Author: Bayard TaylorPublisher:
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Category : Boys
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
Boys of Other Countries
Author: Bayard TaylorBoys of Other Countries, Etc. [With Illustrations.]
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Author: Bayard TaylorBoys of Other Countries
Author: Bayard TaylorPublisher:
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Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Contents The Little Post-Boy The Pasha's Son Jon of Iceland The Two Herd-Boys The Young Serf Studies of Animal Nature A Robber Region of Southern California Bayard Taylor (1825-1878) was an American journalist, traveller, and novelist. While engaged as an apprentice in a country printing office he learned Latin and French. He began to write verses for periodicals at the age of seventeen. As a newspaper correspondent he visited Great Britain, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, and France, and upon his return, in 1846, published his first book of travels. In 1847 he became connected with the New York Tribune, and made numerous journeys to different parts of the world as correspondent of that newspaper. He wrote many travel books and novels, and several volumes of poems. In 1862 he was appointed secretary of the American legation at St. Petersburg. In 1878 he was sent as United States ambassador to Germany, but died not long after reaching Berlin.
The Country of First Boys and Other Essays
Author: Amartya SenPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780199453252
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Time and again Amartya Sen, one of the polymaths of our times, has stirred our thoughts and world-views through his writings and speeches. Intrigued by the questions of social justice and welfare, he argues, in this work, some of the fundamental issues--poverty, hunger, education, globalization, freedom of speech, injustice, inequality, exclusion, exploitation--that we negotiate with in our day to day lives. With a passion and conviction masked by a gently persuasive style and characterised by an undogmatic engagement with differing points of view, Sen's The Country of First Boys asserts that public policy should swing sharply towards the poor, the illiterate, and those suffering from ill health and malnourishment. Written in non-technical and easy to understand language while at the same time relying on rigorous intellectual and academic analysis, this volume would open a window to the ideas of an internationally renowned Nobel laureate to a wide spectrum of readers.
The Boys from Brazil
Author: Ira LevinPublisher: Blackstone Publishing
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
A Nazi hunter uncovers a fugitive SS doctor’s terrifying plot to create a Fourth Reich in The Boys from Brazil, a riveting techno-thriller from the incomparable master of suspense, Ira Levin. Veteran Nazi hunter Yakov Liebermann finds himself entangled in a web of unimaginable horror when he is tipped off to a sinister conspiracy hatching in the depths of South America: a plan to establish a new, globe-spanning Fourth Reich. Why has Dr. Josef Mengele—Auschwitz’s fiendish “Angel of Death”—tasked a team of former SS men with the slaughter of ninety-four harmless, aging men across the globe? What hidden link binds these men together? What significance could they possibly hold for their pursuers? With the clock ticking, and the future of humanity hanging in the balance, can the ailing Liebermann take on a seemingly unstoppable enemy and alter the course of history? Adapted into the film starring Gregory Peck and Laurence Olivier, The Boys from Brazil is a gripping, thought-provoking thriller that explores the depths of human malevolence, and the eternal struggle between good and evil.
Enrique's Journey
Author: Sonia NazarioPublisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0385743270
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
The true story of a boy who sets out with absolutely nothing to find his mother who went to the US from Honduras to look for work.
Index to Short Stories
Author: There Are No Children Here
Author: Alex KotlowitzPublisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0307814289
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A moving and powerful account by an acclaimed journalist that "informs the heart. [This] meticulous portrait of two boys in a Chicago housing project shows how much heroism is required to survive, let alone escape" (The New York Times). "Alex Kotlowitz joins the ranks of the important few writers on the subiect of urban poverty."—Chicago Tribune The story of two remarkable boys struggling to survive in Chicago's Henry Horner Homes, a public housing complex disfigured by crime and neglect.
Raising Boys
Author: Steve BiddulphPublisher: Random House Digital, Inc.
ISBN: 158761328X
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
"A guide to the stages and issues in boys' development from birth to manhood"--Provided by publisher.
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