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Download or read book Mama's Shawl written by Idil Ismail and published by IDIL Ismail. This book was released on 2021-03-15 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mama's Shawl is a children's picture book featuring a little black boy from Somalia named Guled. Guled loves playing with his his mom and sister using his imagination. Read all about the fun they have together playing with his mother's shawl! A terrific bedtime story for children aged 1 to 8.
Book Synopsis Russian Peasant Letters by : Olga Tsuneko Yokoyama
Download or read book Russian Peasant Letters written by Olga Tsuneko Yokoyama and published by Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. This book was released on 2010 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Around 1880, two teenagers left their village on the Kama river, 1000 km east of Moscow. Their father wanted them to earn cash in Siberia and send it home. The result: scores of letters over a period of 16 years (1881-1896). The parents, two brothers and a sister reported on harvests and family finances, on marriages, births, and deaths, asked for money, offered religious instruction and moral advice, described their daily lives, and shared their worries about their alcoholic father and their desire to see the world and succeed in it. Meanwhile, the family's activity steadily expanded, as their side business grew from a single leaky rowboat to a fleet of steamships. These unique letters, preserved in a Siberian archive, appear here in English translation for the first time. The accompanying detailed commentaries, based on meticulous archival research, recreate these peasants' social, cultural, and economic milieu. The family's letters thus document the complex changes that led to upward mobility in an era that saw the rapid growth of capitalism and urbanization during late imperial Russia. Facsimiles and photographs are included.
Download or read book Rebecca written by Charlotte Lewis and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2007-06-30 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A letter received in the fall of 1850 prompts Rebecca Harrigan’s family to join a wagon train and head for the Oregon Territory in the spring of 1851. One hundred seventy-five days later, the Harrigans reach Oregon City, the capitol of the Oregon Territory. This tale relates the Harrigan’s first two years of living in the Oregon Territory. After the free land that lured them west is staked and claims filed, the work begins. Building a house, privy, barn and other outbuildings is priority. Winter will soon be upon them and shelter is needed for the family and its animals. A cooperative effort is established of neighbors so everyone is sheltered by the first snowfall. Rebecca soon learns how to keep house as well as help her father in the fields. She is ‘growing up’ and is not sure she likes the new responsibilities. There is much laughter and joy, as well as pain and sorrow, in the Oregon Territory.
Download or read book St. Nicholas written by and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book St. Nicholas written by Mary Mapes Dodge and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 716 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Broken Promises by : Anita Perez Ferguson
Download or read book Broken Promises written by Anita Perez Ferguson and published by Bublish, Inc.. This book was released on 2023-01-30 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2022 SFWC YA Fiction Writing Contest Winner "The tightly wound plot flows effortlessly from one moment to the next.... readers will find themselves inspired by the future Sparrow creates for herself and those around her." — Kirkus Reviews "Young Sparrow's dilemma had me wondering how she was going to make her way through such a tension-filled situation. I could almost see her growing up, finding unexpected allies, and using her mama's native skills as she faced the political firestorm of the 1840s in California." —Stephanie Foster, author of Take Action: Fighting for Women & Girls In 1844, fifteen-year-old Sparrow fears what dilemmas her grown-up life will encounter. Sparrow's mother is from the Chumash nation whose territory borders the Pacific. Her father is an American trapper and trader sent by his government to explore the rich California land owned by Mexico. Sparrow's difficulties are compounded when she learns her father also has an American wife and daughter. Then, she overhears him making plans to overthrow the Mexican Governor of Alta California and acquire the Mexican lands for the United States. Sparrow's tribal family and indigenous customs are threatened. She must decide if she will keep her father's secret and lose her homeland, or warn her mother and the Mexican authorities but suffer the loss of her father's love.
Book Synopsis Clare by : Susan Lynn Peterson, Ph. D.
Download or read book Clare written by Susan Lynn Peterson, Ph. D. and published by Alcuin House Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clare Keane is fourteen years old when her mother dies of pneumonia in the tenement room they share in turn-of-the-century Cork, Ireland. Left with two younger brothers, her closest family thousands of miles away in St. Paul, Minnesota, Clare begins a dangerous journey that takes her from Cork through the port of Queenstown to Ellis Island, New York, and finally St. Paul. Rich in historical detail, Clare allows the reader to live the sights, sounds, and smells of a 1906 journey of immigration.
