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Download or read book The Wind written by Dorothy Scarborough and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These copies were typewritten by the librarian of the Sweetwater Library, because no published copies were available. There was a demand for this title because of local ties.
Book Synopsis A Leaf In The Bitter Wind by : Ting-Xing Ye
Download or read book A Leaf In The Bitter Wind written by Ting-Xing Ye and published by Anchor Canada. This book was released on 1998-03-16 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the best ways to understand history is through eye-witness accounts. Ting-Xing Ye’s riveting first book, A Leaf in the Bitter Wind, is a memoir of growing up in Maoist China. It was an astonishing coming of age through the turbulent years of the Cultural Revolution (1966 - 1974). In the wave of revolutionary fervour, peasants neglected their crops, exacerbating the widespread hunger. While Ting-Xing was a young girl in Shanghai, her father’s rubber factory was expropriated by the state, and he was demoted to a labourer. A botched operation left him paralyzed from the waist down, and his health deteriorated rapidly since a capitalist’s well-being was not a priority. He died soon after, and then Ting-Xing watched her mother’s struggle with poverty end in stomach cancer. By the time she was thirteen, Ting-Xing Ye was an orphan, entrusted with her brothers and sisters to her Great-Aunt, and on welfare. Still, the Red Guards punished the children for being born into the capitalist class. Schools were being closed; suicide was rampant; factories were abandoned for ideology; distrust of friends and neighbours flourished. Ting-Xing was sent to work on a distant northern prison farm at sixteen, and survived six years of backbreaking labour and severe conditions. She was mentally tortured for weeks until she agreed to sign a false statement accusing friends of anti-state activities. Somehow finding the time to teach herself English, often by listening to the radio, she finally made it to Beijing University in 1974 as the Revolution was on the wane — though the acquisition of knowledge was still frowned upon as a bourgeois desire and study was discouraged. Readers have been stunned and moved by this simply narrated personal account of a 1984-style ideology-gone-mad, where any behaviour deemed to be bourgeois was persecuted with the ferocity and illogic of a witch trial, and where a change in politics could switch right to wrong in a moment. The story of both a nation and an individual, the book spans a heady 35 years of Ye’s life in China, until her eventual defection to Canada in 1987 — and the wonderful beginning of a romance with Canadian author William Bell. The book was published in 1997. The 1990s saw the publication of several memoirs by Chinese now settled in North America. Ye’s was not the first, yet earned a distinguished place as one of the most powerful, and the only such memoir written from Canada. It is the inspiring story of a woman refusing to “drift with the stream” and fighting her way through an impossible, unjust system. This compelling, heart-wrenching story has been published in Germany, Japan, the US, UK and Australia, where it went straight to #1 on the bestseller list and has been reprinted several times; Dutch, French and Turkish editions will appear in 2001.
Download or read book The Canadian Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Any Way the Wind Blows by : Rainbow Rowell
Download or read book Any Way the Wind Blows written by Rainbow Rowell and published by Wednesday Books. This book was released on 2021-07-06 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times bestselling author Rainbow Rowell's epic fantasy, the Simon Snow trilogy, concludes with Any Way the Wind Blows. In Carry On, Simon Snow and his friends realized that everything they thought they understood about the world might be wrong. And in Wayward Son, they wondered whether everything they understood about themselves might be wrong. Now, Simon and Baz and Penelope and Agatha must decide how to move forward. For Simon, that means choosing whether he still wants to be part of the World of Mages — and if he doesn't, what does that mean for his relationship with Baz? Meanwhile Baz is bouncing between two family crises and not finding any time to talk to anyone about his newfound vampire knowledge. Penelope would love to help, but she's smuggled an American Normal into London, and now she isn't sure what to do with him. And Agatha? Well, Agatha Wellbelove has had enough. Any Way the Wind Blows takes the gang back to England, back to Watford, and back to their families for their longest and most emotionally wrenching adventure yet. This book is a finale. It tells secrets and answers questions and lays ghosts to rest. The Simon Snow Trilogy was conceived as a book about Chosen One stories; Any Way the Wind Blows is an ending about endings—about catharsis and closure, and how we choose to move on from the traumas and triumphs that try to define us.
Book Synopsis A Little Bit of Fairies by : Elaine Clayton
Download or read book A Little Bit of Fairies written by Elaine Clayton and published by Union Square + ORM. This book was released on 2018-03-06 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn to interact with fairies and tap into their powerful magic with the help of this accessible guide. Many people today regard stories of fairies to be nothing more than the stuff of fantasy, folklore, and superstition. But for those who experience these otherworldly beings, fairies are a very real part of our existence. Whimsical and lyrical, this book explores what and who fairies may be. It’s sure to intrigue anyone who wants to acquaint themselves with the “wee folk.” Elaine Clayton takes a look at how we distinguish fairies from angels, how fairies came about, visions and dreaming of fairies, looking for fairy faces in rocks and nature, the co-existence of animals and fairies, and more.
