Author: Jane Candia Coleman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780931271830
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Poems celebrating the legacy of early southwest explorer, Jesuit missionary, horseman, philosopher Father Kino by award-winning author Jane Candia Coleman.
Black Dove, White Raven
Author: Elizabeth Wein
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 148470780X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Emilia and Teo's lives changed in a fiery, terrifying instant when a bird strike brought down the plane their stunt pilot mothers were flying. Teo's mother died immediately, but Em's survived, determined to raise Teo according to his late mother's wishes-in a place where he won't be discriminated against because of the color of his skin. But in 1930s America, a white woman raising a black adoptive son alongside a white daughter is too often seen as a threat. Seeking a home where her children won't be held back by ethnicity or gender, Rhoda brings Em and Teo to Ethiopia, and all three fall in love with the beautiful, peaceful country. But that peace is shattered by the threat of war with Italy, and teenage Em and Teo are drawn into the conflict. Will their devotion to their country, its culture and people, and each other be their downfall or their salvation? In the tradition of her award-winning and bestselling Code Name Verity, Elizabeth Wein brings us another thrilling and deeply affecting novel that explores the bonds of friendship, the resilience of young pilots, and the strength of the human spirit.
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 148470780X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Emilia and Teo's lives changed in a fiery, terrifying instant when a bird strike brought down the plane their stunt pilot mothers were flying. Teo's mother died immediately, but Em's survived, determined to raise Teo according to his late mother's wishes-in a place where he won't be discriminated against because of the color of his skin. But in 1930s America, a white woman raising a black adoptive son alongside a white daughter is too often seen as a threat. Seeking a home where her children won't be held back by ethnicity or gender, Rhoda brings Em and Teo to Ethiopia, and all three fall in love with the beautiful, peaceful country. But that peace is shattered by the threat of war with Italy, and teenage Em and Teo are drawn into the conflict. Will their devotion to their country, its culture and people, and each other be their downfall or their salvation? In the tradition of her award-winning and bestselling Code Name Verity, Elizabeth Wein brings us another thrilling and deeply affecting novel that explores the bonds of friendship, the resilience of young pilots, and the strength of the human spirit.
White Dove
Author: Jackie Krogmeier
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781466385085
Category : Dystopias
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"The year is 2061. North America is now called the Dark Realm, a territory controlled by a sadistic OCD cult known as the Randomists. By night the cloaked madmen prey on those who don't beat the sunset, and by day they lie in wait, giving fear time to fester. The outside world is cut off from the Dark Realm by unbreachable walls. Aurora Blessing, teenage survivor of the Dark Realm, knows a life of death and terror. Then she falls into the hands of the Intentionists, vigilantes who combat the Randomists. They want to use her as a savior, but she doesn't believe she could ever be one. In the midst of carnage and destruction, a horrifying truth waits to be discovered: there is a power even more dangerous than the Randomists lurking in the Dark Realm!"--Page 4 of cover
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781466385085
Category : Dystopias
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"The year is 2061. North America is now called the Dark Realm, a territory controlled by a sadistic OCD cult known as the Randomists. By night the cloaked madmen prey on those who don't beat the sunset, and by day they lie in wait, giving fear time to fester. The outside world is cut off from the Dark Realm by unbreachable walls. Aurora Blessing, teenage survivor of the Dark Realm, knows a life of death and terror. Then she falls into the hands of the Intentionists, vigilantes who combat the Randomists. They want to use her as a savior, but she doesn't believe she could ever be one. In the midst of carnage and destruction, a horrifying truth waits to be discovered: there is a power even more dangerous than the Randomists lurking in the Dark Realm!"--Page 4 of cover
The White Dove
Author: William John Locke
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
Benito and the White Dove
Author: Marj Akers Gurasich
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
The life and accomplishments of an early champion of Texas independence as seen through the eyes of a young boy who grew to admire his courage and ideals.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
The life and accomplishments of an early champion of Texas independence as seen through the eyes of a young boy who grew to admire his courage and ideals.
The White Dove
Author: Jane Candia Coleman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780931271830
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Poems celebrating the legacy of early southwest explorer, Jesuit missionary, horseman, philosopher Father Kino by award-winning author Jane Candia Coleman.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780931271830
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Poems celebrating the legacy of early southwest explorer, Jesuit missionary, horseman, philosopher Father Kino by award-winning author Jane Candia Coleman.