Download or read book The Midland written by and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Mama’s Teardrops from Heaven by : Marie Louise Sisak
Download or read book Mama’s Teardrops from Heaven written by Marie Louise Sisak and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-12-18 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The content of my book is based on my belief in God and my life story in depth. This book will be a learning experience and very entertaining as well. As we go through the pages of my life, you see how sexual, mental and physical abuse as a child led me to mental breakdown, alcoholism, drug addiction and prostitution I will show you how important a strong family foundation is needed in the home as a child. Even though as a child the abuse was intensive and consistent, I still had hopes and dreams like other kids with a heart of gold. At 13 years old, l left home. I learn how to survive off of fruit trees as I felt safe sleeping under a house. You will see after I was made a ward of the court how cruel society can be. You will learn why I was placed in a mental institution at the age 14. As I go through my teenage pregnancy and give birth to baby girl, you will hold my hand. As my story unfolds you will smile with me and say "a job well done!"
Download or read book Bingo's Run written by James A. Levine and published by Random House. This book was released on 2014-01-07 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For fans of Dave Eggers, Teju Cole, and James McBride, comes this extraordinary novel of morality and the redemptive powers of art that offers a glimpse into an African underworld rarely described in fiction. Meet Bingo, the greatest drug runner in the slums of Kibera, Nairobi, and maybe the world. A teenage grifter, often mistaken for a younger boy, he faithfully serves Wolf, the drug lord of Kibera. Bingo spends his days throwing rocks at Krazi Hari, the prophet of Kibera’s garbage mound, “lipping” safari tourists of their cash, and hanging out with his best friend, Slo-George, a taciturn fellow whose girth is a mystery to Bingo in a place where there is never enough food. Bingo earns his keep by running “white” to a host of clients, including Thomas Hunsa, a reclusive artist whose paintings, rooted in African tradition, move him. But when Bingo witnesses a drug-related murder and Wolf sends him to an orphanage for “protection,” Bingo’s life changes and he learns that life itself is the “run.” A modern trickster tale that draws on African folklore, Bingo’s Run is a wildly original, often very funny, and always moving story of a boy alone in a corrupt and dangerous world who must depend on his wits and inner resources to survive. ONE OF LIBRARY JOURNAL’S OUTSTANDING NEW VOICES TO CONSIDER “Bingo’s voice guides us; by turns he is aggressive, confident, smart, cynical, but also naive. Bingo tosses his observations at us with great urgency, almost percussively, in a staccato manner that recalls gunshots. And though he’s blunt, he’s also a sensitive observer. . . . Levine is creating a sense of an entire world, raffish and fast. . . . The larger story Levine is telling . . . is the story of a person’s mind, and of the good, bad, and indifferent forces that make him what he is—and that story is told with compassion and intelligence.”—The Boston Globe “James A. Levine is a deeply gifted writer who reaches into the dirt, sweat, and diesel of modern-day Nairobi and introduces us to a young innocent whose adventures are unforgettable. Bingo’s runs between joy and death, laughter and sorrow, survival and redemption, will make you feel like cheering.”—James McBride, author of The Good Lord Bird and The Color of Water “Bingo’s Run is one of those rare books that infuse a potentially difficult subject with intimacy, tenderness, and humor. Social commentary, gritty comedy, and pure cinematic adrenaline meet in an utterly compelling novel with a voice all its own.”—Tash Aw, author of Five Star Billionaire “Bingo’s Run manages to read like timely news and high adventure at the same time. Levine’s main character, Bingo, is an underage drug runner, hardened orphan, and hustler extraordinaire. He’s also funny and wise well beyond his years. The rousing story of Bingo’s evolution is matched only by Levine’s portrait of modern-day Nairobi, both child and city depicted with real flair and affection.”—Victor LaValle, author of The Devil in Silver “Bingo is a fascinating and inimitably likable character. Levine, a Mayo clinic professor of medicine and well-known child advocate, excels at telling his adventurous, comic, and realistically gritty story with humor but not with pathos, successfully addressing the harsh and sometimes tragic story of a child at risk.”—Library Journal
Book Synopsis Price of Privilege by : Jessica Dotta
Download or read book Price of Privilege written by Jessica Dotta and published by NavPress. This book was released on 2014-12-18 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Having finally discovered the truth of her birthright, Julia Elliston is determined to outwit Chance Macy at his own game. Holding a secret he’d kill to keep, however, is proving more difficult than she imagined. Just when Julia thinks she’s managed to untangle herself from Macy’s clutches, he changes tactics with a risky ploy. As the scandal of the century breaks loose, drawing rooms all over London whisper what so far newspapers have not dared to print: Macy’s lost bride is none other than Lord Pierson’s daughter—and one of the most controversial cases of marital law ever seen comes before Victorian courts. Though Julia knows Macy’s version of events is another masterful manipulation, public opinion is swaying in his favor. Caught in a web of deceit and lies, armed only with a fledgling faith, Julia must face her fiercest trial yet.
