Author: Peter Godwin
Publisher: Back Bay Books
ISBN: 0316032093
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
After his father's heart attack in 1984, Peter Godwin began a series of pilgrimages back to Zimbabwe, the land of his birth, from Manhattan, where he now lives. On these frequent visits to check on his elderly parents, he bore witness to Zimbabwe's dramatic spiral downwards into the jaws of violent chaos, presided over by an increasingly enraged dictator. And yet long after their comfortable lifestyle had been shattered and millions were fleeing, his parents refuse to leave, steadfast in their allegiance to the failed state that has been their adopted home for 50 years. Then Godwin discovered a shocking family secret that helped explain their loyalty. Africa was his father's sanctuary from another identity, another world. When a Crocodile Eats the Sun is a stirring memoir of the disintegration of a family set against the collapse of a country. But it is also a vivid portrait of the profound strength of the human spirit and the enduring power of love.
When a Crocodile Eats the Sun
Author: Peter Godwin
Publisher: Back Bay Books
ISBN: 0316032093
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
After his father's heart attack in 1984, Peter Godwin began a series of pilgrimages back to Zimbabwe, the land of his birth, from Manhattan, where he now lives. On these frequent visits to check on his elderly parents, he bore witness to Zimbabwe's dramatic spiral downwards into the jaws of violent chaos, presided over by an increasingly enraged dictator. And yet long after their comfortable lifestyle had been shattered and millions were fleeing, his parents refuse to leave, steadfast in their allegiance to the failed state that has been their adopted home for 50 years. Then Godwin discovered a shocking family secret that helped explain their loyalty. Africa was his father's sanctuary from another identity, another world. When a Crocodile Eats the Sun is a stirring memoir of the disintegration of a family set against the collapse of a country. But it is also a vivid portrait of the profound strength of the human spirit and the enduring power of love.
Publisher: Back Bay Books
ISBN: 0316032093
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
After his father's heart attack in 1984, Peter Godwin began a series of pilgrimages back to Zimbabwe, the land of his birth, from Manhattan, where he now lives. On these frequent visits to check on his elderly parents, he bore witness to Zimbabwe's dramatic spiral downwards into the jaws of violent chaos, presided over by an increasingly enraged dictator. And yet long after their comfortable lifestyle had been shattered and millions were fleeing, his parents refuse to leave, steadfast in their allegiance to the failed state that has been their adopted home for 50 years. Then Godwin discovered a shocking family secret that helped explain their loyalty. Africa was his father's sanctuary from another identity, another world. When a Crocodile Eats the Sun is a stirring memoir of the disintegration of a family set against the collapse of a country. But it is also a vivid portrait of the profound strength of the human spirit and the enduring power of love.
That's Twice I've Laughed My Socks Off - Children's poetry and pictures
Author: Steve Attewell
Publisher: Steven Attewell
ISBN: 1493646494
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 62
Book Description
This collection of illustrated children's poetry will have kids and their parents giggling like crazy. A fantastic world of characters and easy-to-read poetry with colourful illustrations. Read about Eric the weary bee, the fish that couldn't climb trees, sarcastic squirrels, discover what to do if you find a crocodile in your lunch-box, why a worm refused to wiggle, and many more amusing tales written to encourage children's love of words and pictures. Steve's first book of kids poetry, "Once, I Laughed My Socks Off" has engaged young readers all over the world, has been used as recommend reading at schools, and reviewed as "Great for the reluctant reader!". If you have a great sense of humour, then this book is for you.
Publisher: Steven Attewell
ISBN: 1493646494
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 62
Book Description
This collection of illustrated children's poetry will have kids and their parents giggling like crazy. A fantastic world of characters and easy-to-read poetry with colourful illustrations. Read about Eric the weary bee, the fish that couldn't climb trees, sarcastic squirrels, discover what to do if you find a crocodile in your lunch-box, why a worm refused to wiggle, and many more amusing tales written to encourage children's love of words and pictures. Steve's first book of kids poetry, "Once, I Laughed My Socks Off" has engaged young readers all over the world, has been used as recommend reading at schools, and reviewed as "Great for the reluctant reader!". If you have a great sense of humour, then this book is for you.
Hubert's Hair Raising Adventure
Author:
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780395282670
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
A haughty lion accidentally loses his mane. His friends find a remedy, but it creates a new crisis.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780395282670
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
A haughty lion accidentally loses his mane. His friends find a remedy, but it creates a new crisis.
Mrs. Chicken and the Hungry Crocodile
Author: Won-Ldy Paye
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780805070477
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
When a crocodile captures Mrs. Chicken and takes her to an island to fatten her up, clever Mrs. Chicken claims that she can prove they are sisters and that, therefore, the crocodile shouldn't eat her.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780805070477
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
When a crocodile captures Mrs. Chicken and takes her to an island to fatten her up, clever Mrs. Chicken claims that she can prove they are sisters and that, therefore, the crocodile shouldn't eat her.
The Smelly Socks Joke Book
Author: Susan Abbott
Publisher: Red Fox
ISBN: 9780099562702
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Publisher: Red Fox
ISBN: 9780099562702
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Are You There, Crocodile?
Author: Michael Pennington
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 178319927X
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 363
Book Description
First published in hardback in 2003, Are You There Crocodile? is now available in paperback. Michael Pennington’s work on his solo show about Anton Chekhov has taken London’s ‘Russian Actor’ from the Trans-Siberian Railway to Soviet and post-Soviet Moscow, into the repertoires of the National Theatre and the Old Vic and across Europe. Are You There, Crocodile? also includes accounts of his work on Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment, Tolstoy’s Strider and other Russian projects, as well as searching essays on how Chekhov’s four masterpieces actually work in the theatre. This book is a study of the great writer, a partial autobiography, and, centrally, an actor’s search for identification with the elusive Anton Chekhov himself "the story, humorously told, of an unlikely but tangible companionship."
