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Close to Hugh

Marina Endicott
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Author : Marina Endicott
Publisher : Doubleday Canada
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2015-05-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780385678612

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Close to Hugh takes an exuberantly existential look at youth and age, art and life, love and death over one week in the world of gallery-owner Hugh Argylle. On Monday, a fall from a ladder leaves Hugh with a fractured vision of the pain—dying parents, shaky marriages, failure of every kind—suffered by those close to him. His friends are one missed ladder-rung from going under emotionally, physically, and financially. Somebody’s got to fix them all. And it probably has to be Hugh. Meanwhile, beneath the adult orbit, bright young lives are taking form: the sons and daughters of Hugh’s friends are about to graduate from high school and already floating away from the gravitational pull of their parents. As complicated bonds form and break in texts and ticks on multiplying media, the desires, terrors, and revelations of adolescence are mirrored in the second adolescence of the adults. With insight and mastery, Endicott creates surprising parallel worlds. Her ear for the cadences and concerns of two generations gives us both sets of friends on the cusp of reinvention. And as always in Endicott’s multi-layered fiction, below the surface tragicomedy lies something profound: a rare and rich perspective on what it means to fall and rise and fall again—and what in the end we owe to those we love.

The Difference

Marina Endicott
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Author : Marina Endicott
Publisher : Knopf Canada
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2019-09-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780735276697

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From one of our most critically acclaimed and beloved storytellers comes a sweeping novel set on board the Morning Light, a Nova Scotian merchant ship sailing through the south pacific in 1912. Kay and Thea are half-sisters, separated in age by almost twenty years, but deeply attached. When their stern father dies, Thea returns to Nova Scotia for her long-promised marriage to the captain of the Morning Light. But she cannot abandon her orphaned young sister, so Kay too embarks on a life-changing voyage to the other side of the world. At the heart of The Difference is a crystallizing moment in Micronesia: Thea, still mourning a miscarriage, forms a bond with a young boy from a remote island and takes him on board as her own son. Over time, the repercussions of this act force Kay, who considers the boy her brother, to examine her own assumptions--which are increasingly at odds with those of society around her--about what is forgivable and what is right. Inspired by a true story, Endicott shows us a now-vanished world in all its wonder, and in its darkness, prejudice and difficulty, too. She also brilliantly illuminates our present time through Kay's examination of the idea of "difference"--between people, classes, continents, cultures, customs and species. The Difference is a breathtaking novel by a writer with an astonishing ability to bring past worlds vividly to life while revealing the moral complexity of our own.

Two Solitudes

Hugh MacLennan
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Author : Hugh MacLennan
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2018-06-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780773553903

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Two Solitudes by Hugh MacLennan Pdf

Winner of the Governor General’s Award for Fiction Canada Reads Selection (CBC), 2013 A landmark of nationalist fiction, Hugh MacLennan’s Two Solitudes is the story of two peoples within one nation, each with its own legend and ideas of what a nation should be. In his vivid portrayals of human drama in First World War–era Quebec, MacLennan focuses on two individuals whose love increases the prejudices that surround them until they discover that “love consists in this, that two solitudes protect, and touch and greet each other.” The novel centres around Paul Tallard and his struggles in reconciling the differences between the English identity of his love Heather Methuen and her family, and the French identity of his father. Against this backdrop the country is forming, the chasm between French and English communities growing deeper. Published in 1945, the novel popularized the use of “two solitudes” as referring to a perceived lack of communication between English- and French-speaking Canadians. Content note: This book contains racial slurs that readers may find offensive or upsetting.

Hugh Martin

Hugh Martin
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Author : Hugh Martin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Composers
ISBN : 0615365078

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Hugh Martin by Hugh Martin Pdf

"Hugh Martin: The Boy Next Door" is an enchanting jaunt through the Golden Era of Broadway and the MGM musicals. This firsthand account captures the energy and excitement of those special times, with eyewitness tales of Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, and dozens more. Hugh recounts the origins of some of America's most beloved songs, including the perennial favorite, "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas." Martin also reveals some secrets that only he could know: the truth about his composition partner Ralph Blane, his addiction to the infamous Dr. Feelgood, Max Jacobson; how he was instrumental in turning Gene Kelly from a performer to a choreographer during the staging of Best Foot Forward; and what it was really like to be part of the MGM musical production machine. As Hugh enters his 96th year, this could be America's last chance to hear these stories from a living source. They are full of his signature charm, grace, musicality, and poeticism.

