Brain Surgery on the Highway and Other Manic Expressions - formato ePub

Un guionista de teatro pierde su trabajo, su matrimonio y su único hijo. Viaja a un pueblo rural en busca de un lugar tranquilo para reorganizar su vida. Aquí vuelve a encontrarse con un legendario bailarín...

Herkes Norman'dan kurtulmaya çal???yor fakat O, hepsinden zeki ve her seferinde geri gelmeyi ba?ar?yor.Norman korkunç bir çocuk, tuhaf davran??lar?yla ünlü. Zavall? anne-baba, ondan kurtulmaya ve onu...

Uno sceneggiatore teatrale divorziato si reca in una città rurale in cerca di un posto tranquillo per riorganizzare la sua vita confusa. Qui incontra di nuovo un leggendario ballerino di Bata e la riunione...

The story of a boy so terrible that even animals are afraid of him. Everyone in town is afraid of Ajala . In shame his mother took him inside a forest and there abandoned Ajala. He makes friends with...

Edidare tells the story of a group of adventurers on a journey to a far country from which they expect to return with the fruit from the Tree of Enlightenment. Led by a warrior called Irinkerindo , they...

The town of Tambolo is a place where stories come alive - storues for education and entertainment. This is a collection of eleven fictional short stories for children set in a place from Tambolo Town....

The imagery in Yoruba folk tales can be quite striking and are often astonishing .The tales live and breathe and sometimes walk into each other and around at night when all have gone to sleep. But in...

Brain Surgery on the Highway & Other Manic Expressions is collection of eleven stories holding a satirical mirror to contemporary Nigerian and British life. In the title story, an itinerant medicine...

These short plays are suitable for teaching drama to children of 3 to 10 years old. The casts are few and may all be accommodated on a stage at the same time. The purpose of these plays is to stimulate...

Two Dogs - a play about two dogs, a mongrel and a prize bulldog, who become neighbours. The pampered bulldog is not impressed by nor does it offer sympathy for the life of the mongrel who suffers constant...

This book was nominated for Commonwealth Book Prize 2012. A story about Lagos, Nigeria and the people who used to live in it : an unemployed family man struggling to keep life and love together; a crooked...

Somber City is an evocative novel of the promise, expectation, and disappointment of post-colonial Nigeria. The novel illuminates, through a mix of fact and fiction, a seminal moment in modern history:...

An unfortunate dog named Lucky and an arrogant prize bulldog, become neighbors. The pampered bulldog is not impressed by and neither does it offer sympathy to the starving mongrel. By a chance encounter...

In this children's book a gullible Leopard makes friends with a wily animal called the Galogalo, and suffers great misfortunes in consequence.Leopard makes friends with a crafty and evil animal called...

"The time I burned my guitar it was like a sacrifice. You sacrifice the things you love. I love my guitar."- Jimi Hendrix James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix was a cultural icon and arguably the greatest and...

Upton Park, est di Londra. Hanno rubato il portafortuna di Raj Desai. Sua figlia è stata rapita. In soccorso arriva Frank Wire, investigatore privato di giorno e dj di notte.  Sulle tracce di un'organizzazione...

Philip Haldane and his sister lived in a little red-roofed house in a little redroofed town. They had a little garden and a little balcony, and a little stable with a little pony in it—and a little cart...

The Lost Continent, A classic "lost race" story, with all of the required elements: a seductive empress, a straight-arrow hero, battles, escapes, sorcery, and earth-shattering cataclysms! Eminently readable...

Emma is a comic novel by Jane Austen, first published in December 1815, about the perils of misconstrued romance. The main character, Emma Woodhouse, is described in the opening paragraph as "handsome,...

It all starts with a fire. Seven children, asleep in a big house in the Italian countryside. A forgotten candle. Their parents are not there. They are in a different country, a different continent, Africa,...

A gripping 'cuckoo in the nest' domestic thrillerAfter the death of their mum, twins Chloe and Charlie are shocked when their dad introduces Lynne as their 'new mummy'. Lynne, a district nurse, is trusted...

A viciously funny and intelligently provocative play about family, friendship and faith, adapted by the author from his Pulitzer-finalist short story.Who in your life would you trust to keep you alive?...

THE REESE WITHERSPOON BOOK CLUB PICK 'Dark academia, secret societies, and murder - what's not to love?' Jessica Payne'Takes you on a wild ride. It's a must-read!' Courteney CoxHow far would you go to...

