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From the author of "Jurassic Park, Timeline, "and" Sphere" comes this extraordinary thriller about airline safety, business intrigue, and a deadly cover-up. #1 "NEW YORK TIMES" BESTSELLER "The pacing is fast, the suspense nonstop."--"People" At a moment when the issue of safety and death in the skies is paramount in the public mind, a lethal midair disaster aboard a commercial twin-jet airliner flying from Hong Kong to Denver triggers a pressured and frantic investigation in which the greatest casualty may be the truth. "A one-sitting read that will cause a lifetime of white-knuckled nightmares."--"The Philaelphia Inquirer" "The ultimate thriller . . . [Crichton's] stories are always page-turners of the highest order. . . . ["Airframe"] moves like a firehouse dog chasing a red truck."--"The Denver Post" " " "Dramatically vivid."--"The New York Times"

"A Manual for Cleaning Women" compiles the best work of the legendary short-story writer Lucia Berlin. With her trademark blend of humor and melancholy, Berlin crafts miracles from the everyday--uncovering moments of grace in the cafeterias and Laundromats of the American Southwest, in the homes of the Northern California upper classes, and from the perspective of a cleaning woman alone in a hotel dining room in Mexico City. Co-author of the "New York Times" bestselling House of Night series returns with the mesmerizing second book in The Escaped series. "" Now in paperback, "The ""New York Times" best-selling graphic nonfiction masterpiece depicting the lives of seven New Orleanians before, during, and just after Hurricane Katrina. A charming and indispensable tour of two thousand years of the written word, Shady Characters weaves a fascinating trail across the parallel histories of language and typography. Whether investigating the asterisk (*) and dagger (+)-which alternately illuminated and skewered heretical verses of the Airframe pdf early Bible-or the at sign (@), which languished in obscurity for centuries until rescued by the Internet, Keith Houston draws on myriad sources to chart the life and times of these enigmatic squiggles, both exotic ( ) and everyday (&). From the Library of Alexandria to the halls of Bell Labs, figures as diverse as Charlemagne, Vladimir Nabokov, and George W. Bush cross paths with marks as obscure as the interrobang (?) and as divisive as the dash (-). Ancient Roman graffiti, Venetian trading shorthand, Cold War double agents, and Madison Avenue round out an ever more diverse set of episodes, characters, and artifacts. Richly illustrated, ranging across time, typographies, and countries, Shady Characters will delight and entertain all who cherish the unpredictable and surprising in the writing life.

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Author: Michael Crichton
Number of Pages: 448 pages
Published Date: 22 Mar 2011
Publisher: Random House USA Inc
Publication Country: New York, United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9780345526779
Download Link: Click Here
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