Praise Song for the Butterflies

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Publisher : Akashic Books
ISBN 13 : 1617756512
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (177 download)

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Book Synopsis Praise Song for the Butterflies by : Bernice L. McFadden

Download or read book Praise Song for the Butterflies written by Bernice L. McFadden and published by Akashic Books. This book was released on 2018-08-28 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Longlisted for the 2019 Women's Prize for Fiction A Black Caucus of the American Library Association 2019 Honor title, Fiction "McFadden, writer of great, imaginative novels for years now (including Sugar and Gathering of Waters), is back with one of her best yet. Exploring ritual sacrifice in contemporary West Africa, Praise Song offers a fascinating, painful glimpse into a world beyond America's shores, filled with tragedy and love and hope." --Entertainment Weekly "Perhaps one of the best books of the year, Praise Song for the Butterflies is a stunning, brief portrait that humanizes the plight of those in ritual servitude. It's a fantastic work from a gifted author." --The Gazette "A fictional West African country is the setting for Bernice L. McFadden's latest work, Praise Song for the Butterflies. Here we meet Abeo Kata, a 9-year-old girl who is ripped from her privileged lifestyle when her father forces her to become a slave in a religious sect. Rescued after 15 years, Abeo struggles to overcome dark family secrets while learning to love again." --Essence Magazine Included in BookRiot's "22 Upcoming Releases by Authors of Color Featured at BEA" "Bernice L. McFadden's novel Praise Song for the Butterflies has received great reviews and will be published today. The book centers on Abeo Kata, the privileged daughter of a government employee and a stay-at-home mother in West Africa whose happy life changes dramatically after she's placed in a shrine as an offering. Fifteen years later, Abeo is finally rescued and must learn to move beyond her traumatic past." --Good Morning America "McFadden crafts a compassionate, unforgettable story of loss and redemption." --BBC Culture "Recent favorites [at Mahogany Books in Washington, DC] include...award-winning novelist Bernice L. McFadden's forthcoming Praise Song for the Butterflies, about a nine-year-old West African girl sacrificed into religious servitude." --Vanity Fair "The novel has a timeless quality; McFadden is a master of taking you to another time and place. In doing so, she raises questions surrounding the nature of memory, what we allow to thrive, and what we determine to execute...McFadden brings the sweeping drama of her earlier works--The Book of Harlan, Glorious, Gathering of Waters--into this small book, and reminds me of the gentle fierceness of Edwidge Danticat's writing." --Los Angeles Review of Books "Praise Song for the Butterflies is written like a fable--one of devastation, but triumph, too. Bernice L. McFadden's novel sheds light on the long practice of trokosi, ritual servitude to priests." --Refinery29 Abeo Kata lives a comfortable, happy life in West Africa as the privileged nine-year-old daughter of a government employee and stay-at-home mother. But when the Katas' idyllic lifestyle takes a turn for the worse, Abeo's father, following his mother's advice, places the girl in a religious shrine, hoping that the sacrifice of his daughter will serve as atonement for the crimes of his ancestors. Unspeakable acts befall Abeo for the fifteen years she is held in the shrine. When she is finally rescued, broken and battered, she must struggle to overcome her past, endure the revelation of family secrets, and learn to trust and love again. In the tradition of Chris Cleave's Little Bee, this novel is a contemporary story that offers an eye-opening account of the practice of ritual servitude in West Africa. Spanning decades and two continents, Praise Song for the Butterflies will break your heart and then heal it.

Señorita Mariposa

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Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1524740705
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (247 download)

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Book Synopsis Señorita Mariposa by : Ben Gundersheimer (Mister G)

Download or read book Señorita Mariposa written by Ben Gundersheimer (Mister G) and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-08-06 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A captivating and child-friendly look at the extraordinary journey that monarch butterflies take each year from Canada to Mexico; with a text in both English and Spanish. Rhyming text and lively illustrations showcase the epic trip taken by the monarch butterflies. At the end of each summer, these international travelers leave Canada to fly south to Mexico for the winter--and now readers can come along for the ride! Over mountains capped with snow, to the deserts down below. Children will be delighted to share in the fascinating journey of the monarchs and be introduced to the people and places they pass before they finally arrive in the forests that their ancestors called home.

Blackbutterfly Soul Songs

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Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1532025394
Total Pages : 86 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (32 download)

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Book Synopsis Blackbutterfly Soul Songs by : Dr. Queen Shamala Sykes

Download or read book Blackbutterfly Soul Songs written by Dr. Queen Shamala Sykes and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2017-11-10 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just like many of us, Dr. Queen Shamala Sykes was once led down the long and winding path of soul exploration as she sought deeper answers to questions like, Who am I? and What is my purpose? Dr. Sykes, an ordained minister and a metaphysical practitioner, relies on the symbolism of the butterfly to share poetic expressions about the soul. In a five part collection, Dr. Sykes examines the meaning of the soul and shares the importance of soul awareness. According to Dr. Sykes, Using ancient wisdom and a daily practice of meditation are sure ways to connect you with your soul, your gifts and your talents. Blackbutterfly Soul Song interlaces symbolism with poetic expressions that will help guide anyone searching for transformation and renewal to find the answers to lifes most complex questions. Breathtaking! This book evokes the spirit of the Self and highlights the purpose of the Soul. The words of the ancestors, combined with the authors words, speak with wisdom and clarity. This book is highly recommended for taking our thoughts to a higher level of understanding. Mercedes Tidmore Brown, author of A Soul Incarcerated

Are You a Butterfly?

