Share

Beggars and Choosers

1995-12-28 Fiction
Download Beggars and Choosers PDF Online Free

Author :
Release : 1995-12-28
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 108/5 ( reviews)

GET EBOOK


Book Synopsis Beggars and Choosers by : Nancy Kress

Download or read book Beggars and Choosers written by Nancy Kress. This book was released on 1995-12-28. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a genetically altered future America that is overrun by beautiful and super-intelligent people, the entire planet faces destruction in the face of overpopulation and unemployment. Reprint.

Proud Beggars

2011-12-27 Fiction
Download Proud Beggars PDF Online Free

Author :
Release : 2011-12-27
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 631/5 ( reviews)

GET EBOOK


Book Synopsis Proud Beggars by : Albert Cossery

Download or read book Proud Beggars written by Albert Cossery. This book was released on 2011-12-27. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Early in Proud Beggars, a brutal and motiveless murder is committed in a Cairo brothel. But the real mystery at the heart of Albert Cossery’s wry black comedy is not the cause of this death but the paradoxical richness to be found in even the most materially impoverished life. Chief among Cossery’s proud beggars is Gohar, a former professor turned whorehouse accountant, hashish aficionado, and street philosopher. Such is his native charm that he has accumulated a small coterie that includes Yeghen, a rhapsodic poet and drug dealer, and El Kordi, an ineffectual clerk and would-be revolutionary who dreams of rescuing a consumptive prostitute. The police investigator Nour El Dine, harboring a dark secret of his own, suspects all three of the murder but finds himself captivated by their warm good humor. How is it that they live amid degrading poverty, yet possess a joie de vivre that even the most assiduous forces of state cannot suppress? Do they, despite their rejection of social norms and all ambition, hold the secret of contentment? And so this short novel, considered one of Cossery’s masterpieces, is at once biting social commentary, police procedural, and a mischievous delight in its own right.

This Forsaken Earth

2006-11-28 Fiction
Download This Forsaken Earth PDF Online Free

Author :
Release : 2006-11-28
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 152/5 ( reviews)

GET EBOOK


Book Synopsis This Forsaken Earth by : Paul Kearney

Download or read book This Forsaken Earth written by Paul Kearney. This book was released on 2006-11-28. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He’s spoken of only in whispers. His origins are a mystery. Some say that he’s descended from the last of the angels. Others say much worse. By all appearances, Rol Cortishane is just another ruthless pirate roaming the lawless seas, raiding warships and slavers. But the truth is something far more complicated and dangerous than anyone can imagine, including Rol. Even as he seeks to escape his birthright, Rol is slowly discovering who—and what—he really is. But the revelation won’t come without exacting a terrible price from Rol and all he loves. Now a treacherous figure from his past has made him a proposition it would be fatal to turn down. Racing against time, Rol must chart a harrowing course across the sea, back to the beautiful Rowen and the people she would rule as Queen. With his steadfast crew—the battle-scarred Creed, the mirthful halftroll Gallico, and a young escaped slave named Giffon—Rol will plunge headlong into a destiny as dark as they come. And toward a terrifying battle against an enemy as determined to destroy the world as Rol is to save it.

The Fear of Beggars

2007-05-29 Religion
Download The Fear of Beggars PDF Online Free

Author :
Release : 2007-05-29
Genre : Religion
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 784/5 ( reviews)

GET EBOOK


Book Synopsis The Fear of Beggars by : Kelly S. Johnson

Download or read book The Fear of Beggars written by Kelly S. Johnson. This book was released on 2007-05-29. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why, asks Kelly Johnson, does Christian ethics so rarely tackle the real-life question of whether to give to beggars? Examining both classical economics and Christian stewardship ethics as reactions to medieval debates about the role of mendicants in the church and in wider society, Johnson reveals modern anxiety about dependence and humility as well as the importance of Christian attempts to rethink property relations in ways that integrate those qualities. She studies the rhetoric and thought of Christian thinkers, beggar saints, and economists from throughout history, placing greatest emphasis on the life and work of Peter Maurin, a cofounder of the Catholic Worker movement. Challenging and thought-provoking, The Fear of Beggars will move Christian economic ethics into a richer, more involved discussion.

Beggars in Spain

2017 Genetic engineering
Download Beggars in Spain PDF Online Free

Author :
Release : 2017
Genre : Genetic engineering
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : /5 ( reviews)

GET EBOOK


Book Synopsis Beggars in Spain by : Nancy Kress

Download or read book Beggars in Spain written by Nancy Kress. This book was released on 2017. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Leisha Camden is a genetically engineered 'Sleepless.' Her ability to stay awake all the time has not only made her more productive, but the genetic modifications have also given the 'Sleepless' a higher IQ and may even make them immortal. Are they the future of humanity? Or will the small community of 'sleepless' be hunted down as freaks by a world that has grown wary of its newest creation?"--Page [4] of cover.

You may also like...