He's Right Here
Author: Margaret McGee
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1257922130
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
This book is about a mother's journey from paralyzing grief to healing, from despair to hope. Join Maggie, as she shares how God and family brought her through this life changing process. Testimony from four year old Brendan and six year old Vincent, speaks words of conviction and honesty.... In the chapter entitled, "Hearts Broken," my grandson, Brendan, looks into my eyes and says, "It's okay Gramma....I saw the angels take him to heaven." In another story, my grandson, Vincent, captures my heart when he says, "I went to give him a hug and my hand went right through him." In the chapter entitled "The Unseen Presence," I write, "If it's you Dad, will you turn the fan off? I promise I won't be scared."
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1257922130
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
This book is about a mother's journey from paralyzing grief to healing, from despair to hope. Join Maggie, as she shares how God and family brought her through this life changing process. Testimony from four year old Brendan and six year old Vincent, speaks words of conviction and honesty.... In the chapter entitled, "Hearts Broken," my grandson, Brendan, looks into my eyes and says, "It's okay Gramma....I saw the angels take him to heaven." In another story, my grandson, Vincent, captures my heart when he says, "I went to give him a hug and my hand went right through him." In the chapter entitled "The Unseen Presence," I write, "If it's you Dad, will you turn the fan off? I promise I won't be scared."
The Southwestern Reporter
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 1256
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 1256
Book Description
Fairy Tales: Their Origin and Meaning
Author: John Thackray Bunce
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3734073502
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
Reproduction of the original: Fairy Tales: Their Origin and Meaning by John Thackray Bunce
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3734073502
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
Reproduction of the original: Fairy Tales: Their Origin and Meaning by John Thackray Bunce
Santeria
Author: Miguel A. De La Torre
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN: 9780802849731
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
A guide to the history, beliefs, rituals, and culture of a religious tradition that, despite persecution, suppression, and its own secretive nature, has close to a million adherents in the United States alone. Santería is a religion with Afro-Cuban roots, rising out of the cultural clash between the Yoruba people of West Africa and the Spanish Catholics who brought them to the Americas as slaves. With the exile of thousands of Cubans after Castro's revolution in 1959, Santería came to the United States, where it is gradually coming to be recognized as a legitimate faith tradition, one about which most people in America's mainstream know very little. De La Torre explains the worldview, myths, rituals, and history of Santería, and discusses what role the religion typically plays in the life of its practitioners as well as the cultural influence it continues to exert in Latin American communities today.--From publisher description.
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN: 9780802849731
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
A guide to the history, beliefs, rituals, and culture of a religious tradition that, despite persecution, suppression, and its own secretive nature, has close to a million adherents in the United States alone. Santería is a religion with Afro-Cuban roots, rising out of the cultural clash between the Yoruba people of West Africa and the Spanish Catholics who brought them to the Americas as slaves. With the exile of thousands of Cubans after Castro's revolution in 1959, Santería came to the United States, where it is gradually coming to be recognized as a legitimate faith tradition, one about which most people in America's mainstream know very little. De La Torre explains the worldview, myths, rituals, and history of Santería, and discusses what role the religion typically plays in the life of its practitioners as well as the cultural influence it continues to exert in Latin American communities today.--From publisher description.
