Harry Sylvester Bird
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Harry Sylvester Bird
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Author : Chinelo Okparanta
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins
Release Date : 2022-07-12
Harry Sylvester Bird written by Chinelo Okparanta and has been published by HarperCollins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-07-12 with Fiction categories.
From the award-winning author of Under the Udala Trees and Happiness, Like Water comes a brilliant, provocative, up-to-the-minute satirical novel about a young white man’s education and miseducation in contemporary America. Harry Sylvester Bird grows up in Edward, Pennsylvania, with his parents, Wayne and Chevy, whom he greatly dislikes. They’re racist, xenophobic, financially incompetent, and they have quite a few secrets of their own. To Harry, they represent everything wrong with this country. And his small town isn’t any better. He witnesses racial profiling, graffitied swastikas, and White Power signs on his walk home from school. He can’t wait until he’s old enough to leave. When he finally is, he moves straight to New York City, where he feels he can finally live out his true inner self. In the city, he meets and falls in love with Maryam, a young Nigerian woman. But when Maryam begins to pull away, Harry is forced to confront his identity as he never has before—if he can. Brilliant, funny, original, and unflinching, Harry Sylvester Bird is a satire that speaks to all the most pressing tensions and anxieties of our time—and of the history that has shaped us and might continue to do so.
Happiness Like Water
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Author : Chinelo Okparanta
language : en
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Release Date : 2013
Happiness Like Water written by Chinelo Okparanta and has been published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Fiction categories.
A moving debut story collection centered on Nigerian women, as they build lives out of longing and hope, faith and doubt, the struggle to stay and the mandate to leave, and the burden and strength of love.
Under The Udala Trees
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Author : Chinelo Okparanta
language : en
Publisher: Granta Books
Release Date : 2015-09-03
Under The Udala Trees written by Chinelo Okparanta and has been published by Granta Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-03 with Fiction categories.
One day in 1968, at the height of the Biafran civil war, Ijeoma's father is killed and her world is transformed forever. Separated from her grief-stricken mother, she meets another young lost girl, Amina, and the two become inseparable. Theirs is a relationship that will shake the foundations of Ijeoma's faith, test her resolve and flood her heart. In this masterful novel of faith, love and redemption, Okparanta takes us from Ijeoma's childhood in war-torn Biafra, through the perils and pleasures of her blossoming sexuality, her wrong turns, and into the everyday sorrows and joys of marriage and motherhood. As we journey with Ijeoma we are drawn to the question: what is the value of love and what is the cost?
The Unfortunates
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Author : J K Chukwu
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins
Release Date : 2023-02-28
The Unfortunates written by J K Chukwu and has been published by HarperCollins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-02-28 with Fiction categories.
An edgy, bitingly funny debut about a queer, half-Nigerian college sophomore who, enraged and exhausted by the racism at her elite college, is determined to reveal the truth about The Unfortunates—the unlucky subset of Black undergrads who Just. Keep. Disappearing. Sahara is Not Okay. Entering her sophomore year, she already feels like a failure: her body is too much, her love life is nonexistent, she’s not Nigerian enough for her family, her grades are subpar, and, well, the few Black classmates she has are vanishing—or dying. Sahara herself is close to giving up: depression has been her longtime “Life Partner." She believes that this narrative—taking the form of an irreverent, no-holds-barred “thesis” addressed to the powerful University Committee that will judge her—may be her last chance to document the Unfortunates' experience before she joins their ranks...But maybe, just maybe, she and her complex community of BIPOC women aren't ready to go out without a fight.
Laguardia
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Author : Nnedi Okorafor
language : en
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Release Date : 2019-07-30
Laguardia written by Nnedi Okorafor and has been published by Dark Horse Comics this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-30 with Comics & Graphic Novels categories.
Eisner and Hugo Award Winner! Written by Nnedi Okorafor, Hugo and Nebula award-winning author and the writer of Marvel's Shuri, this deluxe trade paperback collects issues #1-#4 of the mini-series and includes artist sketches and afterword from the author. In an alternate world where aliens have integrated with society, pregnant Nigerian-American doctor Future Nwafor Chukwuebuka has just smuggled an illegal alien plant named Letme Live through LaGuardia International and Interstellar Airport...and that's not the only thing she's hiding. She and Letme become part of a community of human and alien immigrants; but as their crusade for equality continues and the birth of her child nears, Future—and her entire world—begins to change. "Laguardia" is essential reading for our times." – Comicbook.com "Classic speculative fiction at its best, coupled with an endearing protagonist, and a vibrant, living sci-fi world rendered by a fantastic art team." – Multiversity.com
The Natural
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Author : Bernard Malamud
language : en
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Release Date : 2003-07-07
The Natural written by Bernard Malamud and has been published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-07-07 with Fiction categories.
The classical novel (and basis for the acclaimed film starring Robert Redford) now in a new edition Introduction by Kevin Baker The Natural, Bernard Malamud's first novel, published in 1952, is also the first—and some would say still the best—novel ever written about baseball. In it Malamud, usually appreciated for his unerring portrayals of postwar Jewish life, took on very different material—the story of a superbly gifted "natural" at play in the fields of the old daylight baseball era—and invested it with the hardscrabble poetry, at once grand and altogether believable, that runs through all his best work. Four decades later, Alfred Kazin's comment still holds true: "Malamud has done something which—now that he has done it!—looks as if we have been waiting for it all our lives. He has really raised the whole passion and craziness and fanaticism of baseball as a popular spectacle to its ordained place in mythology."
Sylvester And The Magic Pebble
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Author : William Steig
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2023-01-03
Sylvester And The Magic Pebble written by William Steig 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 2023-01-03 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
Sylvester the donkey finds a magic pebble and unthinkingly wishes himself a rock when frightened by a lion. Although safe from the lion, Sylvester cannot hold the pebble to wish himself into a donkey again. Caldecott Medal winner. Full-color illustrations.
The World S Rarest Birds
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Author : Erik Hirschfeld
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2013-03-17
The World S Rarest Birds written by Erik Hirschfeld and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-03-17 with Nature categories.
An illustrated survey of the world's most endangered birds This illustrated book vividly depicts the most endangered birds in the world and provides the latest information on the threats each species faces and the measures being taken to save them. Today, 571 bird species are classified as critically endangered or endangered, and a further four now exist only in captivity. This landmark book features stunning photographs of 500 of these species—the results of a prestigious international photographic competition organized specifically for this book. It also showcases paintings by acclaimed wildlife artist Tomasz Cofta of the 75 species for which no photos are known to exist. The World's Rarest Birds has introductory chapters that explain the threats to birds, the ways threat categories are applied, and the distinction between threat and rarity. The book is divided into seven regional sections—Europe and the Middle East; Africa and Madagascar; Asia; Australasia; Oceanic Islands; North America, Central America, and the Caribbean; and South America. Each section includes an illustrated directory to the bird species under threat there, and gives a concise description of distribution, status, population, key threats, and conservation needs. This one-of-a-kind book also provides coverage of 62 data-deficient species.
1001 Children S Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up
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Author : Julia Eccleshare
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
1001 Children S Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up written by Julia Eccleshare and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Best books categories.
1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up is the perfect introduction to the very best books of childhood: those books that have a special place in the heart of every reader. It introduces a wonderfully rich world of literature to parents and their children, offering both new titles and much-loved classics that many generations have read and enjoyed. From wordless picture books and books introducing the first words and sounds of the alphabet through to hard-hitting and edgy teenage fiction, the titles featured in this book reflect the wealth of reading opportunities for children.Browsing the titles in 1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up will take you on a journey of discovery into fantasy, adventure, history, contermporary life, and much more. These books will enable you to travel to some of the most famous imaginary worlds such as Narnia, Middle Earth, and Hogwart's School. And the route taken may be pretty strange, too. You may fall down a rabbit hole, as Alice does on her way to Wonderland, or go through the back of a wardrobe to reach the snowy wastes of Narnia.
Avian Architecture
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Author : Peter Goodfellow
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2011-06-05
Avian Architecture written by Peter Goodfellow and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-06-05 with Nature categories.
Examines the nests that birds build around the world, including illustrations of each nest type's construction, descriptions of the materials and techniques used during the process, and case studies on specific birds' habitats.