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A House of My Own

Author : Sandra Cisneros
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0385351348
Total Pages : 421 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (853 download)

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Download or read book A House of My Own written by Sandra Cisneros and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2015-10-06 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the PEN Center USA Literary Award for Creative Nonfiction • From the celebrated bestselling author of The House on Mango Street: "This memoir has the transcendent sweep of a full life.” —Houston Chronicle From Chicago to Mexico, the places Sandra Cisneros has lived have provided inspiration for her now-classic works of fiction and poetry. But a house of her own, a place where she could truly take root, has eluded her. In this jigsaw autobiography, made up of essays and images spanning three decades—and including never-before-published work—Cisneros has come home at last. Written with her trademark lyricism, in these signature pieces the acclaimed author of The House on Mango Street and winner of the 2019 PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature shares her transformative memories and reveals her artistic and intellectual influences. Poignant, honest, and deeply moving, A House of My Own is an exuberant celebration of a life lived to the fullest, from one of our most beloved writers.

The House That is Our Own

Author : O. Douglas
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)

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Download or read book The House That is Our Own written by O. Douglas and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-12-13 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: O. Douglas's 'The House That is Our Own' is a poignant exploration of rural Scottish life in the early 20th century. The book is written in a gentle, introspective style, filled with lush descriptions of the natural landscape and heartfelt portrayals of human emotions. The novel's emphasis on family dynamics and small-town relationships places it firmly within the British literary tradition of domestic realism, resembling the works of authors such as Thomas Hardy and Elizabeth Gaskell. Through the story of a young woman's journey towards independence and self-discovery, Douglas delves into themes of love, duty, and the search for belonging in a rapidly changing world. Readers will be captivated by the author's lyrical prose and ability to evoke a strong sense of time and place in her writing. O. Douglas, the pseudonym of Scottish author Anna Masterton Buchan, drew inspiration from her own experiences growing up in a rural community, which lends authenticity and depth to her portrayal of village life in 'The House That is Our Own'. With its timeless themes and captivating storytelling, this novel is sure to resonate with readers who enjoy classic literature and intimate character studies.

The House That Is Our Own

Author : Anna Masterton Buchan
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)

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Download or read book The House That Is Our Own written by Anna Masterton Buchan and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-08-01 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The House That Is Our Own" by Anna Masterton Buchan. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Our Own Backyard

Author : William M. LeoGrande
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 0807898805
Total Pages : 790 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book Our Own Backyard written by William M. LeoGrande and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2009-11-18 with total page 790 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this remarkable and engaging book, William LeoGrande offers the first comprehensive history of U.S. foreign policy toward Central America in the waning years of the Cold War. From the overthrow of the Somoza dynasty in Nicaragua and the outbreak of El Salvador's civil war in the late 1970s to the final regional peace settlements negotiated a decade later, he chronicles the dramatic struggles--in Washington and Central America--that shaped the region's destiny. For good or ill, LeoGrande argues, Central America's fate hinged on decisions that were subject to intense struggles among, and within, Congress, the CIA, the Pentagon, the State Department, and the White House--decisions over which Central Americans themselves had little influence. Like the domestic turmoil unleashed by Vietnam, he says, the struggle over Central America was so divisive that it damaged the fabric of democratic politics at home. It inflamed the tug-of-war between Congress and the executive branch over control of foreign policy and ultimately led to the Iran-contra affair, the nation's most serious political crisis since Watergate.

Little House of My Own

Author : Les Walker
Publisher : Black Dog & Leventhal
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Little House of My Own written by Les Walker and published by Black Dog & Leventhal. This book was released on 2000-10 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A Little House of My Own" offers humble dreams of solitude, romance, oasis for meditation, and whimsy, all less than 325 square feet. Includes the technical details of the structure from the building materials and woodworking techniques to estimated cost of construction. 300 color and b&w photos.

