Nightjohn

Author : Gary Paulsen
Publisher : Laurel Leaf
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2011-08-31
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780307804228

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Nightjohn by Gary Paulsen Pdf

"To know things, for us to know things, is bad for them. We get to wanting and when we get to wanting it's bad for them. They thinks we want what they got . . . . That's why they don't want us reading." -- Nightjohn "I didn't know what letters was, not what they meant, but I thought it might be something I wanted to know. To learn."--Sarny Sarny, a female slave at the Waller plantation, first sees Nightjohn when he is brought there with a rope around his neck, his body covered in scars. He had escaped north to freedom, but he came back--came back to teach reading. Knowing that the penalty for reading is dismemberment Nightjohn still retumed to slavery to teach others how to read. And twelve-year-old Sarny is willing to take the risk to learn. Set in the 1850s, Gary Paulsen's groundbreaking new novel is unlike anything else the award-winning author has written. It is a meticulously researched, historically accurate, and artistically crafted portrayal of a grim time in our nation's past, brought to light through the personal history of two unforgettable characters.

Author : Gary Paulsen
Publisher : Laurel Leaf
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2011-08-31
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780307804235

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Sarny by Gary Paulsen Pdf

Many readers of Nightjohn have wanted to know what happened to Sarny, the young slave whom Nightjohn taught to read. Here is Sarny's story, from the moment she leaves the plantation in the last days of the Civil War, suddenly a free woman in search of her sold-away children. Her search takes her to New Orleans and the home of the mysterious and remarkable Miss Laura. Like Nightjohn, Miss Laura changes Sarny's life, and she helps Sarny pass Nightjohn's gift on to new generations. This riveting saga follows Sarny until her last days in the 1930s and gives readers a panoramic view of America in a time of trial, tragedy, and hoped-for change.

Author : John Rechy
Publisher : Serpent's Tail
Page : 479 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2021-05-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781782837855

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City of Night by John Rechy Pdf

Bold and inventive in style, City of Night is the groundbreaking 1960s novel about male prostitution. Rechy is unflinching in his portrayal of one hustling 'youngman' and his search for self-knowledge among the other denizens of his neon-lit world. As the narrator moves from Texas to Times Square and then on to the French Quarter of New Orleans, Rechy delivers a portrait of the edges of America that has lost none of its power. On his travels, the nameless narrator meets a collection of unforgettable characters, from vice cops to guilt-ridden married men eaten up by desire, to Lance O'Hara, once Hollywood's biggest star. Rechy describes this world with candour and understanding in a prose that is highly personal and vividly descriptive.

Author : John Williams
Publisher : University of Arkansas Press
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1990-01-01
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 1557281130

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Nothing But the Night by John Williams Pdf

First published in 1948, Nothing but the Night marked the auspicious beginning of John Williams' career as a novelist--a career that would go on to include the classics Stoner and the National Book Award winning Augustus. In the person of Arthur Maxley, Williams investigates the terror and the waywardness of a man who has suffered an early traumatic experience. As a child, Maxley witnessed a scene of such violence and of such a nature tat the evocation of Greek tragedy is inescapable. now, years later, we move through a single significant day in the grown Arthur Maxley's life, the day when he is to meet his father, who has been absent for many years. With rare economy and clarity, the story moves at an ever-increasing pace to its unforgettable end.

Author : John Marsden
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1997-09-29
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780547528151

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The Dead of Night by John Marsden Pdf

Australia has been invaded. Nothing is as it was. Six teenagers are living out their nightmare in the sanctuary of a hidden valley called Hell. Alone, they make their own rules, protect what is theirs, and struggle for courage and hope in a world changed forever. Seeking supplies, allies, and information, the friends make forays into enemy territory, drawing on nerve and resourcefulness they never even knew they had. As the risks become greater, so too do the sacrifices they must make. Intense, passionate, and compulsive, The Dead of Night continues the frighteningly real story begun in Tomorrow, When the War Began.

Author : John Farris
Publisher : Crossroad Press
Page : 572 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2021-07-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Son of the Endless Night by John Farris Pdf

In a peaceful Vermont courtroom, humanity will be called to trial by endless evil. Ancient and implacable -- armed with sensuality, delusion and horrible death -- it will join itself to human weakness in an unholy alliance. Against it stand only imperfect human beings, caught in a world-spanning struggle in which they have everything to lose -- for all of us -- and only human strength to help them. Not since The Exorcist has there been such a powerful novel of demonic possession as Son of the Endless Night; perhaps never has there been a novel that so weds supernatural horror with human weakness as to make the two inextricably one.

Author : Caron Knauer
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2023-02-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781440877520

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American Slavery on Film by Caron Knauer Pdf

A comprehensive and timely resource on the depictions in film of enslaved African Americans and slavery from the Antebellum Period to Emancipation. American Slavery on Film highlights historical and contemporary depictions in film of the resistance, rebellion, and resilience of enslaved African Americans in the United States from the Antebellum period to Emancipation. In her study of such films as Uncle Tom's Cabin (1914), a silent movie adaptation of Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel; the groundbreaking and successful television miniseries Roots (1977); and the Harriet Tubman biopic Harriet (2019), Caron Knauer analyzes how African American slavery has been and continues to be portrayed in major studio blockbusters and independent films alike. Separating the romanticized and unrealistic depictions of slavery from the more accurate but often unflinching portrayals of its horrors, the author covers a wide range of topics, including the impact of slavery on popular culture, the Underground Railroad, Maroon communities, and the Los Angeles Film Rebellion of the 1960s. As a result, this book delivers a comprehensive, readable, and timely examination of enslaved African Americans and slavery in America's film history.

