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Iqbal
Author | : Francesco D'Adamo |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 109 |
Release | : 2010-05-08 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 1439106789 |
When young Iqbal is sold into slavery at a carpet factory, his arrival changes everything for the other overworked and abused chidren there. It is Iqbal who explains to them that despite their master's promises, he plans on keeping them as his slaves indefinetely. But it is also Iqbal who inspires the other children to look to a future free from toil...and is brave enough to show them how to get there. This moving fictionalized account of the real Iqbal Masih is told through the voice of Fatima, a young Pakistani girl whose life is changed by Iqbal's courage.
Rats Saw God
Author | : Rob Thomas |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 218 |
Release | : 2012-06-12 |
Genre | : Young Adult Fiction |
ISBN | : 1439115362 |
Steve details his descent from bright star to burnout in this newly repackaged edition of the definitive, highly acclaimed novel from the creator of Veronica Mars and Party Down. Houston, sophomore year: Steve is on top of the world. He and his friends are the talk of the school. He’s in love with a terrific girl. He can even deal with “the astronaut”—a world-famous hero who happens to be his father. San Diego, senior year: Steve is bummed out, drugged out, flunking out. A no-nonsense counselor says he can graduate if he writes a 100-page paper. So Steve starts writing, and as the paper becomes more and more personal, he reveals how a National Merit Scholar has become an under-achieving stoner. And in telling how he got to where he is, Steve discovers how to get to where he wants to be.
The British National Bibliography
Author | : Arthur James Wells |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 1088 |
Release | : 1968 |
Genre | : English literature |
ISBN | : |
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Author | : Jean-Dominique Bauby |
Publisher | : Vintage |
Total Pages | : 146 |
Release | : 2008-03-06 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0307454835 |
A triumphant memoir by the former editor-in-chief of French Elle that reveals an indomitable spirit and celebrates the liberating power of consciousness. In 1995, Jean-Dominique Bauby was the editor-in-chief of French Elle, the father of two young children, a 44-year-old man known and loved for his wit, his style, and his impassioned approach to life. By the end of the year he was also the victim of a rare kind of stroke to the brainstem. After 20 days in a coma, Bauby awoke into a body which had all but stopped working: only his left eye functioned, allowing him to see and, by blinking it, to make clear that his mind was unimpaired. Almost miraculously, he was soon able to express himself in the richest detail: dictating a word at a time, blinking to select each letter as the alphabet was recited to him slowly, over and over again. In the same way, he was able eventually to compose this extraordinary book. By turns wistful, mischievous, angry, and witty, Bauby bears witness to his determination to live as fully in his mind as he had been able to do in his body. He explains the joy, and deep sadness, of seeing his children and of hearing his aged father's voice on the phone. In magical sequences, he imagines traveling to other places and times and of lying next to the woman he loves. Fed only intravenously, he imagines preparing and tasting the full flavor of delectable dishes. Again and again he returns to an "inexhaustible reservoir of sensations," keeping in touch with himself and the life around him. Jean-Dominique Bauby died two days after the French publication of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly. This book is a lasting testament to his life.
Investigating Iwo
Author | : Breanne Robertson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 371 |
Release | : 2019 |
Genre | : Flags |
ISBN | : 9781732003071 |
"Investigating Iwo encourages us to explore the connection between American visual culture and World War II, particularly how the image inspired Marines, servicemembers, and civilians to carry on with the war and to remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice to ensure victory over the Axis Powers. Chapters shed light on the processes through which history becomes memory and gains meaning over time. The contributors ask only that we be willing to take a closer look, to remain open to new perspectives that can deepen our understanding of familiar topics related to the flag raising, including Rosenthal's famous picture, that continue to mean so much to us today"--
Corcoran Gallery of Art
Author | : Corcoran Gallery of Art |
Publisher | : Lucia Marquand |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Painting |
ISBN | : 9781555953614 |
This authoritative catalogue of the Corcoran Gallery of Art's renowned collection of pre-1945 American paintings will greatly enhance scholarly and public understanding of one of the finest and most important collections of historic American art in the world. Composed of more than 600 objects dating from 1740 to 1945.
It's So Easy
Author | : Duff McKagan |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 369 |
Release | : 2012-03-20 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1451606648 |
Musician Duff McKagan shares details about his life and career, discussing the creation and rise of Guns n' Roses, his struggle with alcoholism and drug addiction, his path to sobriety, and more.
All that is Solid Melts Into Air
Author | : Marshall Berman |
Publisher | : Verso |
Total Pages | : 388 |
Release | : 1983 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780860917854 |
The experience of modernization -- the dizzying social changes that swept millions of people into the capitalist world -- and modernism in art, literature and architecture are brilliantly integrated in this account.
A Room of One's Own
Author | : Virginia Woolf |
Publisher | : Modernista |
Total Pages | : 111 |
Release | : 2024-05-30 |
Genre | : Literary Collections |
ISBN | : 9180949509 |
Virginia Woolf's playful exploration of a satirical »Oxbridge« became one of the world's most groundbreaking writings on women, writing, fiction, and gender. A Room of One's Own [1929] can be read as one or as six different essays, narrated from an intimate first-person perspective. Actual history blends with narrative and memoir. But perhaps most revolutionary was its address: the book is written by a woman for women. Male readers are compelled to read through women's eyes in a total inversion of the traditional male gaze. VIRGINIA WOOLF [1882–1941] was an English author. With novels like Jacob’s Room [1922], Mrs Dalloway [1925], To the Lighthouse [1927], and Orlando [1928], she became a leading figure of modernism and is considered one of the most important English-language authors of the 20th century. As a thinker, with essays like A Room of One’s Own [1929], Woolf has influenced the women’s movement in many countries.