Royal Gaol Kindle Books by ijanaya

A TED Talk Book

ijacob — 2015-06-17 17:31:42 UTC

Neuroscientist Daniel Reisel conducts research in one of London's most notorious prisons and discovers what the prisoners brains say about them when they go through a brain scan.

Fiction

ijacob — 2015-06-17 17:31:43 UTC

"Speak up for yourself--we want to know what you have to say." Melinda knows this is a big fat lie. She is a friendless outcast. As time passes, she becomes increasingly isolated and practically stops talking altogether.

Classic

ijacob — 2015-06-17 17:31:45 UTC

A group of farmyard animals revolt against their vicious human master only to submit to the harshness of their new leaders.

Classic

ijacob — 2015-06-17 17:31:49 UTC

A controversial tale of friendship and tragedy during the Great Depression
They are an unlikely pair: George is "small and quick and dark of face"; Lennie, a man of tremendous size, has the mind of a young child. Yet they have formed a "family," clinging together in the face of loneliness and alienation.

Classic

ijacob — 2015-06-17 17:31:52 UTC

Meet Scout, the narrator of this book. Her story is one of Deep South summers, fights at school and playing in the street. Scout and her brother are curious about their mysterious neighbour, Boo Radley who never comes out of the house. They face adventures and prejudice on their defining summer.

Classic Adventure

ijacob — 2015-06-17 17:31:54 UTC

The compelling story about a group of very ordinary small boys marooned on a coral island. Soon their fun turns into a nightmare of panic and survival as they learn about power.

Award-winning Novel

ijacob — 2015-06-17 17:31:56 UTC

Steve Harmon is a teenage boy in juvenile detention (a place like YTC) who is now on trial. Steve discovers just how one single decision can change an entire life.

Fiction

ijacob — 2015-06-17 17:31:57 UTC

He didn't say good-bye. He didn't leave a phone number. And he didn't plan on coming back --ever. Rico trades Harlem for Wisconsin hoping to find a place to blend in.

Alex Award-Winning Fiction

ijacob — 2015-06-17 17:32:01 UTC

A powerful story told through letters between seventeen-year-old Antonio and his sixteen-year-old girlfriend, Natasha. Antonio and Natasha's world is turned upside down, and their young love is put to the test, when Antonio finds himself in jail, accused of a shocking crime. Antonio fights to stay alive on the inside, while on the outside, Natasha faces choices that will change her life.

History

ijacob — 2015-06-17 17:32:07 UTC

Formed in 1866, the African-American army units known as Buffalo Soldiers acquired near-mythical status for their fortitude and courage. At the outbreak of the Spanish-American War in 1898, the Buffalo Soldiers were among the first units to depart for Cuba.

Trinidad Classic

ijacob — 2015-06-17 17:32:09 UTC

A stranger could drive through Miguel Street and just say ‘Slum!’ because he could see no more.” But to its residents this derelict corner of Trinidad’s capital is a complete world, where everybody is quite different from everybody else.

Classic

ijacob — 2015-06-17 17:32:12 UTC

Buck, a four-year-old St. Bernard-and Scotch Shepherd cross breed, has his life changed forever when he is kidnapped and taken to the cold, bleak Arctic to work with Klondike gold miners.

Humour

ijacob — 2015-06-17 17:32:16 UTC

Dripping with Mark Twain’s iconic wit and wisdom, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer chronicles young Tom and his best friend Huckleberry Finn on a life-changing journey of mischief, intrigue, and excitement.

Classic Adventure

ijacob — 2015-06-17 17:32:20 UTC

London bares the savage realities of the battle for survival among all species in a harsh, unyielding environment. White Fang is part wolf, part dog, a ferocious and magnificent creature through whose experiences we see and feel essential rhythms and patterns of life in the animal kingdom and among mankind as well.

Classic

ijacob — 2015-06-17 17:32:22 UTC

Hailed by critics as one of the greatest sea stories ever written, this rousing adventure offers a fascinating combination of gritty realism and sublime lyricism in its portrayal of an elemental conflict.

Classic

ijacob — 2015-06-17 17:32:25 UTC

A nameless black narrator describes life in the deep south and Harlem.

History and Biography

ijacob — 2015-06-17 17:32:26 UTC

It was an unlikely quest from the start. With a team composed of the sons of loggers, shipyard workers, and farmers, the University of Washington’s eight-oar crew team faces the German team rowing for Adolf Hitler. The emotional heart of the tale lies with Joe Rantz, a teenager without family or prospects.

Romance Fiction and Adventure

ijacob — 2015-06-17 17:32:32 UTC

Quentin Jacobsen has spent a lifetime loving the magnificent Margo Roth Spiegelman from afar. So when she cracks open a window and climbs back into his life—summoning him for an ingenious campaign of revenge—he follows.