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Author |
: Gordon Joseph Murray |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 212 |
Release |
: 2014-02 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0986062006 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780986062001 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (06 Downloads) |
Synopsis Lost In Oscar Hotel by : Gordon Joseph Murray
In the spring of 2013, pilots Gordon "Joe" Murray and Ron Siwik set out to fly from Kent State University's Andrew W. Paton Airport in northeast Ohio to Dayton's Wright Brothers Airport near Ohio's southern border in two 1946 Piper J3 Cubs in a way no one ever had before - by flying consecutively via all of Ohio's 88 counties, a distance of 1,670 miles. This is the story of their adventure.
Author |
: Jamie Ford |
Publisher |
: Ballantine Books |
Total Pages |
: 370 |
Release |
: 2009-01-27 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780345512505 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0345512502 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (05 Downloads) |
Synopsis Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by : Jamie Ford
"Sentimental, heartfelt….the exploration of Henry’s changing relationship with his family and with Keiko will keep most readers turning pages...A timely debut that not only reminds readers of a shameful episode in American history, but cautions us to examine the present and take heed we don’t repeat those injustices."-- Kirkus Reviews “A tender and satisfying novel set in a time and a place lost forever, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet gives us a glimpse of the damage that is caused by war--not the sweeping damage of the battlefield, but the cold, cruel damage to the hearts and humanity of individual people. Especially relevant in today's world, this is a beautifully written book that will make you think. And, more importantly, it will make you feel." -- Garth Stein, New York Times bestselling author of The Art of Racing in the Rain “Jamie Ford's first novel explores the age-old conflicts between father and son, the beauty and sadness of what happened to Japanese Americans in the Seattle area during World War II, and the depths and longing of deep-heart love. An impressive, bitter, and sweet debut.” -- Lisa See, bestselling author of Snow Flower and the Secret Fan In the opening pages of Jamie Ford’s stunning debut novel, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, Henry Lee comes upon a crowd gathered outside the Panama Hotel, once the gateway to Seattle’s Japantown. It has been boarded up for decades, but now the new owner has made an incredible discovery: the belongings of Japanese families, left when they were rounded up and sent to internment camps during World War II. As Henry looks on, the owner opens a Japanese parasol. This simple act takes old Henry Lee back to the 1940s, at the height of the war, when young Henry’s world is a jumble of confusion and excitement, and to his father, who is obsessed with the war in China and having Henry grow up American. While “scholarshipping” at the exclusive Rainier Elementary, where the white kids ignore him, Henry meets Keiko Okabe, a young Japanese American student. Amid the chaos of blackouts, curfews, and FBI raids, Henry and Keiko forge a bond of friendship–and innocent love–that transcends the long-standing prejudices of their Old World ancestors. And after Keiko and her family are swept up in the evacuations to the internment camps, she and Henry are left only with the hope that the war will end, and that their promise to each other will be kept. Forty years later, Henry Lee is certain that the parasol belonged to Keiko. In the hotel’s dark dusty basement he begins looking for signs of the Okabe family’s belongings and for a long-lost object whose value he cannot begin to measure. Now a widower, Henry is still trying to find his voice–words that might explain the actions of his nationalistic father; words that might bridge the gap between him and his modern, Chinese American son; words that might help him confront the choices he made many years ago. Set during one of the most conflicted and volatile times in American history, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet is an extraordinary story of commitment and enduring hope. In Henry and Keiko, Jamie Ford has created an unforgettable duo whose story teaches us of the power of forgiveness and the human heart. BONUS: This edition contains a Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet discussion guide and an excerpt from Jamie Ford's Love and Other Consolation Prizes.
Author |
: Robert A. Davidson |
Publisher |
: University of Toronto Press |
Total Pages |
: 316 |
Release |
: 2018-11-05 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781487519131 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1487519133 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (31 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Hotel by : Robert A. Davidson
The Hotel: Occupied Space explores the hotel as both symbol and space through the concept of “occupancy.” By examining the various ways in which the hotel is manifested in art, photography, and film, this book offers a timely critique of a crucial modern space. As a site of occupancy, the hotel has provided continued creative inspiration for artists from Monet and Hopper, to genre filmmakers like Hitchcock and Sofia Coppola. While the rich symbolic importance of the hotel means that the visual arts and cinema are especially fruitful, the hotel’s varied structural purposes, as well as its historical and political uses, also provide ample ground for new and timely discussion. In addition to inspiring painters, photographers, and filmmakers, the hotel has played an important role during wartime, and more recently as a site of accommodation for displaced people, whether they be detainees or refugees seeking sanctuary. Shedding light on the diverse ways that the hotel functions as a structure, Robert A. Davidson argues that the hotel is both a fundamental modern space and a constantly adaptable structure, dependent on the circumstances in which it appears and plays a part.
Author |
: Joe Bongiorno |
Publisher |
: Lulu.com |
Total Pages |
: 574 |
Release |
: 2018-07-30 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780991199174 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0991199170 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (74 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Lost Tales of Oz by : Joe Bongiorno
18 story anthology set in the world of L. Frank Baum's Land of Oz, lavishly illustrated by Eric Shanower, and covering numerous styles and time-frames in the history of Oz. When Princesses Trot and Betsy stumble upon the Lost Tales section of Oz history in the Royal Library, they're in for adventures beyond their imagining!
