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A Long Way From Verona
by Jane GardamI ought to tell you at the beginning that I am not quite normal having had a violent experience at the age of nine'Jessica Vye's 'violent experience' colours her schooldays and her reaction to the world around her- a confining world of Order Marks, wartime restrictions, viyella dresses, nicely-restrained essays and dusty tea shops. For Jessica she has been told that she is 'beyond all possible doubt', a born writer. With her inability to conform, her absolute compulsion to tell the truth and her dedication to accurately noting her experiences, she knows this anyway. But what she doesn't know is that the experiences that sustain and enrich her burgeoning talent will one day lead to a new- and entirely unexpected- reality.
A Long Way Home: The road to happiness is never easy…
by Victor PembertonOne world war. Two evacuees. A shocking secret. Victor Pemberton writes a heartrending story of evacuation in his evocative saga, A Long Way Home. Perfect for fans of Harry Bowling and Sheila Newberry. It's 1939 when Hannah and Louie Adams wave goodbye to their mother and home in Holloway, leaving for the safety of the Hertfordshire countryside. The girls try to settle in with their new foster-parents, but the Bullocks are stern people, and when they send the homesick Louie to another family, the Beedles, Hannah is devastated. She decides there's only one way out - she must walk back to Blitz-torn Islington. Thirty-six hours later, a cold, weary and frightened girl arrives home to a shocking sight... What readers are saying about A Long Way Home: 'A good story to curl up with''Just could not put it down''Victor Pemberton's books are excellent - five stars'
A Long Way Home: The road to happiness is never easy…
by Victor PembertonOne world war. Two evacuees. A shocking secret. Victor Pemberton writes a heartrending story of evacuation in his evocative saga, A Long Way Home. Perfect for fans of Harry Bowling and Sheila Newberry. It's 1939 when Hannah and Louie Adams wave goodbye to their mother and home in Holloway, leaving for the safety of the Hertfordshire countryside. The girls try to settle in with their new foster-parents, but the Bullocks are stern people, and when they send the homesick Louie to another family, the Beedles, Hannah is devastated. She decides there's only one way out - she must walk back to Blitz-torn Islington. Thirty-six hours later, a cold, weary and frightened girl arrives home to a shocking sight...What readers are saying about A Long Way Home: 'A good story to curl up with''Just could not put it down''Victor Pemberton's books are excellent - five stars'
A Long Way Off: Shocking, hilarious and poignant noir
by Pascal GarnierA trippy, sleazy, sly and classy read' A. L. KennedyMarc dreams of going somewhere far, far away - but he'll start by taking his cat and his grown-up daughter, Anne, to an out-of-season resort on the Channel. Reluctant to go home, the curious threesome head south for Agen, whose main claim to fame is its prunes. As their impromptu road trip takes ever stranger turns, the trail of destruction - and mysterious disappearances - mounts up in their wake.Shocking, hilarious and poignant, this final book from Pascal Garnier, published shortly before his death, is the author on top form.
A Long Way from Douala: A Novel
by Max LobeBursting with local color, this hilarious, heartwarming coming-of-age tale follows two friends on a raucous journey across Cameroon as they grapple with grief, sexuality, and dreams of leaving. After their father&’s sudden death, Jean&’s older brother Roger decides he&’s had enough of their abusive mother and their city. He runs away to try his luck crossing illegally into Europe, in the hope of becoming a soccer star abroad. When no news of him reaches the family, and the police declare that finding some feckless brat isn&’t worth their time, Jean feels he has to act. Aiming to catch up with Roger before he gets to the Nigerian border, Jean enlists the help of the older Simon, a close neighborhood friend, and the two set out on the road. Through a series of joyful, sparky vignettes, Cameroon life is revealed in all its ups and downs. Max Lobe insightfully touches on grave, complex issues, such as the violence Boko Haram has inflicted on the region, yet still recounts events with remarkable humor and levity.
A Long Way from Home
by Laura SchaeferTwelve-year-old Abby has a lot to worry about: Climate change. The news. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch. And now moving to Florida for her mom's new job at an aerospace company. On the Space Coast, Abby meets two boys, Adam and Bix, who tell her they're "a long way from home" and need her help. Abby discovers they're from the future, from a time when all the problems of the 21st century have been solved. Thrilled, Abby strikes a deal with them: She'll help them—if they let her come to the future with them. But soon Abby is forced to question her attachment to a perfect future and her complicated feelings about the present.
