Author: J. California Cooper
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0307778606
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
The extraordinary debut short story collection from the award-winning author of Family and Life is Short But Wide. "In its strong folk flavor, Cooper's work reminds us of Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston ... It is a delight to read." —Alice Walker, Pulitzer Prize winner and bestselling author "The label 'short' story is a woefully inadequate description of these intensely, explicitly moral tales. 'Parable' is more appropriate. Cooper's stories are rich in wisdom and insight." —Belles Lettres
A Piece of Mine
Author: J. California Cooper
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0307778606
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
The extraordinary debut short story collection from the award-winning author of Family and Life is Short But Wide. "In its strong folk flavor, Cooper's work reminds us of Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston ... It is a delight to read." —Alice Walker, Pulitzer Prize winner and bestselling author "The label 'short' story is a woefully inadequate description of these intensely, explicitly moral tales. 'Parable' is more appropriate. Cooper's stories are rich in wisdom and insight." —Belles Lettres
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0307778606
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
The extraordinary debut short story collection from the award-winning author of Family and Life is Short But Wide. "In its strong folk flavor, Cooper's work reminds us of Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston ... It is a delight to read." —Alice Walker, Pulitzer Prize winner and bestselling author "The label 'short' story is a woefully inadequate description of these intensely, explicitly moral tales. 'Parable' is more appropriate. Cooper's stories are rich in wisdom and insight." —Belles Lettres
Sister Mine
Author: Nalo Hopkinson
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
ISBN: 1455517739
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Nalo Hopkinson--winner of the John W. Campbell Award, the Sunburst Award, and the World Fantasy award (among others), and lauded as one of our "most inventive and brilliant writers" (New York Post)--returns with a new work exploring the relationship between two sisters in this richly textured and deeply moving novel. We'd had to be cut free of our mother's womb. She'd never have been able to push the two-headed sport that was me and Abby out the usual way. Abby and I were fused, you see. Conjoined twins. Abby's head, torso, and left arm protruded from my chest. But here's the real kicker; Abby had the magic, I didn't. Far as the Family was concerned, Abby was one of them, though cursed, as I was, with the tragic flaw of mortality. Now adults, Makeda and Abby still share their childhood home. The surgery to separate the two girls gave Abby a permanent limp, but left Makeda with what feels like an even worse deformity: no mojo. The daughters of a celestial demigod and a human woman, Makeda and Abby were raised by their magical father, the god of growing things--a highly unusual childhood that made them extremely close. Ever since Abby's magical talent began to develop, though, in the form of an unearthly singing voice, the sisters have become increasingly distant. Today, Makeda has decided it's high time to move out and make her own life among the other nonmagical, claypicken humans--after all, she's one of them. In Cheerful Rest, a run-down warehouse space, Makeda finds exactly what she's been looking for: an opportunity to live apart from Abby and begin building her own independent life. There's even a resident band, led by the charismatic (and attractive) building superintendent. But when her father goes missing, Makeda will have to discover her own talent--and reconcile with Abby--if she's to have a hope of saving him . . .
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
ISBN: 1455517739
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Nalo Hopkinson--winner of the John W. Campbell Award, the Sunburst Award, and the World Fantasy award (among others), and lauded as one of our "most inventive and brilliant writers" (New York Post)--returns with a new work exploring the relationship between two sisters in this richly textured and deeply moving novel. We'd had to be cut free of our mother's womb. She'd never have been able to push the two-headed sport that was me and Abby out the usual way. Abby and I were fused, you see. Conjoined twins. Abby's head, torso, and left arm protruded from my chest. But here's the real kicker; Abby had the magic, I didn't. Far as the Family was concerned, Abby was one of them, though cursed, as I was, with the tragic flaw of mortality. Now adults, Makeda and Abby still share their childhood home. The surgery to separate the two girls gave Abby a permanent limp, but left Makeda with what feels like an even worse deformity: no mojo. The daughters of a celestial demigod and a human woman, Makeda and Abby were raised by their magical father, the god of growing things--a highly unusual childhood that made them extremely close. Ever since Abby's magical talent began to develop, though, in the form of an unearthly singing voice, the sisters have become increasingly distant. Today, Makeda has decided it's high time to move out and make her own life among the other nonmagical, claypicken humans--after all, she's one of them. In Cheerful Rest, a run-down warehouse space, Makeda finds exactly what she's been looking for: an opportunity to live apart from Abby and begin building her own independent life. There's even a resident band, led by the charismatic (and attractive) building superintendent. But when her father goes missing, Makeda will have to discover her own talent--and reconcile with Abby--if she's to have a hope of saving him . . .
Me and Mine
Author: Louise Udall
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 0816533431
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
An energetic Hopi woman emerges from a traditional family background to embrace the more conventional way of life in American today. Enchanting and enlightening—a rare piece of primary source anthropology.
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 0816533431
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
An energetic Hopi woman emerges from a traditional family background to embrace the more conventional way of life in American today. Enchanting and enlightening—a rare piece of primary source anthropology.
Electrical Mining
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Category : Mineral industries
Languages : en
Pages : 428
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Category : Mineral industries
Languages : en
Pages : 428
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Mine Safety and Health
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Category : Mine safety
Languages : en
Pages : 32
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Category : Mine safety
Languages : en
Pages : 32
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Mine Safety & Health
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Category : Mine safety
Languages : en
Pages : 730
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Category : Mine safety
Languages : en
Pages : 730
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Public Documents
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Category : Utah
Languages : en
Pages : 2130
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Category : Utah
Languages : en
Pages : 2130
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Industrial & Mining Standard
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Category : Mineral industries
Languages : en
Pages : 736
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Category : Mineral industries
Languages : en
Pages : 736
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Coal Age
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Category : Coal mines and mining
Languages : en
Pages : 1094
Book Description
Vols. for 1955-62 include: Mining guidebook and buying directory.
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Category : Coal mines and mining
Languages : en
Pages : 1094
Book Description
Vols. for 1955-62 include: Mining guidebook and buying directory.
It's Mine!
Author: Leo Lionni
Publisher: Turtleback Books
ISBN: 9780785790587
Category : Children's stories, American
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Three selfish frogs quarrel over who owns their pond and island, until a storm makes them value the benefits of sharing.
Publisher: Turtleback Books
ISBN: 9780785790587
Category : Children's stories, American
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Three selfish frogs quarrel over who owns their pond and island, until a storm makes them value the benefits of sharing.