Mori: 130 books

In the thrilling sequel to Exchange Day, the students of The Mirador School discover a world they never knew existed: a world full of sunlight, strange animals, and, most shockingly, other people. They uncover the truth about the school at the bottom of the ocean: the war that kept them trapped in...

Waveform celebrates the role of women essayists in contemporary literature. Historically, women have been instrumental in moving the essay to center stage, and Waveform continues this rich tradition, further expanding the dynamic genre’s boundaries and testing its edges. With thirty essays by thirty...

Eleven-year-old Henry stumbles through a portal and into the clutches of the sinister Mr. Mason. Trapped on a secluded country estate, Henry learns he's not Mason's only prisoner. He must find his place among the other boys, complete mundane chores, and take part in high-stakes games where the loser...

This modern classic, written in 1913, was the source for the highly acclaimed film, The Mistress In The Wild Geese, prominent Japanese novelist Ogai Mori offers a poignant story of unfulfilled love, set against the background of the dizzying social change accompanying the fall of the Meiji...

Per secoli gli storici hanno dipinto Isabella, la bellissima figlia di Cosimo de' Medici, come una donna priva di freni morali e dedita a «illecite passioni», giustificate solo dalla scarsa considerazione che il marito Paolo Giordano Orsini avrebbe avuto per lei. Tanto che alla fine lui, dopo essersi...

This new survey looks at the impact in Britain of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic aftermath, across all levels of British society. Jennifer Mori provides a clear and accessible guide to the ideas and intellectual debates the revolution stimulated, as well as popular political movements including radicalism.

Phillip Barnes, his brother Paul, and their best friend, Barry McAlister, each join the Central Pacific Railroad for different reasons, but they are all searching. Their terms in the military during the Vietnam War are finished, their love lives are in varying states of disrepair, and their futures...

“Are you getting angry, because I just said ‘Like a child.’ ...?” “I’m a child.” I utter, and then smile. That is the way it is, because I am a professional pilot. It is a profession that adults cannot take. The war, which is theatrically staged, goes on in the world. “Kildren” (children...

Shizuko's Daughter by Kyoko Mori An ALA Best Book for Young Adults A New York Times Notable Book After her mother's suicide when she is twelve years old, Yuki spends years living with her distant father and his resentful new wife, cut off from her mother's family, and relying on her own inner strength to cope with the tragedy.

I try to see him among a migrating flock--he will take the loneliness of my room on his long journey; each whistling note he makes will be a little of my sadness falling over the ocean, to be swallowed in the clash of waves and the commotion of many birds flying. "Tell me the truth,"...

Maya Ishida is no stranger to sorrow. Torn from her artist father in her native Japan, raised by her cold, ambitious mother in Minneapolis, she has finally put together a life with few disruptions: a safe marriage and a quiet life weaving clothes in a country studio. The past is no more than a story...

Ndala has always considered matrimony a dull subject, until she witnesses the murder of the Mulosi Chieftain at his own wedding feast. The Chieftain’s demise sends the village into turmoil. Driven by curiosity and a sense of justice, Ndala defies the village elders and investigates the crime herself....

The Kingdom of Farsia has fallen. The conqueror Eskandar is ascendant and more powerful than ever. He intends to unleash the immortal Drvaspa who will unravel the very fabric of the universe. The few who can stop Eskandar and Drvaspa are scattered and divided. Volakles, a capable soldier with...

In the Kingdom of Farsia, everyone has access to magic, but magic comes with a cost. Some pay for it with hunger or thirst, while the unlucky few must pay with their souls. Zemfira has spent her whole life in her village looking forward to unlocking her powers, until she learns she is one of...