A Long Way from Home: A Novel
by Peter CareyOver the course of his stellar writing life, Peter Carey has explored his homeland of Australia in such highly acclaimed novels as Oscar and Lucinda, True History of the Kelly Gang and Amnesia. Writing at the peak of his powers, Carey takes us on an unforgettable journey that maps his homeland's secrets in this extraordinary new novel. <P><P>Wildly inventive, funny and profoundly moving, A Long Way from Home opens in 1953 with the arrival of the tiny, handsome Titch Bobs, his beautiful doll of a wife, Irene, and their two children in the small town of Bacchus Marsh. Titch is the best car salesman in southeastern Australia. Irene loves her husband, and loves to drive fast. <P>Together they enter the Redex Trial, a brutal endurance race around the ancient continent, over roads no car is designed to survive. With them is their neighbour and navigator, Willie Bachhuber, a quiz show champion and failed school teacher who calls the turns and creek crossings on a map that will lead them, without warning, away from the white Australia they all know so well. <P>Just like the novel, Peter Carey's new masterpiece, begins in one way and takes you somewhere you never thought you'd be. Often funny, the book is also and always a page-turner, surprising you with history these characters never even knew themselves. Its profound reckoning with Australia's brutal treatment of the continent's aboriginal people will also resonate strongly with Canadian readers.
A Long Way from Home: A novel
by Peter CareyThe two-time Booker Prize-winning author now gives us a wildly exuberant, wily new novel that circumnavigates 1954 Australia, revealing as much about the country/continent as it does about three audacious individuals who take part in the infamous 10,000-mile race, the Redex Trial. <P><P>Irene Bobs loves fast driving. Her husband is the best car salesman in southeastern Australia. <P>Together they enter the Redex Trial, a brutal race around the ancient continent, over roads no car will ever quite survive. <P>With them is their lanky, fair-haired navigator, Willie Bachhuber, a quiz show champion and failed schoolteacher who calls the turns and creeks crossings on a map that will remove them, without warning, from the white Australia they all know so well. <P>This is a thrilling high-speed story that starts in one way, and then takes you someplace else. It is often funny, more so as the world gets stranger, and always a page-turner even as you learn a history these characters never knew themselves. <P>Set in the 1950s, this is a world every American will recognize: black, white, who we are, how we got here, and what we did to each other along the way. <P>A Long Way from Home is Peter Carey's late-style masterpiece.
A Long Way from Verona (Abacus Bks.)
by Jane Gardam&“Far more than just another coming-of-age story&” from the award-winning author of the Old Filth trilogy (Bustle). Jane Gardam&’s marvelous stories of young girls on the threshold of womanhood—God on the Rocks and Crusoe&’s Daughter—have delighted fans and critics alike. These &“modern classics&” are now joined by a novel that is equally fresh and genuine, comic and touching (The Independent). Jessica Vye introduces herself with an enigmatic pronouncement: &“I ought to tell you at the beginning that I am not quite normal, having had a violent experience at the age of nine.&” A revered author has told Jessica that she is, beyond all doubt, a born writer. This proves an accurate prediction of the future, one that indelibly colors her life at school and her perception of the world. Jessica has always known that her destiny would be shaped by her refusal to conform, her compulsion to tell the absolute truth, and her dedication to observing the strange wartime world that surrounds her. What she doesn&’t know, however, is that the experiences and ideas that set her apart will also lead her to a new and wholly unexpected life. Told with grace and inimitable wit, A Long Way from Verona is a wise and vivid portrait of adolescent discovery and impending adulthood. &“A book to be judged by the highest standards.&” —The Spectator &“A brilliant, witty, and agonizingly true-to-life novel.&” —The Times Literary Supplement &“A fiercely funny and personal book.&” —The Economist &“The qualities for which Gardam is cherished (the quirkiness, the bright-eyed wonder at reality) are already apparent in this early work.&” —Kirkus Reviews
A Long Way from You
by Gwendolyn HeasleyFor too long, Kitsy has had to satisfy her dreams of becoming a real artist by giving her friends makeovers before prom. So when her best friend Corrinne's family offers to sponsor her for a summer art course in New York City, Kitsy bids a temporary good-bye to Texas to say hello to the West Village. Between navigating the subway and the New Yorkers-namely, the Art Boy who has a nice trick of getting under her skin-Kitsy knows that this summer is going to be about a lot more than figure drawing.
