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Wondrous Brutal Fictions

Author :
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231146582
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (311 download)

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Download or read book Wondrous Brutal Fictions written by and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2013-04-16 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As works of Buddhist fiction, these texts relate the histories and miracles of particular buddhas, bodhisattvas, and local deities. Many of their protagonists have become recognizable cultural icons through their representation in later works of Japanese drama, fiction, and film. The collection includes such sekkyo "sermon-ballad" classics as Sansho Dayu, Karukaya, and Oguri, as well as the "old joruri" plays Goo-no-hime and Amida's Riven Breast. R. Keller Kimbrough provides a critical introduction to each vibrant performance genre, emphasizing the role of seventeenth-century publishing.

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Pulitzer Prize Winner)

Author : Junot Díaz
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1594483299
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (944 download)

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Download or read book The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Pulitzer Prize Winner) written by Junot Díaz and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-09-02 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of: The Pulitzer Prize The National Book Critics Circle Award The Anisfield-Wolf Book Award The Jon Sargent, Sr. First Novel Prize A Time Magazine #1 Fiction Book of the Year One of the best books of 2007 according to: The New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, New York Magazine, Entertainment Weekly, The Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, People, The Village Voice, Time Out New York, Salon, Baltimore City Paper, The Christian Science Monitor, Booklist, Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, New York Public Library, and many more... Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read Oscar is a sweet but disastrously overweight ghetto nerd who—from the New Jersey home he shares with his old world mother and rebellious sister—dreams of becoming the Dominican J.R.R. Tolkien and, most of all, finding love. But Oscar may never get what he wants. Blame the fukú—a curse that has haunted Oscar’s family for generations, following them on their epic journey from Santo Domingo to the USA. Encapsulating Dominican-American history, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao opens our eyes to an astonishing vision of the contemporary American experience and explores the endless human capacity to persevere—and risk it all—in the name of love.

A Wondrous Journey

Author : Lynn Cluess Manzione
Publisher : Hillcrest Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 1936198614
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (361 download)

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Download or read book A Wondrous Journey written by Lynn Cluess Manzione and published by Hillcrest Publishing Group. This book was released on 2010 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A Wondrous Journey" shows us what can occur when action is taken. When photographer Lynn Cluess Manzione decided to take on a project to counter what certain media are portraying as "women worthy of our attention," she found herself on an incredible journey. Manzione traveled through time with Dr. Martha MacGuffie, a retired surgeon and eighty-six-year-old humanitarian whose poignant story not only achieved the photographer's mission to show that beauty is heart and soul deep, but also offered wonderful life lessons along the way. "A Wondrous Journey" is the chronicle of Dr. MacGuffie's inspiring life story one of triumph, loss, and profound compassion. It is also a journey of self-discovery for Manzione, which leads to what they both share on the pages of this small book with big lessons.

Wondrous Strange

Author : Lesley Livingston
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061575372
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (615 download)

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Download or read book Wondrous Strange written by Lesley Livingston and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 17 year old actress Kelly Winslow thinks that playing the role of the fairy queen Titania in a production of Shapespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream could be her lucky break-if she can pull it off.

Wondrous Beginnings

Author : Steven H. Silver
Publisher : D A W Books, Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9780756400989
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Wondrous Beginnings written by Steven H. Silver and published by D A W Books, Incorporated. This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 17 stories from masters of science fiction together with author's introduction.

Wondrous Journeys in Strange Lands

Author : Sonia Nimir
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1623710804
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (237 download)

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Download or read book Wondrous Journeys in Strange Lands written by Sonia Nimir and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-11-30 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WINNER OF THE PRESIGIOUS ETISALAT AWARD AN ADVENTURE-FILLED HISTORICAL-FOLKLORIC NOVEL ABOUT A PALESTINIAN GIRL WHO DEVELOPS GREAT HEALING SKILLS AND TRAVELS AROUND THE REGION, SOMETIMES DRESSED AS A MAN Sonia Nimr’s award-winning Wondrous Journeys in Strange Lands is a richly imagined feminist-fable-plus-historical-novel that tells an episodic travel narrative, like that of the great 14th century Moroccan traveler Ibn Battuta, through the eyes of a clever and irrepressible young Palestinian woman. The story begins hundreds of years ago, when our hero—Qamr—is born as an outcast, at the foot of a mountain in Palestine, near her father’s strange, isolated village. Qamr’s mother must solve the mystery of why only boys are born in this odd, conservative village. Then, in 1001 Nights style, this tale moves into another. Qamr’s parents die and a prince with many wives wants to marry her. Qamr takes her favorite book, Wondrous Journeys in Strange Lands, and flees through Gaza, to Egypt, where she is captured, enslaved, and sold to the sister of the mad king in Egypt. After escaping, she flees to study with a polymath in Morocco. But when it’s discovered she’s a girl, she must leave again, disguising herself as a boy pirate to sail the Mediterranean. Through all her fast-paced battles, mysteries, and adventures, Qamr never finds a home, but she does manage to create a family.

