Giovanna S 86 Circles
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Giovanna S 86 Circles
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Author : Paola Corso
language : en
Publisher: Terrace Books
Release Date : 2007-01-26
Giovanna S 86 Circles written by Paola Corso and has been published by Terrace Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-01-26 with Fiction categories.
These ten magical stories are primarily set in Pittsburgh-area river towns, where Italian American women and girls draw from their culture and folklore to bring life and a sense of wonder to a seemingly barren region of the Rust Belt. Each story catapults the ordinary into something original and unpredictable. A skeptical journalist scopes out the bar where the town mayor, in seemingly perfect health, is drinking with his buddies and celebrating what he claims is the last day of his life. A woman donates her dead mother’s clothes to a thrift shop but learns that their destiny is not what she expected. A ten-year-old girl wrestles with the facts of life as she watches her neighbor struggle to get pregnant while her teenage sister finds it all too easy. A high school girl hallucinates in a steamy hospital laundry room and discovers she can see her coworkers’ futures. A developer’s wrecking ball is no match for the legend of Giovanna’s green thumb in the title story “Giovanna’s 86 Circles.” Quirky and profound, Corso’s magical leaps uncover the everyday poetry of these women’s lives. Finalist for the John Gardner Fiction Book Award Selected for “Best Short Stories of 2005” in Montserrat Review Best Books for Regional Special Interests, selected by the American Association of School Librarians, and Best Books for General Audiences, selected by the Public Library Association Sons of Italy National Book Club Selection
The Laundress Catches Her Breath
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Author : Paola Corso
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012
The Laundress Catches Her Breath written by Paola Corso and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with American poetry categories.
The struggle and anguish in finding meaningful work in an economically depressed city
Plum Wine
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Author : Angela Davis-Gardner
language : en
Publisher: Terrace Books
Release Date : 2006-04-01
Plum Wine written by Angela Davis-Gardner and has been published by Terrace Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-04-01 with Fiction categories.
Barbara Jefferson, a young American teaching in Tokyo in the 1960s, is set on a life-changing quest when her Japanese surrogate mother, Michi, dies, leaving her a tansu of homemade plum wines wrapped in rice paper. Within the papers Barbara discovers writings in Japanese calligraphy that comprise a startling personal narrative. With the help of her translator, Seiji Okada, Barbara begins to unravel the mysteries of Michi's life, a story that begins in the early twentieth century and continues through World War II and its aftermath. As Barbara and Seiji translate the plum wine papers they form an intimate bond, with Michi a ghostly third in what becomes an increasingly uneasy triangle. Barbara is deeply affected by the revelation that Michi and Seiji are hibakusha, survivors of the atomic bombing in Hiroshima, and even harder for her to understand are the devastating psychological effects wrought by war. Plum Wine examines human relationships, cultural differences, and the irreparable consequences of war in a story that is both original and timeless. 2007 A Notable Fiction Book of 2007, selected by the Kiriyama Prize Committee Winner, Fiction Award, Southern Independent Bookstore Alliance Notable Fiction, Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize
Hearing By Jael
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Author : Joyce Elbrecht
language : en
Publisher: Terrace Books
Release Date : 2005
Hearing By Jael written by Joyce Elbrecht and has been published by Terrace Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Fiction categories.
In 1993 the narrator Jael B. Juba treks south to revisit historic Tarragona, Florida, where her friend and mentor Elizabeth Harding Dumot had restored a decrepit mansion fifteen years earlier and released the wild energies of legend and contemporary social conflict before getting out of town, her work done. Juba's work is also one of restoration. She must return a long-hidden diary-- discovered by Harding in her work on the house--to its original site, a secret room about to be opened to the public for the first time. Here, the diarist Frances Boullet and her intimates once kept a vodun sanctuary for celebrating their multiracial heritage, burying their dead, resisting the terror of the conquest of the Americas, and pondering the knowledge they draw from their variously Creolized past. Through the sanctuary, the diary, and the novel flow tales of trading; piracy; colonization; slave life at a plantation; an Indian bride's miraculous legacy from the time of the Seminole Wars; Haitian uprisings and inter-American conflict; and murders, births, and hauntings in Reconstruction times and after. These tales, framed by Juba's and Harding's, stretch into a revisionary history that is joyously plural.
