Emperor of the Air

Emperor of the Air
Title Emperor of the Air PDF eBook
Author Ethan Canin
Publisher HMH
Pages 192
Release 2015-02-03
Genre Fiction
ISBN 0547525486

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The award-winning, bestselling debut collection of “beautifully crafted stories” from the acclaimed author of The Doubter’s Almanac (Chicago Sun-Times). Highly acclaimed and wildly successful upon its debut, Ethan Canin’s now classic collection of nine stories combines exquisite precision, humor, and a rare maturity of observation, capturing those miraculous moments when life opens up and presents itself to us. Full of life, rich with personal history, plot, and revelation, the stories in Emperor of the Air are the work of an extraordinarily gifted young writer. Capturing a wide range of vivid characters and their unforgettable moments of ache, epiphany, humor, and wisdom, Canin would go on to prove himself as “the most mature and accomplished novelist of his generation” (NPR). “Dazzling . . . at times breathtaking, at other times heartbreaking.” —Walker Percy “A glowing first book . . . An engrossing and unified collection.” —Matthew Gilbert, The Boston Globe

Emperor of the Air

Emperor of the Air
Title Emperor of the Air PDF eBook
Author Ethan Canin
Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages 200
Release 1999
Genre Fiction
ISBN 9780618004140

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Explores the beauty and mystery in everyday existence.

The Emperor of Evening Stars

The Emperor of Evening Stars
Title The Emperor of Evening Stars PDF eBook
Author Laura Thalassa
Publisher Hachette UK
Pages 229
Release 2023-01-10
Genre Fiction
ISBN 1399720155

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Prequal to the darkly hypnotic Bargainer series! In the beginning, there was darkness. Before he met Callie, before he became the Bargainer, there was Desmond Flynn, the bastard son of a scribe. A boy born to a weak mother, cursed with little magic, and destined to marry a slave. But fate had something else in mind. Till darkness dies. From the barren caves of Arestys to the palace of Somnia to the streets of earth, this is how Desmond Flynn, a fairy who began with nothing, became the Emperor of Evening Stars.

The Emperor of Any Place

The Emperor of Any Place
Title The Emperor of Any Place PDF eBook
Author Tim Wynne-Jones
Publisher Candlewick Press
Pages 337
Release 2017-03-14
Genre Juvenile Fiction
ISBN 0763694428

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When Evan's father dies suddenly, he finds the book his father had been reading, a diary of a Japanese soldier stranded on a Pacific Island during World War II. There was also an American soldier stranded there.

The Emperor of Ocean Park

The Emperor of Ocean Park
Title The Emperor of Ocean Park PDF eBook
Author Stephen L. Carter
Publisher Vintage
Pages 671
Release 2003-05-27
Genre Fiction
ISBN 0375712925

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • INSPIRATION FOR THE MGM+ ORIGINAL SERIES • ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME • In his triumphant fictional debut, Stephen Carter combines a large-scale, riveting novel of suspense with the saga of a unique family. The Emperor of Ocean Park is set in two privileged worlds: the upper crust African American society of the Eastern seabord—families who summer at Martha’s Vineyard—and the inner circle of an Ivy League law school. “Beautifully written and cleverly plotted. A rich, complex family saga, one deftly woven through a fine legal thriller.” —John Grisham Talcott Garland is a successful law professor, devoted father, and husband of a beautiful and ambitious woman, whose future desires may threaten the family he holds so dear. When Talcott’s father, Judge Oliver Garland, a disgraced former Supreme Court nominee, is found dead under suspicioius circumstances, Talcott wonders if he may have been murdered. Guided by the elements of a mysterious puzzle that his father left, Talcott must risk his marriage, his career and even his life in his quest for justice. Superbly written and filled with memorable characters, The Emperor of Ocean Park is both a stunning literary achievement and a grand literary entertainment.

Eavesdropping on the Emperor

Eavesdropping on the Emperor
Title Eavesdropping on the Emperor PDF eBook
Author Peter Kornicki
Publisher Oxford University Press
Pages 426
Release 2021-12-01
Genre History
ISBN 0197644082

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When Japanese signals were decoded at Bletchley Park, who translated them into English? When Japanese soldiers were taken as prisoners of war, who interrogated them? When Japanese maps and plans were captured on the battlefield, who deciphered them for Britain? When Great Britain found itself at war with Japan in December 1941, there was a linguistic battle to be fought--but Britain was hopelessly unprepared. Eavesdropping on the Emperor traces the men and women with a talent for languages who were put on crash courses in Japanese, and unfolds the history of their war. Some were sent with their new skills to India; others to Mauritius, where there was a secret radio intercept station; or to Australia, where they worked with Australian and American codebreakers. Translating the despatches of the Japanese ambassador in Berlin after his conversations with Hitler; retrieving filthy but valuable documents from the battlefield in Burma; monitoring Japanese airwaves to warn of air-raids--Britain depended on these forgotten 'war heroes'. The accuracy of their translations was a matter of life or death, and they rose to the challenge. Based on declassified archives and interviews with the few survivors, this fascinating, globe-trotting book tells their stories.

Eyes of the Emperor

Eyes of the Emperor
Title Eyes of the Emperor PDF eBook
Author Graham Salisbury
Publisher Ember
Pages 258
Release 2014-09-09
Genre Young Adult Fiction
ISBN 0385386567

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Eddy Okubo lies about his age and joins the army in his hometown of Honolulu only weeks before the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor. Suddenly Americans see him as the enemy—even the U.S. Army doubts the loyalty of Japanese American soldiers. Then the army sends Eddy and a small band of Japanese American soldiers on a secret mission to a small island off the coast of Mississippi. Here they are given a special job, one that only they can do. Eddy’s going to help train attack dogs. He’s going to be the bait.