Download or read book Tokyo Jazz and Other Stories written by Sean O’Leary and published by Next Chapter. This book was released on 2022-01-27 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A private investigator - a stranger in a strange land - searches for a missing girl in Tokyo. Two brothers have a life-long pact. But what happens when a deal goes wrong? A homeless man gives up his drug and alcohol-fuelled life. But is the good life all it's supposed to be? Stopped by police one night, a group of friends runs into trouble. Soon, one of them must confront his past. These and other lives collide in Tokyo Jazz & Other Stories, a collection of crime and literary stories set in Japan and Australia. This book contains graphic violence and is not suitable for readers under the age of 18.
Download or read book Tokyo Jazz And Other Stories written by Sean O'Leary and published by Next Chapter. This book was released on 2022-02-06 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A private investigator - a stranger in a strange land - searches for a missing girl in Tokyo. Two brothers have a life-long pact. But what happens when a deal goes wrong? A homeless man gives up his drug and alcohol-fuelled life. But is the good life all it's supposed to be? Stopped by police one night, a group of friends runs into trouble. Soon, one of them must confront his past. These and other lives collide in Tokyo Jazz & Other Stories, a collection of crime and literary stories set in Japan and Australia. This book contains graphic violence and is not suitable for readers under the age of 18.
Download or read book Jazz Journeys to Japan written by William Minor and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One author's personal odyssey through the jazz scene in Japan
Download or read book Carter Thompson Mysteries Books 1 3 written by Sean O'Leary and published by Next Chapter. This book was released on 2024-07-18 with total page 519 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first three books in 'Carter Thompson Mysteries', a series of crime fiction by Sean O'Leary, now available in one volume! City Of Sin: Young Rhia was in the wrong place at the wrong time; now, both the police and a group of right-wing fanatics are after her. The only one on her side is Indigenous investigator Carter Thompson. Rhia has a stolen USB full of secrets that could destroy the New Light Church. With a dangerous plan in motion, can Rhia and Carter clear her name - or is it already too late? City Of Fear: After receiving a call from a distraught father to find his missing daughter, Carter takes the case. His search for the girl takes him into the world of model agencies, nightclubs and drug-dealing gangsters. And if that's not enough, Carter's old boss from the Prosecutors Office also needs him to help out with his son. To solve the cases, Carter will need to trust his instincts and defeat some old enemies along the way. City of Vice: After a young girl is found murdered in her apartment, Carter feels guilty for not helping her sister when she asked for his help. With the help of his cop friend, James Roach, Carter searches for clues that could lead him to the killer. But in a heated race against time, there can only be one winner.
Download or read book City Of Fear written by Sean O'Leary and published by Next Chapter. This book was released on 2022-10-26 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Carter Thompson has left the Prosecutors Office, and has been working as a private investigator ever since. After receiving a call from a distraught father to find his missing daughter, Thompson takes the case. His search for the girl takes him into the world of model agencies, nightclub owners and drug-dealing gangsters, many of whom he has a past with. And if that's not enough, Carter's old boss from the Prosecutors Office also needs him to help out with his son, who's started to mingle with the wrong crowd and dabble in hard drugs. To solve the case, Carter will need to trust his instincts... and defeat some old enemies along the way. But can he find the girl before it's too late?
Download or read book This Is Not A Love Song written by Sean O'Leary and published by Next Chapter. This book was released on 2022-11-02 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Is Not A Love Song is a collection of short love stories from all around Australia, with only a few happy endings but many possibilities. Travellers arrive in small towns and find unconventional love with people who are much more than what they first seem. The Sydney / Melbourne dilemma also raises its head, with people arriving or leaving the cities for love that never quite reaches its peak. Nights out seeing bands, drugs stolen from dealers, barmaids and girls on the beach. Homecomings, falling in love with places, a mystical new bar and a lover's betrayal. You'll find these, and much more, in Sean O'Leary's 'This Is Not A Love Song'.
