Author: Sloane Crosley
Publisher: MCD
ISBN: 0374711801
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
Sloane Crosley returns to the form that made her a household name in really quite a lot of households: Essays! From the New York Times–bestselling author Sloane Crosley comes Look Alive Out There—a brand-new collection of essays filled with her trademark hilarity, wit, and charm. The characteristic heart and punch-packing observations are back, but with a newfound coat of maturity. A thin coat. More of a blazer, really. Fans of I Was Told There’d Be Cake and How Did You Get This Number know Sloane Crosley’s life as a series of relatable but madcap misadventures. In Look Alive Out There, whether it’s playing herself on Gossip Girl,scaling active volcanoes, crashing shivas, befriending swingers, or staring down the barrel of the fertility gun, Crosley continues to rise to the occasion with unmatchable nerve and electric one-liners. And as her subjects become more serious, her essays deliver not just laughs but lasting emotional heft and insight. Crosley has taken up the gauntlets thrown by her predecessors—Dorothy Parker, Nora Ephron, David Sedaris—and crafted something rare, affecting, and true. Look Alive Out There arrives on the tenth anniversary of I Was Told There’d be Cake, and Crosley’s essays have managed to grow simultaneously more sophisticated and even funnier. And yet she’s still very much herself, and it’s great to have her back—and not a moment too soon (or late, for that matter).
Home Is Not a Country
Author: Safia Elhillo
Publisher: Make Me a World
ISBN: 0593177088
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD “Nothing short of magic.” —Elizabeth Acevedo, New York Times bestselling author of The Poet X From the acclaimed poet featured on Forbes Africa’s “30 Under 30” list, this powerful novel-in-verse captures one girl, caught between cultures, on an unexpected journey to face the ephemeral girl she might have been. Woven through with moments of lyrical beauty, this is a tender meditation on family, belonging, and home. my mother meant to name me for her favorite flower its sweetness garlands made for pretty girls i imagine her yasmeen bright & alive & i ache to have been born her instead Nima wishes she were someone else. She doesn’t feel understood by her mother, who grew up in a different land. She doesn’t feel accepted in her suburban town; yet somehow, she isn't different enough to belong elsewhere. Her best friend, Haitham, is the only person with whom she can truly be herself. Until she can't, and suddenly her only refuge is gone. As the ground is pulled out from under her, Nima must grapple with the phantom of a life not chosen—the name her parents meant to give her at birth—Yasmeen. But that other name, that other girl, might be more real than Nima knows. And the life Nima wishes were someone else's. . . is one she will need to fight for with a fierceness she never knew she possessed.
Publisher: Make Me a World
ISBN: 0593177088
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD “Nothing short of magic.” —Elizabeth Acevedo, New York Times bestselling author of The Poet X From the acclaimed poet featured on Forbes Africa’s “30 Under 30” list, this powerful novel-in-verse captures one girl, caught between cultures, on an unexpected journey to face the ephemeral girl she might have been. Woven through with moments of lyrical beauty, this is a tender meditation on family, belonging, and home. my mother meant to name me for her favorite flower its sweetness garlands made for pretty girls i imagine her yasmeen bright & alive & i ache to have been born her instead Nima wishes she were someone else. She doesn’t feel understood by her mother, who grew up in a different land. She doesn’t feel accepted in her suburban town; yet somehow, she isn't different enough to belong elsewhere. Her best friend, Haitham, is the only person with whom she can truly be herself. Until she can't, and suddenly her only refuge is gone. As the ground is pulled out from under her, Nima must grapple with the phantom of a life not chosen—the name her parents meant to give her at birth—Yasmeen. But that other name, that other girl, might be more real than Nima knows. And the life Nima wishes were someone else's. . . is one she will need to fight for with a fierceness she never knew she possessed.
Look Alive Out There
Author: Sloane Crosley
Publisher: MCD
ISBN: 0374711801
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
Sloane Crosley returns to the form that made her a household name in really quite a lot of households: Essays! From the New York Times–bestselling author Sloane Crosley comes Look Alive Out There—a brand-new collection of essays filled with her trademark hilarity, wit, and charm. The characteristic heart and punch-packing observations are back, but with a newfound coat of maturity. A thin coat. More of a blazer, really. Fans of I Was Told There’d Be Cake and How Did You Get This Number know Sloane Crosley’s life as a series of relatable but madcap misadventures. In Look Alive Out There, whether it’s playing herself on Gossip Girl,scaling active volcanoes, crashing shivas, befriending swingers, or staring down the barrel of the fertility gun, Crosley continues to rise to the occasion with unmatchable nerve and electric one-liners. And as her subjects become more serious, her essays deliver not just laughs but lasting emotional heft and insight. Crosley has taken up the gauntlets thrown by her predecessors—Dorothy Parker, Nora Ephron, David Sedaris—and crafted something rare, affecting, and true. Look Alive Out There arrives on the tenth anniversary of I Was Told There’d be Cake, and Crosley’s essays have managed to grow simultaneously more sophisticated and even funnier. And yet she’s still very much herself, and it’s great to have her back—and not a moment too soon (or late, for that matter).
Publisher: MCD
ISBN: 0374711801
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
Sloane Crosley returns to the form that made her a household name in really quite a lot of households: Essays! From the New York Times–bestselling author Sloane Crosley comes Look Alive Out There—a brand-new collection of essays filled with her trademark hilarity, wit, and charm. The characteristic heart and punch-packing observations are back, but with a newfound coat of maturity. A thin coat. More of a blazer, really. Fans of I Was Told There’d Be Cake and How Did You Get This Number know Sloane Crosley’s life as a series of relatable but madcap misadventures. In Look Alive Out There, whether it’s playing herself on Gossip Girl,scaling active volcanoes, crashing shivas, befriending swingers, or staring down the barrel of the fertility gun, Crosley continues to rise to the occasion with unmatchable nerve and electric one-liners. And as her subjects become more serious, her essays deliver not just laughs but lasting emotional heft and insight. Crosley has taken up the gauntlets thrown by her predecessors—Dorothy Parker, Nora Ephron, David Sedaris—and crafted something rare, affecting, and true. Look Alive Out There arrives on the tenth anniversary of I Was Told There’d be Cake, and Crosley’s essays have managed to grow simultaneously more sophisticated and even funnier. And yet she’s still very much herself, and it’s great to have her back—and not a moment too soon (or late, for that matter).
Magic
Author: Albert Allis Hopkins
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Conjuring
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Conjuring
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description
Magic Beach
Author: Alison Lester
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 1741757258
Category : Bathing beaches
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
A 'big-book' edition of Alison Lester's all-time favourite Australian beach book, perfect for library and classroom storytimes.
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 1741757258
Category : Bathing beaches
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
A 'big-book' edition of Alison Lester's all-time favourite Australian beach book, perfect for library and classroom storytimes.
San Sombrero EBook
Author: Santo Cilauro
Publisher: Hardie Grant Publishing
ISBN: 1742734707
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 357
Book Description
Proudly considered the birthplace of tinted sunglasses and sequins, this fascinating land is packed with things to see and do. Have your photo taken with a colourfully dressed ruhmero (drunk) while his accomplice steals your wallet. Sway to the steamy bababumba, one of the few dances in the world to routinely involve an exchange of body fluids. Try 'red-water rafting' your way down a river of boiling lava. Or simply sit back and sip a molitivo cocktail while listening to the hypnotic rhythm of government helicopters strafing a nearby rebel stronghold. Crammed with expert advice, this fully upd.
Publisher: Hardie Grant Publishing
ISBN: 1742734707
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 357
Book Description
Proudly considered the birthplace of tinted sunglasses and sequins, this fascinating land is packed with things to see and do. Have your photo taken with a colourfully dressed ruhmero (drunk) while his accomplice steals your wallet. Sway to the steamy bababumba, one of the few dances in the world to routinely involve an exchange of body fluids. Try 'red-water rafting' your way down a river of boiling lava. Or simply sit back and sip a molitivo cocktail while listening to the hypnotic rhythm of government helicopters strafing a nearby rebel stronghold. Crammed with expert advice, this fully upd.
Lewis Agonistes
Author: Louis Markos
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
ISBN: 1433675269
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 175
Book Description
The written legacy of C.S. Lewis continues to be a rich mine of Christian thought and perspective. And each work continues to be as relevant today as it was at its original publishing.And now, Lewis scholar Louis Markos has done the community of faith a great service by organizing Lewis’s thoughts on a wide scope of subjects pertaining to modernity and postmodernity—on science and the natural world, the new age movement, philosophy, evil and suffering, the arts, and heaven and hell. Lewis Agonistes will make readers work in the same way that Lewis’s writings made them work, forcing them to rethink and examine ideas—to become participants in the agon (or wrestling match) of the twenty-first century.
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
ISBN: 1433675269
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 175
Book Description
The written legacy of C.S. Lewis continues to be a rich mine of Christian thought and perspective. And each work continues to be as relevant today as it was at its original publishing.And now, Lewis scholar Louis Markos has done the community of faith a great service by organizing Lewis’s thoughts on a wide scope of subjects pertaining to modernity and postmodernity—on science and the natural world, the new age movement, philosophy, evil and suffering, the arts, and heaven and hell. Lewis Agonistes will make readers work in the same way that Lewis’s writings made them work, forcing them to rethink and examine ideas—to become participants in the agon (or wrestling match) of the twenty-first century.
In Search of Western Oregon
Author: Ralph Friedman
Publisher: Caxton Press
ISBN: 9780870043321
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 820
Book Description
Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Caxton Press This is the definitive guide for things to see and to do in western Oregon. This volume is packed with historical details, folklore, anecdotes, geology, fishing, flora, fauna, biography, hiking trails, and a good deal more. These elements are combined with photos of thousands of off-the-beaten-path finds.
Publisher: Caxton Press
ISBN: 9780870043321
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 820
Book Description
Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Caxton Press This is the definitive guide for things to see and to do in western Oregon. This volume is packed with historical details, folklore, anecdotes, geology, fishing, flora, fauna, biography, hiking trails, and a good deal more. These elements are combined with photos of thousands of off-the-beaten-path finds.
Look Abroad, Angel
Author: Jedidiah Evans
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 082035645X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
Born in Asheville, North Carolina, Thomas Wolfe (1900–1938) was one of the most influential southern writers, widely considered to rival his contemporary, William Faulkner—who believed Wolfe to be one of the greatest talents of their generation. His novels— including Look Homeward, Angel (1929); Of Time and the River (1935); and the posthumously published The Web and the Rock (1939) and You Can’t Go Home Again (1940)—remain touchstones of U.S. literature. In Look Abroad, Angel, Jedidiah Evans uncovers the “global Wolfe,” reconfiguring Wolfe’s supposedly intractable homesickness for the American South as a form of longing that is instead indeterminate and expansive. Instead of promoting and reinforcing a narrow and cloistered formulation of the writer as merely southern or Appalachian, Evans places Wolfe in transnational contexts, examining Wolfe’s impact and influence throughout Europe. In doing so, he de-territorializes the response to Wolfe’s work, revealing the writer as a fundamentally global presence within American literature.
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 082035645X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
Born in Asheville, North Carolina, Thomas Wolfe (1900–1938) was one of the most influential southern writers, widely considered to rival his contemporary, William Faulkner—who believed Wolfe to be one of the greatest talents of their generation. His novels— including Look Homeward, Angel (1929); Of Time and the River (1935); and the posthumously published The Web and the Rock (1939) and You Can’t Go Home Again (1940)—remain touchstones of U.S. literature. In Look Abroad, Angel, Jedidiah Evans uncovers the “global Wolfe,” reconfiguring Wolfe’s supposedly intractable homesickness for the American South as a form of longing that is instead indeterminate and expansive. Instead of promoting and reinforcing a narrow and cloistered formulation of the writer as merely southern or Appalachian, Evans places Wolfe in transnational contexts, examining Wolfe’s impact and influence throughout Europe. In doing so, he de-territorializes the response to Wolfe’s work, revealing the writer as a fundamentally global presence within American literature.
Nepal Tourism eBook
Author: GURMEET SINGH DANG
Publisher: GURMEETWEB TECHNICAL LABS
ISBN: 8196549733
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 1380
Book Description
Publisher: GURMEETWEB TECHNICAL LABS
ISBN: 8196549733
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 1380
Book Description
The White Heart of Mojave An Adventure With The Outdoors of The Desert
Author: Perkins
Publisher: Prabhat Prakashan
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 107
Book Description
The White Heart of Mojave: An Adventure with the Outdoors of the Desert by Perkins: Embark on a captivating adventure through the majestic landscapes of the Mojave Desert with The White Heart of Mojave by Perkins. This thrilling narrative takes readers on an exploration of the desert's rugged beauty, its unique flora and fauna, and the awe-inspiring experiences of those who dare to venture into its untamed wilderness. Get ready for a journey filled with wonder, discovery, and the spirit of adventure. Key Aspects of the Book The White Heart of Mojave: Majestic Desert Landscapes: The White Heart of Mojave paints a vivid picture of the breathtaking landscapes of the Mojave Desert. Through evocative descriptions, readers are transported to the vast expanse of sand dunes, towering mountains, and serene oases, allowing them to experience the awe-inspiring beauty of this extraordinary ecosystem. Flora and Fauna: The book introduces readers to the unique plant and animal life that thrives in the Mojave Desert. It delves into the intricacies of desert ecology, highlighting the resilience and adaptability of the species that call this harsh environment their home. Spirit of Adventure: The White Heart of Mojave captures the spirit of adventure and exploration that drives individuals to immerse themselves in the wonders of the natural world. It offers a glimpse into the experiences of those who seek solace, inspiration, and a deeper connection with nature amidst the rugged grandeur of the desert. The author's name provided as Perkins does not provide enough information to identify a specific author. Further details about the author's background and identity would be needed to provide a meta biography.
Publisher: Prabhat Prakashan
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 107
Book Description
The White Heart of Mojave: An Adventure with the Outdoors of the Desert by Perkins: Embark on a captivating adventure through the majestic landscapes of the Mojave Desert with The White Heart of Mojave by Perkins. This thrilling narrative takes readers on an exploration of the desert's rugged beauty, its unique flora and fauna, and the awe-inspiring experiences of those who dare to venture into its untamed wilderness. Get ready for a journey filled with wonder, discovery, and the spirit of adventure. Key Aspects of the Book The White Heart of Mojave: Majestic Desert Landscapes: The White Heart of Mojave paints a vivid picture of the breathtaking landscapes of the Mojave Desert. Through evocative descriptions, readers are transported to the vast expanse of sand dunes, towering mountains, and serene oases, allowing them to experience the awe-inspiring beauty of this extraordinary ecosystem. Flora and Fauna: The book introduces readers to the unique plant and animal life that thrives in the Mojave Desert. It delves into the intricacies of desert ecology, highlighting the resilience and adaptability of the species that call this harsh environment their home. Spirit of Adventure: The White Heart of Mojave captures the spirit of adventure and exploration that drives individuals to immerse themselves in the wonders of the natural world. It offers a glimpse into the experiences of those who seek solace, inspiration, and a deeper connection with nature amidst the rugged grandeur of the desert. The author's name provided as Perkins does not provide enough information to identify a specific author. Further details about the author's background and identity would be needed to provide a meta biography.