Vaquita And Other Stories
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Vaquita And Other Stories
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Author : Edith Pearlman
language : en
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Release Date : 1996-11-15
Vaquita And Other Stories written by Edith Pearlman and has been published by University of Pittsburgh Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-11-15 with Fiction categories.
• Winner of the 1996 Drue Heinz Literature Prize When asked to describe her short stories, Edith Pearlman replied that they are stories about people in peculiar circumstances aching to Do The Right Thing. She elaborated with the same wit and intimacy that make her stories a delight to read:"Before I was a writer I was a reader; and reading remains a necessary activity, occupying several joyous hours of every day. I like novels, essays, and biographies; but most of all I like the short story: narrative at its most confiding. "My own work, and particularly the stories in Vaquita, aims at a similar intimacy between writer and reader. My imagined reader wants to know who loves whom, who drinks what, and, mostly, who answers to what summons. Thank Heavens for Spike Lee! Before his movies writers and critics had to natter about moral stances; now I can say with a more tripping tongue that my characters are people in peculiar circumstances, aching to Do The Right Thing if only they can figure out what The Right Thing is. If not, they'll at least Do Their Own Right Thing Right. "And I'm drawn to heat: sweltering Central American cities; a steamy soup kitchen; Jerusalem in midsummer; the rekindled passion of an old historian; the steady fire of terminal pain. I like solitaires, oddities, charlatans, and children. My characters are secretive; in almost every story somebody harbors a hidden love, dread, regret, or the memory of an insult awaiting revenge. "When I stop writing stories I plan to write letters, short and then shorter. My mother could put three sentences onto a postcard and make the recipient think he'd read a novel. I'm working towards a similar compression."
Vaquita
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Author : Brooke Bessesen
language : en
Publisher: Island Press
Release Date : 2018-09-11
Vaquita written by Brooke Bessesen and has been published by Island Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-11 with Nature categories.
"Intrepid conservation detective story." --Nature "A lucid, informed, and gripping account...a must-read." --Science "Passionate...a heartfelt and alarming tale." --Publishers Weekly "Gripping...a well-told and moving tale of environmentalism and conservation." --Kirkus "Compelling." --Library Journal In 2006, vaquita, a diminutive porpoise making its home in the Upper Gulf of California, inherited the dubious title of world's most endangered marine mammal. Vaquita have been in decline for decades, dying in illegal gillnets intended for a giant fish, totoaba. Author Brooke Bessesen takes us to the Upper Gulf region in search of answers to a heart-wrenching dilemma. When diplomatic efforts to save the porpoise failed, Bessesen followed a scientific team in a binational effort to capture remaining vaquita and breed them in captivity--the only hope for their survival. In this fast-paced, soul-searing tale, she learned that there are no easy answers when extinction is profitable.
Fado And Other Stories
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Author : Katherine Vaz
language : en
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Release Date : 2013-11-27
Fado And Other Stories written by Katherine Vaz and has been published by University of Pittsburgh Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-27 with Fiction categories.
• Winner of the 1997 Drue Heinz Literature Prize This collection is filled with narrative and character grounded in the meaning and value the earth gives to human existence. In one story, a woman sleeps with the village priest, trying to gain back the land the church took from her family; in another, relatives in the Azores fight over a plot of land owned by their expatriate American cousin. Even apparently small images are cast in terms of the earth: Milton, one narrator explains, has made apples the object of a misunderstanding by naming them as Eden's fruit: "In the Bible, no fruit is named in the Garden of Eden - and to this day apples are misunderstood. They were trying to tempt people not into sin but into listening to the earth more closely. . . . their white meal runs wet with the knowledge of the language of the land, but people do not listen."Vaz's beautiful, intensely conscious language often delicately slips her stories into the realm of the fado, the Portuguese song about fate and longing. "Listen for the nightingale that presses its breast against the thorns of the rose," on character sings, "that the song might be more beautiful." Such a verse might describe Vaz's own motive behind her willingness to confront her subject's ambiguities and her characters' conflicts - the simultaneous joy and sorrow of some of life's discoveries, the pain sometimes hidden within passion and pleasure.
Short Story Index
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999
Short Story Index written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Short stories categories.
Binocular Vision
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Author : Edith Pearlman
language : en
Publisher: Pushkin Press
Release Date : 2023-08-03
Binocular Vision written by Edith Pearlman and has been published by Pushkin Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-08-03 with Fiction categories.
'The best short story writer in the world' Susan Hill 'This book is a spectacular literary revelation' Sunday Times The collected stories of an award-winning, modern classic American writer who has been compared to Alice Munro, John Updike – and even Anton Chekhov Tenderly, incisively, Edith Pearlman captured life on the page like no one else. Spanning forty years of writing, moving from tsarist Russia to the coast of Maine, from Jerusalem to Massachusetts, these astonishing stories reveal one of America's greatest modern writers. Across a stunning array of scenes-an unforeseen love affair between adolescent cousins, an elderly couple's decision to shoplift, an old woman's deathbed confession of her mother's affair-Edith Pearlman crafts a timeless and unique sensibility, shot through with wit, lucidity and compassion. Part of the Pushkin Press Classics series: timeless storytelling by icons of literature, hand-picked from around the globe Edith Pearlman (1936–2023) published her debut collection of stories in 1996, aged 60. She won The National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction for Binocular Vision. She published over 250 works of short fiction in magazines, literary journals, anthologies and online publications. Her work won three O. Henry Prizes, the Drue Heinz Prize for Literature, and a Mary McCarthy Prize, among others. In 2011, Pearlman was the recipient of the PEN/Malamud Award, which put her in the ranks of luminaries like John Updike and Joyce Carol Oates.
Iran
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Author : Jonathan Pearlman
language : en
Publisher: The Jewish Quarterly
Release Date : 2022-08-04
Iran written by Jonathan Pearlman and has been published by The Jewish Quarterly this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-08-04 with Religion categories.
‘Iran's strategy is to eat away at American power, while legitimising its own role as a regional power with nuclear ambitions.’ —Kim Ghattas In this issue of The Jewish Quarterly, renowned writer and analyst Kim Ghattas examines the motivations behind Iran's changing role and influence in the Middle East. Delving into the regime's secretive strategy and tactics, Ghattas investigates Tehran's interventions in the affairs of countries across the region and its relationship with the West, and explores Iran's future role and posture in the Middle East. Also in this issue, Arie M. Dubnov shares keen insights into the intriguing life and ideas of modern Israel's first native Hebrew speaker, and William F.S. Miles brings to life the history and colour of a tiny Jewish community in a French outpost in the Caribbean Sea. Mark Glanville locates Ukraine's post–Great War pogroms in their newly relevant historical context, Sarah Abrevaya Stein takes a fresh look at the extraordinary global success of the Sassoon dynasty and Ryan Ruby critiques Hannah Arendt's Rahel Varnhagen.
Stories Of Our Rare Animals And Birds
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Author : Hseham Amrahs
language : en
Publisher: Mahesh Dutt Sharma
Release Date : 2024-01-12
Stories Of Our Rare Animals And Birds written by Hseham Amrahs and has been published by Mahesh Dutt Sharma this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-01-12 with Nature categories.
"Stories of Our Rare Animals and Birds" is not merely a documentation of the struggles faced by endangered species; it is a call to action. By blending storytelling with scientific rigor, the book transcends the boundaries of traditional nature writing, making a compelling case for the preservation of our planet's rare and endangered wildlife. In an era where the conservation of biodiversity is more critical than ever, this book serves as both a tribute to the wonders of the natural world and a rallying cry for its protection.
The Clumsy Cow
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Author : Julia Moffatt
language : en
Publisher: Evans Brothers
Release Date : 2004
The Clumsy Cow written by Julia Moffatt and has been published by Evans Brothers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
An accident-prone cow is ostracized by the other farm animals until her clumsiness saves the day. Includes vocabulary words and discussion questions.
How To Fall
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Author : Edith Pearlman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
How To Fall written by Edith Pearlman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Fiction categories.
Chosen by Joanna Scott as winner of the 2003 Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction.
Witness To Extinction
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Author : Samuel Turvey
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2009-08-13
Witness To Extinction written by Samuel Turvey and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-08-13 with Science categories.
The tragic recognition of the extinction of the Yangtze River Dolphin or baiji in 2007 became a major news story and sent shockwaves around the world. It made a romantic story, for the baiji was a unique and beautiful creature that features in many Chinese legends and folk tales. The Goddess of the Yangtze, as it was known, was also the lone representative of an entire and ancient branch of the Tree of Life. But perhaps the greater tragedy is that its status as one of the world's most threatened mammals had been widely recognized, yet despite wide publicity virtually no international funds became available. A compelling read by a young naturalist, Samuel Turvey tells the story of the plight of the Yangtze River Dolphin from his unique perspective as a conservation biologist deeply involved in the struggle to save the dolphin. This is both a celebration of a beautiful and remarkable animal that once graced one of China's greatest rivers, its natural history and its role as a cultural symbol; and also a personal, eyewitness account of the failures of policy and the struggle to get funds that led to its tragic demise. It is a true cautionary tale that we must learn from, for there are countless other threatened species that will suffer from the same human mistakes, and whose loss we shall not know until it is too late.