House of Belief

Author : Kelee Katillac
Publisher : Gibbs Smith Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9780879059514
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (595 download)

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Download or read book House of Belief written by Kelee Katillac and published by Gibbs Smith Publishers. This book was released on 2000 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Within the haven of our homes, we should surround ourselves with things that uplift us. Handmade objects such as quilts, oil paintings, well-written novels, and embroidered pillows-expressions of our own creativity and that of others-can feed our souls. House of Belief is a unique take on interior design, a vividly illustrated and lavishly photographed how-to guide that assumes no special design talent on the part of the reader, just a strong desire to express individuality. Kelee Katillac encourages us to use the tools we have at hand to create home environments that express ourselves rather than the whims and dictates of the interior design industry.

A Room of One's Own

Author : Virginia Woolf
Publisher : Modernista
ISBN 13 : 9180949509
Total Pages : 111 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book A Room of One's Own written by Virginia Woolf and published by Modernista. This book was released on 2024-05-30 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Virginia Woolf's playful exploration of a satirical »Oxbridge« became one of the world's most groundbreaking writings on women, writing, fiction, and gender. A Room of One's Own [1929] can be read as one or as six different essays, narrated from an intimate first-person perspective. Actual history blends with narrative and memoir. But perhaps most revolutionary was its address: the book is written by a woman for women. Male readers are compelled to read through women's eyes in a total inversion of the traditional male gaze. VIRGINIA WOOLF [1882–1941] was an English author. With novels like Jacob’s Room [1922], Mrs Dalloway [1925], To the Lighthouse [1927], and Orlando [1928], she became a leading figure of modernism and is considered one of the most important English-language authors of the 20th century. As a thinker, with essays like A Room of One’s Own [1929], Woolf has influenced the women’s movement in many countries.

The House of Broken Angels

Author : Luis Alberto Urrea
Publisher : Little, Brown
ISBN 13 : 0316516252
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book The House of Broken Angels written by Luis Alberto Urrea and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2018-03-06 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this "raucous, moving, and necessary" story by a Pulitzer Prize finalist (San Francisco Chronicle), the De La Cruzes, a family on the Mexican-American border, celebrate two of their most beloved relatives during a joyous and bittersweet weekend. "All we do, mija, is love. Love is the answer. Nothing stops it. Not borders. Not death." In his final days, beloved and ailing patriarch Miguel Angel de La Cruz, affectionately called Big Angel, has summoned his entire clan for one last legendary birthday party. But as the party approaches, his mother, nearly one hundred, dies, transforming the weekend into a farewell doubleheader. Among the guests is Big Angel's half brother, known as Little Angel, who must reckon with the truth that although he shares a father with his siblings, he has not, as a half gringo, shared a life. Across two bittersweet days in their San Diego neighborhood, the revelers mingle among the palm trees and cacti, celebrating the lives of Big Angel and his mother, and recounting the many inspiring tales that have passed into family lore, the acts both ordinary and heroic that brought these citizens to a fraught and sublime country and allowed them to flourish in the land they have come to call home. Teeming with brilliance and humor, authentic at every turn, The House of Broken Angels is Luis Alberto Urrea at his best, and cements his reputation as a storyteller of the first rank. "Epic . . . Rambunctious . . . Highly entertaining." -- New York Times Book Review"Intimate and touching . . . the stuff of legend." -- San Francisco Chronicle"An immensely charming and moving tale." -- Boston GlobeNational Bestseller and National Book Critics Circle Award finalistA New York Times Notable BookOne of the Best Books of the Year from National Public Radio, American Library Association, San Francisco Chronicle, BookPage, Newsday, BuzzFeed, Kirkus, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Literary Hub

A House That Once Was

Author : Julie Fogliano
Publisher : Roaring Brook Press
ISBN 13 : 1250315603
Total Pages : 25 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book A House That Once Was written by Julie Fogliano and published by Roaring Brook Press. This book was released on 2018-05-01 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times Best Illustrated book! A Boston Globe Best Children's Book of 2018 “Accompanied by Lane's evocative art that suggests layers of history, Fogliano's story turns this childhood scenario into a radiant poem about the mysteries of other people and the wonderfulness of home.” —New York Times Deep in the woods is a house just a house that once was but now isn’t a home. Who lived in that house? Who walked down its hallways? Why did they leave it, and where did they go? Two children set off to find the answers by piecing together clues found, books left behind, forgotten photos, and discarded toys, creating their own vision of those who came before, in this deeply moving tale of imagination by Ezra Jack Keats Award–winning author Julie Fogliano and Caldecott Award–winning illustrator Lane Smith.

