City of Dust (The Book of Fire series, Book 2)
Title | City of Dust (The Book of Fire series, Book 2) PDF eBook |
Author | Michelle Kenney |
Publisher | HarperCollins UK |
Pages | 384 |
Release | 2018-10-02 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0008281440 |
The fight is never over.
City of Dust
Title | City of Dust PDF eBook |
Author | Gregg Andrews |
Publisher | University of Missouri Press |
Pages | 390 |
Release | 2002-09-20 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 082621424X |
Mark Twain's boyhood home of Hannibal, Missouri, often brings to mind romanticized images of Twain's fictional characters Huck Finn or Tom Sawyer exploring caves and fishing from the banks of the Mississippi River. In City of Dust, Gregg Andrews tells another story of the Hannibal area, the very real story of the exploitation and eventual destruction of Ilasco, Missouri, an industrial town created to serve the purposes of the Atlas Portland Cement Company. In this new edition, Andrews provides an introduction detailing the impact of this book since its initial publication in 1996. He writes of a new twist in the Ilasco saga, one that concerns the Continental Cement Company’s attempt, not unlike Atlas’s one hundred years earlier, to manipulate the sale of a piece of land near its plant in the town. He explores the uneasy relationship between preservationists and the plant’s CEO and officials in St. Louis; the growing movement to preserve Ilasco’s heritage, including the building of a monument to commemorate the early residents of the town; and the grassroots petition drive and letter-writing campaign that stopped the Continental Cement Company’s machinations.
The Book of Dust: The Secret Commonwealth (Book of Dust, Volume 2)
Title | The Book of Dust: The Secret Commonwealth (Book of Dust, Volume 2) PDF eBook |
Author | Philip Pullman |
Publisher | Knopf Books for Young Readers |
Pages | 658 |
Release | 2019-10-03 |
Genre | Young Adult Fiction |
ISBN | 0553510665 |
The #1 New York Times Bestseller! Return to the world of His Dark Materials—now an HBO original series starring Dafne Keen, Ruth Wilson, Andrew Scott, and Lin-Manuel Miranda—in the second volume of Philip Pullman’s new bestselling masterwork The Book of Dust. The windows between the many worlds have been sealed and the momentous adventures of Lyra Silvertongue’s youth are long behind her—or so she thought. Lyra is now a twenty-year-old undergraduate at St. Sophia’s College and intrigue is swirling around her once more. Her daemon Pantalaimon is witness to a brutal murder, and the dying man entrusts them with secrets that carry echoes from their past. The more Lyra is drawn into these mysteries, the less she is sure of. Even the events of her own past come into question when she learns of Malcolm Polstead’s role in bringing her to Jordan College. Now Lyra and Malcolm will travel far beyond the confines of Oxford, across Europe and into the Levant, searching for a city haunted by daemons, and a desert said to hold the truth of Dust. The dangers they face will challenge everything they thought they knew about the world, and about themselves. Praise for The Book of Dust “It’s a stunning achievement, this universe Pullman has created and continues to build on.” —The New York Times “Pullman’s writing is simple, unpretentious, beautiful, true. The conclusion to The Book of Dust can’t come soon enough.”—The Washington Post
Dust & Decay
Title | Dust & Decay PDF eBook |
Author | Jonathan Maberry |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 544 |
Release | 2012-09-11 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1442402369 |
In post-apocalyptic America, fifteen-year-old Benny Imura and his friends set out into the great Rot & Ruin hoping to find a better future but are soon pitted against zombies, wild animals, insane murderers, and the horrors of Gameland.
City on Fire
Title | City on Fire PDF eBook |
Author | Garth Risk Hallberg |
Publisher | Vintage |
Pages | 1109 |
Release | 2015-10-13 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0385353782 |
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A mystery that reverberates through families, friendships, and the corridors of power in New York and "captures the city’s dangerous, magnetic allure" (The New York Times). • Streaming now on Apple TV+ “As close to a great American novel as this century has produced.” —Stephen King New York City, 1976. Meet Regan and William Hamilton-Sweeney, estranged heirs to one of the city’s great fortunes; Keith and Mercer, the men who, for better or worse, love them; Charlie and Samantha, two suburban teenagers seduced by downtown’s punk scene; an obsessive magazine reporter and his idealistic neighbor—and the detective trying to figure out what any of them have to do with a shooting in Central Park on New Year’s Eve. When the blackout of July 13, 1977, plunges this world into darkness, each of these lives will be changed forever. City on Fire is an unforgettable novel about love and betrayal and forgiveness, about art and truth and rock ’n’ roll: about what people need from each other in order to live—and about what makes the living worth doing in the first place.
The People of Sparks
Title | The People of Sparks PDF eBook |
Author | Jeanne DuPrau |
Publisher | Random House Books for Young Readers |
Pages | 354 |
Release | 2004-06-22 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0375890505 |
A modern-day classic. This highly acclaimed adventure series about two friends desperate to save their doomed city has captivated kids and teachers alike for almost fifteen years and has sold over 3.5 MILLION copies! Lina and Doon have led the citizens of Ember to an exciting new world. When they discover a village called Sparks, they are welcomed, fed, and given places to sleep. But the town’s resources are limited and it isn’t long before resentment begins to grow between the two groups. When mysterious acts of vandalism cause tempers to erupt, putting everyone’s lives in danger, it’s up to our two heroes to find the courage to stop the conflict and bring peace. Praise for the City of Ember books: Nominated to 28 State Award Lists! An American Library Association Notable Children’s Book A New York Public Library 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing Selection A Kirkus Reviews Editors’ Choice A Child Magazine Best Children’s Book A Mark Twain Award Winner A William Allen White Children’s Book Award Winner “A realistic post-apocalyptic world. DuPrau’s book leaves Doon and Lina on the verge of undiscovered country and readers wanting more.” —USA Today “An electric debut.” —Publishers Weekly, Starred “While Ember is colorless and dark, the book itself is rich with description.” —VOYA, Starred
Storm of Ash
Title | Storm of Ash PDF eBook |
Author | Michelle Kenney |
Publisher | HQ |
Pages | 384 |
Release | 2020-01-20 |
Genre | Dystopias |
ISBN | 9780008331108 |
The brand new novel from Michelle Kenney, author of the Book of Fire and City of Dust!