Jacks Party

Author : Thomas Wolfe
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469611228
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Party at Jack's written by Thomas Wolfe and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2013-06-01 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the summer of 1937, Thomas Wolfe was in the North Carolina mountains revising a piece about a party and subsequent fire at the Park Avenue penthouse apartment of the fictional Esther and Frederick Jack. He wrote to his agent, Elizabeth Nowell, 'I think it is now a single thing, as much a single thing as anything I've ever written.' Abridged and edited versions of the story were published twice, as a novella in Scribner's Monthly (May 1939) and as part of You Can't Go Home Again (1940). Now Suzanne Stutman and John Idol have worked from manuscript sources at Harvard University to reconstruct The Party at Jack's as outlined by Wolfe before his death. Here, in its untruncated state, Wolfe's novella affords a significant glimpse of a Depression-era New York inhabited by Wall Street wheelers and dealers and the theatrical and artistic elite. Wolfe describes the Jacks and their social circle with lavish attention to mannerisms and to clothing, furnishings, and other trappings of wealth and privilege. The sharply drawn contrast between the decadence of the party-goers and the struggles of the working classes in the streets below reveals Wolfe's gifts as both a writer and a sharp social critic.

Author : Bob Graham
Publisher : Walker
ISBN 13 : 9781406306644
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jack's Little Party written by Bob Graham and published by Walker. This book was released on 2007 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jack's mum isn't like other mums at the school gate, and sometimes he feels embarrassed. But when his freind Sam comes home with them for Jack's birthday party, Jack realises that different is fun! (From back cover.).

Author : Ann Bryant
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 9781404800601
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jack's Party written by Ann Bryant and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2003 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's Jack's birthday party and his friends want to play pass the birthday gift. Jack knows what is inside the gift and tries to stop the game. What on earth could it be?

Author : Pat Schories
Publisher : Boyds Mills Press
ISBN 13 : 9781590785461
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jack Wants a Snack written by Pat Schories and published by Boyds Mills Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jack the dog discovers that he is not the only uninvited guest at a tea party.

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Total Pages : 632 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Author : Justin A. Reynolds
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062748394
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Opposite of Always written by Justin A. Reynolds and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2019-03-05 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “One of the best love stories I’ve ever read.” —Angie Thomas, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Hate U Give “Read this one, reread it, and then hug it to your chest.” —Becky Albertalli, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda Debut author Justin A. Reynolds delivers a hilarious and heartfelt novel about the choices we make, the people we choose, and the moments that make a life worth reliving. Perfect for fans of Nicola Yoon and John Green. When Jack and Kate meet at a party, bonding until sunrise over their mutual love of Froot Loops and their favorite flicks, Jack knows he’s falling—hard. Soon she’s meeting his best friends, Jillian and Franny, and Kate wins them over as easily as she did Jack. But then Kate dies. And their story should end there. Yet Kate’s death sends Jack back to the beginning, the moment they first meet, and Kate’s there again. Healthy, happy, and charming as ever. Jack isn’t sure if he’s losing his mind. Still, if he has a chance to prevent Kate’s death, he’ll take it. Even if that means believing in time travel. However, Jack will learn that his actions are not without consequences. And when one choice turns deadly for someone else close to him, he has to figure out what he’s willing to do to save the people he loves.

Author : William Miller
Publisher : Lee & Low Books
ISBN 13 : 9781600603440
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rent Party Jazz written by William Miller and published by Lee & Low Books. This book was released on 2011-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In New Orleans in the 1930s, young Sonny Comeaux has to work before school to help his mother make ends meet. When Mama loses her job, Sonny is worried. Rent day is coming soon, and if they miss paying by just one day, the landlord will put them out on the street and sell off their belongings. Sonny wanders sadly through Jackson Square after school one day. His attention is caught by Smilin' Jack, a popular jazz musician. Sonny returns day after day, and soon finds himself explaining his problem to Smilin' Jack. What Smilin' Jack offers Sonny then--how to raise money for the rent while having the world's best party--changes both their lives forever.

Author : Jack Gilinsky
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 006248446X
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jack & Jack written by Jack Gilinsky and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2016-09-06 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vine ingenues, YouTube megastars, hip-pop sensations, and best friends Jack & Jack bring their own brand of irreverent comedy, on-point style, and heartfelt life advice to You Don’t Know Jacks. Nebraska natives Jack Gilinsky and Jack Johnson shot to instant fame after their first Vine, “Nerd Vandals,” was dubbed “a perfect Vine” by the Huffington Post. It’s been looped more than ten million times since—and that Vine was just the beginning. Now, after a number one hit on iTunes, nearly two million singles sold, live performances where they have shared the stage with Demi Lovato, Shawn Mendes, and Fifth Harmony, and over 26 million followers across all their social media channels, Jack & Jack are on a wild ride—and they’re not planning to slow down anytime soon. Fans will love reading about their journey from being two regular kids growing up in Omaha, Nebraska, to global superstardom. Complete with never-before-seen photos, behind-the-scenes stories, and hilarious personal anecdotes, You Don’t Know Jacks is an insider look at the lives of Jack & Jack, as told by the guys themselves.

Author : W. Jeffrey. Bolster
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674028473
Total Pages : 349 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Black Jacks written by W. Jeffrey. Bolster and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-06-30 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few Americans, black or white, recognize the degree to which early African American history is a maritime history. W. Jeffrey Bolster shatters the myth that black seafaring in the age of sail was limited to the Middle Passage. Seafaring was one of the most significant occupations among both enslaved and free black men between 1740 and 1865. Tens of thousands of black seamen sailed on lofty clippers and modest coasters. They sailed in whalers, warships, and privateers. Some were slaves, forced to work at sea, but by 1800 most were free men, seeking liberty and economic opportunity aboard ship.Bolster brings an intimate understanding of the sea to this extraordinary chapter in the formation of black America. Because of their unusual mobility, sailors were the eyes and ears to worlds beyond the limited horizon of black communities ashore. Sometimes helping to smuggle slaves to freedom, they were more often a unique conduit for news and information of concern to blacks.But for all its opportunities, life at sea was difficult. Blacks actively contributed to the Atlantic maritime culture shared by all seamen, but were often outsiders within it. Capturing that tension, Black Jacks examines not only how common experiences drew black and white sailors together--even as deeply internalized prejudices drove them apart--but also how the meaning of race aboard ship changed with time. Bolster traces the story to the end of the Civil War, when emancipated blacks began to be systematically excluded from maritime work. Rescuing African American seamen from obscurity, this stirring account reveals the critical role sailors played in helping forge new identities for black people in America.An epic tale of the rise and fall of black seafaring, Black Jacks is African Americans' freedom story presented from a fresh perspective.

Author : Barry Gifford
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101580461
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jack's Book written by Barry Gifford and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-04-24 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A fascinating literary and historical document, the most insightful look at the Beat Generation." —Dan Wakefield, author of New York in the Fifties and Going All the Way First published in 1978, Jack's Book gives us an intimate look into the life and times of the "King of the Beats." Through the words of the close friends, lovers, artists, and drinking buddies who survived him, writers Barry Gifford and Lawrence Lee recount Jack Kerouac's story, from his childhood in Lowell, Massachusetts, to his tragic end in Florida at the age of forty-seven. Including anecdotes from an eclectic list of well-known figures such as Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs, and Gore Vidal, as well as Kerouac's ordinary acquaintances, this groundbreaking oral biography—the first of its kind—presents us with a remarkably insightful portrait of an American legend and the spirit of a generation.