A Little House of Their Own

Author : Celia Wilkins
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 9780060270094
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book A Little House of Their Own written by Celia Wilkins and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2005-03-15 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Little House books have captivated millions of readers with their story of Laura Ingalls, a pioneer girl growing up on the Americanfrontier. Now travel back to the generation before Laura's and read the story of Caroline Quiner, the girl who would grow up to be Ma Ingalls in the beloved Little House books. After earning her teaching certificate in Milwaukee, seventeen-year-old Caroline returns to Concord, Wisconsin, to live with her family and teach. She is delighted to repay Mother and Pa for sending her to college, and she enjoys the lively challenge of helping her students learn. Then Caroline runs into her fiddle-playing neighbor Charles Ingalls. He's full of plans to head west as soon as possible. As their friendship turns to courtship, Caroline realizes that she has a difficult decision ahead of her -- and a choice that may mean leaving behind her family and everything else she's ever known.A Little House of Their Own is the seventh and final book in The Caroline Years, a series about another girl from America's favorite pioneer family.

Build a House

Author : Rhiannon Giddens
Publisher : Candlewick Press
ISBN 13 : 1536229288
Total Pages : 39 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (362 download)

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Download or read book Build a House written by Rhiannon Giddens and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2022-10-11 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grammy Award winner Rhiannon Giddens celebrates Black history and culture in her unflinching, uplifting, and gorgeously illustrated picture book debut. I learned your words and wrote my song. I put my story down. As an acclaimed musician, singer, songwriter, and cofounder of the traditional African American string band the Carolina Chocolate Drops, Rhiannon Giddens has long used her art to mine America’s musical past and manifest its future, passionately recovering lost voices and reconstructing a nation’s musical heritage. Written as a song to commemorate the 155th anniversary of Juneteenth—which was originally performed with famed cellist Yo-Yo Ma—and paired here with bold illustrations by painter Monica Mikai, Build a House tells the moving story of a people who would not be moved and the music that sustained them. Steeped in sorrow and joy, resilience and resolve, turmoil and transcendence, this dramatic debut offers a proud view of history and a vital message for readers of all ages: honor your heritage, express your truth, and let your voice soar, even—or perhaps especially—when your heart is heaviest.

A Faith of Our Own

Author : Jonathan Merritt
Publisher : FaithWords
ISBN 13 : 1455519278
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (555 download)

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Download or read book A Faith of Our Own written by Jonathan Merritt and published by FaithWords. This book was released on 2012-05-08 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every day, major headlines tell the story of how Christianity is attempting to influence American culture and politics. But statistics show that young Americans are disenchanted with a faith that has become culturally antagonistic and too closely aligned with partisan politics. In this personal yet practical work, Jonathan Merritt uncovers the changing face of American Christianity by uniquely examining the coming of age of a new generation of Christians. Jonathan Merritt illuminates the spiritual ethos of this new generation of believers who engage the world with Christ-centered faith but an un-polarized political perspective. Through personal stories and biblically rooted commentary this scion of a leading evangelical family takes a close, thoughtful look at the changing religious and political environment, addressing such divisive issues as abortion, gay marriage, environmental use and care, race, war, poverty, and the imbalance of world wealth. Through Scripture, the examples of Jesus, and personal defining faith experiences, he distills the essential truths at the core of a Christian faith that is now just coming of age.