Book Synopsis Hovering at a Low Altitude by : Dalia Ravikovitch
Download or read book Hovering at a Low Altitude written by Dalia Ravikovitch and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2009 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: [Ravikovitch's] song is both ancient and new, and it is unutterably poignant. --Stanley Kunitz
Book Synopsis Margaret's Plighted Troth by : Linda Thayer Guilford
Download or read book Margaret's Plighted Troth written by Linda Thayer Guilford and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Home is Beyond the Mountains by : Celia Lottridge
Download or read book Home is Beyond the Mountains written by Celia Lottridge and published by Groundwood Books Ltd. This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finalist for the IODE Violet Downey Book Award Samira is only nine years old when the Turkish army invades northwestern Persia in 1918, and she and her parents, brother and baby sister are driven from their tiny village. Taking only what they can carry, they flee into the mountains, but the journey is so difficult that only Samira and her older brother, Benyamin, survive. When Samira finally arrives in a refugee camp, it is her friendship with another orphan, Anna, that pulls her out of her sadness. And when the two girls are given a toddler named Elias to care for, they form a new kind of family. Over the years the children are shunted from one refugee camp to another, from Persia to Iraq and back again, and finally end up in an orphanage, where it seems that they will live out their childhood. Then a new orphanage director arrives -- Susan Shedd, a woman whose authority and energy Samira has never seen before. And Samira’s respect turns to amazement when Miss Shedd decides that she will take the three hundred children back to their home villages to make new lives for themselves. It will be a journey of three hundred miles, through the mountains, and it will be made on foot.
Download or read book Stella's Search written by Jane Denison and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2000-08 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bio for Jane Denison (Mary J. Moses) Jane Denison is the pen name of Mary J. Moses, co-author of 52 Simple Ways to Manage Your Moneyand No More Baglady Fears. After many years in public education, where she specialized in Human Resource Management, she lives and writes on the Central Coast of California. Description of My Book Discover a ghost who frightened people away from her barn. Meet the lonely deputy sheriff who doesn’t believe in that spiritual nonsense and who is going to live in the adjacent house no matter what. Complicate matters with the deputy’s ex-wife, who thinks he may have discovered gold on his property, and the waitress who is generous to a fault—not to mention the attractive sheriff’s dispatcher who is married to her work until the ghost… What drives the specter to behave the way she does? What passion, what mystery stirs her to action? The dead woman’s story describes vividly the trials and sacrifices made by the emigrants of the 1840s, and adds the excitement of first love, a possible robbery, and a murder—all touching the young woman’s family. The deputy becomes determined to help her find the buried box that will put her fears to rest. What they find is not what she expected.
Book Synopsis Drowning Ruth by : Christina Schwarz
Download or read book Drowning Ruth written by Christina Schwarz and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2008-11-19 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deftly written and emotionally powerful, Drowning Ruth is a stunning portrait of the ties that bind sisters together and the forces that tear them apart, of the dangers of keeping secrets and the explosive repercussions when they are exposed. A mesmerizing and achingly beautiful debut. Winter, 1919. Amanda Starkey spends her days nursing soldiers wounded in the Great War. Finding herself suddenly overwhelmed, she flees Milwaukee and retreats to her family's farm on Nagawaukee Lake, seeking comfort with her younger sister, Mathilda, and three-year-old niece, Ruth. But very soon, Amanda comes to see that her old home is no refuge--she has carried her troubles with her. On one terrible night almost a year later, Amanda loses nearly everything that is dearest to her when her sister mysteriously disappears and is later found drowned beneath the ice that covers the lake. When Mathilda's husband comes home from the war, wounded and troubled himself, he finds that Amanda has taken charge of Ruth and the farm, assuming her responsibility with a frightening intensity. Wry and guarded, Amanda tells the story of her family in careful doses, as anxious to hide from herself as from us the secrets of her own past and of that night. Ruth, haunted by her own memory of that fateful night, grows up under the watchful eye of her prickly and possessive aunt and gradually becomes aware of the odd events of her childhood. As she tells her own story with increasing clarity, she reveals the mounting toll that her aunt's secrets exact from her family and everyone around her, until the heartrending truth is uncovered. Guiding us through the lives of the Starkey women, Christina Schwarz's first novel shows her compassion and a unique understanding of the American landscape and the people who live on it.
Book Synopsis Boys' and Girls' Bookshelf: Famous tales and laughter stories by :
Download or read book Boys' and Girls' Bookshelf: Famous tales and laughter stories written by and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