The Pacific

Hugh Ambrose
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Author : Hugh Ambrose
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2010-03-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781101185841

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The New York Times bestselling official companion book to the Emmy® Award-winning HBO® miniseries. Between America's retreat from China in late November 1941 and the moment General MacArthur's airplane touched down on the Japanese mainland in August of 1945, five men connected by happenstance fought the key battles of the war against Japan. From the debacle in Bataan, to the miracle at Midway and the relentless vortex of Guadalcanal, their solemn oaths to their country later led one to the Great Marianas Turkey Shoot and the others to the coral strongholds of Peleliu, the black terraces of Iwo Jima and the killing fields of Okinawa, until at last the survivors enjoyed a triumphant, yet uneasy, return home. In The Pacific, Hugh Ambrose focuses on the real-life stories of five men who put their lives on the line for our country. To deepen the story revealed in the HBO® miniseries and go beyond it, the book dares to chart a great ocean of enmity known as the Pacific and the brave men who fought.

If It's Not Close, They Can't Cheat

Hugh Hewitt
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Author : Hugh Hewitt
Publisher : HarperChristian + ORM
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781418515843

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If It's Not Close, They Can't Cheat by Hugh Hewitt Pdf

This is a book about winning elections in an age when security has trumped almost every other issue and the technology of political effectiveness is evolving with lightning quickness. Hewitt offers real-world tactics for individuals who (1) care about the future of the United States and (2) want to work effectively to help elect candidates who will lead the country-on a national or local level-in the right direction. In this book, Hugh Hewitt does more than rehash conservative grievances, preach to the choir, or even preach to the choir plus the undecideds. He aims to change the behavior of the choir, one reader at a time. Hewitt includes material targeted to people of faith when appropriate and appeals to all readers who consider themselves conservative or center-right. Material has been updated to cover current events in 2006.

The Wooden Horse

Hugh Walpole
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Author : Hugh Walpole
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2021-04-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:4057664611727

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The Wooden Horse by Hugh Walpole Pdf

"The Wooden Horse" is the story of Harry Trojan, the "wooden horse." He boldly carried into the Trojan walls a whole army of foreign ideals. In Harry Trojan, Mr. Walpole presents a strong personality whose understanding is delightful to the readers and delivers a vivid picture of the Trojan family. A great story, filled with wit and eloquence.

Hugh and Bess

Susan Higginbotham
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Author : Susan Higginbotham
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2009-08-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781402227608

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Hugh and Bess by Susan Higginbotham Pdf

"A delightful novel full of chivalry, romance, and real-life terrors." Historical Novels Review Forced to marry Hugh le Despenser, the son and grandson of disgraced traitors, Bess de Montacute, just 13 years old, is appalled at his less-than-desirable past. Meanwhile, Hugh must give up the woman he really loves in order to marry the reluctant Bess. Far apart in age and haunted by the past, can Hugh and Bess somehow make their marriage work? Just as walls break down and love begins to grow, the merciless plague endangers all whom the couple holds dear, threatening the life and love they have built. Award-winning author Susan Higginbotham's impeccable research will delight avid historical fiction readers, and her enchanting characters will surely capture every reader's heart. Fans of her first novel, The Traitor's Wife, will be thrilled to find that this story follows the next generation of the Despenser family.

