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Author |
: Jordan Ellenberg |
Publisher |
: Coffee House Press |
Total Pages |
: 248 |
Release |
: 2014-05-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781566893862 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1566893860 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (62 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Grasshopper King by : Jordan Ellenberg
Chandler State University is the one thing keeping the dusty, Western town of Chandler on the map. Now that its basketball program has fallen apart, CSU’s only claim to fame is its Gravinics Department, dedicated to the study of an obscure European country—its mythology, its extraordinarily difficult language, and especially its bizarre star poet, Henderson. Having discovered Henderson’s poetry in a trash bin, Stanley Higgs becomes the foremost scholar of the poet’s work, accepts a position at Chandler State University, achieves international academic fame, marries the Dean’s daughter, and abruptly stops talking. With all of academia convinced that Higgs is formulating a great truth, the university employs Orwellian techniques to record Higgs’s every potential utterance and to save its reputation. A feckless Gravinics language student, Samuel Grapearbor, together with his long-suffering girlfriend Julia, is hired to monitor Higgs during the day. Over endless games of checkers and shared sandwiches, a uniquely silent friendship develops. As one man struggles to grow up and the other grows old, The Grasshopper King, in all of his glory, emerges. In this debut novel about treachery, death, academia, marriage, mythology, history, and truly horrible poetry, Jordan Ellenberg creates a world complete with its own geography, obscene folklore, and absurdly endearing -characters—a world where arcane subjects flourish and the smallest swerve from convention can result in -immortality. Jordan Ellenberg was born in Potomac, Maryland in 1971. His brilliance as a mathematical prodigy led to a feature in The National Enquirer, an interview with Charlie Rose on CBS’s Nightwatch, and gold medals at the Math Olympiad in Cuba and Germany. He is now an Assistant Professor of Math at Princeton University and his column, "Do the Math," appears regularly in the online journal Slate. This is his first novel.
Author |
: Jordan Ellenberg |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 148 |
Release |
: 1994 |
ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:31082870 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (70 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Grasshopper King by : Jordan Ellenberg
Author |
: Barbara Vine |
Publisher |
: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard |
Total Pages |
: 402 |
Release |
: 2007-12-18 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780307426093 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0307426092 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (93 Downloads) |
Synopsis Grasshopper by : Barbara Vine
“They have sent me here because of what happened on the pylon.” When Clodagh Brown writes these words at the age of nineteen, she believes that she is leaving behind the traumatic events of her youth. But Clodagh soon learns that you can never entirely escape your past. In the aftermath of the incident on the pylon--one of the great electrified structures that dot the English countryside like so many gargantuan grasshoppers--Clodagh goes off to university, moves into a basement flat arranged by her unsympathetic family, and finds freedom trekking across London's rooftops with a gang of neighborhood misfits. As she begins a thrilling relationship with a fellow climber, however, both Clodagh and the reader are haunted by the memory of the pylon and of the terrible thing that happened there--and by the eerie sense that another tragedy is just a footfall away.
Author |
: Jerry Pinkney |
Publisher |
: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2015-04-07 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0316400815 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780316400817 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (15 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Grasshopper & the Ants by : Jerry Pinkney
In this stunning companion to the Caldecott Medal-winning The Lion & the Mouse and the highly acclaimed The Tortoise & the Hare, a playful grasshopper wonders why the busy ants around him won't join in his merrymaking as the seasons pass by. But when winter arrives, he soon sees the value of his friends' hard work--just as the ants learn the value of sharing what they've worked for. Featuring a striking, surprise gatefold page, this third book in Jerry Pinkney's gorgeous trilogy of picture book fables subtly suggests a resonant moral: Don't put off for tomorrow what you can do today.
Author |
: Marcia Batiste |
Publisher |
: CreateSpace |
Total Pages |
: 42 |
Release |
: 2014-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1494933217 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781494933210 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (17 Downloads) |
Synopsis Paulie the Grasshopper King by : Marcia Batiste
Paulie finds a grasshopper and makes him his prince...he becomes the grasshopper king for the grasshopper king.
Author |
: Ben H. Winters |
Publisher |
: Quirk Books |
Total Pages |
: 266 |
Release |
: 2012-07-10 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781594745775 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1594745773 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (75 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Last Policeman by : Ben H. Winters
"[The] weird, beautiful, unapologetically apocalyptic Last Policeman trilogy is one of my favorite mystery series."—John Green, author of The Fault in Our Stars and Paper Towns Winner of the 2013 Edgar® Award Winner for Best Paperback Original! What’s the point in solving murders if we’re all going to die soon, anyway? Detective Hank Palace has faced this question ever since asteroid 2011GV1 hovered into view. There’s no chance left. No hope. Just six precious months until impact. The Last Policeman presents a fascinating portrait of a pre-apocalyptic United States. The economy spirals downward while crops rot in the fields. Churches and synagogues are packed. People all over the world are walking off the job—but not Hank Palace. He’s investigating a death by hanging in a city that sees a dozen suicides every week—except this one feels suspicious, and Palace is the only cop who cares. The first in a trilogy, The Last Policeman offers a mystery set on the brink of an apocalypse. As Palace’s investigation plays out under the shadow of 2011GV1, we’re confronted by hard questions way beyond “whodunit.” What basis does civilization rest upon? What is life worth? What would any of us do, what would we really do, if our days were numbered? Ebook contains an excerpt from the anticipated second book in the trilogy, Countdown City.
Author |
: Elizabeth Boatwright Coker |
Publisher |
: Dutton Adult |
Total Pages |
: 294 |
Release |
: 1981 |
ISBN-10 |
: UTEXAS:059173023651818 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (18 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Grasshopper King by : Elizabeth Boatwright Coker
Author |
: Gloria Dominic |
Publisher |
: Troll Communications |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 1998 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0816745129 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780816745128 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (29 Downloads) |
Synopsis Coyote and the Grasshoppers by : Gloria Dominic
This exciting and funny Pomo legend explains how brave Coyote once saved the people from a drought and a plague of grasshoppers.
Author |
: Marcia Batiste |
Publisher |
: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Total Pages |
: 40 |
Release |
: 2014-01-18 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1495260178 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781495260179 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (78 Downloads) |
Synopsis Paulie and the Grasshopper King by : Marcia Batiste
Paulie watched a grasshopper in his back yard while he was playing with his soldiers. He decided he would take the grasshopper and his soldiers and save the world.
Author |
: Rebecca Emberley |
Publisher |
: Macmillan |
Total Pages |
: 32 |
Release |
: 2012-10-16 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781596434936 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1596434937 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (36 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Ant and the Grasshopper by : Rebecca Emberley
In this version of the classic fable, a weary ant is energized by the swinging sounds of a grasshopper and his "buggy" band.