The Strange Case of Ryan Edward Langston

The Strange Case of Ryan Edward Langston

Author: Bob Alba

Publisher: Dog Ear Publishing

Published: 2012-06

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 1457509725

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Ryan Edward Langston is lost in his own world, but even there he is a stranger to himself. He finds himself dreaming strange shattered dreams and when he wakes, a terrible monster is always waiting and ready to ravage him. This too is a part of his dream. Or is it? The dreams happen every day but when he wakes, he had no memory of them. He spends his life in asingle room; his world has been taken from him. He lives from day-to-day, then month-to-month andfinally year-to-year, but he can only remember from moment to moment. He has no past, no future; onlythe "now" exists for him. In another time he is found clinging to a single wooden beam in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean on the edge of the Sargasso Sea. He is nearly dead. He is flown to a hospital in the U.S. There his two doctors and a CIA agent try to unravel the mystery of who he is and how he had come to be found at sea. An international search for his identity leads to a dead-end-no photo ID, no fingerprint match, no DNA match; he is a ghost to the world. The United States intelligence community is monitoring "terrorist chatter" when the letters "POUS"(the same letters tattooed on Ryan's leg) are mentioned in the same sentence as "The Fire of Allah."This is the code word for a nuclear weapon. CIA Special Agent Stapleton is dispatched to Ryan's bedside to help his psychologist and doctor rebuild Ryan's memory and save the world from nuclear disaster. Slowly, as Ryan begins to recover, the mystery begins to unfold, but each layer only reveals another mystery that takes the search for Ryan's story around the world and deeper and deeper into a world they could never imagine existed. All the while, a third party, an international ultra-secret organization orchestrates Ryan's life from the wings and is invisible to all.


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Download or read book The Strange Case of Ryan Edward Langston written by Bob Alba and published by Dog Ear Publishing. This book was released on 2012-06 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ryan Edward Langston is lost in his own world, but even there he is a stranger to himself. He finds himself dreaming strange shattered dreams and when he wakes, a terrible monster is always waiting and ready to ravage him. This too is a part of his dream. Or is it? The dreams happen every day but when he wakes, he had no memory of them. He spends his life in asingle room; his world has been taken from him. He lives from day-to-day, then month-to-month andfinally year-to-year, but he can only remember from moment to moment. He has no past, no future; onlythe "now" exists for him. In another time he is found clinging to a single wooden beam in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean on the edge of the Sargasso Sea. He is nearly dead. He is flown to a hospital in the U.S. There his two doctors and a CIA agent try to unravel the mystery of who he is and how he had come to be found at sea. An international search for his identity leads to a dead-end-no photo ID, no fingerprint match, no DNA match; he is a ghost to the world. The United States intelligence community is monitoring "terrorist chatter" when the letters "POUS"(the same letters tattooed on Ryan's leg) are mentioned in the same sentence as "The Fire of Allah."This is the code word for a nuclear weapon. CIA Special Agent Stapleton is dispatched to Ryan's bedside to help his psychologist and doctor rebuild Ryan's memory and save the world from nuclear disaster. Slowly, as Ryan begins to recover, the mystery begins to unfold, but each layer only reveals another mystery that takes the search for Ryan's story around the world and deeper and deeper into a world they could never imagine existed. All the while, a third party, an international ultra-secret organization orchestrates Ryan's life from the wings and is invisible to all.


Pous

Pous

Author: Bob Alba

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2013-11-07

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 9781490972701

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Where did it all begin? he thought.He was in his room again; the one with the window that looked out onto the tree. Now he knew vaguely who he was, but only barely. There was a scattering of memory like the noise a flock of birds makes rustling to flight."I know I have done terrible things." The thought circled his mind. "The falling from the clouds has ended, and the beast from the depths has left me to the eels, yet they do not come. No water is near, and the man who wore only white waits with eyes that will never see at the bottom of the abyss. His quest has ended."And my love, it was I who ended her days, for I have done terrible things."Ryan Edward Langston sat at the foot of his bed in his room in cellblock C, in the recovery wing of the Shop. His mind had begun to rebuild itself. Nature always finds a way, someone had once said. He had been found at sea barely alive and flown to a hospital, or at least that's what he remembered now. In fact, he didn't really know what had happened; it all seemed like a strange dream.There were bits and pieces of the dream, disjointed and confusing. He struggled to remember, to put the events of his life into a cohesive whole that he could recognize, but he couldn't. Just when he felt like some of the pieces started to come together, they fell from his mind and hit the floor to shatter into a million pieces. Who was he?His head hurt. Ryan shook his body violently, trying to tear through the mist that seemed to cover the memory of his past in a solid white mist that parted then flowed together. He decided to rest and try again later. He lay back on his bed and stared at the ceiling, trying to empty his mind. Just before he slipped into sleep, a face drifted past his mind's eye and then, a name, Fica! He sat up in a start. Fica, where are you? I know if I find you, I find myself. The journey back had begun.


