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Temples of Delight

Author : Barbara Trapido
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1620408775
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book Temples of Delight written by Barbara Trapido and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2015-04-14 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jem McCrail is a fantastical godsend to the timid young Alice Pilling. "Like a dropped acorn,†? she appears halfway through the week, halfway through the term, and halfway through Miss Aldridge's Silent Reading Hour. Through the doorway she barely clears, wearing clothes like the urchin she encountered in her favorite P. G. Wodehouse story, Jem leads the stammering Alice into a world of culture, truancy, and bizarrerie-a world far beyond the dull lessons of school. The girls cultivate a steadfast bond based on a wicked and encircling sense of humor, an impish joy in indelicate literature, and Mozart's The Magic Flute. Then, as abruptly as she came, Jem disappears. The years and schools that follow, as well as the lovers, do not dim the image of the wondrous Jem. The disheartened Alice is almost ready to settle into an ordinary life when an accident and the intervention of a latter-day fallen angel impel her to go on one more wild and extravagant journey. Like the opera it echoes, the result is pure enchantment. "Why did it take me so long to discover the singular joys of Barbara Trapido's novels? Why, for so many years, had I missed these witty, soulful, heartbreaking, expansive, brilliant tales? I have become a literary evangelist on her behalf. On account of my badgering, all my friends now love her, too.I won't rest until everyone in America has read (and fallen in love with) this fabulous author.†? -Elizabeth Gilbert

Temples of Delight

Author : Barbara Trapido
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1620408716
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book Temples of Delight written by Barbara Trapido and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2015-04-14 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "First published by Michael Joseph 1990"--Title page verso.

Brother of the More Famous Jack

Author : Barbara Trapido
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 0747599580
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (475 download)

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Download or read book Brother of the More Famous Jack written by Barbara Trapido and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2009-03-02 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stylish, suburban Katherine is eighteen when she is propelled into the centre of Professor Jacob Goldman's rambling home and his large eccentric family. As his enchanting yet sharp-tongued wife Jane gives birth to her sixth child, Katherine meets the volatile, stroppy Jonathan and his older, more beautiful brother Roger, who wins her heart. First love quickly leads to heartbreak and sends her fleeing to Rome but, ten years on, she returns to find the Goldmans again. A little wiser and a lot more grown-up, Katherine faces her future. Brother of the More Famous Jack is Barbara Trapido's highly acclaimed and much loved debut; a book that redefined the coming-of-age novel.

Frankie & Stankie

Author : Barbara Trapido
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1620408813
Total Pages : 395 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book Frankie & Stankie written by Barbara Trapido and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2017-03-21 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dinah and her sister Lisa are growing up in 1950s South Africa, where racial laws are tightening. They are two little girls from a dissenting liberal family. Big sister Lisa is strong and sensible, while Dinah is weedy and arty. At school, the sadistic Mrs Vaughan-Jones is providing instruction in mental arithmetic and racial prejudice. And then there's the puzzle of lunch break. "Would you rather have a native girl or a koelie to make your sandwiches?" a first-year classmate asks. But Dinah doesn't know the answer, because it's her dad who makes her sandwiches. As the apparatus of repression rolls on, Dinah finds her own way. As we follow her journey through childhood and adolescence, we enter into one of the darker passages of twentieth-century history.

Sex and Stravinsky

Author : Barbara Trapido
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1620408805
Total Pages : 459 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book Sex and Stravinsky written by Barbara Trapido and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2023-09-12 with total page 459 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brilliant Australian Caroline can command everyone except her own ghoulish mother, which means that things aren't easy for Josh and Zoe, her husband with Stravinsky-glasses and twelve-year-old daughter. Zoe reads girls' ballet books and longs for lessons; a thing denied her until a chance encounter on a school French exchange. Meanwhile, on the east coast of Africa, Hattie, Josh's first love, now writes girls' ballet books when she can carve out time when she isn't caring for her husband and her crosspatch daughter. From far and wide, they are all drawn together: a masquerade in which things are not always what they seem. Elizabeth Gilbert on Barbara Trapido: "Why did it take me so long to discover the singular joys of Barbara Trapido's novels? Why, for so many years, had I missed these witty, soulful, heartbreaking, expansive, brilliant tales? I have become a literary evangelist on her behalf. On account of my badgering, all my friends now love her, too. I won't rest until everyone in America has read (and fallen in love with) this fabulous author." --Elizabeth Gilbert

Juggling

Author : Barbara Trapido
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing UK
ISBN 13 : 9780747594703
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (947 download)

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Download or read book Juggling written by Barbara Trapido and published by Bloomsbury Publishing UK. This book was released on 2008-09-01 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The highly acclaimed novel and sequel to Temples of Delight by bestselling and much-loved novelist Barbara Trapido.

The Travelling Hornplayer

Author : Barbara Trapido
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1620408791
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book The Travelling Hornplayer written by Barbara Trapido and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2016-08-09 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stunning and difficult, Stella Goldman is programmed for maximum nuisance capacity, but when she discovers both her father's affair and her boyfriend's infidelity on the same day, she flees into the arms of kindly Pen, who speaks as though he's stepped out of Brief Encounter. Meanwhile, her friend Ellen struggles to come to terms with the death of her sister, Lydia, whose ghost haunts not only her and her father Roland, but the beloved Goldmans (from Brother of the More Famous Jack), too. Along with eccentric professors, wicked monks, and the titular travelling hornplayer, their lives collide in a breathtaking finale.

Temples of Delight

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 10 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (878 download)

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Download or read book Temples of Delight written by and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Neon Pilgrim

Author : Lisa Dempster
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1925183882
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (251 download)

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Download or read book Neon Pilgrim written by Lisa Dempster and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-08-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During a culture-shocked exchange year in Japan, fifteen-year-old Lisa Dempster’s imagination is ignited by the story of the henro michi, an arduous 1200 kilometre Buddhist pilgrimage through the mountains of Japan. Perfectly suiting the romantic view of herself as a dusty, travel-worn explorer (well, one day), she promises to return to Japan and walk the henro michi, one way or another, as soon as humanely possible. Fast-forward thirteen years, and Lisa’s life is vastly different to what she pictured it would be. Severely depressed, socially withdrawn, overweight, on the dole and living with her mum, she is 28 and miserable. And then, completely by chance, the henro michi comes back into her life, through a book at her local library. It’s a sign. She decides then and there to go back to Japan almost immediately: to walk the henro michi, and walk herself back to health. Brushing aside the barriers that other people might find daunting – the 1200km of mountainous terrain, the sweltering Japanese summer, the fact she has no money and has never done a multi-day hike before – Lisa is determined to walk the pilgrimage, or die trying.

Temples of Delight

Author : John Martin Robinson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Temples of Delight written by John Martin Robinson and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Winter in Sokcho

Author : Élisa Shua Dusapin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781948830416
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book Winter in Sokcho written by Élisa Shua Dusapin and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As if Marguerite Duras wrote Convenience Store Woman--a beautiful, unexpected novel from a debut French-Korean author

Viṣṇu Temples of Kāñcīpuram

Author : Irā Nākacāmi
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788124605783
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (57 download)

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Download or read book Viṣṇu Temples of Kāñcīpuram written by Irā Nākacāmi and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Magic of the Lost Temple

Author : Sudha Murty
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 9385890123
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (858 download)

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Download or read book The Magic of the Lost Temple written by Sudha Murty and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2015-11-25 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: City girl Nooni is surprised at the pace of life in her grandparents’ village in Karnataka. But she quickly gets used to the gentle routine there and involves herself in a flurry of activities, including papad making, organizing picnics and learning to ride a cycle, with her new-found friends. Things get exciting when Nooni stumbles upon an ancient fabled stepwell right in the middle of a forest. Join the intrepid Nooni on an adventure of a lifetime in this much-awaited book by Sudha Murty that is heart-warming, charming and absolutely unputdownable.

Just Our Luck

Author : Julia Walton
Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 0399550925
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (995 download)

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Download or read book Just Our Luck written by Julia Walton and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2020-12-29 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of Words on Bathroom Walls—now a major motion picture—comes a romance in the spirit of Dear Evan Hansen about overcoming anxiety—and about finding love and friendship in unlikely places. ★ "A masterpiece" —Kirkus, starred review "Bad luck follows lies." That was the first rule for life that Leo's Greek grandmother, Yia Yia, gave him before she died. But Leo's anxiety just caused a fight at school, and though he didn't lie, he wasn't exactly honest about how it all went down . . . how he went down. Now Leo's father thinks a self-defense class is exactly what his son needs to "man up." "Leave the Paros family alone." That was Yia Yia's second rule for life. But who does Leo see sitting at the front desk of the local gym? Evey Paros, whose family supposedly cursed Leo's with bad luck. Seeing that Leo is desperate to enroll in anything but self-defense class, Evey cuts him a deal: she'll secretly enroll him in hot yoga instead—for a price. But what could the brilliant, ruthless, forbidden Evey Paros want from Leo? Sharp, honest, and compulsively readable, Just Our Luck is as funny as it is heartwarming. "A feel-good story, with shades of Holes and The Karate Kid" —Bulletin

