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Stealing Fatima

Author : Frank X. Gaspar
Publisher : Catapult
ISBN 13 : 1582435162
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (824 download)

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Download or read book Stealing Fatima written by Frank X. Gaspar and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2009-12-01 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the last light of All–Hallows' Eve falls on a small town at the tip of Cape Cod, Father Manuel Furtado begins his nightly ritual of gin and pills, prayer, and hours spent writing feverishly in his ledger. With the deep luxury of the chemicals in his body, he copies passages from Saint Augustine and Martin Heidegger, disciplined in his desire to flesh out his ever–building demons. But, unlike his usual uninterrupted reflection, this night there is a crash, sudden enough to pull Father Manny from the rectory and toward his church, Our Lady of Fatima. He finds a man there — his childhood friend Sarafino, whom he has not seen in decades — frail with illness and desperate to tell the priest about his recurring visits from the Virgin Mary. Despite Father Manny's grave doubts about Sarafino and his visions, he lets his old friend into his home and his life, and this single act ignites a series of events that challenge the faith of this fishing village, the parish, and of Father Manny himself. Striking and lovingly detailed, Stealing Fatima is the story of a priest's search for redemption in a town where, even in these modern times, the divine is possible.

Stealing Fatima's Hand

Author : Carolyn A. Thériault
Publisher : Vox Humana Books
ISBN 13 : 9657504007
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (575 download)

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Download or read book Stealing Fatima's Hand written by Carolyn A. Thériault and published by Vox Humana Books. This book was released on 2010-02 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stealing Fatima's Hand is an unforgettable collection of interconnected narratives presenting an alternative view of Morocco - a country not of labyrinthine alleys, Kasbahs, and smoky tea rooms - but a more madcap Morocco, one left to be discovered after all the coach tours depart.Imagine the impossible: one finds oneself in a heady and mysterious locale on the edge of North Africa, a country replete with colorful characters, incomprehensible customs and taboos, a spoken language lacking an alphabet, often frustrating religious practices and, in spite of all this capital 'E' exoticism, one still doesn't want to marry a local? Or turn a decrepit ryad into a boutique hotel? Or write for the travel page in the Sunday paper? Carolyn Th riault does more than imagine it.After making a rather drunken New Year's Resolution to toss aside their conventional lifestyle and pension plans, Carolyn, a somewhat cynical, snarky ex-pat and self-proclaimed square-peg, with her photographer husband Chris decide to walk away from their comfortable jobs in the Land of the Round Doorknobs (Canada) to travel the world. Because their long-suffering attempts at financial independence (weekly lottery tickets) have not borne any fruit, the only apparent means to rectify this situation they believe is to teach English overseas. And Morocco seems to fit the bill. But does it?Unconventional and candid - Stealing Fatima's Hand stands out as an irreverent black sheep in the literary travel genre, succeeding in undoing for Morocco everything that Peter Mayle has done for Provence. The book spans two years of Carolyn's experiences in Rabat, where with humor and honesty she struggles with Moroccan bureaucracy, sexual harassment, the threat of terrorism, devious students, randy co-teachers, and the temptation of having French pastries washed down with gin & tonics for every meal. All this in a country, where apart from her, the only vegetarians are the sheep and the goats.

Stealing Fatima

Author : Frank Gaspar
Publisher : Counterpoint
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Stealing Fatima written by Frank Gaspar and published by Counterpoint. This book was released on 2009-12 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A troubled New England pastor wrestles with the mysteries of God and man. Gaspar follows up his elegant debut novel (Leaving Pico, 1999) with an equally elegiac contemplation of transgression and redemption set in the same culturally rich Portuguese stew of Provincetown, Mass. Warring impulses between the search for truth and the keeping of secrets occupy the heavy heart of Father Manuel Furtado, a protective guardian of his flock who nonetheless damps down his religious anxiety with gin and pills every night. His character is represented well by Gaspar's lush, thoughtful prose: "It was not a matter of eternity for him, this salvation, but a matter of lifting the quotidian despairs and depressions, the wounds and griefs. And of pointing up the small happinesses. The generosities of spirit that bloomed ephemerally in the world. The sinful world, he might say, but what was sin but humanness? And anyway, he was not bereft of God. God was real and present in his life and everywhere else. Exactly how was a huge conundrum." Furtado's perilous intellectual position is threatened when a very old friend, Sarafino Pomba, appears suddenly in his church, Our Lady of Fatima. "You and me, Manny. What stuff we did," says the fugitive convict, nearly incoherent from illness. Caught in a race between AIDS and lung cancer, the dying Sarafino claims to have divine visions as a result of a long-ago indiscretion by the two friends: the theft of a statue of the Virgin Mary they believe lies buried still in the woods nearby. In tracing Furtado's tumultuous path from welcoming Pomba back into his life--an act of sublime faith for the wary believer--to recovering the long-missing icon, Gaspar crafts an eloquent, emotionally resonant story that marries the richness of his ethnic characters to the literary affections of writers like John Irving. A modern-day folk tale that finds the divine spirit resting in the strangest places. Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

