The Last Leaves Falling
Title | The Last Leaves Falling PDF eBook |
Author | Fox Benwell |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 17 |
Release | 2015 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1481430661 |
In Japan, teenaged Abe Sora, who is afflicted with "Lou Gehrig's Disease," finds friends online and elicits their help to end his suffering.
Fletcher and the Falling Leaves
Title | Fletcher and the Falling Leaves PDF eBook |
Author | Julia Rawlinson |
Publisher | eBook Partnership |
Pages | 36 |
Release | 2020-09-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1913634310 |
As the autumn season sets in, Fletcher is very worried his beautiful tree has begun to loose all of its leaves. Whatever Fletcher attempts to do to save them, it's simply no use. When the final leaf falls, Fletcher feels hopeless... until he returns the next day to a glorious sight. A tender, uplifting tale about acceptance and hope for the future.'Captivating' Publishers Weekly'Preschoolers will love being in on the joke, even as they marvel at the bright petals that herald the astonishing beauty of spring' ALA Booklist
House of Leaves
Title | House of Leaves PDF eBook |
Author | Mark Z. Danielewski |
Publisher | Pantheon |
Pages | 738 |
Release | 2000-03-07 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0375420525 |
“A novelistic mosaic that simultaneously reads like a thriller and like a strange, dreamlike excursion into the subconscious.” —The New York Times Years ago, when House of Leaves was first being passed around, it was nothing more than a badly bundled heap of paper, parts of which would occasionally surface on the Internet. No one could have anticipated the small but devoted following this terrifying story would soon command. Starting with an odd assortment of marginalized youth -- musicians, tattoo artists, programmers, strippers, environmentalists, and adrenaline junkies -- the book eventually made its way into the hands of older generations, who not only found themselves in those strangely arranged pages but also discovered a way back into the lives of their estranged children. Now this astonishing novel is made available in book form, complete with the original colored words, vertical footnotes, and second and third appendices. The story remains unchanged, focusing on a young family that moves into a small home on Ash Tree Lane where they discover something is terribly wrong: their house is bigger on the inside than it is on the outside. Of course, neither Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Will Navidson nor his companion Karen Green was prepared to face the consequences of that impossibility, until the day their two little children wandered off and their voices eerily began to return another story -- of creature darkness, of an ever-growing abyss behind a closet door, and of that unholy growl which soon enough would tear through their walls and consume all their dreams.
The Last Leaf
Title | The Last Leaf PDF eBook |
Author | William Glennon |
Publisher | Dramatic Publishing |
Pages | 60 |
Release | 1996-07 |
Genre | Artists |
ISBN | 9780871296917 |
Falling Leaves
Title | Falling Leaves PDF eBook |
Author | Adeline Yen Mah |
Publisher | Crown |
Pages | 306 |
Release | 1999-04-06 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0767903579 |
The emotionally wrenching yet ultimately uplifting memoir of a Chinese woman struggling to win the love and acceptance of her family. Born in 1937 in a port city a thousand miles north of Shanghai, Adeline Yen Mah was the youngest child of an affluent Chinese family who enjoyed rare privileges during a time of political and cultural upheaval. But wealth and position could not shield Adeline from a childhood of appalling emotional abuse at the hands of a cruel and manipulative stepmother. Determined to survive through her enduring faith in family unity, Adeline struggled for independence as she moved from Hong Kong to England and eventually to the United States to become a physician and writer. A compelling, painful, and ultimately triumphant story of a girl's journey into adulthood, Adeline's story is a testament to the most basic of human needs: acceptance, love, and understanding. With a powerful voice that speaks of the harsh realities of growing up female in a family and society that kept girls in emotional chains, Falling Leaves is a work of heartfelt intimacy and a rare authentic portrait of twentieth-century China. "Riveting. A marvel of memory. Poignant proof of the human will to endure." —Amy Tan
Ruby's Falling Leaves
Title | Ruby's Falling Leaves PDF eBook |
Author | Rosemary Wells |
Publisher | Turtleback Books |
Pages | 24 |
Release | 2007-09 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 9781417796519 |
Ruby is determined to have the best leaf-collection book in the whole class.
Fallen Leaves
Title | Fallen Leaves PDF eBook |
Author | Will Durant |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 208 |
Release | 2014-12-09 |
Genre | Literary Collections |
ISBN | 1476771561 |
Praised as a “revelatory” book by The Wall Street Journal, this is the last and most personal work of Pulitzer Prize–winning author and historian Will Durant, discovered thirty-two years after his death. The culmination of Will Durant’s sixty-plus years spent researching the philosophies, religions, arts, sciences, and civilizations from across the world, Fallen Leaves is the distilled wisdom of one of the world’s greatest minds, a man with a renowned talent for rendering the insights of the past accessible. Over the course of Durant’s career he received numerous letters from “curious readers who have challenged me to speak my mind on the timeless questions of human life and fate.” With Fallen Leaves, his final book, he at last accepted their challenge. In twenty-two short chapters, Durant addresses everything from youth and old age to religion, morals, sex, war, politics, and art. Fallen Leaves is “a thought-provoking array of opinions” (Publishers Weekly), offering elegant prose, deep insights, and Durant’s revealing conclusions about the perennial problems and greatest joys we face as a species. In Durant’s singular voice, here is a message of insight for everyone who has ever sought meaning in life or the counsel of a learned friend while navigating life’s journey.