De Naaister Van Pernambuco
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De Naaister Van Pernambuco
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Author : Frances de Pontes Peebles
language : nl
Publisher: Overamstel Uitgevers
Release Date : 2014-03-21
De Naaister Van Pernambuco written by Frances de Pontes Peebles and has been published by Overamstel Uitgevers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-21 with Fiction categories.
De gezusters Emília en Luzia dos Santos, opgegroeid in een dorpje in het noorden van Brazilië, zijn heel verschillend van aard en al vroeg scheiden zich hun wegen. De romantische Emília trouwt met de zoon van de rijke Dr. Duarte Coelho uit Recife. De temperamentvolle Luzia sluit zich aan bij de 'cangaceiros', een bende revolutionairen die strijdt tegen de uitbuiting door machtige grootgrondbezitters en voor sociale hervormingen. Wanneer Luzia trouwt met hun leider Antonio, bijgenaamd de Havik, komt haar leven steeds meer in gevaar. Emília's leven in de grote stad wordt overschaduwd door innig verdriet en eenzaamheid. Ze weet dat ze haar zus Luzia waarschijnlijk nooit meer zal zien, maar ontwikkelt een indirecte manier om met haar te communiceren. Dan vertrouwt Luzia haar een groot geheim toe.
De Naaister Van Pernambuco
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Author : Frances de Pontes Peebles
language : nl
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
De Naaister Van Pernambuco written by Frances de Pontes Peebles and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with categories.
Twee Braziliaanse tienerzusjes worden in 1928 van elkaar gescheiden wanneer de jongste wordt ontvoerd door een groep rebellen.
The Seamstress
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Author : Frances de Pontes Peebles
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2011-06-01
The Seamstress written by Frances de Pontes Peebles and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-06-01 with Fiction categories.
Emília and Luzia dos Santos, orphaned when they are children, grow up under the protection of their aunt in the hillside village of Taquaritinga, Brazil. Raised as seamstresses, the sisters learn how to cut, how to mend and how to conceal. Emília treasures pretty, girlish things and longs to escape from the confines of the little town. Captivated by the romances she reads in magazines, she dreams of finding love in the bustle and glamour of the city. Luzia, scarred by a childhood accident that has left her with a deformed arm, knows that for her, real life can not be romantically embroidered, and so she finds solace in her sewing and in the secret prayers to the saints she believes once saved her life. But when Luzia is abducted by a gang of rebel bandits, the sisters' lives diverge in ways they never imagined. Whilst Luzia learns to survive in the unforgiving Brazilian outland, discovering love in the most unexpected of places, Emília meets the son of a wealthy doctor who seems to offer her everything she has always desired. But for the innocent dreamer, the excitement of her escape to the city is soon overshadowed by disillusion and loneliness. As she learns how to navigate the treacherous waters of Brazilian high society, the bandits' campaign against the land-owning 'Colonels' intensifies, and when a price is placed upon Luzia's head Emília realises she must risk everything in order to save her sister.
The Air You Breathe
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Author : Frances de Pontes Peebles
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2018-08-21
The Air You Breathe written by Frances de Pontes Peebles and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-08-21 with Fiction categories.
"[A] glorious, glittery saga of friendship and loss... I read The Air You Breathe in two nights. (One might say I inhaled it.)." --NPR "Echoes of Elena Ferrante resound in this sumptuous saga."--O, The Oprah Magazine "Enveloping...Peebles understands the shifting currents of female friendship, and she writes so vividly about samba that you close the book certain its heroine's voices must exist beyond the page." -People The story of an intense female friendship fueled by affection, envy and pride--and each woman's fear that she would be nothing without the other. Some friendships, like romance, have the feeling of fate. Skinny, nine-year-old orphaned Dores is working in the kitchen of a sugar plantation in 1930s Brazil when in walks a girl who changes everything. Graça, the spoiled daughter of a wealthy sugar baron, is clever, well fed, pretty, and thrillingly ill behaved. Born to wildly different worlds, Dores and Graça quickly bond over shared mischief, and then, on a deeper level, over music. One has a voice like a songbird; the other feels melodies in her soul and composes lyrics to match. Music will become their shared passion, the source of their partnership and their rivalry, and for each, the only way out of the life to which each was born. But only one of the two is destined to be a star. Their intimate, volatile bond will determine each of their fortunes--and haunt their memories. Traveling from Brazil's inland sugar plantations to the rowdy streets of Rio de Janeiro's famous Lapa neighborhood, from Los Angeles during the Golden Age of Hollywood back to the irresistible drumbeat of home, The Air You Breathe unfurls a moving portrait of a lifelong friendship--its unparalleled rewards and lasting losses--and considers what we owe to the relationships that shape our lives.