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 178319927X
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 363
Book Description
First published in hardback in 2003, Are You There Crocodile? is now available in paperback. Michael Pennington’s work on his solo show about Anton Chekhov has taken London’s ‘Russian Actor’ from the Trans-Siberian Railway to Soviet and post-Soviet Moscow, into the repertoires of the National Theatre and the Old Vic and across Europe. Are You There, Crocodile? also includes accounts of his work on Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment, Tolstoy’s Strider and other Russian projects, as well as searching essays on how Chekhov’s four masterpieces actually work in the theatre. This book is a study of the great writer, a partial autobiography, and, centrally, an actor’s search for identification with the elusive Anton Chekhov himself "the story, humorously told, of an unlikely but tangible companionship."
The Storytime Handbook
Author: Nina Schatzkamer Miller
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476603537
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 279
Book Description
Fresh, fun ideas for children's storytime fill this book. The author, a long-time storytime facilitator, has put together 52 weekly themes plus additional plans for holidays, all with detailed instructions for talking about the theme and choosing the books, crafts, songs, poems, games and snacks. Each storytime idea is illustrated with photographs of a suggested craft and snack for easy reference. Libraries, bookstores, preschools and parents alike can use this book to offer themed storytimes that include discussion, literature, art, music, movement and food. Options are provided for each storytime, so the ideas can be used year after year.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476603537
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 279
Book Description
Fresh, fun ideas for children's storytime fill this book. The author, a long-time storytime facilitator, has put together 52 weekly themes plus additional plans for holidays, all with detailed instructions for talking about the theme and choosing the books, crafts, songs, poems, games and snacks. Each storytime idea is illustrated with photographs of a suggested craft and snack for easy reference. Libraries, bookstores, preschools and parents alike can use this book to offer themed storytimes that include discussion, literature, art, music, movement and food. Options are provided for each storytime, so the ideas can be used year after year.
The Crass Menagerie
Author: Stephan Pastis
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN: 0740771000
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
Follows the escapades of self-centered Rat and kindly (but dumb) Pig and their pals, with commentary from the author.
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN: 0740771000
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
Follows the escapades of self-centered Rat and kindly (but dumb) Pig and their pals, with commentary from the author.
Raining over Havana
Author: Julio Travieso Serrano
Publisher: RUTH
ISBN: 9590906273
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Without any doubt "Raining over Havana" by Julio Travieso Serrano is a faithful portrait of Cuban life in the 1990's. Here we may find characters who move on the margins of Havana society: prostitutes, pimps, procurers, all of them marked by pain and despair but, at the same time, full of love, passion, humor and irony, and always fighting to subsist. Their existential conflicts and psychology have been carefully delineated by the author. Havana, dirty, chaotic, but always beautiful, impregnated by magic and mystery, could well be the main character of this novel that will definitely entrap readers, because from its initial pages they will want to know whether pain or love, life or death triumphs.
Publisher: RUTH
ISBN: 9590906273
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Without any doubt "Raining over Havana" by Julio Travieso Serrano is a faithful portrait of Cuban life in the 1990's. Here we may find characters who move on the margins of Havana society: prostitutes, pimps, procurers, all of them marked by pain and despair but, at the same time, full of love, passion, humor and irony, and always fighting to subsist. Their existential conflicts and psychology have been carefully delineated by the author. Havana, dirty, chaotic, but always beautiful, impregnated by magic and mystery, could well be the main character of this novel that will definitely entrap readers, because from its initial pages they will want to know whether pain or love, life or death triumphs.
The Crocodile Bird
Author: Ruth Rendell
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1453211039
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
A psychological thriller about an isolated young woman and her murderous mother from the New York Times–bestselling author of The Girl Next Door. Far from London, the isolated estate called Shrove House looms over the English countryside. Inside, two women hide from the world. For sixteen years, Eve has protected her daughter, Liza, from the corrupting influence of modern life, never letting her outside, hiding her from those who visit, and killing to keep her safe. Raised in her mother’s shadow, Liza has never questioned that this is the way things must be—until the night the police come to call, and Liza flees into the darkness. Alone in the world for the first time, terrified that her mother’s murderous past may catch up with her, Liza does what she can to survive. Taking shelter with the groundskeeper, Liza delves into her own past, telling the story of her traumatic childhood as a way of finding a place for herself in this strange, terrifying new world. But she will soon find herself wondering how much like her mother she really is . . . Joyce Carol Oates called Ruth Rendell “one of the finest practitioners of her craft in the English-speaking world.” In New York Times Notable Book The Crocodile Bird, this three-time Edgar Award winner shows the talent that made her one of the best.
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1453211039
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
A psychological thriller about an isolated young woman and her murderous mother from the New York Times–bestselling author of The Girl Next Door. Far from London, the isolated estate called Shrove House looms over the English countryside. Inside, two women hide from the world. For sixteen years, Eve has protected her daughter, Liza, from the corrupting influence of modern life, never letting her outside, hiding her from those who visit, and killing to keep her safe. Raised in her mother’s shadow, Liza has never questioned that this is the way things must be—until the night the police come to call, and Liza flees into the darkness. Alone in the world for the first time, terrified that her mother’s murderous past may catch up with her, Liza does what she can to survive. Taking shelter with the groundskeeper, Liza delves into her own past, telling the story of her traumatic childhood as a way of finding a place for herself in this strange, terrifying new world. But she will soon find herself wondering how much like her mother she really is . . . Joyce Carol Oates called Ruth Rendell “one of the finest practitioners of her craft in the English-speaking world.” In New York Times Notable Book The Crocodile Bird, this three-time Edgar Award winner shows the talent that made her one of the best.