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Book Synopsis Arturo's Dream by : Elizabeth Seraphin
Download or read book Arturo's Dream written by Elizabeth Seraphin and published by . This book was released on 2017-08-20 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It started out like any ordinary Monday. Elizabeth Seraphin and her twenty-five-year-old daughter Amanda routinely had dinner together: chicken, salad, and cornbread. Amanda was unusually late. Her mother received the phone call that would plunge her into darkness! Her daughter had just been hospitalized. Her condition was worsening and family and friends went to her bedside.
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 251 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 Arturo's Island: A Novel by : Elsa Morante
Download or read book Arturo's Island: A Novel written by Elsa Morante and published by Liveright Publishing. This book was released on 2019-02-19 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elsa Morante’s novels are “astonishing for the quality of the writing, . . . the complexity of the invented world, the wide-ranging view of the human condition” (Elena Ferrante). Once considered the greatest writer of Italy’s postwar generation—and admired by authors as varied as John Banville and Rivka Galchen—Elsa Morante is experiencing a literary renaissance, marked not least by Ann Goldstein’s translation of Arturo’s Island, the novel that brought Morante international fame. Imbued with a spectral grace, as if told through an enchanted looking glass, the novel follows the adolescent Arturo through his days on the isolated Neapolitan island of Procida, where—his mother long deceased, his father often absent, and a dog as his sole companion—he roams the countryside and the beaches or reads in his family’s lonely, dilapidated mansion. This quiet, meandering existence is upended when his father brings home a beautiful sixteen-year-old bride, Nunziatella. A novel of longing and thwarted desires, filled with Morante’s “brutal directness and familial torment” (James Wood), Arturo’s Island reemerges in this splendid translation to take its rightful place in the world literary canon.
Book Synopsis When We Were Bandini by : Emanuele Pettener
Download or read book When We Were Bandini written by Emanuele Pettener and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2024-06-25 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Fante's work has consistently delved into profound themes, including the elusive American Dream, the delicate psychology of immigrants, and the intricate dynamics of Italian American families. This study reveals the ingenious manner in which Fante employs humor and satire as powerful rhetorical devices to breathe life into his Italian, Italian American, and American characters. Drawing inspiration from literary giants such as Luigi Pirandello and René Girard, the author embarks on a fascinating journey into Fante's rich literary landscape. When We Were Bandini also offers an engaging comparison between Fante's works and those of other authors like Cervantes, Hamsun, Bukowski, and even his own son, Dan Fante. This comparative analysis sheds light on the possible reasons behind Fante's unique status: he is a cult writer in Europe, relatively underappreciated in his home country, the United States. Challenging the conventional notions of Fante as a strictly autobiographical and confessional writer, the author urges readers to look beyond the surface and unravel the layers of his literary genius.
Book Synopsis The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora by : Pablo Cartaya
Download or read book The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora written by Pablo Cartaya and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-05-16 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A 2018 Pura Belpré Author Honor Book Save the restaurant. Save the town. Get the girl. Make Abuela proud. Can thirteen-year-old Arturo Zamora do it all or is he in for a BIG, EPIC FAIL? For Arturo, summertime in Miami means playing basketball until dark, sipping mango smoothies, and keeping cool under banyan trees. And maybe a few shifts as junior lunchtime dishwasher at Abuela’s restaurant. Maybe. But this summer also includes Carmen, a poetry enthusiast who moves into Arturo’s apartment complex and turns his stomach into a deep fryer. He almost doesn’t notice the smarmy land developer who rolls into town and threatens to change it. Arturo refuses to let his family and community go down without a fight, and as he schemes with Carmen, Arturo discovers the power of poetry and protest through untold family stories and the work of José Martí. Funny and poignant, The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora is the vibrant story of a family, a striking portrait of a town, and one boy's quest to save both, perfect for fans of Rita Williams-Garcia.
Book Synopsis The Psychological Effects of Immigrating by : Robert Tyminski
Download or read book The Psychological Effects of Immigrating written by Robert Tyminski and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-09-09 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring immigration from psychological, historical, clinical, and mythical perspectives, this book considers the varied and complex answers to questions of why people immigrate to entirely new places and leave behind their familiar surroundings and culture. Using research reviews, extensive case material, and literary examples (such as Virgil’s The Aeneid), Robert Tyminski’s work will deepen readers’ understanding of what is both unique and universal about migratory experiences. He addresses the negative consequences of xenophobia, the acculturation experiences of children compared to adults, the trauma and psychological issues that arise when seeking refuge or relocating to a new country, and the more recent implications of COVID-19 upon border crossings. Tyminski also re-evaluates the term identity as a psychological shorthand, suggesting that it can flatten our understanding of human complexity and erase migrant and refugee life stories and differences. As one of few books to investigate immigration from a Jungian-oriented perspective, Robert Tyminski’s work offers a new and broad perspective on the mental health issues related to immigration. This book will prove essential for clinicians working with refugees and migrants, when in training and in practice, as well as students and practitioners of psychoanalysis seeking to deepen their understanding of migratory experiences.
