Five Great Novels
Title | Five Great Novels PDF eBook |
Author | Philip K. Dick |
Publisher | Orion |
Pages | 848 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Science fiction, American |
ISBN | 9780575084636 |
Five of Philip K. Dick's best novels in one fantastic value volume: the best of SF's visionary master This volume contains DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP? (filmed as BLADERUNNER), MARTIAN TIME SLIP, UBIK, THE THREE STIGMATA OF PALMER ELDRITCH and A SCANNER DARKLY. Taken together they represent the best of Philip K. Dick's unique imagination. In Dick's writing nothing is what it seems, our sense of the world's order is fatally undermined and mass media tells us nothing but artful lies. Films such as THE MATRIX and THE TRUMAN SHOW would not have been made but for Philip K. Dick. His work has never been more timely.
The Five Great Novels of James M. Cain
Title | The Five Great Novels of James M. Cain PDF eBook |
Author | James Mallahan Cain |
Publisher | Pan |
Pages | 633 |
Release | 1985 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780330291132 |
The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch
Title | The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch PDF eBook |
Author | Philip K. Dick |
Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Pages | 243 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0547572557 |
Palmer Eldritch returns from the edge of the universe with a drug called Chew-D for the colonists of Mars who are under threat of god-like or satanic psychics that threaten to wage war against the human soul.
The Great Man
Title | The Great Man PDF eBook |
Author | Kate Christensen |
Publisher | Anchor |
Pages | 322 |
Release | 2008-05-13 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0307455610 |
National Bestseller and Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction Oscar Feldman, the renowned figurative painter, has passed away. As his obituary notes, Oscar is survived by his wife, Abigail, their son, Ethan, and his sister, the well-known abstract painter Maxine Feldman. What the obituary does not note, however, is that Oscar is also survived by his longtime mistress, Teddy St. Cloud, and their daughters. As two biographers interview the women in an attempt to set the record straight, the open secret of his affair reaches a boiling point and a devastating skeleton threatens to come to light. From the acclaimed author of The Epicure's Lament, a scintillating novel of secrets, love, and legacy in the New York art world. "Mischievous...funny, astute...As unexpectedly generous as it is entertaining.... Christensen is a witty observer of the art universe." —The New York Times
500 Great Books by Women
Title | 500 Great Books by Women PDF eBook |
Author | Erica Bauermeister |
Publisher | Penguin Group |
Pages | 452 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 9780140175905 |
Often poorly represented in buyers' guides, women's books are now covered in this articulate and intentionally eclectic reader's guide. Covering a wealth of remarkable novels, narratives, biographies, and more, this resource for general readers offers more than 500 entries--capturing the flavor of each book. Includes seven cross-referenced indexes.
Veronica Henry - Five Great Novels
Title | Veronica Henry - Five Great Novels PDF eBook |
Author | Veronica Henry |
Publisher | Orion |
Pages | 2455 |
Release | 2013-09-12 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1409139727 |
Five of Veronica Henry's brilliant novels, together in one collection. The collection comprises: Just a Family Affair Marriage and Other Games The Beach Hut The Birthday Party The Long Weekend
Dear Ann
Title | Dear Ann PDF eBook |
Author | Bobbie Ann Mason |
Publisher | HarperCollins |
Pages | 318 |
Release | 2020-09-08 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0062986678 |
“You can practically smell the incense and hear the Beatles in this love letter to the counterculture of the 1960s” by the acclaimed author of In Country (People). Ann Workman is smart but naïve, a misfit who’s traveled from rural Kentucky to graduate school in the transformative years of the late 1960s. While Ann fervently seeks higher learning, she wants what all girls yearn for—a boyfriend. But not any boy. She wants the “Real Thing,” to be in love with someone who loves her equally. Then Jimmy appears as if by magic. Although he comes from a very different place, upper-middle class suburban Chicago, he is a misfit too, a rebel who rejects his upbringing and questions everything. Ann and Jimmy bond through music and literature and their own quirkiness, diving headfirst into what seems to be a perfect relationship. But with the Vietnam War looming and the country in turmoil, their future is uncertain. Many years later, Ann recalls this time of innocence—and her own obsession with Jimmy—as she faces another life crisis. Seeking escape from her problems, she tries to imagine where she might be if she had chosen differently all those years ago. What if she had gone to Stanford University, as her mentor had urged, instead of a small school on the East Coast? Would she have been caught up in the Summer of Love and its subsequent dark turns? Or would her own good sense have saved her from disaster? Beautifully written and expertly told, Dear Ann “is a profound examination of grief, regret and memory, wrapped in a compelling story of first love” (Minneapolis Star Tribune).