Days of the Bagnold Summer

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Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1407085891
Total Pages : 82 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (7 download)

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Book Synopsis Days of the Bagnold Summer by : Joff Winterhart

Download or read book Days of the Bagnold Summer written by Joff Winterhart and published by Random House. This book was released on 2012-12-24 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the quirky tale of single parenting and heavy metal behind the new film from director Simon Bird (The Inbetweeners) 'When someone looks back and writes a history of this summer, two people they will almost certainly leave out are Sue and Daniel Bagnold...' So begins Joff Winterhart's sublimely funny and perceptive graphic novel, Days of the Bagnold Summer. Sue, 52, works in a library. Daniel, 15, is still at school. This was the summer holidays Daniel was due to spend with his father and his father's pregnant new wife in Florida. When they cancel his trip, Sue and Daniel face six long weeks together... Joff Winterhart perfectly captures the ennui, the tension, the pathos and yes, the affection of this mother-son relationship. Already well-known for his animated films like Violet and Turquoise, he here shows himself to be a comics author of extraordinary talent. Shortlisted for the 2012 Costa Award for Best Novel

Other People

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1501191756
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (11 download)

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Book Synopsis Other People by : Joff Winterhart

Download or read book Other People written by Joff Winterhart and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-09-04 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Days of the Bagnold Summer—soon to be a feature film! Collecting the first two graphic novels from “one of the most talented graphic novelists in the UK” (Zadie Smith), Other People brings Joff Winterhart and his penchant for endearing, peculiar couples to the US for the first time. Evocatively wrought and gorgeously illustrated, Other People collects Days of the Bagnold Summer and Driving Short Distances, first published in the UK to wide acclaim. In Bagnold Summer—which The Observer proclaimed “graphic novel of the year,” and which received a Costa Award nomination for best novel—a teenager spends a long summer with his mother, much to his disappointment. Capturing the dynamics of family and growing up, Winterhart captures the ennui, pathos, and affection of the mother-son relationship. In Driving Short Distances—which Zadie Smith declared “created an unforgettable central player, Keith Nutt, who deserves to join Keith Talent in the short but potent list of great British literary Keiths; he is an unforgettable character, beautifully drawn and exquisitely written”—Sam needs a job and purpose, so begins a apprenticeship of sorts in the passenger side of Keith’s car. As Sam learns something about the self-styled big-man Keith, and the humility of everyday living, Winterhat’s pen turns ordinary life into a tableau poignant and comedic.

Dotter of Her Father's Eyes

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Publisher : Dark Horse Comics
ISBN 13 : 1621152014
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (211 download)

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Book Synopsis Dotter of Her Father's Eyes by : Mary M. Talbot

Download or read book Dotter of Her Father's Eyes written by Mary M. Talbot and published by Dark Horse Comics. This book was released on 2008-02-05 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part personal history, part biography, Dotter of Her Father's Eyes contrasts two comingofage narratives: that of Lucia, the daughter of James Joyce, and that of author Mary Talbot, daughter of the eminent Joycean scholar James S. Atherton. Social expectations and gender politics, thwarted ambitions and personal tragedy are played out against two contrasting historical backgrounds, poignantly evoked by the atmospheric visual storytelling of awardwinning graphicnovel pioneer Bryan Talbot. Produced through an intense collaboration seldom seen between writers and artists, Dotter of Her Father's Eyes is smart, funny, and sadan essential addition to the evolving genre of graphic memoir. * Bryan Talbot is recognized worldwide as one of the true original voices in graphic fiction. * Bryan Talbot's Grandville Mon Amour was nominated for a 2011 Hugo Award.

The Age of Miracles

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Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 0679644385
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (796 download)

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Book Synopsis The Age of Miracles by : Karen Thompson Walker

