Author: Elvira Fernandez
Publisher: Notion Press
ISBN: 1649195583
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 167
Book Description
Goodbye Ferns and Blooms is the third and last book of the Ferns and Blooms trilogy. Christmas is here! Santa informs Ms. Patricia about little Susan and her grandmother’s tragedy. Will Ms. Patricia and Snowie succeed in bringing back their smiles? The Magic Forest is transformed into a Winter Wonderland. There are Christmas trees and snowmen, cakes and popcorns and hot cocoa too! Sniffles, the elf, learns a lesson when he tries to ruin the fun. School opens after the winter vacation. Vain Vanya is to become a better person as she learns to be humble while performing in the Annual Play. Lazy Luke becomes a disciplined boy when he gets the shock of his life! Snowie can’t stop laughing when she hears how he learnt his lesson. Holi brings fun, food, laughter and colours. The garden at Ferns and Blooms is teeming with flowers and fragrance as Spring comes. Ram Kaka and his ‘big black buffalo’ are at the centre of much drama. Ms. Patricia has to make a difficult decision. Would you like to know how the children find out that Ms. Patricia is a fairy?
Goodbye Ferns and Blooms
Author: Elvira Fernandez
Publisher: Notion Press
ISBN: 1649195583
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 167
Book Description
Goodbye Ferns and Blooms is the third and last book of the Ferns and Blooms trilogy. Christmas is here! Santa informs Ms. Patricia about little Susan and her grandmother’s tragedy. Will Ms. Patricia and Snowie succeed in bringing back their smiles? The Magic Forest is transformed into a Winter Wonderland. There are Christmas trees and snowmen, cakes and popcorns and hot cocoa too! Sniffles, the elf, learns a lesson when he tries to ruin the fun. School opens after the winter vacation. Vain Vanya is to become a better person as she learns to be humble while performing in the Annual Play. Lazy Luke becomes a disciplined boy when he gets the shock of his life! Snowie can’t stop laughing when she hears how he learnt his lesson. Holi brings fun, food, laughter and colours. The garden at Ferns and Blooms is teeming with flowers and fragrance as Spring comes. Ram Kaka and his ‘big black buffalo’ are at the centre of much drama. Ms. Patricia has to make a difficult decision. Would you like to know how the children find out that Ms. Patricia is a fairy?
Publisher: Notion Press
ISBN: 1649195583
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 167
Book Description
Goodbye Ferns and Blooms is the third and last book of the Ferns and Blooms trilogy. Christmas is here! Santa informs Ms. Patricia about little Susan and her grandmother’s tragedy. Will Ms. Patricia and Snowie succeed in bringing back their smiles? The Magic Forest is transformed into a Winter Wonderland. There are Christmas trees and snowmen, cakes and popcorns and hot cocoa too! Sniffles, the elf, learns a lesson when he tries to ruin the fun. School opens after the winter vacation. Vain Vanya is to become a better person as she learns to be humble while performing in the Annual Play. Lazy Luke becomes a disciplined boy when he gets the shock of his life! Snowie can’t stop laughing when she hears how he learnt his lesson. Holi brings fun, food, laughter and colours. The garden at Ferns and Blooms is teeming with flowers and fragrance as Spring comes. Ram Kaka and his ‘big black buffalo’ are at the centre of much drama. Ms. Patricia has to make a difficult decision. Would you like to know how the children find out that Ms. Patricia is a fairy?
More Magic at Ferns and Blooms
Author: Elvira Fernandez
Publisher: Notion Press
ISBN: 1645877280
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 139
Book Description
More Magic at Ferns and Blooms is the second book of the trilogy. Autumn has spread her cloak over Nature, and the trees are dressed in reds and golds. St. Anne’s is playing a basketball match with the Westside boys, their rival school’s team, who are known for their rough game. Will Ankush be able to lead his team to victory? Meanwhile, Barnie and Molly have lost their babies. So, Snowie sets out to help them. The students at St. Anne’s are preparing for their Half-Yearly exams. The twins, Juhi and Jyoti, will be celebrating their birthday! The children will go camping in the Magic Forest! Also, Silky and Blue Bell have invited Ms. Patricia to the Halloween party in the Magic Forest! Will the children come to know that Ms. Patricia is a fairy? Diwali is here! There are lots of brightly lit diyas, decorations and delicacies. But what about crackers? I’m not too sure about them! Ms. Patricia, Snowie and the children are having an exciting time. Would you like to join them for some more fun and magic?
Publisher: Notion Press
ISBN: 1645877280
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 139
Book Description
More Magic at Ferns and Blooms is the second book of the trilogy. Autumn has spread her cloak over Nature, and the trees are dressed in reds and golds. St. Anne’s is playing a basketball match with the Westside boys, their rival school’s team, who are known for their rough game. Will Ankush be able to lead his team to victory? Meanwhile, Barnie and Molly have lost their babies. So, Snowie sets out to help them. The students at St. Anne’s are preparing for their Half-Yearly exams. The twins, Juhi and Jyoti, will be celebrating their birthday! The children will go camping in the Magic Forest! Also, Silky and Blue Bell have invited Ms. Patricia to the Halloween party in the Magic Forest! Will the children come to know that Ms. Patricia is a fairy? Diwali is here! There are lots of brightly lit diyas, decorations and delicacies. But what about crackers? I’m not too sure about them! Ms. Patricia, Snowie and the children are having an exciting time. Would you like to join them for some more fun and magic?
The Longest Goodbye: A Family's Hope-Filled Journey Through Alzheimer's
Author: Shelly Calcagno
Publisher: Ambassador International
ISBN: 1649603371
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 91
Book Description
Are we ever ready to say goodbye? She looked out into the yard sprinkled with spring dandelions. “Yellow flowers,” she said, searching for her words. We knew something wasn’t right. That’s when things began to fall apart for our family, when our longest goodbye journey began—the defining before-and-after moment. And now, looking back, it’s been almost a decade of slow loss and drawn-out grief as we slowly let go of our beautiful mom. In the middle of it all, though, we have learned to look for hope and chase down joy, discovering that, in spite of our pain, there are always gifts to be found, even on the hardest of days. Alzheimer’s disease affects almost fifty million people worldwide. It touches people across every walk of life. So, how do millions of people figure out how to love as they let go? The Longest Goodbye is a collection of stories and moments not just about the clinical side of memory loss–but the emotional heart journey. It is a story that shows how joy and grief are often intertwined and wrapped up together in the glorious mess of life. The Longest Goodbye encourages readers to remember the ones they love while they are still here and to intentionally celebrate and live through the pain and hard days. It’s filled with tears, hope, and bitter-sweet moments all held together by the beautiful love of a mother and daughter holding onto a life filled with memories, while learning to let go and say goodbye.
Publisher: Ambassador International
ISBN: 1649603371
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 91
Book Description
Are we ever ready to say goodbye? She looked out into the yard sprinkled with spring dandelions. “Yellow flowers,” she said, searching for her words. We knew something wasn’t right. That’s when things began to fall apart for our family, when our longest goodbye journey began—the defining before-and-after moment. And now, looking back, it’s been almost a decade of slow loss and drawn-out grief as we slowly let go of our beautiful mom. In the middle of it all, though, we have learned to look for hope and chase down joy, discovering that, in spite of our pain, there are always gifts to be found, even on the hardest of days. Alzheimer’s disease affects almost fifty million people worldwide. It touches people across every walk of life. So, how do millions of people figure out how to love as they let go? The Longest Goodbye is a collection of stories and moments not just about the clinical side of memory loss–but the emotional heart journey. It is a story that shows how joy and grief are often intertwined and wrapped up together in the glorious mess of life. The Longest Goodbye encourages readers to remember the ones they love while they are still here and to intentionally celebrate and live through the pain and hard days. It’s filled with tears, hope, and bitter-sweet moments all held together by the beautiful love of a mother and daughter holding onto a life filled with memories, while learning to let go and say goodbye.
Magic at Ferns and Blooms
Author: Elvira Fernandez
Publisher: Notion Press
ISBN: 1644296861
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 151
Book Description
Magic at Ferns and Blooms is the first of a trilogy for children and teenagers that weaves magic into the day-to-day life of a technologically advancing world where life has become a sprint and nature is more attractive as a game or wall paper on a computer screen or smart phone. At a time when magic is not so real anymore and technology has taken over, Ms. Patricia Sycamore and her cat Snowie come to live in a cottage named ‘Ferns and Blooms’ in a quiet neighbourhood not far from the Magic Forest and things begin to happen! As an English teacher at St. Anne’s School, she is much loved by her students, especially by five children who live near her. Unaware that their teacher is a fairy and one of the magic folk who live in the Magic Forest, the children visit her often and spend much time in her beautiful garden. They help Ms. Patricia and Snowie to put wrong things right, quite unknowingly too! Soon a friendship develops between Patricia and these children, born out of mutual respect and liking. Would you like to join Ms. Patricia and the five children as they try to make a difference in the lives of those around them with a little magic?
