Author: Laney Lee
Publisher: Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Books
ISBN: 9780688060947
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 118
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A shell tells of its life as host to a hermit crab, as the prize piece in an old lady's shell collection, and as, in a new form, it returns to the sea.
Author: Clem
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781909936263
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 272
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A true life account of paradise at any cost. Hedonistic impulse at its finest, a one-way ticket to Thailand - wanderlust, corruption, delusion and escape ... People said. 'Write about that time in your life.' ... so I did, then - as I wrote my true-life story - another story was born to run alongside it - the tale of Lemon and her friend.
Author: Wu Ming-Yi
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 030790797X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 294
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When a tsunami sends a massive island made entirely of trash crashing into the Taiwanese coast, two very different people—an outcast from a mythical island and a woman on the verge of suicide—are united in ways they never could have imagined. Here is the English-language debut of a new and exciting award-winning voice from Taiwan, who has written an “astonishing” novel (The Independent) that is at once fantasy, reality, and dystopian environmental saga. Fifteen-year-old Atile’i—a native of Wayo Wayo, an island somewhere in the Pacific—has come of age. Following the custom of his people, he is set adrift as a sacrifice to the Sea God but, unlike those who have gone before him, Atile’i is determined to defy precedent and survive. His chances seem slim, but just as it appears that hope is lost, Atile’i comes across a sprawling trash vortex floating in the ocean and climbs onto it. Meanwhile, on the east coast of Taiwan, Alice, a college professor, is overcome with grief. Her husband and son are missing, having disappeared while hiking in the mountains near their home. Alice is so distraught that she decides to end her own life. But her plans are interrupted by a violent storm that causes the trash vortex to collide with the Taiwanese coast, bringing Atile’i along with it. Alice and Atile’i subsequently form an unlikely friendship that helps each of them come to terms with what they have lost. Together they set out to uncover the mystery of Alice’s lost family, following their footsteps into the mountains. Intertwined with Alice and Atile’i’s story are the lives of others affected by the tsunami, from environmentalists to Taiwan’s indigenous peoples—and, of course, the mysterious man with the compound eyes. A work of lyrical beauty that combines magical realism and environmental fable, The Man with the Compound Eyes is an incredible story about the bonds of family, the meaning of love, and the lasting effects of human destruction.
Author: Nico de Jonge
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 9780804848589
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 336
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Lavish photography and groundbreaking new texts unlock the magic of the island cultures of Indonesia, Malaysia and East Timor. Eyes of the Ancestors takes an in-depth look at the Dallas Museum of Art's world-renowned collection of artworks from Island Southeast Asia. Beautiful photography and essays by distinguished international scholars unlock the magic of the island cultures of this region. Leading cultural anthropologist Dr. Reimar Schefold introduces these texts, which investigate various indigenous art forms from a fresh art-historical perspective. They describe the contexts, purposes, and aesthetic influences of a range of objects, from intricately woven sacred and ceremonial textiles to carved ancestor figures. Also featured are gold and metalwork designs as well as weaponry and jewelry, most dating back more than a hundred years. A 19th-century mouth mask in the collection, from the Leti Islands, is one of the only four known to be in existence. This wooden mask, carved in the shape of a rooster's head, was used in ritual dances. Other spectacular examples from the collection likewise reflect the beliefs and practices of these island peoples.
Author: Nathaniel Philbrick
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780963891082
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 304
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Author: Frank Reddy (Journalist)
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780989961530
Category : Barrier islands
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Category : Germplasm resources, Plant
Languages : en
Pages : 1294
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Languages : en
Pages : 112
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LIFE Magazine is the treasured photographic magazine that chronicled the 20th Century. It now lives on at LIFE.com, the largest, most amazing collection of professional photography on the internet. Users can browse, search and view photos of today’s people and events. They have free access to share, print and post images for personal use.
Author: Munayem Mayenin
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1447719298
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 95
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Languages : en
Pages : 114
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