In 1954, in the cookhouse of a logging and sawmill settlement in northern New Hampshire, an anxious twelve-year-old boy mistakes the local constable’s girlfriend for a bear. Both the twelve-year-old and his father become fugitives, forced to run from Coos County—to Boston, to southern Vermont, to Toronto—pursued by the implacable constable. Their lone protector is a fiercely libertarian logger, once a river driver, who befriends them. In a story spanning five decades, Last Night in Twisted River depicts the recent half-century in the United States as “a living replica of Coos County, w... [Read More]
An Amazon Top 10 Bestseller #1 Thriller Bestseller Over 1 Million Copies Sold!Inspired By A True Story "Spectacular. I have not read a book about a legal eagle this good in a long time. I absolutely cannot wait for the next in the series." Amazon 5 star review*****"A good book you cannot put down!!!!! DON'T PASS THIS BOOK UP-GREAT STORY LINE"!!!!! Amazon 5 star review*****"I'd give it 10 stars If I could and can hardly wait to read his next book." Amazon 5 star review*****INSPIRED BY A TRUE STORY. A young,... [Read More]
For Those Who Love was a timeless love story that relates to American history. When you read this story, you will not be able to put it down. It tells you about historical events that happened in Boston during Abigail's life and how our country was formed. It was a beautiful story that a person who likes romantic novels could read, or one that a person interested in history could read.
This collection features the first three novels of this highly acclaimed New York Times bestselling author. Compassionate, satirical, deeply insightful and humorous, these compelling novels have gained him millions of fans. Setting Free the Bears: Siggy and Hannes were disenchanted students and fellow conspirators. Astride a 700cc royal Enfield motorcycle, they roamed the Austrian countryside. When Gallen, a lovely hitchhiker, joined them, they zeroed in on the Vienna Zoo--and Siggy's dream: setting free the bears! The Water-Method Man: The acclaimed second novel by the author of the #1 inter... [Read More]
An American classic first published in 1985 by William Morrow and adapted into an Academy Award-winning film, The Cider House Rules is among John Irving's most beloved novels. Set in rural Maine in the first half of the twentieth century, it tells the story of Dr. Wilbur Larch—saint and obstetrician, founder and director of the orphanage in the town of St. Cloud's, ether addict and abortionist. It is also the story of Dr. Larch's favorite orphan, Homer Wells, who is never adopted.“A novel as good as one could hope to find from any author, anywhere, anytime. Engrossing, moving, thoroughl... [Read More]
John Irving returns to the themes that established him as one of our most admired and beloved authors in this absorbing novel of fate and memory.In Avenue of Mysteries, Juan Diego—a fourteen-year-old boy, who was born and grew up in Mexico—has a thirteen-year-old sister. Her name is Lupe, and she thinks she sees what’s coming—specifically, her own future and her brother’s. Lupe is a mind reader; she doesn’t know what everyone is thinking, but she knows what most people are thinking. Regarding what has happened, as opposed to what will, Lupe is usually right about the past; without ... [Read More]
“Irving looks cunningly beyond the eye-catching gyrations of the mating dance to the morning-after implications.”—The Washington Post The darker vision and sexual ambiguities of this sensual, ironic tale about a ménage a quatre in a New England university town foreshadow those of The World According to Garp; but this very trim and precise novel is a marked departure from the author's generally robust, boisterous style. Though Mr. Irving's cool eye spares none of his foursome, he writes with genuine compassion for the sexual tests and illusions they perpetrate on each other; but the sexu... [Read More]
Musaicum Books presents to you this unique SF collection, designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices.E. M. Forster:The Machine StopsRichard Jefferies:After LondonRichard Stockham:Perchance to DreamIrving E. Cox:The GuardiansPhilip F. Nowlan:Armageddon–2419 A.D…George Griffith:The Angel of the Revolution…Percy Greg:Across the ZodiacDavid Lindsay:A Voyage to ArcturusEdward E. Hale:The Brick MoonStanley G. Weinbaum:A Martian Odyssey…Abraham MerrittThe Moon Pool…Edgar Wallace:The Green Rust…H. Beam Piper:Terro-Human Future Histor... [Read More]
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