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A Boy From Serendib A Novelized Memoir
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Book Synopsis A Boy From Serendib: A Novelized Memoir by : Jacob Deme
Download or read book A Boy From Serendib: A Novelized Memoir written by Jacob Deme and published by Jacob Deme. This book was released on 2019-10-12 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This wonderful and enchanting novelized memoir tells the true story of a boy from Sri Lanka, set in the seventies against the backdrop of prevailing Cold War politics, Islamic uprisings and Communistic revolutions. The coming of age stories transpire across Sri Lanka, India, and Pakistan. His story is elevating, fascinating, traumatic, thrilling and inspiring. His misadventure began when he was just an infant and throughout his life it took treacherous turns. Every turn was an attack on his masculinity. He was taught to be submissive and compassionate like Jesus, so he never fought back. His coming of age in the midst of the prevailing culture, racism, politics and religions in the world set loftier challenges. The painful incidents that nearly took his existence changed him into an empathetic, caring, and a powerful boy. Forced to face life alone he conquered fears, battled violence, endured sexual abuse, and unwarranted guilt with his beautiful smile. In every moment of hopelessness, he serendipitously saw the spark of hope. Sometimes a win, sometimes a draw, sometimes a loss. Either he would heal or crumble. Now he would have to claw his way out of the darkness inch-by-inch into the light.
Download or read book A Boy From Serendib written by Jacob Deme and published by Jacob Deme. This book was released on 2020-06-07 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When religious organizations are given the power to discriminate, they will destroy your life forever. That is what they did to Kano. A Boy From Serendib, Part 2: Dashed Dreams is the story of Kano as a religious adult who persistently wrestled impasses until he abandoned his dream forcibly. A minority in more than one way he was stateless, homeless, dismissed, and forsaken. He still found other dreams to pursue.Human angels attended every single crisis. They appeared unexpectedly and provided him what he needed, be it affection, love, sex, money, or comfort.His story spans across countries and continents and weaves a colorful account of his predicament with religion, sexuality, family, identity, education, discrimination, and linguicism.Every time he listened to his heart and followed his conscience it misled him. Instead he learned to reason with his mind—based on reality. His views on religion began to evolve.Was he really who he thought he was? To be continued in the next book.
Book Synopsis One of the Boys by : Daniel Magariel
Download or read book One of the Boys written by Daniel Magariel and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-03-14 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A ... debut about two young brothers and their physically and psychologically abusive father"--
Download or read book Bevis written by Richard Jefferies and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Bevis the author, a novelist and a naturalist, recaptures the boyhood adventures of himself and his brother in the Wiltshire countryside.
Download or read book Serendib written by Jim Toner and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2013-06 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I didn't invite him. The idea was all my father's, my seventy-four-year-old father who had never been outside America and who suddenly thought that Sri Lanka, where I was a Peace Corps volunteer, would be a jolly place to visit. When John Toner, a retired Cleveland judge, decided on a whim in April 1990 to spend a month with his son in war-torn Sri Lanka, he was as much a stranger to his seventh--and last--child as he was to the hardships of life in a Third World country. Serendib chronicles the journey that follows as a father and son who had never been alone together live in close quarters, in the poorest of conditions--and replace awkwardness and distance with understanding and love. Along the way are the stories of John learning to eat with his fingers, bathing in a river alongside cows, and trading his wool trousers for a traditional sarong. We witness his coming face-to-face with a Hindu priest in a loincloth and his first encounter with the everyday violence of a country at war with itself. John watches with awe as students learn without computers, books, or even paper; he bonds with Sri Lankan children and learns, once again, how to give and how to play. Each new experience pushes Toner's father to face his fears--and brings him closer to his youngest son. Serendib offers a colorful, humorous, and touching account of multiple discoveries--of an old man exploring deep within himself, of a father and son finding each other, and of two cultures coming together on uncommon ground and awakening to the joy and hope of the life they share.
Download or read book This Boy's Life written by Tobias Wolff and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unforgettable, bestselling memoir by a gifted writer introduces the young Toby Wolff, by turns tough and vulnerable, crafty and bumbling, and ultimately winning. A "New York Times" Notable Book of the Year.
