Author: Kelley Eskridge
Publisher: Small Beer Press
ISBN: 1931520844
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
The basis for the motion picture OtherLife · New York Times Notable Book · Nebula, Endeavour, and Spectrum Award finalist "A stylistic and psychological tour de force."—The New York Times Book Review"Suspenseful and inspiring."—School Library Journal Jackal Segura is a Hope: born to responsibility and privilege as a symbol of a fledgling world government. Soon she'll become part of the global administration, sponsored by the huge corporation that houses, feeds, employs, and protects her and everyone she loves. Then, just as she discovers that everything she knows is a lie, she becomes a pariah, a murderer: a person with no community and no future. Grief-stricken and alone, she is put into an experimental program designed to inflict the experience of years of solitary confinement in a few short months: virtual confinement in a sealed cell within her own mind. Afterward, branded and despised, she returns to a world she no longer knows. Struggling to make her way, she has a chance to rediscover her life, her love, and her soul—in a strange place of shattered hopes and new beginnings called Solitaire. Kelley Eskridge is a novelist, essayist, and screenwriter. Her stories have received the Astraea Award and been adapted for television and movies. She lives in Seattle with her partner, novelist Nicola Griffith.
Solitaire
Author: Kelley Eskridge
Publisher: Small Beer Press
ISBN: 1931520844
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
The basis for the motion picture OtherLife · New York Times Notable Book · Nebula, Endeavour, and Spectrum Award finalist "A stylistic and psychological tour de force."—The New York Times Book Review"Suspenseful and inspiring."—School Library Journal Jackal Segura is a Hope: born to responsibility and privilege as a symbol of a fledgling world government. Soon she'll become part of the global administration, sponsored by the huge corporation that houses, feeds, employs, and protects her and everyone she loves. Then, just as she discovers that everything she knows is a lie, she becomes a pariah, a murderer: a person with no community and no future. Grief-stricken and alone, she is put into an experimental program designed to inflict the experience of years of solitary confinement in a few short months: virtual confinement in a sealed cell within her own mind. Afterward, branded and despised, she returns to a world she no longer knows. Struggling to make her way, she has a chance to rediscover her life, her love, and her soul—in a strange place of shattered hopes and new beginnings called Solitaire. Kelley Eskridge is a novelist, essayist, and screenwriter. Her stories have received the Astraea Award and been adapted for television and movies. She lives in Seattle with her partner, novelist Nicola Griffith.
Publisher: Small Beer Press
ISBN: 1931520844
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
The basis for the motion picture OtherLife · New York Times Notable Book · Nebula, Endeavour, and Spectrum Award finalist "A stylistic and psychological tour de force."—The New York Times Book Review"Suspenseful and inspiring."—School Library Journal Jackal Segura is a Hope: born to responsibility and privilege as a symbol of a fledgling world government. Soon she'll become part of the global administration, sponsored by the huge corporation that houses, feeds, employs, and protects her and everyone she loves. Then, just as she discovers that everything she knows is a lie, she becomes a pariah, a murderer: a person with no community and no future. Grief-stricken and alone, she is put into an experimental program designed to inflict the experience of years of solitary confinement in a few short months: virtual confinement in a sealed cell within her own mind. Afterward, branded and despised, she returns to a world she no longer knows. Struggling to make her way, she has a chance to rediscover her life, her love, and her soul—in a strange place of shattered hopes and new beginnings called Solitaire. Kelley Eskridge is a novelist, essayist, and screenwriter. Her stories have received the Astraea Award and been adapted for television and movies. She lives in Seattle with her partner, novelist Nicola Griffith.
Spanish, Grades 6 - 12
Author: Thomas
Publisher: Carson-Dellosa Publishing
ISBN: 1483823652
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
A top-selling teacher resource line, The 100+ Series(TM) features over 100 reproducible activities in each book! Help your student form a solid understanding of the Spanish language. Building on the basics, this book covers common phrases, functional vocabulary, conjugation of verbs, basic grammar, and sentence structure. Over 100 pages of reproducible activities get your students started on the path to speaking and writing Spanish. The activities provided offer fun and varied exercises to practice concepts and vocabulary. Students learn to tell time, formulate sentences,conjugate verbs, pose and answer questions, and make comparisons; all while learning about Spanish-speaking culture.
Publisher: Carson-Dellosa Publishing
ISBN: 1483823652
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
A top-selling teacher resource line, The 100+ Series(TM) features over 100 reproducible activities in each book! Help your student form a solid understanding of the Spanish language. Building on the basics, this book covers common phrases, functional vocabulary, conjugation of verbs, basic grammar, and sentence structure. Over 100 pages of reproducible activities get your students started on the path to speaking and writing Spanish. The activities provided offer fun and varied exercises to practice concepts and vocabulary. Students learn to tell time, formulate sentences,conjugate verbs, pose and answer questions, and make comparisons; all while learning about Spanish-speaking culture.
Todos Los Santos
Author: Robert Ellsberg
Publisher: Crossroad Publishing
ISBN: 9780824519117
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
From Therese of Lisieux to Mother Teresa, from Moses to Gandhi, this inspiring treasury combines traditional saints with other spiritual giants whose lives speak to the meaning of holiness for our time.
Publisher: Crossroad Publishing
ISBN: 9780824519117
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
From Therese of Lisieux to Mother Teresa, from Moses to Gandhi, this inspiring treasury combines traditional saints with other spiritual giants whose lives speak to the meaning of holiness for our time.
Lyrical Iowa
Inventing Lima
Author: A. Osorio
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230612482
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
This study examines certain key elements of the "making" or "inventing" of Lima as Peru's viceregal capital. Through analysis of seventeenth-century ceremonies of state and local religious rituals, this book asserts that colonial Lima was culturally diverse and its rich population more integrated than historiography would suggest.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230612482
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
This study examines certain key elements of the "making" or "inventing" of Lima as Peru's viceregal capital. Through analysis of seventeenth-century ceremonies of state and local religious rituals, this book asserts that colonial Lima was culturally diverse and its rich population more integrated than historiography would suggest.
Iconografia de los santos
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Christian saints in art
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Christian saints in art
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
Los santos inocentes
Author: Miguel Delibes
Publisher:
ISBN: 9783190041305
Category :
Languages : es
Pages : 120
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9783190041305
Category :
Languages : es
Pages : 120
Book Description
An Edition of Triunfo de Los Santos with a Consideration of Jesuit School Plays in Mexico Before 1650
Author: Vincencio Lanuchi
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Jesuit drama
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Jesuit drama
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Spanish the Easy Way
Author: Ruth J. Silverstein
Publisher: Barron's Educational Series
ISBN: 9780812094121
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
This newly revised edition contains amusing dialogues and stories to introduce Spanish vocabulary and grammatical concepts to beginning students. Useful as an informal self-teaching manual, the book can also be used in a classroom situations as a language text or supplement. The new edition freatures additional exercises and more than 100 illustrations.
Publisher: Barron's Educational Series
ISBN: 9780812094121
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
This newly revised edition contains amusing dialogues and stories to introduce Spanish vocabulary and grammatical concepts to beginning students. Useful as an informal self-teaching manual, the book can also be used in a classroom situations as a language text or supplement. The new edition freatures additional exercises and more than 100 illustrations.
Las Armas de Los Santos
Author: John Henry Newman
Publisher: Palabra
ISBN: 9788482395944
Category : Religion
Languages : es
Pages : 148
Book Description
Publisher: Palabra
ISBN: 9788482395944
Category : Religion
Languages : es
Pages : 148
Book Description