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Publisher : Turtleback Books
ISBN 13 : 9780613907774
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (77 download)

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Book Synopsis Are You a Butterfly? by : Tudor Humphries

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Be a Friend

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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1619639513
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (196 download)

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Book Synopsis Be a Friend by : Salina Yoon

Download or read book Be a Friend written by Salina Yoon and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2016-01-05 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Geisel Honor-winning author/illustrator Salina Yoon comes a lush, heartwarming story of unbreakable friendship and celebrating what makes you unique. Dennis is an ordinary boy who expresses himself in extraordinary ways. Some children do show-and-tell. Dennis mimes his. Some children climb trees. Dennis is happy to BE a tree . . . But being a mime can be lonely. It isn't until Dennis meets a girl named Joy that he discovers the power of friendship--and how special he truly is! From the beloved author/illustrator of the Penguin and Bear series comes a heartwarming story of self-acceptance, courage, and unbreakable friendship for anyone who has ever felt "different." Don't miss these other books from Salina Yoon! The Penguin series Penguin and Pinecone Penguin on Vacation Penguin in Love Penguin and Pumpkin Penguin's Big Adventure Penguin's Christmas Wish The Bear series Found Stormy Night Bear's Big Day The Duck, Duck, Porcupine series Duck, Duck, Porcupine My Kite is Stuck! And Other Stories That's My Book! And Other Stories Be a Friend

M. Butterfly

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Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101077034
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (1 download)

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Book Synopsis M. Butterfly by : David Henry Hwang

Download or read book M. Butterfly written by David Henry Hwang and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1993-10-01 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David Henry Hwang’s beautiful, heartrending play featuring an afterword by the author – winner of a 1988 Tony Award for Best Play and nominated for the 1989 Pulitzer Prize Based on a true story that stunned the world, M. Butterfly opens in the cramped prison cell where diplomat Rene Gallimard is being held captive by the French government—and by his own illusions. In the darkness of his cell he recalls a time when desire seemed to give him wings. A time when Song Liling, the beautiful Chinese diva, touched him with a love as vivid, as seductive—and as elusive—as a butterfly. How could he have known, then, that his ideal woman was, in fact, a spy for the Chinese government—and a man disguised as a woman? In a series of flashbacks, the diplomat relives the twenty-year affair from the temptation to the seduction, from its consummation to the scandal that ultimately consumed them both. But in the end, there remains only one truth: Whether or not Gallimard's passion was a flight of fancy, it sparked the most vigorous emotions of his life. Only in real life could love become so unreal. And only in such a dramatic tour de force do we learn how a fantasy can become a man's mistress—as well as his jailer. M. Butterfly is one of the most compelling, explosive, and slyly humorous dramas ever to light the Broadway stage, a work of unrivaled brilliance, illuminating the conflict between men and women, the differences between East and West, racial stereotypes—and the shadows we cast around our most cherished illusions. M. Butterfly remains one of the most influential romantic plays of contemporary literature, and in 1993 was made into a film by David Cronenberg starring Jeremy Irons and John Lone.

Index to Kindergarten Songs Including Singing Games and Folk Songs

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis Index to Kindergarten Songs Including Singing Games and Folk Songs by : Margery Closey Quigley

Download or read book Index to Kindergarten Songs Including Singing Games and Folk Songs written by Margery Closey Quigley and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Ten Magic Butterflies

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Publisher : Crown Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 1101933852
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (19 download)

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Book Synopsis Ten Magic Butterflies by : Danica McKellar

Download or read book Ten Magic Butterflies written by Danica McKellar and published by Crown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2019-02-12 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn at home with help from The Wonder Years/Hallmark actress, math whiz, and New York Times bestselling author Danica McKellar using her acclaimed McKellar Math books! Fairies, butterflies, and magic help to make this math-focused board book positively enchanting! Join ten flower friends for a night of excitement that mixes a little math with a lot of magic. As each flower turns into a butterfly, children will discover different ways to group numbers to create ten, an essential building block of math, all while watching each flower's dream come true. (And keep an eye out for the adorable caterpillar who wishes he could fly, too!) In this, the second book in the McKellar Math line, Danica McKellar once again sneaks in secret addition and subtraction concepts to help make your child smarter and uses her proven math success to show children that loving numbers is as easy as a wave of a wand and a BING BANG BOO! "[Danica McKellar's] bringing her love of numbers to children everywhere." --Brightly on Goodnight, Numbers "Danica McKellar is now on a mission to make math fun for even the youngest of kids." --L.A. Parent Magazine Don't Miss Even More Math Fun in Bathtime Mathtime!

