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Bowie's Bookshelf: The Hundred Books that Changed David Bowie's Life
by John O'ConnellNamed one of Entertainment Weekly&’s 12 biggest music memoirs this fall. &“An artful and wildly enthralling path for Bowie fans in particular and book lovers in general.&” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) &“The only art I&’ll ever study is stuff that I can steal from.&” ―David Bowie Three years before David Bowie died, he shared a list of 100 books that changed his life. His choices span fiction and nonfiction, literary and irreverent, and include timeless classics alongside eyebrow-raising obscurities.In 100 short essays, music journalist John O&’Connell studies each book on Bowie&’s list and contextualizes it in the artist&’s life and work. How did the power imbued in a single suit of armor in The Iliad impact a man who loved costumes, shifting identity, and the siren song of the alter-ego? How did The Gnostic Gospels inform Bowie&’s own hazy personal cosmology? How did the poems of T.S. Eliot and Frank O&’Hara, the fiction of Vladimir Nabokov and Anthony Burgess, the comics of The Beano and The Viz, and the groundbreaking politics of James Baldwin influence Bowie&’s lyrics, his sound, his artistic outlook? How did the 100 books on this list influence one of the most influential artists of a generation? Heartfelt, analytical, and totally original, Bowie&’s Bookshelf is one part epic reading guide and one part biography of a music legend.
Bowie's Knife (Trailsman #381)
by Jon SharpeThere's no one who hasn't heard of Jim Bowie and his legendary knife. And Skye Fargo's been hired to guide a brother and sister to the border to purchase the actual pig sticker handled by Bowie himself.<P><P> But there are others after the blade. And the Trailsman will have to be a cut above the competition if anyone's going to survive.
Bowie: A Novel of the Life of Jim Bowie
by Randy Lee Eickhoff Leonard C. LewisJim Bowie, the descendant of Highland Scots, grew up riding alligators and working the field on the Texas frontier. Taught three languages and a sense of honor, he went on to live a life filled with brawls and battles, loves and loses. This is his story, as told by those who, whether they loved or hated him, were united by their awe of this amazing frontiersman.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Bowl Full of Cherries (The Avona Tales)
by Raine O'TierneyPorker, Fatty, Tons-of-Fun: Crowley Fredericks has heard it all. He's dropped a lot of weight since his high school days, but he's still a big guy, and the painful words and bullying follow him. Rejected--again--because of his size, Crowley is starting to think that maybe love just isn't meant for huskier men. Averell Lang and his twin are so different they might as well not even be related. So when Rell's brother brings his roommate home to snowy Susset for the holidays, Rell expects the worst--another uptight, pretentious hipster. What he discovers instead is Crowley. Nerdy, fascinating, attractive, Crowley. Rell never expected to look at a man this way, and what he sees in Crowley Fredericks is something he didn't even know he was looking for. If both men can overcome their hang-ups, they might unwrap more than presents this holiday season.
