Beasts Head For Home

Author : Kōbō Abe
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2017-05-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780231544665

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Beasts Head for Home by Kōbō Abe Pdf

In the aftermath of World War II, Kuki Kyūzō, a Japanese youth raised in the puppet state of Manchuria, struggles to return home to Japan. What follows is a wild journey involving drugs, smuggling, chases, and capture. Kyūzō finally makes his way to the waters off Japan but finds himself unable to disembark. His nation remains inaccessible to him, and now he questions its very existence. Beasts Head for Home is an acute novel of identity, belonging, and the vagaries of human behavior from an exceptional modern Japanese author.

Author : Harry Scott Barton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1882
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:590059212

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What I did in 'the Long', journals home during a tour through the United States and Canada, 1881 by Harry Scott Barton Pdf

Author : Ashley Poston
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-20
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780062847386

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Among the Beasts & Briars by Ashley Poston Pdf

Ashley Poston, acclaimed author of Heart of Iron, returns with a dark, lush fairy tale–inspired fantasy for fans of Sara Raasch and Susan Dennard. Cerys is safe in the Kingdom of Aloriya. Here there are no droughts, disease, or famine, and peace is everlasting. It has been this way for hundreds of years, since the first king made a bargain with the Lady who ruled the forest that borders the kingdom. But as Aloriya prospered, the woods grew dark, cursed, and forbidden. Cerys knows this all too well: When she was young, she barely escaped as the woods killed her friends and her mother. Now Cerys carries a small bit of the curse—the magic—in her blood, a reminder of the day she lost everything. As a new queen is crowned, however, things long hidden in the woods descend on the kingdom itself. Cerys is forced on the run, her only companions a small and irritating fox from the royal garden and the magic in her veins. It’s up to her to find the legendary Lady of the Wilds and beg for a way to save her home. But the road is darker and more dangerous than she knows, and as secrets from the past are uncovered amid the teeth and roots of the forest, it’s going to take everything she has just to survive.

Author : Tochi Onyebuchi
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2017-10-31
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780448493923

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Beasts Made of Night by Tochi Onyebuchi Pdf

"...The beginning of a great saga..." —NPR.org "This compelling Nigerian-influenced fantasy has a wonderfully unique premise and lush, brilliant worldbuilding that will consume you until the last page."—Buzzfeed "...Unforgettable in its darkness, inequality, and magic." —VOYA, Starred Review "...A paean to an emerging black legend."—Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review Black Panther meets Nnedi Okorafor's Akata Witch in Beasts Made of Night, the first book in an epic fantasy duology. In the walled city of Kos, corrupt mages can magically call forth sin from a sinner in the form of sin-beasts—lethal creatures spawned from feelings of guilt. Taj is the most talented of the aki, young sin-eaters indentured by the mages to slay the sin-beasts. But Taj’s livelihood comes at a terrible cost. When he kills a sin-beast, a tattoo of the beast appears on his skin while the guilt of committing the sin appears on his mind. Most aki are driven mad by the process, but Taj is cocky and desperate to provide for his family. When Taj is called to eat a sin of a member of the royal family, he’s suddenly thrust into the center of a dark conspiracy to destroy Kos. Now Taj must fight to save the princess that he loves—and his own life. Debut author Tochi Onyebuchi delivers an unforgettable series opener that powerfully explores the true meaning of justice and guilt. Packed with dark magic and thrilling action, Beasts Made of Night is a gritty Nigerian-influenced fantasy perfect for fans of Paolo Bacigalupi and Nnedi Okorafor. iBooks Most Anticipated YA Books of the Fall io9’s All the Science Fiction and Fantasy Books to Keep On Your Radar This Fall BuzzFeed’s 22 YA Novels You’ll Want To Read From Cover To Cover This Fall A 2017 BookExpo Buzz Book A Junior Library Guild Selection

Author : Mary Catherine Gebhard
Publisher : Unglued Books
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2017-03-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780692853252

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Beast: A Hate Story, The Beginning by Mary Catherine Gebhard Pdf

