Author: Alycia Holston
Publisher: CrossRiverKids
ISBN: 9781936501052
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
An eagle builds her nest nearby, cars whiz past on the way to visit friends and the Missouri River cuts through the landscape...all while the giant sleeps. In this delightful tale, author Alycia Holston and illustrator Suzi Stranahan introduce you to the Sleeping Giant of Helena, Montana who slumbers while the world continues to grown and change around him.
While the Giant Is Sleeping
Author: Alycia Holston
Publisher: CrossRiverKids
ISBN: 9781936501052
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
An eagle builds her nest nearby, cars whiz past on the way to visit friends and the Missouri River cuts through the landscape...all while the giant sleeps. In this delightful tale, author Alycia Holston and illustrator Suzi Stranahan introduce you to the Sleeping Giant of Helena, Montana who slumbers while the world continues to grown and change around him.
Publisher: CrossRiverKids
ISBN: 9781936501052
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
An eagle builds her nest nearby, cars whiz past on the way to visit friends and the Missouri River cuts through the landscape...all while the giant sleeps. In this delightful tale, author Alycia Holston and illustrator Suzi Stranahan introduce you to the Sleeping Giant of Helena, Montana who slumbers while the world continues to grown and change around him.
Sleeping Giants
Author: Sylvain Neuvel
Publisher: Del Rey
ISBN: 1101886706
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
A page-turning debut in the tradition of Michael Crichton, World War Z, and The Martian, Sleeping Giants is a thriller fueled by an earthshaking mystery—and a fight to control a gargantuan power. A girl named Rose is riding her new bike near her home in Deadwood, South Dakota, when she falls through the earth. She wakes up at the bottom of a square hole, its walls glowing with intricate carvings. But the firemen who come to save her peer down upon something even stranger: a little girl in the palm of a giant metal hand. Seventeen years later, the mystery of the bizarre artifact remains unsolved—its origins, architects, and purpose unknown. Its carbon dating defies belief; military reports are redacted; theories are floated, then rejected. But some can never stop searching for answers. Rose Franklin is now a highly trained physicist leading a top secret team to crack the hand’s code. And along with her colleagues, she is being interviewed by a nameless interrogator whose power and purview are as enigmatic as the provenance of the relic. What’s clear is that Rose and her compatriots are on the edge of unraveling history’s most perplexing discovery—and figuring out what it portends for humanity. But once the pieces of the puzzle are in place, will the result prove to be an instrument of lasting peace or a weapon of mass destruction? Praise for Sleeping Giants “As high-concept as it is, Sleeping Giants is a thriller through and through. . . . One of the most promising series kickoffs in recent memory, [and] a smart demonstration of how science fiction can honor its traditions and reverse-engineer them at the same time.”—NPR “Neuvel weaves a complex tapestry with ancient machinery buried in the Earth, shadow governments, and geopolitical conflicts. But the most surprising thing about the book may just be how compelling the central characters are in the midst of these larger-than-life concepts. . . . I can’t stop thinking about it.”—Chicago Review of Books “A remarkable debut . . . Reminiscent of Max Brooks’s World War Z, the story’s format effectively builds suspense.”—Library Journal (debut of the month) “This stellar debut novel . . . masterfully blends together elements of sci-fi, political thriller and apocalyptic fiction. . . . A page-turner of the highest order.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Don’t miss any of The Themis Files by Sylvain Neuvel: SLEEPING GIANTS | WAKING GODS | ONLY HUMAN
Publisher: Del Rey
ISBN: 1101886706
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
A page-turning debut in the tradition of Michael Crichton, World War Z, and The Martian, Sleeping Giants is a thriller fueled by an earthshaking mystery—and a fight to control a gargantuan power. A girl named Rose is riding her new bike near her home in Deadwood, South Dakota, when she falls through the earth. She wakes up at the bottom of a square hole, its walls glowing with intricate carvings. But the firemen who come to save her peer down upon something even stranger: a little girl in the palm of a giant metal hand. Seventeen years later, the mystery of the bizarre artifact remains unsolved—its origins, architects, and purpose unknown. Its carbon dating defies belief; military reports are redacted; theories are floated, then rejected. But some can never stop searching for answers. Rose Franklin is now a highly trained physicist leading a top secret team to crack the hand’s code. And along with her colleagues, she is being interviewed by a nameless interrogator whose power and purview are as enigmatic as the provenance of the relic. What’s clear is that Rose and her compatriots are on the edge of unraveling history’s most perplexing discovery—and figuring out what it portends for humanity. But once the pieces of the puzzle are in place, will the result prove to be an instrument of lasting peace or a weapon of mass destruction? Praise for Sleeping Giants “As high-concept as it is, Sleeping Giants is a thriller through and through. . . . One of the most promising series kickoffs in recent memory, [and] a smart demonstration of how science fiction can honor its traditions and reverse-engineer them at the same time.”