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Laurinda

Author : Alice Pung
Publisher : Black Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1922231584
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (222 download)

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Download or read book Laurinda written by Alice Pung and published by Black Inc.. This book was released on 2014-10-31 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When my dad dropped us off at the front gate, the first things I saw were the rose garden spreading out on either side of the main driveway and the enormous sign in iron cursive letters spelling out LAURINDA. No “Ladies College” after it, of course; the name was meant to speak for itself. Laurinda is an exclusive school for girls. At its secret core is the Cabinet, a trio of girls who wield power over their classmates - and some of their teachers. Entering this world of wealth and secrets is Lucy Lam, a scholarship girl with sharp eyes and a shaky sense of self. As she watches the Cabinet at work, and is courted by them, Lucy finds herself in a battle for her identity and integrity. Funny, feisty and moving, Laurinda explores Lucy’s struggle to stay true to herself as she finds her way in a new world of privilege and opportunity. Winner of the Ethel Turner Prize for Young People's Literature: 2016 NSW Premier's Literary Awards Shortlisted in the 2015 Indie Awards, 2015 Inky Awards, 2015 Australian Book Industry Awards, 2016 Barbara Jefferis Award, and the 2017 Young Australians Best Book Awards (YABBA). Longlisted for the 2015 Stella Prize. Notable Book of the Year for Older Readers, Children's Book Council of Australia 2015 ‘Biting yet compassionate’ —Books of the Year, Australian Book Review ‘Alice Pung totally nails it with Laurinda. Funny, horrifying, and sharp as a serpent’s fangs.’ —John Marsden ‘Pung continues to impress with her nuanced storytelling; Laurinda will surely resonate with anyone who remembers the cliquey, hierarchical nature of the playground.’ —Sunday Age ‘A candid and powerful exploration of family, culture and class ... it is those of us who take our fortune and privilege for granted that I wish would read this powerful book.’ —Readings Monthly ‘In her debut novel [Pung] successfully dramatizes the high stakes when an impoverished Chinese girl is parachuted into the private system ... Pung’s forceful writing reveals the diverse and often difficult lives of her immigrant compatriots too often hidden away from us by masks of discretion.’ —The Age ‘Based loosely on Pung’s own experiences, the book has an unmissable ring of truth to it, making it all the more compelling and horrifying.’ —Sydney Morning Herald “Schoolgirl Lucy Lam was one of this year’s best characters – smart, hardworking and brave. Pung tackles big issues with a light touch.’ —Herald Sun

Laurinda

Author : Alice Pung
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781525226083
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (26 download)

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Download or read book Laurinda written by Alice Pung and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Reversible Color Crochet

Author : Laurinda Reddig
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1620335255
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book Reversible Color Crochet written by Laurinda Reddig and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-07-07 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Create completely reversible colorwork afghans and more! Innovative crocheter Laurinda Reddig created a unique and award-winning form of crochet that produces clear images that look exactly the same on both sides. Learn about this new method along with 28 reversible squares suitable for afghans or other items, make one of the 10 projects that use them, or find inspiration to design your own! Laurinda explains the basics of her technique and how to work with multiple colors at the same time. She demonstrates how to create graphic colorwork squares that range from simple geometric angles and shapes to a variety of picture squares including quilt-inspired blocks, flowers, the sun & moon, robots, aliens, and other fun projects for children. Create all 10 afghan projects complete with directions for joining, edging, and any additional stitch patterns used. Open your eyes to a whole new crochet technique--you won't want to miss it!

Undercover

Author : Laurinda D. Brown
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439100055
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book Undercover written by Laurinda D. Brown and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-05-11 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of Fire & Brimstone continues with the introduction of Nathaniel, a seemingly happily married man and brother-in-law to Chris, but he’s struggling to keep up this performance of happiness while he falls back into an entirely different performance—as a drag queen. In Fire & Brimstone, Laurinda D. Brown began the turbulent love story of two women struggling with finding comfort in each other and in themselves while teetering on the verge of self-destruction. Chris Desmereaux and Gayle Evans: Two women, two mothers, two lovers testing the boundaries of 21st century morality, torn between different ideas of right and wrong. Now in Undercover, the author expands the story, introducing Nathaniel, the monogamous lover of Patrick, a high roller at the Memphis nightclub where Nathaniel transforms himself into a female diva before a standing-room-only crowd until Patrick breaks his heart. Devastated by his lover's rejection, Nathaniel leaves his flamboyant former life behind and reinvents himself yet again. This time it's Nathaniel, the committed family man—a loving husband to his wife, devoted father to his three children, and brother-in-law to Chris. Patrick is a distant, still-seductive memory, until financial woes force Nathaniel to return to his old fast-money way of life. This fateful decision culminates in exposure—and Nathaniel's subsequent downward spiral. Domestic crises abound as Nathaniel struggles with painful issues surrounding his sexual identity, and he must face the ultimate truth about himself in a harrowing climax. Undercover is a powerhouse novel by a gifted storyteller.

