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Author : Louis Chude-Sokei
language : en
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Release Date : 2021
Floating In A Most Peculiar Way written by Louis Chude-Sokei and has been published by Houghton Mifflin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A gutting, gorgeous memoir of a pan-African childhood that tracks the author's migrations from the short-lived African nation known as Biafra, to Jamaica, to Los Angeles' harshest streets
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Author : David Racine
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999
Floating In A Most Peculiar Way written by David Racine and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Fiction categories.
A son's imminent departure for college prompts a middle-aged couple in Georgia to relive their days as 1960s hippies. Symbolically, mother and son smoke pot together.
Summary Of Louis Chude Sokei S Floating In A Most Peculiar Way
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Author : Everest Media,
language : en
Publisher: Everest Media LLC
Release Date : 2022-07-07T22:59:00Z
Summary Of Louis Chude Sokei S Floating In A Most Peculiar Way written by Everest Media, and has been published by Everest Media LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-07-07T22:59:00Z with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 My mother and father were from a country that had disappeared. The murder of our country was a crime they would never forgive because they had been partly responsible for its invention. We were not exiles because nobody owed us anything. We were immigrants because in my mother’s day, the term implied that we were needed in whatever country we ended up in. #2 I was born in Jamaica in 1967, just after the war was declared on Biafra. I didn’t remember the war or leaving Biafra, but I did remember the first time I heard the word Biafra.
Coco Chanel Spanish Edition
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Author : Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
language : es
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Release Date : 2023-05-02
Coco Chanel Spanish Edition written by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara and has been published by Frances Lincoln Children's Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-05-02 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
This beautiful Spanish-language book, translated from the hugely popular Little People, BIG DREAMS series, can be enjoyed by fluent Spanish speakers and those learning the language, whether at home or in the classroom. En este éxito de ventas internacional de la serie Little People, BIG DREAMS, aclamada por la crítica, descubra la historia inspiradora de este ícono de estilo internacional. Tras la muerte de su madre, Coco pasó sus primeros años en un orfanato, donde le enseñaron a usar aguja e hilo. A partir de ahí, se convirtió en cantante de cabaret, costurera, sombrerera y, finalmente, en la diseñadora de moda más famosa del mundo. Este libro conmovedor presenta ilustraciones elegantes y extravagantes y datos adicionales en la parte posterior, incluida una línea de tiempo biográfica con fotos históricas y un perfil detallado de la vida del diseñador. Little People, BIG DREAMS es una serie de libros y juegos educativos de gran éxito de ventas que explora la vida de personas destacadas, desde diseñadores y artistas hasta científicos y activistas. Todos lograron cosas increíbles, pero cada uno comenzó su vida como un niño con un sueño. Esta serie de empoderamiento ofrece mensajes inspiradores para niños de todas las edades, en una variedad de formatos. Los libros de cartón se cuentan en oraciones simples, perfectos para leer en voz alta a bebés y niños pequeños. Las versiones de tapa dura presentan historias ampliadas para lectores principiantes. Los juegos de regalo en caja le permiten recopilar una selección de libros por tema. Las muñecas de papel, las tarjetas de aprendizaje, los juegos de combinación y otras divertidas herramientas de aprendizaje brindan aún más formas de hacer que las vidas de estos modelos a seguir sean accesibles para los niños. ¡Inspira a la próxima generación de personas destacadas que cambiarán el mundo con Little People, BIG DREAMS! In this international bestseller from the critically acclaimed Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the inspiring story of this international style icon. Following the death of her mother, Coco spent her early life in an orphanage, where she was taught how to use a needle and thread. From there, she became a cabaret singer, seamstress, hat maker, and, eventually, the world's most famous fashion designer. This moving book features stylish and quirky illustrations and extra facts at the back, including a biographical timeline with historical photos and a detailed profile of the designer's life. Little People, BIG DREAMS is a best-selling series of books and educational games that explore the lives of outstanding people, from designers and artists to scientists and activists. All of them achieved incredible things, yet each began life as a child with a dream. This empowering series offers inspiring messages to children of all ages, in a range of formats. The board books are told in simple sentences, perfect for reading aloud to babies and toddlers. The hardcover versions present expanded stories for beginning readers. Boxed gift sets allow you to collect a selection of the books by theme. Paper dolls, learning cards, matching games, and other fun learning tools provide even more ways to make the lives of these role models accessible to children. Inspire the next generation of outstanding people who will change the world with Little People, BIG DREAMS!
