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Author : Mary Kirby
Release : 1869
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Book Synopsis The World at Home; Or, Pictures and Scenes from Far-off Lands by : Mary Kirby
Download or read book The World at Home; Or, Pictures and Scenes from Far-off Lands written by Mary Kirby. This book was released on 1869. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Release : 2002
Genre : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
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Book Synopsis The World Book Encyclopedia by :
Download or read book The World Book Encyclopedia written by . This book was released on 2002. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An encyclopedia designed especially to meet the needs of elementary, junior high, and senior high school students.
Author : Mary Kirby
Release : 1870
Genre : Geography
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Book Synopsis The World at Home; Or, Pictures and Scenes from Far-off Lands by : Mary Kirby
Download or read book The World at Home; Or, Pictures and Scenes from Far-off Lands written by Mary Kirby. This book was released on 1870. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Joyce Maynard
Release : 2010-04-01
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Synopsis At Home in the World by : Joyce Maynard
Download or read book At Home in the World written by Joyce Maynard. This book was released on 2010-04-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times bestselling author of Labor Day With a New Preface When it was first published in 1998, At Home in the World set off a furor in the literary world and beyond. Joyce Maynard's memoir broke a silence concerning her relationship—at age eighteen—with J.D. Salinger, the famously reclusive author of The Catcher in the Rye, then age fifty-three, who had read a story she wrote for The New York Times in her freshman year of college and sent her a letter that changed her life. Reviewers called her book "shameless" and "powerful" and its author was simultaneously reviled and cheered. With what some have viewed as shocking honesty, Maynard explores her coming of age in an alcoholic family, her mother's dream to mold her into a writer, her self-imposed exile from the world of her peers when she left Yale to live with Salinger, and her struggle to reclaim her sense of self in the crushing aftermath of his dismissal of her not long after her nineteenth birthday. A quarter of a century later—having become a writer, survived the end of her marriage and the deaths of her parents, and with an eighteen-year-old daughter of her own—Maynard pays a visit to the man who broke her heart. The story she tells—of the girl she was and the woman she became—is at once devastating, inspiring, and triumphant.
Author : Daniel Pearl
Release : 2002-06-24
Genre : Political Science
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Book Synopsis At Home in the World by : Daniel Pearl
Download or read book At Home in the World written by Daniel Pearl. This book was released on 2002-06-24. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl became the focus of international concern when he was kidnapped by Islamic extremists in Pakistan while investigating a story. News of his brutal murder in February 2002 was universally denounced, a tragic loss of a good man and a compassionate journalist who was at home anywhere in the world. At Home in the World celebrates Pearl's life through 50 of his best stories. Edited by his longtime friend and colleague, Helene Cooper, At Home in the World gives testimony to Mr. Pearl's extraordinary skill as a writer and to his talent for friendship and collaboration. With datelines from the United States and abroad, the articles showcase a dogged reporter who never lost sight of the humanity behind the news. A foreword by his widow, Mariane Pearl, and a contribution by his father, Judea Pearl, celebrate his desire to change the world, his basic decency and fair-mindedness and his sense of fun and love of family. Mr. Pearl's eye for quirky stories -- many of which appeared in the Journal's iconic "middle column" -- and his skill in tracking leads, uncovering wrongdoing and making friends of strangers of all backgrounds and cultures are apparent throughout this carefully assembled collection. The selections range from child beauty pageants in the South to the making of the world's largest Persian rug to the Taliban's exploitation of a gemstone market in order to fund terrorism. Anecdotes from friends and colleagues in the introduction to each section provide background, context and a glimpse of his life at the Journal. At Home in the World keeps alive Daniel Pearl's spirit through his words and the work that was so important to him.
