I Heard the Owl Call My Name
Title | I Heard the Owl Call My Name PDF eBook |
Author | Margaret Craven |
Publisher | Dell |
Pages | 162 |
Release | 2017-11-14 |
Genre | Young Adult Fiction |
ISBN | 1101969539 |
Amid the grandeur of the remote Pacific Northwest stands Kingcome, a village so ancient that, according to Kwakiutl myth, it was founded by the two brothers left on earth after the great flood. The Native Americans who still live there call it Quee, a place of such incredible natural richness that hunting and fishing remain primary food sources. But the old culture of totems and potlatch is being replaces by a new culture of prefab housing and alcoholism. Kingcome's younger generation is disenchanted and alienated from its heritage. And now, coming upriver is a young vicar, Mark Brian, on a journey of discovery that can teach him—and us—about life, death, and the transforming power of love.
I Heard the Owl Call My Name
Title | I Heard the Owl Call My Name PDF eBook |
Author | Margaret Craven |
Publisher | Dell |
Pages | 164 |
Release | 1980-01-15 |
Genre | Young Adult Fiction |
ISBN | 9780440343691 |
Amid the grandeur of the remote Pacific Northwest stands Kingcome, a village so ancient that, according to Kwakiutl myth, it was founded by the two brothers left on earth after the great flood. The Native Americans who still live there call it Quee, a place of such incredible natural richness that hunting and fishing remain primary food sources. But the old culture of totems and potlatch is being replaces by a new culture of prefab housing and alcoholism. Kingcome's younger generation is disenchanted and alienated from its heritage. And now, coming upriver is a young vicar, Mark Brian, on a journey of discovery that can teach him—and us—about life, death, and the transforming power of love.
I Heard the Owl Call My Name
Title | I Heard the Owl Call My Name PDF eBook |
Author | Margaret Craven |
Publisher | Pan Macmillan |
Pages | 148 |
Release | 1980 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9780330247658 |
A young priest, unaware that he has only two years to live, is sent to a parish in the seacoast wilds of British Columbia.
Walk Gently this Good Earth
Title | Walk Gently this Good Earth PDF eBook |
Author | Margaret Craven |
Publisher | Putnam Publishing Group |
Pages | 188 |
Release | 1977 |
Genre | Families |
ISBN |
The story of the Westcott family of the American West, through the Depression to the present day.
The Day of the Owl
Title | The Day of the Owl PDF eBook |
Author | Leonardo Sciascia |
Publisher | New York Review of Books |
Pages | 140 |
Release | 2003-09-30 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9781590170618 |
A man is shot dead as he runs to catch the bus in the piazza of a small Sicilian town. Captain Bellodi, the detective on the case, is new to his job and determined to prove himself. Bellodi suspects the Mafia, and his suspicions grow when he finds himself up against an apparently unbreachable wall of silence. A surprise turn puts him on the track of a series of nasty crimes. But all the while Bellodi's investigation is being carefully monitored by a host of observers, near and far. They share a single concern: to keep the truth from coming out. This short, beautifully paced novel is a mesmerizing description of the Mafia at work.
The Gift of Rain
Title | The Gift of Rain PDF eBook |
Author | Tan Twan Eng |
Publisher | Hachette Books |
Pages | 338 |
Release | 2009-05-05 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1602860599 |
In the tradition of celebrated wartime storytellers Somerset Maugham and Graham Greene, Tan Twan Eng's debut novel casts a powerful spell. The recipient of extraordinary acclaim from critics and the bookselling community, Tan Twan Eng's debut novel casts a powerful spell and has garnered comparisons to celebrated wartime storytellers Somerset Maugham and Graham Greene. Set during the tumult of World War II, on the lush Malayan island of Penang, The Gift of Rain tells a riveting and poignant tale about a young man caught in the tangle of wartime loyalties and deceits. In 1939, sixteen-year-old Philip Hutton-the half-Chinese, half-English youngest child of the head of one of Penang's great trading families-feels alienated from both the Chinese and British communities. He at last discovers a sense of belonging in his unexpected friendship with Hayato Endo, a Japanese diplomat. Philip proudly shows his new friend around his adored island, and in return Endo teaches him about Japanese language and culture and trains him in the art and discipline of aikido. But such knowledge comes at a terrible price. When the Japanese savagely invade Malaya, Philip realizes that his mentor and sensei-to whom he owes absolute loyalty-is a Japanese spy. Young Philip has been an unwitting traitor, and must now work in secret to save as many lives as possible, even as his own family is brought to its knees.
Downtown Owl
Title | Downtown Owl PDF eBook |
Author | Chuck Klosterman |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 301 |
Release | 2008-09-16 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1416580654 |
Now a major film! New York Times bestselling author and “one of America’s top cultural critics” (Entertainment Weekly) Chuck Klosterman’s debut novel brilliantly captures the charm and dread of small-town life. Somewhere in rural North Dakota, there is a fictional town called Owl. They don’t have cable. They don’t really have pop culture, but they do have grain prices and alcoholism. People work hard and then they die. But that’s not nearly as awful as it sounds; in fact, sometimes it’s perfect. Mitch Hrlicka lives in Owl. He plays high school football and worries about his weirdness, or lack thereof. Julia Rabia just moved to Owl. A history teacher, she gets free booze and falls in love with a self-loathing bison farmer. Widower and local conversationalist Horace Jones has resided in Owl for seventy-three years. They all know each other completely, except that they’ve never met. But when a deadly blizzard—based on an actual storm that occurred in 1984—hits the area, their lives are derailed in unexpected and powerful ways. An unpretentious, darkly comedic story of how it feels to exist in a community where local mythology and violent reality are pretty much the same thing, Downtown Owl is “a satisfying character study and strikes a perfect balance between the funny and the profound” (Publishers Weekly).