Gilmore Girls hit our screens in 2000 and has been our autumn obsession ever since. There's a reason that Vogue calls it 'the quintessential autumn girl show' and that, years later, we're still head over...

IN THE UNDERGROUND FAE REALM, ONLY THE STRONGEST AND MOST RUTHLESS HAVE POWER - BUT A YOUNG HUMAN WOMAN FORCED INTO A LIFE OF SERVITUDE IS ABOUT TO CHANGE EVERYTHING 'A darkly enchanting page-turner laden...

'If you've ever been in a relationship with another person, if you've ever had a family, you need to read this book' Ann PatchettPolly Solo-Miller Demarest is the perfect flower of the Solo-Miller family.The...

This stand-alone edition of King's novella, retitled The Shawshank Redemption, like the film, celebrates the 30th anniversary of the Best Picture Academy Award nominee. A mesmerising tale of unjust imprisonment...

'Addictive and impossible to put down, my favourite book of the decade' No. 1 New York Times bestselling author Rachel Van DykenYou made a bargain... Your soul for his - and now, you are mine.Cate Holloway...

***A new Peter Diamond novel from the CWA Diamond-Dagger-winner Peter Lovesey***'His work is the gold standard for UK crime fiction writing' DEADLY PLEASURES'Peter Lovesey writes feel-good crime yet he...

When Daniel Leicester goes in search of his late wife's missing bicycle in the oppressive heat of a Bologna summer, he is transported to her final days. But as unfinished business bleeds - quite literally...

'Warm, wise, witty, and just plain fun' Maggie Shipstead At a perfectly ordinary cocktail party, Francis is introduced to Billy and - although it slips right by him at the time - he falls in love with...

NO ONE KNOWS CRIME LIKE KRAY.THE BRAND NEW GANGLAND CRIME NOVEL FROM ROBERTA KRAYShe sold him out. Now he's out for revenge . . .After her murderous ex-boyfriend who she turned in to the police was released...

Having been saved from execution at the hands of the Draoihn - powerful magic users Raine used to count as allies - Raine finds herself in the Fault, a vast magical wasteland, which is falling apart before...

'Brilliant, compelling, heart-wrenching writing.' PETER JAMESYour son has gone missing.And then the police arrest the prime suspect.You.You know you're innocent.That someone else took your son.But the...

'Thrilling and propulsive, glorious and terrifying. Julia Phillips is a brilliant writer' Ann Patchett'Wondrous ... a fairy tale for the strange times in which we live' Rumaan AlamThey were sisters and...

Moidl is a farmer's daughter from the Hohenhauser Farm in Hintertux in the Zillertal region of Tyrol. Her close bonds with her family and the farm are her lifeblood, and the various blows they are dealt...

Three middle-class sixth-form girls leave their independent boarding school in the summer of 1918. They are told by their headmistress that their prospects of marriage have been reduced following the...

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A PENNINGTON FAMILY NOVELLA CollectionFrom USA Today Bestselling Author May McGoldrick…Three poignant stories of emotion, hope, and forever love—a duke and a Highland heiress, a prince and a pauper, and...

A PENNINGTON FAMILY NOVELLALady Millie, youngest of the Pennington family, has always lived in the shadow of her talented and powerful siblings. She's been the rock of stability and order for her sisters...

From USA Today Bestselling Author May McGoldrick writing as Jan Coffey... Countdown to the Fourth of July… Just weeks before Independence Day, the President is targeted for assassination by a powerful...

From USA Today Bestselling Author May McGoldrick writing as Jan Coffey... In a crowded parking lot, chaos erupts as a Porsche careens out of control. An SUV crashes through a dealership window, and a...

Mysterious murders are taking place in the Lake District in the northwest of England. Mysterious, since there seems to be no connection between them and no motive can be determined for any of them. It...

 From USA Today Bestselling Author Jan Coffey comes a riveting tale of betrayal and murder.    A woman runs through the glittering streets of Newport with killers on her trail. She needs help. She needs...

  DAPHNE DU MAURIER AWARD of Excellence WINNER  NATIONAL READERS' CHOICE AWARD FINALIST  RWA RITA AWARD FINALIST   A man awaits execution for a murder he did not commit . . .  A woman returns to a place...

USA Today Bestselling Author May McGoldrick writing as Jan Coffey   Two decades after escaping a deadly New Mexico cult, one survivor remains—and time is running out. Kelly Stone, now a single mother...