Stealing from Angels

Author : Brian Dullaghan
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595339573
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (953 download)

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Download or read book Stealing from Angels written by Brian Dullaghan and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2004 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'I thought about the files I had read in London. The Vatican had assisted the Nazis. They believed that communism was a greater threat than any Adolph Hitler posed.' Stealing from angels is the story of a young Irish man who leaves his hometown to escape a life of petty crime only to stumble into a life of major crime in New York. When he meets Maria, life takes on new meaning. Together they move to Italy, to Maria's hometown, in search of legitimate success but become irrevocably connected to the murder of Pope John Paul and the third secret of Fatima. When his relationship with Maria becomes strained, he finds himself in possession of the world's most sought after secret and with no one in the world to trust. What unfolds is the story of one man's struggle with faith, success, and corruption.

Shannon in the Spotlight

Author : Kalena Miller
Publisher : Yearling
ISBN 13 : 0593486080
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (934 download)

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Download or read book Shannon in the Spotlight written by Kalena Miller and published by Yearling. This book was released on 2024-04-23 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After Shannon accidentally lands a lead role in the summer musical, she realizes she has bigger things to worry about than stage fright in this contemporary middle-school novel about strained friendships, the positive power of theater, and the realities of being a tween with OCD. Shannon Carter never considered herself much of a theater person. Not like her two BFFs, Elise, an actress, and Fatima, a techie. Shannon’s always been content to stay backstage, helping wherever she can. But when the director of the summer musical hears Shannon singing, he encourages her to step out of the wings and into the spotlight. At first, Shannon is hesitant. As a twelve-year-old with obsessive-compulsive disorder, she depends on routine. But when she braves the audition, she discovers that center stage is the one place where she doesn’t feel anxious. She lands a lead role, and everyone in her life is ecstatic . . . except Elise. To make matters worse, Shannon’s eccentric and opinionated grandmother moves in with her and her mom after a fluke house fire. As opening night approaches, Shannon feels pressure to save her friendship with Elise, to make Mom and Grandma Ruby act like grown-ups, and to follow the old theater adage The show must go on.

Portuguese and Luso-Asian Legacies in Southeast Asia, 1511-2011: The making of the Luso-Asian world, intricacies of engagement

Author : Laura Jarnagin
Publisher : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
ISBN 13 : 9814345253
Total Pages : 323 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (143 download)

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Download or read book Portuguese and Luso-Asian Legacies in Southeast Asia, 1511-2011: The making of the Luso-Asian world, intricacies of engagement written by Laura Jarnagin and published by Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. This book was released on 2011 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Five hundred years later, a conference held in Singapore brought together a large group of scholars from widely different national, academic and disciplinary contexts, to analyse and discuss the intricate consequences of Portuguese interactions in Asia over the longue duree. The result of these discussions is a stimulating set of case studies that, as a rule, combine original archival and/or field research with innovative historiographical perspectives. Luso-Asian communities, real and imagined, and Luso-Asian heritage, material and symbolic, are studied with depth and insight. The range of thematic, chronological and geographic areas covered in these proceeding is truly remarkable, showing not only the extraordinary relevance of revisiting Luso-Asian interactions in the longer term, but also the surprising dynamism within an area of studies which seemed on the verge of exhaustion. After all, archives from all over the world, from Rio de Janeiro to London, from Lisbon to Rome, and from Goa to Macao, might still hold some secrets on the subject of Luso-Asian relations, when duly explored by resourceful scholars.

