Gods of Aberdeen A Novel by MicahNathan Paperback, 384 Pages, Published 2007 by Simon & Schuster Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-7432-5083-2, ISBN: 0-7432-5083-4
"A haunting novel about a brilliant young man who enrolls at a small New England college and becomes entangled in a mysterious death -- and the ultimate scientific quest. Eric Dunne is a sixteen-year-old academic phenom. Desperate to escape his foster family, Eric graduates early from high school and earns a scholarship to Aberdeen College, a small, prestigious school in northern Connecticut. Aberdeen is a school for the privileged yout ..."
Losing Graceland A Novel by MicahNathan Paperback, 211 Pages, Published 2011 by Broadway Books Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-307-59135-7, ISBN: 0-307-59135-2
"An irreverent tale about a recent college grad, a mysterious old man who may be Elvis, and a perilous road trip that could lead to the old man’s final comeback. When Ben Fish responds to an ad that reads “Driver Needed Seven Days Excellent Pay No Druggies, Drunks, or Felons,” it’s because of the money ($10,000) but also to get away from his dead-end life. He has just graduated from college with a useless degree, has gotten dumped by h ..."
Gods of Aberdeen(1st Edition) A Novel by MicahNathan Hardcover, 384 Pages, Published 2005 by Simon & Schuster ISBN-13: 978-0-7432-5082-5, ISBN: 0-7432-5082-6
"A haunting novel about a brilliant young man who enrolls at a small New England college and becomes entangled in a mysterious death -- and the ultimate scientific quest. Eric Dunne is a sixteen-year-old academic phenom. Desperate to escape his foster family, Eric graduates early from high school and earns a scholarship to Aberdeen College, a small, prestigious school in northern Connecticut. Aberdeen is a school for the privileged youth ..."
"Literary Short stories by established and emerging writers.John Thornton Williams Darling, Keith, the Subway Girl, and Jumping Joe Henry Darling kept his head down. Probably none of those girls had been in that fraternity basement last night, where he'd fought another homeless man for a fifth of liquor, but he didn't want to take the chance. Claire Luchette Full In New York, he shows you the Angel of Bethesda in Central Park, and, with ..."
"Nathan's first short story collection includes previously-published works from respected literary journals (The Bellingham Review, Diagram, The Gettysburg Review, Glimmer Train, Lemon Magazine) and a few never-before-seen tales, including the "literary spaghetti western" novella, Jack the Bastard. Evoking John Cheever, Raymond Chandler, and the Coen Brothers, Nathan takes the reader from 1960's New York to the modern-day Tex-Mex border, ..."
"Literary short stories by established and emerging writersExcerpts:Lee Montgomery Torture Techniques of North Americans I opened the door and stepped inside. All the sounds grew into themselves as if I had just dipped my head underwater. Everywhere I looked, all I could see was where our lives left off. Peter Ho Davies Chance There was a chance the baby was normal. There was a chance the baby was not. Clayton Luz When the Wind Blows the ..."
"From the best-selling author of the novels Gods of Aberdeen and Losing Graceland comes this new collection of short fiction."
Gods of Aberdeen A Novel by MicahNathan 384 Pages, Published 2005 by Simon And Schuster ISBN-13: 978-0-7432-7437-1, ISBN: 0-7432-7437-7
"RIPALTA (S. Ripalta. Vita Prima. Lib. IX [ex. exordio magno Cisterc], cap, VII) We
happened upon the village of Amien and thereupon our ar- rival saw many ill and
suffering, and the abbot did approach us seeking assistance in removing the
bodies from the chapel of St. Georgius. They were all his monks [and had served
him loyally and without complaint] and he had prayed for their salvation but death
still came. “Surely this is the w ..."
Losing Graceland A Novel by MicahNathan 211 Pages, Published 2011 by Random House Digital, Inc. ISBN-13: 978-0-307-59136-4, ISBN: 0-307-59136-0
"... mall, cocoa butter, and raspberry lip gloss. Ginger smelled like cigarettes and
the back of an old car. He'd bought her—it was a blunt way to see it, but he
couldn't see it any other way—with the five thousand the old 117 LOSING
GRACELAND."
"In 1962, Walker Percy (1916-1990) made a dramatic entrance onto the American literary scene when he won the National Book Award for fiction with his first novel, The Moviegoer. A physician, philosopher, and devout Catholic, Percy dedicated his life to understanding the mixed and somewhat contradictory foundations of American life as a situation faced by the wandering and won-dering human soul. His controversial works combined existentia ..."
"Our world is growing increasingly complex and confused--a unique and urgent context that calls for a grounded and fresh approach to Christian higher education. Christian higher education involves a distinctive way of thinking about teaching, learning, scholarship, curriculum, student life, administration, and governance that is rooted in the historic Christian faith. In this volume, twenty-nine experts from a variety of fields, includin ..."
"Science as Service is a collection of essays that traces the development of the land-grant colleges established by the Morrill Act of 1862, and documents how their faith and efforts in science and technology gave credibility and power to these institutions and their scientists. Science as Service: Establishing and Reformulating American Land-Grant Universities, 1865u1930 is the first of a two-volume study that traces the foundation and ..."
"In 1962, Walker Percy (1916--1990) made a dramatic entrance onto the American literary scene when he won the National Book Award for fiction with his first novel, "The Moviegoer." A physician, philosopher, and devout Catholic, Percy dedicated his life to understanding the mixed and somewhat contradictory foundations of American life as a situation faced by the wandering and won-dering human soul. His controversial works combined existen ..."
"Una novela trepidante que envuelve a un joven estudiante entre una muerte misteriosa y el secreto científico más importante de la historia. Mientras la leyenda de la Piedra Filosofal exista siempre habrá alguien dispuesto a todo para conseguirla...Eric, un joven estudiante, llega a la universidad de Aberdeen en Nueva Inglaterra. Su talento excepcional para la historia y el latín pronto le abre las puertas de los equipos de investigación ..."