The House that is Our Own

Author : O. Douglas
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book The House that is Our Own written by O. Douglas and published by . This book was released on 1940 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Your Own, Sylvia

Author : Stephanie Hemphill
Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 0307493598
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book Your Own, Sylvia written by Stephanie Hemphill and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2008-12-10 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On a bleak February day in 1963 a young American poet died by her own hand, and passed into a myth that has since imprinted itself on the hearts and minds of millions. She was and is Sylvia Plath and Your Own, Sylvia is a portrait of her life, told in poems. With photos and an extensive list of facts and sources to round out the reading experience, Your Own, Sylvia is a great curriculum companion to Plath's The Bell Jar and Ariel, a welcoming introduction for newcomers, and an unflinching valentine for the devoted.

Never Home Alone

Author : Rob Dunn
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 154164574X
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (416 download)

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Download or read book Never Home Alone written by Rob Dunn and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2018-11-06 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A natural history of the wilderness in our homes, from the microbes in our showers to the crickets in our basements Even when the floors are sparkling clean and the house seems silent, our domestic domain is wild beyond imagination. In Never Home Alone, biologist Rob Dunn introduces us to the nearly 200,000 species living with us in our own homes, from the Egyptian meal moths in our cupboards and camel crickets in our basements to the lactobacillus lounging on our kitchen counters. You are not alone. Yet, as we obsess over sterilizing our homes and separating our spaces from nature, we are unwittingly cultivating an entirely new playground for evolution. These changes are reshaping the organisms that live with us -- prompting some to become more dangerous, while undermining those species that benefit our bodies or help us keep more threatening organisms at bay. No one who reads this engrossing, revelatory book will look at their homes in the same way again.

Left to Our Own Devices

Author : Margaret E. Morris
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262039133
Total Pages : 187 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book Left to Our Own Devices written by Margaret E. Morris and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2018-12-25 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unexpected ways that individuals adapt technology to reclaim what matters to them, from working through conflict with smart lights to celebrating gender transition with selfies. We have been warned about the psychological perils of technology: distraction, difficulty empathizing, and loss of the ability (or desire) to carry on a conversation. But our devices and data are woven into our lives. We can't simply reject them. Instead, Margaret Morris argues, we need to adapt technology creatively to our needs and values. In Left to Our Own Devices, Morris offers examples of individuals applying technologies in unexpected ways—uses that go beyond those intended by developers and designers. Morris examines these kinds of personalized life hacks, chronicling the ways that people have adapted technology to strengthen social connection, enhance well-being, and affirm identity. Morris, a clinical psychologist and app creator, shows how people really use technology, drawing on interviews she has conducted as well as computer science and psychology research. She describes how a couple used smart lights to work through conflict; how a woman persuaded herself to eat healthier foods when her photographs of salads garnered “likes” on social media; how a trans woman celebrated her transition with selfies; and how, through augmented reality, a woman changed the way she saw her cancer and herself. These and the many other “off-label” adaptations described by Morris cast technology not just as a temptation that we struggle to resist but as a potential ally as we try to take care of ourselves and others. The stories Morris tells invite us to be more intentional and creative when left to our own devices.

Home Made Lovely

Author : Shannon Acheson
Publisher : Baker Books
ISBN 13 : 1493428225
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (934 download)

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Download or read book Home Made Lovely written by Shannon Acheson and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2020-09-08 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyone wants a home that is beautiful and clutter free. But most of us are unsure how to get there without breaking the bank. Popular interior designer Shannon Acheson takes the guesswork out of creating a lovely home. Home Made Lovely is a mind-set: decorating should be about those who live there, rather than making your home into a magazine-worthy spread. Shannon walks you through how to · decorate in a way that suits your family's real life · declutter in seven simple steps · perform a house blessing to dedicate your home to God · be thankful for your current home and what you already have · brush up on hospitality with more than 20 actionable ideas that will make anyone feel welcome and loved in your home In Home Made Lovely, Shannon meets you right where you are on your home-decorating journey, helping you share the peace of Christ with family members and guests.