Fatima

Author : Arian Ahmadi
Publisher : Booktango
ISBN 13 : 1468954989
Total Pages : 1 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (689 download)

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Download or read book Fatima written by Arian Ahmadi and published by Booktango. This book was released on 2015-03-04 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fatima grew up living with her sister and their abusive uncle. She sold scarves and polished shoes on the streets of Kabul, Afghanistan. Whatever money she made, her uncle would take from her and spend it on alcohol. Fatima's dream was to go to school and have a career. Her uncle on the other hand had other plans for her. For a bit of money, he sold her off to a complete stranger, whom she had to marry and leave her sister, Hawa behind. She thought now that she was married, she was going to live her dreams and go to school. But her husband listened to whatever his mother would tell him to do. He turned out to be just as abusive as her uncle. Married life was completely different from what Fatima thought it would be. She faces many hardships but gets stronger each day.

Webs of Fate

Author : Darlene Quinn
Publisher : Greenleaf Book Group
ISBN 13 : 1608322769
Total Pages : 563 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (83 download)

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Download or read book Webs of Fate written by Darlene Quinn and published by Greenleaf Book Group. This book was released on 2011 with total page 563 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ashleigh McDowell, a fashion buyer, searches for Danielle Norman, a young intern who has disappeared, but her investigation only brings her to the attention of a dangerous criminal, while she finds an unexpected ally in Conrad Taylor, a company executive.

Luso-American Literature

Author : Robert Henry Moser
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 0813550572
Total Pages : 415 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (135 download)

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Download or read book Luso-American Literature written by Robert Henry Moser and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Portuguese and Cape Verdean immigrants have had a significant presence in North America since the nineteenth century. Recently, Brazilians have also established vibrant communities in the U.S. This anthology brings together, for the first time in English, the writings of these diverse Portuguese-speaking, or "Luso-American" voices. Historically linked by language, colonial experience, and cultural influence, yet ethnically distinct, Luso-Americans have often been labeled an "invisible minority." This collection seeks to address this lacuna, with a broad mosaic of prose, poetry, essays, memoir, and other writings by more than fifty prominent literary figures--immigrants and their descendants, as well as exiles and sojourners. It is an unprecedented gathering of published, unpublished, forgotten, and translated writings by a transnational community that both defies the stereotypes of ethnic literature, and embodies the drama of the immigrant experience.

A Luxury Cruise & Murder

Author : Miranda Brickett
Publisher : Miranda Brickett
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Luxury Cruise & Murder written by Miranda Brickett and published by Miranda Brickett. This book was released on with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book 8 of the Prairie Crocus Cozy Mystery Series. Clean, wholesome fun (& murder) for all ages! Claudia Porter gets the shock of her life when her best friend Emily Graham abruptly announces she’s getting married. Claudia has her misgivings - after all, Emily barely even knows the groom. Determined to be supportive, Claudia finds herself on a Caribbean cruise preparing to celebrate Emily’s big day. But when there’s a mysterious murder aboard the ship, the festivities come to a screeching halt...and Claudia’s fears about the groom intensify. Set in a charming rural town on the Canadian prairies, this series has quirky characters, no profanity, and plenty of cats. Each book is a full-length, standalone novel. __________________________ cozy mystery, cosy mystery, murder mystery with romance, sweet romance, wholesome romance, hallmark mystery, cat cozy mystery, culinary cozy mystery, female sleuth, female protagonist, beach read, fun read, easy read, amateur sleuth, cruise ship, wedding drama, whodunit, whodunnit, tropical vacation murder mystery, mystery series with romance, happily ever after, clean romance with a mystery, small town mystery, women's fiction, chick lit, contemporary women

National Geographic Traveler

Author : Carole French
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 1426207069
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (262 download)

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Download or read book National Geographic Traveler written by Carole French and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2011 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A travel guide to Morocco that provides maps, itineraries, walking and driving tours, recommended sites and activities, and other resources.

Urjoon Sing, or, The princess regained, an Indian drama

Author : Arjuna-Siṃha
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)

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Urjoon Sing, Or, the Princess Regained

Author : P. V. Ramaswami Raju
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (26 download)

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Download or read book Urjoon Sing, Or, the Princess Regained written by P. V. Ramaswami Raju and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Palmer's Index to the Times Newspaper

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Palmer's Index to the Times Newspaper written by and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Mirror

Author : Margaret Safo (Mrs.)
Publisher : Graphic Communications Group
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Mirror written by Margaret Safo (Mrs.) and published by Graphic Communications Group. This book was released on 2005-11-26 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime, The Forty Thieves

Author : Frank W. Green
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime, The Forty Thieves written by Frank W. Green and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Chamber's Journal of Popular Literature, Science and Arts

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 446 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Chamber's Journal of Popular Literature, Science and Arts written by and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: