Read Books Online and Download eBooks, EPub, PDF, Mobi, Kindle, Text Full Free.
Download I Am My Own Home And Other Essays full books in PDF, epub, and Kindle. Read online I Am My Own Home And Other Essays ebook anywhere anytime directly on your device. Fast Download speed and no annoying ads. We cannot guarantee that every ebooks is available!
Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9786024247560
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (475 download)
Download or read book I Am My Own Home and Other Essays written by and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ruth Wariner
Publisher : Flatiron Books
ISBN 13 : 1250077710
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (5 download)
Download or read book The Sound of Gravel written by Ruth Wariner and published by Flatiron Books. This book was released on 2016-01-05 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times bestseller, The Sound of Gravel is the remarkable true story of one girl's coming-of-age in a polygamist Mormon Doomsday cult. “A haunting, harrowing testament to survival." — People Magazine “An addictive chronicle of a polygamist community.” — New York Magazine Ruth Wariner was the thirty-ninth of her father’s forty-two children. Growing up on a farm in rural Mexico, where authorities turned a blind eye to the practices of her community, Ruth lives in a ramshackle house without indoor plumbing or electricity. At church, preachers teach that God will punish the wicked by destroying the world and that women can only ascend to Heaven by entering into polygamous marriages and giving birth to as many children as possible. After Ruth's father--the man who had been the founding prophet of the colony--is brutally murdered by his brother in a bid for church power, her mother remarries, becoming the second wife of another faithful congregant. In need of government assistance and supplemental income, Ruth and her siblings are carted back and forth between Mexico and the United States, where her mother collects welfare and her step-father works a variety of odd jobs. Ruth comes to love the time she spends in the States, realizing that perhaps the community into which she was born is not the right one for her. As Ruth begins to doubt her family’s beliefs and question her mother’s choices, she struggles to balance her fierce love for her siblings with her determination to forge a better life for herself. Recounted from the innocent and hopeful perspective of a child, The Sound of Gravel is the remarkable true story of a girl fighting for peace and love. This is an intimate, gripping book resonant with triumph, courage, and resilience.
Author : George Orwell
Publisher : Renard Press Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1913724263
Total Pages : 15 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (137 download)
Download or read book Why I Write written by George Orwell and published by Renard Press Ltd. This book was released on 2021-01-01 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George Orwell set out ‘to make political writing into an art’, and to a wide extent this aim shaped the future of English literature – his descriptions of authoritarian regimes helped to form a new vocabulary that is fundamental to understanding totalitarianism. While 1984 and Animal Farm are amongst the most popular classic novels in the English language, this new series of Orwell’s essays seeks to bring a wider selection of his writing on politics and literature to a new readership. In Why I Write, the first in the Orwell’s Essays series, Orwell describes his journey to becoming a writer, and his movement from writing poems to short stories to the essays, fiction and non-fiction we remember him for. He also discusses what he sees as the ‘four great motives for writing’ – ‘sheer egoism’, ‘aesthetic enthusiasm’, ‘historical impulse’ and ‘political purpose’ – and considers the importance of keeping these in balance. Why I Write is a unique opportunity to look into Orwell’s mind, and it grants the reader an entirely different vantage point from which to consider the rest of the great writer’s oeuvre. 'A writer who can – and must – be rediscovered with every age.' — Irish Times
Author : Sandra Cisneros
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0385351348
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (853 download)
Download or read book A House of My Own written by Sandra Cisneros and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2015-10-06 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the PEN Center USA Literary Award for Creative Nonfiction From Chicago to Mexico, the places Sandra Cisneros has lived have provided inspiration for her now-classic works of fiction and poetry. But a house of her own, a place where she could truly take root, has eluded her. In this jigsaw autobiography, made up of essays and images spanning three decades-and including never-before-published work-Cisneros has come home at last. Written with her trademark lyricism, in these signature pieces the acclaimed author of The House on Mango Street and winner of the 2019 PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature shares her transformative memories and reveals her artistic and intellectual influences. Poignant, honest, and deeply moving, A House of My Own is an exuberant celebration of a life lived to the fullest, from one of our most beloved writers.
Author : Isyana Artharini
Publisher : Kepustakaan Populer Gramedia
ISBN 13 : 6024247575
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (242 download)
Download or read book I Am My Own Home written by Isyana Artharini and published by Kepustakaan Populer Gramedia. This book was released on 2017-12-18 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is it about male aloneness that makes it so desirable while female aloneness is seen as less so? What is it about male aloneness that is often seen as a heroic and poetic choice, while female aloneness is generally seen to have come from a lack of options? I am My Own Home is a documentation of what it means to be a 30-something Indonesian woman who lives alone, along with the contentment and loneliness that goes with it. Through wandering, literature, and pop culture, the essays collected here are a way to recreate the idea of 'building a home', a manifesto (of sort) of living life as one person. These stories, on flaws and trying too hard, on intensity and overthinking, and on unrequited love and unfiltered emotions, are also one woman’s way to make sense of her existence.
