Under A Ginkgo Tree And Other Stories
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Under A Ginkgo Tree And Other Stories
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Author : Sana Szewczyk
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2012-02-01
Under A Ginkgo Tree And Other Stories written by Sana Szewczyk and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-02-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Under a Ginkgo Tree and Other Stories is a beautiful collection of new Polish-American writings. With a light pen, Sana Szewczyk touches on often difficult subjects of change, love, and family through her stories about her life as an immigrant to the United States. Each chapter of Under a Ginkgo Tree is headed by an original illustration by Barbara Pantaralka, a talented Polish artist. The reader will find a peaceful retreat among the pages of the book to contemplate on the beauty of the world and laugh while reading about one person's ups and downs. Under a Ginkgo Tree is also an easy guide to the complex world of Polish culture and superstition. Many of the stories in the book have been published previously in a variety of newspapers and magazines in the United States. "A very old Polish superstition says if a ginkgo leaf falls on a person straight from the tree, they would fall in love with the first person they see. I wondered if this had happened to the person who found this leaf and carefully placed it in the book." - Under a Ginkgo Tree and Other Stories
Under The Ginkgo Tree
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Author : Sherry Slover Patterson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-01-31
Under The Ginkgo Tree written by Sherry Slover Patterson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-01-31 with categories.
Historical fiction based on the lives of four women during World War II.
Ginkgo
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Author : Peter Crane
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2013-03-19
Ginkgo written by Peter Crane and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-03-19 with Science categories.
DIVPerhaps the world’s most distinctive tree, ginkgo has remained stubbornly unchanged for more than two hundred million years. A living link to the age of dinosaurs, it survived the great ice ages as a relic in China, but it earned its reprieve when people first found it useful about a thousand years ago. Today ginkgo is beloved for the elegance of its leaves, prized for its edible nuts, and revered for its longevity. This engaging book tells the full and fascinating story of a tree that people saved from extinction—a story that offers hope for other botanical biographies that are still being written./divDIV /divDIVInspired by the historic ginkgo that has thrived in London’s Kew Gardens since the 1760s, renowned botanist Peter Crane explores the evolutionary history of the species from its mysterious origin through its proliferation, drastic decline, and ultimate resurgence. Crane also highlights the cultural and social significance of the ginkgo: its medicinal and nutritional uses, its power as a source of artistic and religious inspiration, and its importance as one of the world’s most popular street trees. Readers of this extraordinarily interesting book will be drawn to the nearest ginkgo, where they can experience firsthand the timeless beauty of the oldest tree on Earth./div
Sheltered Moments People Places And Things
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Author : Dr. Fred Smiley
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2021-07-06
Sheltered Moments People Places And Things written by Dr. Fred Smiley and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-07-06 with Poetry categories.
In his third volume of poetry, Dr. Fred Smiley’s Sheltered Moments: People, Places, and Things offers a series of prose poems to capture small, meaningful life moments that often go unrecorded. The introduction explains how and why the text was written, describes the poems’ three tiers, and adds complementary quotes. The author then divides the book into three domains: real and imagined people, past and present places, and meaningful and eventful things. Built upon Dr. Smiley’s experiences as student, teacher, professor, and journeyer, this book contains adventures of mind, body, and spirit. Readers are invited into such divergent locations as a beach walk, a circus sideshow, and an old theater. The poems offer unforgettable characters, including a fragile homeless person, a wary town crier, and a unique professional wrestler. Rich with pathos and wit, with a mixture of philosophy, what-might-have-been, or what-might-be, the author also interweaves evocative asides and wry commentaries. Sheltered Moments: People, Places, and Things offers readers the enjoyment of the selections. However, Dr. Smiley also invites readers to compile and write their own life experiences and poetic journeys.
Lucia S Eyes And Other Stories
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Author : Marina Sonkina
language : en
Publisher: Guernica Editions
Release Date : 2011
Lucia S Eyes And Other Stories written by Marina Sonkina and has been published by Guernica Editions this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Fiction categories.
