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Sojourn novels (Andrew Krivak) volume 2
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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"The stunning second novel from National Book Award finalist Andrew Krivak--a heartbreaking, captivating story about a family awaiting the return of their youngest son from the Vietnam War. In a small town in Pennsylvania's Endless Mountains Hannah and her son Bo mourn the loss of the family patriarch, Jozef Vinich. They were three generations under one roof. Three generations, but only one branch of a scraggy tree; they are a war-haunted family in...
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English
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"The third book in the Dardan Trilogy, following The Sojourn and The Signal Flame."--
Rooted in the small, mountain town of Dardan, Pennsylvania, where patriarch Jozef Vinich settled after surviving World War I, Like the Appearance of Horses immerses us in the intimate lives of a family whose fierce bonds have been shaped by the great conflicts of the past century. After Bexhet Konar escapes fascist Hungary and crosses the ocean to find Jozef, the...
3) The sojourn
Author
Series
Sojourn novels (Andrew Krivak) volume 1
Publisher
Bellevue Literary Press
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
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National Book Award Finalist
Chautauqua Prize Winner
Dayton Literary Peace Prize Winner
"Some writers are good at drawing a literary curtain over reality, and then there are writers who raise the veil and lead us to see for the first time. Krivak belongs to the latter. The Sojourn, about a war and a family and coming-of-age, does not present a single false moment of sentimental creation. Rather, it looks deeply into its
...4) The bear
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English
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"In an Edenic future, a girl and her father live close to the land in the shadow of a lone mountain. They possess a few remnants of civilization: some books, a pane of glass, a set of flint and steel, a comb. The father teaches the girl how to fish and hunt, the secrets of the seasons and the stars. He is preparing her for an adulthood in harmony with nature, for they are the last two left. But when the girl suddenly finds herself alone in an unknown...
Publisher
Antarctic Press
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Pursued by demons summoned by the booby-trapped signal fires of Flame Spire Monastery, Jin attempted the ultimate sacrifice to save Kyoto and Bunny, but now it appears Bunny has done so in his place. Now he and Kyoto must face the menace of the monk Yue-Shi without their kooky but deadly capable companion!
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Publisher
Köehler Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Chasing the Widowmaker: The History of the Heart Attack Pandemic traces the intricate and fascinating history of how a disease that has claimed the lives of millions over the millennia has, over the short span of the last six decades, become a problem that can be diagnosed, treated, and prevented. So many have been affected by the scourge of atherosclerosis, the precursor of the heart attack. In Chasing the Widowmaker, Arnold B. Meshkov, MD, explains...
Publisher
FUNimation
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
日本語
Description
The Straw Hats help a tiny stowaway rescue her father, but the mission turns into an all-out brawl of gigantic proportions when the Neo Navy steps in. Then, when a distress signal draws half the crew to an island engulfed in flames, they find that they¿́¿re not the only ones split apart. While fending off a creature straight out of a fantasy tale, Luffy comes across the walking, talking, the bottom half of a samurai who is searching for his son....