![]() ![]() Daring escapes, disguises, and determination make this a thrilling story. This is not a novel of despair, this is a novel of a family’s struggle to survive, their bravery and ingenuity in the face of tremendously overwhelming forces. Hunter tells the story from the viewpoints of the various family members, recounting their experiences during Hitler’s reign of terror. ![]() They were also Jewish, when a loud, hate filled bully came to power in neighboring Germany, he rolled over Poland spreading his hate, and then being Jewish was all that mattered. They had been Polish for generations, active members of their community, friendly with their neighbors. The Kurc family was well-educated, financially successful, artistically inclined, and tremendously close. Hunter mines her family’s experiences to create an incredibly moving saga of the WWII Jewish holocaust and diaspora. ![]()
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![]() ![]() But he takes a look and, indeed, in the middle of the movie the screen blinks dark for a moment and She’s All That is replaced by a black-and-white scene, shot in a barn, with only the faint sounds of someone breathing. Two days later, a different customer returns She’s All That, a new release, and complains that there’s something wrong with it: “There’s another movie on this tape.” It’s good enough for Jeremy: It’s a job, quiet and predictable, and it gets him out of the house, where he lives with his dad and where they both try to avoid missing Mom, who died six years ago in a car wreck.īut when a local schoolteacher comes in to return her copy of Targets―an old movie, starring Boris Karloff, one Jeremy himself had ordered for the store―she has an odd complaint: “There’s something on it,” she says, but doesn’t elaborate. ![]() ![]() Jeremy works at the Video Hut in Nevada, Iowa―a small town in the center of the state, the first “a” in Nevada pronounced “ay.” This is the late 1990s, and while the Hollywood Video in Ames poses an existential threat to Video Hut, there are still regular customers, a rush in the late afternoon. ![]() Life in a small town takes a dark turn when mysterious footage begins appearing on VHS cassettes at the local Video Hut. ![]() ![]() ![]() Four appear here in print for the first time: “Jerusalem’s Lot,” “Quitters, Inc.,” “The Last Rung on the Ladder” and “The Woman in the Room.” Many stories became the basis of feature film adaptations, including “The Lawnmower Man,” “Children of the Corn,” “Graveyard Shift” and “The Mangler.” “Night Surf” and “Jerusalem’s Lot” provided the genesis, respectively, for The Stand (1978) and ’Salem’s Lot (1975). Included in Night Shift, his fifth published book, are 20 of King’s early stories, many previously published in Cavalier Magazine and others in Penthouse, Cosmopolitan, Gallery and Maine Magazine. ![]() Recognizing the substantial time commitment required, Doubleday agreed to publish a short story collection, though limiting the initial printing to 1500 copies-half that of King’s first book and one of the smallest print runs of any King first edition. Octavo, original half black cloth, original dust jacket.įirst edition of King’s first short story collection.Īfter the 1977 publication of The Shining, King began work on his next novel, The Stand. LET’S TALK ABOUT FEAR”: FIRST EDITION OF STEPHEN KING’S NIGHT SHIFT ![]() ![]() ![]() My eyes tearing up when my heart (I mean. ![]() "I felt all of the rushes, the adrenaline surges, the anger spikes. Punctuated by blistering-hot sex scenes and fascinating glimpses into the tough world of motorcycle clubs, this romance also delivers true heart and emotion, and a story that will stay with the reader long after the final page is turned."- Publishers Weekly, Starred Review, on Fire Inside "Ashley delivers a deeply emotional second installment of the Chaos contemporary romance series (after Own the Wind). "A thread of mystery helps this fast-paced novel effectively deliver both romance and suspense."- Publishers Weekly on Law Man Can the hot law man convince Mara to let go of her past-and build a future with him? But when Mara gets a disturbing phone call from her cousin's kids, she gets pulled back into the life she's tried so hard to leave behind. He jumps at the chance to help her, and soon their formerly platonic relationship gets very hot and heavy. Mitch has been eyeing his beautiful neighbor for a long time. But when Mara has a leaky faucet that she can't fix, it's Mitch who comes to her rescue. She's a girl from the wrong side of the tracks, and there's no way a guy like Mitch would want anything to do with her. Handsome police detective Mitch Lawson is way out of her league. For four years, she has secretly watched her dream man from afar. Sweet, shy Mara Hanover is in love with her neighbor. About the Book "Grand Central Publishing contemporary romance"-Spine.īook Synopsis Love is just around the corner. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It should immediately be said that thanks to the remarkable talent of the narrator and psychologist Banks do not turn his novel into a mediocre thriller.