Download or read book The Age of Miracles written by Karen Thompson Walker and published by Random House. This book was released on 2012-06-26 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY People ∙ O: The Oprah Magazine ∙ Financial Times ∙ Kansas City Star ∙ BookPage ∙ Kirkus Reviews ∙ Publishers Weekly ∙ Booklist NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “A stunner.”—Justin Cronin “It’s never the disasters you see coming that finally come to pass—it’s the ones you don’t expect at all,” says Julia, in this spellbinding novel of catastrophe and survival by a superb new writer. Luminous, suspenseful, unforgettable, The Age of Miracles tells the haunting and beautiful story of Julia and her family as they struggle to live in a time of extraordinary change. On an ordinary Saturday in a California suburb, Julia awakes to discover that something has happened to the rotation of the earth. The days and nights are growing longer and longer; gravity is affected; the birds, the tides, human behavior, and cosmic rhythms are thrown into disarray. In a world that seems filled with danger and loss, Julia also must face surprising developments in herself, and in her personal world—divisions widening between her parents, strange behavior by her friends, the pain and vulnerability of first love, a growing sense of isolation, and a surprising, rebellious new strength. With crystalline prose and the indelible magic of a born storyteller, Karen Thompson Walker gives us a breathtaking portrait of people finding ways to go on in an ever-evolving world. “Gripping drama . . . flawlessly written; it could be the most assured debut by an American writer since Jennifer Egan’s Emerald City.”—The Denver Post “Pure magnificence.”—Nathan Englander “Provides solace with its wisdom, compassion, and elegance.”—Curtis Sittenfeld “Riveting, heartbreaking, profoundly moving.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Look for special features inside. Join the Circle for author chats and more.

Tsunami Girl

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Publisher : Michael O'Mara Books
ISBN 13 : 1913101495
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (131 download)

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Book Synopsis Tsunami Girl by : Julian Sedgwick

Download or read book Tsunami Girl written by Julian Sedgwick and published by Michael O'Mara Books. This book was released on 2021-03-04 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fifteen-year-old Yuki is struggling at school with her confidence, and goes to Japan to stay with her grandfather, a well-known manga artist and to whom she is very close. But during her visit, a calamitous event occurs - the East Coast Earthquak and Tsunami - and her beloved Grandpa is lost. Yuki and her friend Taka must make sense of the terrible situation and come to terms with the loss of their life as they knew it - and see that through renewal and with resilience, they can emerge from this tragedy with optimism for the future. Interwoven with Japanese folk tales, modern-day ghost stories, and the creation of her very own vibrant manga hero, Yuki finds the courage to overcome extraordinary odds, and take her first steps into the world that lies beyond catastrophe. Told through both prose and manga, this story for young adults will touch the heart of any reader.

Driving Short Distances

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ISBN 13 : 9780224099806
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (998 download)

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Book Synopsis Driving Short Distances by : Joff Winterhart

Download or read book Driving Short Distances written by Joff Winterhart and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sam is 28 and needs to get a job. Keith, who claims to be a second cousin of his (dead) father, offers him a job. On Keith's card it says he does 'distribution and delivery', which seems to consist of 'a lot of driving around, getting out of the car for a few minutes and then getting back in', Sam tells his mother. And so the days go by, Keith driving to a trading estate, ducking into a portakabin, all the while telling Sam stories about his first boss, Geoff Crozier, his mentor in distribution and delivery. As the weeks go by, Sam gets to know Keith's friends, flirty Hazel-Claire from whom they buy two pasties every day at lunchtime, a variety of receptionists, and a few tantalising secrets from Keith's past... As in Days of the Bagnold Summer, Joff Winterhart is a master at depicting ordinary life in all its utterly poignant and funny mundanity.

When She Woke

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Publisher : Algonquin Books
ISBN 13 : 1616201185
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (162 download)

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Book Synopsis When She Woke by : Hillary Jordan

Download or read book When She Woke written by Hillary Jordan and published by Algonquin Books. This book was released on 2011-10-04 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hannah Payne's life has been devoted to church and family, but after her arrest, she awakens to a nightmare: she is lying on a table in a bare room, covered only by a paper gown, with cameras broadcasting her every move to millions at home, for whom observing new Chromes-criminals whose skin color has been genetically altered to match the class of their crime-is a new and sinister form of entertainment. Hannah is a Red; her crime is murder. The victim, according to the State of Texas, was her unborn child, and Hannah is determined to protect the identity of the father, a public figure with whom she's shared a fierce and forbidden love. When She Woke is a fable about a stigmatized woman struggling to navigate an America of a not-too-distant future-where the line between church and state has been eradicated and convicted felons are no longer imprisoned and rehabilitated but chromed and released back into the population to survive as best they can. In seeking a path to safety in an alien and hostile world, Hannah unknowingly embarks on a path of self-discovery that forces her to question the values she once held true and the righteousness of a country that politicizes faith.