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Download or read book Pous written by Bob Alba and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2013-11-07 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Where did it all begin? he thought.He was in his room again; the one with the window that looked out onto the tree. Now he knew vaguely who he was, but only barely. There was a scattering of memory like the noise a flock of birds makes rustling to flight."I know I have done terrible things." The thought circled his mind. "The falling from the clouds has ended, and the beast from the depths has left me to the eels, yet they do not come. No water is near, and the man who wore only white waits with eyes that will never see at the bottom of the abyss. His quest has ended."And my love, it was I who ended her days, for I have done terrible things."Ryan Edward Langston sat at the foot of his bed in his room in cellblock C, in the recovery wing of the Shop. His mind had begun to rebuild itself. Nature always finds a way, someone had once said. He had been found at sea barely alive and flown to a hospital, or at least that's what he remembered now. In fact, he didn't really know what had happened; it all seemed like a strange dream.There were bits and pieces of the dream, disjointed and confusing. He struggled to remember, to put the events of his life into a cohesive whole that he could recognize, but he couldn't. Just when he felt like some of the pieces started to come together, they fell from his mind and hit the floor to shatter into a million pieces. Who was he?His head hurt. Ryan shook his body violently, trying to tear through the mist that seemed to cover the memory of his past in a solid white mist that parted then flowed together. He decided to rest and try again later. He lay back on his bed and stared at the ceiling, trying to empty his mind. Just before he slipped into sleep, a face drifted past his mind's eye and then, a name, Fica! He sat up in a start. Fica, where are you? I know if I find you, I find myself. The journey back had begun.


Leaving Lymon

Leaving Lymon

Author: Lesa Cline-Ransome

Publisher: Holiday House

Published: 2020-01-07

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 0823444422

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A companion novel to Finding Langston, recipient of a Coretta Scott King Writing Honor and winner of the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction. Behind every bad boy is a story worth hearing and at least one chance for redemption. It's 1946 and Lymon, uprooted from his life in the Deep South and moved up North, needs that chance. Lymon's father is, for the time being, at Parchman Farm--the Mississippi State Penitentiary--and his mother, whom he doesn't remember all that much, has moved North. Fortunately, Lymon is being raised by his loving grandparents. Together, Lymon and his grandpops share a love of music, spending late summer nights playing the guitar. But Lymon's world as he knows it is about to dissolve. He will be sent on a journey to two Northern cities far from the country life he loves--and the version of himself he knows. In this companion novel to the Coretta Scott King Honor wining Finding Langston, readers will see a new side of the bully Lymon in this story of an angry boy whose raw talent, resilience, and devotion to music help point him in a new direction. A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year A Junior Library Guild Selection! Named a Best Multicultural Children's Book by the Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature A Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year! A Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Blue Ribbon Book Praise for Finding Langston, a Coretta Scott King Honor Book and winner of the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction "There aren't any explosions in this spare story. Nor is there a happy ending. Instead, Langston discovers something more enduring: solace."--The New York Times * "this crisply paced book is full of historical details of the Great Migration and the role a historic branch library played in preserving African American literary culture."--The Horn Book, Starred Review * "This is a story that will stay with readers long after they've finished it."--School Library Journal, Starred Review * "The impact on the reader could not be more powerful. A memorable debut novel."--Booklist, Starred Review * "A fascinating work of historical fiction . . . Cline-Ransome at her best."--Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review * "Finding Langston is about cultural heritage and personal growth and, at its heart, about finding home wherever you land."--Shelf Awareness, Starred Review


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Download or read book Leaving Lymon written by Lesa Cline-Ransome and published by Holiday House. This book was released on 2020-01-07 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A companion novel to Finding Langston, recipient of a Coretta Scott King Writing Honor and winner of the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction. Behind every bad boy is a story worth hearing and at least one chance for redemption. It's 1946 and Lymon, uprooted from his life in the Deep South and moved up North, needs that chance. Lymon's father is, for the time being, at Parchman Farm--the Mississippi State Penitentiary--and his mother, whom he doesn't remember all that much, has moved North. Fortunately, Lymon is being raised by his loving grandparents. Together, Lymon and his grandpops share a love of music, spending late summer nights playing the guitar. But Lymon's world as he knows it is about to dissolve. He will be sent on a journey to two Northern cities far from the country life he loves--and the version of himself he knows. In this companion novel to the Coretta Scott King Honor wining Finding Langston, readers will see a new side of the bully Lymon in this story of an angry boy whose raw talent, resilience, and devotion to music help point him in a new direction. A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year A Junior Library Guild Selection! Named a Best Multicultural Children's Book by the Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature A Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year! A Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Blue Ribbon Book Praise for Finding Langston, a Coretta Scott King Honor Book and winner of the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction "There aren't any explosions in this spare story. Nor is there a happy ending. Instead, Langston discovers something more enduring: solace."--The New York Times * "this crisply paced book is full of historical details of the Great Migration and the role a historic branch library played in preserving African American literary culture."--The Horn Book, Starred Review * "This is a story that will stay with readers long after they've finished it."--School Library Journal, Starred Review * "The impact on the reader could not be more powerful. A memorable debut novel."--Booklist, Starred Review * "A fascinating work of historical fiction . . . Cline-Ransome at her best."--Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review * "Finding Langston is about cultural heritage and personal growth and, at its heart, about finding home wherever you land."--Shelf Awareness, Starred Review


