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Book Synopsis A House Named Brazil by : Audrey Schulman
Download or read book A House Named Brazil written by Audrey Schulman and published by Harper Perennial. This book was released on 2001-10-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abandoned by her mother at age fourteen, Fran is used to fending for herself in the family's isolated Ontario farmhouse, but four years later, her mother begins calling the house with strange, sensuous lurid tales that will eventually transform Fran. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.
Book Synopsis Fazendas by : Fernando Tasso Fragoso Pires
Download or read book Fazendas written by Fernando Tasso Fragoso Pires and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Brazilian American written by and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 774 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book House of Names written by Colm Toibin and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-05-09 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: * A Washington Post Notable Fiction Book of the Year * Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR, The Guardian, The Boston Globe, St. Louis Dispatch From the thrilling imagination of bestselling, award-winning Colm Tóibín comes a retelling of the story of Clytemnestra and her children—“brilliant…gripping…high drama…made tangible and graphic in Tóibín’s lush prose” (Booklist, starred review). “I have been acquainted with the smell of death.” So begins Clytemnestra’s tale of her own life in ancient Mycenae, the legendary Greek city from which her husband King Agamemnon left when he set sail with his army for Troy. Clytemnestra rules Mycenae now, along with her new lover Aegisthus, and together they plot the bloody murder of Agamemnon on the day of his return after nine years at war. Judged, despised, cursed by gods, Clytemnestra reveals the tragic saga that led to these bloody actions: how her husband deceived her eldest daughter Iphigeneia with a promise of marriage to Achilles, only to sacrifice her; how she seduced and collaborated with the prisoner Aegisthus; how Agamemnon came back with a lover himself; and how Clytemnestra finally achieved her vengeance for his stunning betrayal—his quest for victory, greater than his love for his child. House of Names “is a disturbingly contemporary story of a powerful woman caught between the demands of her ambition and the constraints on her gender…Never before has Tóibín demonstrated such range,” (The Washington Post). He brings a modern sensibility and language to an ancient classic, and gives this extraordinary character new life, so that we not only believe Clytemnestra’s thirst for revenge, but applaud it. Told in four parts, this is a fiercely dramatic portrait of a murderess, who will herself be murdered by her own son, Orestes. It is Orestes’s story, too: his capture by the forces of his mother’s lover Aegisthus, his escape and his exile. And it is the story of the vengeful Electra, who watches over her mother and Aegisthus with cold anger and slow calculation, until, on the return of her brother, she has the fates of both of them in her hands.
Book Synopsis Building the Americas by : Sara Estelle Haskin
Download or read book Building the Americas written by Sara Estelle Haskin and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Theory of Bastards by : Audrey Schulman
Download or read book Theory of Bastards written by Audrey Schulman and published by Europa Editions. This book was released on 2018-04-24 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Philip K. Dick Award–winning sci-fi novel: “A riveting page-turner” about the behavior of primates—human and otherwise—“in a very near and dire future” (The Washington Post). Winner of the 2019 Neukom Institute Literary Arts Award for Speculative Fiction One of The Washington Post’s 50 Notable Works of fiction in 2018 In a world where coastal cities flood, dust storms plague the Midwest, and implants connect humans directly to the Web, Dr. Francine Burk has broken new ground in the study of primate sexuality. While in recovery from a long-needed surgery—paid for with a portion of her McArthur “genius” award money—Frankie is offered placement at a prestigious research institute where she can verify her subversive scientific discovery: her Theory of Bastards. Leaving Manhattan for a research campus outside Kansas City, Frankie finds that the bonobos she’s studying are complex, with distinct personalities. She comes to know them with the help of her research partner, a man with a complicated past and perhaps a place in her future. But when the entire campus is caught in a sudden emergency, the lines between subject and scientist—and between colleague and companion―begin to blur. Audrey Schulman Award–winning novel explores the nuances of communication, the implications of unquestioned technological advancement, and the enduring power of love in a way that is essential and urgent in today’s world.
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Book Synopsis The Vincentians: A General History of the Congregation of the Mission by : John E. Rybolt
Download or read book The Vincentians: A General History of the Congregation of the Mission written by John E. Rybolt and published by New City Press. This book was released on with total page 603 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE SUBTITLE OF THIS SIXTH AND FINAL VOLUME of The Vincentians, “Internationalization and Aggiornamento (1919–1980),” describes the growth and change of the Congregation of the Mission in the twentieth century. Formerly European in focus, the provinces of the Congregation gained their own voice. Membership in mission lands, such as China, Brazil, and Ethiopia, surged, as local vocations joined their European confreres. The same is true of maturing provinces elsewhere. St. Vincent de Paul’s congregation became internationalized in both outreach and membership. The Vincentians in these recent decades also tasted the bitterness of persecution. The Congregation was suppressed at various times in Europe, Latin America, Asia, and Africa. Its members often reacted by moving elsewhere, thus furthering the internationalization of the Vincentian charism. Under the Nazis and Communist regimes, many suffered imprisonment, torture, and death. The provinces of Central Europe (Slovakia, Hungary, and Poland), to say nothing of China, were particularly hard-hit. Updating (aggiornamento) was the watchword toward the close of this period. As society changed, so did the Church, and with it the Vincentians. The process was difficult and painful, but it moved the Congregation in directions originally laid down by the Founder. Increasingly, the members emphasized mutual cooperation with many Vincentian-inspired lay organizations, the Vincentian Family. The inspiration shared among them all has been a further manifestation of the compelling insights of St. Vincent de Paul.
Book Synopsis Brazil and the Brazilians by : Daniel Parish Kidder
Download or read book Brazil and the Brazilians written by Daniel Parish Kidder and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 692 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Library of Congress Subject Headings by : Library of Congress
Download or read book Library of Congress Subject Headings written by Library of Congress and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 1652 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Mentor written by and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Library of Congress Subject Headings by : Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office
Download or read book Library of Congress Subject Headings written by Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 1502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Fairy Tales from Brazil: How and Why Tales from Brazilian Folk-Lore by : Elsie Spicer Eells
Download or read book Fairy Tales from Brazil: How and Why Tales from Brazilian Folk-Lore written by Elsie Spicer Eells and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-11-22 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As one can conclude from the title, the following work is a collection of fairy tales from Brazil, compiled by Elsie Spicer Ellis. Many of the stories featured are fables. Titles to be found inside the pages of this book include 'How the Rabbit Lost His Tail', 'Why the Lamb is Meek', and 'Why the Bananas Belong to the Monkey'.
Book Synopsis South America and Central America by : Charles Raymond Dillon
Download or read book South America and Central America written by Charles Raymond Dillon and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2002-10 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book gives vital information for those who plan to visit any country in South America or Central America. It contains a brief description of each country, its history, people, and resources. The places of interest to visit are described for major cities and locales. Useful information is provided about language, documents needed, when to visit, seasonal events, national holidays, transportation, dining and dress, money and tipping, health, security, time zones, and electrical current.
Book Synopsis Brazil and the Brazilians, portrayed in historical and descriptive sketches by : Daniel P. Kidder
Download or read book Brazil and the Brazilians, portrayed in historical and descriptive sketches written by Daniel P. Kidder and published by . This book was released on 1857 with total page 732 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Brazil and the Brazilians ... in historical and descriptive sketches ... Engravings by : Daniel Parish Kidder
Download or read book Brazil and the Brazilians ... in historical and descriptive sketches ... Engravings written by Daniel Parish Kidder and published by . This book was released on 1857 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Brazilian-African Diaspora in Ghana by : Kwame Essien
Download or read book Brazilian-African Diaspora in Ghana written by Kwame Essien and published by MSU Press. This book was released on 2016-10-01 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brazilian-African Diaspora in Ghana is a fresh approach, challenging both pre-existing and established notions of the African Diaspora by engaging new regions, conceptualizations, and articulations that move the field forward. This book examines the untold story of freed slaves from Brazil who thrived socially, culturally, and economically despite the challenges they encountered after they settled in Ghana. Kwame Essien goes beyond the one-dimensional approach that only focuses on British abolitionists’ funding of freed slaves’ resettlements in Africa. The new interpretation of reverse migrations examines the paradox of freedom in discussing how emancipated Brazilian-Africans came under threat from British colonial officials who introduced stringent land ordinances that deprived the freed Brazilian- Africans from owning land, particularly “Brazilian land.” Essien considers anew contention between the returnees and other entities that were simultaneously vying for control over social, political, commercial, and religious spaces in Accra and tackles the fluidity of memory and how it continues to shape Ghana’s history. The ongoing search for lost connections with the support of the Brazilian government—inspiring multiple generations of Tabom (offspring of the returnees) to travel across the Atlantic and back, especially in the last decade—illustrates the unending nature of the transatlantic diaspora journey and its impacts.
