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The Village of Waiting

2015-09-01 Biography & Autobiography
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Release : 2015-09-01
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 490/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Village of Waiting by : George Packer

Download or read book The Village of Waiting written by George Packer. This book was released on 2015-09-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now restored to print with a new Foreword by Philip Gourevitch and an Afterword by the author, The Village of Waiting is a frank, moving, and vivid account of contemporary life in West Africa. Stationed as a Peace Corps instructor in the village of Lavié (the name means "wait a little more") in tiny and underdeveloped Togo, George Packer reveals his own schooling at the hands of an unforgettable array of townspeople--peasants, chiefs, charlatans, children, market women, cripples, crazies, and those who, having lost or given up much of their traditional identity and fastened their hopes on "development," find themselves trapped between the familiar repetitions of rural life and the chafing monotony of waiting for change.

Waiting

1985 Social Science
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Release : 1985
Genre : Social Science
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 264/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Waiting by : Vincent Crapanzano

Download or read book Waiting written by Vincent Crapanzano. This book was released on 1985. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Portrays, in narrative self-portraits, the whites of South Africa--English and Afrikaner--who constitute the ruling seventeen percent of the population and analyzes the effects of power on those who wield it

Waiting for the Biblioburro

2013-04-24 Juvenile Fiction
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Release : 2013-04-24
Genre : Juvenile Fiction
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Book Rating : 550/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Waiting for the Biblioburro by : Monica Brown

Download or read book Waiting for the Biblioburro written by Monica Brown. This book was released on 2013-04-24. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ana loves stories. She often makes them up to help her little brother fall asleep. But in her small village there are only a few books and she has read them all. One morning, Ana wakes up to the clip-clop of hooves, and there before her, is the most wonderful sight: a traveling library resting on the backs of two burros‑all the books a little girl could dream of, with enough stories to encourage her to create one of her own. Inspired by the heroic efforts of real-life librarian Luis Soriano, award-winning picture book creators Monica Brown and John Parra introduce readers to the mobile library that journeys over mountains and through valleys to bring literacy and culture to rural Colombia, and to the children who wait for the BiblioBurro. A portion of the proceeds from sales of this book was donated to Luis Soriano's BiblioBurro program.

Waiting for the Queen

2013-08-19 Juvenile Fiction
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Release : 2013-08-19
Genre : Juvenile Fiction
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Book Rating : 771/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Waiting for the Queen by : Joanna Higgins

Download or read book Waiting for the Queen written by Joanna Higgins. This book was released on 2013-08-19. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two girls—one a Pennsylvania Quaker, the other a refugee from the French Revolution—form an unlikely friendship in this “rewarding” novel (School Library Journal). Fifteen-year-old Eugenie de La Roque and her family have barely escaped the French Revolution with their lives. Along with several other noble families, they sail to America, where an area that would come to be known as French Azilum is being carved out of the rugged Pennsylvania wilderness. Hannah Kimbrell is a young Quaker who’s been chosen to help prepare French Azilum for the arrival of the aristocrats. In this wild place away from home, Eugenie and Hannah seem a mismatched pair—but find more in common than they first realize. With much to learn from each other, the girls unite to help free several slaves from their tyrannical French owner, a dangerous scheme that requires personal sacrifice in exchange for the slaves’ freedom. A story of friendship against all odds, Waiting for the Queen is a loving portrait of the values of a young America, and a reminder that true nobility is more than a royal title. “Based on the true story of a group of families who sought asylum in Pennsylvania, this title vividly captures the hardships faced by the teen and her parents as they adjust to a life without luxuries . . . Eugenie’s growth as she begins to understand what is really important to her is beautifully and convincingly portrayed.” —School Library Journal “The story shifts between Hannah and Eugenie’s well-developed and distinct perspectives, both of which strongly reflect their respective upbringings and cultures. A meticulously detailed work of historical fiction about the challenges of the new and unfamiliar, and about looking beyond oneself toward the greater good.” —Publishers Weekly

Waiting for Teddy Williams

2004 Fiction
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Release : 2004
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 030/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Waiting for Teddy Williams by : Howard Frank Mosher

Download or read book Waiting for Teddy Williams written by Howard Frank Mosher. This book was released on 2004. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the eighth birthday of Ethan "E.A". Allen, who lives with his mother and Gran in a Vermont town decades behind the rest of New England, a drifter named Teddy comes into their world, teaching E.A. how to play ball and the secrets of baseball.

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