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A Pair of Jeans and other stories

Author : Qaisra Shahraz
Publisher : HopeRoad
ISBN 13 : 190844617X
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book A Pair of Jeans and other stories written by Qaisra Shahraz and published by HopeRoad. This book was released on 2013-03-13 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this vibrant and moving collection of short stories by award winning author Quaisra Shahraz, she demonstrates yet again her abilities for storyline and plot which are always gripping.The Elopement, The Discovery and A Pair of Jeans focus on the issues facing young Pakistani Muslim women as they work out how to live in a world where traditional and Western values clash. Can they create a synthesis?Miriam in A Pair of Jeans discovers that a seeming innocuous item of clothing can cause disaster while Rubiya in The Elopement and The Discovery pays the price of rejection for her past misdeed. In The Zemindar's Wife and Perchanvah the reader opens a window into a world of feudal lifestyle and class consciousness that is embedded in the psyche of many of the country's inhabitants.Other stories - Escape and The City Dwellers explore the feelings of those struggling to discover the meaning of "home". The Malay Host is a contrast with an element of the mysterious. What is behind the one locked door in the old Malay house that is a tourist attraction and why is the woman of the house brandishing a piece of burning wood at the Western visitors? Long held cultural and traditional attitudes to clothes and other aspects of life in general is a dilemma for young women and their families caught up in the midst of an identity crisis. In some ways a lot has changed in British Pakistani society but this fundamental dilemma is still there and well depicted in the lives of the protagonists in these stories.

All I Need Is Jesus and a Good Pair of Jeans

Author : Susanna Foth Aughtmon
Publisher : Revell
ISBN 13 : 0800731727
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book All I Need Is Jesus and a Good Pair of Jeans written by Susanna Foth Aughtmon and published by Revell. This book was released on 2009 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This honest and fun book shows women how to win their battles with pride, worry, fatigue, beauty, jealousy, and chocolate--and lighten up in the process.

Fugitive Denim: A Moving Story of People and Pants in the Borderless World of Global Trade

Author : Rachel Louise Snyder
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393065103
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (93 download)

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Book Synopsis Fugitive Denim: A Moving Story of People and Pants in the Borderless World of Global Trade by : Rachel Louise Snyder

Download or read book Fugitive Denim: A Moving Story of People and Pants in the Borderless World of Global Trade written by Rachel Louise Snyder and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2009-04-20 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A fascinating chronicle of the $55-billion-a-year global denim industry.” —David Futrelle, Los Angeles Times Rachel Louise Snyder reports from the far reaches of the multi-billion-dollar denim industry in search of the people who make your clothes. From a cotton picker in Azerbaijan to a Cambodian seamstress, a denim maker in Italy to a fashion designer in New York, Snyder captures the human, environmental, and political forces at work in a complex and often absurd world. Neither polemic nor prescription, Fugitive Denim captures what it means to work in the twenty-first century.

The Holy Woman

Author : Qaisra Shahraz
Publisher : Black Amber
ISBN 13 : 9781905147632
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (476 download)

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Download or read book The Holy Woman written by Qaisra Shahraz and published by Black Amber. This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A powerful and compelling family drama. Love and betrayal set in a wealthy Muslim community, with all pressures and conflicts that modern life and old traditions bring. From the author of Typhoon.

Worn in New York

Author : Emily Spivack
Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 : 1683351797
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (833 download)

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Download or read book Worn in New York written by Emily Spivack and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2017-10-10 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now a Netflix original series The boots a passenger had on when his plane landed on the Hudson River. The tank top Andy Warhol’s assistant wore to one of their nightclub outings together. The jacket a taxi driver put on to feel safe as he worked the night shift. — These and over sixty other clothing-inspired narratives make up Worn in New York, the latest volume from New York Times bestselling author Emily Spivack. In these first-person accounts, contributors in and out of the public eye share surprising, personal, wild, poignant, and funny stories behind a piece of clothing that reminds them of a significant moment of their New York lives. Worn in New York offers a contemporary cultural history of the city—its changing identity, temper, and tone, and its irrepressible vitality—by paying tribute to these well-loved clothes and the people who wore them. Includes contributions from: Adam Horovitz Amy Heckerling Andre Royo Anna Sui Aubrey Plaza Catherine Opie Coco Rocha Dick Cavett Eileen Myles Fab 5 Freddy Gay Talese Genesis Breyer P-Orridge JD Samson Jenji Kohan Jenna Lyons Kyp Malone Lena Dunham Pee Wee Kirkland Thelma Golden Timothy Greenfield-Sanders /DIV

