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Author : Des Cowley
Release : 2007
Genre : Antiques & Collectibles
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 781/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The World of the Book by : Des Cowley
Download or read book The World of the Book written by Des Cowley. This book was released on 2007. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebration of the book drawing on the collections of the State Library of Victoria.
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Release : 2002
Genre : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Kind : eBook
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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 : Jane Hamilton
Release : 2010-12-15
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 060/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis A Map of the World by : Jane Hamilton
Download or read book A Map of the World written by Jane Hamilton. This book was released on 2010-12-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the author of the widely acclaimed The Book of Ruth comes a harrowing, heartbreaking drama about a rural American family and a disastrous event that forever changes their lives. "It takes a writer of rare power and discipline to carry off an achievement like A Map of the World. Hamilton proves here that she is one of the best." —Newsweek The Goodwins, Howard, Alice, and their little girls, Emma and Claire, live on a dairy farm in Wisconsin. Although suspiciously regarded by their neighbors as "that hippie couple" because of their well-educated, urban background, Howard and Alice believe they have found a source of emotional strength in the farm, he tending the barn while Alice works as a nurse in the local elementary school. But their peaceful life is shattered one day when a neighbor's two-year-old daughter drowns in the Goodwins' pond while under Alice's care. Tormented by the accident, Alice descends even further into darkness when she is accused of sexually abusing a student at the elementary school. Soon, Alice is arrested, incarcerated, and as good as convicted in the eyes of a suspicious community. As a child, Alice designed her own map of the world to find her bearings. Now, as an adult, she must find her way again, through a maze of lies, doubt and ill will. A vivid human drama of guilt and betrayal, A Map of the World chronicles the intricate geographies of the human heart and all its mysterious, uncharted terrain. The result is a piercing drama about family bonds and a disappearing rural American life.
Author : Kao Kalia Yang
Release : 2019-10
Genre : Juvenile Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 366/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis A Map Into the World by : Kao Kalia Yang
Download or read book A Map Into the World written by Kao Kalia Yang. This book was released on 2019-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Filled with wonder and sorrow and happiness." --Alison McGhee, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Someday A heartfelt story of a young girl seeking beauty and connection in a busy world. As the seasons change, so too does a young Hmong girl's world. She moves into a new home with her family and encounters both birth and death. As this curious girl explores life inside her house and beyond, she collects bits of the natural world. But who are her treasures for? A moving picture book debut from acclaimed Hmong American author Kao Kalia Yang.
Author : Peter LaSalle
Release : 2020-10-07
Genre : Literary Collections
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 254/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The World Is a Book, Indeed by : Peter LaSalle
Download or read book The World Is a Book, Indeed written by Peter LaSalle. This book was released on 2020-10-07. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The World Is a Book, Indeed chronicles in eleven rich personal essays the ongoing quest of award-winning writer Peter LaSalle to embark on offbeat, often startlingly revelatory literary travel. LaSalle spends a summer roaming the lesser-known quarters of Paris, haunted by the writing of the French surrealists. In Hanoi, he meets for beers with the editors—two military men—of the Army Literature and Arts Magazine while investigating Vietnam’s acknowledged great modern novel, Bao Ninh’s The Sorrow of War. Other pieces find LaSalle on a strange nighttime drive through the streets of sprawling São Paulo in search of landmarks associated with Brazilian modernist poetry, bouncing around Africa to interview writers there when very young, exploring Argentine author Jorge Luis Borges's memorable stay in Texas, and traveling to Istanbul, Lisbon, Tunis, and elsewhere, as he considers major writers amid the settings that produced their works. Deeply felt and replete with insight into literature and life itself, even capable of evoking valid mind leaps in its innovative approaches, this is a collection for readers who love books and want to learn more about the places they originated, presented by a well-traveled guide with an intimate voice and a gift for the essay form.
