Cosmology of monsters, Hamill, Shaun

Автор: Hamill Shaun
Название: A Cosmology of Monsters
ISBN: 152474767X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781524747671
Издательство: Random House (USA)
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Цена: 16520.00 T
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Описание: "If John Irving ever wrote a horror novel, it would be something like this. I loved it." --Stephen King

A tender and terrifying literary horror novel--the author's debut--that tells the story of a family (creators of a haunted house attraction called the Wandering Dark) and the hereditary monsters--both metaphorical and all-too-real--that haunt them.

Monsters both figurative and very literal stalk the Turner family. The youngest child, Noah, narrates the family history: how in the late '60s, his bookish mother Margaret marries Lovecraft-lover Harry against her better judgment. The couple has two daughters--Sydney, born for the spotlight, and the brilliant but awkward Eunice, a natural writer and storyteller. But finances are tight, Margaret and Eunice are haunted by horrific dreams, and Harry starts acting strangely. He becomes obsessed with the construction of an elaborately crafted haunted house attraction, christened the Wandering Dark. The family tries to shield baby Noah from the house's faux horrors, but unbeknownst to them, he's being visited by a furry beast with glowing orange eyes--the same ghastly being glimpsed by both his mother and sister. However, unlike them, Noah decides to let the creature in . . .
As he approaches the conclusion of his family's tale, it becomes more and more apparent that there's only one way the story can end: with Noah making the ultimate sacrifice.

Автор: Hamill, Shaun
Название: Cosmology Of Monsters, A
ISBN: 052556392X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780525563921
Издательство: Random House (USA)
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Автор: Hamill Ike
Название: Instinct
ISBN: 0692283838 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780692283837
Издательство: Неизвестно
Цена: 20630.00 T
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Автор: Hamill Dorothy
Название: A Skating Life: My Story
ISBN: 1401309623 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781401309626
Издательство: HarperCollins USA
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Цена: 12530.00 T
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Описание: Olympic gold medalist Dorothy Hamill is known as “America’s Sweetheart,” but there is a darker story of sacrifice and heartbreak behind her iconic smile. In this revealing and moving memoir, Hamill finally comes to grips with her painful past, sharing it with the world for the first time.

Автор: Hamill
Название: North River
ISBN: 0316007994 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780316007993
Издательство: Hachette Book Group
Цена: 11830.00 T
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Описание: One snowy New Year's Day, in the midst of the Great Depression, Dr. James Delaney--haunted by the slaughters of the Great War, and abandoned by his wife and daughter--returns home to find his three-year-old grandson on his doorstep, left by his mother in Delaney's care. Coping with this unexpected arrival, Delaney hires Rose, a tough, decent Sicilian woman with a secret in her past. Slowly, as Rose and the boy begin to care for the good doctor, the numbness in Delaney begins to melt. Recreating 1930s New York with the vibrancy and rich detail that are his trademarks, Pete Hamill weaves a story of honor, family, and one man's simple courage that no reader will soon forget.

Автор: Hamill
Название: Drinking Life, A
ISBN: 0316341029 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780316341028
Издательство: Hachette Book Group
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Описание: Brooklyn, 1947. The war veterans have come home. Jackie Robinson is about to become a Dodger.

And in one close-knit working-class neighborhood, an eleven-year-old Irish Catholic boy named Michael Devlin has just made friends with a lonely rabbi from Prague. Snow in August is the story of that unlikely friendship -- and of how the neighborhood reacts to it. For Michael, the rabbi opens a window to ancient learning and lore that rival anything in Captain Marvel.

For the rabbi, Michael illuminates the everyday mysteries of America, including the strange language of baseball. But like their hero Jackie Robinson, neither can entirely escape from the swirling prejudices of the time. Terrorized by a local gang of anti-Semitic Irish toughs, Michael and the rabbi are caught in an escalating spiral of hate for which there's only one way out -- a miracle....

Deeply affecting and wonderfully evocative of old New York, Snow in August is a brilliant fable for our time and all time -- and another triumph for Pete Hamill.