Publisher: Notion Press
ISBN: 1644296861
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 151
Book Description
Magic at Ferns and Blooms is the first of a trilogy for children and teenagers that weaves magic into the day-to-day life of a technologically advancing world where life has become a sprint and nature is more attractive as a game or wall paper on a computer screen or smart phone. At a time when magic is not so real anymore and technology has taken over, Ms. Patricia Sycamore and her cat Snowie come to live in a cottage named ‘Ferns and Blooms’ in a quiet neighbourhood not far from the Magic Forest and things begin to happen! As an English teacher at St. Anne’s School, she is much loved by her students, especially by five children who live near her. Unaware that their teacher is a fairy and one of the magic folk who live in the Magic Forest, the children visit her often and spend much time in her beautiful garden. They help Ms. Patricia and Snowie to put wrong things right, quite unknowingly too! Soon a friendship develops between Patricia and these children, born out of mutual respect and liking. Would you like to join Ms. Patricia and the five children as they try to make a difference in the lives of those around them with a little magic?
Goodbye Eros
Author: Ana Laguna
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1487519672
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Traditional Petrarchan and Neoplatonic paradigms of love started to show clear signs of inadequacy and exhaustion in the sixteenth century. How did the Spanish Golden Age recast worn out discourses of love and make them compelling again? This volume explores how Spanish letters recognized that old love paradigms, especially the crisis of the subject, presented an extraordinary opportunity for revising traditional literary strictures. As a result, during Spain’s nascent modernity, literature took up the challenge to expand existing forms of desire and subjectivity. A range of scholars show how canonical and non-canonical Golden Age writers like Miguel de Cervantes, Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, Francisco de Quevedo, Luis de Góngora, Lope de Vega, and Francisco de la Torre y Sevil became equal agents of the sweeping ontological reconfiguration of the idea of eros that defined their culture. Such reconfiguration includes: the troubling displacement of "self" and "other" seen in sentimental genres like the pastoral or romance; the overlapping of emotions such as love and jealousy characteristic of the baroque lyric and dramatic production; and the conflation of axioms such as eros and eris prevalent in contemporaneous epic experiments. In uniting the findings of often surprising texts, the collection of essays in Goodbye Eros takes a pioneering look at how Golden Age moral, ideological, scientific, and literary discourses intersected to create fascinating re-elaborations of the trope of love.
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1487519672
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Traditional Petrarchan and Neoplatonic paradigms of love started to show clear signs of inadequacy and exhaustion in the sixteenth century. How did the Spanish Golden Age recast worn out discourses of love and make them compelling again? This volume explores how Spanish letters recognized that old love paradigms, especially the crisis of the subject, presented an extraordinary opportunity for revising traditional literary strictures. As a result, during Spain’s nascent modernity, literature took up the challenge to expand existing forms of desire and subjectivity. A range of scholars show how canonical and non-canonical Golden Age writers like Miguel de Cervantes, Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, Francisco de Quevedo, Luis de Góngora, Lope de Vega, and Francisco de la Torre y Sevil became equal agents of the sweeping ontological reconfiguration of the idea of eros that defined their culture. Such reconfiguration includes: the troubling displacement of "self" and "other" seen in sentimental genres like the pastoral or romance; the overlapping of emotions such as love and jealousy characteristic of the baroque lyric and dramatic production; and the conflation of axioms such as eros and eris prevalent in contemporaneous epic experiments. In uniting the findings of often surprising texts, the collection of essays in Goodbye Eros takes a pioneering look at how Golden Age moral, ideological, scientific, and literary discourses intersected to create fascinating re-elaborations of the trope of love.
Mistletoe Magic
Author: Elvira Fernandez
Publisher: Notion Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 117
Book Description
Once bitten, twice shy. Alex Ashford – a tall, handsome and well known author comes to a small, quiet town to work on his latest romance novel as autumn gives way to winter. Lavinia Hart, the owner of Hart’s Hearth and Home doesn’t trust ‘love’ anymore but she can’t stop herself from falling for Alex Ashford either. Quite an interesting plot for a Christmas romance with some magical mistletoe, snow and a spiteful friend! Will the magical mistletoe somehow draw these soul mates together? Will Cupid intervene on Valentine’s Day?
