Uncle Tom's Children - format ePub

'All eight men and all eight stories stand as beautifully, pitifully, terribly true... This is fine, sound, good, honorable writing rich with insight and understanding, even when occasionally twisted...

***AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4's OPEN BOOK***The 'propulsive, haunting' and 'gripping' (Oprah) rediscovered classic that exposes the dark heart of America for an inncocent Black man on the run from the policeFred...

“An intense, provocative, and vital crime story that excavates paradoxical dimensions of race, class, sexism, family bonds, and social obligation while seeking the deepest meaning of the law." — BooklistOriginally...

Newly RevisedThe Council of Christian Colleges and Universities SeriesStressing the biblical message of stewardship, biologist Richard T. Wright celebrates the study of God's creation and examines the...

Three extraordinary and impassioned nonfiction works by Richard Wright, one of America's premier literary giants of the twentieth century, together in one volume, with an introduction by Cornel West.“The...

"A formidable and lasting contribution to American literature." —Chicago TribuneOriginally published in 1938, Uncle Tom's Children, a collection of novellas, was the first book from Richard Wright, who...

A special 75th anniversary edition of Richard Wright's powerful and unforgettable memoir, with a new foreword by John Edgar Wideman and an afterword by Malcolm Wright, the author’s grandson.When it exploded...

A master chronicler of the African-American experience, Richard Wright brilliantly expanded his literary horizons with Pagan Spain, originally published in 1957. An amalgam of expert travel reportage,...

New York Times Bestseller • One of the Best Books of the Year: Time magazine, Chicago Tribune, Boston Globe, and Esquire • One of Oprah’s 15 Favorite Books of the YearFrom the legendary author of Native...

From Richard Wright, one of the most powerful, acclaimed, and essential American authors of the twentieth century, comes a compelling story of one man's attempt to escape his past and start anew in Harlem....

“If one had to identify the single most influential shaping force in modern Black literary history, one would probably have to point to Wright and the publication of Native Son.” – Henry Louis Gates Jr.Right...

These inspirational meditations, prayers, and stories are written by an Ojibwe Elder and alcohol and drug counselor to speak with clarity, wisdom, and care about the everyday experience of recovery. The...

Fred Daniels, un jeune homme noir, se fait arrêter par la police à la fin d’une journée de travail, alors qu’il s’apprêtait à retrouver sa femme sur le point d’accoucher. Un double meurtre a été commis...

Richard Wright's memoir of his childhood as a young black boy in the American south of the 1920s and 30s is a stark depiction of African-American life and a powerful exploration of racial tension.‘A compelling...

"Doon the wynds an' up the streets,Where revenants sought souls tae eat,The Butcher called for twitching meatAn' Burke an' Hare did answer."-anon.1827. A year after the Cadaver Riots tore the heart from...

The fight to survive is all in the mind.There is nothing exceptional about Greg Summers, until the day he returns home to discover that his wife no longer recognises him and is married to a stranger using...

The author. The psychic. The vagrant. The hack.An invitation to a crumbling cottage in the lonely wilds. The legend of the witch who haunts it still. A disappearance from a locked room and the rising,...

What the soul would forget, the flesh remembers.When hack reporter Dexter Lomax investigates a series of mysterious craters forming across Northeast England, he expects to convert a well-planned hoax...

Where souls are made of stories, the desert gods shall feast.After the traumatic events of The Flesh Remembers, all Dexter Lomax and his new charge Kirsteen MacDonald want is time alone to recover. They...

"Thy Fearful Symmetry rewards you for your patience with a seamless narrative, energetic writing, an inventive and complex storyline and a stunning climax with one final audacious surprise..." - Lavanya...

VINTAGE MINIS: GREAT MINDS. BIG IDEAS. LITTLE BOOKS.How to go on in a world where everything is set against you? With hope? In fear? Or, in violent struggle? In this gripping and disturbing book, Richard...

'Powerful as [Richard Wright] was - is - as a writer, nobody can surpass him in doing certain kinds of writing... He is courageous - he was able to look into areas that nobody at that time was willing...

Bigger Thomas has grown up in Chicago’s slums, reckless, angry and adrift.A respectable job with the affluent Dalton family provides hope but sets him on course for a catastrophic collision between his...

'Wright's unrelentingly bleak landscape was not merely that of the Deep South, or of Chicago, but that of the world, the human heart' James Baldwin Natural disasters, cold-blooded murders, political agitation...

Three irresistible short stories by the global phenomenon Ali Hazelwood, now available together in paperback for the first time, with an exclusive bonus chapter.Mara, Sadie, and Hannah are friends first,...

Isaac Asimov’s Robot series – from the iconic collection I, Robot to four classic novels – contains some of the most influential works in the history of science fiction. Establishing and testing the Three...