Bowl of Cherries: A Novel (Books That Changed the World)
by Millard Kaufman“[A] smart, zany comedy...irresistible...[the] precocious young hero pulls on our sympathies even as he trudges on through absurdity.”—The Washington Post Book WorldKicked out of Yale at the age of fourteen, Judd Breslau falls in with Phillips Chatterton, a bathrobe-wearing Egyptologist working out of a dilapidated home laboratory. Entranced by Chatterton's daughter, Valerie, Breslau abandons his studies and decides to move in with the eccentric scientist and assist with research. But the work is not what Judd had thought and, mesmerized by Valerie, Breslau follows her to a number of strange locales—a secret attic in her father's home, a Colorado equestrian ranch, and a porn studio beneath the Brooklyn Bridge. Judd ultimately makes his way to the forlorn Iraqi province of Assama, ending up in a jail cell from which he narrates the novel, awaiting his execution while war rages on around him. The brilliant creation of ninety-year-old debut novelist Millard Kaufman, co-creator of Mr. Magoo and twice nominated for Academy Awards for screenwriting, Bowl of Cherries rivals the liveliest comic epics for giddy wordplay and gleeful invention, containing all the joy, madness, terror, and doubt of adolescence—and everything after.“Kaufman's writing summons the ghosts of Vladimir Nabokov and Franz Kafka.”—Rocky Mountain Chronicle“Kaufman's screwball sensibility, relish for language, gleeful vulgarism and deep sympathy for his characters make this novel an unprecedented joyride.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Bowlaway: A Novel
by Elizabeth McCrackenA sweeping and enchanting new novel from the widely beloved, award-winning author Elizabeth McCracken about three generations of an unconventional New England family who own and operate a candlepin bowling alleyFrom the day she is discovered unconscious in a New England cemetery at the turn of the twentieth century—nothing but a bowling ball, a candlepin, and fifteen pounds of gold on her person—Bertha Truitt is an enigma to everyone in Salford, Massachusetts. She has no past to speak of, or at least none she is willing to reveal, and her mysterious origin scandalizes and intrigues the townspeople, as does her choice to marry and start a family with Leviticus Sprague, the doctor who revived her. But Bertha is plucky, tenacious, and entrepreneurial, and the bowling alley she opens quickly becomes Salford’s most defining landmark—with Bertha its most notable resident. When Bertha dies in a freak accident, her past resurfaces in the form of a heretofore-unheard-of son, who arrives in Salford claiming he is heir apparent to Truitt Alleys. Soon it becomes clear that, even in her death, Bertha’s defining spirit and the implications of her obfuscations live on, infecting and affecting future generations through inheritance battles, murky paternities, and hidden wills. In a voice laced with insight and her signature sharp humor, Elizabeth McCracken has written an epic family saga set against the backdrop of twentieth-century America. Bowlaway is both a stunning feat of language and a brilliant unraveling of a family’s myths and secrets, its passions and betrayals, and the ties that bind and the rifts that divide.
Bowled Over
by Kasey MichaelsMystery author Maggie Kelly had enough on her mind wondering how she was going to keep her fictional Regency Era creation from dropping to one knee with a marriage proposal. Then a murderer crosses the foul line--way too close to home. . .Maggie wouldn't mind putting a little distance between herself and the hunky Regency hero of her novels, Alexandre Blake, the Viscount Saint Just, who has miraculously come to life with talk of sweeping her straight down the aisle. But now that her parents have split up, Maggie is having trouble resisting Alex's tender loving care. So she invites him along to visit her family. Unfortunately, they arrive just in time to watch her father being taken away in handcuffs as a murder suspect! Luckily, she has Alex riding to the rescue--and making her wonder if a happily ever after might not be out of her league after all. . ."Part fantasy, part romance, and part good old-fashioned mystery, this book has it all." --Romantic Times
Bowled Over
by Victoria HamiltonStirring up trouble... Vintage kitchenware and cookbook collector Jaymie Leighton has been estranged from her high school best friend Kathy Cooper since they were teenagers, but she never knew what turned Kathy against her. After fireworks at a Fourth of July picnic, Jaymie discovers the body of her former friend in the park. On the ground nearby is Jaymie's own Depression-era glass bowl, broken in two. With her fingerprints all over the bowl and a troubled history with the victim, Jaymie suddenly finds herself at the top of the list of suspects. Did the killer intend to frame her for the murder? If so, she is ready to mix it up, because solving crimes is vintage Jaymie Leighton...
Bowleg Bill, Seagoing Cowboy
by Wyatt BlassingameIf Bowleg Bill hadn't fallen asleep on the ship, we might never have known how this cowboy became a sailor. Other tall tales by Wyatt Blassingame are available in this library.