HopeRoad Bites 2014

Author : HopeRoad Publishing
Publisher : HopeRoad
ISBN 13 : 1908446234
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book HopeRoad Bites 2014 written by HopeRoad Publishing and published by HopeRoad. This book was released on 2014-10-13 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: HopeRoad Bites is a unique digital-only publication that serves a dual purpose: a catalogue for interested partners in the book trade to peruse and enjoy, as well as an hour or two of pure escapism for you, the reader. There is plenty here to get your teeth into, including two exclusive short stories reproduced here in their entirety: A Pair of Jeans by Qaisra Shahraz and The Spirit of McPhineas Lata by Lauri Kubuitsile, as well extended extracts from five works of literary fiction and two of our recent forays into young adult literature. CONTENTS: A Pair of Jeans and Other Stories by Qaisra Shahraz Dew Angels by Melanie Schwapp In the Spirit of McPhineas Lata by Lauri Kubuitsile Indian Magic by Balraj Khanna Janice by Jean Goulbourne More than a Game by Sylvester Young Sarmada by Fadi Azzam The Chocolate Shop Perverts by Ernest Alanki Tula: The Revolt by Jeroen Leinders HopeRoad are a young, exciting, independent publisher, vigorously supporting voices too often neglected by the mainstream. We are growing a reputation as promoters of multicultural literature, with a special focus on writers from Africa, Asia and the Caribbean. At the heart of our publishing is the love of outstanding writing from authors you would otherwise have missed.

Unraveled

Author : Maxine Bedat
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 0593085973
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Unraveled written by Maxine Bedat and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2021-06-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Longlisted for the FT/McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award A groundbreaking chronicle of the birth--and death--of a pair of jeans, that exposes the fractures in our global supply chains, and our relationships to each other, ourselves, and the planet Take a look at your favorite pair of jeans. Maybe you bought them on Amazon or the Gap; maybe the tag says "Made in Bangladesh" or "Made in Sri Lanka." But do you know where they really came from, how many thousands of miles they crossed, or the number of hands who picked, spun, wove, dyed, packaged, shipped, and sold them to get to you? The fashion industry operates with radical opacity, and it's only getting worse to disguise countless environmental and labor abuses. It epitomizes the ravages inherent in the global economy, and all in the name of ensuring that we keep buying more while thinking less about its real cost. In Unraveled, entrepreneur, researcher, and advocate Maxine Bédat follows the life of an American icon--a pair of jeans--to reveal what really happens to give us our clothes. We visit a Texas cotton farm figuring out how to thrive without relying on fertilizers that poison the earth. Inside dyeing and weaving factories in China, where chemicals that are banned in the West slosh on factory floors and drain into waterways used to irrigate local family farms. Sewing floors in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka are crammed with women working for illegally low wages to produce garments as efficiently as machines. Back in America, our jeans get stowed, picked, and shipped out by Amazon warehouse workers pressed to be as quick as the robots primed to replace them. Finally, those jeans we had to have get sent to landfills--or, if they've been "donated," shipped back around the world to Africa, where they're sold for pennies in secondhand markets or buried and burned in mountains of garbage. A sprawling, deeply researched, and provocative tour-de-force, Unraveled is not just the story of a pair of pants, but also the story of our global economy and our role in it. Told with piercing insight and unprecedented reporting, Unraveled challenges us to use our relationship with our jeans--and all that we wear--to reclaim our central role as citizens to refashion a society in which all people can thrive and preserve the planet for generations to come.

Borders and Border Crossings in the Contemporary British Short Story

Author : Barbara Korte
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030303594
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (33 download)

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Download or read book Borders and Border Crossings in the Contemporary British Short Story written by Barbara Korte and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-01-02 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book represents a contribution to both border studies and short story studies. In today’s world, there is ample evidence of the return of borders worldwide: as material reality, as a concept, and as a way of thinking. This collection of critical essays focuses on the ways in which the contemporary British short story mirrors, questions and engages with border issues in national and individual life. At the same time, the concept of the border, as well as neighbouring notions of liminality and intersectionality, is used to illuminate the short story’s unique aesthetic potential. The first section, “Geopolitics and Grievable Lives”, includes chapters that address the various ways in which contemporary stories engage with our newly bordered world and borders within contemporary Britain. The second section examines how British short stories engage with “Ethnicity and Liminal Identities”, while the third, “Animal Encounters and Metamorphic Bodies”, focuses on stories concerned with epistemological borders and borderlands of existence and identity. Taken together, the chapters in this volume demonstrate the varied and complex ways in which British short stories in the twenty-first century engage with the concept of the border.

Chioniso and Other Stories

Author : Shimmer Chinodya
Publisher : African Books Collective
ISBN 13 : 1779221908
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (792 download)

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Download or read book Chioniso and Other Stories written by Shimmer Chinodya and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this new collection, Chioniso and other stories, we are once again reminded how Shimmer Chinodya mines his experience for nuggets. Playing with his doppelganger, Godfrey, he looks back on life in Harare, and in Zimbabwe, over the last decade, exploring it from a familial perspective. How does a father cope with a rebellious daughter or a wife he perceives as wayward? How does one mediate traditional gender roles? What to do when status in the form of a car undermines the stability of a marriage? How does one manage a friendship with a new farmer? What moral compromises are demanded by new wealth and political cronyism? And what is the effect of religion on our lives? Have we become more caring and compassionate, or does piety provide a mask, to disguise greed and ambition, and justify a contempt for the poor? This collection of stories will make you laugh, but it will also challenge you to reconsider what it means to be Zimbabwean in the 21st century.

Worn Stories

Author : Emily Spivack
Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 1616893605
Total Pages : 159 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (168 download)

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Download or read book Worn Stories written by Emily Spivack and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2014-08-26 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York Times–bestselling volume of mini-memoirs exploring the personal histories we carry in treasured articles of clothing—now a Netflix docuseries. Everyone has a memoir in miniature in at least one piece of clothing. In Worn Stories, Emily Spivack has collected over sixty of these clothing-inspired narratives from cultural figures and talented storytellers. First-person accounts range from the everyday to the extraordinary, such as artist Marina Abramovic on the boots she wore to walk the Great Wall of China; musician Rosanne Cash on the purple shirt that belonged to her father; and fashion designer Cynthia Rowley on the Girl Scout sash that informed her business acumen. Other contributors include Greta Gerwig, Heidi Julavits, John Hodgman, Brandi Chastain, Marcus Samuelsson, Piper Kerman, Maira Kalman, Sasha Frere-Jones, Simon Doonan, Albert Maysles, Susan Orlean, Andy Spade, Paola Antonelli, David Carr, Andrew Kuo, and more. By turns funny, tragic, poignant, and celebratory, Worn Stories offers a revealing look at the clothes that protect us, serve as a uniform, assert our identity, or bring back the past—clothes that are encoded with the stories of our lives.

The Global Economy as You've Never Seen It

Author : Thomas Ramge
Publisher : The Experiment
ISBN 13 : 1615195173
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (151 download)

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Download or read book The Global Economy as You've Never Seen It written by Thomas Ramge and published by The Experiment. This book was released on 2018-10-23 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An ingeniously conceived tour of the global economy and all its key components, illuminated one by one in 99 large-scale, full-color infographics The economy is a complex, world-spanning, layer-upon-layer-upon-layer behemoth: One could argue that almost every aspect of our lives is connected to the realms of business and finance. And yet few of us truly understand it—even the world’s foremost economists can’t seem to agree on how it runs. The Global Economy as You’ve Never Seen It presents 99 brilliant infographics that everyone can understand. From start-ups to monopolies, from trade agreements to theory, author Thomas Ramge and infographic specialist Jan Schwochow bring every facet of the economic web to life. Economics connects us all, from what we buy, to how we buy it, who made it, and where. See the economy differently—and the world.

Mom Jeans and Other Mistakes

Author : Alexa Martin
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0593198891
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (931 download)

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Download or read book Mom Jeans and Other Mistakes written by Alexa Martin and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-09-07 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The kind of book that's destined to be passed from friend to friend."—PopSugar Two best friends say "I do" to living together, for better or worse, in this bold women's fiction novel from Alexa Martin. Jude Andrews is famous. Well, at least on Instagram. Her brand is clean eating, good vibes, Pilates, and casually looking like a sun-kissed goddess. In real life, however, she’s a total disaster. She has a strained relationship with her fame-hungry mom and her latest bad decision emptied out her entire savings account. Lauren Turner had a plan: graduate medical school and become the top surgeon in the country. But when she became unexpectedly pregnant, those plans changed. And when her fiancé left her, they changed again. Now navigating the new world of coparenting, mom groups, and dating, she decides to launch a mommy podcast with all the advice she wishes someone had given her. Jude and Lauren don't have much in common, but maybe that's why they've been best friends since the third grade. Through ups and downs, they've been by each other's sides. But now? They’re broke, single, and do the only thing that makes sense—move in together, just like they talked about when they were teenagers. Except when they were younger, the plan didn't include a five-year-old daughter and more baggage than their new townhouse can hold.

Lolita at Leonard's of Great Neck and Other Stories from the Before Times

Author : Shira Dicker
Publisher : Wicked Son
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (884 download)

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Download or read book Lolita at Leonard's of Great Neck and Other Stories from the Before Times written by Shira Dicker and published by Wicked Son. This book was released on 2024-05-28 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The five compelling tales comprising Lolita at Leonard’s of Great Neck and Other Stories from the Before Times will take you on an immersive journey from 1974 to the 2000s. Eighteen-year-old Anna, a Jewish college student, meets a German businessman at a Greek diner on Queens Boulevard. Claire Seltzer of Great Neck has the honeymoon from hell in Paris. Rebecca, a spunky eighth grader, is in love with Mr. Miller, her math teacher. Sarah Reinhardt, the wife of a celebrity doctor living in Central Park West, finds herself in a complicated love triangle. Rachel Rosensweig awakens one morning to find that her husband of thirty years, a Columbia professor, has become a dangerous radical. The characters of this unforgettable collection inhabit the golden era of the postwar, pre-pandemic world. Age-old power struggles—between lovers, between friends, between parents and children—are illuminated and analyzed. Heartbreaking and sometimes hilarious, their stories disclose and document what it meant to be American, Jewish, and female. Rich with cultural touchstones and reference points, they are suffused with self-awareness, longing, and sensual awareness. Will Anna accept the invitation of the German businessman? Can Claire’s honeymoon be saved? Will Rebecca’s love for Mr. Miller remain secret? How will Sarah fix the mess she has made? And how will Rachel protect herself from the threat that has suddenly become very personal? You are invited to fall in love with these characters and their long-gone world.

Ship of Secrets and Other Stories

Author : Jane Denison
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595228755
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (952 download)

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Download or read book Ship of Secrets and Other Stories written by Jane Denison and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2002-05 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young woman risks everything following a fortune-teller's advice, but finds much more than she expected.People are not what they claim, including her!

What Was I Scared Of?

Author : Dr. Seuss
Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 0375853421
Total Pages : 33 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (758 download)

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Download or read book What Was I Scared Of? written by Dr. Seuss and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2009-08-11 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Readers of all ages love Dr. Seuss's spooky and silly story about facing your fears! Featuring over 50 special glow-in-the-dark bonus stickers and a luxe, gift-worthy cover that glows in the dark and has a matte "soft-touch" finish! I was deep within the woods When, suddenly, I spied them. I saw a pair of pale green pants With nobody inside them! What's a pair of empty green trousers doing by itself in the woods? Or riding a bike through town? The narrator of What Was I Scared Of? does not want to find out. The spooky pants give him the creeps! This Seussian gem from The Sneetches and Other Stories shines on its own as it delivers a timeless message about fear and tolerance. Perfect for slumber parties and perusal by flashlight--it comes with a sheet of spooky glowing stickers bound inside as an added bonus!

After the War and Other Stories

Author : Anwar Ridhwan
Publisher : ITBM
ISBN 13 : 9830684393
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (36 download)

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Download or read book After the War and Other Stories written by Anwar Ridhwan and published by ITBM. This book was released on 2010 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

501

Author : Lynn Downey
Publisher : Gingko PressInc
ISBN 13 : 9780961746018
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (46 download)

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Download or read book 501 written by Lynn Downey and published by Gingko PressInc. This book was released on 1995 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Levi's jeans are the consummate American icon. For nearly 150 years, Levi's "RM" jeans have been woven into the very fabric of American history and culture. America's love affair with jeans is movingly documented, and the wonderfully original Levi's advertising campaigns brilliantly reproduced. From the gold fields of California to the oil fields of Oklahoma, from wheat fields of Kansas to cattle drives in Texas -- from Woodstock to Haight Ashbury to Rodeo Drive -- Levi's "RM" jeans is the way to go. Forward: R. Martin, Metropolitan Museum of Art.