Invented by Animals

Author : Christiane Dorion
Publisher : Designed by Nature
ISBN 13 : 0711260656
Total Pages : 78 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (112 download)

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Download or read book Invented by Animals written by Christiane Dorion and published by Designed by Nature. This book was released on 2021-04-06 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Humans think they invent everything, but the fact is, us animals have invented ways of solving problems, making unbelievable materials, ways of getting around and working out how to survive on our own for millions of years. In this book you will meet the animal inventors who have shared their super inventing powers to make amazing things for humans.

The Chemistry of Tears

Author : Peter Carey
Publisher : Penguin Group Australia
ISBN 13 : 174253452X
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (425 download)

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Download or read book The Chemistry of Tears written by Peter Carey and published by Penguin Group Australia. This book was released on 2012-01-25 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When her lover dies suddenly, all Catherine has left is her work. In an act of compassion her manager at London’s Swinburne Museum gives her a very particular project: a box of intricate clockwork parts that constitute a nineteenth-century automaton, a beautiful mechanical bird. It’s an object made of equal parts magic, love, madness and science, a delight that contains the seeds of our age’s downfall. Once Catherine discovers the diary of the man who commissioned it, one obsession merges into another.

Grand Canyon

Author : Jason Chin
Publisher : Roaring Brook Press
ISBN 13 : 1250155436
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Grand Canyon written by Jason Chin and published by Roaring Brook Press. This book was released on 2017-02-21 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rivers wind through earth, cutting down and eroding the soil for millions of years, creating a cavity in the ground 277 miles long, 18 miles wide, and more than a mile deep known as the Grand Canyon. Home to an astonishing variety of plants and animals that have lived and evolved within its walls for millennia, the Grand Canyon is much more than just a hole in the ground. Follow a father and daughter as they make their way through the cavernous wonder, discovering life both present and past. Weave in and out of time as perfectly placed die cuts show you that a fossil today was a creature much long ago, perhaps in a completely different environment. Complete with a spectacular double gatefold, an intricate map and extensive back matter.

Creative Haven Wondrous Women Coloring Book

Author : Marty Noble
Publisher : Dover Publications
ISBN 13 : 0486828468
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (868 download)

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Download or read book Creative Haven Wondrous Women Coloring Book written by Marty Noble and published by Dover Publications. This book was released on 2019-02-13 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From images of ethereal sprites to portrayals of earth mothers, these 31 gorgeous illustrations depict fictional women within fanciful and realistic scenes from the natural world. The designs incorporate the influence of Art Nouveau as well as nature motifs from a variety of cultures. Pages are perforated and printed on one side only for easy removal and display. Specially designed for experienced colorists, Wondrous Women and other Creative Haven® adult coloring books offer an escape to a world of inspiration and artistic fulfillment. Each title is also an effective and fun-filled way to relax and reduce stress.

The Wondrous Journals of Dr. Wendell Wellington Wiggins

Author : Lesley M. M. Blume
Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 0375899189
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (758 download)

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Download or read book The Wondrous Journals of Dr. Wendell Wellington Wiggins written by Lesley M. M. Blume and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2012-08-07 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The journals of Dr. Wendell Wellington Wiggins might just be the most extraordinary contribution to the study of the earth's past since the discovery of the Rosetta Stone. In the incredible pages of these thought-to-be-lost diaries, Dr. Wiggins—whom we now must consider the greatest paleozoologist of all time—has divulged the secrets of the truly ancient animal world: a world before human beings; a world before dinosaurs; a world that, until now, existed well beyond the outer reaches of human imagination. From deadly Amazonian Whispering Vines (Vitus Sussurus) to curious creatures called Brittle Bones (Futilis Ossis) to a mysterious pet named Gibear (Chiroptera Vicugna Pacosis), the discoveries of Dr. Wiggins will forever change the way we think about the world before us.

Grumpy Old Rock Star

Author : Rick Wakeman
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1409050327
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Grumpy Old Rock Star written by Rick Wakeman and published by Random House. This book was released on 2009-08-28 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Around about August 1948, Mr and Mrs Cyril Wakeman had an early night and some time later, at Perivale in Middlesex, Mrs Wakeman produced a bonny baby son. They named him Richard, but he quickly became known as Rick. Rick was a likeable little fellow who had a talent for the piano and for making trouble. Music became Rick's life - he joined a popular music group called Yes and became a legend. Much later he became a Grumpy Old Man who appears on Countdown, hosts a hugely popular radio show on Planet Rock and performs a one-man show telling stories about his rather extraordinary life. Which is where this book you are holding comes in. Mr Wakeman is simply one of the great storytellers of our age - let's face it, he has some fabulous material. It seemed a shame that some of the funniest yarns should not be more widely known. So he accepted some cash and here we are. Curl up by the fire with a Grumpy Old Rock Star and your nearest and dearest. We defy you not to want to read it aloud and laugh.

A Child of Books

Author : Oliver Jeffers
Publisher : Candlewick Press
ISBN 13 : 0763690775
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (636 download)

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Download or read book A Child of Books written by Oliver Jeffers and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2016-09-06 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young reader introduces a boy to the many imaginative worlds that books bring to life.