The Book Of Barely Imagined Beings
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Author : Caspar Henderson
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2013-04-10
The Book Of Barely Imagined Beings written by Caspar Henderson and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-10 with Nature categories.
From medieval bestiaries to Borges’s Book of Imaginary Beings, we’ve long been enchanted by extraordinary animals, be they terrifying three-headed dogs or asps impervious to a snake charmer’s song. But bestiaries are more than just zany zoology—they are artful attempts to convey broader beliefs about human beings and the natural order. Today, we no longer fear sea monsters or banshees. But from the infamous honey badger to the giant squid, animals continue to captivate us with the things they can do and the things they cannot, what we know about them and what we don’t. With The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Caspar Henderson offers readers a fascinating, beautifully produced modern-day menagerie. But whereas medieval bestiaries were often based on folklore and myth, the creatures that abound in Henderson’s book—from the axolotl to the zebrafish—are, with one exception, very much with us, albeit sometimes in depleted numbers. The Book of Barely Imagined Beings transports readers to a world of real creatures that seem as if they should be made up—that are somehow more astonishing than anything we might have imagined. The yeti crab, for example, uses its furry claws to farm the bacteria on which it feeds. The waterbear, meanwhile, is among nature’s “extreme survivors,” able to withstand a week unprotected in outer space. These and other strange and surprising species invite readers to reflect on what we value—or fail to value—and what we might change. A powerful combination of wit, cutting-edge natural history, and philosophical meditation, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings is an infectious and inspiring celebration of the sheer ingenuity and variety of life in a time of crisis and change.
Men In Space
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Author : Tom McCarthy
language : en
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Release Date : 2012-02-07
Men In Space written by Tom McCarthy and has been published by National Geographic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-02-07 with Fiction categories.
The first novel by the Booker Prize finalist Tom McCarthy — author of Remainder and C — Men in Space is a clever entrée into the art world, and a look at the bohemian life that was Prague in the 1990s. Set in a Central Europe rapidly fragmenting after the fall of communism, Men in Space follows a cast of dissolute bohemians, political refugees, a football referee, a disorientated police agent and a stranded astronaut as they chase a stolen painting from Sofia to Prague and onward. The painting's melancholy orbit is reflected in the various characters' ellipses and near misses as they career vertiginously through all kinds of space: physical, political, emotional and metaphysical. What emerges is a vision of humanity adrift in history, and a world in a state of disintegration.
Hot Milk
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Author : Deborah Levy
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2016-03-24
Hot Milk written by Deborah Levy and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-03-24 with Fiction categories.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2016 SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZE 2016 Plunge into this hypnotic tale of female sexuality and power - from the author of Swimming Home and The Man Who Saw Everything 'Propulsive, uncanny, dreamlike. A feverish coming-of-age novel' Daily Telegraph 'A triumph of storytelling' Literary Review _________________________________ 'Today I dropped my laptop on the concrete floor of a bar built on the beach. My laptop has all my life in it and knows more about me than anyone else. So what I am saying is that if it is broken, so am I . . .' Two women arrive in a village on the Spanish coast. Rose is suffering from a strange illness and the doctors are mystified. Her daughter Sofia has brought her here to find a cure with the infamous and controversial Dr Gomez - a man of questionable methods and motives. Intoxicated by thick heat and the seductive people who move through it, both women begin to see their lives clearly for the first time in years. Through the opposing figures of mother and daughter, Deborah Levy explores the strange and monstrous nature of womanhood. Dreamlike and utterly compulsive, Hot Milk is a delirious fairy tale of feminine potency, a story both modern and timeless. _________________________________ 'Perfectly crafted. So mesmerising that reading it is to be under a spell' Independent on Sunday 'Hot Milk treads a sweaty, sun-drenched path into the history books. A properly great novel' Romola Garai 'Hot Milk is an extraordinary novel, beautifully rich, vividly atmospheric and psychologically complex... Every man and woman should read it' Bernardine Evaristo 'Hypnotic... This novel has a transfixing gaze and a terrible sting that burns long after the final page is turned' Observer 'Terrific, sizzling with heat and sexuality . . . You devour it in one sitting' Radio Times
The Sound Of Culture
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Author : Louis Chude-Sokei
language : en
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
Release Date : 2015-12-29
The Sound Of Culture written by Louis Chude-Sokei and has been published by Wesleyan University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-12-29 with Literary Criticism categories.