Once upon a time, I thought love was a fairytale. I thought selling myself to a mafia boss was noble. So what if they called him the Beast? I grew up in rags, and he would lift me to riches. All I had to do was give him my soul. He was punishing. Insatiable. Captivating. Nothing like I expected him to be. Each day my reality blurred, leaving me wondering if I was slave or princess. The longer I stayed, the more I lost myself to him. Even after every cruelty the Beast visited upon me, I longed for his touch. Even after every savage word he spoke, I begged for his lips. I thought the worst thing he could take was my body. I was too naïve to guard my heart. Once upon a time, I thought love was a fairytale. Now I know better than to speak of happily ever afters.

Author : Darn You
Publisher : WWW.WEBNOVEL.COM (Cloudary Holdings Limited)
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2021-04-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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World of Beasts by Darn You Pdf

"Locke transmigrated into an era where everyone had Battle Beasts. Daemons were rampant and humans were forced to build walls around their dwellings while depending on Beastmasters to keep those monsters at bay. It was time for academies to open their enrollments and Locke only had a small snake that everyone claimed was useless! ""A snake? Isn't this just a normal snake? What a useless Battle Beast."" ""What potential can a snake have? Even if it evolves into a two-headed snake that's still only Level 1 strength. You might as well continue living like any other normal folk."" ""Who are you kidding? What makes you think you have what it takes to enter a Beastmaster University?"" Locke stayed calm as countless classmates and teachers mocked and made fun of him while he turned to his System's interface. ""All Beasts Hidden Evolution Paths!"" From a Two-headed snake to a Fire-and-Ice Two-headed snake... Then to a Demonic Shadow Snake... a Bright Serpent... Before finally, evolving into Medusa..."

Author : Bernice Friesen
Publisher : Coteau Books
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2011-07-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781550504187

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The Book of Beasts by Bernice Friesen Pdf

In 1965, James, a half-English, half-Irish boy, is taken by his mother on a visit home to her Irish village after years of alienation from her family. She is physically and emotionally scarred from a car accident in which James’ little sister was killed. Once home, she decides to leave her husband and stay there. At first traumatized, James finally resigns himself to living there, eventually becoming close to his uncle and his grandmother. His grandmother decides that James should become a priest, and he enters private school and then university to do so, only to lose his faith as he enters adulthood. Through it all, James is deeply embittered at his father’s apparent abandonment. Then, as a young man, he visits his father and discovers that the man has been writing and sending gifts all along and has even paid for James’ education. All of which his mother kept from him. Now furious at both parents, he must try and make sense of his life on his own terms. The story of Seamus (James) Wilberforce Young, is beautifully told, and speaks to the isolation and loss of so many children who find themselves in broken families and must struggle to find their way back to wholeness and hope.

Author : Lari Don
Publisher : Floris Books
Page : 680 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2014-07-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781782501046

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Complete Fabled Beasts Chronicles by Lari Don Pdf

It's not every day a grumpy, injured centaur appears on your doorstep.When Yann clip clops into Helen's life looking for a horse healer she decides to help him even though she's not exactly a vet.And that's just the beginning. . . Helen's first aid kit comes in very handy when she meets Yann's friends -- a gang of fabled beasts with a habit of getting into trouble.Together Helen and the fabled beasts -- a fairy, a dragon, a phoenix, a werewolf and even a selkie -- must battle minotaurs, wrestle with wolves, fight faeries, solve riddles and travel the length and breadth of Scotland on a series of ever more dangerous quests.Enter the world of the Fabled Beasts in this exciting four-book fantasy adventure series.

Author : Gordon Cumming
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2022-12-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783368451615

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Wild Men and Wild Beasts by Gordon Cumming Pdf

Reprint of the original, first published in 1872.

