Behind The Book

Author : Kristin Hannah
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 1429927844
Total Pages : 532 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Firefly Lane written by Kristin Hannah and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2008-02-05 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the New York Times bestselling author Kristin Hannah comes a powerful novel of love, loss, and the magic of friendship. . . . now a #1 Netflix series! In the turbulent summer of 1974, Kate Mularkey has accepted her place at the bottom of the eighth-grade social food chain. Then, to her amazement, the "coolest girl in the world" moves in across the street and wants to be her friend. Tully Hart seems to have it all---beauty, brains, ambition. On the surface they are as opposite as two people can be: Kate, doomed to be forever uncool, with a loving family who mortifies her at every turn. Tully, steeped in glamour and mystery, but with a secret that is destroying her. They make a pact to be best friends forever; by summer's end they've become TullyandKate. Inseparable. So begins Kristin Hannah's magnificent new novel. Spanning more than three decades and playing out across the ever-changing face of the Pacific Northwest, Firefly Lane is the poignant, powerful story of two women and the friendship that becomes the bulkhead of their lives. From the beginning, Tully is desperate to prove her worth to the world. Abandoned by her mother at an early age, she longs to be loved unconditionally. In the glittering, big-hair era of the eighties, she looks to men to fill the void in her soul. But in the buttoned-down nineties, it is television news that captivates her. She will follow her own blind ambition to New York and around the globe, finding fame and success . . . and loneliness. Kate knows early on that her life will be nothing special. Throughout college, she pretends to be driven by a need for success, but all she really wants is to fall in love and have children and live an ordinary life. In her own quiet way, Kate is as driven as Tully. What she doesn't know is how being a wife and mother will change her . . . how she'll lose sight of who she once was, and what she once wanted. And how much she'll envy her famous best friend. . . . For thirty years, Tully and Kate buoy each other through life, weathering the storms of friendship---jealousy, anger, hurt, resentment. They think they've survived it all until a single act of betrayal tears them apart . . . and puts their courage and friendship to the ultimate test. Firefly Lane is for anyone who ever drank Boone's Farm apple wine while listening to Abba or Fleetwood Mac. More than a coming-of-age novel, it's the story of a generation of women who were both blessed and cursed by choices. It's about promises and secrets and betrayals. And ultimately, about the one person who really, truly knows you---and knows what has the power to hurt you . . . and heal you. Firefly Lane is a story you'll never forget . . . one you'll want to pass on to your best friend.

Author : Chris Mackenzie Jones
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022640594X
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Behind the Book written by Chris Mackenzie Jones and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2018-03-23 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of Poets & Writers’ “Best Books for Writers”: The behind-the-scenes stories of eleven debut books, from their authors, agents, editors, and publishers. Every book has a story of its own, a path leading from the initial idea that sparked it to its emergence into the world in published form. No two books follow quite the same path, but all are shaped by a similar array of market forces and writing craft concerns as well as by a cast of characters stretching beyond the author. Behind the Book explores how eleven contemporary first-time authors, in genres ranging from post-apocalyptic fiction to young adult fantasy to travel memoir, navigated these pathways with their debut works. Based on extensive interviews with the authors, it covers the process of writing and publishing a book from beginning to end, including idea generation, developing a process, building a support network, revising the manuscript, finding the right approach to publication, building awareness, and ultimately moving on to the next project. It also includes insights from editors, agents, publishers, and others who helped to bring these projects to life. Unlike other books on writing craft, Behind the Book looks at the larger picture of how an author’s work and choices can affect the outcome of a project. The authors profiled in each story open up about their challenges, mistakes, and successes. While their paths to publication may be unique, together they offer important lessons that authors of all types can apply to their own writing journeys. “Essential.” —Poets & Writers

Author : Matt Lamothe
Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 145215340X
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book This Is How We Do It written by Matt Lamothe and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2017-05-02 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follow the real lives of seven kids from Italy, Japan, Iran, India, Peru, Uganda, and Russia for a single day! In Japan Kei plays Freeze Tag, while in Uganda Daphine likes to jump rope. But while the way they play may differ, the shared rhythm of their days—and this one world we all share—unites them. This genuine exchange provides a window into traditions that may be different from our own as well as a mirror reflecting our common experiences. Inspired by his own travels, Matt Lamothe transports readers across the globe and back with this luminous and thoughtful picture book.

Author : Danielle Blenken
Publisher : BUSHEL PECK
ISBN 13 : 9781638190417
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Stories Behind the Stories written by Danielle Blenken and published by BUSHEL PECK. This book was released on 2021-09-07 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did you know that J.K. Rowling came up with Harry Potter while waiting for a delayed train? Or that Winnie the Pooh was inspired by a real bear who lived in the London Zoo? Or that Dav Pilkey's teacher once ripped up his drawings as a kid and told him he'd never make a living making silly comics? (Maybe we should introduce her to Captain Underpants.) In The Stories Behind the Stories, you'll hear all these incredible stories about your favorite kid's books and authors and much more! Includes full-color illustrations plus other fascinating facts and tidbits to satisfy even the most curious reader.

