Spire

Download or read book The Spire written by William Golding and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Succumb to one churchman's apocalyptic vision in this prophetic tale by the radical Nobel Laureate and author of Lord of the Flies, William Golding (recorded by Benedict Cumberbatch as an audiobook). There were three sorts of people. Those who ran, those who stayed, and those who were built in. Dean Jocelin has a vision: that God has chosen him to erect a great spire. His master builder fearfully advises against it, for the old cathedral was miraculously built without foundations. But Jocelin is obsessed with fashioning his prayer in stone. As his halo of hair grows wilder and his dark angel darker, the spire rises octagon upon octagon, pinnacle by pinnacle, watched over by the gargoyles - until the stone pillars shriek, the earth beneath creeps, and the spire's shadow falls like an axe on the medieval world below ... 'Astounding ... So recklessly beautiful, so sad and so strange ... Holds such a place in my soul that it's more or less a sacred text.' Sarah Perry 'A kind of miracle ... Genius.' Guardian ' Quite simply, a marvel.' NYRB ' Superb ... A classic.' Rebecca West 'A master fabulist .. An iconoclast.' John Fowles 'A visionary ... His masterwork [of] faith, folly and desperate desire ... Golding at his best.' Benjamin Myers

Download or read book Spire written by Grant Howitt and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Battle Spire: A Crafting Litrpg Book written by Michael R. Miller and published by Hundred Kingdoms. This book was released on 2019-01-18 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A crafting LitRPG combining World of Warcraft with Die Hard.

Download or read book The Spire written by Richard North Patterson and published by Henry Holt and Company. This book was released on 2009-09-01 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Both a razor-sharp thriller and a poignant love story, this twisting tale of psychological suspense is Patterson's most compelling novel in years Mark Darrow grew up in a small Ohio town with no real advantages beyond his intelligence and athletic ability. But thanks to the intervention of Lionel Farr—a professor at Caldwell, the local college—Darrow became an excellent student and, later, a superb trial lawyer. Now Farr asks his still-youthful protégé for a life-altering favor. An embezzlement scandal has threatened Caldwell's very existence—would Darrow consider becoming its new president? Darrow accepts, but returning to his alma mater opens old wounds. Sixteen years ago, on the night of his greatest triumph as Caldwell's star quarterback, he discovered the body of a black female student named Angela Hall at the base of the Spire, the bell tower that dominates the leafy campus. His best friend, Steve Tillman, was charged with Angela's murder and ultimately sent to prison for life. But now, even as Darrow begins the daunting task of leading Caldwell, he discovers that the case against his friend left crucial questions unanswered. Despite his new obligations—and his deepening attachment to Farr's beautiful though troubled daughter—Darrow begins his own inquiry into the murder. Soon he becomes convinced that Angela's killer is still at large, but only when another mysterious death occurs does he understand that his own life is at risk.

Download or read book Snow and Spire written by John Scurlock and published by . This book was released on 2011-11-21 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book showcases photographs taken from John Scurlock's home-built airplane, a Van's Aircraft RV6. In 2002, John embarked on a nine-year quest to fly to and photograph every corner of the North Cascade Range in the winter. The images he captured provide a breathaking vision of one of America's most magnificent mountain ranges in its most beautiful, dramatic, and savage season.

Download or read book The Crooked Spire written by Chris Nickson and published by Mystery Press. This book was released on 2013-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1361: Orphaned by the Black Death, all John possesses are the tools that belonged to his father, a carpenter, and an uncanny ability to work wood. His travels bring him to Chesterfield, where he finds work erecting the spire of the new church. But no sooner does he begin than the master carpenter is murdered and John himself becomes a suspect.To prove his innocence John must help the coroner in his search for the killer, a quest that brings him up against some powerful enemies in a town where he is still a stranger and friends are few.Chris Nickson brilliantly evokes the feeling of time and place in this story of corruption and murder.

Download or read book Galaxy's Edge written by Delilah S. Dawson and published by Arrow. This book was released on 2020-03-30 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: