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Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 956
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Moon Tiger
Author: Penelope Lively
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
ISBN: 080219737X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
“A powerful, moving and beautifully wrought novel about the ways in which lives are molded by personal memory and the collective past.” —The Boston Globe Winner of the Man Booker Prize Elderly, uncompromising Claudia Hampton lies in a London hospital bed with memories of life fluttering through her fading consciousness. An author of popular history, Claudia proclaims she’s carrying out her last project: a history of the world. This history turns out to be a mosaic of her life, her own story tangled with those of her brother, her lover and father of her daughter, and the center of her life, Tom, her one great love found and lost in war-torn Egypt. Always the independent woman, often with contentious relationships, Claudia’s personal history is complex and fascinating. As people visit Claudia, they shake and twist the mosaic, changing speed, movement, and voice, to reveal themselves and Claudia’s impact on their world. “Emotionally, Moon Tiger is kaleidoscopic, deeply satisfying. The all too brief encounter between Claudia and Tom will surely rate as one of the most memorable of contemporary fictional affairs. This is one of the best novels I have read for years.” —The London Sunday Telegraph “It pulls us in; it engages us and saddens us. It is also unexpectedly funny . . . It leaves its traces in the air long after you’ve put it away.” —The New York Times Book Review “One of the very best Booker winners . . . it asks hard questions about memory and history and personal legacy; it’s stylistically demanding and inventive . . . a wonderful book.” —The Guardian
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
ISBN: 080219737X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
“A powerful, moving and beautifully wrought novel about the ways in which lives are molded by personal memory and the collective past.” —The Boston Globe Winner of the Man Booker Prize Elderly, uncompromising Claudia Hampton lies in a London hospital bed with memories of life fluttering through her fading consciousness. An author of popular history, Claudia proclaims she’s carrying out her last project: a history of the world. This history turns out to be a mosaic of her life, her own story tangled with those of her brother, her lover and father of her daughter, and the center of her life, Tom, her one great love found and lost in war-torn Egypt. Always the independent woman, often with contentious relationships, Claudia’s personal history is complex and fascinating. As people visit Claudia, they shake and twist the mosaic, changing speed, movement, and voice, to reveal themselves and Claudia’s impact on their world. “Emotionally, Moon Tiger is kaleidoscopic, deeply satisfying. The all too brief encounter between Claudia and Tom will surely rate as one of the most memorable of contemporary fictional affairs. This is one of the best novels I have read for years.” —The London Sunday Telegraph “It pulls us in; it engages us and saddens us. It is also unexpectedly funny . . . It leaves its traces in the air long after you’ve put it away.” —The New York Times Book Review “One of the very best Booker winners . . . it asks hard questions about memory and history and personal legacy; it’s stylistically demanding and inventive . . . a wonderful book.” —The Guardian
T. P.'s Weekly
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Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 956
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Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 956
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The Spectator
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1044
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A weekly review of politics, literature, theology, and art.
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1044
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A weekly review of politics, literature, theology, and art.
Reaching for the Moon
Author: Katherine Johnson
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 1534440844
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
“This rich volume is a national treasure.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “Captivating, informative, and inspiring…Easy to follow and hard to put down.” —School Library Journal (starred review) The inspiring autobiography of NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson, who helped launch Apollo 11. As a young girl, Katherine Johnson showed an exceptional aptitude for math. In school she quickly skipped ahead several grades and was soon studying complex equations with the support of a professor who saw great promise in her. But ability and opportunity did not always go hand in hand. As an African American and a girl growing up in an era of brutal racism and sexism, Katherine faced daily challenges. Still, she lived her life with her father’s words in mind: “You are no better than anyone else, and nobody else is better than you.” In the early 1950s, Katherine was thrilled to join the organization that would become NASA. She worked on many of NASA’s biggest projects including the Apollo 11 mission that landed the first men on the moon. Katherine Johnson’s story was made famous in the bestselling book and Oscar-nominated film Hidden Figures. Now in Reaching for the Moon she tells her own story for the first time, in a lively autobiography that will inspire young readers everywhere.
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 1534440844
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
“This rich volume is a national treasure.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “Captivating, informative, and inspiring…Easy to follow and hard to put down.” —School Library Journal (starred review) The inspiring autobiography of NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson, who helped launch Apollo 11. As a young girl, Katherine Johnson showed an exceptional aptitude for math. In school she quickly skipped ahead several grades and was soon studying complex equations with the support of a professor who saw great promise in her. But ability and opportunity did not always go hand in hand. As an African American and a girl growing up in an era of brutal racism and sexism, Katherine faced daily challenges. Still, she lived her life with her father’s words in mind: “You are no better than anyone else, and nobody else is better than you.” In the early 1950s, Katherine was thrilled to join the organization that would become NASA. She worked on many of NASA’s biggest projects including the Apollo 11 mission that landed the first men on the moon. Katherine Johnson’s story was made famous in the bestselling book and Oscar-nominated film Hidden Figures. Now in Reaching for the Moon she tells her own story for the first time, in a lively autobiography that will inspire young readers everywhere.
