The Thousand Year Beach

Author : TOBI Hirotaka
Publisher : VIZ Media LLC
ISBN 13 : 1974704629
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Thousand Year Beach written by TOBI Hirotaka and published by VIZ Media LLC. This book was released on 2018-06-19 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed in imitation of a harbor town in southern Europe, the Realm of Summer is just one of the zones within the virtual resort known as the Costa del Número. It has been more than a thousand years since human guests stopped coming to the Realm, leaving the AIs alone in their endless summer. But now all that has come to a sudden end, as an army of mysterious Spiders begin reducing the town to nothing. As night falls, the few remaining AIs prepare for their final, hopeless battle... War in the virtual world begins on the shores of The Thousand Year Beach. -- VIZ Media

Author : Alex Garland
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1573226521
Total Pages : 449 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Beach written by Alex Garland and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1998-02-01 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The irresistible novel that was adapted into a major motion picture starring Leonardo DiCaprio. The Khao San Road, Bangkok -- first stop for the hordes of rootless young Westerners traveling in Southeast Asia. On Richard's first night there, in a low-budget guest house, a fellow traveler slashes his wrists, bequeathing to Richard a meticulously drawn map to "the Beach." The Beach, as Richard has come to learn, is the subject of a legend among young travelers in Asia: a lagoon hidden from the sea, with white sand and coral gardens, freshwater falls surrounded by jungle, plants untouched for a thousand years. There, it is rumored, a carefully selected international few have settled in a communal Eden. Haunted by the figure of Mr. Duck -- the name by which the Thai police have identified the dead man -- and his own obsession with Vietnam movies, Richard sets off with a young French couple to an island hidden away in an archipelago forbidden to tourists. They discover the Beach, and it is as beautiful and idyllic as it is reputed to be. Yet over time it becomes clear that Beach culture, as Richard calls it, has troubling, even deadly, undercurrents. Spellbinding and hallucinogenic, The Beach by Alex Garland -- both a national bestseller and his debut -- is a highly accomplished and suspenseful novel that fixates on a generation in their twenties, who, burdened with the legacy of the preceding generation and saturated by popular culture, long for an unruined landscape, but find it difficult to experience the world firsthand.

Author : Nathaniel West
Publisher : Rare Treasure Editions
ISBN 13 : 1774643669
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Thousand Year Reign of Christ written by Nathaniel West and published by Rare Treasure Editions. This book was released on 2021-11-08T22:32:00Z with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In many ways this is the most authoritative work on the thousand year reign of Christ ever to appear in English.

Author : Giovanni Livera
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780966056747
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Live a Thousand Years written by Giovanni Livera and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: LBC Collection copy was presented to Lancaster Bible College in honor of Charlie Jones for the Charles & Gloria Jones Library, Erick Erickson.

Author : Robert Finch
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 132400052X
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Outer Beach: A Thousand-Mile Walk on Cape Cod's Atlantic Shore written by Robert Finch and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2017-05-09 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A poignant, candid chronicle of a beloved nature writer’s fifty-year relationship with an iconic American landscape. Those who have encountered Cape Cod—or merely dipped into an account of its rich history—know that it is a singular place. Robert Finch writes of its beaches: “No other place I know sears the heart with such a constant juxtaposition of pleasure and pain, of beauty being born and destroyed in the same moment.” And nowhere within its borders is this truth more vivid and dramatic than along the forty miles of Atlantic coast—what Finch has always known as the Outer Beach. The essays here represent nearly fifty years and a cumulative thousand miles of walking along the storied edge of the Cape’s legendary arm. Finch considers evidence of nature’s fury: shipwrecks, beached whales, towering natural edifices, ferocious seaside blizzards. And he ponders everyday human interactions conducted in its environment with equal curiosity, wit, and insight: taking a weeks-old puppy for his first beach walk; engaging in a nocturnal dance with one of the Cape’s fabled lighthouses; stumbling, unexpectedly, upon nude sunbathers; or even encountering out-of-towners hoping an Uber will fetch them from the other side of a remote dune field. Throughout these essays, Finch pays tribute to the Outer Beach’s impressive literary legacy, meditates on its often-tragic history, and explores the strange, mutable nature of time near the ocean. But lurking behind every experience and observation—both pivotal and quotidian—is the essential question that the beach beckons every one of its pilgrims to confront: How do we accept our brief existence here, caught between overwhelming beauty and merciless indifference? Finch’s affable voice, attentive eye, and stirring prose will be cherished by the Cape’s staunch lifers and erstwhile visitors alike, and strike a resounding chord with anyone who has been left breathless by the majestic, unrelenting beauty of the shore.