Author : Kristin Hannah
Publisher : Macmillan Audio
ISBN 13 : 9781427212672
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Nightingale written by Kristin Hannah and published by Macmillan Audio. This book was released on 2015-02-03 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In love we find out who we want to be. In war we find out who we are. FRANCE, 1939 In the quiet village of Carriveau, Vianne Mauriac says goodbye to her husband, Antoine, as he heads for the Front. She doesn't believe that the Nazis will invade France...but invade they do, in droves of marching soldiers, in caravans of trucks and tanks, in planes that fill the skies and drop bombs upon the innocent. When a German captain requisitions Vianne's home, she and her daughter must live with the enemy or lose everything. Without food or money or hope, as danger escalates all around them, she is forced to make one impossible choice after another to keep her family alive. Vianne's sister, Isabelle, is a rebellious eighteen-year-old girl, searching for purpose with all the reckless passion of youth. While thousands of Parisians march into the unknown terrors of war, she meets Gäetan, a partisan who believes the French can fight the Nazis from within France, and she falls in love as only the young can...completely. But when he betrays her, Isabelle joins the Resistance and never looks back, risking her life time and again to save others. With courage, grace and powerful insight, bestselling author Kristin Hannah captures the epic panorama of WWII and illuminates an intimate part of history seldom seen: the women's war. The Nightingale tells the stories of two sisters, separated by years and experience, by ideals, passion and circumstance, each embarking on her own dangerous path toward survival, love, and freedom in German-occupied, war-torn France--a heartbreakingly beautiful novel that celebrates the resilience of the human spirit and the durability of women. It is a novel for everyone, a novel for a lifetime.

Author : Chris Mackenzie Jones
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022640580X
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Behind the Book written by Chris Mackenzie Jones and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2018-03-23 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores how eleven contemporary first-time authors, in genres ranging from post-apocalyptic fiction to young adult fantasy to travel memoir, navigated these pathways with their debut works. Based on extensive interviews with the authors, it covers the process of writing and publishing a book from beginning to end, including idea generation, developing a process, building a support network, revising the manuscript, finding the right approach to publication, building awareness, and ultimately moving on to the next project. It also includes insights from editors, agents, publishers, and others who helped to bring these projects to life.

Author : Louis Auchincloss
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0547971168
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Man Behind the Book written by Louis Auchincloss and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1996-12-02 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twenty-three biographical essays on writers admired by the National Medal of Arts–winning author of The Education of Oscar Fairfax. For Louis Auchincloss, life and letters are not two things but one. It therefore comes as no surprise that when he writes about writers, their lives are considered as closely as their works. He takes what today is a refreshingly unpopular position: that the artist and his art cannot be teased apart, that biography of criticism and criticism biography. For Mr. Auchincloss, it all boils down to that maxim of Buffon’s: “the style’s the man,” the man behind the book. The twenty-three writers discussed here are a mixed lot—English, American, and French; novelists, poets, and playwrights; Jacobeans, Victorians, and moderns—yet each has meant a great deal to Mr. Auchincloss as a reader and a writer. Some of them are classics, and familiar Auchincloss subjects: Sarah Orne Jewett, Henry James, Ivy Compton-Burnett. Others, among them Prosper Merimee, Harold Frederic, and Amy Lowell, were famous once but are now obscure. In their cases it is Mr. Auchincloss’s self-described task “to explore the reasons for their fall from grace,” reasons that prove to be unfailingly personal as well as artistic. But as Mr. Auchincloss would rather praise and share than damn and dismiss, it is also his task “to seek the portions of their work that may still merit attention.” Alfred Kazin once noted that Mr. Auchincloss’s essays are marked by “perfect literary grace and wit.” These qualities have never been so evident as in this volume, an informal study of some of the author's favorite books and the fascinating artists behind them.

Author : J. K. Alexander
Publisher : Yorkshire Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1950034860
Total Pages : 675 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The The Story Behind the Bible Trilogy: Book I The Torah; Book II The Prophets; Book III The New Covenant written by J. K. Alexander and published by Yorkshire Publishing. This book was released on 2019-11-27 with total page 675 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With facts and information, insightful commentary, and even a few flights of fantasy, The Story Behind the Bible trilogy weaves a magnetic journey through the ancient texts of the Bible for believers and non-believers alike. It's a journey that can draw readers into a universe that is larger and more incredible than they ever thought possible. A highly comprehensive overview of the entire Bible, the trilogy also proves that the prophets of scripture made impossible and miraculous predictions and prophecies concerning future events, including our current era, and virtually proves that God's hand steers the broad stream of world history. Now, over two thousand years hence, much of scripture has been misinterpreted, misapplied, or simply lost to traditions and folklore. The books address those issues with commentary and doctrine, and, through the elegant story and amazing people of the New Testament, bring the biblical story to a triumphant end.

