The Laughing Man A Novel Of A Superior Being
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The Laughing Man A Novel Of A Superior Being
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Author : John Lacarna
language : en
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Release Date : 2018-07-25
The Laughing Man A Novel Of A Superior Being written by John Lacarna and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-07-25 with Fiction categories.
Before he is born, Dominic Jerome Marcus develops a theory: He predicts his birth and future life. Dom looks forward to the expanded universe his fetal brain foresees, for the spirit of adventure was in him from conception, and along with it came the spirit of laughter.New Orleans---On April Fool's Day, A.D. 2000, Dominic is literally born laughing, wild exuberant laughter that shakes his entire little frame. And that eerie look of knowing! His frightened mother rejects him, and the infant is eventually forced to kill his brutal father in self-defense.Under the care and tutelage of "Doc" DiGiralomo, an iconoclastic, curmudgeonly psychiatrist, and Sister Mary Clotilda, a tough, cussin' Cajun nun, Dom enters a life of superlative scientific and literary achievements and of high-risk adventure. His is an independent, free spirit, and he cheerfully accepts the strife that is the price of freedom.Rural Mississippi---On the day of Dom's birth, another superhuman, Jessie Wayne Carson, the infant who is to become the Divine Father, enters the world, first making his presence known through healing the infirm and duplicating the miracles of Jesus. The spirit of gravity, the Divine Father despises levity as irreverence toward authority and towards life. He plans a world of everlasting peace, where he could rule over a self-perpetuating dystopia of lobotomized people, created after a prolonged series of ghastly experiments. He recognizes Dom, The Laughing Man, as his fated nemesis, and seeks to destroy him.The Divine Father identifies Rukiya, a child born in tribal Africa, as a fellow member of the superior species. Recognizing that she is destined to grow into an ebony goddess, he murders her parents and kidnaps her to be his empress.He gives Rukiya three tasks to prove he worthiness: The first is to bring him "the grinning skull of the Laughing Man." The second is to neutralize Helena Stirling, the electrifying writer whose novels of heroic, iron-willed individualists are "twisted fairy tails, where selfishness is virtue and altruism is vice." This charismatic personality, born Helena Mikhalovna Danielovich in St. Petersburg, Russia, was a deviant from the political correctness of the Soviet Union. Helena defected to the United States as a young adult, and having experienced a Communist society first-hand, she became a powerful champion of capitalism and individualism in her fiction. The third task is for Rukiya to silence the glorious song and laughter of diva Bianca Angeli, with whom the Divine Father had had a love-hate relationship.But Rukiya hides from the Divine Father that she seeks to avenge her parents. She joins forces with Dom, and they find in each other their ideal mates. Along with Helena and Bianca, they fake the completion of the tasks, and engage the Divine Father and his minions in a climactic battle to the death.
The Laughing Man
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Author : Victor Hugo
language : en
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Release Date : 1894
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The Boy Who Made Everyone Laugh
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Author : Helen Rutter
language : en
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Release Date : 2021-08-03
The Boy Who Made Everyone Laugh written by Helen Rutter and has been published by Scholastic Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-08-03 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
When life is funny, make some jokes about it. Billy Plimpton has a big dream: to become a famous comedian when he grows up. He already knows a lot of jokes, but thinks he has one big problem standing in his way: his stutter. At first, Billy thinks the best way to deal with this is to . . . never say a word. That way, the kids in his new school won’t hear him stammer. But soon he finds out this is NOT the best way to deal with things. (For one thing, it’s very hard to tell a joke without getting a word out.) As Billy makes his way toward the spotlight, a lot of funny things (and some less funny things) happen to him. In the end, the whole school will know -- If you think you can hold Billy Plimpton back, be warned: The joke will soon be on you!
I Know This Much Is True
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Author : Wally Lamb
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1998-06-03
I Know This Much Is True written by Wally Lamb and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-06-03 with Fiction categories.
With his stunning debut novel, She's Come Undone, Wally Lamb won the adulation of critics and readers with his mesmerizing tale of one woman's painful yet triumphant journey of self-discovery. Now, this brilliantly talented writer returns with I Know This Much Is True, a heartbreaking and poignant multigenerational saga of the reproductive bonds of destruction and the powerful force of forgiveness. A masterpiece that breathtakingly tells a story of alienation and connection, power and abuse, devastation and renewal--this novel is a contemporary retelling of an ancient Hindu myth. A proud king must confront his demons to achieve salvation. Change yourself, the myth instructs, and you will inhabit a renovated world. When you're the same brother of a schizophrenic identical twin, the tricky thing about saving yourself is the blood it leaves on your bands--the little inconvenience of the look-alike corpse at your feet. And if you're into both survival of the fittest and being your brother's keeper--if you've promised your dying mother--then say so long to sleep and hello to the middle of the night. Grab a book or a beer. Get used to Letterman's gap-toothed smile of the absurd, or the view of the bedroom ceiling, or the influence of random selection. Take it from a godless insomniac. Take it from the uncrazy twin--the guy who beat the biochemical rap. Dominick Birdsey's entire life has been compromised and constricted by anger and fear, by the paranoid schizophrenic twin brother he both deeply loves and resents, and by the past they shared with their adoptive father, Ray, a spit-and-polish ex-Navy man (the five-foot-six-inch sleeping giant who snoozed upstairs weekdays in the spare room and built submarines at night), and their long-suffering mother, Concettina, a timid woman with a harelip that made her shy and self-conscious: She holds a loose fist to her face to cover her defective mouth--her perpetual apology to the world for a birth defect over which she'd had no control. Born in the waning moments of 1949 and the opening minutes of 1950, the twins are physical mirror images who grow into separate yet connected entities: the seemingly strong and protective yet fearful Dominick, his mother's watchful "monkey"; and the seemingly weak and sweet yet noble Thomas, his mother's gentle "bunny." From