Mina and the Whole Wide World

Mina and the Whole Wide World PDF Author: Sherryl Clark
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ISBN: 9780702265259
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Languages : en
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Mina and the Whole Wide World

Mina and the Whole Wide World PDF Author: Sherryl Clark
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ISBN: 9780702265259
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Mina and the Whole Wide World

Mina and the Whole Wide World PDF Author: Sherryl Clark
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ISBN: 9780702263231
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Languages : en
Pages : 120

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The Letters of Mina Harker

The Letters of Mina Harker PDF Author: Dodie Bellamy
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 1635901596
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 273

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Bellamy's debut novel revives the central female character from Bram Stoker's Dracula and imagines her as an independent woman living in San Francisco during the 1980s. Hypocrisy's not the problem, I think, it's allegory the breeding ground of paranoia. The act of reading into--how does one know when to stop? KK says that Dodie has the advantage because she's physical and I'm "only psychic." ... The truth is: everyone is adopted. My true mother wore a turtleneck and a long braid down her back, drove a Karmann Ghia, drank Chianti in dark corners, fucked Gregroy Corso ... --Dodie Bellamy, The Letters of Mina Harker First published in 1998, Dodie Bellamy's debut novel The Letters of Mina Harker sought to resuscitate the central female character from Bram Stoker's Dracula and reimagine her as an independent woman living in San Francisco during the 1980s--a woman not unlike Dodie Bellamy. Harker confesses the most intimate details of her relationships with four different men in a series of letters. Vampirizing Mina Harker, Bellamy turns the novel into a laboratory: a series of attempted transmutations between the two women in which the real story occurs in the gaps and the slippages. Lampooning the intellectual theory-speak of that era, Bellamy's narrator fights to inhabit her own sexuality despite feelings of vulnerability and destruction. Stylish but ruthlessly unpretentious, The Letters of Mina Harker was Bellamy's first major claim to the literary space she would come to inhabit.

Goal!

Goal! PDF Author: Mina Javaherbin
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 1536221597
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40

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“Uplifting and inspiring, this beautifully written and illustrated book reminds us of the joys and saving grace of friendship and sport.” — Archbishop Desmond Tutu In a dusty township in South Africa, Ajani and his friends have earned a brand-new, federation-size soccer ball. They kick. They dribble. They run. They score. These clever boys are football champions! But when a crew of bullies tries to steal their ball, will Ajani and his friends be able to beat them at their own game?

Mina

Mina PDF Author: Matthew Forsythe
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1481480421
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 68

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Five starred reviews! Named Best Picture Book of the Year by Kirkus Reviews and Shelf Awareness “Marvelous mouse-sized mischief for all ages.” —Booklist (starred review) From the creator of the acclaimed and beloved Pokko and the Drum comes an emotionally resonant, “richly imagined” (The Horn Book, starred review) picture book about trust, worry, and loyalty between a father and daughter. Mina and her father live in a hollowed-out tree stump on the edge of a pond on the edge of a forest. Nothing ever bothers Mina, until one day, her father brings home a suspicious surprise from the woods. Should Mina trust her father—or listen to her own instincts?

Memes to Movements

Memes to Movements PDF Author: An Xiao Mina
Publisher: Beacon Press
ISBN: 080705660X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 240

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A global exploration of internet memes as agents of pop culture, politics, protest, and propaganda on- and offline, and how they will save or destroy us all. Memes are the street art of the social web. Using social media–driven movements as her guide, technologist and digital media scholar An Xiao Mina unpacks the mechanics of memes and how they operate to reinforce, amplify, and shape today’s politics. She finds that the “silly” stuff of meme culture—the photo remixes, the selfies, the YouTube songs, and the pun-tastic hashtags—are fundamentally intertwined with how we find and affirm one another, direct attention to human rights and social justice issues, build narratives, and make culture. Mina finds parallels, for example, between a photo of Black Lives Matter protestors in Ferguson, Missouri, raising their hands in a gesture of resistance and one from eight thousand miles away, in Hong Kong, of Umbrella Movement activists raising yellow umbrellas as they fight for voting rights. She shows how a viral video of then presidential nominee Donald Trump laid the groundwork for pink pussyhats, a meme come to life as the widely recognized symbol for the international Women’s March. Crucially, Mina reveals how, in parts of the world where public dissent is downright dangerous, memes can belie contentious political opinions that would incur drastic consequences if expressed outright. Activists in China evade censorship by critiquing their government with grass mud horse pictures online. Meanwhile, governments and hate groups are also beginning to utilize memes to spread propaganda, xenophobia, and misinformation. Botnets and state-sponsored agents spread them to confuse and distract internet communities. On the long, winding road from innocuous cat photos, internet memes have become a central practice for political contention and civic engagement. Memes to Movements unveils the transformative power of memes, for better and for worse. At a time when our movements are growing more complex and open-ended—when governments are learning to wield the internet as effectively as protestors—Mina brings a fresh and sharply innovative take to the media discourse.

Points of You

Points of You PDF Author: Julia Rue
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781731065582
Category : College students
Languages : en
Pages : 185

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In "Points of You," four friends from MIT share real and unfiltered accounts of what they wish they'd known while growing up. This book is a companion for teenagers and young adults who are embarking on a new life journey. Nobody has the answers to life, but through the perspectives of four very different people you can find understanding and new points of view. Featuring fifteen chapters on everything from maintaining friendships and making tough decisions to honing life goals and dealing with hard emotions, "Points of You" is an intimate guide to getting ready for the next stage of life.

Dying to Tell Me

Dying to Tell Me PDF Author: Sherryl Clark
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ISBN: 9780987535313
Category : Human-animal communication
Languages : en
Pages : 214

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Sasha doesn't really mind moving. It's not like there was any reason to stay in her old life, after all the trouble. But Manna Creek is strange. And when after a pretty nasty fall, she starts hearing and seeing things that haven't happened yet, or happened a very long time ago, it gets even stranger. Maybe King, their new retired police dog, can help solve the mysteries. He thinks he can. He told Sasha he could. And she heard him... Sherryl's first children's book, The Too-Tight Tutu, was published in 1997, and she now has more than 50 published books. Her other titles include a number of Aussie Bites, Nibbles and Chomps, and novels. Her YA novels are Bone Song, published in the UK in 2009, and Dying to Tell Me (KaneMiller US 2011). Sherryl's verse novel Farm Kid won the 2005 NSW Premier's Literary Award for children's books, and her second verse novel, Sixth Grade Style Queen (Not!) was an Honour Book in the 2008 CBCA Awards. Other recent titles include a picture book of poems, Now I Am Bigger, the middle grade novel Pirate X and the Rose series (Our Australian Girl). Her new verse novel is Runaways, released March 2013. Her books have been published in Australia and overseas. Sherryl teaches creative writing at Victoria University TAFE. Her website is at www.sherrylclark.com, and she also has a site about children's poetry (with teacher resources) at www.poetry4kids.net

We Love You, Magoo

We Love You, Magoo PDF Author: Briony Stewart
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ISBN: 9781684643646
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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A classic in the making - joyous and playful, this will be read again and again. Pitched perfectly at the preschooler, just learning the rules who loves being the boss. Gorgeous illustrations and a rhyming text that's a delight to read out loud.

Grow Wild

Grow Wild PDF Author: Katy Bowman
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ISBN: 9781943370160
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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