The Reason I Jump
Author: Naoki Higashida
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0812994876
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 127
Book Description
“One of the most remarkable books I’ve ever read. It’s truly moving, eye-opening, incredibly vivid.”—Jon Stewart, The Daily Show NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR • The Wall Street Journal • Bloomberg Business • Bookish FINALIST FOR THE BOOKS FOR A BETTER LIFE FIRST BOOK AWARD • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER You’ve never read a book like The Reason I Jump. Written by Naoki Higashida, a very smart, very self-aware, and very charming thirteen-year-old boy with autism, it is a one-of-a-kind memoir that demonstrates how an autistic mind thinks, feels, perceives, and responds in ways few of us can imagine. Parents and family members who never thought they could get inside the head of their autistic loved one at last have a way to break through to the curious, subtle, and complex life within. Using an alphabet grid to painstakingly construct words, sentences, and thoughts that he is unable to speak out loud, Naoki answers even the most delicate questions that people want to know. Questions such as: “Why do people with autism talk so loudly and weirdly?” “Why do you line up your toy cars and blocks?” “Why don’t you make eye contact when you’re talking?” and “What’s the reason you jump?” (Naoki’s answer: “When I’m jumping, it’s as if my feelings are going upward to the sky.”) With disarming honesty and a generous heart, Naoki shares his unique point of view on not only autism but life itself. His insights—into the mystery of words, the wonders of laughter, and the elusiveness of memory—are so startling, so strange, and so powerful that you will never look at the world the same way again. In his introduction, bestselling novelist David Mitchell writes that Naoki’s words allowed him to feel, for the first time, as if his own autistic child was explaining what was happening in his mind. “It is no exaggeration to say that The Reason I Jump allowed me to round a corner in our relationship.” This translation was a labor of love by David and his wife, KA Yoshida, so they’d be able to share that feeling with friends, the wider autism community, and beyond. Naoki’s book, in its beauty, truthfulness, and simplicity, is a gift to be shared. Praise for The Reason I Jump “This is an intimate book, one that brings readers right into an autistic mind.”—Chicago Tribune (Editor’s Choice) “Amazing times a million.”—Whoopi Goldberg, People “The Reason I Jump is a Rosetta stone. . . . This book takes about ninety minutes to read, and it will stretch your vision of what it is to be human.”—Andrew Solomon, The Times (U.K.) “Extraordinary, moving, and jeweled with epiphanies.”—The Boston Globe “Small but profound . . . [Higashida’s] startling, moving insights offer a rare look inside the autistic mind.”—Parade
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0812994876
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 127
Book Description
“One of the most remarkable books I’ve ever read. It’s truly moving, eye-opening, incredibly vivid.”—Jon Stewart, The Daily Show NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR • The Wall Street Journal • Bloomberg Business • Bookish FINALIST FOR THE BOOKS FOR A BETTER LIFE FIRST BOOK AWARD • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER You’ve never read a book like The Reason I Jump. Written by Naoki Higashida, a very smart, very self-aware, and very charming thirteen-year-old boy with autism, it is a one-of-a-kind memoir that demonstrates how an autistic mind thinks, feels, perceives, and responds in ways few of us can imagine. Parents and family members who never thought they could get inside the head of their autistic loved one at last have a way to break through to the curious, subtle, and complex life within. Using an alphabet grid to painstakingly construct words, sentences, and thoughts that he is unable to speak out loud, Naoki answers even the most delicate questions that people want to know. Questions such as: “Why do people with autism talk so loudly and weirdly?” “Why do you line up your toy cars and blocks?” “Why don’t you make eye contact when you’re talking?” and “What’s the reason you jump?” (Naoki’s answer: “When I’m jumping, it’s as if my feelings are going upward to the sky.”) With disarming honesty and a generous heart, Naoki shares his unique point of view on not only autism but life itself. His insights—into the mystery of words, the wonders of laughter, and the elusiveness of memory—are so startling, so strange, and so powerful that you will never look at the world the same way again. In his introduction, bestselling novelist David Mitchell writes that Naoki’s words allowed him to feel, for the first time, as if his own autistic child was explaining what was happening in his mind. “It is no exaggeration to say that The Reason I Jump allowed me to round a corner in our relationship.” This translation was a labor of love by David and his wife, KA Yoshida, so they’d be able to share that feeling with friends, the wider autism community, and beyond. Naoki’s book, in its beauty, truthfulness, and simplicity, is a gift to be shared. Praise for The Reason I Jump “This is an intimate book, one that brings readers right into an autistic mind.”—Chicago Tribune (Editor’s Choice) “Amazing times a million.”—Whoopi Goldberg, People “The Reason I Jump is a Rosetta stone. . . . This book takes about ninety minutes to read, and it will stretch your vision of what it is to be human.”—Andrew Solomon, The Times (U.K.) “Extraordinary, moving, and jeweled with epiphanies.”—The Boston Globe “Small but profound . . . [Higashida’s] startling, moving insights offer a rare look inside the autistic mind.”—Parade