Shift

Hugh Howey
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Author : Hugh Howey
Publisher : John Joseph Adams
Page : 579 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780544839649

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Shift by Hugh Howey Pdf

In 2007, the Center for Automation in Nanobiotech (CAN) outlined the hardware and software platform that would one day allow robots smaller than human cells to make medical diagnoses, conduct repairs, and even self-propagate. In the same year, the CBS network re-aired a program about the effects of propranolol on sufferers of extreme trauma. A simple pill, it had been discovered, could wipe out the memory of any traumatic event. At almost the same moment in humanity's broad history, mankind had discovered the means for bringing about its utter downfall. And the ability to forget it ever happened. This is the sequel to the New York Times best-selling Wool series.

Dust

Hugh Howey
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Author : Hugh Howey
Publisher : John Joseph Adams
Page : 483 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780544838260

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Dust by Hugh Howey Pdf

Wool introduced the world of the silo. Shift told the story of its creation. Dust will describe its downfall.

Half Way Home

Hugh Howey
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Author : Hugh Howey
Publisher : John Joseph Adams
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780358213246

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Half Way Home by Hugh Howey Pdf

Nearly sixty teens awaken halfway through their training, stranded on a harsh alien world with few supplies, no adults, and led by a treacherous artificial intelligence, but their greatest enemy is each other.

Machine Learning

Hugh Howey
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Author : Hugh Howey
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : FICTION
ISBN : 9781328767530

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Machine Learning by Hugh Howey Pdf

A collection of new and previously published stories by New York Times best-selling author Hugh Howey, including three set in his Wool universe

The Watch that Ends the Night

Hugh MacLennan
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Author : Hugh MacLennan
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2009-05-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780773578784

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George and Catherine Stewart share not only the burden of Catherine's heart disease, which could cause her death at any time, but the memory of Jerome Martell, her first husband and George's closest friend. Martel, a brilliant doctor passionately concerned with social justice, is presumed to have died in a Nazi prison camp. His sudden return to Montreal precipitates the central crisis of the novel. Hugh MacLennan takes the reader into the lives of his three characters and back into the world of Montreal in the thirties, when politics could send an idealist across the world to Spain, France, Auschwitz, Russia, and China before his return home.

Voices in Time

Hugh MacLennan
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Author : Hugh MacLennan
Publisher : McGill-Queen's University Press
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2011-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780773586253

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In the 1980s the Bureaucracy eliminated all knowledge of the past in the wake of a nuclear holocaust. In 2030 André Gervais discovers two metal boxes containing manuscripts, diaries, and other personal papers that have somehow survived and asks an old man, John Wellfleet, to use these documents to discover the past. In doing so, Wellfleet learns the truth about two relatives: his older cousin Timothy Wellfleet, a Montreal TV journalist at the time of the 1970 War Measures Act, and his stepfather, Conrad Dehmel, a German scholar struggling to keep his Jewish fiancée and himself safe from Hitler's Gestapo. Hugh MacLennan skillfully juxtaposes the insanity of life in Nazi Germany, the political climate of Montreal in the 1960s, and the perspective of an old man looking back on the conditions that led to world destruction as the background to an unforgettable love story.

Guilty Pleasures

Hugh McIntosh
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Author : Hugh McIntosh
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2018-09-24
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780813941660

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Guilty Pleasures by Hugh McIntosh Pdf

Guilty pleasures in one’s reading habits are nothing new. Late-nineteenth-century American literary culture even championed the idea that popular novels need not be great. Best-selling novels arrived in the public sphere as at once beloved and contested objects, an ambivalence that reflected and informed America’s cultural insecurity. This became a matter of nationhood as well as aesthetics: the amateurism of popular narratives resonated with the discourse of new nationhood. In Guilty Pleasures, Hugh McIntosh examines reactions to best-selling fiction in the United States from 1850 to 1920, including reader response to such best-sellers as Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Ben Hur, and Trilby as well as fictional representations—from Trollope to Baldwin—of American culture’s lack of artistic greatness. Drawing on a transatlantic archive of contemporary criticism, urban display, parody, and advertising, Guilty Pleasures thoroughly documents how the conflicted attitude toward popular novels shaped these ephemeral modes of response. Paying close attention to this material history of novel reading, McIntosh reveals how popular fiction’s unique status as socially saturating and aesthetically questionable inspired public reflection on what it meant to belong to a flawed national community.