The Narrows

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Publisher : Del Rey
ISBN 13 : 0345486110
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (454 download)

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Book Synopsis The Narrows by : Alex Irvine

Download or read book The Narrows written by Alex Irvine and published by Del Rey. This book was released on 2005-09-27 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From award-winning author Alexander C. Irvine comes a compelling, fantastical riff on history and World War II. Spared fighting in Europe because of a bum hand, Jared wishes he could join the cause, instead of mindlessly sifting clay to be made into golems. But there is something that preys on his dreams: the devilish dwarf known as the Nain Rouge. In his youth, Jared once actually saw the Dwarf—a chilling creature that shows itself to individuals just before their demise. Now the Nain Rouge appears to be coming back for Jared himself. Many have a profound interest in Jared’s childhood run-in with the Dwarf—including a German spy, Jared’s hateful foreman at the golem factory, and a shape-shifting Indian shaman. But what could a simple man who earns a meager living possibly have to do with espionage and dark deeds? While Jared toils invisibly in the bowels of Henry Ford’s plant, the answer is about to reveal itself in a cataclysm of mythic and sinister proportions.

Serendipity

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Publisher : Notion Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (895 download)

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Download or read book Serendipity written by S. Seshadri and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2023-10-19 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this collection of short stories, readers embark on an emotional journey, from chance encounters to gripping mysteries, heartwarming love stories to fiery revenge tales. Supernatural and philosophical elements add depth, sparking contemplation about existence and the human experience. Each story is distinct, with its voice and perspective. Some keep you guessing, while others offer profound insights into human nature. Complex, flawed characters grapple with life's challenges, love, and everything. Whether you seek philosophical musings, steamy romance, or spine-tingling mysteries, this collection offers something for everyone. Sit back, relax, and let these stories transport you to diverse worlds where serendipity, revenge, and the supernatural hold sway.

Golden Bracelets, Common Threads

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Publisher : eBookIt.com
ISBN 13 : 1439270155
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (392 download)

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Book Synopsis Golden Bracelets, Common Threads by : Steven A. Vajda

Download or read book Golden Bracelets, Common Threads written by Steven A. Vajda and published by eBookIt.com. This book was released on 2010 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Golden Bracelets, Common Threads is the fictional story of the Ramón family whose quest for religious freedom leads to the New World. In 1485, King Ferdinand's Inquisitor is assassinated spurring a brutal massacre of the Jewish community. Young Moisés escapes. His exodus, guided by Fate, leads him to Portugal with two golden bracelets, mementos of love and remembrance, which he slips from the wrists of his dead mother. He takes a voyage of discovery to Brazil, Africa, and India. He settles in northeast Brazil. Generations later, when the merciless Portuguese Inquisitors arrive, Moisés' descendant must flee. His exodus to New Amsterdam in 1654 fulfills his family's Destiny. Six generations are linked by the common threads of tradition and by the two golden bracelets, symbols of the family's historic journey. Skillfully written and richly detailed, Golden Bracelets, Common Threads is an entertaining and entirely believable historical fiction novel about Fate, Family, and Destiny.

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Publisher : Xulon Press
ISBN 13 : 161215333X
Total Pages : 484 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (121 download)

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Download or read book na written by DONALD SMITH and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Américanas, Autocracy, and Autobiographical Innovation

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Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000029514
Total Pages : 329 pages
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Book Synopsis Américanas, Autocracy, and Autobiographical Innovation by : Lisa Ortiz-Vilarelle

Download or read book Américanas, Autocracy, and Autobiographical Innovation written by Lisa Ortiz-Vilarelle and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-11-03 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Overwriting the Dictator is literary study of life writing and dictatorship in Americas. Its focus is women who have attempted to rewrite, or overwrite, discourses of womanhood and nationalism in the dictatorships of their nations of origin. The project covers five 20th century autocratic governments: the totalitarianism of Rafael Trujillo’s regime in the Dominican Republic, the dynasty of the Somoza family in Nicaragua, the charismatic, yet polemical impact of Juan and Eva Perón on the proletariat of Argentina, the controversial rule of Fidel Castro following Cuba’s 1959 revolution, and Augusto Pinochet’s coup d'état that transformed Chile into a police state. Each chapter traces emerging patterns of experimentation with autobiographical form and determines how specific autocratic methods of control suppress certain methods of self-representation and enable others. The book foregrounds ways in which women’s self-representation produces a counter-narrative that critiques and undermines dictatorial power with the depiction of women as self-aware, resisting subjects engaged in repositioning their gendered narratives of national identity.

