The last work by the celebrated author of Franny and Zooey and For Esmé—With Love and Squalor.The author writes: These are entries in a narrative series I'm doing about a family of settlers in twentieth-century New York, the Glasses. It is a long-term project, patently an ambitious one, and there is a real enough danger, I suppose, that sooner or later I'll bog down, perhaps disappear entirely, in my own methods, locutions, and mannerisms. On the whole, though, I'm very hopeful. I love working on these Glass stories, I've been waiting for them most of my life, and I think I have fairly decent, monomaniacal plans to finish them with due care and all available skill.“Seldom more than two or three really first-rate writers exist simultaneously in a given generation. I think that Salinger and Updike are by far the finest artists in recent years . . . ‘A Perfect Day for Bananafish’: This is a great story.”—Vladimir Nabokov, Strong Opinions“‘Zooey’ is arguably Salinger’s masterpiece. Rereading it and its companion piece, ‘Franny,” is no less rewarding than rereading The Great Gatsby. It remains brilliant.” —Janet Malcolm, The New York Review of Books“I am one of those for whom Salinger’s work dawned as a revelation. ‘Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters’ is the best of the Glass stories: a magic and hilarious prose-poem with an enchanting end effect of mysterious clarity, like a koan. . . . The refusal to rest content, the willingness to risk excess on behalf of one’s obsessions, is what distinguishes artists from entertainers, and what makes some artists adventurers on behalf of us all.” —John Updike, The New York Times Book Review Views: 315
Flannery O'Connor was working on Everything That Rises Must Converge at the time of her death. This collection is an exquisite legacy from a genius of the American short story, in which she scrutinizes territory familiar to her readers: race, faith, and morality. The stories encompass the comic and the tragic, the beautiful and the grotesque; each carries her highly individual stamp and could have been written by no one else. Views: 315
This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic, timeless works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic, timeless works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them. Views: 315
Between Books 2 and 3 of the 12-volume Wes Crowley saga, there's a 15-year gap. This is the first book that sets out to fill that gap. Hence, the Wes Crowley Gap Series.With only a little over a year as a Texas Ranger, Wes Crowley has already earned a reputation for getting things done. That results in a temporary assignment to the Ranger company in Brownsville, Texas to help the Rangers there hunt down Rincón Sandoval, a dangerous comanchero.If you've ever dreamed of riding wild on a good horse in a just cause, this is the series for you. Saddle up and come along! Views: 315
On the 250th anniversary of Captain Cook's successful navigation to the coast of Australia, this is Alistair MacLean's absorbing story of one of Britain's great national heroes, from his obscure beginnings to his sudden and violent death at the age of fifty-one. When James Cook was hacked to death by Hawaiian islanders on 14 February 1779, he was already considered the greatest explorer of his age. Born in obscurity but gripped by a boundless passion for new horizons, he became the greatest combination of seaman, explorer, navigator, and cartographer that the world had ever known. He still is. He had driven himself mercilessly, and his men likewise, and yet the surgeon's mate on the Resolution was able to write: 'In every situation he stood unrivalled and alone; on him all eyes were turned; he was our leading star, which at its setting left us involved in darkness and despair'. Between 1768 and 1779, Captain Cook circumnavigated the globe three times in voyages of discovery that... Views: 314
Lee slid off the examining table and began buttoning his shirt. He had had a medical examination every six months of his adult life, and it always seemed strange to him that, despite the banks of machines the doctor had which could practically map a man from a single cell outward, each examination always entailed the cold end of a stethoscope against his chest. He tucked his shirt into his pants and turned to the examining doctor who was writing on a chart. "Well?" Lee asked him. "Sound as a dollar," replied the doctor. "Of course Dr. Flotman or Dr. Roberts might turn up something on their electronic monsters, but I see no reason why we can\'t go ahead on schedule." Views: 314
Six-year-old Jason doesn't want to be cloned, even if his parents think it's a good financial investment. Concerned that his second self may not be happy, he secretly plans to violate the rules of his society... with unexpected results.About 3400 words.This story is also included in the collection DEAD MEN DON'T CRY: 11 Stories by Nancy Fulda.Autism — Mental Disorder or Humanity’s Next Evolutionary Leap?The Charismatic Christian community is thrilled by the Cagle's first child especially when little baby Bobbie begins speaking in tongues and building a complex sculpture that Pastor John identifies as a tower of Babel. But Bobbie's mother isn't convinced her son is blessed but may have a serious disorder. Defying her domineering husband's wishes, she takes Bobbie to Duke where he's diagnosed as an autistic who may be speaking an ancient lost language. Suddenly, everyone wants a piece of Bobbie including Homeland Security, but why? Is he a threat to society, an evolutionary leap for humanity, or both?Start the journey with Installment #1 of this serialized YA cross-genre thriller. Views: 314
A surreal and timely novel about the effects of isolation and what it means to be connected to the world from the Printz Award-winning author of Dig.Time has stopped. It's been June 23, 2020 for nearly a year as far as anyone can tell. Frantic adults demand teenagers focus on finding practical solutions to the worldwide crisis. Not everyone is on board though. Javelin-throwing prodigy Truda Becker is pretty sure her "Solution Time" class won't solve the world's problems, but she does have a few ideas what might. Truda lives in a house with a switch that no one ever touches, a switch her father protects every day by nailing it into hundreds of progressively larger boxes. But Truda's got a crow bar, and one way or another, she's going to see what happens when she flips the switch. Views: 313
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Small town secrets lead to trouble for everyone as Caleb must confront the demons of his past in this Southern Gothic queer cosmic horror, a tale of weird magic and monsters on the bayou. LEWIS IS A TOWN OF SECRETS The Royce family has been a plague on the small, Southern town of Lewis for generations. Caleb has heard rumors about the family his whole life, just like he's heard the rumors about a monstrous creature known as Catfish John living in the swamp. When the Royce house burns down, Caleb's father—Lewis's sheriff—takes in the sole survivor, a young girl named Cere. Caleb quickly learns the truth about Archie Royce and the terrible fate he had planned for his daughter. After a woman is brutally murdered, Cere begins to suspect that not all of her family perished in the fire, and she and Caleb set out to stop her father's dark vision from coming to pass. Years later, Caleb is the sheriff of Lewis, and the... Views: 312
Moon Glow is presented here in a high quality paperback edition. This popular classic work by G. L. Vandenburg is in the English language, and may not include graphics or images from the original edition. If you enjoy the works of G. L. Vandenburg then we highly recommend this publication for your book collection. Views: 311
"There is, alas!" Mr. Wadham replied, "no next step." "Exactly what do you mean by that?" the Marquis demanded, knitting his brows slightly as he sipped his sherry. "We have reached the end," the lawyer pronounced. "The decision given by the Court to-day is final." The Marquis set down his glass. The thing was absurd! "Surely," he suggested, "the House of Lords remains?" "Without a doubt, your lordship," Mr. Wadham assented, "but it is of no use to us in the present instance. The judge of the Supreme Court—this is, by-the-by, our third appeal—has delivered a final decision. Views: 311