Book Synopsis Designs for the Pluriverse by : Arturo Escobar
Download or read book Designs for the Pluriverse written by Arturo Escobar and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2018-03-15 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Designs for the Pluriverse Arturo Escobar presents a new vision of design theory and practice aimed at channeling design's world-making capacity toward ways of being and doing that are deeply attuned to justice and the Earth. Noting that most design—from consumer goods and digital technologies to built environments—currently serves capitalist ends, Escobar argues for the development of an “autonomous design” that eschews commercial and modernizing aims in favor of more collaborative and placed-based approaches. Such design attends to questions of environment, experience, and politics while focusing on the production of human experience based on the radical interdependence of all beings. Mapping autonomous design’s principles to the history of decolonial efforts of indigenous and Afro-descended people in Latin America, Escobar shows how refiguring current design practices could lead to the creation of more just and sustainable social orders.
Book Synopsis Resistance, Heroism, Loss by : Thomas Cragin
Download or read book Resistance, Heroism, Loss written by Thomas Cragin and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2018-02-20 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In no other country in Europe has national identity been so closely bound to memories of the war. Italy’s Republic was born of World War II, its constitution defined by anti-Fascism, its parties self-identified with national Resistance. Because of their importance to the nation’s identity, the nature and meaning of the war have been the focus of great contention, from 1943 to the present day. In recent years Italy has taken on a national evaluation of the more troubling and contested aspects of its role in the war, including its support of Fascism and collaboration after 1943, its treatment of Jews and other minorities, deep national divisions that created a civil war between 1943 and 1945, and the centrality of war myth to lingering postwar problems. Scholars of Italian history, literature, and cinema play a fundamental role in this appraisal, and this volume of essays attests to the importance of film and literature to the ways in which changing political, social and cultural imperatives have altered the war’s memory. These articles expand our understanding of the shifting phases in national memory by highlighting significant features of each era’s portrayal of the war. Contributions come from eight scholars who capture the full variety of disciplinary and sub-disciplinary approaches that are current today, including film genre studies, cultural history, gender studies, Holocaust studies, and the very new fields of emotion studies, shame theory, and environmental studies. Their innovative application of questions and methods that speak to important new subfields in Italian Studies make this volume an invaluable tool for scholars and their students.
Book Synopsis Priestess Dreaming by : Yasmine Galenorn
Download or read book Priestess Dreaming written by Yasmine Galenorn and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-09-30 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We’re the D’Artigo sisters: savvy half-human, half-Fae operatives for the Otherworld Intelligence Agency. My sister Delilah is a two-faced werecat and a Death Maiden. Menolly is a vampire married to a gorgeous werepuma. And me? I’m Camille, a Moon witch married to three hunky husbands, and I’m about to journey through the veils to search for a long lost legend… With the war in Otherworld raging, the Queen of Shadow and Night summons me to her court. Aeval orders me on a quest through the mists to find an ancient ally of hers. I am to seek out The Merlin and wake him from his long sleep. Surrounded by danger on all sides, with Morgaine and Bran along for the journey, I must pray they are allies rather than enemies, as we undertake a perilous search through the labyrinth of time…
Book Synopsis The Dissidence of Reinaldo Arenas by : Sandro R. Barros
Download or read book The Dissidence of Reinaldo Arenas written by Sandro R. Barros and published by University Press of Florida. This book was released on 2022-02-22 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: International Latino Book Awards, Honorable Mention, Best Biography (English) American Educational Research Association, Division B: Curriculum Studies, Outstanding Book Award Focusing on the didactic nature of the work of Reinaldo Arenas, this book demonstrates the Cuban writer’s influence as public pedagogue, mentor, and social activist whose teaching on resistance to normative ideologies resonates in societies past, present, and future. Through a multidisciplinary approach bridging educational, historiographic, and literary perspectives, The Dissidence of Reinaldo Arenas illuminates how Arenas’s work remains a cutting-edge source of inspiration for today’s audiences, particularly LGBTQI readers. It shows how Arenas’s aesthetics contain powerful insights for exploring dissensus whether in the context of Cuba, broader Pan-American and Latinx-U.S. queer movements of social justice, or transnational citizenship politics. Carefully dissecting Arenas’s themes against the backdrop of his political activity, this book presents the writer’s poetry, novels, and plays as a curriculum of dissidence that provides models for socially engaged intellectual activism. Publication of this work made possible by a Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Book Synopsis Veins and Thumbtacks by : Jonathan Marc Sherman
Download or read book Veins and Thumbtacks written by Jonathan Marc Sherman and published by Dramatists Play Service, Inc.. This book was released on 1992 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE STORY: Set in New Jersey from 1978 to 1989, the story follows Jimmy Bonaparte, an angry young man trying to turn his American Nightmare into his personal American Dream. He takes care of his invalid grandmother while constantly exchanging insul
Book Synopsis Sueños Americanos by : Julio Cammarota
Download or read book Sueños Americanos written by Julio Cammarota and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2012-02 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For nearly a decade, Julio Cammarota interviewed and observed Latino youth--researching how they negotiated myriad social conditions and hostile economic and political pressures in their daily lives. One of the most extensive studies of barrio youth, Sueños Americanos illuminates the complex relationships among low-wage employment, cultural standards, education, class oppression, and gender expectations.
