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Author | : Richard Dreyfuss |
Publisher | : Tor Books |
Total Pages | : 596 |
Release | : 1997-09-29 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780812544596 |
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A story of murder, intrigue, and a stolen painting portrays America as it might have been, had George Washington surrendered to George III
Author | : Alexandre Dumas |
Publisher | : Modern Library |
Total Pages | : 338 |
Release | : 2007-05-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1588366375 |
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A major new translation of a stunning rediscovered novel by Alexandre Dumas, Georges is a classic swashbuckling adventure. Brilliantly translated by Tina A. Kover in lively, fluid prose, this is Dumas’s most daring work, in which his themes of intrigue and romance are illuminated by the issues of racial prejudice and the profound quest for identity. Georges Munier is a sensitive boy growing up in the nineteenth century on the island of Mauritius. The son of a wealthy mulatto, Pierre Munier, Georges regularly sees how his father’s courage is tempered by a sense of inferiority before whites–and Georges vows that he will be different. When Georges matures into a man committed to “moral superiority mixed with physical strength,” the stage is set for a conflict with the island’s rich and powerful plantation owner, Monsieur de Malmédie, and a forbidden romance with Sara, the beautiful woman engaged to Malmédie’s son. Swordplay, a slave rebellion, a harrowing escape, and a vow of vengeance–Georges is unmistakably the work of the master who wrote The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo. Yet it stands apart as the only book Dumas ever wrote that confronts the subject of race–a potent topic, since Dumas was of African ancestry himself. This edition also features a captivating Introduction by Jamaica Kincaid and an eloquent Afterword and Notes by Werner Sollors, who addresses key themes such as colonialism, racism, African slavery, and interracial intimacy. Long out of print in America, Georges can now be appreciated as never before and added to the greatest works of this immortal author.
Author | : Georges B.J. Dreyfus |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 470 |
Release | : 2003-01-28 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0520232607 |
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Author | : Lucy Hawking |
Publisher | : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers |
Total Pages | : 416 |
Release | : 2020-07-28 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 1534437312 |
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George travels to the future in the epic conclusion of the George’s Secret Key series from Lucy Hawking. When George finds a way to escape the spacecraft Artemis, where he has been trapped, he is overjoyed. But something is wrong. There’s a barren wasteland where his hometown used to be, intelligent robots roam the streets, and no one will talk to George about the Earth that he used to know. With the help of an unexpected new friend, can George find out what—or who—is behind this terrible new world, before it’s too late?
Author | : Georges Simenon |
Publisher | : New York Review of Books |
Total Pages | : 180 |
Release | : 2011-11-23 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1590175611 |
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An actor, recently divorced, at loose ends in New York; a woman, no less lonely, perhaps even more desperate than the man: they meet by chance in an all-night diner and are drawn to each other on the spot. Roaming the city streets, hitting its late-night dives, dropping another coin into yet another jukebox, these two lost souls struggle to understand what it is that has brought them, almost in spite of themselves, together. They are driven—from moment to moment, from bedroom to bedroom—to improvise the most unexpected of love stories, a tale of suspense where risk alone offers salvation. Georges Simenon was the most popular and prolific of the twentieth century’s great novelists. Three Bedrooms in Manhattan—closely based on the story of his own meeting with his second wife—is his most passionate and revealing work.
