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Author: Helena Maria Viramontes Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 1101078235 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 193
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Winner of the John Dos Passos Prize for Literature “Stunning.”—Newsweek With the same audacity with which John Steinbeck wrote about migrant worker conditions in The Grapes of Wrath and T.C. Boyle in The Tortilla Curtain, Viramontes presents a moving and powerful vision of the lives of the men, women, and children who endure a second-class existence and labor under dangerous conditions in California's fields. At the center of this powerful tale is Estrella, a girl about to cross the perilous border to womanhood. What she knows of life comes from her mother, who has survived abandonment by her husband in a land that treats her as if she were invisible, even though she and her children pick the crops of the farms that feed its people. But within Estrella, seeds of growth and change are stirring. And in the arms of Alejo, they burst into a full, fierce flower as she tastes the joy and pain of first love. Pushed to the margins of society, she learns to fight back and is able to help the young farmworker she loves when his ambitions and very life are threatened in a harvest of death. Infused with the beauty of the California landscape and shifting splendors of the passing seasons juxtaposed with the bleakness of poverty, this vividly imagined novel is worthy of the people it celebrates and whose story it tells so magnificently. The simple lyrical beauty of Viramontes' prose, her haunting use of image and metaphor, and the urgency of her themes all announce Under the Feat of Jesus as a landmark work of American fiction.
Author: Helena Maria Viramontes Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 1101078235 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 193
Book Description
Winner of the John Dos Passos Prize for Literature “Stunning.”—Newsweek With the same audacity with which John Steinbeck wrote about migrant worker conditions in The Grapes of Wrath and T.C. Boyle in The Tortilla Curtain, Viramontes presents a moving and powerful vision of the lives of the men, women, and children who endure a second-class existence and labor under dangerous conditions in California's fields. At the center of this powerful tale is Estrella, a girl about to cross the perilous border to womanhood. What she knows of life comes from her mother, who has survived abandonment by her husband in a land that treats her as if she were invisible, even though she and her children pick the crops of the farms that feed its people. But within Estrella, seeds of growth and change are stirring. And in the arms of Alejo, they burst into a full, fierce flower as she tastes the joy and pain of first love. Pushed to the margins of society, she learns to fight back and is able to help the young farmworker she loves when his ambitions and very life are threatened in a harvest of death. Infused with the beauty of the California landscape and shifting splendors of the passing seasons juxtaposed with the bleakness of poverty, this vividly imagined novel is worthy of the people it celebrates and whose story it tells so magnificently. The simple lyrical beauty of Viramontes' prose, her haunting use of image and metaphor, and the urgency of her themes all announce Under the Feat of Jesus as a landmark work of American fiction.
Author: Daniel Jones Publisher: Artisan ISBN: 1648290132 Category : Family & Relationships Languages : en Pages : 204
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“Charming. . . . A moving testament to the diversity and depths of love.” —Publishers Weekly You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll be swept away—in less time than it takes to read this paragraph. Here are 175 true stories—honest, funny, tender and wise—each as moving as a lyric poem, all told in no more than one hundred words. An electrician lights up a woman’s life, a sister longs for her homeless brother, strangers dream of what might have been. Love lost, found and reclaimed. Love that’s romantic, familial, platonic and unexpected. Most of all, these stories celebrate love as it exists in real life: a silly remark that leads to a lifetime together, a father who struggles to remember his son, ordinary moments that burn bright.
Author: Charlotte Guillain Publisher: Words & Pictures ISBN: 9781784937317 Category : Earth (Planet) Languages : en Pages : 20
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Picked by the Guardian as one of '15 Modern Classics' books This double-sided foldout book takes you on a fascinating journey deep underground. One side of the foldout shows the ground beneath the city, whilst the reverse side shows the ground beneath the countryside. The underground scenes include tunnels and pipes, creatures' burrows, layers of rock and the planet's molten core, and run seamlessly into the next. Mixing urban and rural settings, covering subjects such as geology, archaeology and natural history, The Street Beneath My Feetoffers children the opportunity to explore their world through a detailed learning experience. This expansive concertina book opens out to an impressive 2.5 metres long, perfect for spreading out on the floor to pore over for hours.
