Flame Tree Road

Author : Shona Patel
Publisher : MIRA
ISBN 13 : 1460330404
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Flame Tree Road written by Shona Patel and published by MIRA. This book was released on 2015-06-30 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Patel follows up her 2013 debut, Teatime for the Firefly, with this soulful prequel that offers compelling and devastating details of life in India.” —Kirkus Reviews 1870s India. In a tiny village where society is ruled by a caste system and women are defined solely by marriage, young Biren Roy dreams of forging a new destiny. When his mother suffers the fate of widowhood—shunned by her loved ones and forced to live in solitary penance—Biren devotes his life to effecting change. Biren’s passionate spirit blossoms as wildly as the blazing flame trees of his homeland. With a law degree, he goes to work for the government to pioneer academic equality for girls. But in a place governed by age-old conventions, progress comes at a price, and soon Biren becomes a stranger among his own countrymen. Just when his vision for the future begins to look hopeless, he meets Maya, the independent-minded daughter of a local educator, and his soul is reignited. It is in her love that Biren finally finds his home, and in her heart that he finds the hope for a new world. “Patel skillfully uses the culture and customs of . . . India as a fascinating framework for an unforgettable story of love and loss, hope and change . . . that will stay with readers long after they turn the last page.” —Booklist (starred review) “Entranced me from the very first page . . . Patel’s lyrical writing infuses Flame Tree Road with powerful imagery.” —Historical Novel Society

Author : Shona Patel
Publisher : MIRA
ISBN 13 : 0778316653
Total Pages : 409 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Flame Tree Road written by Shona Patel and published by MIRA. This book was released on 2015 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1870s India. In a tiny village where society is ruled by a caste system and women are defined solely by marriage, young Biren Roy dreams of forging a new destiny. When his mother suffers the fate of widowhood--shunned by her loved ones and forced to live in solitary penance--Biren devotes his life to effecting change. Just when his vision for the future begins to look hopeless, he meets Maya, the independent-minded daughter of a local educator, and his soul is reignited.

Author : Richard Lewis
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1442402415
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Flame Tree written by Richard Lewis and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009-07-07 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Isaac Williams, twelve-year-old son of American doctors at a mission hospital in Java, Indonesia, is certain that his friendship with Ismail Sutanto is as solid and enduring as the majestic flame tree in the yard. But the haven of their small world is shattered when a fundamentalist Islamic organization begins to threaten the hospital. Terrorists infiltrate, the State Department orders an evacuation, bombs ex-plode, and Isaac is taken hostage. The experience embitters Isaac. He knows that he should forgive those who have hurt him, yet he doesn't think that he can. His life is changed forever, but will it be forever crippled by his bitterness? Set against the backdrop of September 11, 2001, The Flame Tree is a fierce novel of friendship, faith, and forgiveness. Richard Lewis tells a story that is at once timely and timeless, one that has the power to move hearts and open eyes.

Author : Shona Patel
Publisher : Kennebec Large Print
ISBN 13 : 9781410466860
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Teatime for the Firefly written by Shona Patel and published by Kennebec Large Print. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Layla Roy has defied the fates. Despite being born under an inauspicious horoscope, she is raised to be educated and independent by her eccentric grandfather. And, by clever manipulation, she has found love with Manik Deb, a man betrothed to another. These were minor miracles in India that spring of 1943, when most young women's lives were predetermined. But powerful changes are sweeping India on the heels of the Second World War.

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1787552535
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lovecraft Short Stories written by and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-12-15 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Curated new collections. H.P. Lovecraft was the inventor of cosmic horror, of weird fiction and the Cthulhu mythology. His stories, incubated by a lonely and febrile childhood, found purchase in the fertile earth of pulp fiction where he inspired many other writers, from Robert E. Howard, to Robert Bloch and Clark Ashton Smith, many of whom also collaborated on the several short stories, some of which are also included here, in this special deluxe edition. This title, alongside H.G. Wells Short Stories, is a companion volume to our hugely successful Gothic Fantasy series of classic and modern writers.

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1787552446
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Time Travel Short Stories written by and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-12-15 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New authors and collections. From H.G.Wells, Jules Verne and Edward Page Mitchell stories of travelling back and forth in time have brought us ancient and future civilisations, terrifying visions and cautionary tales. In the wake of our successful Gothic and Fantasy deluxe edition short story compilations, Ghosts, Horror, Science Fiction, Murder Mayhem and Crime & Mystery, we bring you a constellation of tales, new and old, in a dazzling mix of classic and brand new writing with authors from around the world. Classic authors include: F. Anstey, Edward Bellamy, John Buchan, L. Maria Child, Charles Dickens, Rudyard Kipling, Jack London, Harold Steele Mackaye, Edward Page Mitchell, William Morris, Philip Francis Nowlan, Edgar Allan Poe, Mark Twain, H.G. Wells.

Author : T. R. Williams
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1476713367
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Journey Into the Flame written by T. R. Williams and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-01-07 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2027, the Great Disruption shook the world. An unexplained solar storm struck the earth, shifting it four degrees south on its axis. Everything went dark. Humanity was on the verge of despair. Then a man named Camden Ford discovered a set of ancient books called the Chronicles of Satraya. Thirty years later, the world is a different place. Thanks to the teachings of the Chronicles, hope has been restored, cities rebuilt, technology advanced. The books also have a different owner: Logan Cutler, who inherited them when Camden mysteriously disappeared. But when Logan auctions off the books to pay his debts, they fall into the wrong hands. The Reges Hominum, a clandestine group that once ruled history from the shadows, is launching a worldwide conspiracy to regain control. Soon Logan realizes he’s made a terrible mistake. With the help of special agent Valerie Perrot and the wisdom of the Chronicles as his guide, he embarks on an epic quest to get the books back before it’s too late.

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1786645092
Total Pages : 484 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Chilling Horror Short Stories written by and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-11-12 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New Authors and collections. A deluxe edition of original and classic short stories, packed with monsters, vampires and a host of weird creatures. Tales of shadows and voices in the dark from the likes of H.P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe, Mary Shelley, Bram Stoker, Nathaniel Hawthorne and William Hope Hodgson are cast with previously unpublished stories by some of the best writers of horror today. New, contemporary and notable writers featured are: DJ Tyrer, Ed Grabianowski, Andrew J. Wilson, Elise Forier Edie, Frank Roger, Gwendolyn Kiste, David A. Elsensohn, Bill Kte'pi, Justin Coates, James Lecky, Eric Esser, John H. Dromey, Kristopher Triana, Michael Bondies, Michael Paul Gonzalez, Glen Damien Campbell, William R.D. Wood, Rebecca J. Allred, and Lucy Taylor. A dazzling collection of the most gripping tales of horror, vividly told.

Author : Theodore Pratt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780912451336
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Flame Tree written by Theodore Pratt and published by . This book was released on 1994-01-01 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Theodore Pratt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Flame Tree written by Theodore Pratt and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book carries on the story of the southeast Florida coast begun in The Barefoot Mailman.