Download or read book I m Sorry about the Clock written by Thomas A. Pendleton and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pendleton, that virtually none of these temporal incoherences seem to have been noted before. Moreover, this study departs from the critical consensus that the earlier drafts of the novel are evidence of Fitzgerald's consummate artistry. Among the discoveries presented here are that Fitzgerald made no use of the 1922 calendar; that he did not work out the novel's time scheme until after completing about half of the manuscript version (possibly because he intended Gatsby to be much longer); and that, quite probably, he attempted to disguise at least some of the book's temporal misplacements and contradictions. Further, this study shows that even the most praised of Fitzgerald's revisions - his relocation of materials dealing with Gatsby's past so as to gradually reveal his secret - was apparently without exception accompanied by faulty temporal connections to the plot line.
Download or read book The Last Lecture written by Randy Pausch and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author, a computer science professor diagnosed with terminal cancer, explores his life, the lessons that he has learned, how he has worked to achieve his childhood dreams, and the effect of his diagnosis on him and his family.
Download or read book The Clock written by James Leslie Payne and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2011-08-24 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the mid 1700s in Edinburgh until today The Clock winds its way through time and tides. Through the centuries it stands, a sentinel in many a home, some grand, some not so grand. Always it stands and keeps time for the owner. It keeps watch in more ways than one. Some owners are proud of the clock and keep it front and center, while others are ambivalent towards it and hardly notice its presence. Still it ticks and tocks its way through the ocean of time that two centuries avail. It was built as a pass into the Hammermen Society of Edinburgh; the boy genius craftsman that gave it birth could never have imagined the journey it went on neither can you! Many stories boast truth. They describe themselves as based on a real-life incident. The story of the clock is indeed is based on a very true story. Author James Leslie Payne is a broadcast executive in radio and television. He lives on Canadas West Coast with his wife, a golden retriever named Billy, and the Sentinelyes, the Sentinel. It turns out thats the latest stop on its incredible journeyone that Payne is eager to share with you. Turn your collar to the cold winds of time; lets begin the journey of The Clock.
Download or read book The Clock Winder written by Anne Tyler and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2011-01-26 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With wondrous observations and bittersweet humor, the beloved best-selling, Pulitzer Prize–winning author tells the story of an unsuspecting young woman who becomes the North star that helps a stumbling, dysfunctional family find its footing. Mrs. Emerson, widowed with seven adult children, lives alone in crumbling Victorian mansion outside Baltimore with only a collection of antique clocks to keep her company. Elizabeth Abbott—twenty-three years old, aimless, bohemian, and beautiful—leads a vagabond lifestyle until she happens upon Mrs. Emerson’s home and convinces the older woman to hire her as a handyman. When three of the strange, idiosyncratic Emerson children return to their childhood home for a visit, they are irresistibly drawn to Elizabeth.
Download or read book Zero O Clock written by C.J. Farley and published by Akashic Books. This book was released on 2021-09-07 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For sixteen-year-old Geth Montego, zero o’clock begins on March 11, 2020. By June, she wonders if it will ever end. “An insightful, eye-opening, and inventive story. C.J. Farley has penned a novel that sheds an important light on real issues facing young people today.” —Angie Thomas, author of The Hate U Give In early March 2020 in New Rochelle, New York, teenager Geth Montego is fumbling with the present and uncertain about her future. She only has three friends: her best friend Tovah, who’s been acting weird ever since they started applying to college; Diego, who she wants to ask to prom; and the K-pop band BTS, because the group always seems to be there for her when she needs them (at least in her head). She could use some help now. Geth’s small city becomes one of the first COVID-19 containment zones in the US. As her community is upended by the virus and stirred up by the growing Black Lives Matter protests, Geth faces a choice and a question: Is she willing to risk everything to fight for her beliefs? And if so, what exactly does she believe in? C.J. Farley captures a moment in spring 2020 no teenager will ever forget. It sucks watching the world fall apart. But sometimes you have to start from zero.
Download or read book Life s Songs of a Born Superstar written by Wylanda Blanding and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2012-03-13 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The life of aspiring entertainer growing up in South Carolina. Struggles and trials do not have to define us, but it can make us stronger. It doesn't matter how many times we fall, but how many times we get up and keep on trying. This book allows you to take a walk in my shoes and see how I over come some of my obstacles. My love for music and dance and how it saved me when I had nothing else to turn to. The love of a strong minded mother, to broken hearts, empty promises, and loneliness. From romance, true friends, the wrong friends, roads of distruction, to roads of success. Also, my personal thoughts on real men and learning from the past so you can have a brighter future.