Publisher: Notion Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 117
Book Description
Once bitten, twice shy. Alex Ashford – a tall, handsome and well known author comes to a small, quiet town to work on his latest romance novel as autumn gives way to winter. Lavinia Hart, the owner of Hart’s Hearth and Home doesn’t trust ‘love’ anymore but she can’t stop herself from falling for Alex Ashford either. Quite an interesting plot for a Christmas romance with some magical mistletoe, snow and a spiteful friend! Will the magical mistletoe somehow draw these soul mates together? Will Cupid intervene on Valentine’s Day?
Gulmohar Love
Author: Elvira Fernandez
Publisher: Notion Press
ISBN: 1638736286
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
Gulmohar Love is the first of a two book Romance series – Love under the Gulmohar. The fiery Gulmohar is in full bloom when Eliana Sharma realizes with horror that she has fallen for her boss, the handsome and equally arrogant Aaditya Bhargava. She strongly feels rather knows that he expects nothing more than her professional expertise. Hadn't he told her that himself? Or is she mistaken in thinking so? After all Cupid is known to be capricious!
Publisher: Notion Press
ISBN: 1638736286
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
Gulmohar Love is the first of a two book Romance series – Love under the Gulmohar. The fiery Gulmohar is in full bloom when Eliana Sharma realizes with horror that she has fallen for her boss, the handsome and equally arrogant Aaditya Bhargava. She strongly feels rather knows that he expects nothing more than her professional expertise. Hadn't he told her that himself? Or is she mistaken in thinking so? After all Cupid is known to be capricious!
The Age of Goodbyes
Author: Li Zi Shu
Publisher: Feminist Press at CUNY
ISBN: 1952177715
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 351
Book Description
By one of Southeast Asia’s most exciting writers, The Age of Goodbyes is a wildly inventive account of family history, political turmoil, and the redemptive grace of storytelling. In 1969, in the wake of Malaysia's deadliest race riots, a woman named Du Li An secures her place in society by marrying a gangster. In a parallel narrative, a critic known only as The Fourth Person explores the work of a writer also named Du Li An. And a third storyline is in the second person; “you” are reading a novel titled The Age of Goodbyes. Floundering in the wake of “your” mother’s death, “you” are trying to unpack the secrets surrounding “your” lineage. The Age of Goodbyes—which begins on page 513, a reference to the riots of May 13, 1969—is the acclaimed debut by Li Zi Shu. The winner of multiple awards and a Taiwanese bestseller, this dazzling novel is a profound exploration of what happens to personal memory when official accounts of history distort and render it taboo.
Publisher: Feminist Press at CUNY
ISBN: 1952177715
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 351
Book Description
By one of Southeast Asia’s most exciting writers, The Age of Goodbyes is a wildly inventive account of family history, political turmoil, and the redemptive grace of storytelling. In 1969, in the wake of Malaysia's deadliest race riots, a woman named Du Li An secures her place in society by marrying a gangster. In a parallel narrative, a critic known only as The Fourth Person explores the work of a writer also named Du Li An. And a third storyline is in the second person; “you” are reading a novel titled The Age of Goodbyes. Floundering in the wake of “your” mother’s death, “you” are trying to unpack the secrets surrounding “your” lineage. The Age of Goodbyes—which begins on page 513, a reference to the riots of May 13, 1969—is the acclaimed debut by Li Zi Shu. The winner of multiple awards and a Taiwanese bestseller, this dazzling novel is a profound exploration of what happens to personal memory when official accounts of history distort and render it taboo.
