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La India, Or Island of the Disappeared

Author : Rosario Cruz Lucero
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789715426893
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (268 download)

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Download or read book La India, Or Island of the Disappeared written by Rosario Cruz Lucero and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Innocence, fear, and intrigue permeate this collection of interrelated stories, which span more than four hundred years, from the time of the fictional Datu Kalantiaw to the postmodern phenomenon of migrant labor. The result is a concatenation of tales, legends, official history, alternative histories, mythic and fairy-tale formulas, and all manner of discourse that the author could pull out of the cornucopia of texts that compose Philippines island life. "The stories are a wonderful weave of history and imagination, showing Rosario Cruz-Lucero's expertise with language and narrative structure. Wit, irony, and humor emanate from her style--a combination of magic realism and surrealism--which renders the reading of the stories a pleasurable experience. There is a pervading linkage between the stories, some invented "historical" relationship of characters and plot, through which a main central narrative emerges." --Dr. Cirilo F. Bautista, poet, fictionist, and professor emeritus of De La Salle University

The Routledge Handbook of Ecofeminism and Literature

Author : Douglas A. Vakoch
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 100063440X
Total Pages : 587 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book The Routledge Handbook of Ecofeminism and Literature written by Douglas A. Vakoch and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-09-19 with total page 587 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge Handbook of Ecofeminism and Literature explores the interplay between the domination of nature and the oppression of women, as well as liberatory alternatives, bringing together essays from leading academics in the field to facilitate cutting-edge critical readings of literature. Covering the main theoretical approaches and key literary genres of the area, this volume includes: • Examination of ecofeminism through the literatures of a diverse sampling of languages, including Hindi, Chinese, Arabic, and Spanish; native speakers of Tamil, Vietnamese, Turkish, Slovene, and Icelandic. • Analysis of core issues and topics, offering innovative approaches to interpreting literature, including: activism, animal studies, cultural studies, disability, gender essentialism, hegemonic masculinity, intersectionality, material ecocriticism, postcolonialism, posthumanism, postmodernism, race, and sentimental ecology. • Surveys key periods and genres of ecofeminism and literary criticism, including chapters on Gothic, Romantic, and Victorian literatures, children and young adult literature, mystery, and detective fictions, including interconnected genres of climate fiction, science fiction, and fantasy, and distinctive perspectives provided by travel writing, autobiography, and poetry. This collection explores how each of ecofeminism’s core concerns can foster a more emancipatory literary theory and criticism, now and in the future. This comprehensive volume will be of great interest to scholars and students of literature, ecofeminism, ecocriticism, gender studies, and the environmental humanities.

Manila Noir

Author : Jessica Hagedorn
Publisher : Akashic Books
ISBN 13 : 1617751766
Total Pages : 181 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (177 download)

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Download or read book Manila Noir written by Jessica Hagedorn and published by Akashic Books. This book was released on 2013-06-11 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Travel, history, and a little bit of lore . . . Transports you to the Philippines and is filled with riveting and sometimes dark stories of the capital city.” —Glamour For the perfect definition of noir, look no further than Manila. The city itself is like a femme fatale: sexy, complicated, and betrayed. From its fraught colonial history to its present-day incarnation of a teeming metropolis, it is a city of extremes: posh hotels and slums, religious zeal and superstitions, corrupt cops and heroic citizens. Capturing the essence of Manila, one of the wildest cities on the planet, this collection of noir includes stories by Lourd de Veyra, Gina Apostol, Budjette Tan and Kajo Baldisimo, F.H. Batacan, Jose Dalisay, Eric Gamalinda, Jessica Hagedorn, Angelo R. Lacuesta, R. Zamora Linmark, Rosario Cruz-Lucero, Sabina Murray, Jonas Vitman, Marianne Villanueva, and Lysley Tenorio. “Manila practically defines [noir], as shown by the 14 selections in this excellent anthology . . . The Filipino take on noir includes a liberal dose of the gothic and supernatural, with disappearance and loss being constants.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review “Suffice it to say that what the Noir series in general, and Manila Noir in particular, does so well is to create a 360-degree mosaic of a place . . . By including so many perspectives, from so many walks of life, Manila Noir makes Manila seem as vibrant, and dangerous, and exciting, and confounding as it really felt to live there.” —Lit Wrap “A collection of stories like Akashic’s forthcoming Manila Noir is enough to set a crime-fiction addict’s mouth watering.” —The New York Observer

Sea Turtles

Author : James R. Spotila
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 0801880076
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Sea Turtles written by James R. Spotila and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2004-11-12 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marine biologist James R. Spotila has spent much of his life unraveling the mysteries of these graceful creatures and working to ensure their survival. In "Sea Turtles," he offers a comprehensive and compelling account of their history and life cycle based on the most recent scientific data and suggests what we can be done to save them. Illustrated with stunning, full-color photographs. 0-808-8007-6$24.95 / Johns Hopkins University Press

Notices of Mariners. ...