Lunar Sourcebook
Author: Grant Heiken
Publisher: CUP Archive
ISBN: 9780521334440
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 796
Book Description
The only work to date to collect data gathered during the American and Soviet missions in an accessible and complete reference of current scientific and technical information about the Moon.
Publisher: CUP Archive
ISBN: 9780521334440
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 796
Book Description
The only work to date to collect data gathered during the American and Soviet missions in an accessible and complete reference of current scientific and technical information about the Moon.
The Missionary Herald
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Category : Congregational churches
Languages : en
Pages : 522
Book Description
Vols. for 1828-1934 contain the Proceedings at large of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions.
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Category : Congregational churches
Languages : en
Pages : 522
Book Description
Vols. for 1828-1934 contain the Proceedings at large of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions.
The Kabala of Numbers ...
Author: Sepharial
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Category : Symbolism of numbers
Languages : en
Pages : 240
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Category : Symbolism of numbers
Languages : en
Pages : 240
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A selection from the miscellaneous inscriptions of Assyria
Author: British Museum. Department of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities
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Category : Akkadian language
Languages : en
Pages : 85
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Category : Akkadian language
Languages : en
Pages : 85
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Microscopy of Zodiac Signs and Numbers
Author: Baldev Bhatia
Publisher: Partridge Publishing
ISBN: 148285208X
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Microscopy of Zodiac Signs and Numbers is a very unique cosmic Science, which reveals, the hidden mysteries of Numbers and the planetary position of the zodiac signs. This unique science provoked the author who has been associated with this mystic science for the past 45 years to pen down in depth the wonders of this vibrated forces in the most simplified manner in order to enhance the basic as well as advance knowledge of this science with his readers. He shares his wide and rich experience regarding about the humans nature and the various causes, of his immediate behavior, environment, with regards to his nature of the different numbers and zodiac signs controlling over his temperament. The author has simplified the meaning of these zodiac signs and numbers and shells out his experience that whenever these different numbers of an individual vibrates and influence well, the life of the individual becomes much more interesting and fruitful and the person lives, happy and prosperous life. But if the influence or the vibration force of these Numbers and the zodiac signs is on a negative side the person is deprived of all the happiness and prosperity till these numbers or the planets turn their fortune in a positive manner. The author cum astrologer has been associated with general public for the past several years and has been practicing this science in order to attain peace prosperity and happiness to his clients and readers. This book will definitely prove to be an asset to his readers and would guide them to ward off all the negativity and live a happy life and good life. The author wishes all his readers peace prosperity and happiness.
Publisher: Partridge Publishing
ISBN: 148285208X
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Microscopy of Zodiac Signs and Numbers is a very unique cosmic Science, which reveals, the hidden mysteries of Numbers and the planetary position of the zodiac signs. This unique science provoked the author who has been associated with this mystic science for the past 45 years to pen down in depth the wonders of this vibrated forces in the most simplified manner in order to enhance the basic as well as advance knowledge of this science with his readers. He shares his wide and rich experience regarding about the humans nature and the various causes, of his immediate behavior, environment, with regards to his nature of the different numbers and zodiac signs controlling over his temperament. The author has simplified the meaning of these zodiac signs and numbers and shells out his experience that whenever these different numbers of an individual vibrates and influence well, the life of the individual becomes much more interesting and fruitful and the person lives, happy and prosperous life. But if the influence or the vibration force of these Numbers and the zodiac signs is on a negative side the person is deprived of all the happiness and prosperity till these numbers or the planets turn their fortune in a positive manner. The author cum astrologer has been associated with general public for the past several years and has been practicing this science in order to attain peace prosperity and happiness to his clients and readers. This book will definitely prove to be an asset to his readers and would guide them to ward off all the negativity and live a happy life and good life. The author wishes all his readers peace prosperity and happiness.
Epigraphia Indica and Record of the Archaeological Survey of India
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Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 620
Book Description
A list of the inscriptions of Northern India in Brahmi and its derivative scripts, from about 200 A. C., by D. R. Bhandarkar, issued as appendix to v. 19-23.
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Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 620
Book Description
A list of the inscriptions of Northern India in Brahmi and its derivative scripts, from about 200 A. C., by D. R. Bhandarkar, issued as appendix to v. 19-23.