The Philanthropist

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Publisher : Samuel French, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9780573613982
Total Pages : 90 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (139 download)

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Book Synopsis The Philanthropist by : Christopher Hampton

Download or read book The Philanthropist written by Christopher Hampton and published by Samuel French, Inc.. This book was released on 1970 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Prime Minister and his cabinet have been assassinated and England's most treasured writers are being murdered one by one. Back at the university, a bachelor don anguishes over sex, marriage, anagrams and the meaning of life. Written as a response to Molière's 'The Misanthrope' and first performed at the Royal Court in 1970, this biting 'bourgeois comedy' examines the empty, insular lives of college intellectuals.

Floodland

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Publisher : Orion Children's Books
ISBN 13 : 1444002392
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (44 download)

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Book Synopsis Floodland by : Marcus Sedgwick

Download or read book Floodland written by Marcus Sedgwick and published by Orion Children's Books. This book was released on 2010-07-15 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marcus Sedgwick's award-winning debut novel about surviving in a sinking world. Winner of the Branford Boase Award, FLOODLAND is an unstoppable force in young adult fiction. Imagine that a few years from now England is covered by water, and Norwich is an island. Zoe, left behind in the confusion when her parents escaped, survives there as best she can. Alone and desperate among marauding gangs, she manages to dig a derelict boat out of the mud and gets away to Eels Island. But Eels Island, whose raggle-taggle inhabitants are dominated by the strange boy Dooby, is full of danger too. The belief that she will one day find her parents spurs Zoe on to a dramatic escape in a story of courage and determination that leads to an unexpected and touching conclusion. FLOODLAND has a powerful and emotive theme, handled with warmth and humanity.

Doors Open

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Publisher : Reagan Arthur Books
ISBN 13 : 0316071218
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (16 download)

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Book Synopsis Doors Open by : Ian Rankin

Download or read book Doors Open written by Ian Rankin and published by Reagan Arthur Books. This book was released on 2010-01-15 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three friends descend upon an art auction in search of some excitement. Mike Mackenzie-retired software mogul, bachelor and fine art enthusiast-wants something that money can't buy. Fellow art-lover Allan Cruickshank is bored with his banking career and burdened by a painful divorce. And Robert Gissing, an art professor, is frustrated that so many paintings stay hidden in corporate boardrooms, safes and private apartments. After the auction-and a chance encounter with crime boss Chib Calloway-Robert and Allan suggest the "liberation" of several paintings from the National Gallery, hoping Mike will dissuade them. Instead, he hopes they are serious. As enterprising girlfriends, clever detectives, seductive auctioneers and a Hell's Angel named Hate enter the picture, Ian Rankin creates a highly-charged thriller, a faced-past story of second guesses and double crosses that keep changing the picture, right until the harrowing finish.

Days of the Bagnold Summer (aar)

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ISBN 13 : 9781407085944
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (859 download)

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Book Synopsis Days of the Bagnold Summer (aar) by : Joff WINTERHART

Download or read book Days of the Bagnold Summer (aar) written by Joff WINTERHART and published by . This book was released on 2012-12-24 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Anthem: Rush in The '70s

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ISBN 13 : 9781770415683
Total Pages : 375 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (156 download)

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Book Synopsis Anthem: Rush in The '70s by : Martin Popoff

Download or read book Anthem: Rush in The '70s written by Martin Popoff and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-27 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part one of the definitive biography of Rock 'n' Roll's kings of the North ... now in paperback! Includes two full-color photo inserts, with 16 pages of the early days of the band on tour and in the studio. With extensive, firsthand reflections from Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, and Neil Peart, as well as from family, friends, and fellow musicians, Anthem: Rush in the '70s is a pointed and detailed portrait of Canada's greatest rock ambassadors. The first of three volumes, Anthem puts the band's catalog, from their self-titled debut to 1978's Hemispheres (the next volume resumes with the release of Permanent Waves) into both Canadian and general pop culture context and presents the trio of quintessentially dependable, courteous Canucks as generators of incendiary, groundbreaking rock 'n' roll. Fighting complacency, provoking thought, and often enraging critics, Rush has been at war with the music industry since 1974, when they were first dismissed as the Led Zeppelin of the north. Anthem, like each volume in this series, celebrates the perseverance of Geddy, Alex, and Neil: three men who maintained their values while operating from a Canadian base, throughout lean years, personal tragedies, and the band's eventual worldwide success.