Author : Terry Tarnoff
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780988858527
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Thousand Year Journey of Tobias Parker written by Terry Tarnoff and published by . This book was released on 2013-02-24 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fiction. Literary Nonfiction. California Interest. When screenwriter Tobias Parker discovers that every family on Earth is here to accomplish a particular task, he becomes determined to fulfill his family's destiny. He learns that a unique battle is passed through the generations from father to son and mother to daughter, and that once the mission is fulfilled the family takes its place in a kind of celestial jigsaw puzzle. As Tobias embarks on his quest, his life becomes a breathless whirlwind which throws Hollywood, a misbegotten romance, and an arcane religious artifact into a roiling stew. His topsy-turvy, existential journey takes him to some hilarious highs, devastating lows, and leads him to ponder a whole bagful of thought- provoking ideas. In the end, Tobias discovers his family's profound destiny and learns not only the meaning of his own life but provides a big clue for the rest of us as well. "THE THOUSAND YEAR JOURNEY OF TOBIAS PARKER is a tour de force. Hilariously funny, thoughtful and multi-dimensional, it's a roller coaster ride up and down San Francisco's Telegraph Hill and around Washington Square, fueled by a Hollywood action-adventure retelling of Wagner's biblical opera, Parsifal. Evoking the likes of Confederacy of Dunces sprinkled with Ask The Dust, our raving hero in this case, Tobias Parker, the prolific screenwriter, also brings to mind the movie hero Barton Fink as Tarnoff deeply mines what he knows, for laughs, romance and a little enlightenment on the side."—Jody Weiner "After reading THE BONE MAN OF BENARES, many of us hoped to hear more tales of adventure from Terry Tarnoff. He has done it again with his customary gusto and we don't need to worry about waiting for THE THOUSAND YEAR JOURNEY OF TOBIAS PARKER to be made into a film because when reading this delightful new book, you have a front row seat and are already in the movie itself. Terry Tarnoff has the gift of making the reader feel that he or she is part of the story. This is the gift of great story tellers."—David Amram

Author : Angel Ramon
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781981969449
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Thousand Years War written by Angel Ramon and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-12-27 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THIS STORY CARRIES ON FROM THE EVENTS OF THE FIRST BOOK OF THE THOUSAND YEARS WAR SERIES. HOWEVER, IT CAN BE READ AS A STANDALONE AS WELL AND ENJOYED! RATED EA FOR EPIC ADULT FUN! GET IT TODAY! The official Expansion Pack/Story of The Thousand Years War: Book One. Now with 11 Levels including 3 secret levels that go around the All-Star Island of Puerto Rico. Angel and Maria along with new mates Ben and Steven think they are going on an epic vacation to Puerto Rico until the gloobas strike using the virtual world to summon their forces. They plan to plummet the world into another ice age as they plan to freeze Puerto Rico and use the frozen island to change the climate on earth forever as they try to take over the world once again. Just like the first book of the series, the heroes only have 10 days to reverse the effects of the gloobas climate change by finding and using the anti-matter ball to insert into the anti-matter machine. Can these four misfits get over their differences and beat the expansion pack of this cool but dangerous video game known as The Thousand Years War? Get your pineapples, coconuts, and margarita's ready for this island romp. With beach themed weapons such as the ice crusher and coconut launcher, you might not think of Puerto Rico as an island of peace anymore after this read. Also, you will have other weapons ranging from your kickass shotgun to ancient weapons such as the expander ring. Not to mention that in this video game world, aliens and items might just dimensionalize into the world out of nowhere and whatever happens in this game will happen in the real world. A story with action, love, comedy, and a whole lot of alien gore! Fans of Duke Nukem 3D will enjoy this read and those who have played the expansion - Life's a Beach especially. That's because Life's a Beach(Bitch) and then you die!

