The Wolfe At The Door

Author : Gene Wolfe
Publisher : Tor Books
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2023-10-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781250846211

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The Wolfe at the Door by Gene Wolfe Pdf

An all new collection from an American literary icon The circus comes to town... and a man gets to go to the stars. A young girl on a vacation at the sea meets the man of her dreams. Who just happens to be dead. And an immortal pirate. A swordfighter pens his memoirs... and finds his pen is in fact mightier than the sword. Welcome to Gene Wolfe’s playground, a place where genres blend and a genius’s imagination straps you in for the ride of your life. The Wolfe at the Door is a brand new collection from one of America’s premier literary giants, showcasing some material never been seen before. Short stories, yes, but also poems, essays, and ephemera that gives us a window into the mind of a literary powerhouse whose world view changed generations of readers in their perception of the universe. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Gene Wolfe
Publisher : Orb Books
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2001-10-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781466828247

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There Are Doors by Gene Wolfe Pdf

There Are Doors is the story of a man who falls in love with a goddess from an alternate universe. She flees him, but he pursues her through doorways-interdimensional gateways-to the other place, determined to sacrifice his life, if necessary, for her love. For in her world, to be her mate . . . is to die. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Michael J. Graetz,Ian Shapiro
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780674980884

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The Wolf at the Door by Michael J. Graetz,Ian Shapiro Pdf

The acclaimed authors of Death by a Thousand Cuts argue that Americans care less about inequality than about their own insecurity. Michael Graetz and Ian Shapiro propose realistic policies and strategies to make lives and communities more secure. This is an age of crisis. That much we can agree on. But a crisis of what? And how do we get out of it? Many on the right call for tax cuts and deregulation. Others on the left rage against the top 1 percent and demand wholesale economic change. Voices on both sides line up against globalization: restrict trade to protect jobs. In The Wolf at the Door, two leading political analysts argue that these views are badly mistaken. Michael Graetz and Ian Shapiro focus on what really worries people: not what the rich are making but rather their own insecurity and that of people close to them. Americans are concerned about losing what they have, whether jobs, status, or safe communities. They fear the wolf at the door. The solution is not protectionism or class warfare but a return to the hard work of building coalitions around realistic goals and pursuing them doggedly through the political system. This, Graetz and Shapiro explain, is how earlier reformers achieved meaningful changes, from the abolition of the slave trade to civil rights legislation. The authors make substantial recommendations for increasing jobs, improving wages, protecting families suffering from unemployment, and providing better health insurance and child care, and they guide us through the strategies needed to enact change. These are achievable reforms that would make Americans more secure. The Wolf at the Door is one of those rare books that not only diagnose our problems but also show us how we can address them.

Author : Jack Schneider,Jennifer C. Berkshire
Publisher : The New Press
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2023-03-07
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781620978122

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A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door by Jack Schneider,Jennifer C. Berkshire Pdf

A trenchant analysis of how public education is being destroyed in overt and deceptive ways—and how to fight back In the “vigorous, well-informed” (Kirkus Reviews) A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door, the co-hosts of the popular education podcast Have You Heard expose the potent network of conservative elected officials, advocacy groups, funders, and think tanks that are pushing a radical vision to do away with public education. “Cut[ing] through the rhetorical fog surrounding a host of free-market reforms and innovations” (Mike Rose), Jack Schneider and Jennifer Berkshire lay bare the dogma of privatization and reveal how it fits into the current context of right-wing political movements. A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door “goes above and beyond the typical explanations” (SchoolPolicy.org), giving readers an up-close look at the policies—school vouchers, the war on teachers’ unions, tax credit scholarships, virtual schools, and more—driving the movement’s agenda. Called “well-researched, carefully argued, and alarming” by Library Journal, this smart, essential book has already incited a public reckoning on behalf of the millions of families served by the American educational system—and many more who stand to suffer from its unmaking. “Just as with good sci-fi,” according to Jacobin, “the authors make a compelling case that, based on our current trajectory, a nightmare future is closer than we think.”

