Author: Lester Bach
Publisher: Carlsons
ISBN: 9780944996225
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 439
Book Description
Catch Me a Rainbow Too
Author: Lester Bach
Publisher: Carlsons
ISBN: 9780944996225
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 439
Book Description
Publisher: Carlsons
ISBN: 9780944996225
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 439
Book Description
The Rainbow Fish
Author: Marcus Pfister
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1558580093
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Summary: The most beautiful fish in the entire ocean discovers the real value of personal beauty and friendship.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1558580093
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Summary: The most beautiful fish in the entire ocean discovers the real value of personal beauty and friendship.
Mason & Dixon
Author: Thomas Pynchon
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101594640
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 776
Book Description
"A novel that is as moving as it is cerebral, as poignant as it is daring." - Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times "Mason & Dixon - like Huckleberry Finn, like Ulysses - is one of the great novels about male friendship in anybody's literature." - John Leonard, The Nation Charles Mason (1728–1786) and Jeremiah Dixon (1733–1779) were the British surveyors best remembered for running the boundary between Pennsylvania and Maryland that we know today as the Mason-Dixon Line. Here is their story as reimagined by Thomas Pynchon, featuring Native Americans and frontier folk, ripped bodices, naval warfare, conspiracies erotic and political, major caffeine abuse. Unreflectively entangled in crimes of demarcation, Mason & Dixon take us along on a grand tour of the Enlightenment’s dark hemisphere, from their first journey together to the Cape of Good Hope, to pre-Revolutionary America and back to England, into the shadowy yet redemptive turns of their later lives, through incongruities in conscience, parallaxes of personality, tales of questionable altitude told and intimated by voices clamoring not to be lost. Along the way they encounter a plentiful cast of characters, including Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, and Samuel Johnson, as well as a Chinese feng shui master, a Swedish irredentist, a talking dog, and a robot duck. The quarrelsome, daring, mismatched pair—Mason as melancholy and Gothic as Dixon is cheerful and pre-Romantic—pursues a linear narrative of irregular lives, observing, and managing to participate in the many occasions of madness presented them by the Age of Reason.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101594640
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 776
Book Description
"A novel that is as moving as it is cerebral, as poignant as it is daring." - Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times "Mason & Dixon - like Huckleberry Finn, like Ulysses - is one of the great novels about male friendship in anybody's literature." - John Leonard, The Nation Charles Mason (1728–1786) and Jeremiah Dixon (1733–1779) were the British surveyors best remembered for running the boundary between Pennsylvania and Maryland that we know today as the Mason-Dixon Line. Here is their story as reimagined by Thomas Pynchon, featuring Native Americans and frontier folk, ripped bodices, naval warfare, conspiracies erotic and political, major caffeine abuse. Unreflectively entangled in crimes of demarcation, Mason & Dixon take us along on a grand tour of the Enlightenment’s dark hemisphere, from their first journey together to the Cape of Good Hope, to pre-Revolutionary America and back to England, into the shadowy yet redemptive turns of their later lives, through incongruities in conscience, parallaxes of personality, tales of questionable altitude told and intimated by voices clamoring not to be lost. Along the way they encounter a plentiful cast of characters, including Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, and Samuel Johnson, as well as a Chinese feng shui master, a Swedish irredentist, a talking dog, and a robot duck. The quarrelsome, daring, mismatched pair—Mason as melancholy and Gothic as Dixon is cheerful and pre-Romantic—pursues a linear narrative of irregular lives, observing, and managing to participate in the many occasions of madness presented them by the Age of Reason.
The Night Rainbow
Author: Claire King
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408824671
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
During one long, hot summer, five-year-old Pea and her little sister Margot play alone in the meadow behind their house, on the edge of a small village in Southern France. Her mother is too sad to take care of them; she left her happiness in the hospital, along with the baby. Pea's father has died in an accident and Maman, burdened by her double grief and isolated from the village by her Englishness, has retreated to a place where Pea cannot reach her - although she tries desperately to do so.Then Pea meets Claude, a man who seems to love the meadow as she does and who always has time to play. Pea believes that she and Margot have found a friend, and maybe even a new papa. But why do the villagers view Claude with suspicion? And what secret is he keeping in his strange, empty house?Elegantly written, haunting and gripping, The Night Rainbow is a novel about innocence and experience, grief and compassion and the dangers of an overactive imagination.
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408824671
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
During one long, hot summer, five-year-old Pea and her little sister Margot play alone in the meadow behind their house, on the edge of a small village in Southern France. Her mother is too sad to take care of them; she left her happiness in the hospital, along with the baby. Pea's father has died in an accident and Maman, burdened by her double grief and isolated from the village by her Englishness, has retreated to a place where Pea cannot reach her - although she tries desperately to do so.Then Pea meets Claude, a man who seems to love the meadow as she does and who always has time to play. Pea believes that she and Margot have found a friend, and maybe even a new papa. But why do the villagers view Claude with suspicion? And what secret is he keeping in his strange, empty house?Elegantly written, haunting and gripping, The Night Rainbow is a novel about innocence and experience, grief and compassion and the dangers of an overactive imagination.