**Pre-order DREAM COUNT, the searing, exquisite new novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie now!** From the Women's Prize-winning author of Half of a Yellow Sun come twelve...

"The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath is a haunting exploration of the human psyche. Set against the backdrop of 1950s America, the novel follows Esther Greenwood, a talented and ambitious young woman, as she...

📖 My Neuro Evil Partner – A Sensational Dark Academia Romance with Sci-Fi Twists!🔥 NOVEL in Psychological Romance & Dark Academia!⭐📌 What's Inside?✔️ A Calculated Love Story: A morally ambiguous school...

When Daniel's stepfather Nick walked out on Daniel and his mom when Daniel was a teenager, he vowed to erase Nick from his life forever. But years later when their paths cross unexpectedly on a remote...

🌟 Spark your children's imaginations with adventures they'll never forget! 🌟Looking for a book that will engage children while nurturing their curiosity? "Amazing Stories for Curious Children" is the...

Dane has been in love with his stepbrother Brady for as long as they've known each other. But when Brady summons Dane to a mysterious mansion filled with debauchery and hedonistic pleasures, the burning...

Nick Roberts, author of The Exorcist's House, called Gage, "Arguably the most versatile voice writing today,"  and Gage puts that genre-blending flexibility on full display in this collection of short...

All 51 Hercule Poirot short stories presented in chonological order in a single volume – plus a bonus story not seen for more than 70 years. ‘My name is Hercule Poirot and I am probably the...

Agatha Christie’s seasonal Poirot and Marple short story collection. First came a sinister warning to Poirot not to eat any plum pudding… then the discovery of a corpse in a chest…...

The No. 1 bestselling author Stephen King's timeless coming-of-age novella, The Body - set in Castle Rock and originally published in his 1982 short story collection Different Seasons, and adapted into...

This carefully crafted ebook is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents of the complete works of Oscar Wilde, containing more than 150 works. Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie...

‘No Muggle Prime Minister has ever set foot in the Ministry of Magic, for reasons most succinctly summed up by ex-Minister Dugald McPhail (term of office 1858-1865): “their puir wee braines couldnae cope...

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This ebook contains Oscar Wilde's complete works. This edition has been professionally formatted and contains several tables of contents. The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the ebook)...

Can the perfect village save the perfect wedding? INCLUDES EXCLUSIVE EXTRACT FROM A POSTCARD FROM ITALY Cher, the landlady of the Duck & Puddle...

Diamonds are forever. They're a girl's best friend. Until you're the one accused of stealing them.Summer in Texas means two things: blistering heat and competitive softball. For twin sisters Samantha...

(Round Up) - Ils sont les meilleurs amis du monde depuis qu'ils ont quinze ans. Il a compris que la seule fille qu'il aimera, c'est elle. Vont-ils risquer leur amitié pour avoir une chance d'aimer ?Cette...

Who falls in love on vacation? Lymric:When my best friend convinced me to come visit her in Wolf Valley, I thought that maybe it would be a fresh start. I thought that it would be a chance for me to find...

Sherlock Holmes is not only the most famous character in crime fiction, but arguably the most famous character in all fiction. In sixty adventures that pit his extraordinary wits and courage against foreign...

The death of his wife leaves Florian the beekeeper heartbroken. Out of love for him, his bees create a duplicate wife to console him, but this act has unexpected consequences for humans and bees alike.

'Sailing away, he survived at sea, then on foreign land, and then by writing - re-living his life, many times, many ways, in English fiction' Neil Rennie, from his preface to The Secret Sharer and Other...

Being a bodyguard isn't easy, not even when you're the seventh son in a long line of seventh sons, not even when the magic comes when you call—and especially not when the man you are protecting is a treacherous,...

A body was found in the bedroom of a newly appointed Police Officer. Read the explosive letters and uncover the truth behind Kiera Reyez, Jennifer de Ville and the terrifying secret hidden by the authorities.

Her Man – A Captivating Tale of Love and Fate⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Dive into a sizzling contemporary romance that has readers raving and topping Amazon's charts! In Her Man, our strong yet tender heroine (think the charm...

Four guys in a punk rock band have one night to impress a record executive but the bass player is on a 51-50 hold and the gig is in Hollywood. Bonus Story: All My Ex Girlfriends 

The evolution and the refinement of identity are not related to places and people, but they can be influenced by them. In these stories, the experiences remain transparent. Under the influence of inner...

Experience the tale of Pancho, a four-pound anxiety grenade with a pin pulled at 30,000 feet. When his family decides flying is a good idea, Pancho causes a mid-air emergency so dire that the FAA created...

A dark and disturbing ebook original from the master of the crime genre.A famous writer asks a boxman to open an old safe that comes with the mansion he's just bought. It's not as easy a job as he's used...