Author : John Lutz
Publisher : Pinnacle Books
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2010-05-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780786027125

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Darker Than Night by John Lutz Pdf

A desperate ex-cop searches for a shadowy killer in a thriller by the New York Times–bestselling author: “One of the masters of the police novel.” —Ridley Pearson A killer dubbed “The Night Prowler” has turned the city that doesn’t sleep into a town kept awake by terror. Unseen, he enters couples’ homes. Unsuspected, he lingers until the perfect moment arrives. He leaves “gifts” for his victims—before taking their lives. Enter ex-homicide cop Frank Quinn, still reeling in the wake of an elaborate setup that ended his career. For Quinn, this isn’t just any job—it’s a last chance to salvage his reputation. As the investigation proceeds, the murderer loses no time stalking new prey: a loan officer and her high-earning husband; a couple who made a killing in the stock market; a pretty actress and her prosperous lover. With the body count rising, it’s up to Quinn to unlock the mystery of a madman’s past and end his bloody reign. Quinn’s got his work cut out—because in a city the size of New York, any one of eight million faces could be that of a killer—or his next target . . . “I’ve been a fan of John Lutz for years.” —T. Jefferson Parker “John Lutz just keeps getting better and better.” —Tony Hillerman “Some writers just have a flair for imaginative suspense, and John Lutz is one of them.” —Jeremiah Healy “John Lutz is the new Lawrence Sanders.” —Mystery Scene “Lutz knows how to seize and hold the reader’s imagination.” —The Plain Dealer “Lutz’s real gift is to evoke detective work better than anyone else.” —Kirkus R

Author : James Naremore
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2017-10-17
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780520960954

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Charles Burnett by James Naremore Pdf

In the first book devoted to Charles Burnett, a crucial figure in the history of American cinema often regarded as the most influential member of the L.A. Rebellion group of African American filmmakers, James Naremore provides a close critical study of all Burnett’s major pictures for movies and television, including Killer of Sheep, To Sleep with Anger, The Glass Shield, Nightjohn, The Wedding, Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property, and Warming by the Devil’s Fire. Having accessed new information and rarely seen material, Naremore shows that Burnett’s career has developed against the odds and that his artistry, social criticism, humor, and commitment to what he calls “symbolic knowledge” have given his work enduring value for American culture.

Author : Andy Femino
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2015-04-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781503565913

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Good Night! John Doe by Andy Femino Pdf

Good Night! John Doe. is a journey through the life of a young lady who discovers that life isnt always as it appears. Amy, a young detective is assigned to the death of a man that appears to be a transient. Battling burn out, a relationship gone bad and the loss of her father and a friend, she is at a crossroads in her life. As her life unexpectedly changes direction, she finds that all of her assumptions have been wrong.

Author : Rus Slater
Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2012-01-30
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781781660140

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G'night Grandma, G'night John-Boy by Rus Slater Pdf

There are various names for it; three generation living, extended family, sad, lucky.....(depending on your opinions) but it boils down to this, after several generations of young Britons dreaming of growing up, flying the nest and getting a place of their own, there is now an increasing number of people aged between thirty and fifty who find themselves sharing a home with their Mum and/or Dad AND their own children. We aren't talking about the youngsters who simply can't afford to leave home, in spite of being educated and working, simply because the lowest rung on the property ladder is too high and the banks just don’t lend mortgages any more. Why aren’t we generally talking about them? Because living in the same house as Mum and Dad still inhibits the breeding cycle of humans to a degree where most people have to leave home to reproduce! We are talking about families who actually make a decision to change their lifestyle from one where each house owning generation has its own home to one where they cohabit.

Author : Erica Bauermeister,Holly Smith
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1997-03-01
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781101161753

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Let's Hear It for the Girls by Erica Bauermeister,Holly Smith Pdf

"Bravo! They've given adults and young girls a much-needed treasure map of heroines and 'she-roes'...It blazes an important path in the forest of children's literature."—Jim Trelease.

Author : JOHN O'HARA
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1945
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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PIPE NIGHT by JOHN O'HARA Pdf

Author : Gary Paulsen
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0152058273

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The Car by Gary Paulsen Pdf

A teenager left on his own travels west in a kit car he built himself, and along the way picks up two Vietnam veterans, who take him on an eye-opening journey.

Author : John M. Ford
Publisher : Tor Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2021-09-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781250269171

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The Scholars of Night by John M. Ford Pdf

John M. Ford's The Scholars of Night is an extraordinary novel of technological espionage and human betrayal, weaving past and present into a web of unbearable suspense. Nicholas Hansard is a brilliant historian at a small New England college. He specializes in Christopher Marlowe. But Hansard has a second, secret, career with The White Group, a “consulting agency” with shadowy government connections. There, he is a genius at teasing secrets out of documents old and new—to call him a code-breaker is an understatement. When Hansard’s work exposes one of his closest friends as a Russian agent, and the friend then dies mysteriously, the connections seem all too clear. Shaken, Hansard turns away from his secret work to lose himself in an ancient Marlowe manuscript. Surely, a lost 400 year old play is different enough from modern murder. He is very, very wrong.