No Country for Old Men
Title | No Country for Old Men PDF eBook |
Author | Cormac McCarthy |
Publisher | Vintage |
Pages | 320 |
Release | 2007-11-29 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0307390535 |
From the bestselling author of The Passenger and the Pulitzer Prize–winning novel The Road comes a "profoundly disturbing and gorgeously rendered" novel (The Washington Post) that returns to the Texas-Mexico border, setting of the famed Border Trilogy. The time is our own, when rustlers have given way to drug-runners and small towns have become free-fire zones. One day, a good old boy named Llewellyn Moss finds a pickup truck surrounded by a bodyguard of dead men. A load of heroin and two million dollars in cash are still in the back. When Moss takes the money, he sets off a chain reaction of catastrophic violence that not even the law—in the person of aging, disillusioned Sheriff Bell—can contain. As Moss tries to evade his pursuers—in particular a mysterious mastermind who flips coins for human lives—McCarthy simultaneously strips down the American crime novel and broadens its concerns to encompass themes as ancient as the Bible and as bloodily contemporary as this morning’s headlines. No Country for Old Men is a triumph. Look for Cormac McCarthy's latest bestselling novels, The Passenger and Stella Maris.
Old Man Country
Title | Old Man Country PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas R. Cole |
Publisher | |
Pages | 193 |
Release | 2020 |
Genre | Family & Relationships |
ISBN | 0190689986 |
"We live in a time of change, an era where old men can maintain health but find dignity in frailty. Old Man Country helps readers see and imagine this change for themselves. The book follows the journey of a writer in search of wisdom, as he narrates encounters with twelve distinguished American men over 80 -- including Paul Volcker, the former head of the Federal Reserve, and Denton Cooley, the world's most famous heart surgeon. In these and other intimate conversations, the book explores and honors the particular way that each man faces the challenges of living a good old age"--
A Gathering of Old Men
Title | A Gathering of Old Men PDF eBook |
Author | Ernest J. Gaines |
Publisher | Vintage |
Pages | 226 |
Release | 2012-10-31 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0307830381 |
A powerful depiction of racial tensions arising over the death of a Cajun farmer at the hands of a black man--set on a Louisiana sugarcane plantation in the 1970s. The Village Voice called A Gathering of Old Men “the best-written novel on Southern race relations in over a decade.”
Walt Disney's Nine Old Men
Title | Walt Disney's Nine Old Men PDF eBook |
Author | Pete Docter |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 2012 |
Genre | Animators |
ISBN | 9781423172963 |
The Nine Old Men: Lessons, Techniques, and Inspiration from Disney's Great Animators
Title | The Nine Old Men: Lessons, Techniques, and Inspiration from Disney's Great Animators PDF eBook |
Author | Andreas Deja |
Publisher | CRC Press |
Pages | 791 |
Release | 2015-09-16 |
Genre | Computers |
ISBN | 1135015856 |
Learn from the men who changed animation forever Walt Disney’s team of core animators, who he affectionately called his "Nine Old Men," were known for creating Disney’s most famous works, as well as refining the 12 basic principles of animation. Follow master animator and Disney legend Andreas Deja as he takes you through the minds and works of these notable animators. An apprentice to the Nine Old Men himself, Deja gives special attention to each animator and provides a thoughtful analysis on their techniques that include figure drawing, acting, story structure, and execution. The in-depth analysis of each animator’s work will allow you to refine your approach to character animation. Rare sequential drawings from the Disney archives also give you unprecedented access and insight into the most creative minds that changed the course of animation. Instruction and analysis on the works of each of the Nine Old Men broaden your creative choices and approaches to character animation Original drawings, some never-before-seen by the public are explored in depth, giving you behind-the-scenes access into Disney animation history Gain first-hand insight into the foundation of timeless characters and scenes from some of Disney’s most memorable feature and short films
How Not to Become a Crotchety Old Man
Title | How Not to Become a Crotchety Old Man PDF eBook |
Author | Mary McHugh |
Publisher | Andrews McMeel Publishing |
Pages | 146 |
Release | 2009-03-17 |
Genre | Family & Relationships |
ISBN | 0740781553 |
Good things come in small sizes. That is so true, especially for How Not to Become a Crotchety Old Man. Big on fun and filled with hilarious insights about how not to let our inner crotchety old man out, this one makes the perfect Father's Day gift. Men will learn how to age gracefully so they never rattle off an inappropriate "dirty old man" joke. They'll learn that reading the obits first is a cardinal sin and that never reading the instructions is a close second.
The Old Man
Title | The Old Man PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas Perry |
Publisher | Grove/Atlantic, Inc. |
Pages | 347 |
Release | 2017-01-03 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0802189768 |
Coming soon, an original series from FX series from FX starring Jeff Bridges, John Lithgow, and Amy Brennaeman Edgar Award-winning author Thomas Perry writes thrillers that move “almost faster than a speeding bullet” (Wall Street Journal). The Old Man is his latest whip-smart standalone novel. To all appearances, Dan Chase is a harmless retiree in Vermont with two big mutts and a grown daughter he keeps in touch with by phone. But most sixty-year-old widowers don’t have multiple driver’s licenses, savings stockpiled in banks across the country, and a bugout kit with two Beretta Nanos stashed in the spare bedroom closet. Most have not spent decades on the run. Thirty-five years ago, as a young hotshot in army intelligence, Chase was sent to Libya to covertly assist a rebel army. When the plan turned sour, Chase reacted according to his own ideas of right and wrong, triggering consequences he could never have anticipated. And someone still wants him dead because of them. Just as he had begun to think himself finally safe, Chase must reawaken his survival instincts to contend with the history he has spent his adult life trying to escape. Armed mercenaries, spectacularly crashed cars, a precarious love interest, and an unforgettable chase scene through the snow—this is lethal plotting from one of the best in crime fiction.