ĭeep, even philosophical author's intention is being opened gradually, little by little. ![]() Sixteen-year-old Frank lives with his father on a small island and is devoted to the games and fantasies of a lonely teenager, but gradually the reader learns that on Frank's conscience, there are three murders committed with devilish dexterity and even artistry. ![]() Indeed, it is difficult to imagine the reader being indifferent to this book, as the plot of the novel is shocking. The very first novel of Banks “ The Wasp Factory” (1984) caused a storm of feedback - from enthusiastic to angry. Critics regard him highly, and rightly so, in early 1999, according to a survey on the website of BBC News Banks got to the fifth place in the top ten "literary hit parade of Millennium" – losing to Shakespeare, Jane Austen, Orwell, and Dickens, but ahead of Tolkien, Joyce, Dostoyevsky, Cervantes, and Mark Twain. Scottish writer Iain Banks is one of the most famous in the world among contemporary novelists. Written by Aleksei Marchyn and other people who wish to remain anonymous We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() At eighteen, her and her friends that formed the "Star Cluster" passed their final tests and became full sisters. When she was sixteen she took the test to enter the order as a trainee and passed, the next two years was spent training as a Swordwoman and forming her future "Star Cluster". Kayl agreed and was raised to the sisterhood for the order. While the villagers were auguring about what to do with her, Dalessi, of the Sisterhood of Stars joined them and ask Kayl if she would like to live with her and be raised by the sisters. ![]() Once a Thar, when Kayl was six years old, she was left behind when a raid on a village went wrong. When a day at the state fair is interrupted by the news that she’s the daughter of a “Dark Lord,” she and her family are quickly whisked to another world-one that’s chock-full of magic but lacking in technology! Read More. A new middle-grade series from Patricia Wrede. ![]() ![]() The last thing Sydney wants is to be accused of sympathizing with vampires, And now she has to live with one. ![]() To avoid a civil war, Sydney is called upon to act as Jill's guardian and protector, posing as her roommate in a human boarding school in Palm Springs, California. When Sydney is torn from her bed in the middle of the night, she learns that Jill Dragomir – the sister of Moroi queen Lissa Dragomir is in mortal danger, and the Moroi must send her into hiding. An d now with her allegiance in question, her future is on the line. But the last encounter Sydney has with vampires got her in deep trouble with the other Alchemists. They protect vampire secrets – and human lives. That's because she's an Alchemist – one of a group of human who dabble in magic and serve the worlds of humans and vampires. ![]() ![]() ![]() I love that Hiccup is growing up a little. Well, maybe surprised for 80% of what unfolds. Despite CC liberally planting foreshadowing and plot clues, I am surprised every time. Reader thoughts: I keep thinking I can predict the ends for these books, or even the middles. Cressida lives in Hammersmith with her husband and three children.Ħ. ![]() Also the author of picture books, Cressida has won the Nestle Children's Book Prize 2006 and has been shortlisted for many others. A DreamWorks Animation feature film is out in March 2010. How to Train Your Dragon is now published in over 30 languages. The unique blend of child centred humour and sublime prose made Hiccup an instant hit. Cressida has written and illustrated eight books in the popular Hiccup series. ![]() Cressida loves illustrating her own work, but also loves writing books for other people to illustrate as the end result can be so unexpected and inspiring. ![]() She has a BA in English Literature from Oxford University, a BA in Graphic Design from St Martin's and an MA in Narrative Illustration from Brighton. She was convinced that there were dragons living on this island, and has been fascinated by dragons ever since. Cressida Cowell grew up in London and on a small, uninhabited island off the west coast of Scotland. ![]() ![]() ![]() His longest work, the three-volume Uzumaki, is about a town's obsession with spirals: people become variously fascinated with, terrified of, and consumed by the countless occurrences of the spiral in nature. Ito's universe is also very cruel and capricious his characters often find themselves victims of malevolent unnatural circumstances for no discernible reason or punished out of proportion for minor infractions against an unknown and incomprehensible natural order. For example: A girl's hair rebels against being cut off and runs off with her head Girls deliberately catch a disease that makes them beautiful but then murder each other a woman treats her skin with lotion so she can take it off and look at her muscles, but the skin dissolves and she tries to steal her sister's skin, etc. ![]() The most common obsessions are with beauty, long hair, and beautiful girls, especially in his Tomie and Flesh-Colored Horror comic collections. Nevertheless, upon graduation he trained as a dental technician, and until the early 1990s he juggled his dental career with his increasingly successful hobby - even after being selected as the winner of the prestigious Umezu prize for horror manga. ![]() ![]() Born in Gifu Prefecture in 1963, he was inspired from a young age by his older sister's drawing and Kazuo Umezu's comics and thus took an interest in drawing horror comics himself. ![]() |