Author: Dinaw Mengestu
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101217561
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
Seventeen years ago, Sepha Stephanos fled the Ethiopian Revolution for a new start in the United States. Now he finds himself running a failing grocery store in a poor African-American section of Washington, D.C., his only companions two fellow African immigrants who share his bitter nostalgia and longing for his home continent. Years ago and worlds away Sepha could never have imagined a life of such isolation. As his environment begins to change, hope comes in the form of a friendship with new neighbors Judith and Naomi, a white woman and her biracial daughter. But when a series of racial incidents disturbs the community, Sepha may lose everything all over again. Watch a QuickTime interview with Dinaw Mengestu about this book.
The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears
Author: Dinaw Mengestu
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101217561
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
Seventeen years ago, Sepha Stephanos fled the Ethiopian Revolution for a new start in the United States. Now he finds himself running a failing grocery store in a poor African-American section of Washington, D.C., his only companions two fellow African immigrants who share his bitter nostalgia and longing for his home continent. Years ago and worlds away Sepha could never have imagined a life of such isolation. As his environment begins to change, hope comes in the form of a friendship with new neighbors Judith and Naomi, a white woman and her biracial daughter. But when a series of racial incidents disturbs the community, Sepha may lose everything all over again. Watch a QuickTime interview with Dinaw Mengestu about this book.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101217561
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
Seventeen years ago, Sepha Stephanos fled the Ethiopian Revolution for a new start in the United States. Now he finds himself running a failing grocery store in a poor African-American section of Washington, D.C., his only companions two fellow African immigrants who share his bitter nostalgia and longing for his home continent. Years ago and worlds away Sepha could never have imagined a life of such isolation. As his environment begins to change, hope comes in the form of a friendship with new neighbors Judith and Naomi, a white woman and her biracial daughter. But when a series of racial incidents disturbs the community, Sepha may lose everything all over again. Watch a QuickTime interview with Dinaw Mengestu about this book.
Island of the Blue Dolphins
Author: Scott O'Dell
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0395069629
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 195
Book Description
Far off the coast of California looms a harsh rock known as the island of San Nicholas. Dolphins flash in the blue waters around it, sea otter play in the vast kep beds, and sea elephants loll on the stony beaches. Here, in the early 1800s, according to history, an Indian girl spent eighteen years alone, and this beautifully written novel is her story. It is a romantic adventure filled with drama and heartache, for not only was mere subsistence on so desolate a spot a near miracle, but Karana had to contend with the ferocious pack of wild dogs that had killed her younger brother, constantly guard against the Aleutian sea otter hunters, and maintain a precarious food supply. More than this, it is an adventure of the spirit that will haunt the reader long after the book has been put down. Karana's quiet courage, her Indian self-reliance and acceptance of fate, transform what to many would have been a devastating ordeal into an uplifting experience. From loneliness and terror come strength and serenity in this Newbery Medal-winning classic.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0395069629
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 195
Book Description
Far off the coast of California looms a harsh rock known as the island of San Nicholas. Dolphins flash in the blue waters around it, sea otter play in the vast kep beds, and sea elephants loll on the stony beaches. Here, in the early 1800s, according to history, an Indian girl spent eighteen years alone, and this beautifully written novel is her story. It is a romantic adventure filled with drama and heartache, for not only was mere subsistence on so desolate a spot a near miracle, but Karana had to contend with the ferocious pack of wild dogs that had killed her younger brother, constantly guard against the Aleutian sea otter hunters, and maintain a precarious food supply. More than this, it is an adventure of the spirit that will haunt the reader long after the book has been put down. Karana's quiet courage, her Indian self-reliance and acceptance of fate, transform what to many would have been a devastating ordeal into an uplifting experience. From loneliness and terror come strength and serenity in this Newbery Medal-winning classic.