Bowling for Boners
by Rob RosenA pro bowler, some naked bowling, and an upcoming tournament set the stage for this hot and steamy romantic encounter. Lots of strikes on every lane await!NOTE: This story appears in Rob Rosen's best-selling collection, Short Spurts
Bowling for Turkeys
by Amy LaneMilo Tanaka was not recovering from the mother of all breakups when his best friend barged into his home and gave him a dog. While Julia the dog doesn&’t like squirrels, cats, turkeys, other dogs, or most humans, at least she gets him out of bed. When a tiny blond dog rockets out of nowhere to bark ferociously at Garth Potter&’s enormous Daniff, "the Chad," Garth is annoyed, but Chad simply woofs in Julia&’s face. But when Garth looks around for her irresponsible owner, he finds a fey panicky disaster desperately trying to keep his dog from getting eaten, and realizes Milo is simply new to dog ownership, not neglectful or cruel. In fact, Milo is a truly decent guy, and he and his best friend have been struggling to find their footing in adulthood and relationships. As Garth befriends Milo and the irascible Julia, he finds himself entangled in Milo&’s broken heart and fractured life. As much as Garth wants to fix it, he knows that Milo has to fix it himself. With the holidays approaching, Milo realizes that a good relationship won&’t leave him isolated and afraid, but surrounded with friends, and that the key to thriving isn&’t just chasing the turkeys out of his life—it&’s letting a good man in.
Bowman's Store: A Journey to Myself
by Joseph BruchacThe author shares in this memoir how he came to fully understand, and eventually claim, his Native American heritage, despite his grandparents' unspoken pact to never discuss Grandpa's Abenaki blood.
Bowser the Hound (Dover Children's Thrift Classics)
by Thornton W. BurgessBowser the Hound isn't very clever -- certainly not as clever as Old Man Coyote, who's full of tricks! There's one thing, though, that Bowser's really good at, and that's pursuing someone who'll give him a long, hard run. Actually, he'll go without eating just for the pleasure of chasing Reddy and Granny Fox or Old Man Coyote.One day, Bowser gets more than he bargained for when Old Man Coyote decides to lead him on a long chase, just for fun, and make Bowser run and run. In fact, Bowser runs out of the forest and the old pasture until he's so far from home, he feels as if he is in another country. But with the help of Blacky the Crow and other friends, Bowser finally gets even with the old coyote.Young readers and nature lovers of all ages will love this appealing story of exciting animal life in the Green Forest.
Bowstring
by Viktor Shklovsky Shushan Avagyan"Myths do not flow through the pipes of history," writes Viktor Shklovsky, "they change and splinter, they contrast and refute one another. The similar turns out to be dissimilar." Published in Moscow in 1970 and appearing in English translation for the first time, Bowstring is a seminal work, in which Shklovsky redefines estrangement (ostranenie) as a device of the literary comparatist-the "person out of place," who has turned up in a period where he does not belong and who must search for meaning with a strained sensibility. As Shklovsky experiments with different genres, employing a technique of textual montage, he mixes autobiography, biography, memoir, history, and literary criticism in a book that boldly refutes mechanical repetition, mediocrity, and cultural parochialism in the name of art that dares to be different and innovative. Bowstring is a brilliant and provocative book that spares no one in its unapologetic project to free art from conventionality.
Bowstring
by Viktor Shklovsky Shushan Avagyan"Myths do not flow through the pipes of history," writes Viktor Shklovsky, "they change and splinter, they contrast and refute one another. The similar turns out to be dissimilar." Published in Moscow in 1970 and appearing in English translation for the first time, Bowstring is a seminal work, in which Shklovsky redefines estrangement (ostranenie) as a device of the literary comparatist-the "person out of place," who has turned up in a period where he does not belong and who must search for meaning with a strained sensibility. As Shklovsky experiments with different genres, employing a technique of textual montage, he mixes autobiography, biography, memoir, history, and literary criticism in a book that boldly refutes mechanical repetition, mediocrity, and cultural parochialism in the name of art that dares to be different and innovative. Bowstring is a brilliant and provocative book that spares no one in its unapologetic project to free art from conventionality.
Bow’s Boy
by Richard BabcockBabcock has written a lovely, profoundly American novel about law and rebellion, growth and loss--and how the 1960s arrived in a small Wisconsin town.
Box
by Mark PowellStanley dreams of making it big as a DJ, playing the all-nighters with his sidekick Clive; Pow-Wow's as tough as the next kid, patrolling the streets with his gang; Sylvia just wants to escape from the grind of looking after her ageing mother. When Clive and Stanley join forces to establish a male escort agency, the situation hots up...This is a picture of inner city London. Mark Powell has created a gritty, contemporary landscape filled with a vibrant cast of characters, from wannabe gangsters to professional psychics. Slick, fast-paced and surprisingly tender, BOX is an engrossing window on contemporary London as well as a satisfying page-turner.
Box
by Mark PowellStanley dreams of making it big as a DJ, playing the all-nighters with his sidekick Clive; Pow-Wow's as tough as the next kid, patrolling the streets with his gang; Sylvia just wants to escape from the grind of looking after her ageing mother. When Clive and Stanley join forces to establish a male escort agency, the situation hots up...This is a picture of inner city London. Mark Powell has created a gritty, contemporary landscape filled with a vibrant cast of characters, from wannabe gangsters to professional psychics. Slick, fast-paced and surprisingly tender, BOX is an engrossing window on contemporary London as well as a satisfying page-turner.
Box
by Robert WrigleyA powerful new collection from an acclaimed, award-winning poetWith nine previously published collections of poetry, Robert Wrigley has become one of his generation's most accomplished poets, renowned for his irony, power, and lucid style and for his ability to fuse narrative and lyrical impulses.Wrigley's tenth collection, Box, is a book of poems obsessed with human containment, with the way people are contained or confined—by time, mortality, technology, identity, culture, and history—in almost everything they are and everything they do. Even the body, even the poem itself, is in this regard a kind of self-containing crate, in which the human being, perhaps the human spirit, is shipped into the world at large. But Box is also a book obsessed with escape from containment, and escape comes from dreams, from deep awareness, from contemplation, from love, and above all, as Wallace Stevens insisted, from "the imagination pressing back against the pressure of reality." The poems in Box aim to do nothing less than "help people live their lives," as Stevens put it.From the Trade Paperback edition.
Box - Flecha do Cupido - Primeira Geração
by Ligia Fonseca Melissa StormJames Morgan nunca acreditou muito no amor – até ver Deborah Walker pela primeira vez na lanchonete local. Ele se surpreende ao convidá-la para sair, e ela o choca ainda mais ao aceitar. Durante o encontro, os dois compartilham suas histórias e sonhos secretos, e James percebe que ela é a mulher perfeita. O único problema é que ele embarcará para a Coreia na manhã seguinte. Cumprir seu dever é crucial para James, mesmo que lutar por seu país acabe deixando ambos de coração partido. Deborah promete esperar por ele, mas dois anos são muito tempo para parar sua vida, especialmente por um homem que só conheceu por um dia. Quando Rip Rockwell volta da guerra e James não, Rip pede Deborah em casamento. Ela aceita e eles constroem uma bela vida juntos até a morte dele, 50 anos depois. Durante todo esse tempo, entretanto, ela nunca conseguiu realmente esquecer seu primeiro amor. Deborah se aposenta e muda para Abeline, esperando viver o resto de seus dias em paz. Imagine sua surpresa quando James Morgan se muda para a casa ao lado… Ambos têm uma vida cheia de amor. Ambos perdem a pessoa amada cedo demais. Será que James e Deborah conseguirão formar uma nova vida juntos enquanto acalentam a lembrança daqueles que ainda vivem em seus corações? Este box set especial inclui: Meu Coração É Só Seu, a agridoce história de amor entre Deborah e Rip Nunca Vou Deixar de Te Amar, a história de amor predestinada entre James e Gloria Quando Me Apaixonar e Você Me Faz Sentir Tão Jovem, contos já publicados sobre James e Deborah Olhe para Casa, Anjo, um novo conto sobre a nova vida de Rip e Deborah no Alasca Só Preciso Sonhar, um novo conto sobre a nova vida de James e Gloria como pais Uma árvore genealógica e uma lista com sugestão de ordem de leitura para todas as três séries Flecha do Cupido Um prefácio da autora discorrendo sobre sua ligação pessoal com os personagens e as ambientações. �
Box 21: Ewert Grens 2 (DCI Ewert Grens)
by Anders Roslund Börge HellströmTHE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHORS OF THREE SECONDS AND CELL 8 INTRODUCE DCI EWERT GRENS TO THE CRUEL REALITY OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING.'This is crime writing at its most ambitious and morally complex' Financial TimesLydia Grajauskas will never forget the face.The face of the trafficker who brought her to Stockholm: the man responsible for three unrelenting years of forced prostitution and slavery.DCI Ewert Grens will never forget the name.The name of the prisoner the day his life was destroyed: the man responsible for twenty-five years of torturous heartache.Sweden will never forget their revenge . . .Box 21 is a steely, airtight thriller containing both the harshest aspects of degradation and retaliation, and the toughest questions surrounding the morality of violent and obsessive reprisal.Looking for a companion to Box 21? Look no further than Roslund & Hellström's Pen 33 . . .
Box 21: Ewert Grens 2 (DCI Ewert Grens)
by Anders Roslund Börge HellströmLydia Grajauskas will never forget the face.The face of the trafficker who brought her to Stockholm: the man responsible for three unrelenting years of forced prostitution and slavery.DCI Ewert Grens will never forget the name.The name of the prisoner the day his life was destroyed: the man responsible for twenty-five years of torturous heartache.Sweden will never forget their revenge . . .Box 21 is a steely, airtight thriller containing both the harshest aspects of degradation and retaliation, and the toughest questions surrounding the morality of violent and obsessive reprisal.(P)2016 WF Howes Ltd
Box Casamento de Mentirinha
by Jodie SloanSue, a melhor amiga de Amanda Taylor, vai se casar, e Amanda vai ser a sua madrinha. O único problema é que o padrinho homem é um cara que ela realmente despreza, o rico e mimado Edmond Fairchild. Ela trabalha em um escritório de advocacia para Christian Winters, o noivo de Sue, que é o advogado da família de Edmond. Todas as vezes que ela o encontrou foram horriveis e ela passou a odiá-lo. Ele é agressivo e está sempre nos jornais e revistas por causa de algum escândalo com mulheres diferentes. Ele é um mulherengo conhecido e Amanda odeia esse tipo de cara. Ela, por outro lado, é quieta e o tipo de pessoa que acredita que os homens não são bons. Durante a recepção do casamento, ela fica bêbada e perde o controle, pedindo que Edmond a leve até Las Vegas e se case com ela. Edmond tem uma queda pela mulher que fala baixinho, mas não tem certeza se deve fazer o que ela pede, já que ela está bêbada, o odeia com todas as forças e provavelmente vai achar que foi ele quem a convenceu a se casar. Leia a trilogia inteira na box Casamento de Mentirinha
Box Meets Circle: Pixar Animation Studios Artist Showcase
by Aaron HartlineWhen Box meets Circle, they have few things in common. Circle likes to bounce, but Box can't bounce. Can they ever be friends? Yes! They find a way.
Box Nine (Quinsigamond #1)
by Jack O'ConnellA narcotics detective wages war against a deadly new stimulant The drug is called Lingo, and it&’s the most powerful narcotic Lenore has ever seen. This cheaply manufactured pill races straight for the brain&’s language center, supercharging it so that even a dimwitted person can speak and read at 1,500 words per minute. It induces giddiness, confidence, and sexual euphoria—with a side effect of murderous rage. The drug has come to Quinsigamond, a fading industrial center in the heart of Massachusetts, and it&’s going to tear this town apart. Lenore believes she can stop that from happening. A narcotics detective with a few addictions of her own—amphetamines and heavy metal, to name a couple—she loves nothing more than her gun, until she meets Dr. Frederick Woo, the linguist assisting her on the case. Together they can stop the drug—if it doesn&’t take hold of them first.