Author : U.S.A. Navy Department. Bureau of Equipment. Hydrographic Office
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 3106 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (57 download)

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Download or read book Notices of Mariners. ... written by U.S.A. Navy Department. Bureau of Equipment. Hydrographic Office and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 3106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Disappeared

Author : Gloria Whelan
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780803732759
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (327 download)

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Download or read book The Disappeared written by Gloria Whelan and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Silvia tries to save her brother, Eduardo, after he is captured by the military government in 1970s Argentina.

How We Disappeared

Author : Jing-Jing Lee
Publisher : Harlequin
ISBN 13 : 1488051305
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book How We Disappeared written by Jing-Jing Lee and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2019-05-07 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A twenty-first–century twelve-year-old seeks the truth behind his grandmother’s trauma in this moving novel of family, love, memory, and the toll of war. Singapore, 1942. As Japanese troops sweep down Malaysia and into Singapore, a village is ransacked, leaving only two survivors and one tiny child. In a neighboring village, seventeen-year-old Wang Di is strapped into the back of a troop carrier and shipped off to a Japanese military brothel where she is forced into sexual slavery as a “comfort woman.” After sixty years of silence, what she saw and experienced still haunts her. In the year 2000, twelve-year-old Kevin is sitting beside his ailing grandmother when he overhears a mumbled confession. He sets out to discover the truth, wherever it might lead, setting in motion a chain of events he never could have foreseen. Weaving together two timelines and two very big secrets, this stunning debut opens a window on a little-known period of history, revealing the strength and bravery shown by numerous women in the face of terrible cruelty. Drawing in part on her family’s experiences, Jing-Jing Lee has crafted a profoundly moving, unforgettable novel about human resilience, the bonds of family and the courage it takes to confront the past. Perfect for fans of Pachinko and We Were the Lucky Ones. Praise for How We Disappeared A Library Journal Emerging Stars Pick “This is a brilliant, heart-breaking story with an unforgettable image of how women were silenced and disappeared by both war and culture.” —Xinran, author of The Good Women of China “An exquisite mystery, an enthralling novel. Equally touching and intriguing.” —Eoin Dempsey, author of White Rose, Black Forest “A beautifully written, suspenseful story of redemption and healing.” —Booklist, starred review “A . . . story about memory, trauma and ultimately love, How We Disappeared explores the impact of the Japanese invasion of Singapore on the local people, in particular on the hellishly misnamed “Comfort Women.”“ —New York Times

Island of the Blue Dolphins

Author : Scott O'Dell
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0395069629
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (95 download)

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Download or read book Island of the Blue Dolphins written by Scott O'Dell and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1960 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Far off the coast of California looms a harsh rock known as the island of San Nicholas. Dolphins flash in the blue waters around it, sea otter play in the vast kep beds, and sea elephants loll on the stony beaches. Here, in the early 1800s, according to history, an Indian girl spent eighteen years alone, and this beautifully written novel is her story. It is a romantic adventure filled with drama and heartache, for not only was mere subsistence on so desolate a spot a near miracle, but Karana had to contend with the ferocious pack of wild dogs that had killed her younger brother, constantly guard against the Aleutian sea otter hunters, and maintain a precarious food supply. More than this, it is an adventure of the spirit that will haunt the reader long after the book has been put down. Karana's quiet courage, her Indian self-reliance and acceptance of fate, transform what to many would have been a devastating ordeal into an uplifting experience. From loneliness and terror come strength and serenity in this Newbery Medal-winning classic.

Their Destiny in Natal - The Story of a Colonial Family of the Indian Ocean

Author : Georges Védie
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1326400576
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (264 download)

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Download or read book Their Destiny in Natal - The Story of a Colonial Family of the Indian Ocean written by Georges Védie and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1877 Hippolyte and Pauline Lavoipierre arrived at the British Colony of Natal in South Africa. With limited capital and some experience gained in Mauritius Hippolyte set about establishing himself as a sugar planter in the Inanda District, then the developing agricultural heart of the colony. They also came burdened with a number of family secrets. This book examines the couple's complex Franco-Mauritian backgrounds from their origins in France, their grandfathers and fathers experiences in the various colonies of India, Mauritius and the Seychelles and their own struggle to make a success of their lives in Natal. It examines the roles of trade, slavery and indentured labour in their ventures and in the development of 19th century Mauritius and Natal. The surprising disregard of conventions in conservative colonial societies, the financial risks of plantation agriculture and the hidden issue of miscegenation come to light through the experiences of a particular family.

Indian Ocean Islands

Author : Christian Bouchard
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 135101997X
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Indian Ocean Islands written by Christian Bouchard and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-12-07 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Islands are intrinsic parts of the Indian Ocean Region’s physical geography and human landscape. Historically, many have played substantial roles in the regional cultural and economic networks, as well as in the regional political developments. Today, at least three issues bring these islands back to the forefront of the regional and global affairs, namely geopolitics and strategic matters, environmental conditions and challenges, as well as ocean affairs. However, there has not been yet a lot of research and publications on this phenomenon of islands’ growing significance in the specific context of the Indian Ocean Region. This book provides a rare attempt to cover various issues related to geopolitics, international relations, history, security, anthropology and ocean/environment of Indian Ocean islands and their societies. More specifically, it provides case studies on Sri Lanka (foreign policy), Cocos and Christmas Islands (geo-strategy), Chagos Archipelago (history), Mauritius (‘Indo-Mauritians’), Mauritius and Seychelles (maritime security), European Union and the Indian Ocean Islands (international relations), and Sundarban islands (environment and society). The chapters were originally published in a special issue of the Journal of the Indian Ocean Region.

Bright Sign, Bright Age

Author : J. Neil C. Garcia
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Bright Sign, Bright Age written by J. Neil C. Garcia and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The New International Encyclop©Œdia

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 914 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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New International Encyclopedia

Author :
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 934 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book New International Encyclopedia written by and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 934 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The New International Encyclopædia

Author : Frank Moore Colby
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1846 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)

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Download or read book The New International Encyclopædia written by Frank Moore Colby and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 1846 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The New International Encyclopaedia

Author : Frank Moore Colby
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 912 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The New International Encyclopaedia written by Frank Moore Colby and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 912 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Sovereign Emergencies

Author : Patrick William Kelly
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107163242
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book Sovereign Emergencies written by Patrick William Kelly and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-05-10 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shows how Latin America was the crucible of the global human rights revolution of the 1970s.

The Island of Missing Trees

Author : Elif Shafak
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1635578604
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (355 download)

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Download or read book The Island of Missing Trees written by Elif Shafak and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2021-11-02 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK Winner of the 2022 BookTube Silver Medal in Fiction * Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction "A wise novel of love and grief, roots and branches, displacement and home, faith and belief. Balm for our bruised times." -David Mitchell, author of Utopia Avenue A rich, magical new novel on belonging and identity, love and trauma, nature and renewal, from the Booker-shortlisted author of 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World. Two teenagers, a Greek Cypriot and a Turkish Cypriot, meet at a taverna on the island they both call home. In the taverna, hidden beneath garlands of garlic, chili peppers and creeping honeysuckle, Kostas and Defne grow in their forbidden love for each other. A fig tree stretches through a cavity in the roof, and this tree bears witness to their hushed, happy meetings and eventually, to their silent, surreptitious departures. The tree is there when war breaks out, when the capital is reduced to ashes and rubble, and when the teenagers vanish. Decades later, Kostas returns. He is a botanist looking for native species, but really, he's searching for lost love. Years later a Ficus carica grows in the back garden of a house in London where Ada Kazantzakis lives. This tree is her only connection to an island she has never visited--- her only connection to her family's troubled history and her complex identity as she seeks to untangle years of secrets to find her place in the world. A moving, beautifully written, and delicately constructed story of love, division, transcendence, history, and eco-consciousness, The Island of Missing Trees is Elif Shafak's best work yet.