The House of Broken Angels

The House of Broken Angels
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Publisher : Little, Brown
Total Pages : 275
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ISBN-10 : 9780316516259
ISBN-13 : 0316516252
Rating : 4/5 (59 Downloads)

Synopsis The House of Broken Angels by : Luis Alberto Urrea

In this "raucous, moving, and necessary" story by a Pulitzer Prize finalist (San Francisco Chronicle), the De La Cruzes, a family on the Mexican-American border, celebrate two of their most beloved relatives during a joyous and bittersweet weekend. "All we do, mija, is love. Love is the answer. Nothing stops it. Not borders. Not death." In his final days, beloved and ailing patriarch Miguel Angel de La Cruz, affectionately called Big Angel, has summoned his entire clan for one last legendary birthday party. But as the party approaches, his mother, nearly one hundred, dies, transforming the weekend into a farewell doubleheader. Among the guests is Big Angel's half brother, known as Little Angel, who must reckon with the truth that although he shares a father with his siblings, he has not, as a half gringo, shared a life. Across two bittersweet days in their San Diego neighborhood, the revelers mingle among the palm trees and cacti, celebrating the lives of Big Angel and his mother, and recounting the many inspiring tales that have passed into family lore, the acts both ordinary and heroic that brought these citizens to a fraught and sublime country and allowed them to flourish in the land they have come to call home. Teeming with brilliance and humor, authentic at every turn, The House of Broken Angels is Luis Alberto Urrea at his best, and cements his reputation as a storyteller of the first rank. "Epic . . . Rambunctious . . . Highly entertaining." -- New York Times Book Review"Intimate and touching . . . the stuff of legend." -- San Francisco Chronicle"An immensely charming and moving tale." -- Boston GlobeNational Bestseller and National Book Critics Circle Award finalistA New York Times Notable BookOne of the Best Books of the Year from National Public Radio, American Library Association, San Francisco Chronicle, BookPage, Newsday, BuzzFeed, Kirkus, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Literary Hub

House of Leaves

House of Leaves
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Publisher : Pantheon
Total Pages : 738
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ISBN-10 : 9780375420528
ISBN-13 : 0375420525
Rating : 4/5 (28 Downloads)

Synopsis House of Leaves by : Mark Z. Danielewski

“A novelistic mosaic that simultaneously reads like a thriller and like a strange, dreamlike excursion into the subconscious.” —The New York Times Years ago, when House of Leaves was first being passed around, it was nothing more than a badly bundled heap of paper, parts of which would occasionally surface on the Internet. No one could have anticipated the small but devoted following this terrifying story would soon command. Starting with an odd assortment of marginalized youth -- musicians, tattoo artists, programmers, strippers, environmentalists, and adrenaline junkies -- the book eventually made its way into the hands of older generations, who not only found themselves in those strangely arranged pages but also discovered a way back into the lives of their estranged children. Now this astonishing novel is made available in book form, complete with the original colored words, vertical footnotes, and second and third appendices. The story remains unchanged, focusing on a young family that moves into a small home on Ash Tree Lane where they discover something is terribly wrong: their house is bigger on the inside than it is on the outside. Of course, neither Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Will Navidson nor his companion Karen Green was prepared to face the consequences of that impossibility, until the day their two little children wandered off and their voices eerily began to return another story -- of creature darkness, of an ever-growing abyss behind a closet door, and of that unholy growl which soon enough would tear through their walls and consume all their dreams.

Unnatural Emotions

Unnatural Emotions
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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Total Pages : 286
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780226219783
ISBN-13 : 022621978X
Rating : 4/5 (83 Downloads)

Synopsis Unnatural Emotions by : Catherine A. Lutz

"An outstanding contribution to psychological anthropology. Its excellent ethnography and its provocative theory make it essential reading for all those concerned with the understanding of human emotions."—Karl G. Heider, American Anthropologist

Famished

Famished
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Publisher : AuthorHouse
Total Pages : 224
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781477253670
ISBN-13 : 147725367X
Rating : 4/5 (70 Downloads)

Synopsis Famished by : Edwin F. Becker

Eaten Alive??? Earl Mason was your average small town pharmacist whose hidden sideline was manufacturing Methamphetamine for the largest drug dealer in southwest Missouri. In a failed attempt to improve his meth recipe and give these emaciated drug addicts a case of the munchies, he adds a powerful hunger enzyme that alters and damages their brain. It creates uncontrollable aggression and hunger which is focused solely on their species. They want human flesh! In effect, he creates a mindless cannibal that is stronger, faster, and impervious to pain. As the problem manifests, read how each drastically different town, with varying law enforcement resources attempts to deal with, and contain the problem. What would you do if 911 was busy? Written as a novel, the premise has turned out to be prophetic as evidenced in recent news headlines. They blame bath salts. However, one of the main ingredients is methylenedioxypyrovalerone (MDPV.) The key is the first four letters..Meth. This drug when mixed with a number of other chemicals can produce unimaginable effects on the hypothalamus part of the brain. Ever wonder why an anti-depressant can have the contradictory side effect of suicide? Simply because dousing the hypothalamus with chemicals can be unpredictable, and a known fact in the pharmaceutical and medical communities. So the human behavior I describe has already occurred when a man ate another mans face in Miami, then cannibalism in Canada, then Louisiana. So who is next? Did you ever wonder what could be more horrifying then a zombie? Reality!

The House of Pan

The House of Pan
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 220
Release :
ISBN-10 : NYPL:33433074848742
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (42 Downloads)

Synopsis The House of Pan by : Anna Robeson Brown Burr

The House of Thane

The House of Thane
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 332
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ISBN-10 : NYPL:33433074812490
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (90 Downloads)

Synopsis The House of Thane by : Elizabeth Dejeans

A Poor Man's House

A Poor Man's House
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Publisher : DigiCat
Total Pages : 210
Release :
ISBN-10 : EAN:8596547382409
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (09 Downloads)

Synopsis A Poor Man's House by : Stephen Sydney Reynolds

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "A Poor Man's House" by Stephen Sydney Reynolds. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

The Blind Man's House--a Quiet Story

The Blind Man's House--a Quiet Story
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Publisher : DigiCat
Total Pages : 327
Release :
ISBN-10 : EAN:8596547186328
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (28 Downloads)

Synopsis The Blind Man's House--a Quiet Story by : Hugh Walpole

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Blind Man's House--a Quiet Story" by Hugh Walpole. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.