Author |
: Briton Hadden |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 744 |
Release |
: 1928 |
ISBN-10 |
: MINN:31951001390185S |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (5S Downloads) |
Synopsis Time by : Briton Hadden
Author |
: Jamie Ford |
Publisher |
: Ballantine Books |
Total Pages |
: 773 |
Release |
: 2014-11-18 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780804180894 |
ISBN-13 |
: 080418089X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (94 Downloads) |
Synopsis Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet and Songs of Willow Frost: Two Bestselling Novels by : Jamie Ford
Jamie Ford caused a stir among readers with his unforgettable debut, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, which he followed up with the much-anticipated Songs of Willow Frost. Each in their own way, these New York Times bestsellers delve into the past, combining exquisite storytelling with heartfelt explorations of family, love, and heritage. Now both magnificent novels are together in one exclusive eBook bundle. HOTEL ON THE CORNER OF BITTER AND SWEET “Mesmerizing and evocative . . . a tale of conflicted loyalties and timeless devotion.”—Sara Gruen, author of Water for Elephants “A wartime-era Chinese-Japanese variation on Romeo and Juliet . . . The period detail [is] so revealing and so well rendered.”—The Seattle Times In 1986, Henry Lee joins a crowd outside the Panama Hotel, once the gateway to Seattle’s Japantown, where the new owner has discovered the belongings of Japanese families who were sent to internment camps during World War II. As the owner displays and unfurls a Japanese parasol, Henry, a Chinese American, remembers a young Japanese American girl from his childhood in the 1940s—Keiko Okabe, with whom he forged a bond that transcended the prejudices of their Old World ancestors. After Keiko and her family were evacuated, she and Henry could only hope that their promise to each other would be kept. Now, forty years later, Henry explores the hotel’s basement for the Okabe family’s belongings and for a long-lost object whose value he cannot even begin to measure. SONGS OF WILLOW FROST “Jamie Ford is a first-rate novelist, and with Songs of Willow Frost he takes a great leap forward and demonstrates the uncanny ability to move me to tears.”—Pat Conroy, author of The Prince of Tides “Arresting . . . [with] the kind of ending readers always hope for, but seldom get.”—The Dallas Morning News Seattle, 1934: Twelve-year-old William Eng, a Chinese American boy, has lived at Sacred Heart Orphanage ever since his mother was carried away from their small apartment five years ago. But now William, in a rare visit to the movies, has glimpsed an actress on the silver screen who goes by the name of Willow Frost. Struck by her features, William is convinced that she is his mother. Determined to find her, William escapes from Sacred Heart with his friend Charlotte. The pair navigate the streets of Seattle, where they must not only survive but confront the mysteries of William’s past and his connection to Willow Frost . . . a woman whose story is far more complicated than any fantasy portrayed onscreen.
Author |
: Daniela Tully |
Publisher |
: Thomas Dunne Books |
Total Pages |
: 254 |
Release |
: 2018-04-10 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781250126979 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1250126975 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (79 Downloads) |
Synopsis Hotel on Shadow Lake by : Daniela Tully
Suspenseful and compelling, Daniela Tully’s Hotel on Shadow Lake is at once an intricate mystery, an epic romance, and a Gothic family saga. When Maya was a girl in Germany, her grandmother was everything to her: teller of magical fairy tales, surrogate mother, best friend. Then, shortly after Maya’s sixteenth birthday, her grandmother disappeared without a trace, leaving Maya with only questions to fill the void. Twenty-seven years later, her grandmother’s body is found in a place she had no connection to: the Montgomery Resort in upstate New York. How did she get there? Why had she come? Desperate for answers, Maya leaves her life in Germany behind and travels to America, where she is drawn to the powerful family that owns the hotel and seemingly the rest of the town. Soon Maya is unraveling secrets that go back decades, from 1910s New York to 1930s Germany and beyond. But when she begins to find herself spinning her own lies in order to uncover the circumstances surrounding her grandmother’s death, she must decide whether her life and a chance at true love are worth risking for the truth.
Author |
: Harlan Coben |
Publisher |
: Penguin |
Total Pages |
: 392 |
Release |
: 2009-03-31 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781101028742 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1101028742 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (42 Downloads) |
Synopsis Long Lost by : Harlan Coben
The bestselling author and creator of the hit Netflix drama The Stranger ratchets up the tension as sports agent Myron Bolitar gets mixed up in some international intrigue in this #1 New York Times bestseller. With an early morning phone call, an old flame wakes Myron Bolitar from sleep. Terese Collins is in Paris, and she needs his help. In her debt, Myron makes the trip, and learns of a decade-long secret: Terese once had a daughter who died in a car accident. Now it seems as though that daughter may be alive—and tied to a sinister plot with shocking global implications....
Author |
: David Wallace |
Publisher |
: Macmillan |
Total Pages |
: 216 |
Release |
: 2001-04-07 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0312261950 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780312261955 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (50 Downloads) |
Synopsis Lost Hollywood by : David Wallace
Using 25 lost structures as a launching point to tell the history of the movie business in Hollywood, Wallace covers such vanished landmarks as Marion Davies's Ocean House, called "Xanadu by the Sea", the Hollywood Canteen, the Garden of Allah, the Brown Derby, and the legendary Pickfair. 22 photos.
Author |
: A. Ashley Straker |
Publisher |
: A Ashley Straker |
Total Pages |
: 288 |
Release |
: 2014-11-22 |
ISBN-10 |
: |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 ( Downloads) |
Synopsis Infected Connection by : A. Ashley Straker
While investigating a fault plaguing the newest model of smartphone, stressed technician Simon Parfitt makes a disturbing discovery. Incubating inside the batteries are spider-like creatures, and the phenomenon seems to be spreading. But when he tries to alert the authorities, it becomes clear that someone - or something - wants him dead. As paranoia sets in, Simon is reluctantly recruited in the fight against an enemy that is forever several steps ahead. People become pawns, friends become foes, and civilisation starts to crumble.