Afterlives of the Rich and Famous

Author : Sylvia Browne
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062041681
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book Afterlives of the Rich and Famous written by Sylvia Browne and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2011-02-08 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “I have known Sylvia for twenty years, and I have the greatest respect for her….I applaud her for the peace and solace that she has brought to so many.” —Montel Williams The world’s most acclaimed psychic, Sylvia Browne, the New York Times bestselling author of Life on the Other Side, All Pets Go to Heaven, Contacting Your Spirit Guide, and more, returns with a rare and riveting look at the lives of some of our favorite celebrities—after their deaths. How do Elvis Presley, Heath Ledger, John Lennon, and others view their time on Earth? After they have shuffled off this mortal coil, what wisdom do they wish to send back to us? Sylvia Browne’s moving look at these once larger-than-life heroes is a captivating voyage into the secrets they hold beyond the void.

Capitalism

Author : John Plender
Publisher : Biteback Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1849549575
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (495 download)

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Download or read book Capitalism written by John Plender and published by Biteback Publishing. This book was released on 2015-07-28 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Capitalism has lifted millions out of poverty. Under its guiding hand, living standards throughout the Western world have been transformed. Further afield, the trail blazed by Japan is being followed by other emerging market countries across the globe, creating prosperity on a breathtaking scale. And yet, capitalism is unloved. From its discontents to its outright enemies, voices compete to point out the flaws in the system that allow increasingly powerful elites to grab an ever larger share of our collective wealth. In this incisive, clear-sighted guide, award-winning Financial Times journalist John Plender explores the paradoxes and pitfalls inherent in this extraordinarily dynamic mechanism - and in our attitudes to it. Taking us on a journey from the Venetian merchants of the Renaissance to the gleaming temples of commerce in 21st-century Canary Wharf via the South Sea Bubble, Dutch tulip mania and manic-depressive gambling addicts, Plender shows us our economic creation through the eyes of philosophers, novelists, poets, artists and divines. Along the way, he delves into the ethics of debt; reveals the truth about the unashamedly materialistic artistic giants who pioneered copyrighting; and traces the path of our instinctive conviction that entrepreneurs are greedy, unethical opportunists, hell-bent on capital accumulation, while manufacturing is innately virtuous. Thoughtful, eloquent and above all compelling, Capitalism is a remarkable contribution to the enduring debate.

Shivaji The Grand Rebel

Author : Dennis Kincaid,
Publisher : Sristhi Publishers & Distributors
ISBN 13 : 9387022242
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (87 download)

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Download or read book Shivaji The Grand Rebel written by Dennis Kincaid, and published by Sristhi Publishers & Distributors. This book was released on with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “States fall, empires break up, dynasties become extinct, but the memory of a true “hero as King” like Shivaji remains an imperishable historical legacy…” – Jadunath Sarkar, House of Shivaji (1919) Shivaji Bhonsle was an Indian warrior king who went on to lay the foundation of the strong Maratha Empire. The first Chhatrapati, he is known to have outdone his predecessors as well as successors in giving an identity and status to Marathas. A tactful military commander and skilled administrator, he steadily built his army from a mere two thousand soldiers to almost five-fold, and also developed a naval force. He defeated Afzal Khan and Adil Shah, giving strong resistance to the Mughal forces. From forming guerilla forces to immensely contributing in the development of the civilization of Marathas, he carved a niche in all spheres of operation. Shivaji: The Great Rebel explores the lifespan of Shivaji as an Indian king who instigated a new fire in the hearts of people against the Mughal Empire and taught them to fight for their rights. It highlights Shivaji as one of the prominent rulers to inspire people to fight for Hindu pride and raise their voice against cruelty. He stood up to guard and preserve the nation's honour, and is a great source of inspiration till date.