childhood, Dominick fights for both separation and wholeness--and ultimately self-protection--in a house of fear dominated by Ray, a bully who abuses his power over these stepsons whose biological father is a mystery. I was still afraid of his anger but saw how he punished weakness--pounced on it. Out of self-preservation I hid my fear, Dominick confesses. As for Thomas, he just never knew how to play defense. He just didn't get it. But Dominick's talent for survival comes at an enormous cost, including the breakup of his marriage to the warm, beautiful Dessa, whom he still loves. And it will be put to the ultimate test when Thomas, a Bible-spouting zealot, commits an unthinkable act that threatens the tenuous balance of both his and Dominick's lives. To save himself, Dominick must confront not only the pain of his past but the dark secrets he has locked deep within himself, and the sins of his ancestors--a quest that will lead him beyond the confines of his blue-collar New England town to the volcanic foothills of Sicily 's Mount Etna, where his ambitious and vengefully proud grandfather and a namesake Domenico Tempesta, the sostegno del famiglia, was born. Each of the stories Ma told us about Papa reinforced the message that he was the boss, that he ruled the roost, that what he said went. Searching for answers, Dominick turns to the whispers of the dead, to the pages of his grandfather's handwritten memoir, The History of Domenico Onofrio Tempesta, a Great Man from Humble Beginnings. Rendered with touches of magic realism, Domenico's fablelike tale--in which monkeys enchant and religious statues weep--becomes the old man's confession--an unwitting legacy of contrition that reveals the truth's of Domenico's life, Dominick learns that power, wrongly used, defeats the oppressor as well as the oppressed, and now, picking through the humble shards of his deconstructed life, he will search for the courage and love to forgive, to expiate his and his ancestors' transgressions, and finally to rebuild himself beyond the haunted shadow of his twin. Set against the vivid panoply of twentieth-century America and filled with richly drawn, memorable characters, this deeply moving and thoroughly satisfying novel brings to light humanity's deepest needs and fears, our aloneness, our desire for love and acceptance, our struggle to survive at all costs. Joyous, mystical, and exquisitely written, I Know This Much Is True is an extraordinary reading experience that will leave no reader untouched.
The Laughing Man
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language : en
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Release Date : 1903
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When You Reach Me
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Author : Rebecca Stead
language : en
Publisher: Wendy Lamb Books
Release Date : 2009-07-14
When You Reach Me written by Rebecca Stead and has been published by Wendy Lamb Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-07-14 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
"Like A Wrinkle in Time (Miranda's favorite book), When You Reach Me far surpasses the usual whodunit or sci-fi adventure to become an incandescent exploration of 'life, death, and the beauty of it all.'" —The Washington Post This Newbery Medal winner that has been called "smart and mesmerizing," (The New York Times) and "superb" (The Wall Street Journal) will appeal to readers of all types, especially those who are looking for a thought-provoking mystery with a mind-blowing twist. Shortly after a fall-out with her best friend, sixth grader Miranda starts receiving mysterious notes, and she doesn’t know what to do. The notes tell her that she must write a letter—a true story, and that she can’t share her mission with anyone. It would be easy to ignore the strange messages, except that whoever is leaving them has an uncanny ability to predict the future. If that is the case, then Miranda has a big problem—because the notes tell her that someone is going to die, and she might be too late to stop it. Winner of the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award for Fiction A New York Times Bestseller and Notable Book Five Starred Reviews A Junior Library Guild Selection "Absorbing." —People "Readers ... are likely to find themselves chewing over the details of this superb and intricate tale long afterward." —The Wall Street Journal "Lovely and almost impossibly clever." —The Philadelphia Inquirer "It's easy to imagine readers studying Miranda's story as many times as she's read L'Engle's, and spending hours pondering the provocative questions it raises." —Publishers Weekly, Starred review
Freedom Summer
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Author : Bruce Watson
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2010-06-10
Freedom Summer written by Bruce Watson and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-06-10 with History categories.
A riveting account of one of the most remarkable episodes in American history. In his critically acclaimed history Freedom Summer, award- winning author Bruce Watson presents powerful testimony about a crucial episode in the American civil rights movement. During the sweltering summer of 1964, more than seven hundred American college students descended upon segregated, reactionary Mississippi to register black voters and educate black children. On the night of their arrival, the worst fears of a race-torn nation were realized when three young men disappeared, thought to have been murdered by the Ku Klux Klan. Taking readers into the heart of these remarkable months, Freedom Summer shines new light on a critical moment of nascent change in America. "Recreates the texture of that terrible yet rewarding summer with impressive verisimilitude." -Washington Post
The Laughing Men Tr Bellina Phillips 4v
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Author : Victor Hugo
language : en
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Release Date : 1895
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The Laughing Man
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Author : VICTOR HUGO
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Release Date : 1894
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The Laughing Monsters
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Author : Denis Johnson
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2015-02-12
The Laughing Monsters written by Denis Johnson and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-02-12 with Fiction categories.
‘In this land of chaos and despair, all I can do is wish for magic armour and the power to disappear.’ Freetown, Sierra Leone. A city of heat and dirt, of guns and militia. Alone in its crowded streets, Captain Roland Nair has been given a single assignment. He must find Michael Adriko – maverick, warrior, and the man who has saved Nair's life three times and risked it many more. The two men have schemed, fought and profited together in the most hostile regions of the world. But on this new level – espionage, state secrets, treason – their loyalties will be tested to the limit. This is a brutal journey through a land abandoned by the future – a journey that will lead them to meet themselves not in a new light, but in a new darkness.