The Circle Of Ceridwen
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Author : Octavia Randolph
language : en
Publisher: Pyewacket Press
Release Date : 2019-11-02
The Circle Of Ceridwen written by Octavia Randolph and has been published by Pyewacket Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-02 with Fiction categories.
Now in Hard Cover - The Complete Saga! It is the year 871. Of seven Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, five have fallen to the invading Vikings. . Across this war-torn landscape travels fifteen year old Ceridwen, now thrust into the lives of the conquerors... Epic...immensely satisfying...an impressive achievement - Historical Novel Society
Kids Online
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Author : Sonia Livingstone
language : en
Publisher: Policy Press
Release Date : 2009-09-30
Kids Online written by Sonia Livingstone and has been published by Policy Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-09-30 with Computers categories.
As the internet and new online technologies are becoming embedded in everyday life, there are increasing questions about their social implications and consequences. This text addresses these risks in relation to children.
The Foucault Effect
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Author : Michel Foucault
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 1991-07-09
The Foucault Effect written by Michel Foucault 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 1991-07-09 with Philosophy categories.
Based on Foucault's 1978 and 1979 lectures on rationalities of government, this work examines the art or activity of government and the different ways in which it has been made thinkable and practicable. There are also contributions of other scholars exploring modern manifestations of government.
Algorithmic Antitrust
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Author : Aurelien Portuese
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2022-01-21
Algorithmic Antitrust written by Aurelien Portuese and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-01-21 with Law categories.
Algorithms are ubiquitous in our daily lives. They affect the way we shop, interact, and make exchanges on the marketplace. In this regard, algorithms can also shape competition on the marketplace. Companies employ algorithms as technologically innovative tools in an effort to edge out competitors. Antitrust agencies have increasingly recognized the competitive benefits, but also competitive risks that algorithms entail. Over the last few years, many algorithm-driven companies in the digital economy have been investigated, prosecuted and fined, mostly for allegedly unfair algorithm design. Legislative proposals aim at regulating the way algorithms shape competition. Consequently, a so-called “algorithmic antitrust” theory and practice have also emerged. This book provides a more innovation-driven perspective on the way antitrust agencies should approach algorithmic antitrust. To date, the analysis of algorithmic antitrust has predominantly been shaped by pessimistic approaches to the risks of algorithms on the competitive environment. With the benefit of the lessons learned over the last few years, this book assesses whether these risks have actually materialized and whether antitrust laws need to be adapted accordingly. Effective algorithmic antitrust requires to adequately assess the pro- and anti-competitive effects of algorithms on the basis of concrete evidence and innovation-related concerns. With a particular emphasis on the European perspective, this book brings together experts and scrutinizes on the implications of algorithmic antitrust for regulation and innovation.
Data Analysis Techniques For Physical Scientists
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Author : Claude A. Pruneau
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2017-10-05
Data Analysis Techniques For Physical Scientists written by Claude A. Pruneau and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-05 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
A comprehensive guide to data analysis techniques for the physical sciences including probability, statistics, data reconstruction, data correction and Monte Carlo methods. This book provides a valuable resource for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, as well as practitioners in the fields of experimental particle physics, nuclear physics and astrophysics.
The Christmasaurus
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Author : Tom Fletcher
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2021-10-28
The Christmasaurus written by Tom Fletcher and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-28 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
Bestselling author Tom Fletcher has re-invented his beloved Christmas story The Christmasaurus as a rhyming picture-book adventure for younger readers to enjoy - now in paperback! Santa and his reindeer live as north as you can go, in a place that's full of magic (and quite a lot of snow!). But Santa and his reindeer do not live there on their own, for there's a special dinosaur that also calls it home . . . The Christmasaurus wants more than anything to be able to fly, and help pull Santa's sleigh across the sky on Christmas Eve. But flying turns out to be much harder than he thought, even with Santa's help! One special Christmas, however, he falls down a chimney and meets a dinosaur-obsessed little boy who teaches him the magic of believing . . . With Shane Devries' breathtaking illustrations, a pitch-perfect, read-aloud rhyming text and two magical surprise gate-fold pages, The Christmasaurus Picture Book is the perfect Christmas gift.