The Land Breakers

Author : John Ehle
Publisher : New York Review of Books
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2014-11-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781590177945

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The Land Breakers by John Ehle Pdf

Set deep in the Appalachian wilderness between the years of 1779 and 1784, The Land Breakers is a saga like the Norse sagas or the book of Genesis, a story of first and last things, of the violence of birth and death, of inescapable sacrifice and the faltering emergence of community. Mooney and Imy Wright, twenty-one, former indentured servants, long habituated to backbreaking work but not long married, are traveling west. They arrive in a no-account settlement in North Carolina and, on impulse, part with all their savings to acquire a patch of land high in the mountains. With a little livestock and a handful of crude tools, they enter the mountain world—one of transcendent beauty and cruel necessity—and begin to make a world of their own. Mooney and Imy are the first to confront an unsettled country that is sometimes paradise and sometimes hell. They will soon be followed by others. John Ehle is a master of the American language. He has an ear for dialogue and an eye for nature and a grasp of character that have established The Land Breakers as one of the great fictional reckonings with the making of America.

Author : John Ehle
Publisher : Press 53 Carolina Classics
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1941209696

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The Winter People by John Ehle Pdf

Reissue of the classic novel The Winter People, scanned from the original 1981 First Edition.

Author : DK
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2018-09-11
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781465482266

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Record Breakers! by DK Pdf

What is the world's longest-living creature? Who was the first person to reach the bottom of the ocean? Where is the longest train route? This ebook is full of amazing facts about people, animals, Earth, and space, and brings you the first, fastest, longest, largest, biggest, and best records in the world! Track the longest shark migration (20,000 km/12,400 miles); visit the coolest place on the planet (Vostok Station, Antarctica: a chilling -89.2oC/-128.6oF); see how plane pioneer Chuck Yeager first broke the sound barrier, and much more. Discover the greatest human achievements, from pioneering inventors to modern feats of engineering, transport, technology, and sport. But there's far more than just people power in this ebook, there are also records about animals, plants, and our amazing natural world. Find out all about the best of everything in Record Breakers - an entertaining and educational ebook that the whole family can enjoy.

Author : Brandon Sanderson
Publisher : Tor Books
Page : 692 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2009-06-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781429967945

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Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson Pdf

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson, Warbreaker is the story of two sisters, who happen to be princesses, the God King one of them has to marry, the lesser god who doesn't like his job, and the immortal who's still trying to undo the mistakes he made hundreds of years ago. Their world is one in which those who die in glory return as gods to live confined to a pantheon in Hallandren's capital city and where a power known as BioChromatic magic is based on an essence known as breath that can only be collected one unit at a time from individual people. By using breath and drawing upon the color in everyday objects, all manner of miracles and mischief can be accomplished. It will take considerable quantities of each to resolve all the challenges facing Vivenna and Siri, princesses of Idris; Susebron the God King; Lightsong, reluctant god of bravery, and mysterious Vasher, the Warbreaker. Other Tor books by Brandon Sanderson The Cosmere The Stormlight Archive The Way of Kings Words of Radiance Edgedancer (Novella) Oathbringer The Mistborn trilogy Mistborn: The Final Empire The Well of Ascension The Hero of Ages Mistborn: The Wax and Wayne series Alloy of Law Shadows of Self Bands of Mourning Collection Arcanum Unbounded Other Cosmere novels Elantris Warbreaker The Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians series Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians The Scrivener's Bones The Knights of Crystallia The Shattered Lens The Dark Talent The Rithmatist series The Rithmatist Other books by Brandon Sanderson The Reckoners Steelheart Firefight Calamity At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Steve Parker
Publisher : Record Breakers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2018-06-14
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1783123826

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Animal Record Breakers by Steve Parker Pdf

Meet the animals that set world records This fun look at a menagerie of fascinating creatures features bold, kid-pleasing graphics and easy-to-grasp comparisons. They're amazing Discover the greatest record-breakers of the animal world--the tallest, largest, strongest, deadliest, fastest, and freakiest. From man-eating sharks to snakes that grow longer than buses, these extreme creatures roam the land, swim in the sea, and fly in the sky. Kids will love the fun approach, cool CGI art that really brings each animal to life, and easy-to-grasp comparisons. Reissue

Author : Edward W. Robertson
Publisher : Edward W. Robertson
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2014-01-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Breakers by Edward W. Robertson Pdf

In New York, Walt Lawson is about to lose his girlfriend Vanessa. In Los Angeles, Raymond and Mia James are about to lose their house. Within days, none of it will matter. When Vanessa dies of the flu, Walt is devastated. But she isn't the last. The virus quickly kills billions, reducing New York to an open grave and LA to a chaotic wilderness of violence and fires. As Raymond and Mia hole up in an abandoned mansion, where they learn to function without electricity, running water, or neighbors, Walt begins an existential walk to LA, where Vanessa had planned to move when she left him. He expects to die along the way. Months later, a massive vessel appears above Santa Monica Bay. Walt is attacked by a crablike monstrosity in a mountain stream. The virus that ended humanity wasn't created by humans. It was inflicted from outside. The colonists who sent it are ready to finish the job--and Earth's survivors may be too few and too weak to resist. ~ Breakers is the first book in the finished BREAKERS series. For fans of The Stand, Hugh Howey, and Justin Cronin. Keywords: free, freebie, sci fi, post apocalyptic, post apocalyptic fiction, action, adventure, dystopian, aliens, science fiction series

Author : John Ehle
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2009-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0982441681

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Last One Home by John Ehle Pdf

Last One Home, the final book in John Ehle's masterful Appalachian series that traces the King family from The Land Breakers in 1779, as the first white settlers in the Appalachian Mountains of Western North Carolina, through the Great Depression in Last One Home. Harper Lee (To Kill a Mockingbird), says John Ehle "is our foremost writer of historical fiction." John Ehle's sense of place, his ear for language, and his ability to shape characters with love and a gentle sense of humor make Last One Home one of the great novels of all time.

Author : John Ehle
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:18260515

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The Land Breakers by John Ehle Pdf

Author : John Ehle
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2011-06-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9780307793836

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Trail of Tears by John Ehle Pdf

A sixth-generation North Carolinian, highly-acclaimed author John Ehle grew up on former Cherokee hunting grounds. His experience as an accomplished novelist, combined with his extensive, meticulous research, culminates in this moving tragedy rich with historical detail. The Cherokee are a proud, ancient civilization. For hundreds of years they believed themselves to be the "Principle People" residing at the center of the earth. But by the 18th century, some of their leaders believed it was necessary to adapt to European ways in order to survive. Those chiefs sealed the fate of their tribes in 1875 when they signed a treaty relinquishing their land east of the Mississippi in return for promises of wealth and better land. The U.S. government used the treaty to justify the eviction of the Cherokee nation in an exodus that the Cherokee will forever remember as the “trail where they cried.” The heroism and nobility of the Cherokee shine through this intricate story of American politics, ambition, and greed. B & W photographs

Author : Paolo Bacigalupi
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2010-05-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780316081689

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Ship Breaker (National Book Award Finalist) by Paolo Bacigalupi Pdf

Set in a dark future America devastated by the forces of climate change, this thrilling bestseller and National BookFinalist is a gritty, high-stakes adventure of a teenage boy faced with conflicting loyalties. In America's flooded Gulf Coast region, oil is scarce, but loyalty is scarcer. Grounded oil tankers are being broken down for parts by crews of young people. Nailer, a teenage boy, works the light crew, scavenging for copper wiring just to make quota--and hopefully live to see another day. But when, by luck or by chance, he discovers an exquisite clipper ship beached during a recent hurricane, Nailer faces the most important decision of his life: Strip the ship for all it's worth or rescue its lone survivor, a beautiful and wealthy girl who could lead him to a better life.... In this powerful novel, Hugo and Nebula Award winning author Paolo Bacigalupi delivers a fast-paced adventure set in the vivid and raw, uncertain future of his companion novels The Drowned Cities and Tool of War. "Suzanne Collins may have put dystopian literature on the YA map with The Hunger Games...but Bacigalupi is one of the genre's masters, employing inventively terrifying details in equally imaginative story lines." —Los Angeles Times A New York Times Bestseller A Michael L. Printz Award Winner A National Book Award Finalist A VOYA 2010 Top Shelf Fiction for Middle School Readers Book A Rolling Stone 40 Best YA Novels Book Don’t miss the other books in the series: The Drowned Cities Tool of War

Author : Justin Podur
Publisher : Fernwood Publishing
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2019-11-13T00:00:00Z
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781773631783

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Siegebreakers by Justin Podur Pdf

Under the crushing weight of the siege of Gaza, Laila and Nasser are members of the Palestinian resistance fighting desperately to free their people. Together, they learn of a plan to unite the disparate Palestinian factions and break Israel’s siege. Unknown to them, Ari, a brilliant Israeli spy, has decided that his conscience can no longer allow him to participate in the starvation of Gaza. A double agent whose every move is under mounting suspicion, Ari reaches out to the American contractors who trained him with a secret plan. As they all struggle to break the siege, they face the wrath of the Israeli military machine.

Author : James Axler
Publisher : Harlequin
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2012-11-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781459245167

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No Man's Land by James Axler Pdf

Dark Evolution There's little to remember about life before the Big Nuke, but there's plenty to scavenge in the tainted wreckage of the postapocalyptic frontier. The barbaric code of survival of the fittest, meanest or dirtiest makes for hard living and easy death. But Ryan Cawdor and his friends have stayed alive by holding on to their humanity—playing fair…and chilling only when they've got no choice. Grim Passage A civil war raging in the Des Moines River valley forces Ryan and his companions to take sides, or die. Because somewhere in the middle of the generations-old conflict is a lost redoubt. But Snake Eye, the deadliest gunslinger in Deathlands, stands between them and the way out. And the mutie contract chiller won't step aside until he has Ryan's head. In Deathlands, there's nothing but rock and a hard place….

Author : Ernest Haycox
Publisher : River City Press
Page : 405 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 089190977X

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The Earthbreakers by Ernest Haycox Pdf

Author : Patrick D. Smith
Publisher : Pineapple PressInc
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1561642231

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A Land Remembered by Patrick D. Smith Pdf

Traces the story of the MacIvey family of Florida from 1858 to 1968.

Author : Marcia Muller
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2018-08-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781455538959

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The Breakers by Marcia Muller Pdf

New York Times bestselling author Marcia Muller is at her page-turning best in THE BREAKERS, as she digs into a particularly disturbing corner of San Francisco's history--one that Sharon McCone may not escape alive... Sharon gets a request from her former neighbors the Curleys. Their usually dependable daughter, Chelle, hasn't answered their calls in over a week. Would Sharon check on her? Chelle, a house flipper, has been living at her latest rehab project: a Prohibition-era nightclub known as the Breakers, formerly a favored watering hole for San Francisco's elite, now converted into a run-down apartment building. There's something sinister about the quirky space, and Sharon quickly discovers why. Lurking in a secret room between two floors is a ghastly art gallery: photos and drawings of mass murderers, long ago and recent. Jack the Ripper. The Zodiac and Zebra killers. Charles Manson. What, an alarmed Sharon wonders, was Chelle doing in this chamber of horrors? And as Sharon begins to suspect that the ghoulish collage may be more than just a leftover relic of the Breakers' checkered history, her search for Chelle becomes a desperate race against the clock before a killer strikes again. "[Marcia Muller's] stories crackle like few others on the mystery landscape." --San Francisco Examiner & Chronicle "Muller undoubtedly remains one of today's best mystery writers." --Associated Press