Download or read book The Avant Champion written by CB Samet and published by Novels by CB Samet. This book was released on 2021-02-05 with total page 830 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: TWO FULL-LENGTH NOVELS AND TWO NOVELETTES The gripping conclusions to Abigail Cross’s fantasy adventure. Every millennia, an Avant Champion must contain an ancient evil. But Abigail’s quests don’t stop there. Follow her as she battles scheming giants, a deadly plague, and invading soldiers on journeys of love, loss, and self-discovery. Contents: Brother’s Bond (interim novelette) The Avant Champion ~Conquest~ Isabel (prequel novelette) The Avant Champion ~Redeem~ ~Conquest~ “Riveting story that sees the Avant champion accompany the queen, and efforts to save the kingdom that echo in unexpected ways.” —Booksprout Reviewer “Exhilarating ride! When Abigail loses her abilities at the hands of the evil king of Bellos who is intent on subjugating all of Crithos under his thumb, I had no idea how she was going to save the day. But once again, the author has cast her magic and after death-defying turns at every corner, this book delivers a most satisfying ending.”—Author H.M. Gooden ~Redeem~ “This is full of magic, suspense, and a story that will you have unable to put the book down. I was sucked in and fell in love with the characters and the story!” —Bookbub Reviewer “It is a wonderfully well-defined fantasy book in which magical creatures and Che stones lead the way. I found Abigail to have a warm and honest character that readers have to love.” —Booksprout Reviewer “A wonderful fantasy adventure…. well written and makes you feel as if you are there! …. This story has twists and turns as the journey goes and the characters will pull you in! This book is a great adventure!” —Bookbub Reviewer
Book Synopsis Billionaire Bad Boys by : Michelle Love
Download or read book Billionaire Bad Boys written by Michelle Love and published by Blessings For All SC. This book was released on 2021-03-26 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enjoy this bad boy billionaire romance collection. Settle in for these three full-length standalone romances full of men who take charge in the boardroom and the bedroom! Don't miss this set of hot billionaire bad boys waiting to be found out! Featuring the following books: Book one - Under Her Skin: A Bad Boy Billionaire Romance Arrogant Italian billionaire, Arturo Bachi, is outraged when the final apartment in the building he plans to turn into a hotel is bought at an exclusive auction by someone who outbids him at the last minute. His ire fades after he meets a gorgeous young woman with whom he spends a passionate, life-altering one-night stand. Arturo is immediately enchanted; it doesn’t hurt that she’s the most beautiful woman he has ever seen, even if she won’t tell him her real name. Book two - Dark Masquerade: A Bad Boy Billionaire Romance When I took the job, I had no idea what it would bring. I didn't expect love, sex ...and terror. These two men have a history. I know that. But where do I fit into that, I don't know. All I know is that, for me, one of them is the love of my life ... I just don't know if he loves me or wants to kill me. Somebody does. Someone is watching me. It could be Aldo, or it could be Indio ... Both of them are gorgeous, sexy, and rich as hell-not that money matters to me ... Both of them are pursuing me ...and it should be every girl's dream, but ... I'm in too deep. If I follow my heart, I could be living a life of love, incredible sex, and happiness ... or I could be dead within days. What do I do? Book three - The Assistant: A Bad Boy Billionaire Romance Lust. Lies. Power. For Brock Gordon, the biggest playboy billionaire in the entire country, it's just another day. When he sees something he wants, he gets it, no matter what--or who--it is. Life has always been one big game for Brock, and he knows he can have anything in the world if he waits for it. Until he meets a young girl who is fresh out of college. She is everything Brock never knew he wanted. She is young, she is fresh, she is so innocent to the ways of the world of men. And she has a spirit. From the moment he lays his eyes on her, he knows that he has to have her. But this prey is proving much harder to catch and for the first time in his life, Brock must come to terms that he doesn't get everything he wants. Or does he? Keywords: Billionaire romance, bad boy, new adult, instalove, age gap romance, alpha male, new adult romance, steamy romance, age gap romance older man younger woman, sweet romance, romantic novels, love, action, adventure, sexually romantic books, hot, alpha hero, contemporary romance, guaranteed HEA, no cliffhangers, sweet romance, love books, love stories.
Download or read book Under Her Skin written by Michelle Love and published by Blessings For All SC. This book was released on 2020-03-07 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enjoy this billionaire romance at a terrific discount. Arrogant Italian billionaire, Arturo Bachi, is outraged when the final apartment in the building he plans to turn into a hotel is bought at an exclusive auction by someone who outbids him at the last minute. His ire fades after he meets a gorgeous young woman with whom he spends a passionate, life-altering one-night stand. Arturo is immediately enchanted; it doesn’t hurt that she’s the most beautiful woman he has ever seen, even if she won’t tell him her real name. Though still scarred by the murder of his teenage sweetheart Flavia twenty years earlier, Arturo’s frozen heart begins to thaw. What he doesn’t know is that Hero Donati is the person who bought the apartment, and she is trying to escape a terrible tragedy in her past that keeps her terrified of ever giving her heart away again. Though the two quickly begin fall in love their problems are far from over. Hero’s other neighbor, George Galiano, Arturo’s friend-turned-sworn-enemy makes a play for Hero’s heart. Soon, Hero is trapped in a bitter war between the two men and finds herself not knowing who to trust. Worse still, Flavia’s killer makes it known that he now has Hero in his sights… Can Arturo and Hero fight for their love, and their lives, or will they be torn apart in the most brutal and devastating way? Keywords: billionaire, bad boy, steamy romance, contemporary romance, forced marriage, love books, love stories, new adult, alpha male, romance, action, adventure, steamy romance, small-town secrets, hot, alpha hero, sweet romance. free book, free novels, sweet romance, romantic novels, sexually romantic books, guaranteed HEA, no cliffhangers, happily ever after.
Download or read book SPIN written by and published by . This book was released on 1987-03 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the concert stage to the dressing room, from the recording studio to the digital realm, SPIN surveys the modern musical landscape and the culture around it with authoritative reporting, provocative interviews, and a discerning critical ear. With dynamic photography, bold graphic design, and informed irreverence, the pages of SPIN pulsate with the energy of today's most innovative sounds. Whether covering what's new or what's next, SPIN is your monthly VIP pass to all that rocks.
Book Synopsis My Life I Lived by : Arturo Martinez
Download or read book My Life I Lived written by Arturo Martinez and published by Arturo Martinez. This book was released on 2024-05-21 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the intense heat of a Kuwaiti airstrip, with the night painted in shades of black, Arturo Martinez sits reminiscing a simpler time—a time before the relentless demands of military service, before the piercing awareness of danger at every corner. From the unassuming streets of East Los Angeles to the stark terrains of Iraq, "My Life I Lived" charts the remarkable journey of a man caught between two worlds, figuring out the challenges of being a Latino in America while grappling with his identity. Arturo's life unfolds through vibrant tales of childhood mischief, familial bonds forged in hardship, and youthful days filled with the hopes and disappointments that pave the road to adulthood. His enlistment in the Marine Corps ushers in a crucible of transformation, where the ideals of duty and the harsh realities of combat collide, reshaping his understanding of courage and loyalty. Through the undulating landscapes of America's heartlands and the gritty corridors of law enforcement, Arturo seeks a place where he can truly belong. From the tender moments spent in the shadows of societal judgment to the exhilarating freedom found on the open road, every page of this memoir is infused with the spirit of a man who dared to live on his own terms. Arturo's narrative is more than a biography as it incapsulates the ode to the trials of personal discovery, the unbreakable strength of family, and the relentless pursuit of one's dreams against all odds. "My Life I Lived" is an invitation to witness the life of an extraordinary individual who, amid the echoes of gunfire and the quiet moments of introspection, found his voice—a voice that echoes through the chapters, resonant and raw.