Download or read book Secrets On the Clock written by Nicole Disney and published by Bold Strokes Books Inc. This book was released on 2018-10-16 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jenna Thompson is a recently promoted supervisor for Child Protective Services, but she's already having a hard time following the rules. She knows that if she dares act on her desire for her new trainee, she won’t keep her job long. Danielle Corey’s family disowned her when she came out at seventeen, so she’s passionate about helping children who have been neglected, abused, or abandoned by their families. Eager to prove herself as a new social worker, Danielle struggles with her unprofessional attraction for her new boss. As the case they’re working on becomes more volatile, their opinions start to clash even as coworkers become suspicious of their obvious connection. Tensions rise and, with their careers and hearts in the balance, Jenna and Danielle have to decide if they’re willing to risk everything they’ve worked for to take a chance at forever.
Download or read book The Folded Clock written by Heidi Julavits and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2016-03-08 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times Notable Book Rereading her childhood diaries, Heidi Julavits hoped to find incontrovertible proof that she was always destined to be a writer. Instead, they “revealed me to possess the mind of a phobic tax auditor.” Thus was born a desire to try again, to chronicle her daily life—now as a forty-something woman, wife, mother, and writer. A meditation on time and self, youth and aging, friendship and romance, faith and fate, and art and ambition, in The Folded Clock one of the most gifted prose stylists in American letters explodes the typically confessional diary form with her trademark humor, honesty, and searing intelligence.
Download or read book Dandelion Clock written by Mona Wynette Green and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-10-08 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anne Dalton has suffered the death of both parents and a bitter divorce. When she suddenly loses her job her life is shattered. She visits Jekyll Island, off the eastern coast of Georgia, it has a flamboyant history and the privacy she seeks to get her life back together. She meets David Fields and discovers that beneath his quiet facade lies a hidden personality that frightens her. Fearful but unable to walk away she is caught up in a mystery that includes danger for herself and sanity for David. The shadow of lies and deception about the death of his fiance has shattered the lives of all involved. As the truth is finally exposed, Anne and David find answers that enable each of them to restore their own lives.
Download or read book The Girl in the Face of the Clock written by Charles Mathes and published by Minotaur Books. This book was released on 2001-04-01 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charles Mathes has impressed readers with his inventive series of "Girl" stand-alones in which a different female heroine must uncover a dark secret about her family's past. In this fourth addition to the series, Mathes brings readers Jane Sailor, a young woman who choreographs stage combat for theatrical productions.She is working at a regional repertory company when she gets an ominous phone call urging her to return to New York: something has happened to her father. Jane has been expecting this call for years. Aaron Sailor was a promising painter before he fell down the stairs of their Soho loft. He has been in a coma for the past eight years, and the doctors have made it clear that there is no chance for recovery.This phone call from the nursing home can only mean one thing. But her father is not dead, Jane learns to her surprise. Still unconscious, he has suddenly begun to speak. What he says is as baffling as it is upsetting. "No, Perry, don't do it. No, Perry, no." Were these the last words that Aaron spoke before his head was smashed on the vestibule floor? Could his fall perhaps have not been an accident? And who was Perry? Searching through her father's old papers Jane stumbles across a name she has never heard before. Perry Mannerback turns out to be an eccentric billionaire who spends his time giving away money and collecting rare clocks. Jane goes to work for him, hoping to find some answers, but instead discovers the real question: Will she get out of this alive? From the high stakes world of New York City art galleries to the underbelly of London's antique trade to the puzzling attentions of an international financier, Jane follows the trail of a killer as Charles Mathes takes his readers on another dazzling adventure.
Download or read book Winding Back the Clock written by Ian Laurence and published by Author House. This book was released on 2012-09-18 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American lawyer Katie Talbot is on the trail of the treasures that were looted from her ancestral home on the island of Rgen by two brothers, who were agents of the secret police in the days of the former East Germany. Detlef Weber is also on the trail of the brothers, as they murdered his father. The paths of Katie and Detlef criss-cross as they each pursue their quest, but both get caught up in the rise of a new far-right political party in Germany that is threatening the stability of Europe. It all comes to a climax in Weimar, the center of so much culture and political history. Author Ian Laurence has done a masterful job here, weaving well-developed characters into an imaginative plot that builds interest chapter after chapter. He successfully connects his fiction to history, adding enough factual details to make the story believable without overwhelming it. In addition, Laurence knows when to drop in critical foreshadowing to keep readers guessing. It is sure to please fans of suspense novels who appreciate thought-provoking history skilfully cross-connected with a credible and vivid story line. - Blueink Review Laurence keeps readers guessing about the outcome until the very end. A whirlwind trip around the globe, a little glamour, and a lot of intrigue. - ForeWord Reviews (Clarion Review) Winding Back The Clock is fast moving and energetic, full of plots and counter-plots. The author has obviously done his research, and the historical information is clearly presented, although sometimes too didactically. The interplay of the different characters, with their different motivations, is well drawn, and the villains are downright chilling. - IndieReader
Download or read book Clock Dance written by Anne Tyler and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2018-07-10 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A novel of self-discovery and second chances from the beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning author—Willa Drake has had three opportunities to start her life over: in 1967, as a schoolgirl whose mother has suddenly disappeared; in 1977, when considering a marriage proposal; and in 1997, as a young widow trying to hold her family together. So she is surprised when in 2017 she is given one last chance to change everything, after receiving a startling phone call from a stranger. Without fully understanding why, she flies across the country to Baltimore to help a young woman she's never met. This impulsive decision, maybe the first one she’s consciously made in her life, will lead Willa into uncharted territory—surrounded by eccentric neighbors who treat each other like family, she finds solace and fulfillment in unexpected places. A bewitching novel of hope and transformation, Clock Dance gives us Anne Tyler at the height of her powers.
Download or read book Six O clock written by Katrina Spencer and published by Kensington Books. This book was released on 2009 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An African-American woman who lacks the desirable curves of her culture struggles to find love, and herself, in this compelling urban tale from a fresh new voice. Original.
Download or read book LIVING PAGES written by SHYAM SUNDAR BULUSU and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2019-07-02 with total page 503 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The short stories that populate this book hold a mirror to various facets of life. They reflect a gamut of diverse emotions and moods. They display a rich variety of writing styles apt for the narrative – sombre for a serious social theme, flippant for a humorous anecdote, even a classical play format, and so on. The vibrant energy from these reflections of life turns the otherwise inanimate pages into ‘Living Pages.’
Download or read book Clock Face of Ills written by Paige Elizabeth Turner and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2017-12-07 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘When planning a murder, many variables must be considered...Preparation is akin to a screenwriter stitching together plots and scenes, establishing timelines, and illuminating the manner by which the killer will escape prosecution.’ Paige Elizabeth Turner is back with Clock Face of Ills, the third instalment of the Watts Happening? Investigations series. In the book, Olivia Watts, former police sergeant and now proprietor of ‘Watts Happening? Investigations’ is commissioned to assist a covert operation investigating allegations against DI Philip McMaster. McMaster is embroiled in a boundary dispute with his neighbour Giuseppe Caruso. When an untapped vein of a historic gold belt is discovered beneath the properties, McMaster offers to purchase the Caruso property. Days later, Caruso is found dead in his home. The routine ‘tail and report’ investigation uncovers McMaster’s association with a gangland killer and a crooked solicitor. Olivia ties McMaster to fraud, deception and murder, only to find her evidence against the long-serving officer rejected by the police brotherhood. Within days Olivia’s life is threatened. Will she uncover enough evidence in time to protect herself and find Caruso’s killer? Clock Face of Ills is a gripping crime novel that keeps readers hooked until the very end. Comparable to the work of Sue Grafton, the book will appeal to fans of crime novels, especially readers who have enjoyed Paige’s previous two novels, Beyond All Doubt (Matador, 2017) and Whisper of Death (Matador, 2017).
Download or read book Off the Clock written by AM Daniels and published by Amabel Daniels. This book was released on with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nina Live a little, they said. Relax. From the moment I start this vacation, enjoying my time off seems impossible when everything flops. My luggage goes missing, my purse is stolen, and my reservation is not at all what I expected. Stranded and refusing to stay at a nudist resort full of interesting, retired folks, I have no choice but to leave, and run right into a sexy man who seems so wonderfully normal—and willing to drive me into town. When he drops me off after helping me find a new hotel, I’m more than surprised when he returns, seeking nothing but my company. Breaking from my need to control every detail of my life—a joke on this bizarre trip—I accept his suggestion to share a room. His only condition: we keep it simple. One week, one bed, but no personal details. A fling. What happens in Cancun, stays in Cancun. Simon It’s been years since I’ve met someone who doesn’t recognize me as the celebrity I’ve become. So how can I resist the temptation to share my break from filming with this real and down-to-earth woman who has no clue about my status? She’s different, a welcome breath of fresh air dragging me out of the rut I’ve been in, and I’m not ready to let her slip away. Her vacation is already off to a lousy start with rain, vermin, and sleazy men. It’s my pleasure to turn her trip around, but as we make the most of a holiday gone wrong, I err in thinking we could ever manage something with no strings attached. When she discovers my omission, learning of the fame I hid from her…it looks like one week in Mexico is all I’ll ever have with her.
Download or read book Through the Clock s Workings written by Amy Barker and published by Sydney University Press. This book was released on 2009-06-02 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A world first! The first remixed and remixable anthology of literature. So how do you use a remixable anthology? Simple. Read. Re/create. Share.
