Tough Boris
Title | Tough Boris PDF eBook |
Author | Mem Fox |
Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages | 36 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 9780152018917 |
Boris von der Borch is a mean, greedy old pirate--tough as nails, through and through, like all pirates. Or is he? When a young boy sneaks into Boris' ship, he discovers that Boris and his mates aren't quite what he expected! Full color.
Tough Boris
Title | Tough Boris PDF eBook |
Author | Mem Fox |
Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages | 40 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 9780152896126 |
Boris is a very tough pirate. But Boris has a soft spot for his beloved parrot. Preschool to grade 2.
Hard to Be a God
Title | Hard to Be a God PDF eBook |
Author | Arkady Strugatsky |
Publisher | Chicago Review Press |
Total Pages | 258 |
Release | 2014-06-01 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1613748310 |
Arkady and Boris Strugatsky are widely known as the greatest Russian writers of science fiction, and their 1964 novel Hard to Be a God is considered one of the greatest of their works. It tells the story of Don Rumata, who is sent from Earth to the medieval kingdom of Arkanar with instructions to observe and to influence, but never to directly interfere. Masquerading as an arrogant nobleman, a dueler and a brawler, Don Rumata is never defeated but can never kill. With his doubt and compassion, and his deep love for a local girl named Kira, Rumata wants to save the kingdom from the machinations of Don Reba, the First Minister to the king. But given his orders, what role can he play? Hard to Be a God has inspired a computer role-playing game and two movies, including Aleksei German's long-awaited swan song. Yet until now the only English version (out of print for over thirty years) was based on a German translation, and was full of errors, infelicities, and misunderstandings. This new edition—translated by Olena Bormashenko, whose translation of the authors' Roadside Picnic has received widespread acclaim, and supplemented with a new foreword by Hari Kunzru and an afterword by Boris Strugatsky, both of which supply much-needed context—reintroduces one of the most profound Soviet-era novels to an eager audience.
Hothouse
Title | Hothouse PDF eBook |
Author | Boris Kachka |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | 448 |
Release | 2013 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1451691912 |
An account of the book publisher who is home to more Nobel Prize-winning writers than any other publishing house in the world reveals the era and city that built FSG through the stories of two men--Roger Straus and Robert Giroux.
I Spit on Your Graves
Title | I Spit on Your Graves PDF eBook |
Author | Boris Vian |
Publisher | TamTam Books |
Total Pages | 204 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9780966234602 |
Fiction. "In the tradition of Karl May and Franz Kafka, Boris Vian imagines an American even more amazing that the land he has never visited. "I Spit on Your Graves" is the first novel to put the quotation marks around the "hardboiled" thriller -- a vivid and startling performance" (J. Hoberman). The book is Boris Vian's (1920-1959) sex-and-violence-filled homage to American noir. Originally published in France as J'rai Cracher Sur Vos Tombes -- after allegedly being censored in the U.S. and "translated" into French -- the novel was no best seller, establishing Vian as one of the most famous writers of the mid-twentieth century.
The Littlest Matryoshka
Title | The Littlest Matryoshka PDF eBook |
Author | Corinne Bliss |
Publisher | Hyperion |
Total Pages | 40 |
Release | 1999-09 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
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In this tender, old-fashioned story, Nina, the smallest of a group of Russian nesting dolls, is separated from her sisters and swept along on a dangerous journey.
Pick a Circle, Gather Squares
Title | Pick a Circle, Gather Squares PDF eBook |
Author | Felicia Sanzari Chernesky |
Publisher | Albert Whitman & Company |
Total Pages | 36 |
Release | 2013-09-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0807565393 |
Fall is here, with all its wonderful visual delights—not just colors, but shapes! This clever concept book follows a family on a trip to a pumpkin patch and invites children to pick out shapes from the seasonal scenery—apple bushel circles, square hay bales, diamond kites in the autumn sky! Felicia Sanzari Chernesky’s sweet verses are perfectly complemented by Susan Swan’s gorgeous collage-inspired art.