The Night Counter

Author : Alia Yunis
Publisher : Crown
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2010-07-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307453631

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The Night Counter by Alia Yunis Pdf

"An immigrant-ethnic cocktail laced with political oppression, but before shaking, [Alia Yunis] adds Scheherazade, the fabled storyteller who kept herself alive by distracting her tyrannical husband for a thousand and one nights." --Carolyn See, Washington Post After 85 years, Fatima knows that she is dying because for the last 991 days she has been visited by the immortal storyteller from The Arabian Nights, Scheherazade. Just as Scheherazade spun magical stories for 1,001 nights to save her own life, Fatima has spent each night telling Scheherazade her life stories. But with only nine days left before her death, Fatima has a few loose ends to tie up. She must find a wife for her openly gay grandson, teach Arabic (and birth control) to her 17-year-old great-granddaughter, make amends with her estranged husband, and decide which of her troublesome children should inherit her family's home in Lebanon--a house she herself has not seen in nearly 70 years. Fatima’s children are spread far apart and are wrapped up in their own chaotic lives seemingly disinterested in their mother and their inheritances. But as she weaves stories of her husband, children, and grandchildren, Fatima brings together a family that is both capricious and steadfast, affectionate and also smothering, connected yet terribly alone. Taken all together, they present a striking and surprising tapestry of modern Arab American life. Shifting between America and Lebanon over the last hundred years, Alia Yunis crafts a bewitching debut novel imbued with great humanity, imagination, family drama and a touch of magic realism. Be prepared to feel utterly charmed.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs. Subcommittee on Government Information and Regulation
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Social Science
ISBN : PSU:000018812978

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Joint Hearing on Quality and Limitations of the S-night Homeless Count by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs. Subcommittee on Government Information and Regulation Pdf

Author : Michelle Shocklee
Publisher : Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Page : 425 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2022-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781496461094

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Count the Nights by Stars by Michelle Shocklee Pdf

Count your nights by stars, not shadows. Count your life with smiles, not tears. 1961. After a longtime resident at Nashville's historic Maxwell House Hotel suffers a debilitating stroke, Audrey Whitfield is tasked with cleaning out the reclusive woman's room. There, she discovers an elaborate scrapbook filled with memorabilia from the Tennessee Centennial Exposition. Love notes on the backs of unmailed postcards inside capture Audrey's imagination with hints of a forbidden romance . . . and troubling revelations about the disappearance of young women at the exposition. Audrey enlists the help of a handsome hotel guest as she tracks down clues and information about the mysterious "Peaches" and her regrets over one fateful day, nearly sixty-five years earlier. 1897. Outspoken and forward-thinking Priscilla Nichols isn't willing to settle for just any man. She's still holding out hope for love when she meets Luca Moretti on the eve of the Tennessee Centennial Exposition. Charmed by the Italian immigrant's boldness, Priscilla spends time exploring the wonderous sights of the expo with Luca--until a darkness overshadows the monthslong event. Haunted by a terrible truth, Priscilla and Luca are sent down separate paths as the night's stars fade into dawn.

Author : Holly Black
Publisher : Tor Books
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2022-05-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781250812209

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Book of Night by Holly Black Pdf

"A delicious, dark, adrenaline rush of a book. I'm already dying to see Charlie Hall's next con." - New York Times bestselling author, Alix E. Harrow #1 New York Times bestselling author Holly Black makes her stunning adult debut with Book of Night, a modern dark fantasy of betrayals, secret societies, and a dissolute thief of shadows, in the vein of Neil Gaiman and Erin Morgenstern. Charlie Hall has never found a lock she couldn’t pick, a book she couldn’t steal, or a bad decision she wouldn’t make. She's spent half her life working for gloamists, magicians who manipulate shadows to peer into locked rooms, strangle people in their beds, or worse. Gloamists guard their secrets greedily, creating an underground economy of grimoires. And to rob their fellow magicians, they need Charlie Hall. Now, she’s trying to distance herself from past mistakes, but getting out isn’t easy. Bartending at a dive, she’s still entirely too close to the corrupt underbelly of the Berkshires. Not to mention that her sister Posey is desperate for magic, and that Charlie's shadowless, and possibly soulless, boyfriend has been hiding things from her. When a terrible figure from her past returns, Charlie descends into a maelstrom of murder and lies. Determined to survive, she’s up against a cast of doppelgangers, mercurial billionaires, gloamists, and the people she loves best in the world—all trying to steal a secret that will give them vast and terrible power. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Hanan Al-Shaykh,?an?n Shaykh
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2011-08-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781408826041

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One Thousand and One Nights by Hanan Al-Shaykh,?an?n Shaykh Pdf

The Arab world's greatest folk stories re-imagined by the acclaimed Lebanese novelist Hanan al-Shaykh, published to coincide with the world tour of a magnificent musical and theatrical production directed by Tim Supple

Author : Erin Morgenstern
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2011-09-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780385534642

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The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern Pdf

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Two starcrossed magicians engage in a deadly game of cunning in the spellbinding novel that captured the world's imagination. • "Part love story, part fable ... defies both genres and expectations." —The Boston Globe The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique experience full of breathtaking amazements. It is called Le Cirque des Rêves, and it is only open at night. But behind the scenes, a fierce competition is underway: a duel between two young magicians, Celia and Marco, who have been trained since childhood expressly for this purpose by their mercurial instructors. Unbeknownst to them both, this is a game in which only one can be left standing. Despite the high stakes, Celia and Marco soon tumble headfirst into love, setting off a domino effect of dangerous consequences, and leaving the lives of everyone, from the performers to the patrons, hanging in the balance.

