books about: one-night     books:       One Night Stands and Lost Weekends Lawrence Block Harper Paperbacks, 2008 In the era before he created moody private investigator Matthew Scudder, burglar Bernie Rhodenbarr, sleepless spy Evan Tanner, and the amiable hit man Keller?and years before his first Edgar Award?a young writer named Lawrence Block submitted a story titled "You Can't Lose" to Manhunt magazine. It was published, and the rest is history. One Night Stands and Lost Weekends is a sterling collection of short crime fiction and suspense ...             One Thousand and One Arabian Nights (Oxford Story Collections)16 reviews Geraldine McCaughrean Oxford University Press, USA, 2000 Gift for Grandchildren This was a gift for my two Grandsons. Their mother is an English Literature teacher. She said it is a great book she is looking forward to sharing with her boys.             One Night at the Call Center: A Novel9 reviews Chetan Bhagat Ballantine Books, 2007 Interesting insight into the tormented psyche of either Indian youth or the author - not sure which... This quick, engaging story about the problems in the lives of six call center workers in India, portrays the plight of young Indians who in their desire to move up the socioeconomic ladder, ironically find themselves exploited by a distant and uncaring American corporation and restricted by outdated cultural traditions. I enjoyed the story and the writing style, although I thought the "phone ...             The Book of The Thousand Nights And One Nights1 review Richard Francis Burton Assouline, 2006 Nice book, but not written by Richard Francis Burton I ordered this book primarily because of the illustrations by Leon Carre. I just purchased a tarot deck by Lo Scarabeo which featured his work from The Thousand and One Nights so I thought it would be interesting to see the originals. There are only a few illustrations in this book, and, note that the book is abridged. I am disappointed with how few illustrations there are considering how nice ...             One Silent Night (Dark-Hunter, Book 13)39 reviews Sherrilyn Kenyon St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2008 Starting to miss the humanity S. Kenyon really made me enjoy Stryker's story, but like the last few books the books have fallen into a catagory I can only say is like she has removed the humanity. The humans now have to become "OTHER" or gain powers. Humans who are really part Demon. Part of the wonder of the series was although our Dark Hunters are vampire like they weren't most used to be human so there was always a bit ...             One Night With the King: A Special Movie Edition of the Bestselling Novel, Hadassah54 reviews Tommy Tenney, Mark Andrew Olsen Bethany House, 2006 HADASSAH ONE NIGHT WITH THE KING This book is totally awesome. The story line is beautiful, and it also follows how everything happened in the Bible. It is one of the greatest love stories that I have ever read. I would highly recommend it. ONE NIGHT WITH THE KING is one of my very favorite books. It could have been twice the pages, as I hated for it to end.             One Thousand and One Nights, Vol. 5 (One Thousand and One Nights)1 review JinSeok Jeon, SeungHee Han Yen Press, 2008 Bad Chapter in a Great Series This is an anomaly. The series is fantastic. This book however... it's like a filler episode. There's no real conflict. Instead, the writer listed a bunch of innuendo. And the story that Sehara tells is pointless and boring. It's just some rich, bratty pretty-boy trying to get into Socrates' pants (or rather, his tunic). It has nothing to do with the little plot happening in the book. Even the ...             One Night4 reviews Margaret Wild Laurel Leaf, 2006 Beautiful Gabe is a brash teenage guy who steadfastly ignores the pain of his past and seemingly lives only to toy with girls at parties. Helen is a serious, smart girl who wants to be a plastic surgeon and is uncomfortably aware of her previously deformed face. By chance, the two meet at a party that Helen reluctantly went to with a friend. Somehow, Helen and Gabe connect emotionally in an almost magical ...             It Happened One Night15 reviews Stephanie Laurens, Mary Balogh, ... Avon, 2008 I was mesmirized by this book The Christmas Edition The stories are written in such a way that the reader can easily connect. The writing is excellent. Reading this book made me remember those long ago loves of my own. Excellent and a great winter read.             Tales from the Thousand and One Nights (Penguin Classics)7 reviews Anonymous Penguin Classics, 1973 Fantastic Tales This book is a selection of the choicest tales from the Thousand and One Nights. The translator, N.J. Dawood, also translated the Koran for the Penguin Classics series. Dawood explains in the introduction that the first of these tales appeared in a written form around 850 C.E., in a book called, "A Thousand Legends." More tales, of lesser quality, were added over the years until an anonymous ...             