Don't Rock the Boat!
Author: Marilyn Lashbrook
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781859856987
Category : Bible stories, English
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Great Bible stories in simple words. This series of Me Too books has been updated in a new, exciting format. Aimed at children aged 3+, this series has become a key teaching aid. The books invite children to join in the fun by pointing, repeating, filling in, making sounds and answering questions.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781859856987
Category : Bible stories, English
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Great Bible stories in simple words. This series of Me Too books has been updated in a new, exciting format. Aimed at children aged 3+, this series has become a key teaching aid. The books invite children to join in the fun by pointing, repeating, filling in, making sounds and answering questions.
A Gravity's Rainbow Companion
Author: Steven C. Weisenburger
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820337641
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
Adding some 20 percent to the original content, this is a completely updated edition of Steven Weisenburger's indispensable guide to Thomas Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow. Weisenburger takes the reader page by page, often line by line, through the welter of historical references, scientific data, cultural fragments, anthropological research, jokes, and puns around which Pynchon wove his story. Weisenburger fully annotates Pynchon's use of languages ranging from Russian and Hebrew to such subdialects of English as 1940s street talk, drug lingo, and military slang as well as the more obscure terminology of black magic, Rosicrucianism, and Pavlovian psychology. The Companion also reveals the underlying organization of Gravity's Rainbow--how the book's myriad references form patterns of meaning and structure that have eluded both admirers and critics of the novel. The Companion is keyed to the pages of the principal American editions of Gravity's Rainbow: Viking/Penguin (1973), Bantam (1974), and the special, repaginated Penguin paperback (2000) honoring the novel as one of twenty "Great Books of the Twentieth Century."
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820337641
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
Adding some 20 percent to the original content, this is a completely updated edition of Steven Weisenburger's indispensable guide to Thomas Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow. Weisenburger takes the reader page by page, often line by line, through the welter of historical references, scientific data, cultural fragments, anthropological research, jokes, and puns around which Pynchon wove his story. Weisenburger fully annotates Pynchon's use of languages ranging from Russian and Hebrew to such subdialects of English as 1940s street talk, drug lingo, and military slang as well as the more obscure terminology of black magic, Rosicrucianism, and Pavlovian psychology. The Companion also reveals the underlying organization of Gravity's Rainbow--how the book's myriad references form patterns of meaning and structure that have eluded both admirers and critics of the novel. The Companion is keyed to the pages of the principal American editions of Gravity's Rainbow: Viking/Penguin (1973), Bantam (1974), and the special, repaginated Penguin paperback (2000) honoring the novel as one of twenty "Great Books of the Twentieth Century."
Sunny Rainbow
Author: Sunita Grover Raina
Publisher: Notion Press
ISBN:
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
"She is a soul who inhales maladies and exhales melodies" - Dr N K Sharma, Poet, Formerly Professor of English. M Phil, Ph D., A Frostian Scholar. "Sunita Grover Raina, an Indian poet writing in English, is a name to reckon with as a poet of the finest sensibility, whose poetry is a mosaic of vivid imagery and sensuous impressions, with frequent forays into an understated philosophy. Her ease with simple phrasing, her dense texture of metaphorical echoes, and the limpid flow of her mellifluous lines make her poetry a delectable read. Her debut book of poetry, titled “Sunny Rainbow" I believe, will stand out as a milestone in the contemporary literary journey of Indian English poetry." - Dr Jay Sankar Basu Poet, Associate Professor of ELT CLTCS, NSOU. "Sunita Grover Raina, a poet of originality, candid feelings and truth wrapped in the attire of beauty is a rising star on the horizons of English poetry inked in non-English speaking countries. Her poems so often win glamour and accolades. She is a popular poet and the secret behind her poetic fame rests on the pillars of truth, outspoken attitude and beautiful blending of fine thoughts weaved in still more fine words. She says what she feels and that is the thing that makes her lines penetrate deep into the hearts of readers." - Younas Rehman, Poet (Ex-Official at Civil Services Academy. Lahore, Pakistan)
Publisher: Notion Press
ISBN:
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
"She is a soul who inhales maladies and exhales melodies" - Dr N K Sharma, Poet, Formerly Professor of English. M Phil, Ph D., A Frostian Scholar. "Sunita Grover Raina, an Indian poet writing in English, is a name to reckon with as a poet of the finest sensibility, whose poetry is a mosaic of vivid imagery and sensuous impressions, with frequent forays into an understated philosophy. Her ease with simple phrasing, her dense texture of metaphorical echoes, and the limpid flow of her mellifluous lines make her poetry a delectable read. Her debut book of poetry, titled “Sunny Rainbow" I believe, will stand out as a milestone in the contemporary literary journey of Indian English poetry." - Dr Jay Sankar Basu Poet, Associate Professor of ELT CLTCS, NSOU. "Sunita Grover Raina, a poet of originality, candid feelings and truth wrapped in the attire of beauty is a rising star on the horizons of English poetry inked in non-English speaking countries. Her poems so often win glamour and accolades. She is a popular poet and the secret behind her poetic fame rests on the pillars of truth, outspoken attitude and beautiful blending of fine thoughts weaved in still more fine words. She says what she feels and that is the thing that makes her lines penetrate deep into the hearts of readers." - Younas Rehman, Poet (Ex-Official at Civil Services Academy. Lahore, Pakistan)
Pinky Got Out!