Author : Bram Stoker
Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
Page : 97 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1982-04-12
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780394848280

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Dracula by Bram Stoker Pdf

String garlic by the window and hang a cross around your neck! The most powerful vampire of all time returns in our Stepping Stone Classic adaption of the original tale by Bran Stoker. Follow Johnathan Harker, Mina Harker, and Dr. Abraham van Helsing as they discover the true nature of evil. Their battle to destroy Count Dracula takes them from the crags of his castle to the streets of London... and back again.

Author : Armin Stein
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1882
Category : Reformation
ISBN : UGA:32108003965061

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Count Erbach by Armin Stein Pdf

Author : Mark Haddon
Publisher : Anchor Canada
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2009-02-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307371560

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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon Pdf

A bestselling modern classic—both poignant and funny—narrated by a fifteen year old autistic savant obsessed with Sherlock Holmes, this dazzling novel weaves together an old-fashioned mystery, a contemporary coming-of-age story, and a fascinating excursion into a mind incapable of processing emotions. Christopher John Francis Boone knows all the countries of the world and their capitals and every prime number up to 7,057. Although gifted with a superbly logical brain, Christopher is autistic. Everyday interactions and admonishments have little meaning for him. At fifteen, Christopher’s carefully constructed world falls apart when he finds his neighbour’s dog Wellington impaled on a garden fork, and he is initially blamed for the killing. Christopher decides that he will track down the real killer, and turns to his favourite fictional character, the impeccably logical Sherlock Holmes, for inspiration. But the investigation leads him down some unexpected paths and ultimately brings him face to face with the dissolution of his parents’ marriage. As Christopher tries to deal with the crisis within his own family, the narrative draws readers into the workings of Christopher’s mind. And herein lies the key to the brilliance of Mark Haddon’s choice of narrator: The most wrenching of emotional moments are chronicled by a boy who cannot fathom emotions. The effect is dazzling, making for one of the freshest debut in years: a comedy, a tearjerker, a mystery story, a novel of exceptional literary merit that is great fun to read.

Author : Malinda Lo
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2021-01-19
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780525555261

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Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo Pdf

Winner of the National Book Award A New York Times Bestseller "The queer romance we’ve been waiting for.”—Ms. Magazine Seventeen-year-old Lily Hu can't remember exactly when the feeling took root—that desire to look, to move closer, to touch. Whenever it started growing, it definitely bloomed the moment she and Kathleen Miller walked under the flashing neon sign of a lesbian bar called the Telegraph Club. Suddenly everything seemed possible. But America in 1954 is not a safe place for two girls to fall in love, especially not in Chinatown. Red-Scare paranoia threatens everyone, including Chinese Americans like Lily. With deportation looming over her father—despite his hard-won citizenship—Lily and Kath risk everything to let their love see the light of day. (Cover image may vary.)

Author : Alexander William Kinglake
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1887
Category : Crimean War, 1853-1856
ISBN : PRNC:32101073335323

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The Invasion of the Crimea: From the opening of Pelissier's command to the death of Lord Raglan. 1st ed. 1887 by Alexander William Kinglake Pdf

Author : Alexandre Dumas,Auguste Maquet,Pier Angelo Fiorentino
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1888
Category : Electronic
ISBN : PRNC:32101063575797

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The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas,Auguste Maquet,Pier Angelo Fiorentino Pdf

Author : Maurice Auguste comte de Benyowsky
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : East Asia
ISBN : BSB:BSB11631167

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The Memoirs and Travels of Mauritius Augustus Count de Benyowsky by Maurice Auguste comte de Benyowsky Pdf

Author : comte André Franc̜ois Miot de Melite
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 816 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1881
Category : France
ISBN : NYPL:33433069329369

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Memoirs of Count Miot de Melito, Minister, Ambassador, Councillor of State and Member of the Institute of France, Between the Years 1788 and 1815 by comte André Franc̜ois Miot de Melite Pdf

Author : Hanya Yanagihara
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 834 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2016-01-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780804172707

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A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara Pdf

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A stunning “portrait of the enduring grace of friendship” (NPR) about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves. A masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century. NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • MAN BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST • WINNER OF THE KIRKUS PRIZE A Little Life follows four college classmates—broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition—as they move to New York in search of fame and fortune. While their relationships, which are tinged by addiction, success, and pride, deepen over the decades, the men are held together by their devotion to the brilliant, enigmatic Jude, a man scarred by an unspeakable childhood trauma. A hymn to brotherly bonds and a masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century, Hanya Yanagihara’s stunning novel is about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves. Look for Hanya Yanagihara’s latest bestselling novel, To Paradise.