The Sound of Culture explores the histories of race and technology in a world made by slavery, colonialism, and industrialization. Beginning in the late nineteenth century and moving through to the twenty-first, the book argues for the dependent nature of those histories. Looking at American, British, and Caribbean literature, it distills a diverse range of subject matter: minstrelsy, Victorian science fiction, cybertheory, and artificial intelligence. All of these facets, according to Louis Chude-Sokei, are part of a history in which music has been central to the equation that links blacks and machines. As Chude-Sokei shows, science fiction itself has roots in racial anxieties and he traces those anxieties across two centuries and a range of writers and thinkers—from Samuel Butler, Herman Melville, and Edgar Rice Burroughs to Sigmund Freud, William Gibson, and Donna Haraway, to Norbert Weiner, Sylvia Wynter, and Samuel R. Delany.
Miss Peregrine S Peculiar Children Boxed Set
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Author : Ransom Riggs
language : en
Publisher: Quirk Books
Release Date : 2015-10-20
Miss Peregrine S Peculiar Children Boxed Set written by Ransom Riggs and has been published by Quirk Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-20 with Young Adult Fiction categories.
The New York Times #1 best-selling series. Includes 3 novels by Ransom Riggs and 12 peculiar photographs. Together for the first time, here is the #1 New York Times best seller Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children and its two sequels, Hollow City and Library of Souls. All three hardcovers are packaged in a beautifully designed slipcase. Also included: a special collector's envelope of twelve peculiar photographs, highlighting the most memorable moments of this extraordinary three-volume fantasy. MISS PEREGRINE'S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN: A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. A strange collection of very curious photographs. It all waits to be discovered in this groundbreaking novel, which mixes fiction and photography in a thrilling new kind of reading experience. As our story opens, a horrific family tragedy sets sixteen-year-old Jacob Portman journeying to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where he discovers the crumbling ruins of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. HOLLOW CITY: September 3, 1940. Ten peculiar children flee an army of deadly monsters. And only one person can help them—but she's trapped in the body of a bird. The extraordinary adventure continues as Jacob Portman and his newfound friends journey to London, the peculiar capital of the world. There, they hope to find a cure for their beloved headmistress, Miss Peregrine. But in this war-torn city, hideous surprises lurk around every corner. LIBRARY OF SOULS: A boy, a girl, and a talking dog. They're all that stands between the sinister wights and the future of peculiar children everywhere. Jacob Portman ventures through history one last time to rescue the peculiar children from a heavily guarded fortress. He's joined by girlfriend and firestarter Emma Bloom, canine companion Addison MacHenry, and some very unexpected allies.
Floating In A Most Peculiar Way
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Author : Louis Onuorah Chude-Sokei
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021
Floating In A Most Peculiar Way written by Louis Onuorah Chude-Sokei and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021 with Immigrants categories.
"The astonishing journey of a bright, utterly displaced boy, from the short-lived African nation of Biafra, to Jamaica, to the harshest streets of Los Angeles--a fierce and funny memoir that adds fascinating depth to the coming-to-America story"--