The resistance of the human spirit in face of time, disloyalty, and oblivion is the theme of Marina Sonkina's new collection of short stories. Her seemingly naïve and helpless protagonists inhabit disparate social stations, geographical locales and cultures; all are persons displaced in their own lives. But in their struggles for survival, they discover the redeeming and dangerous power of unconditional love - the only weapon available to them. Strange and incomprehensible to everyone, love makes its sudden appearance to an eight-year-old hunchbacked boy in the title story of Lucia's Eyes. As he brings the gifts of his artistic imagination to Lucia, a refugee from the Spanish Civil War, the bleak and cruel reality of Stalin's Russia dissolves into magic ... In 'Runic Alphabet' a Polish-Canadian painter plants a tree that brings to life memories of a woman long dead who remains the only true love of his life. In 'Carmelita' an aging man from Winnipeg, vacationing in Mexico, falls in love with a young Mexican painter. In 'Christmas Tango' a jobless drifter in snowy Montreal discovers tango, inadvertently transforming his own life and the lives of those who come in contact with him. In 'Tractorina' a hard-working crane-operator, retired in post-Gorbachev Russia, is driven into a rose-tinted abyss by her stepson. In 'Angels Ascending and Descending' a young girl is initiated into the mysterious symbolism of Russian Orthodox church architecture by a priestly man who hardly lives up to the spiritual heights he preaches. Full of unexpected turns and twists, sadness, joy and humour, these stories reflect life, itself always a surprise, and always a miracle.
The Glass Slipper And Other Stories
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Author : Shōtarō Yasuoka
language : en
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
Release Date : 2008
The Glass Slipper And Other Stories written by Shōtarō Yasuoka and has been published by Dalkey Archive Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Fiction categories.
"Yasuoka s venal, youthful first-person narrators grasp at beauty and romance amid a changing Japan in these nine stories, all published in Japan in the early 1950s . . . Tyler s translation captures Yasuoka s effortless style, registering dark but delightful impressions of youth." Publishers Weekly
Under The Mango Tree
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Author : Sammy Gaspar
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005-01-01
Under The Mango Tree written by Sammy Gaspar and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-01-01 with categories.
Goethe And The Ginkgo
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Author : Siegfried Unseld
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2010-04-15
Goethe And The Ginkgo written by Siegfried Unseld 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 2010-04-15 with Literary Criticism categories.
In 1815, Goethe gave symbolic expression to his intense relationship with Marianne Willemer, a recently married woman thirty-five years his junior. He gave her a leaf from the ginkgo tree, explaining that, like its deeply cleft yet still whole leaf, he was "single yet twofold." Although it is not known if their relationship was ever consummated, they did exchange love poetry, and Goethe published several of Marianne's poems in his West-East Divan without crediting her authorship. In this beautiful little book, renowned Goethe scholar Siegfried Unseld considers what this episode means to our estimation of a writer many consider nearly godlike in stature. Unseld begins by exploring the botanical and medical lore of the ginkgo, including the use of its nut as an aphrodisiac and anti-aging serum. He then delves into Goethe's writings for the light they shed on his relationship with Marianne. Unseld reveals Goethe as a great yet human being, subject, as any other man, to the vagaries of passion.
Under The Willow Tree
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Author : Hans Christian Andersen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015-07-18
Under The Willow Tree written by Hans Christian Andersen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-18 with categories.
Excerpt from Under the Willow Tree: And Other Stories The Stories and Tales of Hans C. Andersen have established their position as standard works for young people, therefore it is thought that the present plan of publishing them in the form of a Library will be acceptable. In selecting the Stories for the separate Books, care has been taken to combine the "grave and gay" thus giving each Volume a varied interest. The more simple Stories have been taken for the earlier Volumes, and thus the reader, gradually progressing, will find the most advanced in the concluding Volumes, each Book being complete in itself. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Bad Dreams And Other Stories
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Author : Tessa Hadley
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2017-01-26
Bad Dreams And Other Stories written by Tessa Hadley and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-01-26 with Fiction categories.
The dazzling collection of stories from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Late in the Day. **WINNER OF THE EDGE HILL SHORT STORY PRIZE** Two sisters quarrel over an inheritance and a new baby. A housekeeper caring for a helpless old man uncovers secrets from his past. A young girl accepts a lift in a car with a group of strangers. An old friend brings bad news to a dinner party. In these gripping and unsettling stories, the ordinary is made extraordinary and the real things that happen to people turn out to be every bit as mysterious as their dreams. ‘These well-turned, exceptionally nuanced pieces are solidly evocative of place, period...and sensory detail’ Sunday Times ‘Few writers give me such consistent pleasure’ Zadie Smith
