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Book A Splinter of Ice

    Book Details:
  • Author : Ben Brown
  • Publisher : Faber & Faber
  • Release : 2021-04-27
  • ISBN : 0571371396
  • Pages : 101 pages

Download or read book A Splinter of Ice written by Ben Brown and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2021-04-27 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Moscow, 1987. As the cold war begins to thaw, an extraordinary reunion takes place between one of the great novelists of the twentieth century, Graham Greene, and his old MI6 boss, the notorious Soviet spy, Kim Philby. It's taken thirty years and the beginnings of a new world order. As the two men raise their vodka glasses under the watchful eye of Philby's last wife, Rufa, Ben Brown's compelling political drama asks whether Philby betrayed his friend as well as his country, and how much the writer of The Third Man knew about Philby's secret life. A Splinter of Ice was filmed on stage at the Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, for release online in April 2021, before a UK tour.

Book Ice Trilogy

    Book Details:
  • Author : Vladimir Sorokin
  • Publisher : New York Review of Books
  • Release : 2011-04-20
  • ISBN : 1590175123
  • Pages : 555 pages

Download or read book Ice Trilogy written by Vladimir Sorokin and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2011-04-20 with total page 555 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Review Books Original In 1908, deep in Siberia, it fell to earth. THEIR ICE. A young man on a scientific expedition found it. It spoke to his heart, and his heart named him Bro. Bro felt the Ice. Bro knew its purpose. To bring together the 23,000 blond, blue-eyed Brothers and Sisters of the Light who were scattered on earth. To wake their sleeping hearts. To return to the Light. To destroy this world. And secretly, throughout the twentieth century and up to our own day, the Children of the Light have pursued their beloved goal. Pulp fiction, science fiction, New Ageism, pornography, video-game mayhem, old-time Communist propaganda, and rampant commercial hype all collide, splinter, and splatter in Vladimir Sorokin’s virtuosic Ice Trilogy, a crazed joyride through modern times with the promise of a truly spectacular crash at the end. And the reader, as eager for the redemptive fix of a good story as the Children are for the Primordial Light, has no choice except to go along, caught up in a brilliant illusion from which only illusion escapes intact.

Book Creative Writing

Download or read book Creative Writing written by Jane Yeh and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-12-19 with total page 665 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Creative Writing is a complete writing course that will jump-start your writing and guide you through your first steps towards publication. Suitable for use by students, tutors, writers’ groups or writers working alone, this book offers: a practical and inspiring section on the creative process, showing you how to stimulate your creativity and use your memory and experience in inventive ways in-depth coverage of the most popular forms of writing, in extended sections on fiction, poetry and life writing, including biography and autobiography, giving you practice in all three forms so that you might discover and develop your particular strengths a sensible, up-to-date guide to going public, to help you to edit your work to a professional standard and to identify and approach suitable publishers a distinctive collection of exciting exercises, spread throughout the workbook to spark your imagination and increase your technical flexibility and control a substantial array of illuminating readings, bringing together extracts from contemporary and classic writings in order to demonstrate a range of techniques that you can use or adapt in your own work. Creative Writing: A Workbook with Readings presents a unique opportunity to benefit from the advice and experience of a team of published authors who have also taught successful writing courses at a wide range of institutions, helping large numbers of new writers to develop their talents as well as their abilities to evaluate and polish their work to professional standards. These institutions include Lancaster University and the University of East Anglia, renowned as consistent producers of published writers.

Book ThirdWay

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  • Author :
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1991-09
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 32 pages

Download or read book ThirdWay written by and published by . This book was released on 1991-09 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Monthly current affairs magazine from a Christian perspective with a focus on politics, society, economics and culture.

Book Twelve Kinds of Ice

Download or read book Twelve Kinds of Ice written by Ellen Bryan Obed and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2013-12-03 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “This is a joyful, spirited gem of a book, as bracing and glorious as a perfect stretch of ice.” –Newbery Honor author Joyce Sidman With the first ice—a skim on a sheep pail so thin it breaks when touched—one family’s winter begins in earnest. Next comes ice like panes of glass. And eventually, skating ice! Take a literary skate over field ice and streambed, through sleeping orchards and beyond. The first ice, the second ice, the third ice . . . perfect ice . . . the last ice . . . Twelve kinds of ice are carved into twenty nostalgic vignettes, illustrated in elegantly scratched detail by the award-winning Barbara McClintock.

Book A Cavern of Black Ice

    Book Details:
  • Author : J. V. Jones
  • Publisher : Macmillan
  • Release : 2005-03-01
  • ISBN : 1429975970
  • Pages : 794 pages

Download or read book A Cavern of Black Ice written by J. V. Jones and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2005-03-01 with total page 794 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: HIGH ADVENTURE ON THE SWORD EDGE OF DESTINY A Cavern of Black Ice is the first book in J.V. Jones's Sword of Shadow series As a newborn Ash March was abandoned--left for dead at the foot of a frozen mountain. Found and raised by the Penthero Iss, the mighty Surlord of Spire Vanis, she has always known she is different. Terrible dreams plague her and sometimes in the darkness she hears dread voices from another world. Iss watches her as she grows to womanhood, eager to discover what powers his ward might possess. As his interest quickens, he sends his living blade, Marafice Eye, to guard her night and day. Raif Sevrance, a young man of Clan Blackhail, also knows he is different, with uncanny abilities that distance him from the clan. But when he and his brother survive an ambush that plunges the entire Northern Territories into war, he yet seeks justice for his own . . . even if means he must forsake clan and kin. Ash and Raif must learn to master their powers and accept their joint fate if they are to defeat an ancient prophecy and prevent the release of the pure evil known as the End Lords. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Book Journey to the Ice Age

Download or read book Journey to the Ice Age written by Peter L. Storck and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2004-03-01 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the end of the Ice Age, small groups of hunter-gatherers crossed from Siberia to Alaska and began the last chapter in the human settlement of the earth. Many left little or no trace. But one group, the Early Paleo-Indians, exploded onto the archaeological record about 11,500 radiocarbon years ago and expanded rapidly throughout North America, sending splinter groups into Central and perhaps South America as well. Journey to the Ice Age explores the challenges faced by the Early Paleo-Indians of northeastern North America. A revealing, autobiographical account, this is at once a captivating record of Storck's discoveries and an introduction to the practice, challenges, and spirit of archaeology.

Book Gods Behaving Badly

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  • Author : Marie Phillips
  • Publisher : Vintage Canada
  • Release : 2009-02-24
  • ISBN : 0307371271
  • Pages : 290 pages

Download or read book Gods Behaving Badly written by Marie Phillips and published by Vintage Canada. This book was released on 2009-02-24 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A highly entertaining novel set in North London, where the Greek gods have been living in obscurity since the seventeenth century. Being immortal isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Life’s hard for a Greek god in the twenty-first century: nobody believes in you any more, even your own family doesn’t respect you, and you’re stuck in a dilapidated hovel in North London with too many siblings and not enough hot water. But for Artemis (goddess of hunting, professional dog walker), Aphrodite (goddess of beauty, telephone sex operator) and Apollo (god of the sun, TV psychic) there’s no way out... until a meek cleaner and her would-be boyfriend come into their lives and turn the world upside down. Gods Behaving Badly is that rare thing, a charming, funny, utterly original novel that satisfies the head and the heart.

Book A Spy Among Friends

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  • Author : Ben Macintyre
  • Publisher : A&C Black
  • Release : 2014-01-01
  • ISBN : 1408851725
  • Pages : 369 pages

Download or read book A Spy Among Friends written by Ben Macintyre and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From bestselling author Ben Macintyre, the true untold story of history's most famous traitor

Book Broken Ice

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  • Author : Matt Goldman
  • Publisher : Forge Books
  • Release : 2018-06-12
  • ISBN : 0765391333
  • Pages : 335 pages

Download or read book Broken Ice written by Matt Goldman and published by Forge Books. This book was released on 2018-06-12 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the words of Lee Child on Gone to Dust, “I want more of Nils Shapiro.” Emmy-award winning and New York Times bestselling author Matt Goldman happily obliges by bringing the Minneapolis private detective back for another thrilling, standalone adventure in Broken Ice. Nils Shapiro has been hired to find missing Linnea Engstrom, a teenager from the small northern hockey town of Warroad, MN. Most of Warroad is in Minneapolis for the state high school hockey tournament, and Linnea never returned from last night’s game. Linnea’s friend Haley Housch is also missing—and soon found dead. Shot through the arm with an arrow at the Haley Housch crime scene, only the quick work of medical examiner Char Northagen saves Nil’s life. Nils should be in the hospital recovering from his near fatal injury, but he knows that the clock is ticking. Linnea could be anywhere, and someone doesn’t want her found. Is Linnea a victim, or is she playing a dangerous game? As bodies start piling up, the clues lead Nils and Ellegaard north to Warroad, a small, quiet town with many secrets to hide. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Book The Ice Palace

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  • Author : Tarjei Vesaas
  • Publisher : Peter Owen Publishers
  • Release : 2009-05-01
  • ISBN : 0720613760
  • Pages : 159 pages

Download or read book The Ice Palace written by Tarjei Vesaas and published by Peter Owen Publishers. This book was released on 2009-05-01 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new edition of what is commonly seen as the legendary Norwegian writer's masterpiece, this story tells the tale of Siss and Unn, two friends who have only spent one evening in each other's company. But so profound is this evening between them that when Unn inexplicably disappears, Siss's world is shattered. Siss's struggle with her fidelity to the memory of her friend and Unn's fatal exploration of the strange, terrifyingly beautiful frozen waterfall that is the Ice Palace are described in prose of a lyrical economy that ranks among the most memorable achievements of modern literature.