A Long Way to Go: A Story of Women's Right to Vote
by Zibby OnealWho is affected by the events of history? Not only the famous and powerful. Individuals from every part of society contribute a story--and so weave together history. Some of the finest storytellers bring their talents to this series of historical fiction, based on careful research and designed specifically for readers ages 7-11. These are tales of young people growing up in a young, dynamic country. Each Once Upon America volume shapes the reader's understanding of the people who built America and of his or her own role in our unfolding history. For history is a story that we continue to write, with a chapter for each of us beginning, "Once upon America."
A Long and Happy Life
by Reynolds PriceFROM ITS DAZZLING OPENING PAGE, WHICH ANNOUNCED THE appearance of a stylist of the first rank, to its moving close, this brief novel has charmed and captivated millions of readers since its original publication almost fifty years ago. The troubled love story of pretty, headstrong Rosacoke Mustian and the motorcycle-riding, stoic Wesley Beavers, A Long and Happy Life beautifully evokes a rural North Carolina now long gone. Ecstatically reviewed and winner of the William Faulkner Award for a notable first novel when it was published in 1962, A Long and Happy Life launched the career of Reynolds Price, a writer considered to be "one of our greatest novelists" (HARPER LEE).
A Long and Winding Road
by Win BlevinsThe fifth installment of the Rendezvous series, from award-winning author Win Blevins Fur trapper Sam Morgan is at it again in this fifth installment of Win Blevins' Rendezvous series. In his longstanding voyage from Philadelphia to the Rockies and on to California, Morgan has aged before our eyes and finds himself celebrating a Mexican double wedding with friends in Santa Fe. Morgan considers the young brides to be his adopted daughters, and all hell breaks loose when the two women are kidnapped by Navajo raiders. Accompanied by fur trapper Jean-Baptiste Charbonneau and Morgan's loose cannon of a son (Tomás), the party of three set off to rescue the kidnapped brides, encountering bought-off Mexican governors, tribal hostiles, and malevolent street toughs along the way. An unexpected threat from within his own party will threaten to jeopardize Morgan's entire mission. A Long and Winding Road is an excellent account of the fur trapping life, as dramatized by a scholar of the subject. Blevins holds his readers comfortably in hand as he guides them through the inhospitable lands of the Navajo, Utes, and the Blackfeet with a poet's flare for particulars.
A Long the Riverrun: Selected Essays
by Richard EllmannA splendid collection of literary essays. Ellmann's "Oscar Wilde" was a tremendous critical success, winning both the NBCC and the Pulitzer Prize last year.
A Long, Long Sleep
by Anna SheehanA stunning love story, an ultimate betrayal, and a compelling new author - this is Sleeping Beauty for the 21st CenturyRosalinda Fitzroy had been asleep for 62 years when she was woken by a kiss. Locked away in the chemically-induced slumber of a stasis tube in a forgotten sub-basement, sixteen-year-old Rose slept straight through the Dark Times that killed millions and utterly changed the world she knew. Now, her parents and her first love are long dead, and Rose - hailed upon her awakening as the long-lost heir to an interplanetary empire - is thrust alone into a future in which she is viewed as either a freak or a threat. Desperate to put the past behind her and adapt to her new world, Rose finds herself drawn to the boy who kissed her awake, hoping that he can help her to start fresh. But when a deadly danger jeopardizes her fragile new existence, Rose must face the ghosts of her past with open eyes - or be left without any future at all.
A Long, Long Time Ago & Essentially True
by Brigid PasulkaPEN/Hemingway Award Winner: A &“gorgeous&” novel weaving together stories of Poland past and present in one whimsically romantic epic (Chicago Tribune). On the eve of World War II, in a small Polish village, a young man nicknamed the Pigeon falls in love with a girl fabled for her angelic looks. To build a place in Anielica&’s heart, he transforms her family&’s modest hut into a beautiful home. But war arrives, cutting short their courtship and sending the young lovers off to the promise of a fresh start in Krakow. Nearly fifty years later, the couple&’s granddaughter, Beata, repeats this journey, seeking a new life in the fairy-tale city of her grandmother&’s stories. But instead of the rumored prosperity of the New Poland, she discovers a city full of frustrated youths, caught between its future and its past. Taken in by her tough-talking cousin, Irena, and her glamorous daughter, Magda, Beata struggles to find her own place in the world. But unexpected events—tragedies and miracles both—change lives and open eyes. &“A whimsical debut,&” (New York Times Book Review) A Long, Long Time Ago and Essentially True weaves together two remarkable stories, reimagining half a century of Polish history through the legacy of one unforgettable love affair. This magical, heartbreaking novel &“rings hauntingly, enchantingly, real&” (National Geographic Traveler). &“With a touch of Marina Lewycka and a dash of Captain Corelli&’s Mandolin, this is storytelling that gets under your skin and forces you to press copies into your best friends&’ hands.&” —Elle (UK) &“Funny and romantic like all the best true stories.&” —Charlotte Mendelson, author of When We Were Bad
A Long, Tall Texan Summer
by Diana PalmerThree gorgeous, iron-willed men, forged under the hot Texan sun Tom Walker Discovering he has a daughter could be stubborn Toms last chance to win back Elysia Craig, the mother of his child and the woman he lost so long ago. Drew Morris When Kitty Carson became his receptionist, Drew didnt know what had hit him. She attracted trouble like a magnet, making Drew determined to protect her! Jobe Dodd No one believed that this rugged rancher would ever settle down until Sandy Regan made it her mission to tame him! Discover Diana The author of over a hundred books, Diana Palmer is one of the top ten romance authors in America. This is sweeping, intense, passionate romance at its very best!
A Longer Fall: Escape into an alternative America. . . (Gunnie Rose)
by Charlaine Harris'Alluringly gritty' TIME 'An extraordinary thriller' Lee Child #1 New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris returns with the second thrilling instalment in her Gunnie Rose series . . .When Lizbeth Rose is hired onto a new crew to transport a crate into Dixie, she sees it as an easy protection gig. Dixie, the self-exiled southeast territory of the former United States, might be just about the last place she wants to visit, but the job itself is straightforward . . . until their cargo is stolen and her journey turns into a massacre.Up against a wall in Dixie, Lizbeth has to go undercover with an old friend to retrieve the crate. Forces across three territories will be racing her, for what the crate contains is something powerful enough to spark a rebellion, if she can get it back in time . . .Internationally bestselling Charlaine Harris (Sookie Stackhouse mysteries and Midnight, Texas trilogy) is at her best here, building a compelling world of this alternate history of the United States, where magic is an acknowledged but despised power.
A Longer Fall: Escape into an alternative America. . . (Gunnie Rose)
by Charlaine Harris'Alluringly gritty' TIME 'An extraordinary thriller' Lee Child #1 New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris returns with the second thrilling instalment in her Gunnie Rose series . . .When Lizbeth Rose is hired onto a new crew to transport a crate into Dixie, she sees it as an easy protection gig. Dixie, the self-exiled southeast territory of the former United States, might be just about the last place she wants to visit, but the job itself is straightforward . . . until their cargo is stolen and her journey turns into a massacre.Up against a wall in Dixie, Lizbeth has to go undercover with an old friend to retrieve the crate. Forces across three territories will be racing her, for what the crate contains is something powerful enough to spark a rebellion, if she can get it back in time . . .Internationally bestselling Charlaine Harris (Sookie Stackhouse mysteries and Midnight, Texas trilogy) is at her best here, building a compelling world of this alternate history of the United States, where magic is an acknowledged but despised power.
A Longer Fall: Gunnie Rose 2 (Gunnie Rose #2)
by Charlaine Harris#1 New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris returns with &“a gripping, twisty-turny, thrill ride of a read (Karin Slaughter) in which Lizbeth is hired onto a new crew, transporting a crate into Dixie, the self-exiled southeast territory of the former United States. What the crate contains is something so powerful, that forces from across three territories want to possess it.In this second thrilling installment of the Gunnie Rose series, Lizbeth Rose is hired onto a new crew for a seemingly easy protection job. She is tasked with transporting a crate into Dixie, just about the last part of the former United States of America she wants to visit. But what seemed like a straightforward job turns into a massacre as the crate is stolen. Up against a wall in Dixie, where social norms have stepped back into the last century, Lizbeth has to go undercover with an old friend to retrieve the crate as what&’s inside can spark a rebellion, if she can get it back in time. &“Another winning series from a sure-bet author&” (Booklist) Charlaine Harris (Sookie Stackhouse mysteries and Midnight, Texas trilogy) is at her best here, building the world of this alternate history of the United States, where magic is an acknowledged but despised power.