Author: Michael Portis
Publisher: Crown Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 1101932996
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Fans of Tad Hills and Jory John will love this hilarious picture book about Pinky, a flamingo at the zoo who sneakily slips out to join a group of kids on their zoo tour. Pinky isn't your typical flamingo. He's a real escape artist! When he sees a young girl named Penny and her class touring the zoo, Pinky feels like they're birds of a feather and decides to make a break for it. Penny is the first to spot the flamingo hiding in plain sight. One by one, she lets her friends in on Pinky's antics as he tries to blend in with the seals, the meerkats, and even the pandas. Young readers will enjoy trying to find Pinky on every spread and will be curious to discover whether he can actually fly the coop!
Publisher: Crown Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 1101932996
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Fans of Tad Hills and Jory John will love this hilarious picture book about Pinky, a flamingo at the zoo who sneakily slips out to join a group of kids on their zoo tour. Pinky isn't your typical flamingo. He's a real escape artist! When he sees a young girl named Penny and her class touring the zoo, Pinky feels like they're birds of a feather and decides to make a break for it. Penny is the first to spot the flamingo hiding in plain sight. One by one, she lets her friends in on Pinky's antics as he tries to blend in with the seals, the meerkats, and even the pandas. Young readers will enjoy trying to find Pinky on every spread and will be curious to discover whether he can actually fly the coop!
Rainbow Rainbow
Author: Lydi Conklin
Publisher: Catapult
ISBN: 164622177X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
A fearless collection of stories that celebrate the humor, darkness, and depth of emotion of the queer and trans experience that's not typically represented: liminal or uncertain identities, queer conception, and queer joy In this exuberant, prize-winning collection, queer, trans, and gender-nonconforming characters seek love and connection in hilarious and heartrending stories that reflect the complexity of our current moment. A nonbinary writer on the eve of top surgery enters into a risky affair during the height of COVID. A lesbian couple enlists a close friend as a sperm donor, plying him with a potent rainbow-colored cocktail. A lonely office worker struggling with their gender identity chaperones their nephew to a trans YouTube convention. And in the depths of a Midwestern winter, a sex-addicted librarian relies on her pet ferrets to help resist a relapse at a wild college fair. Capturing both the dark and lovable sides of the human experience, Rainbow Rainbow establishes debut author Lydia Conklin as a fearless new voice for their generation.
Publisher: Catapult
ISBN: 164622177X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
A fearless collection of stories that celebrate the humor, darkness, and depth of emotion of the queer and trans experience that's not typically represented: liminal or uncertain identities, queer conception, and queer joy In this exuberant, prize-winning collection, queer, trans, and gender-nonconforming characters seek love and connection in hilarious and heartrending stories that reflect the complexity of our current moment. A nonbinary writer on the eve of top surgery enters into a risky affair during the height of COVID. A lesbian couple enlists a close friend as a sperm donor, plying him with a potent rainbow-colored cocktail. A lonely office worker struggling with their gender identity chaperones their nephew to a trans YouTube convention. And in the depths of a Midwestern winter, a sex-addicted librarian relies on her pet ferrets to help resist a relapse at a wild college fair. Capturing both the dark and lovable sides of the human experience, Rainbow Rainbow establishes debut author Lydia Conklin as a fearless new voice for their generation.
Inside Out & Back Again
Author: Thanhha Lai
Publisher: Univ. of Queensland Press
ISBN: 0702251178
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
Moving to America turns H&à's life inside out. For all the 10 years of her life, H&à has only known Saigon: the thrills of its markets, the joy of its traditions, the warmth of her friends close by, and the beauty of her very own papaya tree. But now the Vietnam War has reached her home. H&à and her family are forced to flee as Saigon falls, and they board a ship headed toward hope. In America, H&à discovers the foreign world of Alabama: the coldness of its strangers, the dullness of its food, the strange shape of its landscape, and the strength of her very own family. This is the moving story of one girl's year of change, dreams, grief, and healing as she journeys from one country to another, one life to the next.
Publisher: Univ. of Queensland Press
ISBN: 0702251178
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
Moving to America turns H&à's life inside out. For all the 10 years of her life, H&à has only known Saigon: the thrills of its markets, the joy of its traditions, the warmth of her friends close by, and the beauty of her very own papaya tree. But now the Vietnam War has reached her home. H&à and her family are forced to flee as Saigon falls, and they board a ship headed toward hope. In America, H&à discovers the foreign world of Alabama: the coldness of its strangers, the dullness of its food, the strange shape of its landscape, and the strength of her very own family. This is the moving story of one girl's year of change, dreams, grief, and healing as she journeys from one country to another, one life to the next.