Author : Julia Spiro
Publisher : Lake Union Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781542022361
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (223 download)
Download or read book Someone Else's Secret written by Julia Spiro and published by Lake Union Publishing. This book was released on 2020-05-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's 2009. Lindsey and Georgie have high hopes for their summer on Martha's Vineyard. Ambitious college graduate Lindsey accepts a job as a nanny for an influential family who may help her land a position in Boston's exclusive art world. Georgie, the eldest child in that family, is nearly fifteen and eager to find herself, dreaming of independence and yearning for first love. Over the course of that summer, the two young women develop a close bond. Then, one night by the lighthouse, a shocking act occurs that ensnares them both in the throes of a terrible secret. Their budding friendship is shattered, and neither one can speak of what happened that night for ten long years. Until now. Lindsey and Georgie must confront the past after all this time. Their quest for justice will require costly sacrifices, but it also might give them the closure they need to move on. All they know for sure is that when the truth is revealed, their lives will be forever changed once again.
Author : Anu Partanen
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062316567
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (623 download)
Download or read book The Nordic Theory of Everything written by Anu Partanen and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2016-06-28 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Finnish journalist, now a naturalized American citizen, asks Americans to draw on elements of the Nordic way of life to nurture a fairer, happier, more secure, and less stressful society for themselves and their children Moving to America in 2008, Finnish journalist Anu Partanen quickly went from confident, successful professional to wary, self-doubting mess. She found that navigating the basics of everyday life—from buying a cell phone and filing taxes to education and childcare—was much more complicated and stressful than anything she encountered in her homeland. At first, she attributed her crippling anxiety to the difficulty of adapting to a freewheeling new culture. But as she got to know Americans better, she discovered they shared her deep apprehension. To understand why life is so different in the U.S. and Finland, Partanen began to look closely at both. In The Nordic Theory of Everything, Partanen compares and contrasts life in the United States with life in the Nordic region, focusing on four key relationships—parents and children, men and women, employees and employers, and government and citizens. She debunks criticism that Nordic countries are socialist “nanny states,” revealing instead that it is we Americans who are far more enmeshed in unhealthy dependencies than we realize. As Partanen explains step by step, the Nordic approach allows citizens to enjoy more individual freedom and independence than we do. Partanen wants to open Americans’ eyes to how much better things can be—to show her beloved new country what it can learn from her homeland to reinvigorate and fulfill the promise of the American dream—to provide the opportunity to live a healthy, safe, economically secure, upwardly mobile life for everyone. Offering insights, advice, and solutions, The Nordic Theory of Everything makes a convincing argument that we can rebuild our society, rekindle our optimism, and restore true freedom to our relationships and lives.
Author : David Sedaris
Publisher : Little, Brown
ISBN 13 : 0316125687
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (161 download)
Download or read book Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls written by David Sedaris and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2013-04-23 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guy walks into a bar car and... From here the story could take many turns. When this guy is David Sedaris, the possibilities are endless, but the result is always the same: he will both delight you with twists of humor and intelligence and leave you deeply moved. Sedaris remembers his father's dinnertime attire (shirtsleeves and underpants), his first colonoscopy (remarkably pleasant), and the time he considered buying the skeleton of a murdered Pygmy. With Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls, David Sedaris shows once again why his work has been called "hilarious, elegant, and surprisingly moving" (Washington Post).
Author : Emily Bernard
Publisher : Knopf
ISBN 13 : 0451493028
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (514 download)
Download or read book Black is the Body written by Emily Bernard and published by Knopf. This book was released on 2019 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A collection of essays on race"--Provided by publisher.
Author : Bernard Burke
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 454 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (17 download)
Download or read book Vicissitudes of Families, and Other Essays written by Bernard Burke and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First series, 5th edition.
Author : Anne Thackeray Ritchie
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3385520630
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (855 download)
Download or read book Toilers and Spinsters and Other Essays written by Anne Thackeray Ritchie and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-06-18 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1876.
Author : Rica Bolipata-Santos
Publisher : UP Press
ISBN 13 : 9715426344
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (154 download)
Download or read book Lost and Found and Other Essays written by Rica Bolipata-Santos and published by UP Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : D. H. Lawrence
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521358477
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (584 download)
Download or read book Reflections on the Death of a Porcupine and Other Essays written by D. H. Lawrence and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1988-01-29 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reflections on the Death of a Porcupine and Other Essays restores what Lawrence wrote.
Author : Michel de Montaigne
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 698 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Works: Comprising His Essays, Letters, and Journey Through Germany and Italy; with Notes, Notices, Etc written by Michel de Montaigne and published by . This book was released on 1849 with total page 698 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Michel de Montaigne
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 772 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Works of Michael de Montaigne, Comprising His Essays, Letters, and Journey Through Germany and Italy written by Michel de Montaigne and published by . This book was released on 1853 with total page 772 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1358 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book American Lumberman written by and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 1358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Michel de Montaigne
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 772 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (19 download)
Download or read book The Complete Works of Michael de Montaigne; Comprising; the Essays, Translated by Cotton; the Letters; the Journey Into Germany and Italy, Now First Translated; a Life by the Editor; Notes: ... Critical Opinions; ... the Éloges of MM. Jay and Villemain; a Bibliographical Notice of All the Editions and Copious Indexes; by W. Hazlitt written by Michel de Montaigne and published by . This book was released on 1842 with total page 772 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
