher : Graywolf Press
ISBN 13 : 1555979696
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (559 download)

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Download or read book The Art of Death written by Edwidge Danticat and published by Graywolf Press. This book was released on 2017-07-11 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A moving reflection on a subject that touches us all, by the bestselling author of Claire of the Sea Light Edwidge Danticat’s The Art of Death: Writing the Final Story is at once a personal account of her mother dying from cancer and a deeply considered reckoning with the ways that other writers have approached death in their own work. “Writing has been the primary way I have tried to make sense of my losses,” Danticat notes in her introduction. “I have been writing about death for as long as I have been writing.” The book moves outward from the shock of her mother’s diagnosis and sifts through Danticat’s writing life and personal history, all the while shifting fluidly from examples that range from Gabriel García Márquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude to Toni Morrison’s Sula. The narrative, which continually circles the many incarnations of death from individual to large-scale catastrophes, culminates in a beautiful, heartrending prayer in the voice of Danticat’s mother. A moving tribute and a work of astute criticism, The Art of Death is a book that will profoundly alter all who encounter it.

Academy for the Gifted

Author : Hudson Warm
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781735409818
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (98 download)

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Download or read book Academy for the Gifted written by Hudson Warm and published by . This book was released on 2022-01-18 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: School can be cutthroat. Friends can backstab. Literally. Upon arrival at the prestigious Grant Academy for the Gifted, high school senior Bexley Windsor quickly realizes boarding school is far from a liberating escape from her dark past. At her first party, she finds a student's lifeless body sprawled in blood, and she's the only one to blame. Propelled by school-wide murder accusations, Bexley-with the help of two peers-works to find the killer, who resides within the Academy's walls. But as more discoveries are made, the truth becomes tangled and dangerous. If Bexley fails, she could get expelled, or worse-the killer could strike again. Mystery lurks beneath the crawling ivy and within the cutthroat elite system. And at Grant Academy, no one can be trusted.

The Work of the Dead

Author : Thomas W. Laqueur
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691180938
Total Pages : 736 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)

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Download or read book The Work of the Dead written by Thomas W. Laqueur and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2018-05-08 with total page 736 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The meaning of our concern for mortal remains—from antiquity through the twentieth century The Greek philosopher Diogenes said that when he died his body should be tossed over the city walls for beasts to scavenge. Why should he or anyone else care what became of his corpse? In The Work of the Dead, acclaimed cultural historian Thomas Laqueur examines why humanity has universally rejected Diogenes's argument. No culture has been indifferent to mortal remains. Even in our supposedly disenchanted scientific age, the dead body still matters—for individuals, communities, and nations. A remarkably ambitious history, The Work of the Dead offers a compelling and richly detailed account of how and why the living have cared for the dead, from antiquity to the twentieth century. The book draws on a vast range of sources—from mortuary archaeology, medical tracts, letters, songs, poems, and novels to painting and landscapes in order to recover the work that the dead do for the living: making human communities that connect the past and the future. Laqueur shows how the churchyard became the dominant resting place of the dead during the Middle Ages and why the cemetery largely supplanted it during the modern period. He traces how and why since the nineteenth century we have come to gather the names of the dead on great lists and memorials and why being buried without a name has become so disturbing. And finally, he tells how modern cremation, begun as a fantasy of stripping death of its history, ultimately failed—and how even the ashes of the victims of the Holocaust have been preserved in culture. A fascinating chronicle of how we shape the dead and are in turn shaped by them, this is a landmark work of cultural history.

Young, Gifted and Dead 2: Killing You Softly

Author : Lucy Carver
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1447248058
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (472 download)

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Download or read book Young, Gifted and Dead 2: Killing You Softly written by Lucy Carver and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2014-07-03 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After the tragic events of last term, Alyssa arrives back at St Jude's to a school full of freaked-out students. They are wary of her ability to remember every tiny thing they do, and Alyssa's beginning to feel lonely and ostracized. Then she gets an email, seemingly from a secret admirer. He teases her about her photographic memory and challenges her to prove how good it really is. At first Alyssa is intrigued and likes showing off her talent, but as her admirer's challenges get darker and more extreme and there is a murder in the nearby town, she realizes she's in too deep. Now her memory might be the only thing that can help her understand the killer and save her from the same fate . . .

