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Taka S Beads

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Author : Taka Rothenberg
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2008-07

Taka S Beads written by Taka Rothenberg and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-07 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

Childhood Once there was a pink-eyed boy who suffered from trachoma. His name was happened to be Torao, so I called out to him, "Hey, Tora Tora!" for trachoma. Of course, that made him furious; he chased me with a long bamboo stick, and I had to run like hell. I was almost at my door when he caught up and hit me. Mother was so shocked. "Why did he do that to you?" "That's all right, Mother," I said, feeling I deserved it. The Pioneer I was awakened by a commotion in the hold of the freighter Kaiun-maru. I rushed up to the deck with my shipmates of thirteen days at sea. The sky was still dark; I rubbed my half-open eyes and saw the horizontal black band passing slowly overhead. Someone whispered, "The Golden Gate Bridge!" At last! Is this really America, not Japan? I spotted what looked like ghostly tombstones off to my left. Minutes passed; they changed colors from gray to pink as they were touched by the rising sun. This must be a wonderful land of giants. I found myself in love with a whole new world. As we disembarked, I wished Dr. Shinoda and Reverend Tsuboi good luck. While on board, they taught me poker, and I remember sneaking into the ship's kitchen, where we made ourselves rice balls before I retired to my cabin for a nap before breakfast. My roommate, a lady minister, disapproved of our "gambling activities" and gave me the silent treatment. It didn't bother me in the least. My only worry was that we might be shipwrecked before reaching America. In fact, I went to sleep smiling to myself at the thought of the captain's reassurance that his ship would never sink. "Don't worry," he had said. "I haven't lost one yet." On the other hand, once the ship docked, my dream was over. In 1962, the Japanese government placed a tight restriction on spending, so that only businessmen and a handful of students were allowed to travel abroad. I, as a student, was permitted to purchase only a one-way ticket to America, and my spending allowance was $200 for my entire stay. And before being allowed to leave Japan, our government had to be guaranteed that our sponsors would be responsible for us. I was an adult, not a child or beggars; I couldn't just depend on a stranger's mercy. My uncle Nobutsugu, who traveled twice a year to the United States on business, had given me a check for $300, but I wanted an equal footing. I offered my service in exchange for the room, board, and tuition that my sponsor would provide for me. We reached an amicable agreement, I believe. On top of this humiliating arrangement, a clerk at the American Embassy asked me if this was a prearranged trip to marry my American boyfriend. With these worrisome thoughts in mind, I noticed a male figure waiting on the long, empty pier. What a relief to find he was my sponsor's grandson. Immediately, he led me to his home on Monterey Hill, where I spent two relaxing days with his family. On the third day, we said good-bye, and he sent me off by train to his sister's home in Los Angeles. I found the city larger, brighter, and livelier than Monterey. I spent another night with this family, after which I began my three-day journey across the country on the Southern Pacific Railroad. Along the way, I encountered many surprises. My Daughter I was pleased to find that Michelle was growing up fast; she understood a lot and shared my enjoyment in visiting both the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Fifth Avenue, as well as the Museum of Modern Art on Fifty-third Street, which became one of our regular hangouts. One day, when we were visiting the latter museum, while standing in front of Picasso's Man Bathing among a crowd of onlookers who noticed Michelle, we found ourselves kindly pushed to the front so she could get a better look. Michelle shielding her eyes, arms crossed in front of her chest was inspecting the picture closely. So I asked her what she thought of the painting. Creasing he

The Zincali

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Author : George Borrow
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1843

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This Weightless World

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Author : Adam Soto
language : en
Publisher: Astra Publishing House
Release Date : 2021-11-09

This Weightless World written by Adam Soto and has been published by Astra Publishing House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-09 with Fiction categories.

"It's precisely Soto's refusal to be 'weighted' down by decades of genre tradition, to instead turn the trope on its head and in doing so remind us that no-one but ourselves is coming to save us, that makes This Weightless World such an exciting and radical novel." —Ian Monde, Locus "Set in Silicon Valley and Chicago, This Weightless World considers questions of morality in a world where people feel powerless in the face of formidable systemic forces." —Laura Adamczyk, A.V. Club A literary debut subverting classic sci-fi tropes set in gentrified Chicago, Silicon Valley, and across the vastness of the cosmos. From the streets of gentrified Chicago, to the tech boom corridors of Silicon Valley, This Weightless World follows a revolving cast of characters after alien contact upends their lives. We are introduced to Sevi, a burned-out music teacher desperate for connection; Ramona, his on-again, off-again computer programmer girlfriend; and Sevi’s cello protégé Eason, struggling with the closure of his high school; after a mysterious signal arrives from outer space. When the signal—at first seen as a sign of hope—stops as abruptly as it started, they are all forced to reckon with its aftermath. In San Francisco, Sevi fights to find meaning in rekindled love; and Ramona–determined to build an AI to prevent mankind’s self-destruction–begins to feel the weight of past mistakes. And in Chicago, Eason measures his commitment to an estranged childhood friend against the chance of escaping neighborhood troubles. A dazzling deconstruction of science-fiction tropes, This Weightless World looks to the past for a vision of the future.

A Dictionary Of The Asante And Fante Language Called Tshi Chwee Tw I

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Author : Johann Gottlieb Christaller
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1881

A Dictionary Of The Asante And Fante Language Called Tshi Chwee Tw I written by Johann Gottlieb Christaller and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1881 with Fanti language categories.

A New Malagasy English Dictionary

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Author : James Richardson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1885

A New Malagasy English Dictionary written by James Richardson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1885 with English language categories.

A Dictionary Of The Asante And Fante Language Called Tshi Chwee Tw I With A Grammatical Introduction And Appendices On The Geography Of The Gold Coast And Other Subjects

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Author : J. G. Christaller
language : en
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Release Date : 2024-02-25

A Dictionary Of The Asante And Fante Language Called Tshi Chwee Tw I With A Grammatical Introduction And Appendices On The Geography Of The Gold Coast And Other Subjects written by J. G. Christaller and has been published by BoD – Books on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-02-25 with Fiction categories.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1881.

Travels To Discover The Source Of The Nile

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Author : James Bruce
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1791

Travels To Discover The Source Of The Nile written by James Bruce and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1791 with Egypt categories.

Travels To Discover The Source Of The Nile In The Years 1768 1769 1770 1771 1772 And 1773 By James Bruce

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Author : James Bruce (the Traveller.)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1791

Travels To Discover The Source Of The Nile In The Years 1768 1769 1770 1771 1772 And 1773 By James Bruce written by James Bruce (the Traveller.) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1791 with categories.

Travels In Nubia

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Author : John Lewis Burckhardt
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1822

Travels In Nubia written by John Lewis Burckhardt and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1822 with History categories.

Nubia And Abysinnia

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Author : Michael Russell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1842

Nubia And Abysinnia written by Michael Russell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1842 with Ethiopia categories.