![]() ![]() Near the end of the party, members of a terrorist organization break into the house, intending to take the President of the country hostage. As a not-so-subtle pretext to get Hosokawa to invest in the country, famous American soprano Roxane Coss is scheduled to perform as the highlight of the party. Set in an unspecified South American country, the story begins at a birthday party thrown at the country's vice presidential home in honor of Katsumi Hosokawa, the visiting chairman of a large Japanese company and opera enthusiast. Opera is a centralizing theme on many levels throughout the story the operatic term bel canto literally means "beautiful singing." Many of the characters form unbreakable bonds of friendship, while some fall in love. It was also adapted into an opera in 2015.īased on the Japanese embassy hostage crisis (also called the Lima Crisis) of 1996–1997 in Lima, Peru, the novel follows the relationships among a group of young terrorists and their hostages, who are mostly high-profile executives and politicians, over several months. It was placed on several top book lists, including Amazon's Best Books of the Year (2001). It was awarded both the Orange Prize for Fiction and PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. Bel Canto is the fourth novel by American author Ann Patchett, published in 2001 by Perennial, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Self-ordained as an NDN glitter princess, Jonny has one week before he must return to the "rez"-and his former life-to attend the funeral of his stepfather. Off the reserve and trying to find ways to live and love in the big city, Jonny becomes a cybersex worker who fetishizes himself in order to make a living. ![]() "You're gonna need a rock and a whole lotta medicine" is a mantra that Jonny Appleseed, a young Two-Spirit/Indigiqueer, repeats to himself in this vivid and utterly compelling debut novel by poet Joshua Whitehead. ![]() Longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller PrizeĪ tour-de-force debut novel about a Two-Spirit Indigiqueer young man and proud NDN glitter princess who must reckon with his past when he returns home to his reserve. WINNER, Lambda Literary Award Georges Bugnet Award for Fictionįinalist, Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction Amazon Canada First Novel Award Indigenous Voices Award Carol Shields Winnipeg Book Award Firecracker Award for Fiction ![]() ![]() ![]() They each pretend to be asleep, lost in their own sad thoughts. Esther is exasperated because the decision to send Deborah away was hard, and she doesn't want to backtrack now. Jacob wonders if they're doing the right thing.While the parents lie in bed in their motel room, they have a tense and strained conversation about Deborah-which they can do because they got Deborah her own separate room.They reminisce about past family vacations and avoid the difficult reality of what they're doing. The Blaus stop to eat dinner at a nice restaurant that night and go to a movie.The father thinks about the diagnosis of his daughter and thinks that the doctors must be wrong: they're strangers who don't know his daughter. ![]()
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![]() ![]() 'Dresden has a vitality that few urban fantasy heroes can match' ![]() 'One of the most reliable post-Buffy supernatural thriller series on offer' 'Butcher's storytelling is satisfying on a level that's bone-deep' 'The Dresden Files is my favourite series ever' Patrick Rothfuss, author of The Name of the Wind But just when it looks like he can't afford his next meal, a murder comes along that requires his particular brand of supernatural expertise. But lately, Harry hasn't been able to dredge up any kind of work - magical or mundane. ![]() You would think Chicago would have a little more action for the only professional wizard in the phone book. ![]() That's where Harry comes in.īusiness has been slow lately for Harry Dresden. Turns out the 'everyday' world is full of strange and magical things - and most of them don't play well with humans. Click here to purchase from Rakuten Kobo Meet Harry Dresden, Chicago's first (and only) Wizard P.I. ![]() ![]() ![]() Series II: Publishing and press, 1999-2005. ![]() Series II is arranged in chronological order. Materials in Series I are arranged in alphabetical order. This collection is arranged in two series. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account. You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. Jean Nathan Collection on Dare Wright, 1927-2005, bulk circa 2000-2002ġ3.5 Linear Feet (6 record cartons, 2 manuscript boxes, 1 poster tube, and 3 flat boxes ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() But no matter how you turn it, The Vixen offers an illuminating reflection on the slippery nature of truth in America, then and now."-Washington Post Critically acclaimed, bestselling author Francine Prose returns with a dazzling new novel set in the glamorous world of 1950s New York publishing, the story of a young man tasked with editing a steamy bodice-ripper based on the recent trial and execution of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg-an assignment that will reveal the true cost of entering that seductive, dangerous new world. The gift of her work to a reader is to create for us what she creates for her protagonist: the subtle unfolding, the moment-by-moment process of discovery as we read and change, from not knowing and even not wanting to know or care, to seeing what we had not seen and finding our way to the light of the ending."-Amy Bloom, New York Times Book Review "Depending on the light, it's either a very funny serious story or a very serious funny story. ![]() Named one of the best books of 2021 by NPR, The Washington Post, and Financial Times "No one states problems more correctly, more astutely, more amusingly and more uncomfortably than Francine Prose. ![]() ![]() ![]() On the advice of a Scottish worker, Washington built a distillery, grew all of the necessary crops, and became one of the largest American whiskey distributors of his time. By stamping his initials on each package, he created GW Flour, one of the very first branded food products. His state-of-the-art mill exported flour throughout the US and Europe. Unlike most Virginia farmers, Washington grew vast fields of wheat. Every American mule can be traced to Mount Vernon Washington was instrumental in breeding horses with donkeys to create a superior farm animal. Some of Washington's contributions to business and invention: In George Washington, Entrepreneur, John Berlau gives us a tour of Mount Vernon, explaining how our founding father is at the heart of American innovation. George Washington: general, statesman, businessman? Most Americans don't know that Washington was the country's first true entrepreneur, responsible for revolutionizing several industries. A detailed business biography of George Washington, focusing on his many innovations and inventions. ![]() ![]() ![]() This is the story of the perfect worlds Sam and Sadie build, the imperfect world they live in, and of everything that comes after success: Money. They borrow money, beg favors, and, before even graduating college, they have created their first blockbuster, Ichigo: a game where players can escape the confines of a body and the betrayals of a heart, and where death means nothing more than a chance to restart and play again. For a moment, she pretends she hasn’t heard him, but then, she turns, and a game begins: a legendary collaboration that will launch them to stardom. On a bitter-cold day, in the December of his junior year at Harvard, Sam Masur exits a subway car and sees, amid the hordes of people waiting on the platform, Sadie Green. ![]() Fikry two friends-often in love, but never lovers-come together as creative partners in the world of video game design, where success brings them fame, joy, tragedy, duplicity, and, ultimately, a kind of immortality. ![]() In this exhilarating novel by the best-selling author of The Storied Life of A. ![]() |