Dawn

"The author...has built knowledge into artistic fiction."--"The New York Times Book Review Elisha is a young Jewish man,... (more)

"The author...has built knowledge into artistic fiction."--"The New York Times Book Review Elisha is a young Jewish man, a Holocaust survivor, and an Israeli freedom fighter in British-controlled Palestine; John Dawson is the captured English officer he will murder at dawn in retribution for the British execution of a fellow freedom fighter. The night-long wait for morning and death provides "Dawn, Elie Wiesel's ever more timely novel, with its harrowingly taut, hour-by-hour narrative. Caught between the manifold horrors of the past and the troubling dilemmas of the present, Elisha wrestles with guilt, ghosts, and ultimately God as he waits for the appointed hour and his act of assassination. "Dawn is an eloquent meditation on the compromises, justifications, and sacrifices that human beings make when they murder other human beings. (less)

The questing cats return to a forest devastated by the Twolegs, where they must find a way to convince their Clans to le... (more)

The questing cats return to a forest devastated by the Twolegs, where they must find a way to convince their Clans to leave in search of a new home, even though they have no idea where they are going. (less)

Written from behind bars, DAWN is the unforgettable story collection from one of Turkey's leading politicians, and most ... (more)

Written from behind bars, DAWN is the unforgettable story collection from one of Turkey's leading politicians, and most powerful oppositional voices. From the dynamic political force 'who has evoked comparisons to President Obama' ( New York Times ), Selahattin Demirtas' stories capture the voices of ordinary people living in extraordinary times - from cleaning ladies and teenage laborers, bus drivers and factory workers, from a violent demonstration in Ankara to a five-year-old girl's attempt to escape war-torn Syria by boat. With Demirtas' trademark wit, warmth and humor, and seasoned by the vernacular of everyday speech, DAWN paints a remarkable portrait of life behind the headlines in Turkey and the Middle East - in all its hardship and adversity, freedom and hope. (less)

"When a Hoo-Lii invasion fleet unexpectedly arrives and attacks, they cripple Earth's space defenses. The Space Force re... (more)

"When a Hoo-Lii invasion fleet unexpectedly arrives and attacks, they cripple Earth's space defenses. The Space Force retreat to an asteroid based fortress. The human space fleet suffers terrible damage and on the brink of defeat, dissident aliens and exiled humans arrive to join the battle as the Hoo-Lii drop a small asteroid on Earth. Do the new allies arrive in time?"--Amazon.com. (less)

Deals with the conflicts and thoughts of a young Jewish concentration-camp veteran as he prepares to assassinate a Briti... (more)

Deals with the conflicts and thoughts of a young Jewish concentration-camp veteran as he prepares to assassinate a British hostage in occupied Palestine. (less)

In this five-book collection by the author of the Baby-Sitters Club, a group of teenage friends deals with the ups and d... (more)

In this five-book collection by the author of the Baby-Sitters Club, a group of teenage friends deals with the ups and down of growing up Dawn just moved back to California from Connecticut. Sunny’s mom has lung cancer. Maggie will do anything to be perfect. Amalia’s boyfriend has got a scary idea of love. And Ducky is the loneliest boy on the West Coast. A spin-off of the bestselling Baby-Sitters Club series, the California Diaries are first-person accounts of five teenagers managing new friendships, new relationships, and a host of new problems. Diary One contains the first journal of each of the main characters, books one through five in the series. This ebook features an illustrated personal history of Ann M. Martin, including rare images from the author’s collection. (less)

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A woman running from a terrible truth hides out in a remote hills town with her young daughter until her past catches up... (more)

A woman running from a terrible truth hides out in a remote hills town with her young daughter until her past catches up with her and an impossible choice must be faced. (less)

Autumn 1947: Elisha, a young Jew, learns that he has been chosen to kill their hostage John Dawson, a captain in the Bri... (more)

Autumn 1947: Elisha, a young Jew, learns that he has been chosen to kill their hostage John Dawson, a captain in the British Army occupying Palestine. Will Elisha, himself a survivor of the holocaust, be able to commit this irrevocable act? (less)