Download or read book City Of Sin written by Sean O'Leary and published by Next Chapter. This book was released on 2022-05-31 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the stifling heat of a Sydney summer, young Rhia is being hunted. She was in the wrong place at the wrong time; now, both the police and a right-wing group of fanatics are after her. The only one on her side is Indigenous investigator Carter Thompson from the Prosecutors Office. In Rhia's possession is a stolen USB full of secrets that could destroy the New Light Church. After NLC sets their attack dog, P.I. Sally Bois on the case, Thompson and Bois clash and race against time to find Rhia. With a dangerous plan in motion, can Rhia and Carter clear her name - or is it already too late? City Of Sin is the first book in Sean O'Leary's riveting crime series set in Sydney, Australia. This book contains adult content and is not recommended for readers under the age of 18.
Download or read book The Heat written by Sean O'Leary and published by Next Chapter. This book was released on 2024-07-30 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jake is a loner who works nights in a Darwin motel. Living in the YMCA, he’s in love with Angel: a prostitute who works out of the low-rent Shark Motel. A vicious murder turns Jake’s life into a nightmare. He must fight for his life on the heat-soaked streets of Darwin and Bangkok to get revenge. But can he get his life back? "This story is a crackerjack, it’s a punch in the face kind of book, it grabs hold and literally doesn’t stop until you get to the final pages. Sean O’Leary draws the locations very well, in particular the Bangkok scenes. Being one of my favourite cities in the world I can say O’Leary gets these down with a real authenticity." - Alex Jones "The Heat simmers throughout, and its characters amply earn their keep in a story that feels substantially larger than the novella within which it's confined. If you get the chance to read it, don't turn down The Heat" - Simon Petrie
Download or read book Blue Nippon written by E. Taylor Atkins and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories written by Jay Rubin and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2018-06-28 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fantastically varied and exciting collection celebrates the great Japanese short story, from its modern origins in the nineteenth century to the remarkable works being written today. Short story writers already well-known to English-language readers are all included here - Tanizaki, Akutagawa, Murakami, Mishima, Kawabata - but also many surprising new finds. From Yuko Tsushima's 'Flames' to Yuten Sawanishi's 'Filling Up with Sugar', from Shin'ichi Hoshi's 'Shoulder-Top Secretary' to Banana Yoshimoto's 'Bee Honey', The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories is filled with fear, charm, beauty and comedy. Curated by Jay Rubin, who has himself freshly translated several of the stories, and introduced by Haruki Murakami, this book will be a revelation to its readers.
Download or read book Jack the Bastard and Other Stories written by Micah Nathan and published by SCB Distributors. This book was released on 2012-06-28 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the best-selling author of the novels Gods of Aberdeen and Losing Graceland comes this new collection of short fiction. The characters in these nine stories share a common thread as they come to terms with their misfortunes-a Jewish screenwriter is hired to write a blockbuster Holocaust romance in “The Mensch”-or their misdeeds-a husband and father returns to his family after leaving them in the care of a mere copy of himself in “Simulacrum.” This eclectic collection culminates in the epic, Kill Bill-esque “Jack the Bastard,” with its samurai and spaghetti western references. Illustrations by famed comic book artists Phil Noto, Tradd Moore, Russ Nicholson, and Michael Allred complement Nathan’s compelling prose.