Author | : Georges Simenon |
Publisher | : Penguin UK |
Total Pages | : 139 |
Release | : 2014-09-04 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0141977930 |
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Previously published as The Bar on the Seine A forgotten crime comes to light in the Parisian summer in Georges Simenon's twisted tale. Book eleven in the new Penguin Maigret series. 'A radiant late afternoon. The sunshine almost as thick as syrup in the quiet streets of the Left Bank . . . there are days like this, when ordinary life seems heightened, when the people walking down the street, the trams and cars all seem to exist in a fairy tale.' A story told by a condemned man leads Maigret to a bar by the Seine and into the sleazy underside of respectable Parisian life. In the oppressive heat of summer, a forgotten crime comes to light. Penguin is publishing the entire series of Maigret novels in new translations. This novel is a revised translation, previously published as The Bar on the Seine. 'Compelling, remorseless, brilliant' John Gray 'One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century . . . Simenon was unequalled at making us look inside, though the ability was masked by his brilliance at absorbing us obsessively in his stories' Guardian 'A supreme writer . . . unforgettable vividness' Independent
Author | : Rebecca Stead |
Publisher | : Wendy Lamb Books |
Total Pages | : 194 |
Release | : 2012-08-07 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 0375899537 |
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The instant New York Times bestseller from the author of the Newbery Medal winner When You Reach Me: a story about spies, games, and friendship. The first day Georges (the S is silent) moves into a new Brooklyn apartment, he sees a sign taped to a door in the basement: SPY CLUB MEETING—TODAY! That’s how he meets his twelve-year-old neighbor Safer. He and Georges quickly become allies—and fellow spies. Their assignment? Tracking the mysterious Mr. X, who lives in the apartment upstairs. But as Safer’s requests become more and more demanding, Georges starts to wonder: how far is too far to go for your only friend? “Will touch the hearts of kids and adults alike.” —NPR Winner of the Guardian Prize for Children’s Fiction Named a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and more!
Author | : Geoffrey Household |
Publisher | : Open Road Media |
Total Pages | : 206 |
Release | : 2015-03-24 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1504006623 |
Download The Last Two Weeks of Georges Rivac Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
In this riveting thriller that recalls Alfred Hitchcock in his prime, an innocent European businessman is inadvertently caught up in a murderous web of international intrigue and forced to run, hide, or die in the English countryside A man of considerable ambition, French and British export agent Georges Rivac is always eager to expand his client base, so he agrees without question to do a simple favor for an unknown Englishman. Charged with delivering an item to an address in London, Rivac is surprised to discover that his arrival is unexpected and unappreciated—and he’s shocked to learn soon afterward that his new client is dead. Suddenly the confused businessman is himself a target, pursued by unknown assailants and forced to flee the city, taking refuge in the wilds of rural England. Relying on his wits and dormant survival skills, as well as the help of a beautiful Hungarian freedom fighter, Georges Rivac must now somehow get to the root of the deadly international conspiracy that has placed him in a killer’s sights. A gripping adventure reminiscent of The 39 Steps and North by Northwest, The Last Two Weeks of Georges Rivac is a thriller in every sense—a masterful novel chock-full of action and intrigue, racing toward its surprising and breathtaking climax.
Author | : Georges Simenon |
Publisher | : New York Review of Books |
Total Pages | : 180 |
Release | : 2011-11-23 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1590175638 |
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The Widow is the story of two outcasts and their fatal encounter. One is the widow herself, Tati. Still young, she’s never had an easy time of it, but she’s not the kind to complain. Tati lives with her father-in-law on the family farm, putting up with his sexual attentions, working her fingers to the bone, improving the property and knowing all the time that her late husband’s sister is scheming to kick her out and take the house back. The other is a killer. Just out of prison and in search of a new life, Jean meets up with Tati, who hires him as a handyman and then takes him to bed. Things are looking up, at least until Jean falls hard for the girl next door. The Widow was published in the same year as Camus’ The Stranger, and André Gide judged it the superior book. It is Georges Simenon’s most powerful and disturbing exploration of the bond between death and desire.
Author | : H.A. Rey |
Publisher | : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages | : 26 |
Release | : 1998-03-30 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 0547768559 |
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M is for monkey…Read along with George from A to Z! This condensed version of the classic Curious George Learns the Alphabet is a delightful way for little ones to familiarize themselves with the alphabet—featuring colorful, inspired art by H.A. Rey that incorporates letter shapes into the illustrations. With the help of the adventurous and much-loved monkey, preschoolers will be well on their way to discovering the wonder of words.