Book Synopsis An Enquiry Into the Origin of the Authorship of Some of the Earlier Waverley Novels by : Gilbert James French
Download or read book An Enquiry Into the Origin of the Authorship of Some of the Earlier Waverley Novels written by Gilbert James French and published by . This book was released on 1856 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Girl Who Stole an Elephant by : Nizrana Farook
Download or read book The Girl Who Stole an Elephant written by Nizrana Farook and published by Holiday House. This book was released on 2021-03-02 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspired by the lush terrain of Sri Lanka, this fun tale of friendship, risk, and reward is just right for middle grade fans of fantasy and page-turning adventure. Chaya, a nobleman's rebellious, outspoken, no-nonsense daughter, just can't resist the shiny temptations the king's palace has to offer. But playing Robin Hood for an impoverished community doesn't come without risks, and when Chaya steals the queen's jewels from a bedside table—a messy getaway jeopardizes the life of a close friend. After an equally haphazard prison break, Chaya barely escapes...on the king's prized elephant! With leeches and revolution lurking in the jungle, Chaya leads her companions on a daring escapade. But after leaving her village as a thief, can she return as a hero? Or will Chaya's sticky fingers be the beginning—or the end—of everything for this ragtag gang of getaways?
Book Synopsis British Children's Writers, 1880-1914 by : Laura M. Zaidman
Download or read book British Children's Writers, 1880-1914 written by Laura M. Zaidman and published by Gale Research International, Limited. This book was released on 1994 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: pThis award-winning multi-volume series is dedicated to making literature and its creators better understood and more accessible to students and interested readers, while satisfying the standards of librarians, teachers and scholars. IDictionary of Literary Biography /I provides reliable information in an easily comprehensible format, while placing writers in the larger perspective of literary history. p IDictionary of Literary Biography /I systematically presents career biographies and criticism of writers from all eras and all genres through volumes dedicated to specific types of literature and time periods. PFor a listing of IDictionary of Literary Biography /I volumes sorted by genre a href ="/pdf/facts/DBLvolbygenre.pdf"click here. /a
Book Synopsis The Travels of Ibn Batūta by : Ibn Batuta
Download or read book The Travels of Ibn Batūta written by Ibn Batuta and published by . This book was released on 1829 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Translated from the abridged Arabic manuscript copies preserved in the Public Library of Cambridge, with notes illustrative of the history, geography, botany, antiquities, &c. occurring throughout the work. By the Rev. S. Lee.
Book Synopsis The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia by : Samuel Johnson
Download or read book The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia written by Samuel Johnson and published by . This book was released on 1831 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Return to Sri Lanka by : Razeen Sally
Download or read book Return to Sri Lanka written by Razeen Sally and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tamil Tigress written by Niromi de Soyza and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2011-08-02 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The compelling true story of a seventeen year old girl who joins the Tamil Tigers.
Download or read book Anil's Ghost written by Michael Ondaatje and published by Vintage Canada. This book was released on 2010-10-08 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winning a Governor General’s Literary Award for Fiction, the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize and the Scotiabank Giller Prize, Anil’s Ghost is another award-winning novel from Michael Ondaatje. Steeped in centuries of cultural achievement and tradition, Sri Lanka has been ravaged in the late twentieth century by bloody civil war. Anil Tissera, born in Sri Lanka but educated in England and the U.S., is sent by an international human rights group to participate in an investigation into suspected mass political murders in her homeland. Working with an archaeologist, she discovers a skeleton whose identity takes Anil on a fascinating journey that involves a riveting mystery. What follows, in a novel rich with character, emotion, and incident, is a story about love and loss, about family, identity and the unknown enemy. And it is a quest to unlock the hidden past—like a handful of soil analyzed by an archaeologist, the story becomes more diffuse the farther we reach into history. A universal tale of the casualties of war, unfolding as a detective story, the book gradually gives way to a more intricate exploration of its characters, a symphony of loss and loneliness haunted by a cast of solitary strangers and ghosts. The atrocities of a seemingly futile, muddled war are juxtaposed against the ancient, complex and ultimately redemptive culture and landscape of Sri Lanka.
Book Synopsis The History of the Caliph Vathek / by William Beckford by : William Beckford
Download or read book The History of the Caliph Vathek / by William Beckford written by William Beckford and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2022-10-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Book Synopsis The Occult Sciences by : Eusèbe Salverte
Download or read book The Occult Sciences written by Eusèbe Salverte and published by . This book was released on 1847 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Because I Remember Terror, Father, I Remember You by : Sue William Silverman
Download or read book Because I Remember Terror, Father, I Remember You written by Sue William Silverman and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gives an account of fourteen years of incestous abuse by the author's father, looking at how she dealt with her situation, and how it affected her years after it stopped