Download or read book The Johari Mirror and Other Stories written by James Dinwiddie and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here are ten stories that impart unexpected insights from a unique and gifted writer. The surfing pilgrims who lose their paradise in the title story, The Johari Mirror; the rock-and-roll travelers in Dead Fish Eye; the clay-stained miners of The Jackass Hill Insane Asylum; all exhibit their mortal flaws, innocence, and conceits; in worlds where lives shift unpredictably, outcomes are mysterious. In Los Angeles, in the swinging sixties, a college student meets up with the Manson Family and confronts their evil. In Ohio, the Great Serpent Mound becomes metaphor for death and rebirth in the nuclear age. In 1950's Tennessee, a young boy is treetop witness to violence and Ethnic Evolution. A park ranger in Tears to the National Anthem recounts a momentous and strange mass-weeping on the White House lawn. These stories reveal the late 20th Century in exhilarating and profound transition; a life lived in the shadow of chaos. A successful Russian immigrant murders his family and commits suicide, echoing Crime and Punishment in the derangement of A Real Russian Tragedy. The Not So New Age pilgrims sing in dolphin and get a good dose of unmasking. Elvis Presley and Frederick Chopin return to remind us of the arousing possibilities of music, and of its tragic disappointment. The Johari Mirror presents the range and versatility, the artistry of language and ideas -- from tightly controlled to dazzlingly free, from mock-adolescent to piercing critic -- of a bold and illuminating writer. The voices and tales, fiction, memoir and commentary, all make the page sing in genuinely prophetic tones. Visit the author's web site at www.worldcat.com
Download or read book First Person Singular written by Haruki Murakami and published by Random House. This book was released on 2021-04-06 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A mindbending new collection of short stories from the unique, internationally acclaimed author of Norwegian Wood and The Wind-up Bird Chronicle. THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER The eight masterly stories in this new collection are all told in the first person by a classic Murakami narrator. From nostalgic memories of youth, meditations on music and an ardent love of baseball to dreamlike scenarios, an encounter with a talking monkey and invented jazz albums, together these stories challenge the boundaries between our minds and the exterior world. Occasionally, a narrator who may or may not be Murakami himself is present. Is it memoir or fiction? The reader decides. Philosophical and mysterious, the stories in First Person Singular all touch beautifully on love and solitude, childhood and memory. . . all with a signature Murakami twist. A GUARDIAN AND SUNDAY TIMES 'BOOKS OF 2021' PICK
Download or read book Quit Your Band Musical Notes from the Japanese Underground written by Ian F. Martin and published by . This book was released on 2016-09-01 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the sugar rush of Tokyo's idol subculture to the discordant polyrhythms of its experimental punk and indie scenes, this book by Japan Times music columnist Ian F. Martin offers a witty and tender look at the wide spectrum of issues that shape Japanese music today. With unique theories about the evolution of J-pop as well as its history, infrastructure and (sub)cultures, Martin deconstructs an industry that operates very differently from counterparts overseas. Based partly on interviews with influential artists, label owners and event organisers, Martin's book combines personal anecdotes with cultural criticism and music history. An accessible and humorous account emerges of why some creative acts manage to overcome institutional pressures, without quitting their bands. Ian Martin's writing about Japanese music has appeared in The Japan Times, CNN Travel and The Guardian among other places. Martin is based in Tokyo, where he also runs Call And Response Records.
Download or read book Cheese and Other Stories written by Deryck Whittaker and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2013-11-01 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cheese! The smiley face we accept as a universal sign of happiness belies the twists and downturns of not-quite-everyday life. Through these witty, visceral short stories, Deryck Whittaker takes us on a bittersweet journey across the globe, introducing a set of characters at odds with themselves and the times. In locations as disparate as Norway, Mali and Argentina, the jungle of the art world, the good are generally rewarded, while the boorish and greedy receive their comeuppance. Sometimes cautionary, often hilarious, the stories may end (or begin) with murder, indulge in love and lust, or describe in exquisite detail moments of apparent ordinariness. Throughout Cheese and Other Stories Whittaker’s elegant wordplay and acute observations of the human condition are superb.
Download or read book Crossover Fiction written by Sandra L. Beckett and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-11-24 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Crossover Fiction, Sandra L. Beckett explores the global trend of crossover literature and explains how it is transforming literary canons, concepts of readership, the status of authors, the publishing industry, and bookselling practices. This study will have significant relevance across disciplines, as scholars in literary studies, media and cultural studies, visual arts, education, psychology, and sociology examine the increasingly blurred borderlines between adults and young people in contemporary society, notably with regard to their consumption of popular culture.
Download or read book Tokyo in Transit written by Alisa Freedman and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work discusses literary depictions of mass transit in 20th century Tokyo in the decades preceding WWII. It cuts across literary and historical/sociological analysis, and contributes to the growing body of work examining Japanese urbanism, gender, and modernism.