Perilous Chastity

Author : Laurinda S. Dixon
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501735764
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Perilous Chastity written by Laurinda S. Dixon and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2019-01-24 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bearing such titles as The Doctor's Visit or The Lovesick Maiden, certain seventeenth-century Dutch paintings are familiar to museum browsers: an attractive young woman—well dressed, but pale and listless—reclines in a chair, languishes in bed, or falls to the floor in a faint. Weathered crones or impish boys leer suggestively in the background. These paintings traditionally have been viewed as commentary on quack doctors or unmarried pregnant women. The first book to examine images of women and illness in the light of medical history, Perilous Chastity reveals a surprising new interpretation. In an engaging analysis enhanced by abundant illustrations-including eight pages of color plates—Laurinda S. Dixon shows how paintings reflect changing medical theories concerning women. While she illuminates a tradition stretching from antiquity to the present, she concentrates on art from the thirteenth through the eighteenth centuries, and particularly on paintings from seventeenth-century Leiden. Dixon suggests how the assumptions of a predominantly male medical establishment have influenced prevailing notions of women's social place. She traces the evolution of the belief that women's illnesses were caused by "hysteria," so named in ancient Greece after the notion that the uterus had a tendency to wander in the body. All women were considered prone to hysteria-strong emotions, idleness, intellectual activity, or unladylike pursuits could cause it—but it was most commonly diagnosed among celibates. Analyzing paintings of women's sickrooms by Jan Steen, Dirck Hals, Gabriel Metsu, Jacob Ochtervelt, Godfried Schalcken, Samuel van Hoogstraten, and Franz van Mieris, Dixon perceives metaphoric identifications of the womb as the source of illness. She also documents changing fashions in cures for hysteria and discusses allusions to the debilitating effects of women's passions not only in paintings, but also in madrigals by John Dowland and Henry Purcell. In conclusion, Dixon argues that her study has strong ramifications of attitudes towards women and illness today. She takes up images in twentieth-century culture as well and calls attention to a resurgence of female "hysteria" after World War II.

Lucy and Linh

Author : Alice Pung
Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 039955050X
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (995 download)

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Download or read book Lucy and Linh written by Alice Pung and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2016-09-06 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From an author Amy Tan calls “a gem,” this is a witty, highly acclaimed novel that’s “part Mean Girls, part Lord of the Flies” (The Bulletin, Starred review) about navigating life in private school while remaining true to yourself. Lucy is a bit of a pushover, but she’s ambitious and smart, and she has just received the opportunity of a lifetime: a scholarship to a prestigious school, and a ticket out of her broken-down suburb. Though she’s worried she will stick out like badly cut bangs among the razor-straight students, she is soon welcomed into the Cabinet, the supremely popular trio who wield influence over classmates and teachers alike. Linh is blunt, strong-willed, and fearless—everything Lucy once loved about herself. She is also Lucy’s last solid link to her life before private school, but she is growing tired of being eclipsed by the glamour of the Cabinet. As Lucy floats further away from the world she once knew, her connection to Linh—and to her old life—threatens to snap. Sharp and honest, Alice Pung’s novel examines what it means to grow into the person you want to be without leaving yourself behind. An NPR Best Book of the Year A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year A YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults selection A Texas Tayhas Reading List Selection A Bank Street College of Education and Children’s Book Committee Best Children’s Books of the Year with Distinguished Outstanding Merit "A bracing, enthralling gut-punch and an essential read for teens, teachers, and parents alike." —Kirkus Reviews, Starred review "This daring work with an authentic protagonist teaches important lessons about being yourself while navigating through life."—School Library Journal, Starred review "Lucy’s struggle to find her place and sense of self will have a wide appeal for teen readers and is a welcome addition to the prep-school canon."—Booklist, Starred review "Lyrical, enchanting prose from a narrator with perception so acute she cannot help but share it immerses readers into the very heart of every scene. This is highly recommended for classrooms and libraries [and] a superb choice for book discussion groups and world young adult literature survey courses."--VOYA, Starred review "Part Mean Girls, part Lord of the Flies, and part Special Topics in Calamity Physics, this well-observed and unsentimental novel taps into what is primal within privileged adolescent girls."—The Bulletin, Starred review "Lucy’s narration pulls readers alongside her uncertain navigation of two worlds, and we can’t help but cheer in solidarity as Lucy recognizes assimilation masquerading as inclusion, refuses to back down, and instead embraces who she is."—Horn Book Magazine "In a novel filled with strong visual images, Pung draws a sharp contrast between authenticity and deception, integrity and manipulation. Against the vividly painted backdrops of two very different communities, she traces Lucy’s struggle to form a new identity without compromising the values she holds closest to her heart."—Publishers Weekly

