Stealing Faces
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Author |
: Michael Prescott |
Publisher |
: Michael Prescott |
Total Pages |
: 362 |
Release |
: 2011-08-16 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780983937715 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0983937710 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (15 Downloads) |
Synopsis Stealing Faces by : Michael Prescott
A serial killer is startled to discover that an unknown woman is stalking him.
Author |
: Michael Prescott |
Publisher |
: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Total Pages |
: 362 |
Release |
: 2014-09-22 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1502469138 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781502469137 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (38 Downloads) |
Synopsis Stealing Faces by : Michael Prescott
From New York Times and USA Today bestseller Michael Prescott, author of FINAL SINS and COLD AROUND THE HEART, comes this exciting novel of relentless psychological suspense. John Cray has a secret. For twelve years he has stalked and kidnapped women, setting them loose in the mountains of eastern Arizona, hunting them like animals, and taking their lives. He has left no clues. He is suspected by no one. Or so he thinks. But now he has a problem. Somebody -- a woman whose name he doesn't know -- is stalking him. She follows him when he makes his nightly rounds in Tucson. She watches him on busy streetcorners and in shadowy restaurants. She seems to know his secret. But if so, why hasn't she gone to the police? Cray plans to turn the tables on his mysterious pursuer. He will become the predator, and she -- the prey. Once she's in his power, she will tell him who she is and what she's after. And then she will die. But even Cray isn't prepared to confront the truth when he discovers it -- or to deal with the shattering implications of a past he had thought long buried and an obsessive madness he cannot control ... "Stealing Faces is truly thrilling as well as chilling: I could not put this book down. Reading the first few chapters of this tale is like reading the climax for most thrillers and the excitement just keeps building. Michael Prescott knows how to keep readers' eyes glued to his pages.... I was completely hooked. Actually, more than completely hooked, I thought the lightning-paced thrills were going to give me a heart attack!" - Judith Flavell, The Mystery Reader
Author |
: Eric Nusbaum |
Publisher |
: Public Affairs |
Total Pages |
: 352 |
Release |
: 2021-03-16 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1541742222 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781541742222 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (22 Downloads) |
Synopsis Stealing Home by : Eric Nusbaum
A story about baseball, family, the American Dream, and the fight to turn Los Angeles into a big league city. Dodger Stadium is an American icon. But the story of how it came to be goes far beyond baseball. The hills that cradle the stadium were once home to three vibrant Mexican American communities. In the early 1950s, those communities were condemned to make way for a utopian public housing project. Then, in a remarkable turn, public housing in the city was defeated amidst a Red Scare conspiracy. Instead of getting their homes back, the remaining residents saw the city sell their land to Walter O'Malley, the owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Now LA would be getting a different sort of utopian fantasy -- a glittering, ultra-modern stadium. But before Dodger Stadium could be built, the city would have to face down the neighborhood's families -- including one, the Aréchigas, who refused to yield their home. The ensuing confrontation captivated the nation - and the divisive outcome still echoes through Los Angeles today.
Author |
: Mohamed Choukri |
Publisher |
: Georgetown University Press |
Total Pages |
: 161 |
Release |
: 2024 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781647124779 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1647124778 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (79 Downloads) |
Synopsis Faces by : Mohamed Choukri
"Mohamed Choukri (1935-2003) is one of the most important writers of modern Moroccan literature. Illiterate until the age of 20, he grew up speaking darijah, the spoken dialect of Moroccan Arabic, and spent his childhood in extreme poverty in Tangiers. After learning to read, he wrote works that changed modern Arab literature. His works include characters based on people he knew who lived in worlds rarely featured in literature. At the same time, he connected with the writers Paul Bowles (an early translator), Tennessee Williams, and Jean Genet, among many others. Faces, published in Arabic in 1996 and never before translated into English, is the third in his most famous trilogy, weaving together autobiography and fiction. His novel invites the reader to experience the places and events of his life through the eyes of a local, and paints a picture of daily life for all kinds of people. Like in life, he describes gritty events; abject poverty, prostitution, violence, sexual revelry, deprivation, and abuse almost casually. It is through these topics and his storytelling style that Choukri reflects on human nature, love, and kindness. He elevates and humanizes those undergoing poverty, places the blame for the violence they undergo squarely on colonial forces and then the resulting postcolonial government, and emphasizes the importance of community and collaboration. "I saw that writing could also be a way to expose, to protest against those who have stolen my childhood, my teenage-hood and a piece of my youthfulness," said Choukri. "At that moment, my writing became committed." His vivid portrayals of marginalized people, considered a taboo, led to censorship from 1983 to 2000 and a cultural backlash in the Arab world, which resulted in Faces being published late and not being translated before his death. Elbousty's elegant translation stays faithful to Choukri's writing and promises to remind readers of his importance and to bring him attention not just in Morocco but in discussions of contemporary Arab literature around the globe"--
Author |
: Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch |
Publisher |
: Scholastic Inc. |
Total Pages |
: 147 |
Release |
: 2019-02-26 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781338233063 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1338233068 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (63 Downloads) |
Synopsis Stolen Girl by : Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch
A companion to Making Bombs for Hitler and The War Below, this novel follows a Ukrainian girl who was kidnapped as a child to be raised by a Nazi family. Nadia is haunted by World War II. Her memories of the war are messy, coming back to her in pieces and flashes she can't control. Though her adoptive mother says they are safe now, Nadia's flashbacks keep coming.Sometimes she remembers running, hunger, and isolation. But other times she remembers living with a German family, and attending big rallies where she was praised for her light hair and blue eyes. The puzzle pieces don't quite fit together, and Nadia is scared by what might be true. Could she have been raised by Nazis? Were they her real family? What part did she play in the war?What Nadia finally discovers about her own history will shock her. But only when she understands the past can she truly face her future.Inspired by startling true events, Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch delivers a gripping and poignant story of one girl's determination to uncover her truth.
Author |
: Lexi Blake |
Publisher |
: DLZ Entertainment LLC |
Total Pages |
: 332 |
Release |
: 2013-08-13 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781937608156 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1937608158 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (56 Downloads) |
Synopsis Steal the Light by : Lexi Blake
When dealing with demons, the devil’s in the details… Stealing mystical and arcane artifacts is a dangerous business, especially for a human, but Zoey Wharton is an exceptional thief. The trick to staying alive is having friends in all the wrong places. While having a witch and a werewolf on the payroll helps, being partners with a vampire really opens doors. Zoey and Daniel were childhood sweethearts until a violent car crash took his life and left her shattered. When Daniel returned from the grave as a vampire, his only interest in Zoey was in keeping her safely apart from the secrets of his dark world. He has vowed to protect her, but his heart seems as cold as the night he calls home. Five years later, a mysterious new client named Lucas Halfer offers Zoey a fortune to steal the Light of Alhorra. The search for the Light leads Zoey into the arms of an earthbound faery prince. Devinshea Quinn sweeps her off her feet, showing her everything the supernatural world has to offer, but Daniel still calls to her heart. As the true nature of the Light is revealed, Zoey discovers Halfer is a demon and much more than money is at stake. Per her contract, she must give him the Light or spend an eternity in Hell. What’s a girl to do except fight for her soul…and her heart. A Thieves Novel by Lexi Blake
Author |
: Sharrona Pearl |
Publisher |
: University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages |
: 253 |
Release |
: 2017-04-12 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780226461533 |
ISBN-13 |
: 022646153X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (33 Downloads) |
Synopsis Face/On by : Sharrona Pearl
Are our identities attached to our faces? If so, what happens when the face connected to the self is gone forever—or replaced? In Face/On, Sharrona Pearl investigates the stakes for changing the face–and the changing stakes for the face—in both contemporary society and the sciences. The first comprehensive cultural study of face transplant surgery, Face/On reveals our true relationships to faces and facelessness, explains the significance we place on facial manipulation, and decodes how we understand loss, reconstruction, and transplantation of the face. To achieve this, Pearl draws on a vast array of sources: bioethical and medical reports, newspaper and television coverage, performances by pop culture icons, hospital records, personal interviews, films, and military files. She argues that we are on the cusp of a new ethics, in an opportune moment for reframing essentialist ideas about appearance in favor of a more expansive form of interpersonal interaction. Accessibly written and respectfully illustrated, Face/On offers a new perspective on face transplant surgery as a way to consider the self and its representation as constantly present and evolving. Highly interdisciplinary, this study will appeal to anyone wishing to know more about critical interventions into recent medicine, makeover culture, and the beauty industry.
Author |
: Markus Zusak |
Publisher |
: Knopf Books for Young Readers |
Total Pages |
: 578 |
Release |
: 2007-12-18 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780307433848 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0307433846 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (48 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Book Thief by : Markus Zusak
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE’S 100 BEST YA BOOKS OF ALL TIME The extraordinary, beloved novel about the ability of books to feed the soul even in the darkest of times. When Death has a story to tell, you listen. It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will become busier still. Liesel Meminger is a foster girl living outside of Munich, who scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing when she encounters something she can’t resist–books. With the help of her accordion-playing foster father, she learns to read and shares her stolen books with her neighbors during bombing raids as well as with the Jewish man hidden in her basement. In superbly crafted writing that burns with intensity, award-winning author Markus Zusak, author of I Am the Messenger, has given us one of the most enduring stories of our time. “The kind of book that can be life-changing.” —The New York Times “Deserves a place on the same shelf with The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank.” —USA Today DON’T MISS BRIDGE OF CLAY, MARKUS ZUSAK’S FIRST NOVEL SINCE THE BOOK THIEF.
Author |
: Mrs. Alexander Fraser |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 372 |
Release |
: 1873 |
ISBN-10 |
: OXFORD:600075725 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (25 Downloads) |
Synopsis Only a Face, and Other Tales by : Mrs. Alexander Fraser
Author |
: Danielle Paige |
Publisher |
: Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages |
: 387 |
Release |
: 2016-09-20 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781681190761 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1681190761 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (61 Downloads) |
Synopsis Stealing Snow by : Danielle Paige
Seventeen-year-old Snow escapes a mental hospital by racing into the woods where she finds herself in icy Algid--her true home--with witches, thieves, an alluring boy named Kai, and she discovers her royal lineage.