The Japanese Lover
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Author : Rani Manicka
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2010-09-02
The Japanese Lover written by Rani Manicka and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-09-02 with Fiction categories.
A breathtaking and absorbing novel set in Malaysia propelled by the superb storytelling instinct of the author of THE RICE MOTHER. Parvathi leaves her native Ceylon for Malaya and an arranged marriage to a wealthy businessman. But her father has cheated, supplying a different girl's photograph, and Kasu Marimuthu, furious, threatens to send her home in disgrace. Gradually husband and wife reach an accommodation and the naïve young girl learns to assume the air of sophisticated mistress of a luxurious estate. She even adopts his love child and treats Rubini as her own daughter - a generous act which is rewarded by a long-wished-for son. But it is a life without passion and Parvathi dreams of loving - and being loved - with complete abandon. When the Japanese invade Malaya in WW2, they requisition the estate. Marimuthu dies and Parvathi is forced to accept the protection of the Japanese general who has robbed her of her home. For the first time she experiences sexual ecstasy. And gradually, her sworn enemy becomes the lover she has always yearned for . . .
World History
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Author : Eric Vanhaute
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-07-24
World History written by Eric Vanhaute and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07-24 with History categories.
World History: An Introduction provides readers with the knowledge and tools necessary to understand the global historical perspective and how it can be used to shed light on both our past and our present. A concise and original guide to the concepts, methods, debates and contents of world history, it combines a thematic approach with a clear and ambitious focus. Each chapter traces connections with the past and the present to explore major questions in world history: How did humans evolve from an endangered species to the most successful of them all? How has nature shaped human history? How did agricultural societies push human history in a new direction? How has humankind organized itself in ever more complex administrative systems? How have we developed new religious and cultural patterns? How have the paths of ‘The West’ and ‘The Rest’ diverged over the last five centuries? How, at the same time, has the world become more interconnected and "globalized"? How is this world characterized by growing gaps in wealth, poverty and inequality? Sharp and accessible, Eric Vanhaute’s introduction to this exciting field demonstrates that world history is more of a perspective than a single all-encompassing narrative: an instructive new way of seeing, thinking and doing. It is an essential resource for students of history in a global context.
Dutch Puritanism
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Author : Keith L. Sprunger
language : en
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date : 2016-10-14
Dutch Puritanism written by Keith L. Sprunger and has been published by Wipf and Stock Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-10-14 with Religion categories.
The God Of Animals
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Author : Aryn Kyle
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2008-03-04
The God Of Animals written by Aryn Kyle and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-03-04 with Fiction categories.
In her stunning debut, Kyle produces an emotionally powerful coming-of-age story that deftly and movingly captures not only the complexity of love, loss, and human relationships but also the fierce and powerful bond between horses and humans.
Archive Of The Benelux Countries
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Author : Willi Gorzny
language : nl
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
Archive Of The Benelux Countries written by Willi Gorzny and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Belgium categories.
Cura Ao In The Age Of Revolutions 1795 1800
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Author : Wim Klooster
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2011
Cura Ao In The Age Of Revolutions 1795 1800 written by Wim Klooster and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with HISTORY categories.
From 1795 through 1800, a series of revolts rocked Curaçao, a small but strategically located Dutch colony just off the South American continent. A combination of internal and external factors produced these uprisings, in which free and enslaved islanders particiapted with various objectives. A major slave revolt in August 1795 was the opening salvo for these tumultuous five years. While this revolt is a well-known episode in Curaçaoan history, its wider Caribbean and Atlantic context is much less known. Also lacking are studies sketching a clear picture of the turbulent five years that followed. It is in these dark corners that this volume aims to shed light.