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Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Twenty-four-year-old bookseller and Manhattanite Naomi Ackerman is determined to write a novel-to prove the believers right and the disbelievers wrong (though she finds herself falling into both camps, depending on the day). When, after years of disastrous Tinder dates, she meets Caleb-a perfectly nice guy with a Welsh accent, a non-pretentious job, and a unique patience for all of her quirks-she feels she's finally found something to write about:...
282) My present age
Author
Publisher
Ticknor & Fields
Pub. Date
1985.
Language
English
Description
Ed is punchy, unemployed, and on the wrong side of thirty. After his exasperated wife, Victoria, leaves him, Ed finds consolation where he has always found it, in his own rich and eccentric imagination. Pursued by the demons of his own obsession, Ed embarks on a quixotic quest to find Victoria. As he prowls the city's parking garages and motel strips, Ed begins a journey back into his past and is forced - most reluctantly - to confront the web of...
283) Evenings by the fire
Author
Publisher
Mira
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"In "Bride on the Loose," sworn bachelor Jason Manning is drawn to reserved but loving Charlotte Weston, a single mother afraid to give her heart to Jason after being hurt in the past, causing Jason to make every effort to prove to her that they belong together, and in "My Hero," would-be romance writer Bailey York was a woman who'd already failed twice at love and as far as she was concerned, men were only wonderful to read and to write about, which...
Author
Publisher
Other Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Who is the real author of The Black Insignia? Is it H.R. Sanders, whose name is printed on the cover of every installment of the wildly successful young adult adventure series? Or is it Daniel Roche, the enigmatic world traveler who disappears for months at a time? When Daniel's great-niece, Helene, moves to Paris to study archeology, she does not expect to be searching for answers to these questions. As rumors circulate, however, that the twenty-fourth...
285) Wrecked
Author
Publisher
Berkley Sensation
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"With her Hollywood dreams long gone, Abigale now has a nice, neat, uncomplicated life--until the day her perfect fiancé needs to talk. Dumped, a little more than shattered, and totally confused, Abigale turns to Zach, her best friend since forever, to help her pick up the pieces. He does it with the gift of a journal. She can vent her frustrations, and sketch out a new plan. Zach just hopes he's part of it. Because he's been in love with Abigale...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Shahriar Mandanipour, a contemporary and controversial Iranian writer, presents his first novel written in English. Seamlessly entwining two related narratives, Mandanipour unfolds the tale of an Iranian writer attempting to pen a love story set in present-day Iran. Similar to Romeo and Juliet, the writer's two lovers struggle to endure against powerful external forces. Unfortunately, though, the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance furiously...
287) Nina X
Author
Publisher
Fleet
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Nina X has no mother and no father; she has Comrade Chen, and Comrades Uma, Jeni and Ruth. Her closest emotional connection is with the birds she sees when she removes the plasterboard that covers her bedroom window. Comrade Chen has named her The Project; she is being raised entirely separated from the false gods of capitalism and the cult of the self. He has her record everything in her journal, to track her thoughts. To keep her ideology pure,...
288) A smuggler's bible
Author
Publisher
Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc
Pub. Date
©1966.
Language
English
Description
"A Smuggler's Bible is the novel that launched the career of one of the most daring and original writers of modern fiction. Driven by despairs as terrible as they are comic, David Brooke sets out to "project" himself into the lives of other people. One may wonder what ties connect the figures whose diverse experiences are conjured up by Brooke's uncanny necromancy, what are the sad or bizarre or lunatic strands that draw together characters as disparate...
289) The extinction club
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
" ... the brilliant, peculiar, and complex tale of the Milu. For one thousand years, the Milu, an exotic species of deer with the neck of a camel, the horns of a stag, the feet of a cow, and the tail of a donkey, existed only in the Chinese emperor's private park in Beijing. But in the second half of the nineteenth century a Basque missionary, Pére David, became the first Westerner ever to see a Milu. Transfixed by the strange beast, he risked his...
290) The PowerBook
Author
Publisher
Alfred Knopf
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
"An e-mail writer called Ali will compose anything you like, on order, provided you're prepared to enter the story as yourself and risk leaving it as someone else. You can be the hero of your own life. You can have freedom just for one night. But there is a price, and Ali discovers that she, too, will have to pay it."--Jacket.
Author
Publisher
Tin House Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
In The Hidden Machinery, critically acclaimed and New York Times bestselling author Margot Livesey offers a masterclass for those who love reading literature and for those who aspire to write it. Through close readings, arguments about craft, and personal essay, Livesey delves into the inner workings of fiction and considers how our stories and novels benefit from paying close attention to both great works of literature and to our own individual experiences....
292) The stolen Jew
Author
Publisher
Holt, Rinehart, and Winston
Pub. Date
©1981.
Language
English
Description
"When Nathan Malkin returns to New York from premature retirement in Israel, he comes bearing a heavy baggage of memory -- insistent recollections of his parents' bitter marriage, of the tragic deaths of his wife and only son, and of his strange, guilt-ridden relationship with a deranged, now deceased brother, Nachman. Almost immediately Nathan instigates, and is caught up in, a web of outrageous games and liaisons within the not-so-warm bosom of...
293) Novels 1987-1997
Author
Series
Library of America ; 273
Publisher
The Library of America
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
..."The final three novels of the visionary master who defined a generation. Bluebeard (1987) is the colorful history of a phenomenally gifted realist painter who, in the 1950s, betrayed his artistic vision for commercial success. Now, at seventy-one, he writes his memoirs and plots his revenge on the worldly forces that conspired to corrupt his talent. In Hocus Pocus (1990), a freewheeling prison memoir by a Vietnam vet and disgraced academic,...
Author
Publisher
Writer's Digest Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Tension is the heart of conflict, the backbone of uncertainty, the hallmark of danger. It keeps readers guessing and characters on their toes. When you've got tension in place, stories leave readers breathless and wanting more. When it's missing, scenes feel inconsequential, plots drag, and characters meander. Learning the craft of writing can sometimes feel like a paint by numbers approach--connect compelling character A to plot event B. To avoid...
Author
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
"Moritaka and Akito's hard work is paying off, and they start challenging their rival Eiji's popularity in Shonen Jump. But just as they plan the next step, the team is hit with a surprising setback. Moritaka and Akito will need the help of their manga artist friends to overcome this hurdle!" -- p. [4] of cover.
Author
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
"When Akito is unable to come up with a storyboard within the time frame he promised, Moritaka decides to break up their partnership! As they go their separate ways to create manga, it may turn out that they're actually headed in the same direction" -- p. [4] of cover.
298) Manga dogs: Vol. 1
Author
Series
Publisher
Kodansha Comics, an imprint of Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Kanna Tezuka is a serious 15-year-old manga artist, already being published as a pro. So when she finds out her high school is starting a manga drawing course, even she gets excited. But it's a fiasco! The teacher is useless, and the only other students--three pretty-boy artist wannabes--quickly adopt Kanna as their (unwilling) sensei. But they all have ridiculous delusions about being an artist, and if Kanna can't bring them back down to Earth,...
300) Downfall
Author
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Selling copies is the only thing that matters. So what if your first series just ended and you have no idea how to start the next one, your marriage is breaking up, your pure love of manga has been destroyed by the cruel reality of the industry and nothing seems to fill the sucking void inside you... Find the secret combo for a new hit manga series and everything will be okay. Right?"--Provided by publisher.
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