Not Yo' Butterfly

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Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520380657
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (23 download)

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Book Synopsis Not Yo' Butterfly by : Nobuko Miyamoto

Download or read book Not Yo' Butterfly written by Nobuko Miyamoto and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2021-06-15 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intro -- Relocation, or a travelin' girl -- Don't fence me in -- A tisket, a tasket, a brown and yellow basket... -- From a broken past into the future -- Twice as good -- Shall we dance! -- School daze -- Chop suey -- We shall overcome -- Power to the people -- A single stone, many ripples -- Something about me today -- The people's beat -- A song for ourselves -- Nosotro somos Asiaticos -- Foster children of the Pepsi Generation -- A grain of sand -- Free the land -- What will people think? -- Some things live a moment -- How to mend what's broken -- Women hold up half the sky -- Our own chop suey -- What is the color of love? -- Talk story -- Yuiyo, just dance -- Float hands like clouds -- Deep is the chasm -- To all relations -- Bismillah Ir Rahman Ir Rahim -- The seed of the dandelion -- I dream a garden -- Mottainai : waste nothing -- Black Lives Matter -- Bambutsu : all things connected -- Epilogue.

Exploring Twentieth-Century Vocal Music

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Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780195349610
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (496 download)

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Book Synopsis Exploring Twentieth-Century Vocal Music by : Sharon Mabry

Download or read book Exploring Twentieth-Century Vocal Music written by Sharon Mabry and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2002-07-25 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The vocal repertoire of the twentieth century--including works by Schoenberg, Boulez, Berio, Larsen, and Vercoe--presents exciting opportunities for singers to stretch their talents and demonstrate their vocal flexibility. Contemporary composers can be very demanding of vocalists, requiring them to recite, trill, and whisper, or to read non-traditional scores. For singers just beginning to explore the novelties of the contemporary repertoire, Exploring Twentieth-Century Vocal Music is an ideal guide. Drawing on over thirty years of experience teaching and performing the twentieth century repertoire, Sharon Mabry has written a cogent and insightful book for singers and voice teachers who are just discovering the innovative music of the twentieth century. The book familiarizes readers with the new and unusual notation systems employed by some contemporary composers. It suggests rehearsal techniques and vocal exercises that help singers prepare to tackle the repertoire. And the book offers a list of the most important and interesting works to emerge in the twentieth century, along with suggested recital programs that will introduce audiences as well as singers to this under-explored body of music.

Tin Pan Opera

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Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195338928
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (953 download)

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Book Synopsis Tin Pan Opera by : Larry Hamberlin

Download or read book Tin Pan Opera written by Larry Hamberlin and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-02-03 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author Larry Hamberlin guides us through the large but oft-forgotten repertoire of operatic novelties, and brings to life the rich humour and keen social criticism of the ragtime era.

The Primary Plan Book

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 504 pages
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Download or read book The Primary Plan Book written by Marian Minnie George and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Cantonese Love-songs

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 164 pages
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Download or read book Cantonese Love-songs written by Ziyong Zhao and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Butterfly Believers

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Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1666774782
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (667 download)

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Book Synopsis Butterfly Believers by : Paul E. Linzey

Download or read book Butterfly Believers written by Paul E. Linzey and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2024-01-02 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is never a day when a butterfly in any stage is the same as it was the day before. This is also true of people. The author uses metamorphosis as an analogy, breaking down the steps to personal growth, making it easier to understand, and the process interesting and fun. Inspired by a study of Rom 12:1–2, Butterfly Believers consists of forty devotional readings, each one based on one aspect of the butterfly life cycle. In the same way a butterfly changes every single day, Butterfly Believers are also transforming continuously, moving towards spiritual depth and maturity. In each short chapter, the author presents a specific fact about the egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, or imago, adding one or two appropriate Scripture verses. The result is an inspiring devotional about moving step by step towards maturity and blossoming into the beautiful Imago Dei. Suitable for personal devotions, group discussion, or as a resource for preaching.

America's Songs

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Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135471991
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (354 download)

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Book Synopsis America's Songs by : Philip Furia

Download or read book America's Songs written by Philip Furia and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-05-12 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America's Songs tells the stories behind the most beloved popular songs of the last century. We all have songs that have a special meaning in our lives; hearing them evokes a special time or place. Little wonder that these special songs have become enduring classics. Nothing brings the roarin '20s to life like Tea for Two or I'm just Wild About Harry; the Great Depression is evoked in all of its pain and misery in songs like Brother Can You Spare a Dime?; God Bless America revives the powerful hope that American democracy promised to the world during the dark days of World War II; Young at Heart evokes the postwar optimism of the '50s. And then there are the countless songs of love, new romance, and heartbreak: As Time Goes By, Always, Am I Blue...the list is endless. Along with telling the stories behind these songs, America's Songs suggests, simply and succinctly, what makes a song great. The book illuminates the way each great song melds words and music - sentiment and melody - into a seamless whole. America's Songs also traces the fascinating but mysterious process of collaboration, the give-and-take between two craftsmen, a composer and a lyricist, as they combined their talents to create a song. For anyone interested in the history of the songs that America loves, America's Songs will make for fascinating reading.

Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 700 pages
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Download or read book Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution written by Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 700 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology

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Total Pages : 696 pages
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Download or read book Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology written by Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: