In A Wide Country
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The World Is My Country An Authentic Saga Of Wide Travel In The By Lanes Of The World Etc
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Author : Shulley RAHAMEEM
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1943
The World Is My Country An Authentic Saga Of Wide Travel In The By Lanes Of The World Etc written by Shulley RAHAMEEM and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1943 with categories.
In A Wide Country
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Author : Robert Everett-Green
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-05-06
In A Wide Country written by Robert Everett-Green and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-06 with categories.
"The mouth she drew with her red lip-liner was bigger and more shapely than her own, and it made me think, not for the first time, how wonderful life would be if I could draw a better me." Twelve-year-old Jasper is watching his mother, a sometime model named Corinne, prepare herself for what he does not realize will become an unannounced escape from the life they share in Winnipeg. A short trip out of the city turns into what Corinne calls a summer of adventure, as they drive with no set destination across the prairies. Dean, the generous story-telling boyfriend Corinne is determined to flee, vanishes in the dust rising behind her Corvair - the last and biggest gift he gave her. As Jasper and his mother settle briefly in Edmonton, and then flee again for Vancouver, Jasper feels like an exile from a life in Winnipeg that offered stability, a place to find himself, and - in Dean - a substitute for the father he never knew. In a Wide Country is the moving story of a mother and son traveling together, but in different directions, across western Canada in the summer of 1961. It's about two people living in a web of stories, spun from their experiences but also from things they've heard, imagined, or misunderstood. In this debut novel by Robert Everett-Green, stories blend into each other from many sources: family anecdotes, movies, newspapers and tales that Corinne improvises at her makeup table. In a Wide Country is about growing up along the soft border between truth and illusion, and a boy's awakening from a childhood ruled by stories more satisfying than true.
Tall City Wide Country
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Author : Seymour Chwast
language : en
Publisher: Creative Editions
Release Date : 2013-04-16
Tall City Wide Country written by Seymour Chwast and has been published by Creative Editions this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-16 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
Tall City, Wide Country invites young readers to pack their bags for a journey from a rural environment to an urban landscape. Enjoy panoramic illustrations of broad cows, expansive sunshine, and seemingly endless horizons . then turn the book sideways and do some big-city sightseeing, taking in vertical parades, towering skyscrapers, and highrising elevators. Light on words but big on charm, this unique picture book is a trip worth taking!
Tall City Wide Country
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1983
Tall City Wide Country written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with Upside-down books categories.
"Panoramic illustrations of farm scenes and sunny fields depict a rural setting, then a flip of the book shows big-city skyscrapers and urban bustle in this briefly worded narrative"--Provided by publisher.
Wide Open Country
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Author : Nolie Mumey
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1954
Wide Open Country written by Nolie Mumey and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1954 with categories.
Wide Country Yankee Go Home
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Author : Preston Wood
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1963
Wide Country Yankee Go Home written by Preston Wood and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1963 with categories.
Ride The Wide Country
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Author : John Harvey
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1981
Ride The Wide Country written by John Harvey and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with categories.
Why Nations Fail
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Author : Daron Acemoglu
language : en
Publisher: Crown Currency
Release Date : 2012-03-20
Why Nations Fail written by Daron Acemoglu and has been published by Crown Currency this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-03-20 with Business & Economics categories.
Brilliant and engagingly written, Why Nations Fail answers the question that has stumped the experts for centuries: Why are some nations rich and others poor, divided by wealth and poverty, health and sickness, food and famine? Is it culture, the weather, geography? Perhaps ignorance of what the right policies are? Simply, no. None of these factors is either definitive or destiny. Otherwise, how to explain why Botswana has become one of the fastest growing countries in the world, while other African nations, such as Zimbabwe, the Congo, and Sierra Leone, are mired in poverty and violence? Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson conclusively show that it is man-made political and economic institutions that underlie economic success (or lack of it). Korea, to take just one of their fascinating examples, is a remarkably homogeneous nation, yet the people of North Korea are among the poorest on earth while their brothers and sisters in South Korea are among the richest. The south forged a society that created incentives, rewarded innovation, and allowed everyone to participate in economic opportunities. The economic success thus spurred was sustained because the government became accountable and responsive to citizens and the great mass of people. Sadly, the people of the north have endured decades of famine, political repression, and very different economic institutions—with no end in sight. The differences between the Koreas is due to the politics that created these completely different institutional trajectories. Based on fifteen years of original research Acemoglu and Robinson marshall extraordinary historical evidence from the Roman Empire, the Mayan city-states, medieval Venice, the Soviet Union, Latin America, England, Europe, the United States, and Africa to build a new theory of political economy with great relevance for the big questions of today, including: - China has built an authoritarian growth machine. Will it continue to grow at such high speed and overwhelm the West? - Are America’s best days behind it? Are we moving from a virtuous circle in which efforts by elites to aggrandize power are resisted to a vicious one that enriches and empowers a small minority? - What is the most effective way to help move billions of people from the rut of poverty to prosperity? More philanthropy from the wealthy nations of the West? Or learning the hard-won lessons of Acemoglu and Robinson’s breakthrough ideas on the interplay between inclusive political and economic institutions? Why Nations Fail will change the way you look at—and understand—the world.
A Visit From The Goon Squad
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Author : Jennifer Egan
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2011-03-17
A Visit From The Goon Squad written by Jennifer Egan and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-03-17 with Fiction categories.
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION NEW YORK TIMES TOP 10 BOOKS OF 2010 Jennifer Egan's spellbinding novel circles the lives of Bennie Salazar, an ageing former punk rocker and record executive, and Sasha, the troubled young woman he employs. We first meet Sasha in her mid-thirties, on her therapist's couch in New York City, confronting her longstanding compulsion to steal. We meet Bennie at the melancholy nadir of his adult life - divorced, struggling to connect with his nine-year-old son, listening to a washed-up band in the basement of a suburban house. Although Bennie and Sasha never discover each other's pasts, the reader does, in intimate detail, along with the secret lives of a host of other characters whose paths intersect with theirs, over many years, in many places. With music pulsing on every page, this is a startling, exhilarating novel of self-destruction and redemption. Breathtaking work from one of our boldest writers. 'Irresistible. Fiction of the highest quality' Sunday Times 'Egan's precise, calm underwater prose is a persistent pleasure' Daily Telegraph 'Stories that defy narrative convention' Financial Times 'A must-read' Sunday Times
The Country
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Author : David Plante
language : en
Publisher: Beacon Press
Release Date : 2004-12-08
The Country written by David Plante and has been published by Beacon Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-12-08 with Fiction categories.
First published in 1981 to wide acclaim, a haunting family novel by'a daringly skillful writer.' (Philip Roth) Foreword by Mary Gordon First published in 1981 to wide acclaim, The Countryfollows the last visits of a son, Daniel Francoeur, to his parents' home before the death of his father. Wanting to understand this enigmatic man, Daniel seeks insight through the particulars of his father's life-handling his father's tools and tending to his father's feeble body. Through this contact, his father's mysteries are revealed: his Native-American heritage, his lifelong work as a toolmaker, and his deep and conflicted relationships with his invalid wife and his seven sons. Written quietly, with great force, The Country illuminates the ties of family, the relationships between fathers and sons, and the love that is often hidden, but ever present.