Author : Nick Ward
Publisher : Scholastic Press
Page : 23 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Children's stories
ISBN : 0439998883

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A Wolf at the Door by Nick Ward Pdf

"Who'sthere?" says little bear. and he jumps up to open the door. Is it one of his friends, or is a big bad wolf really trying to chase them all?

Author : Ellen Datlow,Terri Windling
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2012-03-20
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781442460393

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A Wolf at the Door by Ellen Datlow,Terri Windling Pdf

These are not your mother's fairy tales... Did you ever wonder how the dwarves felt after Snow White ditched them for the prince? Do you sometimes wish Cinderella hadn't been so helpless and petite? Are you ready to hear the Giant's point of view on Jack and his beanstalk? Then this is the book for you. Thirteen award-winning fantasy and science fiction writers offer up their versions of these classic fairy tales as well as other favorites, including The Ugly Duckling, Ali Baba, Hansel and Gretel, and more. Some of the stories are funny, some are strange, and others are dark and disturbing -- but each offers something as unexpected as a wolf at the door.

Author : Rex Stout
Publisher : Pioneer Drama Service, Inc.
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1947
Category : Detective and mystery stories
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Three Doors to Death by Rex Stout Pdf

Author : Laura Wolfe
Publisher : Bookouture
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2021-11-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1803140062

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We Live Next Door: An Utterly Gripping Psychological Thriller with a Jaw-dropping Twist by Laura Wolfe Pdf

You think you know the people next door... What if they know you better? I always dreamed of moving back home to Ridgeview Pines, with its white fences and sloping lawns. I wish it had happened under different circumstances, but now I'm here I feel safe and ready for a fresh start with my little family. The first thing I do every morning is pick up my phone and check The Neighbor List-our local message board. Maybe the people next door know a little too much about where their neighbors are and what they're doing, but it's safer that way, isn't it? And my husband-he wouldn't dare sneak behind my back with so many eyes watching. Just when I'm beginning to relax, a woman I've known since I was small is found dead on the white tiles of her bathroom floor. I watch messages of condolence flood my screen. No one else suspects a thing. But I know that among all these friendly people, watching out for one another, someone knows more than they're sharing. And I wonder-how far back do they remember, and who's next? An utterly gripping psychological thriller that will keep you up all night. Perfect for fans of The Couple Next Door, The Woman in the Window and Behind Closed Doors.

Author : Thomas Wolfe
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 660 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1989-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780020408918

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The Complete Short Stories Of Thomas Wolfe by Thomas Wolfe Pdf

These fifty-eight stories make up the most thorough collection of Thomas Wolfe's short fiction to date, spanning the breadth of the author's career, from the uninhibited young writer who penned "The Train and the City" to his mature, sobering account of a terrible lynching in "The Child by Tiger". Thirty-five of these stories have never before been collected. Lightning Print On Demand Title

Author : Gene Wolfe
Publisher : Gollancz
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2015-03-12
Category : Fantasy fiction, American
ISBN : 1473211972

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The Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe Pdf

An extraordinary epic, set a million years in the future, in the time of a dying sun, when our present culture is no longer even a memory. Severian, a torturer's apprentice, is exiled from his guild after falling in love with one of his prisoners. Ordered to the distant city of Thrax, armed with his ancient executioner's sword, Terminus Est, Severian must make his way across the perilous, ruined landscape of this far-future Urth. But is his finding of the mystical gem, the Claw of the Conciliator, merely an accident, or does Fate have a grander plans for Severian the torturer . . . ? This edition contains the first two volumes of this four volume novel, The Shadow of the Torturer and The Claw of the Conciliator.

