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Floating Kingdom

Author : George Rabasa
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Floating Kingdom written by George Rabasa and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lucio Seguila lives on a tiny island in the middle of the Rio Grande, which he claims is independent from both the United States and Mexico - convenient for a coyote guiding illegal immigrants across the border. He rules this small kingdom, Republica Libre de Seguilandia, in a firm but generous patriarchal style, sitting on his La-Z-Boy and enjoying the devotion of his three daughters, the companionship of his grandson, and a reluctant partnership in the criminal forays of his amoral son-in-law. Yet, Seguila and his family cannot escape the rush of the Rio Grande and the unusual gift it brings them. In the wake of an unexpected flash flood, Simon Tucker, an American teenager who nearly drowns while on a marijuana border run, washes up on the shores of Seguilandia. Severely battered during the violent storm, Simon awakes to find that he has not only lost his memory but must fulfill the various contradictory expectations of his newfound family. Considered an angel, a long-anticipated boyfriend, and a high-stakes kidnap victim, the confused youth steals their serenity, the love of the youngest daughter, and eventually the life of the family patriarch. But even as the family is destroyed, we discover the seeds of its rebirth in a future that combines the swirling cultures that have disastrously collided.

The Floating Island

Author :
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780765347725
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (477 download)

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Download or read book The Floating Island written by and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2008-04 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Entries from the long-lost journal of Ven, a Nain youth, relate his adventures as he faces pirates and is rescued by a mermaid and a kindly sea captain who sends Ven to an inn, where he encounters fairies, ghosts, and other strange boarders.

Burning Kingdoms

Author : Lauren DeStefano
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1442480653
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (424 download)

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Download or read book Burning Kingdoms written by Lauren DeStefano and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-03-22 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After Morgan Stockhour and her friends escape Internment, she discovers that life on the ground is not safer, and that, perhaps, going over the edge has led her to madness.

The Floating Islands of Kendryll

Author : Jason Thomassen
Publisher : FriesenPress
ISBN 13 : 1525569090
Total Pages : 99 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (255 download)

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Download or read book The Floating Islands of Kendryll written by Jason Thomassen and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2020 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A normal walk to school takes a fantastical turn when Damien, Landon, and Elena are drawn to a magical mirror in a local park! When a message in the glass transforms into a portal, they instantly find themselves in the world of Kendryll, where they discover that they are part of an ancient prophecy that foretold the restoration of the Floating Islands. Kendryll is a place with a deep history and exciting future, but to reach that future, the three kids need to defeat the Evil King and his army of magical creatures. To aid them, some special animals who believe in the ancient prophecy rise up, even at the risk of their lives. Guiding them all is the Great Creator, the White Wizard, who makes the ultimate sacrifice for his beloved creation. In this first book of a seven-part series, The Land Beyond the Mirror, Jason Thomassen has crafted an engaging story that will not only entertain readers but will challenge them to consider their own lives—in this world and the next.

An Artist of the Floating World

Author : Kazuo Ishiguro
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307829065
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book An Artist of the Floating World written by Kazuo Ishiguro and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2012-09-05 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature and author of the Booker Prize–winning novel The Remains of the Day In the face of the misery in his homeland, the artist Masuji Ono was unwilling to devote his art solely to the celebration of physical beauty. Instead, he put his work in the service of the imperialist movement that led Japan into World War II. Now, as the mature Ono struggles through the aftermath of that war, his memories of his youth and of the "floating world"—the nocturnal world of pleasure, entertainment, and drink—offer him both escape and redemption, even as they punish him for betraying his early promise. Indicted by society for its defeat and reviled for his past aesthetics, he relives the passage through his personal history that makes him both a hero and a coward but, above all, a human being.

Look Back, She's No Longer There

Author : Chun LeiPao
Publisher : Funstory
ISBN 13 : 1648848990
Total Pages : 197 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (488 download)

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Download or read book Look Back, She's No Longer There written by Chun LeiPao and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-04-13 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the time he had saved her when she was young, she had regarded him as everything. To become the best sword in his hands, to pacify these mountains and rivers for him. He had overturned the world, ascended the throne, and given her the promise of a lifetime. As for her, she had been gifted to the vassal lord and would never again be reunited with him. Years later, he suddenly missed the woman who had fought for him in the world and made him more tea. Looking at each other from afar, she was already a mother. When she saw him again, in order to protect her husband's life, she committed suicide in front of him and fell off the platform. In this golden age, there was no longer a smile on her face. At that moment, he had gone mad ...

The Juvenile instructor and companion

Author : Young people
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 684 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book The Juvenile instructor and companion written by Young people and published by . This book was released on 1869 with total page 684 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

FEDERAL RESERVE BULLETIN JANUARY, 1921

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1630 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book FEDERAL RESERVE BULLETIN JANUARY, 1921 written by and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 1630 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Synthetic Aesthetics

Author : Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262534010
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (625 download)

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Download or read book Synthetic Aesthetics written by Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2017-01-06 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As synthetic biology transforms living matter into a medium for making, what is the role of design and its associated values? Synthetic biology manipulates the stuff of life. For synthetic biologists, living matter is programmable material. In search of carbon-neutral fuels, sustainable manufacturing techniques, and innovative drugs, these researchers aim to redesign existing organisms and even construct completely novel biological entities. Some synthetic biologists see themselves as designers, inventing new products and applications. But if biology is viewed as a malleable, engineerable, designable medium, what is the role of design and how will its values apply? In this book, synthetic biologists, artists, designers, and social scientists investigate synthetic biology and design. After chapters that introduce the science and set the terms of the discussion, the book follows six boundary-crossing collaborations between artists and designers and synthetic biologists from around the world, helping us understand what it might mean to 'design nature.' These collaborations have resulted in biological computers that calculate form; speculative packaging that builds its own contents; algae that feeds on circuit boards; and a sampling of human cheeses. They raise intriguing questions about the scientific process, the delegation of creativity, our relationship to designed matter, and, the importance of critical engagement. Should these projects be considered art, design, synthetic biology, or something else altogether? Synthetic biology is driven by its potential; some of these projects are fictions, beyond the current capabilities of the technology. Yet even as fictions, they help illuminate, question, and even shape the future of the field.

Leadership Development in the Middle East

Author : Beverley Metcalfe
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0857938118
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (579 download)

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Download or read book Leadership Development in the Middle East written by Beverley Metcalfe and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leadership in the Middle East has never been as vital as it is in the wake of the global financial crisis and the Arab Spring Ð yet there is a lack of detailed knowledge concerning strategies for developing capacity in leadership, national skills and knowledge management. This volume aims to address this deficit. This book is the first text on the subject of leadership development in the Middle East to be published in English (drawing on both English and Arabic scholarship) and will contribute to the knowledge and understanding of leadership theory and practice in the global economy. The volume provides in-depth analysis of the social, political and economic factors that shape leadership capacity building efforts and shows how leadership behaviours and practices differ from those in the West, reflecting an ethic of care, social responsibility and concern for developing both organization and individual capabilities as well as fostering community improvement and nation-building and advancing social justice and human well-being. The book reveals the complexity of leadership behaviours in the region and contextualizes analyses with broader contemporary debates including migration, governance, climate change and political leadership succession. The book also includes original insights into the role of women in leadership in business, politics and the community. This unique volume will benefit international organizational behaviour/development specialists, international human resource development practitioners and students at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. It will be invaluable to development specialists, HR consultants and practitioners on assignment in the Middle East and for policy and capacity development experts in NGOs and international organizations such as the ILO, UN and World Bank.

The Sea Witch's Debt

Author : Aisha Urooj
Publisher : Aisha Urooj
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Sea Witch's Debt written by Aisha Urooj and published by Aisha Urooj. This book was released on 2024-03-07 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ursula would go to any lengths to gain power, no matter the cost. However, when a handsome general comes into her life, she finds herself behaving differently. Has Ursula truly changed her ways, or is she only fooling herself? When dark magic calls her name, would the sea witch be able to resist its powerful allure? This is the prequel to 'The Stone Mermaid'. Read the story of Ursula, King Brutus, Vladimir, and others, set a thousand years before the sequel. 'The Sea Witch's Debt' and 'The Stone Mermaid' form a magical, mythical duology about mermaids and other legendary sea creatures and monsters.

Report

Author : Commonwealth Shipping Committee
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 892 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Report written by Commonwealth Shipping Committee and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 892 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Sessional Papers

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 822 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (36 download)

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Download or read book Sessional Papers written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 822 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Parliamentary Papers

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 772 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Parliamentary Papers written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 772 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

White Wings

Author : Sir Henry Brett
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book White Wings written by Sir Henry Brett and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Latin American Macroeconomic Reforms

Author : José Antonio González
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226302687
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (263 download)

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Download or read book Latin American Macroeconomic Reforms written by José Antonio González and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2010-04-15 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hidden behind a number of economic crises in the mid- to late 1990s-including Argentina's headline-grabbing monetary and political upheaval-is that fact that Latin American economies have, generally speaking, improved dramatically in recent years. Their success has been due, in large part, to macroeconomic reforms, and this book brings together prominent economists and policymakers to assess a decade of such policy shifts, highlighting both the many success stories and the areas in which further work is needed. Contributors offer both case studies of individual countries and regional overviews, covering monetary, financial, and fiscal policy. Contributors also work to identify future concerns and erect clear signposts for future reforms. For instance, now that inflation rates have been stabilized, one suggested "second stage" monetary reform would be to focus on reducing rates from high to low single digits. Financial sector reforms, it is suggested, should center on improving regulation and supervision. And, contributors argue, since fiscal stability has already been achieved in most countries, new fiscal reforms need to concentrate on institutionalizing fiscal discipline, improving the efficiency and equity of tax collection, and modifying institutional arrangements to deal with increasingly decentralized federal systems. The analysis and commentary in this volume-authored not only by academic observers but by key Latin American policymakers with decades of firsthand experience-will prove important to anyone with an interest in the future of Latin American's continuing economic development and reform. Contributors to this volume: José Antonio González, Stanford University Anne O. Krueger, International Monetary Fund Vittorio Corbo, Pontifical Catholic University, Chile Klaus Schmidt-Hebbel, Central Bank of Chile Alejandro Werner, Bank of Mexico Márcio G. P. Garcia, Pontifical Catholic University, Rio Tatiana Didier, World Bank Gustavo H. B. Franco, former president, Central Bank of Brazil Francisco Gil Díaz, Minister of the Treasury, Mexico Roberto Zahler, former governor, Central Bank of Chile Ricardo J. Caballero, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Philip L. Brock, University of Washington Stephen Haber, Stanford University Pablo E. Guidotti, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Buenos Aires Vito Tanzi, International Monetary Fund Enrique Dávila, Ministry of Finance, Mexico Santiago Levy, Mexican Social Security Institute Ricardo Fenochietto, private consultant, Buenos Aires Rogério L. F. Werneck, Pontifical Catholic University, Rio Carola Pessino, Universidad Torcuato di Tella, Buenos Aires Michael Michaely, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Foreign Relations of the United States

Author : United States. Department of State
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1642 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book Foreign Relations of the United States written by United States. Department of State and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 1642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: