Showing results for "Infinite" in Literary Fiction

The 30th anniversary edition of the virtuosic, wickedly comic modern classic about the pursuit of happiness in America, with a new foreword written and read by Michelle Zauner, author of the New York Times bestselling sensation Crying in H Mart. “To my mind, there have been two great American...

Unconventional police rookie Luke Jones is back to work after reluctantly killing a man he knew and liked in order to save the life of a partner he despises. Although labeled a hero by some, he's soon up to his old tricks - doggedly challenging authority in an organization with little tolerance for defiance, irritating peers and superiors alike by quoting Shakespeare at will, and refusing to back down when prudence dictates surrender.

เพราะอยากเห็น 'ท่านชาย' ของเธอมีชีวิตที่ดีและมีความสุขกับตาตนเองสักครั้ง 'ช่อม่วง พัทธสาวิตร'...

The Weight of An Infinite Sky has descriptive copy which is not yet available from the Publisher...

Se llama Alegría. Tiene diecinueve años y toda la vida por delante. Esta noche ha quedado para salir con sus compañeras de academia. Se viste frente al espejo con la camiseta extragrande que deja al descubierto su hombro, mostrando el tatuaje de su mariposa favorita. En la cocina, se despide...

An exhilarating, original novel, set in Brazil, Idaho, and outer space, about an obsessive librarian, a down-at-heel author, and a disgraced historian who go on the hunt for a mystical, life-changing book--and find it. The Infinite Future is a mindbending novel that melds two page-turning tales...

Keith Corcoran has spent his entire life preparing to be an astronaut. At the moment of his greatness, finally aboard the International Space Station, hundreds of miles above the Earth’s swirling blue surface, he receives word that his 16-year-old daughter has died in a car accident, and that his wife has left him. Returning to Earth, and to his now empty suburban home, he is alone with the ghosts, the memories, and feelings he can barely acknowledge, let alone process.

The Living Infinite is based on the true story of the Spanish princess Eulalia, an outspoken firebrand at the Bourbon court during the troubled and decadent final years of her family's reign. After her cloistered childhood at the Spanish court, her youth spent in exile, and a loveless marriage, Eulalia gladly departs Europe for the New World. In the company of a small-town bookseller with a thirst for adventure, she travels by ship, first to a Cuba bubbling with revolutionary fervor then on to the 1893 Chicago World Fair.

Il protagonista, Gregory Reeves, è un gringo che incarna molti dei difetti e delle virtù della nostra società degli ultimi cinquant'anni. La vicenda si svolge in un arco di tempo che va dalla bomba su Hiroshima fino ai giorni nostri, passando attraverso le contestazioni del '68 e la guerra in Vietnam. L'autrice affronta i sentimenti dell'emarginazione sociale e del razzismo, la politica, i contrasti tra opulenza e miseria, l'evoluzione del concetto di famiglia, l'incessante ricerca di amore e di equilibrio interiore.

O que acontece quando um diário perdido cai nas mãos da pessoa certa? Catando mariscos na praia de uma remota ilha do Canadá, a escritora Ruth se depara com um saco plástico coberto de cracas que envolve uma lancheira da Hello Kitty. Dentro, encontra o livro de Marcel Proust, Em busca do tempo perdido, e se surpreende ao descobrir que na verdade se trata do diário da menina japonesa, Nao.

In autunno la montagna scivola in una stasi tutta sua, tra l'estate ormai ricordo e la neve da aspettare. Per Nanni Settembrini, guida e capo del soccorso alpino del monte Bianco, ottobre è un mese di uscite solitarie, verso creste e cime che lo fanno soffrire per lo smagrimento dei ghiacciai. Una mattina, però, dal fiume gelato del Miage emergono i resti di un corpo e il brandello di uno scarpone di cuoio d'altri tempi.

"Kien Lantec, you will bear witness to my followers in ToronSea." The last thing Kien Lantec expects on his first day of military leave is to receive marching orders from his Creator, the Infinite. Orders that don’t involve destroyer-racing or courting the love of his life, Ela. Adding to Kien’s frustration, his Infinite-ordained duties have little to do with his skills as a military judge-in-training. His mission? To warn the people of ToronSea against turning their backs on the Infinite to worship a new goddess.