The Ingenious Edgar Jones

Author : Elizabeth Garner
Publisher : Headline
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2013-12-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781472211217

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The Ingenious Edgar Jones by Elizabeth Garner Pdf

Set in nineteenth-century Oxford, and shot through with a powerful sense of magic, Elizabeth Garner's new novel will appeal both to fans of historical fiction and to the huge Susanna Clarke/Philip Pullman fanbase. In nineteenth-century Oxford, an extraordinary child is born - Edgar Jones, a porter's son with a magical talent. Though his father cannot see beyond his academic slowness, his abilities as a metalworker and designer are quickly noticed, and become a source of tension within the family. When Edgar comes to the attention of a maverick professor at work on a museum of the natural sciences, Edgar is at once plucked from obscurity and plunged into the heart of a debate which threatens to tear apart the university. Edgar's position is a dangerous one - will he be able to control the rebellious spirit that fires his inventiveness, but threatens to ruin him, and to break up his family once and for all?

Author : Elizabeth Garner
Publisher : Review
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2013-12-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781472211200

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Nightdancing by Elizabeth Garner Pdf

A couple fall in love at first sight - a magical encounter. They search for a home, and soon they are building a charmed life together on the fringes of Wimbledon Common. But when summer arrives, and with it, two gregarious neighbours, their haven is transformed. In the course of lazy days of sunshine and long, hedonistic nights, the boundaries between the two households blur, and the lovers' faith in each other is put to the test. Deep-seated tensions surface, which gradually give way to fears that echo through their days, and haunt their nights. NIGHTDANCING is an unforgettable portrayal of the transforming power of young love, and the darkness that can be born of an ordinary relationship.

Author : Elizabeth Garner
Publisher : Unbound Publishing
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2022-09-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781800181243

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Lost & Found by Elizabeth Garner Pdf

Folk tales take us beyond our own boundaries into unknown lands. Yet within these adventures, riddles and enchantments we find our common ground and shared humanity. Lost & Found is Elizabeth Garner’s own retelling of fifteen treasured folk tales that have nurtured, sustained, terrified and enthralled her in equal measure. Some of the stories are taken from the books of her childhood, some are remembered, and others she has discovered in her reading over the years. Garner’s tapestry of words is adorned with engraver Phoebe Connolly's beautiful woodcut illustrations that bring the friends and foes of folklore to life. Included in the collection are stories such as ‘The Riddle of the Crossroads’, ‘The Twisted Oak’, ‘The Wits of the Whetstone’ and many more. With a varied and diverse cast of characters, Garner’s retellings expertly traverse a myriad of mysterious worlds; always staying true to tradition, while simultaneously speaking to modern times. This illustrated collection is another link in the chain between storyteller, listener and our shared ancestors: tales from the past, told to enrich the present and to be carried forward into the future.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 688 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : American literature
ISBN : UCSD:31822036342517

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The Publishers Weekly by Anonim Pdf

Author : New Jersey State Library
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 8 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Government publications
ISBN : RUTGERS:39030037698984

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Selected New Books by New Jersey State Library Pdf

Author : Margalit Fox
Publisher : Random House
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2021-06-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781984853868

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The Confidence Men by Margalit Fox Pdf

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The Great Escape for the Great War: the astonishing true story of two World War I prisoners who pulled off one of the most ingenious escapes of all time. FINALIST FOR THE EDGAR® AWARD • ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post, NPR • “Fox unspools Jones and Hill’s delightfully elaborate scheme in nail-biting episodes that advance like a narrative Rube Goldberg machine.”—The New York Times Book Review Imprisoned in a remote Turkish POW camp during World War I, having survived a two-month forced march and a terrifying shootout in the desert, two British officers, Harry Jones and Cedric Hill, join forces to bamboozle their iron-fisted captors. To stave off despair and boredom, Jones takes a handmade Ouija board and fakes elaborate séances for his fellow prisoners. Word gets around, and one day an Ottoman official approaches Jones with a query: Could Jones contact the spirit world to find a vast treasure rumored to be buried nearby? Jones, a trained lawyer, and Hill, a brilliant magician, use the Ouija board—and their keen understanding of the psychology of deception—to build a trap for their captors that will ultimately lead them to freedom. A gripping nonfiction thriller, The Confidence Men is the story of one of the only known con games played for a good cause—and of a profound but unlikely friendship. Had it not been for “the Great War,” Jones, the Oxford-educated son of a British lord, and Hill, a mechanic on an Australian sheep ranch, would never have met. But in pain, loneliness, hunger, and isolation, they formed a powerful emotional and intellectual alliance that saved both of their lives. Margalit Fox brings her “nose for interesting facts, the ability to construct a taut narrative arc, and a Dickens-level gift for concisely conveying personality” (Kathryn Schulz, New York) to this tale of psychological strategy that is rife with cunning, danger, and moments of high farce that rival anything in Catch-22.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Industrial relations
ISBN : STANFORD:36105013877662

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A Review of Industrial Relations Research by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-25
Category : Industrial relations
ISBN : UCAL:B4885177

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Monograph Series by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 660 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1878
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015068363186

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Frank Leslie's Sunday Magazine by Anonim Pdf

Includes music.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1588 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Indexes
ISBN : UCD:31175033803068

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The New York Times Index by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Industrial relations
ISBN : UOM:35128001691961

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Industrial Relations Law Digest by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1915
Category : Motion pictures
ISBN : UOM:39015039589851

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Moving Picture World and View Photographer by Anonim Pdf

Author : Rose Tremain
Publisher : Random House
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2009-05-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781409078647

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The Road Home by Rose Tremain Pdf

'Rose Tremain does not disappoint. As always her writing has a delicious, crunchy precision.' Observer A wise and witty look at the contemporary migrant experience. Lev is on his way from Eastern Europe to Britain, seeking work. Behind him loom the figures of his dead wife, his beloved young daughter and his outrageous friend Rudi who - dreaming of the wealthy West - lives largely for his battered Chevrolet. Ahead of Lev lies the deep strangeness of the British: their hostile streets, their clannish pubs, their obsession with celebrity. London holds out the alluring possibility of friendship, sex, money and a new career and, if Lev is lucky, a new sense of belonging... 'A novel of urgent humanity' Sunday Telegraph Praise for Rose Tremain: 'One of my favourite writers' Nina Stibbe 'Tremain is one of the best novelists writing today' Sara Collins 'Pulsatingly alive . . . no one can break your heart quite like this' Neel Mukherjee

Author : Edgar Jones
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105022335736

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University College Durham by Edgar Jones Pdf

Author : James C. Scott
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2020-03-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780300252989

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Seeing Like a State by James C. Scott Pdf

“One of the most profound and illuminating studies of this century to have been published in recent decades.”—John Gray, New York Times Book Review Hailed as “a magisterial critique of top-down social planning” by the New York Times, this essential work analyzes disasters from Russia to Tanzania to uncover why states so often fail—sometimes catastrophically—in grand efforts to engineer their society or their environment, and uncovers the conditions common to all such planning disasters. “Beautifully written, this book calls into sharp relief the nature of the world we now inhabit.”—New Yorker “A tour de force.”— Charles Tilly, Columbia University