Book Synopsis Good Night, Wind by : Linda Elovitz Marshall
Download or read book Good Night, Wind written by Linda Elovitz Marshall and published by Holiday House. This book was released on 2019-02-26 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the exhausted winter wind throws a snowy tantrum, it finds comfort in the friendship of two young children in this lyrical retelling of a Yiddish folktale illustrated with stunning collage. Winter Wind worked hard all season long blowing away leaves, preparing trees for coats of snow and ice. Now, Wind is tired and needs a place to rest. But no one wants to shelter so cold and blustery a Wind--not the townspeople, not the country innkeeper, not even the gnarled tree who is worried about frozen roots. Finally, Wind does what any of us do when we are overtired: Wind has a tantrum. And it is only with the help of two small children brave enough to weather the storm that Wind finally finds the perfect place to sleep. Based on a Yiddish folktale, the gentle language of this seasonal story is coupled with intricate cut-paper collage dioramas tell this sweet tale about empathy and friendship. The visuals in this book are striking for their vibrancy, palette, and movement. A perfect read for a cold, blustery day, or at bedtime with your own sleepy loved ones. A Bank Street Best Book of the Year
Download or read book The Trans-Pacific written by and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 836 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes Chinese and Japanese sections.
Download or read book Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 884 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Collected Poems of S. Weir Mitchell by : Silas Weir Mitchell
Download or read book The Collected Poems of S. Weir Mitchell written by Silas Weir Mitchell and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Firestorm and Other Pieces of Wind by : Christopher Dutton
Download or read book Firestorm and Other Pieces of Wind written by Christopher Dutton and published by Christopher Dutton Broken Walls Publishing. This book was released on with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Six fictional short stories of Algonquin Park FIRESTORM and other Pieces of the Wind is a collection of six fictional short stories which blend the human spirit and the natural soul of Algonquin park Firestorm...a mother and her daughter face heartbreak and death in a firestorm in Algonquin... Big Jim...a lonely man finds a place to belong at the Lake Opeongo Dock... Johnny Martin...the story of a man and a woman and a love which endures over much turmoil and two continents... Up and Down the Lake...a young girl struggles with the meanings of life and spirit on a camping trip... The Strange Case of William Gully...grumpy old hermits are not always what they seem to be... POW...a German escapee from the WWII Nipissing River POW logging camp finds adventure and , perhaps romance, as he paddles east...
Download or read book Blackwood's Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 882 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Historical Collections by : Michigan State Historical Society
Download or read book Historical Collections written by Michigan State Historical Society and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 766 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Heaven's Breath written by Lyall Watson and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2019-08-13 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “comprehensive and fascinating study” of how wind has shaped the world as we know it, affecting all aspects of human and natural life—from geography to political history, plant life to psychology, and biology to philosophy (The Observer) Wind is everywhere and nowhere. Wind is the circulatory system of the earth, and its nervous system, too. Energy and information flow through it. It brings warmth and water, enriches and strips away the soil, aerates the globe. Wind shapes the lives of animals, humans among them. Trade follows the path of the wind, as empire also does. Wind made the difference in wars between the Greeks and Persians, the Mongols and the Japanese. Wind helped to destroy the Spanish Armada. And wind is no less determining of our inner lives: the föhn, mistral, sirocco, Santa Ana, and other “ill winds” of the world are correlated with disease, suicide, and even murder. Heaven’s Breath is an encyclopedic and enchanting book that opens dazzling new perspectives on history, nature, and humanity.
Book Synopsis The Shadow of the Wind by : Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Download or read book The Shadow of the Wind written by Carlos Ruiz Zafon and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2005-01-25 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York Times bestseller “The Shadow of the Wind is ultimately a love letter to literature, intended for readers as passionate about storytelling as its young hero.” —Entertainment Weekly (Editor's Choice) “One gorgeous read.” —Stephen King Barcelona, 1945: A city slowly heals in the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War, and Daniel, an antiquarian book dealer’s son who mourns the loss of his mother, finds solace in a mysterious book entitled The Shadow of the Wind, by one Julián Carax. But when he sets out to find the author’s other works, he makes a shocking discovery: someone has been systematically destroying every copy of every book Carax has written. In fact, Daniel may have the last of Carax’s books in existence. Soon Daniel’s seemingly innocent quest opens a door into one of Barcelona’s darkest secrets--an epic story of murder, madness, and doomed love.
Download or read book The Veterinary Record written by and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 1306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Opportunity by : Andrew Wheatley Edson
Download or read book Opportunity written by Andrew Wheatley Edson and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Choice written by L.A. Smith and published by Lisa Smith. This book was released on 2022-10-29 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young man’s shadowed destiny leads him to the past... where he could change our world forever. Thomas McCadden is caught in a time not his own, swept away by forces he struggles to understand. HIs encounter with the diabolical Traveller, Wulfram, left Thomas Bound by Fey power to a slave boy. His tenuous acceptance in both the Seelie Court and King Oswy’s hall in Bebbanburg is being eroded by whispers and lies spread by Wulfram’s agents. Yet Thomas’ task remains: to stop Wulfram from twisting history to bring about the supremacy of the Fey. But time is running out, and his friends are falling away. The final chapter in The Traveller’s Path trilogy throws Thomas deeper into the world of 7th-century Northumbria and its dangerous clash of kings and cultures. And deeper into the shadowy world of the Fey, who think nothing of exploiting Thomas and his wilding Fey power for their own advantage. Thomas will lose all that he holds dear and history will be irrevocably altered unless he can thwart Wulfram’s scheme. The only option remaining is a wild gamble which reveals an impossible choice: save the world at a terrible cost or sweep away all that is good. The mist is rising, and evil is growing. The choice awaits.