Author : Scarlett Haven
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2019-09-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 169858346X

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The New Girl by Scarlett Haven Pdf

I'm just trying to survive Shifter Academy. Meeting four gorgeous men wasn't part of the plan. I've been locked away my whole life, because my alpha thinks that I'm an embarrassment. I'm the runt of my panther pride--not good enough, not strong enough, and different than everybody else. Then I get the letter. Shifter Academy says that my enrollment is mandatory. This is the chance I've been waiting for. Once and for all, I will prove that just because I'm a runt doesn't mean I'm not strong. I'm going to Shifter Academy, and not even my alpha can stop me. The New Girl is the first book in the Shifter Academy: United Series. It is a slow burn, reverse harem (RH), why choose, fast paced, action packed, young adult (YA) paranormal romance. This book follows Layla, an eighteen-year-old panther shifter, through her senior year at Shifter Academy against the will of her alpha. Her story takes place in a world filled with different types of shifters, fae and many other supernatural creatures. MORE IN THIS SERIES: Book 1: The New Girl Book 2: The Lost Girl Book 3: The Forever Girl (coming soon) MORE SERIES IN THIS WORLD: Shifter Academy Dragon Shifter Academy Tiger Shifter Chronicles Elite Academy Elemental Academy

Author : Emma Kavanagh
Publisher : Orion
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2020-07-16
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1409175057

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The Wolf at the Door by Emma Kavanagh Pdf

Author : Gene Wolfe
Publisher : Orb Books
Page : 415 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1994-10-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781429966313

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Sword & Citadel by Gene Wolfe Pdf

The Book of the New Sun is unanimously acclaimed as Gene Wolfe's most remarkable work, hailed as "a masterpiece of science fantasy comparable in importance to the major works of Tolkien and Lewis" by Publishers Weekly. Sword & Citadel brings together the final two books of the tetralogy in one volume: The Sword of the Lictor is the third volume in Wolfe's remarkable epic, chronicling the odyssey of the wandering pilgrim called Severian, driven by a powerful and unfathomable destiny, as he carries out a dark mission far from his home. The Citadel of the Autarch brings The Book of the New Sun to its harrowing conclusion, as Severian clashes in a final reckoning with the dread Autarch, fulfilling an ancient prophecy that will forever alter the realm known as Urth. "Brilliant . . . terrific . . . a fantasy so epic it beggars the mind. An extraordinary work of art!"-Philadelphia Inquirer "The Book of the New Sun establishes [Wolfe's] preeminence, pure and simple. . . . The Book of the New Sun contains elements of Spenserian allegory, Swiftian satire, Dickensian social consciousness and Wagnerian mythology. Wolfe creates a truly alien social order that the reader comes to experience from within . . . once into it, there is no stopping."--The New York Times Book Review At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Augusten Burroughs
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2008-04-29
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781429937658

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A Wolf at the Table by Augusten Burroughs Pdf

"As a little boy, I had a dream that my father had taken me to the woods where there was a dead body. He buried it and told me I must never tell. It was the only thing we'd ever done together as father and son, and I promised not to tell. But unlike most dreams, the memory of this one never left me. And sometimes...I wasn't altogether sure about one thing: was it just a dream?" When Augusten Burroughs was small, his father was a shadowy presence in his life: a form on the stairs, a cough from the basement, a silent figure smoking a cigarette in the dark. As Augusten grew older, something sinister within his father began to unfurl. Something dark and secretive that could not be named. Betrayal after shocking betrayal ensued, and Augusten's childhood was over. The kind of father he wanted didn't exist for him. This father was distant, aloof, uninterested... And then the "games" began. With A Wolf at the Table, Augusten Burroughs makes a quantum leap into untapped emotional terrain: the radical pendulum swing between love and hate, the unspeakably terrifying relationship between father and son. Told with scorching honesty and penetrating insight, it is a story for anyone who has ever longed for unconditional love from a parent. Though harrowing and brutal, A Wolf at the Table will ultimately leave you buoyed with the profound joy of simply being alive. It's a memoir of stunning psychological cruelty and the redemptive power of hope.

Author : Thomas Wolfe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : American poetry
ISBN : 0684124742

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A Stone, a Leaf, a Door by Thomas Wolfe Pdf