The McBride Elementary Geography
The Island Impossible
Author: Harriet Ford
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Conduct of life
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Conduct of life
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Puffin Island Series Complete Collection
Author: Sarah Morgan
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1488095515
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1482
Book Description
USA TODAY bestselling author Sarah Morgan will sweep you away with her Puffin Island series! In a town where anything can happen, sometimes love can be found in the most unlikely place of all… FIRST TIME IN FOREVER Emily Donovan’s been too swept up in a challenging year of firsts—becoming a stand-in mum to her niece Lizzy and moving to remote, beautiful Puffin Island—to think about love. But that’s before charismatic Ryan Cooper kisses her… Ryan makes it his mission to help Emily unwind and enjoy the chemistry they share. Can Emily take her biggest leap of trust yet—putting her heart in someone else’s hands? PLAYING BY THE GREEK’S RULES Idealistic Lily Rose craves a fairy-tale love, but it always ends in heartbreak. So Lily’s trying a different approach—a fling with her boss, infamous Greek playboy Nik Zervakis! Nik lives by his own set of rules, but he has dark shadows in his heart… There’s no one better to teach Lily how to separate sizzling sex from deep emotions! It starts as a sensual game, but can Lily stick to Nik’s rules? And what’s more, can he? SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL Puffin Islander Brittany Forrest has always dreamed of adventure. And at eighteen, she thought she’d found it in bad boy Zachary Flynn. But after just ten tempestuous, smoldering days, their whirlwind marriage went up in smoke. Zach knows he let Brittany down, but seeing her again stirs up long-buried emotions. He’s never felt worthy of her, yet he can’t stay away... Could their dreams of a happy-ever-after finally come true? ONE ENCHANTED MOMENT Life has just thrown Skylar Tempest a serious curveball. So she’s returned home to Puffin Island to regroup among friends. Unfortunately, that means seeing Alec Hunter, who’s become a big-deal TV historian. Sky’s never liked the cynical Alec, and the feeling was mutual. But maybe that was then. And this is now…
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1488095515
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1482
Book Description
USA TODAY bestselling author Sarah Morgan will sweep you away with her Puffin Island series! In a town where anything can happen, sometimes love can be found in the most unlikely place of all… FIRST TIME IN FOREVER Emily Donovan’s been too swept up in a challenging year of firsts—becoming a stand-in mum to her niece Lizzy and moving to remote, beautiful Puffin Island—to think about love. But that’s before charismatic Ryan Cooper kisses her… Ryan makes it his mission to help Emily unwind and enjoy the chemistry they share. Can Emily take her biggest leap of trust yet—putting her heart in someone else’s hands? PLAYING BY THE GREEK’S RULES Idealistic Lily Rose craves a fairy-tale love, but it always ends in heartbreak. So Lily’s trying a different approach—a fling with her boss, infamous Greek playboy Nik Zervakis! Nik lives by his own set of rules, but he has dark shadows in his heart… There’s no one better to teach Lily how to separate sizzling sex from deep emotions! It starts as a sensual game, but can Lily stick to Nik’s rules? And what’s more, can he? SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL Puffin Islander Brittany Forrest has always dreamed of adventure. And at eighteen, she thought she’d found it in bad boy Zachary Flynn. But after just ten tempestuous, smoldering days, their whirlwind marriage went up in smoke. Zach knows he let Brittany down, but seeing her again stirs up long-buried emotions. He’s never felt worthy of her, yet he can’t stay away... Could their dreams of a happy-ever-after finally come true? ONE ENCHANTED MOMENT Life has just thrown Skylar Tempest a serious curveball. So she’s returned home to Puffin Island to regroup among friends. Unfortunately, that means seeing Alec Hunter, who’s become a big-deal TV historian. Sky’s never liked the cynical Alec, and the feeling was mutual. But maybe that was then. And this is now…
The New Statesman
Poker Jim, Gentleman, and Other Tales and Sketches
Author: G. Frank Lydston
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Poker Jim, Gentleman, and Other Tales and Sketches" by G. Frank Lydston. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Poker Jim, Gentleman, and Other Tales and Sketches" by G. Frank Lydston. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
An Island Pearl
Author: Benjamin Leopold Farjeon
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
Big Island Restaurant Guide 2005
Author: Robert Carpenter
Publisher: Holiday Publishing Inc
ISBN: 9781931752336
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
A comprehensive guidebook to the "special" restaurants and dining spots on the Big Island of Hawaii covering all culinary tastes and styles with priced menu samples included for budgeting.
Publisher: Holiday Publishing Inc
ISBN: 9781931752336
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
A comprehensive guidebook to the "special" restaurants and dining spots on the Big Island of Hawaii covering all culinary tastes and styles with priced menu samples included for budgeting.