Author: Sarah Lash Publisher: ISBN: 9781698275390 Category : Languages : en Pages : 54
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This is a true story. Brent and Jill actually exist, and this is the story of their first experiences. And how from there, Jill, master manipulator and evil genius, took Brent's foot fetish from sucking a few toes to places he never considered or wanted to go. Like the inside of Jill's toilet bowl. Or the bottom of her friends boots. How Jill, church girl, farm girl, seemingly the most innocent of women, created a game plan, a campaign, to make a helpless Brent her complete slave, and lovingly devoted slave at that. This book details her plan, step by step, taking Brent from foot play, to shoe and boot play, to water works, to the inside of her toilet bowl; eventually forcing Brent to truly believe and come to the realization he belonged on Jill's floor, under her feet. Read about Jill's campaign of humiliation; it's almost a handbook guiding the reader into developing their own slave, a guide book on how to take the foot fetishist into slavery, using just their sexual desires. Jill doesn't work, she has Brent for that. And when he's not at work, he's at home, working for Jill, cooking, cleaning, doing her laundry (sometimes in his mouth!!!). She owns him. He knows it.Jill is, without doubt, a genius, and no one knows it but her. And possibly Brent. Which is exactly how she wants it. If you love feet, this story will excite you, but will also warn you about how your fetish can be used against you if you aren't careful. If you're on the receiving end of foot love and want to develop it into slavery (and who doesn't want a slave?), this book will instruct you on how to do that too.However you take it, this book will illustrate a campaign of manipulation designed to lower a fetishist beyond sex, and into actual slavery. Jill hopes you enjoy it, comment on it, if only to take Brent's humiliation to a whole other level. She will be looking for your participation, likely reading those comments to Brent while he's in his place; on Jill's floor, under Jill's feet. And oh, one more thing, Jill really wants you to know there's actually a picture of her and Brent in the book. She insisted on it, and played Brent's horrified reaction into a vacation in Mexico if she didn't say which picture it was. She might be sipping on a margarita while Brent cleans her beach flip flops right now, who knows! Enjoy!!!Note: the paperback includes all three episodes currently available, the ebook version only two.Hello all! Something new for readers of the "Under Jill's Feet" books. We've created a Facebook group called Under Jill's Feet, where readers can ask Jill or Brent, or myself, questions about their lifestyle, the books, discuss fetishism, slavery, anything related to the topic. Proof of book purchase required! Hope to see you there!
Author: Dr. Seuss Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers ISBN: 0553536303 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 24
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One of the bestselling Big Bright and Early Board Book by Dr. Seuss, now in a larger trim size! This super-simple, super-sturdy board book edition of The Foot Book—Dr. Seuss’s classic book about opposites—is now available in a bigger trim size! An abridged version of the original Bright and Early Book by Dr. Seuss, it’s the perfect way for babies and toddlers to step into the world of Dr. Seuss!
Author: Laura Hulbert Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR) ISBN: 146681151X Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 48
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Who knew feet were so interesting--and fun! In a lively guessing game format, find out why the feet of tree frogs, and those of eight other animals, are perfectly adapted to their habitats. Illustrated with brightly detailed paintings, this simple, informative text will have children looking at feet in a whole new way.
Author: Hanny Allston Publisher: ISBN: 9781925995268 Category : Athletes Languages : en Pages : 352
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"At 19, Hanny Allston faces a 'perfect storm'. Her father is terrifyingly ill. Beside his hospital bed, she teeters painfully on crutches after surgery that could end her sporting career. Her future in medicine is in peril because the university cannot defer her studies. From these depths, Hanny rises, step by step. Knocked back by further tragic losses and a relationship with a false friend - Anorexia - she continues to strive to find her feet. Despite the times of struggle, Hanny's story glows. The idyllic, unconventional childhood on a small organic farm in Tasmania. The pre-dawn chlorine fumes of swim squad before school. The spirited beauty of wilder adventures with her parents and older brother. The rapid rise to athletic stardom. She becomes the first and only non-European World Champion in orienteering, and flirts with her potential for the Olympic marathon. The call Hanny eventually answers, however, is wilder. She becomes a champion ultra-distance trail runner, and a coach to others who seek the wild potential inside themselves."--Back cover.
Author: Tamsen Courtenay Publisher: Unbound Publishing ISBN: 1783525703 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 351
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‘Touching, insightful and human – this book demands a social and, above all, a political response’ Jon Snow Tamsen Courtenay spent two months speaking to people who live on London’s streets, the homeless and the destitute – people who feel they are invisible. With a camera and a cheap audio recorder, she listened as they chronicled their extraordinary lives, now being lived four feet below most Londoners, and she set about documenting their stories, which are transcribed in this book along with intimate photographic portraits. A builder, a soldier, a transgender woman, a child and an elderly couple are among those who describe the events that brought them to the lives they lead now. They speak of childhoods, careers and relationships; their strengths and weaknesses, dreams and regrets; all with humour and a startling honesty. Tamsen’s observations and remarkable experiences are threaded throughout. The astonishing people she met changed her for ever, as they became her heroes, people she grew to respect. You don’t have to go far to find these homegrown exiles: they’re at the bottom of your road. Have you ever wondered how they got there?
Author: Julia Cook Publisher: National Center for Youth Issues ISBN: 1953945066 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 33
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From the bestselling author of Bubble Gum Brain and My Mouth is a Volcano, comes a hilarious story about learning to be present wherever we are...and what can happen when we're not. These are my feet and this is me. Sometimes I'm not where I'm supposed to be. My brain gets crowded. There's so much going on. I do three things at once, and get two of them wrong! "Be where your feet are," I hear people say. "Do one thing at a time. It's a much better way." Each day, there are so many things to think about. Getting ready for school, turning in homework, taking a math test, band solo tryouts, soccer practice...and it's a long way from your head to your feet. Be Where Your Feet Are! reinforces the concepts of mindfulness and being present in a way children will remember, while showing how good life can be when we learn to appreciate the world and people around us.
Author: Helena Maria Viramontes
Author: Helena Maria Viramontes
Author: Daniel Jones
Author: Charlotte Guillain
Author: Sarah Lash
Author: Dr. Seuss
Author: Laura Hulbert
Author: Hanny Allston
Author: Tamsen Courtenay
Author: Julia Cook
Author: Duncan Minshull