The Magic City

2022-11-13 Juvenile Fiction

Author : Edith Nesbit
Release : 2022-11-13
Genre : Juvenile Fiction
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Book Synopsis The Magic City by : Edith Nesbit

Download or read book The Magic City written by Edith Nesbit. This book was released on 2022-11-13. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After Philip's older sister and sole family member Helen marries, he goes off to live with his new step sister Lucy. He has trouble adjusting at first, thrown into a world different from his previous life and abandoned by his sister while she is on her honeymoon. To entertain himself he builds a giant model city from things around the house: game pieces, books, blocks, bowls, etc. Then through some magic he finds himself inside the city, and it is alive with the people he has populated it with. Edith Nesbit (1858-1924) was the author of world famous books for children - the tales of fantastical adventures, journeys back in time and travel to magical worlds.

The Magic City

2018-08-06 Social Science

Author : Gregory Pappas
Release : 2018-08-06
Genre : Social Science
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Book Rating : 69X/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book The Magic City written by Gregory Pappas. This book was released on 2018-08-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirty-two million Americans have lost jobs because of permanent factory closings since 1970. Gregory Pappas here provides an intimate account of the economic, social, psychological, and medical consequences of one such closing. Once known as "the magic city" of economic opportunity, Barberton, Ohio, is an industrial working-class town of second- and third-generation factory workers. When the Seiberling tire plant in Barberton was closed in 1980, over 1200 jobs were eliminated. Drawing on extensive research, including surveys and interviews with workers laid off by the closing, Pappas offers an incisive analysis of their responses to unemployment. Pappas first details the ways in which the unemployed rubber workers have met their economic needs in the face of declining income. He next evaluates their success in reentering the labor market, as he examines the job-hunting process, the unemployment insurance system, and workers' initiatives toward retraining and relocation. Turning to the psychological effects of the shutdown on workers and their families, Pappas describes unemployed workers' responses to the loss of status, identity, participation in the community, and sense of time. He next considers central historical questions, offering an explanation of the contemporary rise in unemployment and analyzing the prior development of this community that must now bear the burden of change. Two detailed portraits document the adaptations of individuals to the shutdown and explore the complex relationship between social change and personality.

The Magic City

1910 Juvenile Fiction

Author : Edith Nesbit
Release : 1910
Genre : Juvenile Fiction
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Download or read book The Magic City written by Edith Nesbit. This book was released on 1910. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Magic City

2019-11-21 Fiction

Author : E. Nesbit
Release : 2019-11-21
Genre : Fiction
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Download or read book The Magic City written by E. Nesbit. This book was released on 2019-11-21. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a children's story by one of the best authors in that genre. It tells the story of Philip who grows up with his much older half-sister. One day she marries her childhood sweetheart and moves away. Philip is devastated and builds a city from building blocks and other bits and pieces. When he plays with it all kinds of wonderful and magical characters appear.

The Magic City

2021-01-05 Juvenile Fiction

Author : Edith Nesbit
Release : 2021-01-05
Genre : Juvenile Fiction
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Book Rating : 783/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book The Magic City written by Edith Nesbit. This book was released on 2021-01-05. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Magic City (1910) is a children’s fantasy novel by English writer Edith Nesbit. Using elements of magic and mystery familiar to readers of her beloved Bastable and Psammead Trilogies, Nesbit crafts a tale of wonder and adventure for children and adults alike. Orphaned as a boy, Philip is cared for by his older sister Helen. When she marries and leaves for her honeymoon, Philip is sent to live at a country house known as the Grange with Lucy, his young stepsister. Sullen and out of place, Philip turns to his imagination for comfort, excitement, and adventure. Using whatever he can get his hands on—toys, books, kitchenware—Philip builds a city and invents for himself a fictional world he calls Polistarchia, which contains the city of Polistopolis, the Land of the Dwellers by the Sea, the Island, and the northern kingdom of Somnolentia. As he adds more and more to his city and the surrounding landscape, Philip is magically transported into the world of his creation. Discovered by soldiers, he learns of the fated arrival of two figures—the Deliverer and the Destroyer—and is told that by proving himself through a series of tasks, he will be named Deliverer of the realm. When Lucy arrives, however, he is forced to learn that sharing, though difficult, proves rewarding in the end. The Magic City is a timeless masterpiece of children’s fiction with a powerful message on grief, loneliness, and friendship. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Edith Nesbit’s The Magic City is a classic of English children’s literature reimagined for modern readers.

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