The Furnace

Author : Alexander Gordon Smith
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0374324913
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lockdown written by Alexander Gordon Smith and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2009-10-27 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When fourteen-year-old Alex is framed for murder, he becomes an inmate in the Furnace Penitentiary, where brutal inmates and sadistic guards reign, boys who disappear in the middle of the night sometimes return weirdly altered, and escape might just be possible.

Author : Thomas Bell
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN 13 : 0822978865
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Out of This Furnace written by Thomas Bell and published by University of Pittsburgh Press. This book was released on 2013-02-07 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our all-time bestselling title, this classic and powerful novel spanning three generations of a Slovak immigrant family has been adopted for course use in more than 250 colleges and universities nationwide. Out of This Furnace, is Thomas Bell's most compelling achievement. Its story of three generations of an immigrant Slovak family - the Dobrejcaks - still stands as a fresh and extraordinary accomplishment. The novel begins in the mid-1880s with the naive blundering career of Djuro Kracha. It tracks his arrival from the old country as he walked from New York to White Haven, his later migration to the steel mills of Braddock, and his eventual downfall through foolish financial speculations and an extramarital affair. The second generation is represented by Kracha's daughter, Mary, who married Mike Dobrejcak, a steel worker. Their decent lives, made desperate by the inhuman working conditions of the mills, were held together by the warm bonds of their family life, and Mike's political idealism set an example for the children. Dobie Dobrejcak, the third generation, came of age in the 1920s determined not to be sacrificed to the mills. His involvement in the successful unionization of the steel industry climaxed a half-century struggle to establish economic justice for the workers. Out of This Furnace is a document of ethnic heritage and of a violent and cruel period in our history, but it is also a superb story. The writing is strong and forthright, and the novel builds constantly to its triumphantly human conclusion.

Author : Jennifer Graber
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 0807834572
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Furnace of Affliction written by Jennifer Graber and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focused on the intersection of Christianity and politics in the American penitentiary system, Jennifer Graber explores evangelical Protestants' efforts to make religion central to emerging practices and philosophies of prison discipline from the 1790s thr

Author : Prentis Rollins
Publisher : Tor Books
ISBN 13 : 125021324X
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Furnace written by Prentis Rollins and published by Tor Books. This book was released on 2018-07-10 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Timely and heartfelt, Prentis Rollins’s graphic novel debut The Furnace is a literary science fiction glimpse into our future, for fans of Black Mirror and The Twilight Zone One decision. Thousands of lives ruined. Can someone ever repent for the sins of their past? When Professor Walton Honderich was a young grad student, he participated in a government prison program and committed an act that led to the death of his friend, the brilliant physicist Marc Lepore, and resulted in unimaginable torment for an entire class of people across the United States. Twenty years later, now an insecure father slipping into alcoholism, Walton struggles against the ghosts that haunt him in a futuristic New York City. With full-color art and a cutting-edge critique of our increasingly technological world, The Furnace speaks fluently to the terrifying scope of the surveillance state, the dangerous allure of legacy, and the hope of redemption despite our flaws. “Surreal and evocative, The Furnace is a great critique of technology and the human condition.” —John Jennings, illustrator for the New York Times #1 bestseller Octavia Butler’s Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : MaryJanice Davidson
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780441014743
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jennifer Scales and the Ancient Furnace written by MaryJanice Davidson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-01-30 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She knew that growing up would mean changing. But Jennifer wasn't prepared for the blue scales or the claws, since no one had told her that she came from a bloodline of weredragons. Her greatest challenge? Protecting herself from her family's ancient enemies and preparing herself for fierce battles. And that's a lot to expect of a girl just coming into her own.

Author : Cory Reese
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781987711585
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Into the Furnace written by Cory Reese and published by . This book was released on 2018-05-08 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When life turns up the heat, you have two choices. You can bend and break, or you can step boldly into the furnace and let your soul catch fire. Into The Furnace explores the inner workings of bravery, hope, and passion. These themes are framed against the backdrop of the Badwater Ultramarathon - a 135 mile race across the hottest place on the planet, Death Valley. Cory Reese has walked into the furnace. He has faced adversity, both in running and in life. His book captures the essence of what it means to suffer, what it means to persevere, and ultimately, what it means to create a life of clarity and purpose.

Author : Alexander Gordon Smith
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0374324921
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Solitary written by Alexander Gordon Smith and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2010-12-21 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After a failed escape attempt from Furnace, Alex is trapped in solitary confinement, where the real nightmares live.

Author : Robert Raymond
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 9780271004419
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.1X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Out of the Fiery Furnace written by Robert Raymond and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 1986 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Alexander Gordon Smith
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
ISBN 13 : 1466895136
Total Pages : 1440 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Escape from Furnace Series written by Alexander Gordon Smith and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR). This book was released on 2015-11-10 with total page 1440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the adrenalin-fueled five-book Escape from Furnace series—full of action, adventure, and mystery—Alex Sawyer seeks to break free of a hellish underground penitentiary for teenage offenders. But with every step toward freedom, Alex finds there will be no escaping the secret horrors and nightmarish creatures haunting his endless nights until he confronts and destroys the prison’s mastermind. This ebook bundle includes all five books in the series from author Alexander Gordon Smith: Lockdown, Solitary, Death Sentence, Fugitives, and Execution. Also included is the companion short story, The Night Children. “Fresh and ferocious . . . will hook boys with its gritty, unrelenting surprises.” —James Patterson, author of the Maximum Ride series “Furnace is hotter than hell and twice as much fun.” —Darren Shan, author of the Demonata series

Author : Alexander Gordon Smith
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0374362246
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Execution written by Alexander Gordon Smith and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2012-11-13 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alex Sawyer has escaped his underground nightmare to discover that the whole world has become a horrible prison run by his nemesis, Alfred Furnace, and only Alex can stop him, even if that makes him the executioner.