Geo Bio Miami

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789461400697
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Geo Bio Miami written by and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based in Miami, Laurinda Spear is an architect, landscape architect, and co-founder of ArquitectonicaGEO, through which she explores sustainable design principles in landscape architecture, master planning, and urban design. 'GEO BIO MIAMI' presents an overview of the various issues and topics addressed by her practice - green infrastructure, climate change, storm water management, etc. - and explores the value that landscape architecture brings to a project. Designed by Irma Boom, the book takes shape as a dense collage of projects, sketches, bright colours, and insightful analyses, and also includes an introduction by landscape architect Charles Birnbaum.

Black Ink Heart

Author : Laurinda Lawrence
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780648082019
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (82 download)

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Download or read book Black Ink Heart written by Laurinda Lawrence and published by . This book was released on 2021-07 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He has something that belongs to her, something he can't give back?Nakita Faulkner may be straight-laced, but she's never one to back down from a bet with her twin brother. That's how she finds herself reluctantly getting her first tattoo. Her attraction to her sexy tattooist makes the whole situation even more awkward. Still, there's no way she'd ever have anything to do with someone like him-she has a plan for her life and she's sticking with it.Lennox Conrad-Nox-a tattooist with a troubled past is trying to get his life back on track. When Nakita walks into his parlour, Nox is more than a little intrigued by the uptight redhead, determined to get a tattoo she clearly doesn't want. As drawn as he is to her, bookish innocents really aren't his type. Besides, there are circumstances beyond his control and time is running out.One night Nakita's world is turned upside down. A strange twist of fate throws her back into the path of Nox. She discovers something about him that compels her to make an unusual proposition-a proposition he cannot refuse.Will the very thing that draws them together, tear them apart?Black Ink Heart is a captivating and powerful love story about choosing when to hold on and when to let go. If you like raw emotion, sensual romance and compelling characters, then you'll adore this much-loved standalone romance.

A Cat Named Chicken

Author :
Publisher : KoorinGal Publications
ISBN 13 : 0980740029
Total Pages : 15 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (87 download)

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Download or read book A Cat Named Chicken written by and published by KoorinGal Publications. This book was released on 2010 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Political and Social Dynamics of Poverty, Poor Relief and Health Care in Early-Modern Portugal

Author : Laurinda Abreu
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 131702088X
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book The Political and Social Dynamics of Poverty, Poor Relief and Health Care in Early-Modern Portugal written by Laurinda Abreu and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-02 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the end of the fifteenth century most European counties had witnessed a profound reformation of their poor relief and health care policies. As this book demonstrates, Portugal was among them and actively participated in such reforms. Providing the first English language monograph on this this topic, Laurinda Abreu examines the Portuguese experience and places it within the broader European context. She shows that, in line with much that was happening throughout the rest of Europe, Portugal had not only set up a systematic reform of the hospitals but had also developed new formal arrangements for charitable and welfare provision that responded to the changing socioeconomic framework, the nature of poverty and the concerns of political powers. The defining element of the Portuguese experience was the dominant role played by a new lay confraternity, the confraternity of the Misericórdia, created under the auspices of King D. Manuel I in 1498. By the time of the king's death in 1521 there were more than 70 Misericórdias in Portugal and its empire, and by 1640, more than 300. All of them were run according to a unified set of rules and principles with identical social objectives. Based upon a wealth of primary source documentations, this book reveals how the sixteenth-century Portuguese crown succeeded in implementing a national poor relief and health care structure, with the support of the Papacy and local elites, and funded principally though pious donations. This process strengthened the authority of the royal government at a time which coincided with the emergence of the early modern state. In so doing, the book establishes poor relief and public health alongside military, diplomatic and administrative authorities, as the pillars of centralization of royal power.

Benessere Well-Being

Author : Laurinda Erasmus
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780473166335
Total Pages : 475 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (663 download)