All the Flowers Kneeling
Author: Paul Tran
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0143136844
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 113
Book Description
A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice Pick Named a Best Book of 2022 by The New Yorker “Paul Tran’s debut collection of poems is indelible, this remarkable voice transforming itself as you read, eventually transforming you.” —Alexander Chee, author of How to Write an Autobiographical Novel “This powerful debut marshals narrative lyrics and stark beauty to address personal and political violence.” —New York Times Book Review A profound meditation on physical, emotional, and psychological transformation in the aftermath of imperial violence and interpersonal abuse, from a poet both “tender and unflinching” (Khadijah Queen) Visceral and astonishing, Paul Tran's debut poetry collection All the Flowers Kneeling investigates intergenerational trauma, sexual violence, and U.S. imperialism in order to radically alter our understanding of freedom, power, and control. In poems of desire, gender, bodies, legacies, and imagined futures, Tran’s poems elucidate the complex and harrowing processes of reckoning and recovery, enhanced by innovative poetic forms that mirror the nonlinear emotional and psychological experiences of trauma survivors. At once grand and intimate, commanding and deeply vulnerable, All the Flowers Kneeling revels in rediscovering and reconfiguring the self, and ultimately becomes an essential testament to the human capacity for resilience, endurance, and love.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0143136844
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 113
Book Description
A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice Pick Named a Best Book of 2022 by The New Yorker “Paul Tran’s debut collection of poems is indelible, this remarkable voice transforming itself as you read, eventually transforming you.” —Alexander Chee, author of How to Write an Autobiographical Novel “This powerful debut marshals narrative lyrics and stark beauty to address personal and political violence.” —New York Times Book Review A profound meditation on physical, emotional, and psychological transformation in the aftermath of imperial violence and interpersonal abuse, from a poet both “tender and unflinching” (Khadijah Queen) Visceral and astonishing, Paul Tran's debut poetry collection All the Flowers Kneeling investigates intergenerational trauma, sexual violence, and U.S. imperialism in order to radically alter our understanding of freedom, power, and control. In poems of desire, gender, bodies, legacies, and imagined futures, Tran’s poems elucidate the complex and harrowing processes of reckoning and recovery, enhanced by innovative poetic forms that mirror the nonlinear emotional and psychological experiences of trauma survivors. At once grand and intimate, commanding and deeply vulnerable, All the Flowers Kneeling revels in rediscovering and reconfiguring the self, and ultimately becomes an essential testament to the human capacity for resilience, endurance, and love.
Gardentopia: Design Basics for Creating Beautiful Outdoor Spaces
Author: Jan Johnsen
Publisher: The Countryman Press
ISBN: 1682683974
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 664
Book Description
“Gardentopia is that rare marriage of the art of landscaping and the technical knowledge of how to compose a landscape—boiled down to readily understood and easily executed actions. This book puts you in the driver’s seat and shows you how to chart the course to your own personal garden utopia.” - Margie Grace, Grace Design Associates Any backyard has the potential to refresh and inspire if you know what to do. Jan Johnsen’s new book, Gardentopia: Design Basics for Creating Beautiful Outdoor Spaces, will delight all garden lovers with over 130 lushly illustrated landscape design and planting suggestions. Ms. Johnsen is an admired designer and popular speaker whose hands-on approach to “co-creating with nature” will have you saying, “I can do that!’ This info-packed, sumptuous book offers individual tips for enhancing any size landscape using ‘real world’ solutions. The suggestions are grouped into five categories that include Garden Design and Artful Accents, Walls, Patios, and Steps and Plants and Planting, among others. Whether you are an experienced gardener or a landscaping novice, Gardentopia will inspire you with tips such as ‘Soften a Corner”, “Paint it Black”, and “Hide and Reveal”.
Publisher: The Countryman Press
ISBN: 1682683974
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 664
Book Description
“Gardentopia is that rare marriage of the art of landscaping and the technical knowledge of how to compose a landscape—boiled down to readily understood and easily executed actions. This book puts you in the driver’s seat and shows you how to chart the course to your own personal garden utopia.” - Margie Grace, Grace Design Associates Any backyard has the potential to refresh and inspire if you know what to do. Jan Johnsen’s new book, Gardentopia: Design Basics for Creating Beautiful Outdoor Spaces, will delight all garden lovers with over 130 lushly illustrated landscape design and planting suggestions. Ms. Johnsen is an admired designer and popular speaker whose hands-on approach to “co-creating with nature” will have you saying, “I can do that!’ This info-packed, sumptuous book offers individual tips for enhancing any size landscape using ‘real world’ solutions. The suggestions are grouped into five categories that include Garden Design and Artful Accents, Walls, Patios, and Steps and Plants and Planting, among others. Whether you are an experienced gardener or a landscaping novice, Gardentopia will inspire you with tips such as ‘Soften a Corner”, “Paint it Black”, and “Hide and Reveal”.