Collecting Sticks

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Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1473548403
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (735 download)

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Book Synopsis Collecting Sticks by : Joe Decie

Download or read book Collecting Sticks written by Joe Decie and published by Random House. This book was released on 2017-04-13 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Observer Graphic Novel of the Month Collecting Sticks is a graphic novel about a family glamping trip. (It's like camping, but much more expensive.) Loosely based on actual events, but sometimes veering unexpectedly into fantasy, the story plays with the challenges nature presents to city folk as they forage for berries, get stuck up a tree, make perilous encounters with stinging wildlife, compete to build the best fire and discover the importance of finding good sticks. Also, it rains. It's about the human desire to get back to nature. Or to return to childhood and hit things with sticks. Funny, moving, beautifully drawn, Collecting Sticks can stand beside Joff Winterhart’s classic graphic novel of family life, Days of the Bagnold Summer.

Seventeenth Summer

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416994637
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (169 download)

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Book Synopsis Seventeenth Summer by : Maureen Daly

Download or read book Seventeenth Summer written by Maureen Daly and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-04-27 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seventeen-year-old Angie, who lives with her family in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, finds herself in love for the first time the summer after high school graduation.

Terrible, Horrible Edie

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Publisher : New York Review of Books
ISBN 13 : 1590175670
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis Terrible, Horrible Edie by : E. C. Spykman

Download or read book Terrible, Horrible Edie written by E. C. Spykman and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2012-12-12 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even if she has lived ten terrible years, terrible, horrible Edie really isn’t terrible and horrible at all, but rather one of the most charming and engaging and gutsy children in American children’s fiction. It’s true of course that Edie does get into—and not always without it being at least a little bit her fault—some pretty terrible and horrible scrapes, and that sometimes she will sulk, but these are the kinds of things that happen to the kid sister of two snooty boys and one fancy-pants girl, not to mention having to deal with the distraction of two half sisters who are no better than babies. Edie’s father and stepmother have headed to Europe for the summer, and though the rest of the family can look forward to good times at a beloved summer house on the sea, Edie still has to fight to hold her own. Adventures on a sailboat and on an island, and the advent of a major hurricane and what Edie takes to be a military coup, all come to a climax when Edie solves the mystery of who stole the neighbor’s jewels and saves, at least for one day, the day. This story of Edie and the other members of the Cares family may remind readers of Arthur Ransome’s Swallows and Amazons, except that Edie has an experimental, even anarchic streak that is all her terrible, horrible own.

Monsieur Linh and His Child

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Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 0857385712
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (573 download)

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Book Synopsis Monsieur Linh and His Child by : Philippe Claudel

Download or read book Monsieur Linh and His Child written by Philippe Claudel and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2011-03-31 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traumatized by memories of his war-ravaged country, his son and daughter-in-law dead, Monsieur Linh travels to a foreign land to bring the child in his arms to safety. To begin with, he is too afraid to leave the refugee centre, but the first time he braves the freezing cold to walk the streets of this strange, fast-moving town, he encounters Monsieur Bark, a widower whose dignified sorrow mirrors his own. Though they have no shared language, an instinctive friendship is forged; but Monsieur Linh's stay in the dormitory is only temporary. Sooner or later he and his child must find a permanent home. Delicate and restrained, but with an extraordinary twist, Monsieur Linh and His Child is an immensely moving novel of perfect simplicity, by the author of Brodeck's Report.

Harbour

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Publisher : Text Publishing
ISBN 13 : 192175866X
Total Pages : 507 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (217 download)

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Book Synopsis Harbour by : John Ajvide Lindqvist

Download or read book Harbour written by John Ajvide Lindqvist and published by Text Publishing. This book was released on 2011-08-01 with total page 507 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On a winter trip home to the island of Domarö, Anders and Cecilia take their six-year-old daughter Maja across the ice to visit the lighthouse at Gåvasten. And Maja disappears. Leaving not even a footprint in the snow. Two years later, alone and more or less permanently drunk, Anders returns to Domarö to confront his despair. He slowly realises that Maja's disappearance is not the first inexplicable tragedy to strike the islanders. Nor is everyone telling him all they know; even his own grandmother, it seems, is keeping secrets. And what is it about the sea? There's something very bad happening on Domarö. Something that involves the sea itself. John Ajvide Lindqvist serves up a masterful cocktail of suspense laced with bizarre humour and a narrative that barely pauses for breath. Harbour is also a heartbreaking study of loss and guilt: a novel whose epic climax pits the infinite force of nature against the implacable love of a father for his child.