Sightless

Sightless
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Total Pages : 248
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ISBN-10 : 0578586037
ISBN-13 : 9780578586038
Rating : 4/5 (37 Downloads)

Synopsis Sightless by : James y Hung MD

Set amid the busy streets and competitive society of Hong Kong, Sightless is the story of James, who, at the age of fifteen, takes an interest in a blind boy at his high school. In 1960s Hong Kong, a blind person getting an education is an anomaly, and what's more, John is attending the top-tiered La Salle College. James's curiosity gets the better of him, and he strikes up a friendship with the Blind Boy, as he's dismissively referred tp at La Salle. Through the years of their friendship, James learns to see the city and the people around him in new ways, as he helps John navigate life without sight, and finds his own way to adulthood.Based on mostly true events, author James Y Hung gives readers a glimpse of life in the sightless world of a young orphan trying to survive in an unforgiving and high-pressure society.

Not this Time

Not this Time
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Publisher : Multnomah
Total Pages : 338
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ISBN-10 : 9781601422071
ISBN-13 : 1601422075
Rating : 4/5 (71 Downloads)

Synopsis Not this Time by : Vicki Hinze

Beth's leeriness of her business partner Sara's husband causes strain in their friendship, and, meanwhile, a terrorist act is carried out on their small village, and someone Beth knows is linked to the attack.

Who Was Louis Braille?

Who Was Louis Braille?
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 114
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ISBN-10 : 9780698167766
ISBN-13 : 0698167767
Rating : 4/5 (66 Downloads)

Synopsis Who Was Louis Braille? by : Margaret Frith

Louis Braille certainly wasn't your average teenager. Blind from the age of four, he was only fifteen when in 1824 he invented a reading system that converted printed words into columns of raised dots. Through touch, Braille opened the world of books to the sightless, and almost two hundred years later, no one has ever improved upon his simple, brilliant idea.

Insight

Insight
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ISBN-10 : 1626495068
ISBN-13 : 9781626495067
Rating : 4/5 (68 Downloads)

Synopsis Insight by : Santino Hassell

Growing up the outcast in an infamous family of psychics, Nate Black never learned how to control his empath abilities. Then after five years without contact, his estranged twin turns up dead in New York City. The claim of suicide doesn't ring true, especially when a mysterious vision tells Nate it was murder. Now his long-hated gift is his only tool to investigate. Hitching from his tiny Texas town, Nate is picked up by Trent, a gorgeous engineer who thrives on sarcasm and skepticism. The heat that sparks between them is instant and intense, and Nate ends up trusting Trent with his secrets--something he's never done before. But once they arrive in the city, the secrets multiply when Nate discovers an underground supernatural community, more missing psychics, and frightening information about his own talent. Nate is left questioning his connection with Trent. Are their feelings real, or are they being propelled by abilities Nate didn't realize he had? His fear of his power grows, but Nate must overcome it to find his brother's killer and trust himself with Trent's heart.

The Sightless City

The Sightless City
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Publisher : Tiny Fox Press
Total Pages : 424
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Rating : 4/5 ( Downloads)

Synopsis The Sightless City by : Noah Lemelson

Kidnapping. Enslavement. Murder. Those are only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to actions some will take to protect their interests in æther-oil, the coveted substance that fuels the city of Huile. As both veteran and private investigator, Marcel Talwar knows this firsthand, and he likes to think he'd never participate in such things. However, that naïve idea comes to a crashing end when he takes on a new case that quickly shatters his world view. A trail of evidence points to someone in Marcel's inner circle who's using him as a pawn to conduct grisly experiments-experiments that could lead to genocide. Now, Marcel is more determined than ever to discover who's pulling the strings to this sinister plot. But the further he gets, the larger the target on his back becomes, and it's not long before Marcel has to ask himself how much and how many he's willing to sacrifice to get to the truth.

Touch and Go

Touch and Go
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Publisher : Unbridled Books
Total Pages : 351
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ISBN-10 : 9781609530624
ISBN-13 : 1609530624
Rating : 4/5 (24 Downloads)

Synopsis Touch and Go by : Thad Nodine

To escape an addiction, a young blind man in California steps into a station wagon with his friends and their foster kids to deliver a handmade casket to a dying grandfather in Florida. As they battle their way across the southern half of the nation, this rag-tag American family falls prey to love and lies, greed and violence, crime and Katrina. With a voice reminiscent of John Irving, Nodine produces a classic “road-picture” novel that is part Travels with Charley, part As I Lay Dying, and part On The Road. Touch and Go is a rich and rangy story about the careful and careless ways we treat each other—and ourselves—in a fast-paced, changing world. Kevin, the novel’s blind narrator, is one of the most perceptive figures in recent fiction. And his desire to do no harm is contagious. Through Kevin’s rich senses and boundless compassion, Nodine gives us a multicultural portrait of a true America. And he does so with deep affection for everyone along the way.

Disclaimer

Disclaimer
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Publisher : HarperCollins
Total Pages : 241
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ISBN-10 : 9780062362278
ISBN-13 : 0062362275
Rating : 4/5 (78 Downloads)

Synopsis Disclaimer by : Renée Knight

Soon to be an Apple TV+ series starring Cate Blanchett and Kevin Kline “Disclaimer is something special. . . an outstandingly clever and twisty tale that’s been perfectly engineered to make heads spin.” — Janet Maslin, New York Times A brilliantly conceived, deeply unsettling psychological thriller about a woman haunted by secrets, the consuming desire for revenge, and the terrible price we pay when we try to hide the truth. What if you realized the terrifying book you were reading was all about you? When a mysterious novel appears at documentary filmmaker Catherine Ravenscroft’s bedside, she is curious. She has no idea who might have sent her The Perfect Stranger—or how it ended up on her nightstand. At first, she is intrigued by the suspenseful story that unfolds. And then she realizes this isn’t fiction. The Perfect Stranger re-creates in vivid, unmistakable detail the day Catherine became hostage to a dark secret, a secret that only one other person knew—and that person is dead. Now that the past Catherine so desperately wants to forget is catching up with her, her world is falling apart. Plunged into a living nightmare, her only hope is to confront what really happened on that awful day . . . even if the shocking truth might destroy her.

The Road

The Road
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Publisher : Vintage
Total Pages : 257
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ISBN-10 : 9780307267450
ISBN-13 : 0307267458
Rating : 4/5 (50 Downloads)

Synopsis The Road by : Cormac McCarthy

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A searing, post-apocalyptic novel about a father and son's fight to survive, this "tale of survival and the miracle of goodness only adds to McCarthy's stature as a living master. It's gripping, frightening and, ultimately, beautiful" (San Francisco Chronicle). • From the bestselling author of The Passenger A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind. It is cold enough to crack stones, and when the snow falls it is gray. The sky is dark. Their destination is the coast, although they don't know what, if anything, awaits them there. They have nothing; just a pistol to defend themselves against the lawless bands that stalk the road, the clothes they are wearing, a cart of scavenged food—and each other. The Road is the profoundly moving story of a journey. It boldly imagines a future in which no hope remains, but in which the father and his son, "each the other's world entire," are sustained by love. Awesome in the totality of its vision, it is an unflinching meditation on the worst and the best that we are capable of: ultimate destructiveness, desperate tenacity, and the tenderness that keeps two people alive in the face of total devastation. Look for Cormac McCarthy's latest bestselling novels, The Passenger and Stella Maris.

Iron Lake

Iron Lake
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Publisher : Pocket Books
Total Pages : 464
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ISBN-10 : 9781982164089
ISBN-13 : 1982164085
Rating : 4/5 (89 Downloads)

Synopsis Iron Lake by : William Kent Krueger

The first in the New York Times bestselling Cork O’Connor mystery series follows Corcoran “Cork” O’Connor as he delves into the dark side of small-town Minnesota while investigating a tangled web of corruption and danger. “A brilliant achievement, and one every crime reader and writer needs to celebrate” (Louise Penny, #1 New York Times bestselling author). Cork O’Connor, the former sheriff of Aurora, Minnesota, is having difficulty dealing with the marital meltdown that has separated him from his children. Part Irish, part Anishinaabe Indian, he is getting by on heavy doses of caffeine, nicotine, and guilt. Once a cop on Chicago’s South Side, there’s not much that can shock him. But when the town’s judge is brutally murdered, and a young Eagle Scout is reported missing, Cork takes on this complicated and perplexing case of conspiracy, corruption, and a small-town secret that hits painfully close to home. With white-knuckled suspense and unforgettable characters, Iron Lake demonstrates why “among thoughtful readers, William Kent Krueger holds a very special place in the pantheon” (C.J. Box, #1 New York Times bestselling author).

The Dawnhounds

The Dawnhounds
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 352
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ISBN-10 : 9781982187057
ISBN-13 : 1982187050
Rating : 4/5 (57 Downloads)

Synopsis The Dawnhounds by : Sascha Stronach

Gideon the Ninth meets Black Sun in this queer, Māori-inspired debut fantasy about a police officer who is murdered, brought back to life with a mysterious new power, and tasked with protecting her city from an insidious evil threatening to destroy it. The port city of Hainak is alive: its buildings, its fashion, even its weapons. But, after a devastating war and a sweeping biotech revolution, all its inhabitants want is peace, no one more so than Yat Jyn-Hok a reformed-thief-turned-cop who patrols the streets at night. Yat has recently been demoted on the force due to “lifestyle choices” after being caught at a gay club. She’s barely holding it together, haunted by memories of a lover who vanished and voices that float in and out of her head like radio signals. When she stumbles across a dead body on her patrol, two fellow officers gruesomely murder her and dump her into the harbor. Unfortunately for them, she wakes up. Resurrected by an ancient power, she finds herself with the new ability to manipulate life force. Quickly falling in with the pirate crew who has found her, she must race against time to stop a plague from being unleashed by the evil that has taken root in Hainak.