—NPR “Neuvel weaves a complex tapestry with ancient machinery buried in the Earth, shadow governments, and geopolitical conflicts. But the most surprising thing about the book may just be how compelling the central characters are in the midst of these larger-than-life concepts. . . . I can’t stop thinking about it.”—Chicago Review of Books “A remarkable debut . . . Reminiscent of Max Brooks’s World War Z, the story’s format effectively builds suspense.”—Library Journal (debut of the month) “This stellar debut novel . . . masterfully blends together elements of sci-fi, political thriller and apocalyptic fiction. . . . A page-turner of the highest order.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Don’t miss any of The Themis Files by Sylvain Neuvel: SLEEPING GIANTS | WAKING GODS | ONLY HUMAN
Sleeping Giant
Author: Kenny Luck
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
ISBN: 1433677091
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
A best-selling men's author looks at the biblical proof in Acts 2 and Romans 5 that pastors can awaken the powerful ministry potential of men throughout the church today.
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
ISBN: 1433677091
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
A best-selling men's author looks at the biblical proof in Acts 2 and Romans 5 that pastors can awaken the powerful ministry potential of men throughout the church today.
Sleeping Giant
Author: Tamara Draut
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 110187306X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
REVISED AND UPDATED WITH A NEW PREFACE Today’s working class is a sleeping giant. And as Tamara Draut makes abundantly clear, it is just now waking up to its untapped political power. Sleeping Giant is the first major examination of the new working class and the role it will play in our economic and political future. Blending moving individual narratives, historical background, and sophisticated analysis, Draut forcefully argues that this newly energized class is far along in the process of changing America for the better. Draut examines the legacy of exclusion based on race and gender that contributes to the invisibility of the new working class, despite their entwinement in everyone’s day-to-day life. No longer confined to the assembly line, today’s working class watches our children and cares for our parents. They park our cars, screen our luggage, clean our offices, and cook and serve our meals. They are us. With “Fight for $15” minimum-wage protests popping up throughout the country (and in some places winning) and economic inequality being recognized as one of the defining issues of our time, today’s working class will soon become impossible to ignore and foolish to dismiss. Sleeping Giant is the first book to tell the story of this extraordinary transformation in full and inspiring detail.
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 110187306X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
REVISED AND UPDATED WITH A NEW PREFACE Today’s working class is a sleeping giant. And as Tamara Draut makes abundantly clear, it is just now waking up to its untapped political power. Sleeping Giant is the first major examination of the new working class and the role it will play in our economic and political future. Blending moving individual narratives, historical background, and sophisticated analysis, Draut forcefully argues that this newly energized class is far along in the process of changing America for the better. Draut examines the legacy of exclusion based on race and gender that contributes to the invisibility of the new working class, despite their entwinement in everyone’s day-to-day life. No longer confined to the assembly line, today’s working class watches our children and cares for our parents. They park our cars, screen our luggage, clean our offices, and cook and serve our meals. They are us. With “Fight for $15” minimum-wage protests popping up throughout the country (and in some places winning) and economic inequality being recognized as one of the defining issues of our time, today’s working class will soon become impossible to ignore and foolish to dismiss. Sleeping Giant is the first book to tell the story of this extraordinary transformation in full and inspiring detail.
The Legend of Hobbomock
Author: Jason J. Marchi
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780983094517
Category : Hamden (Conn.)
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
A Quinnipiac Native American boy must find a way to stop the stone giant Hobbomock from destroying his people, after the giant becomes angry over the Quinnipiac's lack of respect for ancient tribal ways. Based on the legend of the Sleeping Giant land form in Hamden, Connecticut. The story builds understanding among children ages 6-10 of Native American ways and inspires appreciation for nature and the outdoors. Teaching Resource Guide available (from the book publisher) to match the book to the Core Curriculum for the Native American component of Social Studies. The book is currently adopted for use in the 4th grade in several schools and appears on a number of summer reading lists in New England.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780983094517
Category : Hamden (Conn.)
