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  • You See a Zoo, I See…

    by Michael Downs ...
    Illustrated by Maureen O'Brien ...
    At the zoo, animals in action aren't always what they seem!When you're at the zoo, do you see scary crocodiles? Chimpanzees being silly? Look again! A young narrator makes the rounds of a zoo, pointing out that animals have special reasons for doing what they do. The crocodile is protecting her babies, and the chimpanzees are learning by trying new things. Animals protect, play, bathe, and ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Wagner and the Creation of the Ring

    by Michael Downes ...
    Part cultural history, part biography, this is the fascinating story of Richard Wagner’s life, influences, gift for storytelling, and artistic revolution, culminating in the dramatic journey to write The Ring Cycle.The Ring Cycle is one of the most epic and compelling operas of the nineteenth century, created by a composer who was, alongside Dickens, Tolstoy, and Victor Hugo, also one of the ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Life with Sudden Death

    A Tale of Moral Hazard and Medical Misadventure

    by Michael Downing ...
    The youngest of nine children, Michael Downing was three when his father died — suddenly and inexplicably. No autopsy was performed. The family diagnosis was God's will.As a boy, Downing rigorously trained as a spiritual athlete, preparing to vault into heaven. But eventually he escaped the religious dogma, and the family arena — until one of his brothers died in 2003, suddenly and inexplicably. ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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    Still in Love

    A Novel

    by Michael Downing ...
    Narrated by George Newbern ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 37 min

    This hilarious, sometimes harrowing, and ultimately heartening novel is the companion to the critically acclaimed, national bestseller Perfect Agreement"Beautifully and economically written, and very funny." ―Linda Wertheimer, NPRThis is your chance to enroll in English 10 at highly rated Hellman College―if you can find a place to sit in the fantastically overcrowded classroom.Mark Sternum, whom ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • The Chapel

    A Novel

    by Michael Downing ...
    **“[A] love story for adults— wrapped in a sophisticated mystery about art, religion and the fragility of the human heart."— Elizabeth Benedict, bestselling author of AlmostA recently widowed woman of a certain age sets off on a tour of Italy in this moving and witty novel interwoven with art history and romance.**Recently widowed, unhappily stuck on a pricey whiplash tour of Italy, Elizabeth ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Still in Love

    A Novel

    by Michael Downing ...
    This hilarious, sometimes harrowing, and ultimately heartening novel is the companion to the critically acclaimed, national bestseller Perfect Agreement"Beautifully and economically written, and very funny." —Linda Wertheimer, NPRThis is your chance to enroll in English 10 at highly rated Hellman College—if you can find a place to sit in the fantastically overcrowded classroom.Mark Sternum, whom ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Greatest Show

    Stories

    by Michael Downs ...
    Series series YSF Contacts
    Fire sweeps along the wall of a circus tent while inside thousands of people enjoy a Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey matinee. Within minutes, flames consume the canvas and vast sections collapse, killing 168 people and injuring hundreds more.Inspired by the 1944 Hartford Circus Fire, the interconnected stories in Michael Downs's The Greatest Show explore the aftermath of a disaster in a ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

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    Wagner and the Creation of the Ring

    by Michael Downes ...
    Narrated by Jonathan Yen ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 10 min

    Part cultural history, part biography, this is the fascinating story of Richard Wagner's life, influences, gift for storytelling, and artistic revolution, culminating in his dramatic journey to write The Ring Cycle.The Ring Cycle is one of the most epic and compelling operas of the nineteenth century, created by a composer who was, alongside Dickens, Tolstoy, and Victor Hugo, also one of the ... Read more

    $20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Breakfast with Scot

    A Novel

    by Michael Downing ...
    Sam and Ed live the high life, and see no reason to add to their happy twosome. Then 11–year–old Scot's mother dies, and a wine–soaked promise pushes the couple into parenthood. They dutifully make all the usual arrangements, but Scot is far from usual, sporting makeup and enduring bullying at school. Soon Sam and Ed begin to question their parenting, their commitment to each other, and the ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • The Strange and True Tale of Horace Wells, Surgeon Dentist

    A Novel

    by Michael Downs ...
    In 1844, Horace Wells, a Connecticut dentist, encountered nitrous oxide, or laughing gas—then an entertainment for performers in carnival-like theatrical acts—and began administering the gas as the first true anesthetic. His discovery would change the world, reshaping medicine and humanity’s relationship with pain.But that discovery would also thrust Wells into scandals that threatened his ... Read more

    $13.69 USD

  • Land of Dust and Hope

    A Novel

    by Michael Downing ...
    Welcome to Happy, Texas—a small Panhandle town with a name that doesn’t always ring true.Discontent is brewing in Happy as Brother Bob questions his beliefs as pastor of a church. Jen, his choir director, flounders in her unhappy marriage while caring for her mentally ill sister, Cheyenne, and cowboy James struggles between what is right and finally finding true love.When an elder Hispanic member ... Read more

    $7.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Jonathan Harvey: Song Offerings and White as Jasmine

    by Michael Downes ...
    Series series Landmarks in Music Since 1950
    Jonathan Harvey (1939-2012) was one of Britain's leading composers: his music is frequently performed throughout Europe, the United States (where he lived and worked) and Japan. He is particularly renowned for his electro-acoustic music, an aspect on which most previous writing on his work has focused. The present volume is the first detailed study of music from Harvey's considerable body of work ... Read more

    $64.99 USD