A Longing for Impossible Things (Johns Hopkins: Poetry and Fiction)
by David BorofkaA powerful short story collection that charts the yearning inherent in imperfect lives."I'm a seeker," the narrator of "My Life as a Mystic" says. "A watcher of the skies. A pilgrim and a wanderer. I don't know, I couldn't stand law school." Such are the polar sentiments of the characters in the stories of David Borofka's A Longing for Impossible Things, which charts the yearning inherent in imperfect lives. Taking their cue from Fernando Pessoa's "painful landscape" of longing for the impossible, the ministers and missionaries of "Fire" and "Coincidence" look for more than what they find in their respective theologies; they reject what they've been told in favor of what they feel. Meanwhile, everyday believers fall back upon their own intuition and pray for revelation to be forthcoming. Lovers are forced to recognize the finite limitations of their grand infatuations even as they hope for some small measure of long-lasting tenderness, while teenagers resign themselves to the inevitable disappointments of adult life, recognizing the threats that exist in a future that is yet to unfold. And, as the narrator of "Attachments for the Platonically Inclined" says in the context of a 300 game in bowling, "I can't help but be reminded of perfection when perfection was difficult to find. And impossible to hold onto. Reminded that there are moments when everything works as it is supposed to, a harmony beyond applause or appreciation from others."
A Longing for the Light
by Vicente Aleixandre Lewis HydeVicente Aleixandre presents a collection of poems in English and Spanish.
A Longview Christmas: A Christmas Collection (A Christmas Collection #1)
by Nancy M. BellEvery Christmas Eve, Luke and Mary Cassidy’s friends and family gather to celebrate the holiday. From the kitchen wafts the scent of sugar cookies, fruit cake, and hot cider, not to mention all the other goodies. Gathered around the piano singing carols is a prelude to the Christmas Eve church service. This year Mary is worried about her beloved Luke’s health and she’s keeping an eye on the newly wedded Rob and Kayla. The poor girl is having a hard time keeping her cowboy hog-tied. Then there’s Cale and Michelle. She loves Michelle like the daughter she never had, and Mary is afraid the silly girl will let her pride get in the way of her happiness with the young vet who has bought into the practice. A match maker’s work is never done it seems. What better season than Christmas to give true love a tiny push?
A Longview Wedding: A Longview Romance (A Longview Romance #3)
by Nancy M BellIt’s been a long time coming, but Michelle Wilson and Dr. Cale Benjamin are finally ready to tie the knot. Of course, there’s the usual pre-wedding mix-ups, and matchmaker Mary Cassidy seems to have her finger in everyone’s pie. Michelle is wrapped up in wedding plans and worrying over her barrel horse’s impending surgery. On top of all that she’s hoping that her old flame’s new wife can keep him from falling off the wagon and disrupting Michelle’s wedding. Even though they say true love never runs smooth, what happens on the way to the church throws a wrench into the happy couple’s plans.
A Lord Apart (The Way to a Lord's Heart #2)
by Jane AshfordFamily secrets, an unlikely alliance—and a love neither expected...After his parents' sudden death, Daniel Frith, Viscount Whitfield, is struggling to unravel a web of chaotic family records. He is astonished to learn his father's will contains a mysterious legacy: a house left to a complete stranger. He knows nothing about the beautiful Penelope Pendleton and he's not sure he wants to...until she turns out to be a whiz at all those nasty tasks involved in estate administration...Penelope has no idea why Rose Cottage was left to her. But it's a godsend after her brother's reckless actions disgraced her family. She had planned to stay out of Viscount Whitfield's way, not grow ever closer to him. But when they discover how entwined their families really are, Daniel and Penelope must collaborate to avoid a scandal that reaches much higher than they could have guessed...The Way to a Lord's Heart: Brave New Earl (Book 1)A Lord Apart (Book 2)Praise for Jane Ashford: "An endearing, optimistic story of second chances."—Publishers Weekly for Brave New Earl "A refreshingly different, sweetly romantic love story [readers] will long remember."—Booklist for Brave New Earl "[P]lenty of wit, matchmaking, sweetness and sensuality to keep readers highly entertained."—RT Book Reviews for The Duke Knows Best "Expertly crafted...another triumph of nuanced characterization and sparkling wit."—Booklist for Nothing Like a Duke