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
A Quinnipiac Native American boy must find a way to stop the stone giant Hobbomock from destroying his people, after the giant becomes angry over the Quinnipiac's lack of respect for ancient tribal ways. Based on the legend of the Sleeping Giant land form in Hamden, Connecticut. The story builds understanding among children ages 6-10 of Native American ways and inspires appreciation for nature and the outdoors. Teaching Resource Guide available (from the book publisher) to match the book to the Core Curriculum for the Native American component of Social Studies. The book is currently adopted for use in the 4th grade in several schools and appears on a number of summer reading lists in New England.
The Sleeping Giant Awakens
Author: David B. MacDonald
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1487518056
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
Confronting the truths of Canada’s Indian residential school system has been likened to waking a sleeping giant. In The Sleeping Giant Awakens, David B. MacDonald uses genocide as an analytical tool to better understand Canada’s past and present relationships between settlers and Indigenous peoples. Starting with a discussion of how genocide is defined in domestic and international law, the book applies the concept to the forced transfer of Indigenous children to residential schools and the "Sixties Scoop," in which Indigenous children were taken from their communities and placed in foster homes or adopted. Based on archival research, extensive interviews with residential school Survivors, and officials at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, among others, The Sleeping Giant Awakens offers a unique and timely perspective on the prospects for conciliation after genocide, exploring the difficulties in moving forward in a context where many settlers know little of the residential schools and ongoing legacies of colonization and need to have a better conception of Indigenous rights. It provides a detailed analysis of how the TRC approached genocide in its deliberations and in its Final Report. Crucially, MacDonald engages critics who argue that the term genocide impedes understanding of the IRS system and imperils prospects for conciliation. By contrast, this book sees genocide recognition as an important basis for meaningful discussions of how to engage Indigenous-settler relations in respectful and proactive ways.
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1487518056
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
Confronting the truths of Canada’s Indian residential school system has been likened to waking a sleeping giant. In The Sleeping Giant Awakens, David B. MacDonald uses genocide as an analytical tool to better understand Canada’s past and present relationships between settlers and Indigenous peoples. Starting with a discussion of how genocide is defined in domestic and international law, the book applies the concept to the forced transfer of Indigenous children to residential schools and the "Sixties Scoop," in which Indigenous children were taken from their communities and placed in foster homes or adopted. Based on archival research, extensive interviews with residential school Survivors, and officials at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, among others, The Sleeping Giant Awakens offers a unique and timely perspective on the prospects for conciliation after genocide, exploring the difficulties in moving forward in a context where many settlers know little of the residential schools and ongoing legacies of colonization and need to have a better conception of Indigenous rights. It provides a detailed analysis of how the TRC approached genocide in its deliberations and in its Final Report. Crucially, MacDonald engages critics who argue that the term genocide impedes understanding of the IRS system and imperils prospects for conciliation. By contrast, this book sees genocide recognition as an important basis for meaningful discussions of how to engage Indigenous-settler relations in respectful and proactive ways.
While the World is Sleeping
Author: Pamela Duncan Edwards
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 0545017564
Category : Animals
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
A sleepy child is flown through the night sky to see foxes hunting, rabbits playing, raccoons scrounging, and other animals that are active while people sleep.
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 0545017564
Category : Animals
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
A sleepy child is flown through the night sky to see foxes hunting, rabbits playing, raccoons scrounging, and other animals that are active while people sleep.
The Sleeping Giant
Author: Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick
Publisher: Turtleback
ISBN: 9780613869195
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
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Publisher: Turtleback
ISBN: 9780613869195
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
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Waking the Sleeping Giant
Author: Timothy C. Daughtry
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780825307331
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Explores leftist techniques and policies that the author claims have put the United States on the wrong path and describes how to counter them to combat political and economic ruin.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780825307331
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Explores leftist techniques and policies that the author claims have put the United States on the wrong path and describes how to counter them to combat political and economic ruin.
The Sleeping Giant of Goll
Author: Tony Abbott
Publisher: SCHOLASTIC
ISBN: 9780590108447
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
The evil Lord Sparr has used magic to wake up a sleeping giant! Now Eric, Julie, and Neal must join forces with a brave dragon and the Oobja people of Panjibarrh to help save their Droonian friends.
Publisher: SCHOLASTIC
ISBN: 9780590108447
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
The evil Lord Sparr has used magic to wake up a sleeping giant! Now Eric, Julie, and Neal must join forces with a brave dragon and the Oobja people of Panjibarrh to help save their Droonian friends.