Dead Beautiful

Author : Yvonne Woon
Publisher : Usborne Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1409537544
Total Pages : 407 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (95 download)

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Download or read book Dead Beautiful written by Yvonne Woon and published by Usborne Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2011-05-01 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coming from sunny California, the mist-shrouded Academy was a shock, with its strange customs, ancient curriculum and study of Latin - the language of the dead. Then I discovered that the school has more than one dark secret... I also discovered Dante. Intelligent, elusive and devastatingly gorgeous, most people can't decide whether they love, hate or fear him. All I know is that when we're together, I've never felt more alive - or more afraid. "I really enjoyed this book, it was fast moving, gutsy and engaging. Once I picked it up I found it very hard to put it down. The plot was just fantastic, and original... What I loved most was the use of classic literature to help tell the story... It grabs you, and when it finishes you don't really know what to do with yourself. Superb." - The Book Bag

The Encyclopedia of Dead Rock Stars

Author : Jeremy Simmonds
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
ISBN 13 : 161374532X
Total Pages : 850 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (137 download)

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Download or read book The Encyclopedia of Dead Rock Stars written by Jeremy Simmonds and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2012-11-01 with total page 850 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bible of music's deceased idols—Jeff Buckley, Sid Vicious, Jimi Hendrix, Tupac, Elvis—this is the ultimate record of all those who arrived, rocked, and checked out over the last 40-odd years of fast cars, private jets, hard drugs, and reckless living. The truths behind thousands of fascinating stories—such as how Buddy Holly only decided to fly so he'd have time to finish his laundry—are coupled with perennial questions, including Which band boasts the most dead members? and Who had the bright idea of changing a light bulb while standing in the shower?, as well as a few tales of lesser-known rock tragedies. Updated to include all the rock deaths since the previous edition—including Ike Turner, Dan Fogelberg, Bo Diddley, Isaac Hayes, Eartha Kitt, Michael Jackson, Clarence Clemons, Amy Winehouse, and many, many more—this new edition has been comprehensively revised throughout. An indispensable reference full of useful and useless information, with hundreds of photos of the good, the bad, and the silly, this collection is guaranteed to rock the world of trivia buffs and diehards alike.

The works of L.E. Landon

Author : Letitia Elizabeth Landon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 590 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book The works of L.E. Landon written by Letitia Elizabeth Landon and published by . This book was released on 1838 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Ladies' Repository

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1046 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (891 download)

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Download or read book The Ladies' Repository written by and published by . This book was released on 1846 with total page 1046 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Death Magic

Author : Eileen Wilks
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101545526
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book Death Magic written by Eileen Wilks and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recovering from an attempt on his life by an FBI traitor, Lily Yu's boss forms a ghost unity that will operate in secret-and outside the law. Lily's conscience won't let her join. Her fiancé, lupi Rule Turner, has no such reservations. But when a senator is killed, Lily's decision becomes a matter of life and death-and all the magic in between.

The Gifted School

Author : Bruce Holsinger
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0525534970
Total Pages : 562 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (255 download)

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Download or read book The Gifted School written by Bruce Holsinger and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-06-30 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER "Wise and addictive... The Gifted School is the juiciest novel I've read in ages... a suspenseful, laugh-out-loud page-turner and an incisive inspection of privilege, race and class." –J. Courtney Sullivan, author of Friends and Strangers, in The New York Times Smart and juicy, a compulsively readable novel about a previously happy group of friends and parents that is nearly destroyed by their own competitiveness when an exclusive school for gifted children opens in the community, from the author of The Displacements This deliciously sharp novel captures the relentless ambitions and fears that animate parents and their children in modern America, exploring the conflicts between achievement and potential, talent and privilege. Set in the fictional town of Crystal, Colorado, The Gifted School is a keenly entertaining novel that observes the drama within a community of friends and parents as good intentions and high ambitions collide in a pile-up with long-held secrets and lies. Seen through the lens of four families who've been a part of one another's lives since their kids were born over a decade ago, the story reveals not only the lengths that some adults are willing to go to get ahead, but the effect on the group's children, sibling relationships, marriages, and careers, as simmering resentments come to a boil and long-buried, explosive secrets surface and detonate. It's a humorous, keenly observed, timely take on ambitious parents, willful kids, and the pursuit of prestige, no matter the cost.

A Dictionary of Poetical Illustrations, specially selected with a view to the needs of the pulpit and platform

Author : Robert Aitkin Bertram
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 758 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Dictionary of Poetical Illustrations, specially selected with a view to the needs of the pulpit and platform written by Robert Aitkin Bertram and published by . This book was released on 1877 with total page 758 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A dictionary of poetical illustrations

Author : Robert Aitkin Bertram
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 766 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book A dictionary of poetical illustrations written by Robert Aitkin Bertram and published by . This book was released on 1877 with total page 766 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Universalist and Ladies' Repository

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 506 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Universalist and Ladies' Repository written by and published by . This book was released on 1840 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Campbell's Foreign Monthly Magazine

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 700 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book Campbell's Foreign Monthly Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1843 with total page 700 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Titan

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 446 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book Titan written by and published by . This book was released on 1847 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

New Dominion Monthly

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 974 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book New Dominion Monthly written by and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 974 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: