Download or read book S o Bernardo written by Graciliano Ramos and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2020-05-05 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A masterwork about backcountry life by one of Brazil's most celebrated novelists. Paulo Honório is a sometime field hand who has kicked and clawed and schemed his way to prosperity, becoming master of the decrepit estate São Bernardo, where once upon a time he toiled. He is ruthless in his exploitation of his fellow man, but when he makes a match with a fine young woman, he is surprised to discover that this latest acquisition, as he sees it, may be somewhat harder to handle. It is in Paulo Honório’s own rough-hewn voice that the great Brazilian writer Graciliano Ramos, often compared to William Faulkner, tells this gritty and dryly funny story of triumph and comeuppance, a tour de force of the writer’s art that is beautifully captured in Padma Viswanathan’s new translation.
Download or read book The Big Ditch written by Richard Braden and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2008-05 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This tale involves two different groups of people-the French and the Americans. The French began preparations to dig the Panama Canal in 1880, abandoned the effort in 1904, and the Americans completed the job in 1915. The most important person in this story is Colonel (Doctor) William Gorgas, the man who came to the Canal Zone in 1904 to do exactly what he had been able to do in Havana nine years earlier-defeat yellow fever and malaria. This is the story of how he defeated these merciless diseases and enabled the building of the Panama Canal.
Download or read book The Saint s Theatre written by Horace Fish and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bernardo Giustiniani written by Patricia H. Labalme and published by Ed. di Storia e Letteratura. This book was released on 1969 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Druidess of Elkaza written by Franklin Newman and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-05-06 with total page 775 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kylie Moriarty is in her ninth month of pregnancy now. But the return of Princess Victoria Sheridan from her self-exile in the Orc nation Jirenzia exposes Kylie to her mortal enemy, the evil psychic and plane-shifter, Simon Freznik. After the assassination of Queen Rolaina, Kylie, her superhero husband Steve, and nine teenagers from Ivy Bay, California, are kidnapped and forced to play a dangerous game. Kylie thwarts Freznik as best as she can, but her pregnancy's coming due, and the outbreak of zombie disease causes Freznik to lose control of his own game. Only registered nurse Kylie and her paramedic assistant, Nolan, stand a chance at finding a cure for this insideous disease, before it's too late. It also reveals to Kylie who her true enemy, the real villain of Callistor, has actually been all this time. Seizing control over the zombies as they spread through Elkaza Island like wildfire, the villain races toward Thaydon to conquer it with the zombies, and claim the power Callistor as the ultimate prize! When her shelter is compromised, Kylie realizes the only true way to stop the traitor is to make the ultimate sacrifice . . .
Download or read book Am rica written by Robert Goodwin and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2019-03-05 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An epic history of the Spanish empire in North America from 1493 to 1898 by Robert Goodwin, author of Spain: The Centre of the World. At the conclusion of the American Revolution, half the modern United States was part of the vast Spanish Empire. The year after Columbus's great voyage of discovery, in 1492, he claimed Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands for Spain. For the next three hundred years, thousands of proud Spanish conquistadors and their largely forgotten Mexican allies went in search of glory and riches from Florida to California. Many died, few triumphed. Some were cruel, some were curious, some were kind. Missionaries and priests yearned to harvest Indian souls for God through baptism and Christian teaching. Theirs was a frontier world which Spain struggled to control in the face of Indian resistance and competition from France, Britain, and finally the United States. In the 1800s, Spain lost it all. Goodwin tells this history through the lives of the people who made it happen and the literature and art with which they celebrated their successes and mourned their failures. He weaves an epic tapestry from these intimate biographies of explorers and conquerors, like Columbus and Coronado, but also lesser known characters, like the powerful Gálvez family who gave invaluable and largely forgotten support to the American Patriots during the Revolutionary War; the great Pueblo leader Popay; and Esteban, the first documented African American. Like characters in a great play or a novel, Goodwin's protagonists walk the stage of history with heroism and brio and much tragedy.
Download or read book Yearnings written by Armando J. Calonje M. and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2019-08-13 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of short stories takes you to many exciting places the author has lived in and traveled; it exposes you to the struggles and losses of individuals that have escaped from authoritarian regimes, such as Cuba and the Soviet Union, to find freedom in the United States of America. It reaches from betrayal and narcissism -- and the damage done to others -- to the charming innocence of a child asking to be told a story and the reminiscing of an old man who tells his Japanese friend how progress distorted his life’s memories. There are unexpected twists to many of these stories, not to forget a subtle sense of humor, that both intrigue and touch the heart.
Download or read book Brothers Law Greed written by Steven Winer and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2020-06-24 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thaddeus Jaxxson Muizarajs, nicknamed TJ, and Dorian Jaxxson Muizarajs, nicknamed Cotton, two brothers who were children of immigrants from Latvia, both grew up and went to school in the Miami, Florida area. Neither felt that the locals, in the area, were accepting them as an integrated part of Miami society or culture. Their father, who had a difficult time obtaining decent work, always emphasized, to his sons, that in order to get ahead, in a culture that was hostile to their ethnicity, that a modest amount of pilfering from the wealthy and embellishments about their backgrounds and financials, were appropriate. Those would enhance their chances of increasing their income and improve their way of life. The brother’s parents were both killed in an automobile accident when the brothers were in high school. So, with a couple of small socialistic scholarships and the proceeds of the legal settlement they received from the death of their parents, both brothers decided to attend law school. After the graduation of the youngest brother, Cotton, the brothers decided to leave the Miami area and start their legal practice together, in a more accepting location in the Fort Myers, Florida, area where their ethnicity was deemed a better fit than on the East coast of Florida. They even changed their last names to Murry to better become assimilated into the area’s society. However, both brothers had little money. TJ, who was three years older than Cotton, had a different view on how to start and grow their law practice to become well known and increase their wealth. However, one thing they both recalled was their father’s advice as to what was acceptable to assist in becoming successful and accumulate wealth. Therefore, the brother’s, through several local businessmen they befriended, acquired the necessary funds to open their own law firm through providing fraudulent financial statements to obtain a large bank loan. The banker who granted the loan was aware of the brother’s fraudulent financials, as well as other fraudulent financials provided periodically to the bank. Through an implied threat of revealing the brothers false financials to the authorities, the banker obtained the brother’s understanding to become involved with a group of professional community leaders, in a web of deceit, fraudulent real estate loans, and other white collar criminal activities. TJ attempted to extradite himself from the criminal activity, but realized he had become too involved and was unable to get out. BROTHERS GREED & THE LAW, takes the reader through a journey that the brothers experienced involving multiple dishonest brokers, bankers, FBI agents and lawyers. Their fraudulent schemes involved the embezzlement of millions of dollars from innocent investors during the early days of the real estate boom in Florida in the 1980’s and 1990’s. Through an intriguing misunderstanding by the mastermind of these illegal schemes, and the inquisitiveness of several nonparticipants in the schemes, several innocent persons were murdered thinking that their deaths would keep the schemes from being discovered. A turn in events, by several of the perpetrators, and other unrelated parties to the schemes, causes the illegal activities to be revealed to the authorities. How the brothers extracted themselves from the legal consequences of the long time criminal enterprise was a turn in events that none of the participants, or the informers of the criminal enterprise, could have expected.
Download or read book Beyond the Deep written by William Stone and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2010-05-30 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Huautla in Mexico is the deepest cave in the Western Hemisphere, possibly the world. Shafts reach skyscraper-depths, caverns are stadium-sized, and sudden floods can drown divers in an instant. With a two-decade obsession, William Stone and his 44-member team entered the sinkhole at Sotano de San Augustin. The first camp settled 2,328 feet below ground in a cavern where headlamps couldn't even illuminate the walls and ceiling. The second camp teetered precariously above an underground canyon where two subterranean rivers collided. But beyond that lay the unknown territory -- a flooded corridor that had blocked all previous comers, claimed a diver's life, and drove the rest of the team back. Except for William Stone and Barbara am Ende, who forged on for 18 more days, with no hope of rescue, to set the record for the deepest cave dive in the Western Hemisphere.
Download or read book Stories Pictures Tell Book One written by Flora L. Carpenter and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-04-25 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a school textbook intended for the use of teachers with their classes when they wish to give a lesson to children who are looking for the stories in paintings by famous masters. Miss Carpenter is an expert in this field and says her book will save teachers the effort of studying each painter.
Download or read book Beneath The Surface A Series Of Crime Thriller Stories written by Shamsu Rehman and published by BFC Publications. This book was released on 2024-11-05 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is based on the crimes committed in different parts of the world. But this is a work of fiction, and all characters and incidents narrated herein are a product of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, and entities is entirely coincidental. Though the stories in the various chapters of this book, the author intent's to convey the message to the society that crime is never justified and only leads to the destruction of the individual and the society. Readers’ comments, thoughts, suggestions, all are very enthusiastically welcome.
Download or read book Hi Tech for Industrial Development written by Jose E. Cassiolato and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-01-31 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Download or read book The Klingon Hamlet written by Klingon Language Institute and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2001-05-19 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For too long, readers throughout the Federation have been exposed to The Tragedy of Khamlet, Son of the Emperor of Qo'nos, that classic work of Klingon™ literature, only through inadequate and misleading English translations. Now at last, thanks to the tireless efforts of the Klingon Language Institute, this powerful drama by the legendary Klingon playwright, Wil'yam Shex'pir, can be appreciated in the elegance and glory of its original tongue. This invaluable volume contains the complete text of the play, along with an English translation for easy consultation and comparison. In addition, an incisive introduction explains the play's crucial importance in Klingon culture, while copious notes illustrate how the debased English version diverges from the original, often distorting and even reversing the actual meaning of the verses. Khamlet, the Restored Klingon Version, is a work that belongs in the library of every human who hopes truly to understand what it means to be Klingon.
Download or read book PLANTANIMUS written by Joseph M. Armillas and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-11-10 with total page 505 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Awakening” is Part 1 of the saga of Kelem Rogeston, a young Martian psychic genius who is the first member of the 6th Root Race, the next step in the evolution of mankind. Kelem learns to harness his amazing abilities and invents the n’time generator, a device that will carry mankind to the stars. Kelem struggles against The Phalanx, an evil organization from Earth that wants to steal the technology and conquer Mars. He designs an n’time ship and travels to Plantanimus, an alien planet where the Dreamers, a sentient form of plant life help him expand his abilities and teach him the true nature of consciousness.
Download or read book The Gypsies and the Devil Hound written by Franklin E. Lamca and published by Tate Publishing. This book was released on 2013-03 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do you stay alive when everybody wants you dead? Life was full of danger for Raiko and Bojko from the moment they were born. It wasn't anything that they did. It was simply because they were gypsies. Being a gypsy in Europe in the early eighteenth century was dangerous business. Were it not for a kindly old circus owner, they would never have survived. But now, empowered by the man who led them to God, the brothers have the chance to find their mother and make a life for themselves. But a cruel priest is hot on their heels, and he has no intention of letting them escape alive. This beautiful, riveting story by Frank Lamca will bring old Europe to life all around you. You'll only be satisfied when the sequel comes out.
Download or read book A Monstrous Escape written by Teter Keyes and published by Next Chapter. This book was released on 2024-10-21 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An ancient monster has escaped, and 13-year-old Deidra Ann Williams must face her biggest challenge yet. A malevolent force, once imprisoned in a mystical chest, is wreaking havoc across the globe. Even the magical forest behind Deidra Ann's home is no longer safe. With her grandmother Granny mysteriously weakened and Uncle Abe missing, the responsibility falls on Deidra Ann and her family to stop the monster. With time running out and her family in danger, Deidra Ann must learn new magic and brave fierce storms to save the world. But can they find the missing key and outsmart their adversary? A story of magic, family and the battle between chaos and order, A MONSTROUS ESCAPE is the third book in the Deidra Ann Adventures series of middle-grade novels by Teter Keyes.
Download or read book Alas Poor Yorick written by Robert DiChiara and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2002 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alas, Poor Yorick is a darkly funny first-person account of the life of the most famous fool in all literature, one we have known as but a skull in the hands of a brooding Hamlet. From that familiar graveyard setting, the novel’s Yorick speaks to us, angry that Hamlet had forgotten him all this time, hurt that Hamlet never wondered what had become of his witty boyhood companion. Yorick’s clever, compassionate tale tells us of his cruel childhood and father-inflicted deformity, of his passionate love for an Elsinore servant, Philia, of his training and trickery in order to become royal jester. Most of all, of why he ultimately swears revenge on Hamlet’s father, the humorless and self-righteous king of Denmark, and how he schemes to destroy him. The court, in fact, receives three sets of visitors -- King Lear and his Fool, Othello and Iago, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth -- each inspiring Yorick to a different mode of vengeance against the Danish king, each with its own tragic-comic results. Alas, Poor Yorick is a bold, bawdy twist on the Bard, a poetic tale of infinite jest and human frailty for all who love Hamlet in particular and Shakespeare in general.