The American and English Railroad Cases

The American and English Railroad Cases

Author: Lawrence Lewis

Publisher:

Published: 1886

Total Pages: 854

ISBN-13:

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Covers cases decided [1879?]-1895.


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Roy DeCarava. A Retrospective

Roy DeCarava. A Retrospective

Author: Peter Galassi

Publisher:

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13:

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Open Season

Open Season

Author: C. J. Box

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2002-05-07

Total Pages: 303

ISBN-13: 1101463805

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Don't miss the JOE PICKETT series—now streaming on Paramount+ The first novel in the thrilling series featuring Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett from #1 New York Times bestselling author C. J. Box. Joe Pickett is the new game warden in Twelve Sleep, Wyoming, a town where nearly everyone hunts and the game warden—especially one like Joe who won't take bribes or look the other way—is far from popular. When he finds a local hunting outfitter dead, splayed out on the woodpile behind his state-owned home, he takes it personally. There had to be a reason that the outfitter, with whom he's had run-ins before, chose his backyard, his woodpile to die in. Even after the "outfitter murders," as they have been dubbed by the local press after the discovery of the two more bodies, are solved, Joe continues to investigate, uneasy with the easy explanation offered by the local police. As Joe digs deeper into the murders, he soon discovers that the outfitter brought more than death to his backdoor: he brought Joe an endangered species, thought to be extinct, which is now living in his woodpile. But if word of the existence of this endangered species gets out, it will destroy any chance of InterWest, a multi-national natural gas company, building an oil pipeline that would bring the company billions of dollars across Wyoming, through the mountains and forests of Twelve Sleep. The closer Joe comes to the truth behind the outfitter murders, the endangered species and InterWest, the closer he comes to losing everything he holds dear.


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Download or read book Open Season written by C. J. Box and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2002-05-07 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don't miss the JOE PICKETT series—now streaming on Paramount+ The first novel in the thrilling series featuring Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett from #1 New York Times bestselling author C. J. Box. Joe Pickett is the new game warden in Twelve Sleep, Wyoming, a town where nearly everyone hunts and the game warden—especially one like Joe who won't take bribes or look the other way—is far from popular. When he finds a local hunting outfitter dead, splayed out on the woodpile behind his state-owned home, he takes it personally. There had to be a reason that the outfitter, with whom he's had run-ins before, chose his backyard, his woodpile to die in. Even after the "outfitter murders," as they have been dubbed by the local press after the discovery of the two more bodies, are solved, Joe continues to investigate, uneasy with the easy explanation offered by the local police. As Joe digs deeper into the murders, he soon discovers that the outfitter brought more than death to his backdoor: he brought Joe an endangered species, thought to be extinct, which is now living in his woodpile. But if word of the existence of this endangered species gets out, it will destroy any chance of InterWest, a multi-national natural gas company, building an oil pipeline that would bring the company billions of dollars across Wyoming, through the mountains and forests of Twelve Sleep. The closer Joe comes to the truth behind the outfitter murders, the endangered species and InterWest, the closer he comes to losing everything he holds dear.


Tropic Death

Tropic Death

Author: Eric Walrond

Publisher:

Published: 1926

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13:

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The Daily News History of Buchanan County and St. Joseph, Mo. ...

The Daily News History of Buchanan County and St. Joseph, Mo. ...

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Publisher:

Published: 1899

Total Pages: 614

ISBN-13:

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Download or read book The Daily News History of Buchanan County and St. Joseph, Mo. ... written by and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:


Ghost

Ghost

Author: Jason Reynolds

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 1481450166

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Aspiring to be the fastest sprinter on his elite middle school's track team, gifted runner Ghost finds his goal challenged by a tragic past with a violent father.


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Download or read book Ghost written by Jason Reynolds and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aspiring to be the fastest sprinter on his elite middle school's track team, gifted runner Ghost finds his goal challenged by a tragic past with a violent father.


Directory of Registered Lobbyists and Lobbyist Legislation

Directory of Registered Lobbyists and Lobbyist Legislation

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Publisher:

Published: 1975

Total Pages: 654

ISBN-13:

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Download or read book Directory of Registered Lobbyists and Lobbyist Legislation written by and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 654 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: