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Book Synopsis An Unknown World by : Jacob Needleman
Download or read book An Unknown World written by Jacob Needleman and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-09-27 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is the purpose of life on Earth? Philosopher Jacob Needleman frames man's role on the planet in a completely new and fresh way, moving beyond the usual environmental concerns to reveal how the care and maintenance of a world is something vital and basic to our existence as authentic human beings. In some of his most deeply affecting writing, Needleman draws on his childhood experiences with a terminally ill friend whose impending death forces the young boys to face questions of the meaning of existence at an early age—questions that Needleman carried with him in his explorations of science and philosophy throughout his career as a scholar of religions. The conclusions that he reaches will give all of us a new sense of the purpose of our lives and the planet we live on.
Book Synopsis Somewhere in the Unknown World by : Kao Kalia Yang
Download or read book Somewhere in the Unknown World written by Kao Kalia Yang and published by Metropolitan Books. This book was released on 2020-11-10 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From “an exceptional storyteller,” Somewhere in the Unknown World is a collection of powerful stories of refugees who have found new lives in Minnesota’s Twin Cities, told by the award-winning author of The Latehomecomer and The Song Poet. All over this country, there are refugees. But beyond the headlines, few know who they are, how they live, or what they have lost. Although Minnesota is not known for its diversity, the state has welcomed more refugees per capita than any other, from Syria to Bosnia, Thailand to Liberia. Now, with nativism on the rise, Kao Kalia Yang—herself a Hmong refugee—has gathered stories of the stateless who today call the Twin Cities home. Here are people who found the strength and courage to rebuild after leaving all they hold dear. Awo and her mother, who escaped from Somalia, reunite with her father on the phone every Saturday, across the span of continents and decades. Tommy, born in Minneapolis to refugees from Cambodia, cannot escape the war that his parents carry inside. As Afghani flees the reach of the Taliban, he seeks at every stop what he calls a certificate of his humanity. Mr. Truong brings pho from Vietnam to Frogtown in St. Paul, reviving a crumbling block as well as his own family. In Yang’s exquisite, necessary telling, these fourteen stories for refugee journeys restore history and humanity to America's strangers and redeem its long tradition of welcome.
Book Synopsis Heroes of an Unknown World by : Ayize Jama-Everett
Download or read book Heroes of an Unknown World written by Ayize Jama-Everett and published by Small Beer Press. This book was released on 2023-02-07 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the final novel of the Liminals, a found family of Black superheroes has one last chance to save the world. After traveling back in time to rescue his fostered daughter, Taggert has returned to the present and found himself in his favorite place: up against the wall. But the world they’ve returned to is not the one they left: everything is slightly grayer, the music is boring, joy is just out of reach. The liminals’ entropic enemies, the Alters, are trying to bring about the end of the world by sucking the life—literally—out of enough people to tip the balance their way. Traveling from Jamaica to London to Indonesia to the heart of the whirlwind in the desert at the heart of all deserts, Taggert and his found family of liminals and supporters have to find a way to bring back the joy before they’re all ground down into the gray dust.
Book Synopsis The Unknown World of the Mobile Home by : John Fraser Hart
Download or read book The Unknown World of the Mobile Home written by John Fraser Hart and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2002-08-20 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An in-depth look at the history and culture of mobile homes in the United States. In American popular imagination, the mobile home evokes images of cramped interiors, cheap materials, and occupants too poor or unsavory to live anywhere else. Since the 1940s and ‘50s, however, mobile home manufacturers have improved standards of construction and now present them as an affordable alternative to conventional site-built homes. Today one of every fourteen Americans lives in a mobile home. In The Unknown World of the Mobile Home authors John Fraser Hart, Michelle J. Rhodes, and John T. Morgan illuminate the history and culture of these often misunderstood domiciles. They describe early mobile homes, which were trailers designed to be pulled behind automobiles and which were more often than not poorly constructed and unequal to the needs of those who used them. During the 1970s, however, Congress enacted federal standards for the quality and safety of mobile homes, which led to innovation in design and the production of much more attractive and durable models. These models now comply with local building codes and many are designed to look like conventional houses. As a result, one out every five new single-family housing units purchased in the United States is a mobile home, sited everywhere from the conventional trailer park to custom-designed “estates” aimed at young couples and retirees. Despite all these changes in manufacture and design, even the most immobile mobile homes are still sold, financed, regulated, and taxed as vehicles. With a wealth of detail and illustrations, The Unknown World of the Mobile Home provides readers with an in-depth look into this variation on the American dream. “A clear, concise, and innovative look at the history, the economics, and the politics of the mobile home. The authors reveal the inner workings of mobile home living by drawing upon a wide variety of sources, from industry data to interviews conducted at mobile home parks across the country. Further, they explore new types of mobile home communities—those assembled for workers at meat-processing centers in southwest Kansas, for example—that complicate the familiar image of the mobile home park as retirement village. The ideas presented in this book provide a solid starting point for many detailed studies on this important topic.” —Karl Raitz, University of Kentucky, author of The National Road
Book Synopsis The Liminal War by : Ayize Jama-Everett
Download or read book The Liminal War written by Ayize Jama-Everett and published by Small Beer Press. This book was released on 2015-05-25 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the third Liminal Novel Taggert's adopted daughter disappears so he only has one option: find her. When Taggert's adopted daughter goes missing he suspects the hand of an old enemy. He gathers friends, family, and even those who don't quite trust that he has left his violent past behind. But their search leads them to an unexpected place, the past, and the consequences of their journey have a price that is higher than they can afford.
Book Synopsis The Book of Unknown Americans by : Cristina Henríquez
Download or read book The Book of Unknown Americans written by Cristina Henríquez and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2014-06-03 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A stunning novel of hopes and dreams, guilt and love—a book that offers a resonant new definition of what it means to be American and "illuminates the lives behind the current debates about Latino immigration" (The New York Times Book Review). When fifteen-year-old Maribel Rivera sustains a terrible injury, the Riveras leave behind a comfortable life in Mexico and risk everything to come to the United States so that Maribel can have the care she needs. Once they arrive, it’s not long before Maribel attracts the attention of Mayor Toro, the son of one of their new neighbors, who sees a kindred spirit in this beautiful, damaged outsider. Their love story sets in motion events that will have profound repercussions for everyone involved. Here Henríquez seamlessly interweaves the story of these star-crossed lovers, and of the Rivera and Toro families, with the testimonials of men and women who have come to the United States from all over Latin America.
Book Synopsis World of the Unknown: Ghosts by : Christopher Maynard
Download or read book World of the Unknown: Ghosts written by Christopher Maynard and published by . This book was released on 2019-10-03 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1977, this cult classic has been reissued for a new generation of ghost-hunters. This book is for anyone who has shivered at shadowy figures in the dark, heard strange sounds in the night or felt the presence of a mysterious 'something' from the unknown. Ghost stories are as old as recorded history and exist all over the world; described in this book are haunting spirits, screaming skulls, phantom ships, demon dogs, white ladies, gallows ghosts and many more.
Book Synopsis TIME-LIFE Mysteries of the Unknown by : The Editors of TIME-LIFE
Download or read book TIME-LIFE Mysteries of the Unknown written by The Editors of TIME-LIFE and published by Time Inc. Books. This book was released on 2015-12-15 with total page 647 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Could the strange actually be true? This book takes readers on a tour of the eerie and unexplained - from the search for vanished civilizations to the science of real-life zombies, from famous UFO sightings to encounters with ghosts and otherworldly creatures, and much more.
Book Synopsis The Entropy of Bones by : Ayize Jama-Everett
Download or read book The Entropy of Bones written by Ayize Jama-Everett and published by Small Beer Press. This book was released on 2015-09-07 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chabi doesn’t realize her martial arts master may not be on the side of the gods. She does know he’s changed her from being an almost invisible kid to one that anyone — or at least anyone smart — should pay attention to. But attention from the wrong people can mean more trouble than even she can handle. Chabi might be emotionally stunted. She might have no physical voice. She doesn’t communicate well with words, but her body is poetry.
Book Synopsis Amelia Cole and the Unknown World by : Adam P. Knave
Download or read book Amelia Cole and the Unknown World written by Adam P. Knave and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2013-08-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amelia Cole and the Unknown World is also available as part of the Amelia Cole Omnibus. Amelia Cole lives in two worlds — literally. One runs on magic; the other is built on technology. When the barriers between both worlds start to break down, Amelia and her Aunt Dani must take extreme action. It's the start of a whole new world in adventure, magic, and excitement as Amelia Cole steps forward to do what she knows is right, even when the consequences might be wrong. Now all six issues of Amelia Cole and the Unknown World — written by Eisner and Harvey award winners Adam P. Knave and D.J. Kirkbride, drawn by Nick Brokenshire, and lettered by Rachel Deering — are collected in print for the first time!
Download or read book A World Unknown written by John Clagett and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2002-02-20 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Emperor reigned in San Francisco with a brutal blending of ancient tyranny and advanced technology. The mass of men and women were slaves, but sex was free for all. Barbarian Indian tribes occupied the Midwest, and provided savage entertainment in sadistic gladiatorial games. Pagan Rome had never died, and Christ had never been born. This was the year 2717, and Simon Ash, time traveler, fought for his liberty and life and very soul in an America that once had been his home and was now a nightmare of the unknown…
Book Synopsis Worlds Without End by : John S. Lewis
Download or read book Worlds Without End written by John S. Lewis and published by Basic Books (AZ). This book was released on 1998 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everything you ever wanted to know about planets: past, present, and future.
Book Synopsis Unknown World of Love by : Aayush Jaiswal
Download or read book Unknown World of Love written by Aayush Jaiswal and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2018-01-02 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Love, affection, and attraction look similar, but they all have their own roles in our lives. Sauraya didn’t want to know the value of love, but after he meets Vishi, he feels a different kind of sensation. He tries to act normal, but he can’t control himself. He doesn’t want to, but he eventually falls for her. He doesn’t know if his actions are right or wrong, but he doesn’t care about all that. When he finally proposes to her, an untold, hidden truth unfolds in front of him, and it hurts him a lot. The truth is, he does not belong to planet Earth; he belongs to the unknown world of love. What he does he do next? Will he still want Vishi? Does he want to love Vishi like he did before? Explore the Unknown World of Love to find out!
Book Synopsis The Unknown War by : Harrison Evans Salisbury
Download or read book The Unknown War written by Harrison Evans Salisbury and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Basis for the acclaimed TV series and brimming with photographs (including many never before released from Soviet archives), [this book] chronicles a theater of World War II still largely unknown in the West.--Jacket.
Book Synopsis The Most Beautiful Thing by : Kao Kalia Yang
Download or read book The Most Beautiful Thing written by Kao Kalia Yang and published by Millbrook Press. This book was released on 2020-10-06 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A warmhearted and tender true story about a young girl finding beauty where she never thought to look. Drawn from author Kao Kalia Yang's childhood experiences as a Hmong refugee, this moving picture book portrays a family with a great deal of love and little money. Weaving together Kalia's story with that of her beloved grandmother, the book moves from the jungles of Laos to the family's early years in the United States. When Kalia becomes unhappy about having to do without and decides she wants braces to improve her smile, it is her grandmother—a woman who has just one tooth in her mouth—who helps her see that true beauty is found with those we love most. Stunning illustrations from Vietnamese illustrator Khoa Le bring this intergenerational tale to life. "A deep and moving reflection on enduring hardship and generational love. . . . Poignant storytelling with stunning visuals."—starred, Kirkus Reviews "A sincere narrative that centers on the power of family love."—starred, School Library Journal Minnesota Book Award Finalist, ALA Notable Children's Book, New York Public Library Best Book for Kids, NPR Best Book of the Year
Book Synopsis The World Beneath by : Richard Smith
Download or read book The World Beneath written by Richard Smith and published by Apollo Publishers. This book was released on 2019-09-10 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet the world's most fascinating sea creatures—see the lives and curiosities of colorful fish and coral reefs—this spectacular volume has more than 300 color photos and extraordinary text from a leading marine biologist and underwater photographer, and the international expert on seahorses. In this richly informative volume, brimming with new discoveries and more than three hundred colorful images of jaw-dropping fish and coral reefs, you'll swim in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans; you'll be dazzled in the Coral Triangle and amazed in Triton Bay. Up close you'll meet the Cenderawasih fairy wrasse, with its florescent yellow streak; the polka-dot longnose filefish; and the multicolored seadragon. There are scarlet-colored corals, baby-blue sponges, daffodil crinoids, and all sorts of mystifying creatures that change color at the drop of a hat. The whale shark is almost larger than life and the author's beloved pygmy seahorse, unless photographed, is almost too tiny to see. The wondrous creatures inside are charmers and tricksters and excel in the arts of seduction and deception, and you'll have the rare chance to see and delight in their antics. You'll also learn what they eat, how they play, and how they care for one another, live on one another, and mimic others when they're afraid. There is also compelling insight into the naming process, which sea creatures are facing extinction, and how we can help them before it's too late.