The Book of Want

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Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 0816501254
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (165 download)

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Book Synopsis The Book of Want by : Daniel A. Olivas

Download or read book The Book of Want written by Daniel A. Olivas and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2011-04-15 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Moses descended Mount Sinai carrying the Ten Commandments, he never could have foreseen how one family in Los Angeles in the early twenty-first century would struggle to live by them. Conchita, a voluptuous, headstrong single woman of a certain age, sees nothing wrong with enjoying the company of handsome—and usually much younger—men . . . that is, until she encounters a widower with unusual gifts and begins to think about what she really wants out of life. Julieta, Conchita’s younger sister, walks a more traditional path, but she and her husband each harbor secrets that could change their marriage and their lives forever. Their twin sons, both in college, struggle to find fulfillment. Mateo refuses to let anyone stand in the way of his happiness, while Rolando grapples with his sexuality and the family’s expectations. And from time to time, Belén, the family’s late matriarch, pays a visit to advise, scold, or cajole her hapless descendants. A delightful family tapestry woven with the threads of all those whose lives are touched by Conchita, The Book of Want is an enchanting blend of social and magical realism that tells a charming story about what it means to be fully human.

The Challenge of Changing Your Life

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Publisher : Balboa Press
ISBN 13 : 1504364384
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book The Challenge of Changing Your Life written by Clara Stella Arenas and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2016-08-31 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Economic and social pressures have absorbed us in such a way that we have forgotten to live. Instead, we confine ourselves to surviving. We work without enjoying, we eat without tasting, we speak without communicating, and we ride through life accepting and generating destructive and painful relationships. The worst thing about this is that we have become accustomed to living like this, and we believe that we should continue that way. The good news, which brings us this work, is that nothing compels us to live that way; and we have the right and the ability to change our destiny. Obviously, one of the main needs for human beings is education. But I am not referring solely to academics; I also refer to learning to live, education for everyday. We need to learn what urges us, as a society and as individuals, to know and to recognize ourselves in order to modify behaviors, which constrain us, and produce suffering to those around us and ourselves. The Challenge of Changing Your Life is not just a stop on the way to reflecting on life, happiness, our relationships, past, present, future and mainly about ourselves. It is rather a repair and maintenance workshop which we can use to align and fix ourselves and then return to the path with another perspective, anew vision and tools to correct any damage that may arise during the rest of our journey.

Alburquerque

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Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1504011767
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (4 download)

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Book Synopsis Alburquerque by : Rudolfo Anaya

Download or read book Alburquerque written by Rudolfo Anaya and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2015-06-02 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of Bless Me, Ultima, a “wonderfully told and mesmerizing” novel of an adopted Mexican-American boxing champion’s quest for identity (New York Times). Abrán González always knew he was different. Called a coyote because of his fair skin, the kid from Barelas found escape through boxing and became one of the youngest Golden Gloves champs. But the arrival of a letter from a dying woman turns his entire life into a lie. The revelation that he was adopted makes him feel like an orphan and sends him on a quest to find his birth father. With the help of his girlfriend, Lucinda, and Joe, a Vietnam veteran, Abrán begins a journey that hurls him from the barrio into a world of greed and political corruption spearheaded by Abrán’s manager, Frank Dominic, a con artist running for mayor with visions of building El Dorado on the Rio Grande. Rich in spirituality, and taking its title from the original spelling of the city’s name, Alburquerque casts a light on the importance of ancestry while cutting across class and ethnic lines to tell a story of hope and displacement, love and regret, and the power of identity. “A touching love story woven into a tale of treachery, a microcosm of the social and economic dislocations squeezing the American Southwest.” —Publishers Weekly

The Implacable Order of Things

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Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 030738828X
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (73 download)

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Download or read book The Implacable Order of Things written by Jose Luis Peixoto and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2009-08-11 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the José Saramago Literary Award In an unnamed Portuguese village, against a backdrop of severe rural poverty, two generations of men and women struggle with love, violence, death, and—perhaps worst of all—the inescapability of fate. A pair of twins conjoined at the pinky, a 120-year-old wise man, a shepherd turned cuckold by a giant, and even the Devil himself make up the unforgettably oddball cast of The Implacable Order of Things. As these lost souls come together and drift apart, José Luís Peixoto masterfully reveals the absurd, heartbreaking, and ultimately bewitching aspects of human nature in a literary performance that heralds the arrival of an astoundingly gifted and poetic writer.

Twayne's World Authors Series

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book Twayne's World Authors Series written by and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Modern Society: The Rise of Robots

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Publisher : Aladin Famili
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Modern Society: The Rise of Robots written by Aladin Famili and published by Aladin Famili. This book was released on 2024-04-17 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Derick Washington, the founder and CEO, holds a profound disdain for humanity. His plan? To substitute humans with robots. He envisions a future where machines oversee everything. Moises Philip, an employee at Lone Star Robotics, seeks help from David Peterson, a man who once saved the world. But David's past weighs heavily on him, and the voices of the dead haunt his every step. Can he find the strength to face this new threat and rewrite humanity's fate?

No Place but UP!

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Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1105682900
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (56 download)

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Book Synopsis No Place but UP! by : Lance Fox

Download or read book No Place but UP! written by Lance Fox and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-06-01 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is Wisconsin veterinarian Lance Fox's account of his Mount Everest expedition in 2009. He pursued his dream to stand on the top of the world, honoring his late father and giving back to the Sherpa culture.

Charming the Serpent

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Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595269664
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (952 download)

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Book Synopsis Charming the Serpent by : Patrick Carter

Download or read book Charming the Serpent written by Patrick Carter and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2003-03-25 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The battle of Armageddon is imminent. In Middle America, where for three thousand years people have worshipped the serpent god Quetzalcoatl, a demon army is poised for this final conflict. On a visit to Mexico City Andrew Kelly meets and falls in love with Gabriela Mancini. Charming the Serpent is the story of the triumph of true love amidst the fires of spiritual war fire.

Let the Record Show

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Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 13 : 0374719950
Total Pages : 736 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (747 download)

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Book Synopsis Let the Record Show by : Sarah Schulman

Download or read book Let the Record Show written by Sarah Schulman and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2021-05-18 with total page 736 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2022 Lambda Literary LGBTQ Nonfiction Award and the 2022 NLGJA Excellence in Book Writing Award. Finalist for the PEN/John Kenneth Galbriath Award for Nonfiction, the Gotham Book Prize, and the ALA Stonewall Israel Fishman Nonfiction Award. A 2021 New York Times Book Review Notable Book and a New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice. Longlisted for the 2021 Brooklyn Public Library Literary Prize. One of NPR, New York, and The Guardian's Best Books of 2021, one of Buzzfeed's Best LGBTQ+ Books of 2021, one of Electric Literature's Favorite Nonfiction Books of 2021, one of NBC's 10 Most Notable LGBTQ Books of 2021, and one of Gay Times' Best LGBTQ Books of 2021. "This is not reverent, definitive history. This is a tactician’s bible." --Parul Sehgal, The New York Times Twenty years in the making, Sarah Schulman's Let the Record Show is the most comprehensive political history ever assembled of ACT UP and American AIDS activism In just six years, ACT UP, New York, a broad and unlikely coalition of activists from all races, genders, sexualities, and backgrounds, changed the world. Armed with rancor, desperation, intelligence, and creativity, it took on the AIDS crisis with an indefatigable, ingenious, and multifaceted attack on the corporations, institutions, governments, and individuals who stood in the way of AIDS treatment for all. They stormed the FDA and NIH in Washington, DC, and started needle exchange programs in New York; they took over Grand Central Terminal and fought to change the legal definition of AIDS to include women; they transformed the American insurance industry, weaponized art and advertising to push their agenda, and battled—and beat—The New York Times, the Catholic Church, and the pharmaceutical industry. Their activism, in its complex and intersectional power, transformed the lives of people with AIDS and the bigoted society that had abandoned them. Based on more than two hundred interviews with ACT UP members and rich with lessons for today’s activists, Let the Record Show is a revelatory exploration—and long-overdue reassessment—of the coalition’s inner workings, conflicts, achievements, and ultimate fracture. Schulman, one of the most revered queer writers and thinkers of her generation, explores the how and the why, examining, with her characteristic rigor and bite, how a group of desperate outcasts changed America forever, and in the process created a livable future for generations of people across the world.

The Dreams of the Black Butterfly

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Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1785890549
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (858 download)

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Download or read book The Dreams of the Black Butterfly written by Mark James Barrett and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2016-02-18 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Oh my Lord,” whispered Lizzie, looking over Alice’s shoulder. “Would you look at that?” Alice, startled by the change in Lizzie’s voice, turned to see what had caused it. Sitting not 10 feet from them was the biggest, blackest butterfly she had ever seen. It was resting on the pacay tree at the very end of the garden, balancing on the tip of a giant palm at head height. The butterfly opened and closed its wings slowly and they flashed with a rich darkness. Moises Quispé has heard the whispered rumours about the Black Butterfly – its hypnotic, velvet wings, two feet across and as dark and mystical as the Peruvian jungle night; a jungle receding to a soundtrack of chainsaws and hate; a jungle that gave him life and embraces the spirit of his murdered family. So he searches. Not because of the one million nuevo sol offered for its capture by the maniacal Mr Dollie, or because his mentor – who believes the rumours – has disappeared so completely, but because he must. Perhaps the Black Butterfly has been searching for him too, desperate to reveal the tight, elegant writing embedded in its wings. Its stories: tall, dark and cautionary tales of a doomed humanity that he alone can read. And when the butterfly finally submits, the danger that Moises finds himself in pales into insignificance against the fate of humanity itself. The Black Butterfly has chosen him to deliver its message and the future of mankind is in his hands. Man’s imagination will be nature’s revenge... This gripping and suspensive thriller will appeal to readers who enjoy being kept guessing. “Mark James Barrett is a name to look out for in the future. He is a writer of considerable talent and relevance to our confusing modern times. A truly original read by a rising literary talent.” Hayley Sherman, author, editor and ghost writer, Whoosh Editing

Santa Fe Passage

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Publisher : Truman Talley Books
ISBN 13 : 1429901527
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book Santa Fe Passage written by Jon R. Bauman and published by Truman Talley Books. This book was released on 2007-04-01 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Santa Fe, in the early 1800s, was a part of Mexico, and the city's landed gentry, the haciendados, had developed an appetite for the good life. Matthew Collins, an entrepreneurial American, sees opportunity there. He bankrolls a wagon train filled with fine goods from St. Louis and, with a partner, succeeds in transporting everything, despite storms and fierce bands of Comanches, across the Great American Desert to a ready market in Santa Fe. Soon, Matt and his partner become prosperous and respected men. Matt profits from the trapping and selling of hundreds of beaver skins just before the London market for them collapses. Welcomed into the home of Moses Mendoza, one of the leading haciendados, Matt eventually marries Moses's daughter Celestina. By the mid-1840s, war looms between the United States and Mexico. Matt is called to Washington by President Polk. The urgent matter: how to arrange the turnover of New Mexico and Santa Fe to the United States without causing great bloodshed. Matt develops a plan... Mixing a fascinating and exciting cast of characters with the adventure and uncertainty of the times, Santa Fe Passage is a remarkable story full of rich detail and vivid imagery of life in then Mexico in the early nineteenth century.

The Global Reception of John Dewey's Thought

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Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136596526
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (365 download)

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Download or read book The Global Reception of John Dewey's Thought written by Rosa Bruno-Jofre and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-03-29 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores the reception of John Dewey’s ideas in various historical and geographical settings such as Japan, China, Argentina, Mexico, Chile, Spain, Russia, and Germany, analyzing how and why Dewey’s thought was interpreted in various ways according to mediating local discursive and ideological configurations and formations.