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Download or read book Benessere Well-Being written by Laurinda Erasmus and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 475 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BENESSERE WELL-BEING: VEGAN AND SUGAR-FREE EATING FOR A HEALTHY LIFE-STYLE contains over 520 recipes, each with a full colour photograph. This recipe book covers all possible meals, with sub-sections, starting with breakfasts, spreads, lunches, soups, dinners, tofu and tempeh recipes, one pot meals, home-made pasta, savoury baking, sweet baking, desserts, snacks and drinks. The recipes were all constructed from scratch, with a few well-known favourites that have been modified using meat and dairy substitutions. Although the recipes cover all the various cooking and preparation methods, as well as the cooking styles from a large range of ethnic influences, the dishes are easy to prepare as daily meals for one's family. Suggestions are given for substituting ingredients to make the best of what is in season and to suit the average pantry. The book was produced in New Zealand, and all the ingredients are locally sourced from supermarkets, with a few special ingredients available from organic shops. Baking and making desserts without eggs, dairy or sugar is made easy with additional hints for interchanging ingredients. The sweet baking and dessert sections have extensive nutritional tables (covering Calories, Total fat, Saturated fat, Sodium, Potassium, Total carbs, Sugars, Fibre, Protein, Calcium and Iron). The glossary explains unusual and foreign ingredients and how they are made. The index is ingredients-based, making it very easy for anyone to look up a range of recipes, cooking techniques and finding the gluten-free recipes. Most of the recipes have cross-references to other recipes, preparation methods or accompanying meal and sauce suggestions.

Walk Like a Man

Author : Laurinda D. Brown
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780977624782
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (247 download)

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Download or read book Walk Like a Man written by Laurinda D. Brown and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A steamy lesbian anthology in which adventurous women lose their inhibitions - and find a whole lot of satisfaction! Laurinda Brown's characters explore every aspect of black lesbian life - first times, illicit trysts, cheating hearts and long-time love. Sexy, witty and hotter than hot.

Twenty-first-century Perspectives on Nineteenth-century Art

Author : Petra ten-Doesschate Chu
Publisher : Associated University Presse
ISBN 13 : 0874130115
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (741 download)

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Download or read book Twenty-first-century Perspectives on Nineteenth-century Art written by Petra ten-Doesschate Chu and published by Associated University Presse. This book was released on 2008 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book presents an interdisciplinary and inclusive view of nineteenth-century art, observed from the vantage point of the new twenty-first century. The areas of expertise represented by the thirty essays herein span the full range of nineteenth-century studies, and include discussions of such artistic styles as realism, impressionism, romanticism, and art nouveau, as well as early twentieth-century movements that owe their formative influence to the nineteenth century. Topics span the historical gamut from revivalism to the roots of modernism, considering along the way such themes as the depiction of women, Orientalism, art criticism, evolutionary theory, political propaganda, history painting, landscape, and national identity. Aspects of art display, public monuments, and international exhibitions shed light on the roles of government and individuals in the dissemination of artistic styles and subject matter. Unique in this collection is an emphasis on the marketing of art, both in America and abroad, which considers the important financial and commercial issues that continue to influence viewers' beliefs and perceptions. Most important, this book demonstrates that the rich field of nineteenth-century studies continues to inspire discovery and creativity."--Publisher description.

Unpolished Gem

Author : Alice Pung
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1440662053
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (46 download)

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Download or read book Unpolished Gem written by Alice Pung and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-01-27 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Poignant, provocative, sometimes laugh-out-loud funny, Pung’s rollicking tale of two worlds is not to be missed.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review) After Alice Pung’s family fled to Australia from the killing fields of Cambodia, her father chose Alice as her name because he thought their new country was a Wonderland. In this lyrical, bittersweet debut memoir—already an award-winning bestseller when it was published in Australia—Alice grows up straddling two worlds, East and West, her insular family and the Australia outside. With wisdom beyond her years and a keen eye for comedy in everyday life, she writes of the trials of assimilation and cultural misunderstanding, and of the tender but fraught relationships between three generations of women trying to live the Australian dream without losing themselves. Unpolished Gem is a moving, vivid journey about identity and the ultimate search for acceptance and healing, delivered by a writer possessed of rare empathy, penetrating insight, and undeniable narrative gifts.

Storytelling: Global Reflections on Narrative

Author : Tracy Ann Hayes
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004396403
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book Storytelling: Global Reflections on Narrative written by Tracy Ann Hayes and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2019-05-15 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on storytelling and human life by exploring the possibilities of narrative approaches across numerous disciplines and in diverse contexts; stories are humanity’s oldest way of making meaning of our past, present and future.

Bosch

Author : Laurinda Dixon
Publisher : Phaidon
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Bosch written by Laurinda Dixon and published by Phaidon. This book was released on 2003 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Art & Ideas series offers introductory books on all aspects of the history of art. Written by an outstanding expert in the field, this volume explores the life and times of Hieronymus Bosch, one of the major artists of the Northern Renaissance. 200 illustrations, 180 in full color.

Her Father's Daughter

Author : June Tate
Publisher : Severn House
ISBN 13 : 9781847514516
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (145 download)

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Download or read book Her Father's Daughter written by June Tate and published by Severn House. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inheriting her late father's exclusive club in 1945, Wren plans on avoiding its illicit former activities of prostitution and illegal gambling in spite of her mother's concerns that Wren is more like her father than she realizes.