Author : Rachel S. Cordasco
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 0252052919
Total Pages : 451 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Out of This World written by Rachel S. Cordasco and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2021-12-28 with total page 451 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The twenty-first century has witnessed an explosion of speculative fiction in translation (SFT). Rachel Cordasco examines speculative fiction published in English translation since 1960, ranging from Soviet-era fiction to the Arabic-language dystopias that emerged following the Iraq War. Individual chapters on SFT from Korean, Czech, Finnish, and eleven other source languages feature an introduction by an expert in the language's speculative fiction tradition and its present-day output. Cordasco then breaks down each chapter by subgenre--including science fiction, fantasy, and horror--to guide readers toward the kinds of works that most interest them. Her discussion of available SFT stands alongside an analysis of how various subgenres emerged and developed in a given language. She also examines the reasons a given subgenre has been translated into English. An informative and one-of-a-kind guide, Out of This World offers readers and scholars alike a tour of speculative fiction's new globalized era.

Author : Aleda Shirley
Publisher : Sarabande Books
ISBN 13 : 9781889330273
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Beach Book written by Aleda Shirley and published by Sarabande Books. This book was released on 1999 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This anthology of poetry, short fiction, and essays about coastal life features contributions from a wealth of writers, including Susan Minot, Lucille Clifton, Peter Cameron, Robert Haas, and many others.

Author : Joseph Charle Beach
Publisher : Joseph Charles Beach
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book COMING WITH THE CLOUDS written by Joseph Charle Beach and published by Joseph Charles Beach. This book was released on 2023-05-17 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Want to know the truth about Bible prophecy? Want to know and understand the prophecies of Jesus? Tired of hearing Bible prophecy predictions that never come true? This book will provide you with the real truth about Bible prophecy, including the following: · Old Testament prophecies of Isaiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, and more. · New Testament prophecies of Jesus and the book of Revelation. · How the Jewish people and followers of Jesus understood the prophecies. · Understand Jewish culture, language, customs, and history. · Understand the true meaning of words or phrases in that time. · Understand the true meaning of the prophecies that were written. This book will provide the true meaning of all the Bible Prophecies! We must be able to understand history through the lens of the times in which they were written, not just how they are relevant in today’s news. It is vastly important that we understand Jewish culture, language, customs, and history, as well as the meaning of words and phrases in that time so we can understand the true meaning of the prophecies that were written. Without this understanding we are reading terms outside of their true meaning and can become confused on what the words of scripture are trying to reveal. We must recognize the use of symbolism is very prevalent in prophecy, and we should not interpret symbolism too literally or physically. Symbolism is widely used in both the Old and the New Testaments. We cannot allow ourselves to interpret symbolism as only a physical manifestation, if we do, we can twist the scriptures into unrealistic physical renderings that completely distort the true meaning of the writing, and we lose the intended meaning of the prophecy. “COMING WITH THE CLOUDS, A JOURNEY THROUGH PROPHECY,” explores the scriptures seeking the true meaning of Bible prophecy. All prophecy centers around Jesus, His kingdom, and His rule. The study of all prophecy must be Christ centered. As you read this book, you will gain true insight and understanding. Studying Bible prophecy is one of the most encouraging and faith-building adventures we can take. Bible prophecy gives us hope and keeps us anticipating the Lord’s return. I invite you to join me in this journey through Bible prophecy. Together we will come away with a clear understanding of what Bible prophecy is all about. We will come away with a positive view of the end-times and with a greater hope for our future. When discussing His second coming, Jesus himself said no one knows the time, only the Father knows. It is not up to us to discover the time. It is up to us to be ready! If you really want to know the truth about Bible prophecy, read my book today!