Book The Microphysics of Ice Clouds

Download or read book The Microphysics of Ice Clouds written by Rosemary M. Dyer and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published results of observations of crystal habits, particle sizes and numbers of ice particles in clouds are summarized and discussed. There are systematic variations with cloud type, and in some instances, with cloud age and location within a cloud system. However, the body of data available is insufficient to formulate a climatology of ice cloud microphysics. The several measurement techniques in current use are evaluated, as are some of the techniques now under consideration for future use. The particle enhancement observed on some occasions is discussed, and the various theories accounting for it presented. Finally, recommendations are made concerning future field programs and theoretical studies required before accurate predictions of the ice cloud microphysical environment can be made. (Author).

Book Graham Greene

    Book Details:
  • Author : John Spurling
  • Publisher : Taylor & Francis
  • Release : 2024-11-01
  • ISBN : 1040149936
  • Pages : 103 pages

Download or read book Graham Greene written by John Spurling and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-11-01 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Graham Greene is an immensely popular as well as powerful and idiosyncratic writer. His leading characters are murderers, spies, fugitives and outsiders and his most typical plot is that of the hunter and the hunted. In this book, originally published in 1983, John Spurling sets about tracking down the author behind the protagonists. Beginning with an analysis of the patterns of Greene’s mind as revealed in the 40 or so works of fiction, drama, criticism, travel and autobiography he has published, the author goes on to explore the way the patterns are modified from the political thrillers of the 1930s through the ‘Catholic’ novels of the 1940s and 1950s to the post-war comedies and ‘Third World’ novels. Greene is the odd man out of a generation of remarkable writers born around the turn of the 20th Century who lived through the destruction of the 19th century world order. John Spurling’s highly original study tells us why.

Book Splinter Factory

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jeffrey McDaniel
  • Publisher : Manic D Press
  • Release : 2002-09-01
  • ISBN : 1933149485
  • Pages : 66 pages

Download or read book Splinter Factory written by Jeffrey McDaniel and published by Manic D Press. This book was released on 2002-09-01 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether Jeffrey McDaniel is denouncing insomnia ("4,000 A.M."), exploring family tragedy ("Ghost Townhouse"), or celebrating love and lust ("The Biology of Numbers"), his writing is original and provocative. A noted poet, McDaniel has appeared on ABC’s Nightline and NPR’s Talk of the Nation. "Wild, fierce, irreverent, full of praise and lament, and deeply, intensely human." — Thomas Lux

Book The Snow Queen

    Book Details:
  • Author : Hans Christian Andersen
  • Publisher : HarperCollins
  • Release : 2015-04-28
  • ISBN : 1443440337
  • Pages : 43 pages

Download or read book The Snow Queen written by Hans Christian Andersen and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2015-04-28 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With a single kiss, a young maid saves her beloved from the Snow Queen’s icy imprisonment. When splinters from an evil troll’s magic mirror get into the heart and eye of Kai, he is tricked into accompanying the Snow Queen to her palace, and only the innocence and kindness of Gerda’s heart can save him. The inspiration for Frozen, Hans Christian’s Andersen’s “The Snow Queen” is one of the most beloved fairy tales in history. HarperPerennialClassics brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperPerennial Classics collection to build your digital library.

Book The Annotated Hans Christian Andersen

Download or read book The Annotated Hans Christian Andersen written by Hans Christian Andersen and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2008 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrates the stories told by Denmark's perfect wizard and re-envisions Andersen as a writer who casts his spell on both children and adults. It will captivate readers with annotations that exlore the rich social and cultural dimensions of the 19th century.

Book Icerigger

    Book Details:
  • Author : Alan Dean Foster
  • Publisher : Open Road Media
  • Release : 2022-12-13
  • ISBN : 1504082125
  • Pages : 413 pages

Download or read book Icerigger written by Alan Dean Foster and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2022-12-13 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A band of humans struggle to survive when they crash-land on an icy planet, in this science fiction adventure by the #1 New York Times bestseller. A sophisticated interstellar traveler, Ethan Frome Fortune is a businessman on board the interstellar transport ship Antares. He isn’t one for heroism or adventure. That would be his fellow passenger (and giant of a man), Skua September. Regardless, both soon get a chance to test their mettle . . . Tran-ky-ky is an icy, desolate planet sharply carved by hurricane-force winds. It’s a terrible place for an emergency landing, but a botched kidnapping on the Antares sends Ethan, Skua, and some of their fellow travelers hurtling toward the stormy planet. Now, surrounded by hungry killer plants and cat-like natives, this ragged bunch of castaways led by Ethan must keep their wits about them if they ever hope to escape . . .