Author : Laini Taylor
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2011-09-27
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780316192149

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Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor Pdf

The first book in the New York Times bestselling epic fantasy trilogy by award-winning author Laini Taylor Around the world, black handprints are appearing on doorways, scorched there by winged strangers who have crept through a slit in the sky. In a dark and dusty shop, a devil's supply of human teeth grown dangerously low. And in the tangled lanes of Prague, a young art student is about to be caught up in a brutal otherworldly war. Meet Karou. She fills her sketchbooks with monsters that may or may not be real; she's prone to disappearing on mysterious "errands"; she speaks many languages--not all of them human; and her bright blue hair actually grows out of her head that color. Who is she? That is the question that haunts her, and she's about to find out. When one of the strangers--beautiful, haunted Akiva--fixes his fire-colored eyes on her in an alley in Marrakesh, the result is blood and starlight, secrets unveiled, and a star-crossed love whose roots drink deep of a violent past. But will Karou live to regret learning the truth about herself?

Author : Louise Penny
Publisher : Minotaur Books
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2015-08-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781250022097

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The Nature of the Beast by Louise Penny Pdf

The Nature of the Beast is a New York Times bestselling Chief Inspector Gamache novel from Louise Penny. Hardly a day goes by when nine year old Laurent Lepage doesn't cry wolf. From alien invasions, to walking trees, to winged beasts in the woods, to dinosaurs spotted in the village of Three Pines, his tales are so extraordinary no one can possibly believe him. Including Armand and Reine-Marie Gamache, who now live in the little Quebec village. But when the boy disappears, the villagers are faced with the possibility that one of his tall tales might have been true. And so begins a frantic search for the boy and the truth. What they uncover deep in the forest sets off a sequence of events that leads to murder, leads to an old crime, leads to an old betrayal. Leads right to the door of an old poet. And now it is now, writes Ruth Zardo. And the dark thing is here. A monster once visited Three Pines. And put down deep roots. And now, Ruth knows, it is back. Armand Gamache, the former head of homicide for the Sûreté du Québec, must face the possibility that, in not believing the boy, he himself played a terrible part in what happens next.

Author : Gillian Aune
Publisher : Createspace
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2014-05-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781499509274

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The Cleansing The Return Home by Gillian Aune Pdf

The Cleansers are a terrorist organization bent on starting the world over again. They have created a virus they claim eliminates the evil of the world. Join Cooper and fight again them, meet new characters and remember the fallen.

Author : Stephen R. George
Publisher : Crossroad Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2016-05-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Beasts by Stephen R. George Pdf

A FEVER IN THE BLOOD The origin of the virus was unknown. The first symptom was a pang of unbearable sensitivity to light, followed by pain shooting through the hip. Then came fever. And finally, the hunger for blood. Uncontrollable, insatiable, it drove the infected to hunt … to strike … to feed. Now, Sondra could feel the heat within her, rising violently. And she was consumed with bloodlust as never before. A VIRUS IN THE SOUL Michael Smith came to the small Minnesota town to build a new life … and to fight to contain the virus that raged within him. But then the bodies were discovered. Bodies of young men, shredded and disgorged. And Michael knew he was not alone. He knew who had followed him. And what she wanted. And the very thought of the blood taste made him drool … with hunger.

Author : Henry Marmaduke Hewitt,George Beach
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 866 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1889
Category : English language
ISBN : STANFORD:36105019938468

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A Manual of Our Mother Tongue by Henry Marmaduke Hewitt,George Beach Pdf

Author : Nancy Farmer
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2013-08-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781471120381

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The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer Pdf

Matt is six years old when he discovers that he is different from other children and other people. To most, Matt isn't considered a boy at all, but a beast, dirty and disgusting. But to El Patron, lord of a country called Opium, Matt is the guarantee of eternal life. El Patron loves Matt as he loves himself - for Matt is himself. They share the exact same DNA. As Matt struggles to understand his existence and what that existence truly means, he is threatened by a host of sinister and manipulating characters, from El Patron's power-hungry family to the brain-deadened eejits and mindless slaves that toil Opium's poppy fields. Surrounded by a dangerous army of bodyguards, escape is the only chance Matt has to survive. But even escape is no guarantee of freedom… because Matt is marked by his difference in ways that he doesn't even suspect.