Hitch a ride into town , turn myself in . CATHARINE . Good luck . NEWT . You , too . ( A beat . ) Marry me , Catharine . CATHARINE . No. ( NEWT smiles and stares at her hard for a moment . He then walks away . CATHARINE stands and waits ...
When the Sudanese civil war reaches his village in 1985, 11-year-old Salva becomes separated from his family and must walk with other Dinka tribe members through southern Sudan, Ethiopia and Kenya in search of safe haven.
This special edition celebrates a true master of the short-story form by including multiple variant drafts of what would eventually be the title story.
Here for the first time, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela told the extraordinary story of his life -- an epic of struggle, setback, renewed hope, and ultimate triumph. The book that inspired the major motion picture Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom.
movement of the 1950s and 60s and the later black power movement of the 1960s and '70s, Breakfast of Champions very much takes on the issue of race in America. In chapter 1 of the novel, Vonnegut briefly and sardonically discusses ...
Tender stories of love, incisive essays on human greed and misery, and imaginative tales of futuristic happenings reveal Vonnegut's versatility and vision.
" So begins the most original book in a generation—Dan Hurley's inspiring true tale of how he escaped his desk job to write the life: stories of over 22,613 people (and counting!), from Chicago to New York, in Iowa farmhouses, Midwestern, ...
With a NOVEL LEARNING SERIES(TM) Student Guide · Questions about the text after every few chapters check your comprehension · Quizzes throughout help you prepare for standardized tests with SAT- and ACT-style questions using vocabulary ...
Just as no one succeeded in killing Moby Dick , so no one has ever climbed Mount McCabe , but here the parallels end and Vonnegut introduces a significant difference that shows how his response to Moby Dick differs from the original .
New York Times Bestseller Now a Major Motion Picture “Brilliantly done . . . grand, intimate, and joyous.” —New York Times Book Review “Mothers, father, sons, and daughters: read this giant-hearted novel.” —MARIA SEMPLE, author ...
A never-before-seen collection of deeply personal love letters from Kurt Vonnegut to his first wife, Jane, compiled and edited by their daughter “A glimpse into the mind of a writer finding his voice.”—The Washington Post “If ever I ...