The Largesse of the Sea Maiden: Stories, Hardcover - Denis Johnson

Twenty-five years after Jesus' Son, a haunting new collection of short stories on aging, mortality, and transcendence, from National Book Award win...

Reducere. DescriptionTwenty-five years after Jesus' Son, a haunting new collection of short stories on mortality and transcendence, from National Book Award ...

New short stories on mortality and transcendence from the author of }Jesus' Son{ acclaimed by many alongside Carver and Hemingway. Completed shortl...

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A collection of stories from nations and cultures across our two continents--the Sea-Ringed World, as the Aztecs called it--from the Andes all the ...

Reducere. Description*Indie Next List Pick**Junior Library Guild Selection*"An appealing tribute and successful remedy to the lack of titles about the ground...

Meet the high-seas risk-takers whose embrace of trade served billions!Dynasties of the Sea: The Untold Stories of the Postwar Shipping Pioneers tel...

Reducere. In acest volum postum, naratorii lui Denis Johnson sunt adesea blocati intr-un spatiu in timp ce-si spun povestile: masa din bucatarie, un centru d...

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The story of Uwe Johnson, one of Germany's greatest and most-influential post-war writers, and how he came to live and work in Sheerness, Kent in t...

The first book in a new environmental epic fantasy series set in a world where ships kept afloat by magical hearthfires sail an endless grass sea. ...

"Perfection is not the basis of what I'm talking about, " says a member of the Cassandra family, which forms the center of Denis Johnson's plays, H...

A collection of tales from the Middle Ages focused on otherworldly powers, magical animals, miracles, demonic apparitions, and supernatural eventsP...

Reducere. Life is better down where it's wetter, under the sea Swim through the ocean with Nemo, Marlin, and Dory, sail the seas of Montunui with Moana, expl...

Haroun's father is the greatest of all storytellers. His magical stories bring laughter to the sad city of Alifbay. But one day something goes wron...

It is very dangerous when a wound is so common in a culture that hardly anyone knows there is a problem. Such is the case right now with our wounde...

Part political inquiry, part travel journal, part-self exploration, "Seek" is a collection of essays by an award-winning novelist out to explore hi...

Reducere. A broken family, a house of secrets--an entrancing tale of love and courage set during the Second World War. After Rebecca's mother dies, she must ...

Hospitality and the Holy Spirit shares stories and perspectives by hotelier Denise Maiatico about what the Bible tells us about taking good care of...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Ken JohnsonAutobiographies from the Dead Sea Scrolls The Talmud teaches that the ancient patriarchs were all prophets, and ...

Reducere. When Apache raiders attack the Hopi pueblo, a young girl must think fast--and run faster--to save her people. Will Huh- y-ay's plan scare off the f...

Reducere. During the late nineteenth century people from all over the world were moving across our country in search of better lives, but many did not find t...

Reducere. 1. Big Exit 2. Good Fortune 3. A Place Called Home 4. One Line 5. Beautiful Feeling 6. The Whores Hustle And The Hustlers Whore 7. This Mess We're ...

Reducere. JOINED BY BLOOD.BOUND BY DESTINY.Reeling from Cassiel's confession, Dyna struggles to understand what the Blood Bond means for them both, all the w...

Reducere. The Shadow demon nearly took everything from Dyna, and it would soon return for more. When she discovers a way to fight back, she must go on a peri...

The north shore of the Gulf of St Lawrence in Canada provides the setting for two boys who have each lost a parent to find respite in each other an...

Reducere. A captivating first-hand account of the Pacific Theater of WWII from the perspective of a young US Navy officer. This highly personal chronicle has...

Publisher: Page Publishing, Inc.Author(s): Devon KesslerNumber of pages: 84Publication date: 2015Dimensions: 150 x 230 x 6Cover type: Paperback / s...

Reducere. Sophie Lawson should be enjoying her sister's wedding day. But nothing could have prepared her to see the best man again.After her mother became be...

Three ancient story cycles of Inuit culture made available as poetry: Sedna the Sea Goddess, Kiviuq the Hunter, and The Old Woman Who Changed Herse...

IndieFab awardsFirst, I had to lie to my boss. (Sort of.) Then my parents had a fight. (They never fight.) The pint-sized lapdog that is treated be...

Haroun's father is the greatest storyteller. His magical stories bring laughter to the sad city of Alifbay. But one day something goes wrong and hi...

As she stows away on a ship bound for Antarctica, a young woman uncovers a shocking betrayal. 1842. Stranded on Deception Island in the South Atlan...

An anthology of dark, powerful and moving short stories from master storyteller David Almond, inspired by his childhood in the north-east of England.

Reducere. Tree of Smoke is the 2007 National Book Award Winner for Fiction.One of the New York Times 10 Best Books of the YearNamed a Best Book of the Year b...

Description"The sea is as near as we come to another world." --Anne Stevenson This book celebrates oceans, coasts and shorelines the world over. Br...

Reducere. Armenian Aram Haigaz was only 15 when he lost his father, brothers, many relatives and neighbors, all killed or dead of starvation when enemy soldi...