Author : Rylie Dark
Publisher : Rylie Dark
ISBN 13 : 1094385255
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Behind His Eyes (A Casey Faith Suspense Thriller—Book 1) written by Rylie Dark and published by Rylie Dark. This book was released on 2024-05-14 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When victims turn up drowned near the historic lighthouses of a picturesque East Coast town in Summer, all hope lies on local cop Casey Faith to catch the killer. But as Casey follows his dark path, she must wonder: is she falling right into a trap? “A brilliant book. I couldn’t put it down and I never guessed who the murderer was!” —Reader review for Only Murder ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ BEHIND HIS EYES (A Casey Faith Suspense Thriller—Book 1) is the first book in a highly anticipated new series by #1 bestseller Rylie Dark, whose bestseller SEE HER RUN (a free download) has received over 700 five star ratings and reviews. The CASEY FAITH mystery series is a riveting thriller saga that takes readers on a heart-racing journey of unexpected twists and intense suspense. At its core is an ingenious female protagonist who captures your affection and ensures you'll be captivated well into the night. Fans of Teresa Driscoll, Kendra Eliot, and Melinda Leigh are sure to fall in love. Future books in the series will soon be available! “I loved this thriller, read it in one sitting. Lots of twists and turns and I didn’t guess the culprit at all… Already pre-ordered the second!” —Reader review for Only Murder ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “This book takes off with a bang… An excellent read, and I'm looking forward to the next book!” —Reader review for SEE HER RUN ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Fantastic book! It was hard to put down. I can’t wait to see what happens next!” —Reader review for SEE HER RUN ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “The twists and turns kept coming. Can't wait to read the next book!” —Reader review for SEE HER RUN ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “A must-read if you enjoy action-packed stories with good plots!” —Reader review for SEE HER RUN ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “I really like this author and this series starts with a bang. It will keep you turning the pages till the end of the book and wanting more.” —Reader review for SEE HER RUN ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “I can't say enough about this author! How about ‘out of this world’! This author is going to go far!” —Reader review for ONLY MURDER ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “I really enjoyed this book… The characters were alive, and the twists and turns were great. It will keep you reading till the end and leave you wanting more.” —Reader review for NO WAY OUT ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “This is an author that I highly recommend. Her books will have you begging for more.” —Reader review for NO WAY OUT ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Author : Molly Black
Publisher : Molly Black
ISBN 13 : 1094397873
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Behind Her Lies (An Elise Close Psychological Thriller—Book One) written by Molly Black and published by Molly Black. This book was released on 2024-06-12 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “I binge read this book. It hooked me in and didn't stop till the last few pages… I look forward to reading more!” —Reader review for Found You ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Celebrity therapist Elise Close is no stranger to families with skeletons in their closets. But when she crosses the threshold into the Nolan household on Boston's exclusive Beacon Hill, she may be entering a crypt of secrets and lies. Hired to treat their son's sudden engagement-induced turmoil, Elise discovers a psychopathic person and cunning agenda that could ruin the family's legacy. But with sleepless nights and overmedication, distinguishing friend from foe becomes a perilous game. Can Elise maintain her grasp on reality long enough to protect a legacy? Or will she be undone by ghosts of her own making? BEHIND HER LIES is the first book in a highly anticipated new psychological suspense series by critically-acclaimed and #1 bestselling mystery and suspense author Molly Black, whose books have received over 2,000 five-star reviews and ratings. Future books in the series are also available! “Molly Black has written a taut thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat… I absolutely loved this book and can’t wait to read the next book in the series!” —Reader review for Girl One: Murder ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “I loved this book! Fast-paced plot, great characters and interesting insights into investigating cold cases. I can't wait to read the next book!” —Reader review for Girl One: Murder ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Very good book… You will feel like you are right there looking for the kidnapper! I know I will be reading more in this series!” —Reader review for Girl One: Murder ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “This is a very well written book and holds your interest from page 1… Definitely looking forward to reading the next one in the series, and hopefully others as well!” —Reader review for Girl One: Murder ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Wow, I cannot wait for the next in this series. Starts with a bang and just keeps going.” —Reader review for Girl One: Murder ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Well written book with a great plot, one that will keep you up at night. A page turner!” —Reader review for Girl One: Murder ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “A great suspense that keeps you reading… can't wait for the next in this series!” —Reader review for Found You ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Sooo soo good! There are a few unforeseen twists… I binge read this like I binge watch Netflix. It just sucks you in.” —Reader review for Found You ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