Download or read book Quiet City written by Philip Davison and published by Liberties Press. This book was released on 2020-04-20 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everything works out – except in the end. In the meantime, concentrate on temptations of the flesh; on naked desire. Being properly damned brings its own joy: that's what Richard Meadows is thinking on his way to the city dump to retrieve his wife's favourite chair, which he had thrown away earlier. And that's where he meets old flame Virginia Coates. So begins a dance of circumstance that feeds on Richard's newfound fearlessness, and his desire to be daring. Time to lean in to the danger. How can a nice man like him get things so wrong? For some reason, the sudden closeness between Richard and Virginia doesn't yield the desired intimacy, doesn't satisfy the passion. It is Richard's wife, Gloria, who truly fastens on her chance for fulfilment. Quiet City is a literate, satisfying work of fiction which crosses Richard Ford with Kinky Friedman, with a noir undercurrent. Spellbinding storytelling from a novelist at the height of his powers.
Download or read book Quiet City written by Carol Lefevre and published by . This book was released on 2016-02-11 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rich history and long-hidden stories of those buried in Adelaide's West Terrace story are uncovered in this poetic traipse through the iconic burial ground.
Download or read book Deadly Quiet City written by Murong Xuecun and published by The New Press. This book was released on 2023-03-07 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Named one of the Best Books of the Year by The Economist and Kirkus Reviews From one of China’s most celebrated—and silenced—literary authors, riveting portraits of eight Wuhan residents at the dawn of the pandemic When a strange new virus appeared in the largest city in central China late in 2019, the 11 million people living there were oblivious to what was about to hit them. But rumors of a new disease soon began to spread, mostly from doctors. In no time, lines of sick people were forming at the hospitals. At first the authorities downplayed medical concerns. Then they locked down the entire city and confined people to their homes. From Beijing, Murong Xuecun—one of China’s most popular writers, silenced by the regime in 2013 for his outspoken books and New York Times articles—followed the state media fearing the worst. Then, on April 6, 2020, he made his way quietly to Wuhan, determined to look behind the heroic images of sacrifice and victory propagated by the regime to expose the fear, confusion, and suffering of the real people living through the world’s first and harshest COVID-19 lockdown. In the tradition of Dan Baum’s bestselling Nine Lives, Deadly Quiet City focuses on the remarkable stories of eight people in Wuhan. They include a doctor at the frontline, a small businessman separated from his family, a volunteer who threw himself into assisting the sick and dying, and a party loyalist who found a reason for everything. Although the Chinese Communist Party has devoted enormous efforts to rewriting the history of the pandemic’s outbreak in Wuhan, through these poignant and beautifully written firsthand accounts Murong tells us what really happened in Wuhan, giving us a book unlike any other on the earliest days of the pandemic.
Download or read book The Alchemist Who Survived Now Dreams of a Quiet City Life Vol 4 light novel written by Usata Nonohara and published by Yen Press LLC. This book was released on 2020-09-22 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Behind every great alchemist is...an alcoholic teacher? A friend has paid the ultimate price to protect Mariela and has returned to the ley line. As the survivors deal with the fallout of losing someone dear, a crimson-haired woman awakens after two hundred years of slumber and starts making a show of some incredibly powerful magic. This so-called Sage of Calamity has Mariela crafting potions like never before. Not everyone is so eager for all the new changes that brings to the Labyrinth City, however. The young alchemist will have to watch her back-she just may end up kidnapped!
Download or read book The Alchemist Who Survived Now Dreams of a Quiet City Life Vol 5 light novel written by Usata Nonohara and published by Yen Press LLC. This book was released on 2020-12-15 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: KILL THE LABYRINTH Such has been the driving principle for all who have lived in the Labyrinth City since its founding. Little time remains to stop the boss at the bottom of the subterranean maze from reaching the ley line. Mariela’s powerful potions keep Sieg, Leonhardt, and the Forces alive as they charge toward the final stratum, while Freyja holds back an endless army of undead on her own. Every man, woman, and child in the City answers the call to the final battle, but can they truly survive a stampede?
Download or read book The Alchemist Who Survived Now Dreams of a Quiet City Life Vol 1 light novel written by Usata Nonohara and published by Yen Press LLC. This book was released on 2019-10-15 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A girl out of time, a fish out of water Alchemists used to be a dime a dozen in the Kingdom of Endalsia, so Mariela was never particularly special. But her skills were put to the test one fateful day when a horde of monsters came stampeding from the nearby forest. In a desperate attempt to escape the horror, the young alchemist put herself in a state of suspended animation that lasted just a little longer than she'd planned-an entire two hundred years! Needless to say, there have been some big changes, and biggest of all: Mariela is now the sole alchemist in the entire kingdom. Her one wish in this strange new environment is to get back her quiet, leisurely, low-key lifestyle!
Download or read book Quiet Down Loud Town written by Alastair Heim and published by Clarion Books. This book was released on 2020 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mr. Elephant wants nothing more than some peace and quiet--that is, until he gets it.
Download or read book The Quiet War written by Paul Mcauley and published by Prometheus Books. This book was released on 2009-12-04 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twenty-third century Earth, ravaged by climate change, looks backwards to the holy ideal of a pre-industrial Eden. Political power has been grabbed by a few powerful families and their green saints. Millions of people are imprisoned in teeming cities; millions more labour on Pharaonic projects to rebuild ruined ecosystems. On the moons of Jupiter and Saturn, the Outers, descendants of refugees from Earth's repressive regimes, have constructed a wild variety of self-sufficient cities and settlements: scientific utopias crammed with exuberant creations of the genetic arts; the last outposts of every kind of democratic tradition. The fragile detente between the Outer cities and the dynasties of Earth is threatened by the ambitions of the rising generation of Outers, who want to break free of their cosy, inward-looking pocket paradises, colonise the rest of the Solar System, and drive human evolution in a hundred new directions. On Earth, many demand pre-emptive action against the Outers before it's too late; others want to exploit the talents of their scientists and gene wizards. Amid campaigns for peace and reconciliation, political machinations, crude displays of military might, and espionage by cunningly wrought agents, the two branches of humanity edge towards war...
Download or read book Charlotte and the Quiet Place written by Deborah Sosin and published by Parallax Press. This book was released on 2015-09-02 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This charming picture book teaches kids ages 2-9 about using self-regulation techniques like mindful breathing to find peace in our noisy, over-stimulating world. “Wholesome enjoyment for kids and adults alike.” —Sharon Salzberg, author of Real Happiness Charlotte likes quiet. But wherever Charlotte goes, she is surrounded by noise, noise, noise—her yipping dog, Otto; the squeaky, creaky swings; the warbling, wailing sirens. Even in the library, children yammer and yell. Where can Charlotte find a quiet place? Sara Woolley’s magnificent watercolors bring Charlotte’s city to life when Otto leads her on a wild chase through the park. There, Charlotte discovers a quiet place where she never would have imagined! Sometimes children need a break from our noisy, over-stimulating world. Charlotte and the Quiet Place shows how a child learns and practices mindful breathing on her own and experiences the beauty of silence. All children will relate to the unfolding adventure and message of self-discovery and empowerment. Parents, teachers, and caretakers of highly active or sensitive children will find this story especially useful. “ . . . fits perfectly with my Zones of Regulation lessons.” —Books that Heal Kids
Download or read book New York s 50 Best Places to Find Peace and Quiet written by Allan Ishac and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With 20,000 copies in print, evidently all New Yorkers need a little Peace & Quiet. Listen to the whisper of a waterfall. Inhale the scent of 2,000 prizewinning rosebuds. Meditate in a monastery or during a massage. Commune in a cloister. Rest on rooftop. Marvel at the leafy loveliness of a tropical rainforest. Follow Allan Ishac as he experiences the most soothing oases of serenity he could find, right in the heart of New York. With 50 revised and updated locations, plus 10 additional peaceful places.
Download or read book City and Environment written by Christopher Boone and published by Temple University Press. This book was released on 2009-08-31 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction to urban environmental issues around the globe.
Download or read book The Alchemist Who Survived Now Dreams of a Quiet City Life Vol 1 manga written by Usata Nonohara and published by Yen Press LLC. This book was released on 2024-03-26 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For an alchemist like Mariela, performing incredible feats of magic are just part of the job. So when a stampeding hoard of monsters threatens to devour the kingdom of Endalsia, she decides to put herself in a brief state of suspended animation to survive. Luckily, she awakens safe and sound—200 years in the future... Now, all Mariela really wants is a quiet, laid-back life in this land she barely recognizes. It’s too bad potions have become a luxury good, and she’s the only girl in town with the skills to make them.
Download or read book The Quiet American written by Graham Greene and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2018-03-13 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “masterful . . . brilliantly constructed novel” of love and chaos in 1950s Vietnam (Zadie Smith, The Guardian). It’s 1955 and British journalist Thomas Fowler has been in Vietnam for two years covering the insurgency against French colonial rule. But it’s not just a political tangle that’s kept him tethered to the country. There’s also his lover, Phuong, a young Vietnamese woman who clings to Fowler for protection. Then comes Alden Pyle, an idealistic American working in service of the CIA. Devotedly, disastrously patriotic, he believes neither communism nor colonialism is what’s best for Southeast Asia, but rather a “Third Force”: American democracy by any means necessary. His ideas of conquest include Phuong, to whom he promises a sweet life in the states. But as Pyle’s blind moral conviction wreaks havoc upon innocent lives, it’s ultimately his romantic compulsions that will play a role in his own undoing. Although criticized upon publication as anti-American, Graham Greene’s “complex but compelling story of intrigue and counter-intrigue” would, in a few short years, prove prescient in its own condemnation of American interventionism (The New York Times).
Download or read book The Mystic Trumpeter written by Walt Whitman and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Chicago s 50 Best Places to Find Peace and Quiet written by Karin Horgan Sullivan and published by Universe Publishing(NY). This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No matter what you're looking for, you can find it in Chicago. What you may not find so easily, however, is a place to take a breather. Following the successful New York edition, Chicago's 50 Best Places to Find Peace and Quiet reveals the hidden sources of calm in another one of the nation's major cities.
Download or read book Aaron Copland written by Howard Pollack and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 734 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Features the biography of Aaron Copland, his life, and his music.
Download or read book The Alchemist Who Survived Now Dreams of a Quiet City Life Vol 3 light novel written by Usata Nonohara and published by Yen Press LLC. This book was released on 2020-05-26 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is no going back-only moving forward The Labyrinth's subjugation is close at hand, and the city's chemists are more knowledgeable than ever before. All of this could be credited to the efforts of a certain alchemist, puttering around in her little atelier. As Mariela works her magic on the city, those around her begin to confront change: Sieg is honing his combat skills to become an A ̄Rank adventurer, while Lynx is starting to come to terms with his feelings for Mariela. And even though no one promised that these carefree days would last forever, Mariela has never once thought to question it, basking in the warmth of her favorite people at Sunlight's Canopy...