Something Wonderful: Stories

Author : Jo Lloyd
Publisher : Tin House Books
ISBN 13 : 1951142802
Total Pages : 137 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (511 download)

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Download or read book Something Wonderful: Stories written by Jo Lloyd and published by Tin House Books. This book was released on 2021-08-24 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Most Anticipated Book of August at The Millions From the Winner of the BBC National Short Story Award “Jo Lloyd has drawn out all the intensity and latent power of short fiction. . . . A major talent.” —Hilary Mantel “Her sentences could rouse the dead (and do, in this excellent book).” —Karen Russell In Something Wonderful, prize-winning author Jo Lloyd has crafted nine stories that delight in language and shine with wit, wisdom, and deep humanity. Whether seeking knowledge, riches, or a better life, the characters in this debut collection are united by a quest for lasting value, as they ask how we should treat our world, our work, our selves, and each other in both past and present. A vainglorious mine owner dreams of harnessing all of nature to the machinery of commerce. Two women hunt rare butterflies in a pre-First World War landscape already experiencing the first bites of biodiversity loss. A young man tracks down the father who abandoned him inside a festival exhibit. A rural Welsh community is fascinated and angered by glimpses of its invisible, wealthy neighbors. Clear-sighted and lyrical, compassionate, and full of truth, Something Wonderful from Jo Lloyd, winner of the BBC National Short Story Award, announces a remarkable new voice with a sensibility all her own.

Wondrous Fiction

Author : Barry Ghabaei
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781532033360
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (333 download)

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Download or read book Wondrous Fiction written by Barry Ghabaei and published by . This book was released on 2017-09-15 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introducing Wondrous Fiction, a type of literary artwork where nothing matters and where all emphasis is placed on voice. The stories in this collection will test you and your patience to see if you have what it takes to be called creatively inclined. Whether it's the humor or the drama, allow the wonder to enter your mind and gaze upon the amazement of such fables. Could they ever occur? Will they ever occur? We all do wonder.

All the Ugly and Wonderful Things

Author : Bryn Greenwood
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1466885807
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)

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Download or read book All the Ugly and Wonderful Things written by Bryn Greenwood and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2016-08-09 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: - A New York Times and USA Today bestseller - Book of the Month Club 2016 Book of the Year - Second Place Goodreads Best Fiction of 2016 A beautiful and provocative love story between two unlikely people and the hard-won relationship that elevates them above the Midwestern meth lab backdrop of their lives. As the daughter of a drug dealer, Wavy knows not to trust people, not even her own parents. It's safer to keep her mouth shut and stay out of sight. Struggling to raise her little brother, Donal, eight-year-old Wavy is the only responsible adult around. Obsessed with the constellations, she finds peace in the starry night sky above the fields behind her house, until one night her star gazing causes an accident. After witnessing his motorcycle wreck, she forms an unusual friendship with one of her father's thugs, Kellen, a tattooed ex-con with a heart of gold. By the time Wavy is a teenager, her relationship with Kellen is the only tender thing in a brutal world of addicts and debauchery. When tragedy rips Wavy's family apart, a well-meaning aunt steps in, and what is beautiful to Wavy looks ugly under the scrutiny of the outside world. A powerful novel you won’t soon forget, Bryn Greenwood's All the Ugly and Wonderful Things challenges all we know and believe about love. 31 Books Bringing the Heat this Summer —Bustle Top Ten Hottest Reads of 2016 —New York Daily News Best Books of 2016 —St. Louis Post Dispatch

World of Wonders

Author : Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Publisher : Milkweed Editions
ISBN 13 : 157131959X
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (713 download)

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Download or read book World of Wonders written by Aimee Nezhukumatathil and published by Milkweed Editions. This book was released on 2020-09-08 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A poet celebrates the wonders of nature in a collection of essays that could almost serve as a coming-of-age memoir.” —Kirkus Reviews As a child, Nezhukumatathil called many places home: the grounds of a Kansas mental institution, where her Filipina mother was a doctor; the open skies and tall mountains of Arizona, where she hiked with her Indian father; and the chillier climes of western New York and Ohio. But no matter where she was transplanted—no matter how awkward the fit or forbidding the landscape—she was able to turn to our world’s fierce and funny creatures for guidance. “What the peacock can do,” she tells us, “is remind you of a home you will run away from and run back to all your life.” The axolotl teaches us to smile, even in the face of unkindness; the touch-me-not plant shows us how to shake off unwanted advances; the narwhal demonstrates how to survive in hostile environments. Even in the strange and the unlovely, Nezhukumatathil finds beauty and kinship. For it is this way with wonder: it requires that we are curious enough to look past the distractions in order to fully appreciate the world’s gifts. Warm, lyrical, and gorgeously illustrated by Fumi Nakamura, World of Wonders is a book of sustenance and joy. Praise for World of Wonders Barnes & Noble 2020 Book of the Year An NPR Best Book of 2020 An Esquire Best Book of 2020 A Publishers Weekly “Big Indie Book of Fall 2020” A BuzzFeed Best Book of Fall 2020 “Hands-down one of the most beautiful books of the year.” —NPR “A timely story about love, identity and belonging.” —New York Times Book Review “A truly wonderous essay collection.” —Roxane Gay, The Audacity