One Night Lesson (Yaoi) (Yaoi Manga) Ryou Takagi Digital Manga Publishing, 2008 Everyone knew Ryou and Sakura, classmates at the same prep school, as rivals. The baby-faced but sharp-tongued Sakura has a weakness for Ryou, but one day, acting like a completely different person, Sakura issues a passionate invitation: "Have sex with me!"             One Night In A Stable1 review Guido Visconti Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2004 Wondrously illustrated! [This review first appeared in the "Ephrata (Pa.) Review."] This book's folkloric illustrations, in soft pastels, evoke mystery, comfort, even whimsy, and are so captivating that it takes a while to get around to the words! The story, also delightful, takes place in Bethlehem. An old, lonely ox is hoping for a visit from his master. One windy night, he invites various stray animals to stay ...             One Night, One Baby (Harlequin Presents)1 review Kate Hardy Harlequin, 2008 Romantic, Sweet and tearful romance! From the moment they meet it's immediate attraction and Jane has a goal to experience everything on her list because today is her birthday and family, friends and co-workers seem to have forgotten. On her list is to photograph a handsome man which she does drawing attention immediately to herself. Mitch is intrigued and invites her for coffee, then as they spend the day together and check off ...             One Night in America: Robert Kennedy, Cesar Chavez, and the Dream of Dignity Steven W. Bender Paradigm Publishers, 2008 Robert Kennedy and Cesar Chavez came from opposite sides of the tracks of race and class that still divide Americans. Both optimists, Kennedy and Chavez shared a common vision of equality. They united in the 1960s to crusade for the rights of migrant farm workers. Farm workers faded from public consciousness following Kennedy's assassination and Chavez's early passing. Yet the work of Kennedy and Chavez continues to reverberate in America today. ...             One Thousand And One Nights Volume 3 (One Thousand and One Nights)1 review Jin-Seok Jeon, Seung-Hee Han Ice Kunion, 2006 Best Book in the Series so Far The plot is gripping, the characters emerging, the the story of Cleopatra tragic and inspiring. This is the one volume of this series that you can't miss.             One-Night Stands with American History (Revised and Updated Edition): Odd, Amusing, and Little-Known Incidents9 reviews Richard Shenkman, Kurt Reiger Harper Paperbacks, 2003 One Night Stands... Wonderful book. Second I have read from Shenkman and I am off to order more. There are few books that when the end comes, you have a deep feeling of regret. I hated to see the book end. It treats history in an interesting manner and provides stories that are often left out in the dry classes that worry about covering a survey course and not the interesting tidbit of social history which add ...             One Thousand and One Nights, Vol. 4 (One Thousand and One Nights)2 reviews JinSeok Jeon, SeungHee Han Yen Press, 2008 Another Volume of Gorgeous Art with Bittersweet Plot For me, this volume has been just as wonderful as the other ones have and after scavenging for this volume for literally months (the series seems to have changed publishers and its release date was pushed back quite a few months) and I finally found it by change in a bookstore. As past volumes, this one follows the theme of some of the actual plot of the series as well as another told within ...             The Arabian Nights: Tales from a Thousand and One Nights (Modern Library Classics)33 reviews Modern Library, 2004 Universal, Timeless Storytelling The Arabian Nights: Tales from A Thousand and One Nights -translated by Sir Richard F. Burton Though the collection is incomplete (this edition contains only the "most famous and representative" tales from the entirety), the compendium outshines any expectation or foreknowledge of the stories and is choc with the marvelous wit of ancient Arabian storytelling. The stories have an underbidding ...             One Thousand and One Nights, Vol. 6 (One Thousand and One Nights) JinSeok Jeon, SeungHee Han Yen Press, 2008 Sehara's story for sultan Shahryar continues. Today, it is a tragic love story of Socrates, who went to war to protect the beautiful guy he loved.             One Wintry Night12 reviews Ruth Bell Graham Baker Books, 2007 Wonderful illustrations & story tell the meaning of Christmas This is a great Christmas read that gives an overview of the gospel, from creation to Christ's resurrection. A boy is injured and must seek refuge with an older widow during a snowstorm. As he recuperates and waits for the storm to settle down, she tells him the story of man's fall and redemption through Christ Jesus. 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