Author: Madonna
Publisher: Viking Books
ISBN: 9780670058891
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
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When Eli the jewelry-maker is commissioned to make a special necklace for the queen, he and his young helper overcome seemingly insurmountable odds to complete the task.
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ISBN: 9780863157745
Category : JUVENILE FICTION
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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This well-known tale is vividly brought to life by the wonderful illustrations of Olga Dugina and Andrei Dugin.
Author: Rachel Alicia Griffin
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 0813596335
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 279
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Innovator Award for Edited Collection from the Central States Communication Association (CSCA) Shonda Rhimes is one of the most powerful players in contemporary American network television. Beginning with her break-out hit series Grey’s Anatomy, she has successfully debuted Private Practice, Scandal, How to Get Away with Murder, The Catch, For The People, and Station 19. Rhimes’s work is attentive to identity politics, “post-” identity politics, power, and representation, addressing innumerable societal issues. Rhimes intentionally addresses these issues with diverse characters and story lines that center, for example, on interracial friendships and relationships, LGBTIQ relationships and parenting, the impact of disability on familial and work dynamics, and complex representations of womanhood. This volume serves as a means to theorize Rhimes’s contributions and influence by inspiring provocative conversations about television as a deeply politicized institution and exploring how Rhimes fits into the implications of twenty-first century television.
Author: Abdi Nazemian
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0063039346
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 291
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From the Stonewall Honor–winning author of Like a Love Story comes a revelatory novel about the enclosed world of privilege and silence at an elite boarding school and the unlikely group of friends who dare to challenge the status quo through their writing. Perfect for fans of E. Lockhart, Kathleen Glasgow, and Jandy Nelson, with crossover appeal for readers of Donna Tartt’s The Secret History and Curtis Sittenfeld’s Prep. Beth Kramer is a “townie” who returns to her sophomore year after having endured a year of tension with her roommate, Sarah. But Sarah Brunson knows there’s more to that story. Amanda Priya “Spence” Spencer is the privileged daughter of NYC elites, who is reeling from the realization that her family name shielded her from the same fate as Sarah. Ramin Golafshar arrives at Chandler as a transfer student to escape the dangers of being gay in Iran, only to suffer brutal hazing under the guise of tradition in the boys’ dorms. And Freddy Bello is the senior who’s no longer sure of his future but knows he has to stand up to his friends after what happened to Ramin. At Chandler, the elite boarding school, these five teens are brought together in the Circle, a coveted writing group where life-changing friendships are born—and secrets are revealed. Their professor tells them to write their truths. But is the truth enough to change the long-standing culture of abuse at Chandler? And can their friendship survive the fallout?
Author: Abdi Latif Ega
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781475276428
Category : Somalia
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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A volcanic mountain range in the northeastern part of Somalia, Guban is also a name given to the surrounding habitat by Somali nomads. Literally translating to "burnt" in English, Abdi Latif Ega uses it as a metaphor for the entire nation and its people. In the world of Guban there is a parade of human characters wielding and being wielded by their societal circumstances and individual proclivities. Set against the backdrop of East Africa, the novel explores the clash of modernity, urban civilization and the traditional, more egalitarian life of pastorialists, that still populate the region. A truly kaleidoscopic tale of the Somali revolution, the novel deftly interlocks stories of all strata of society-interlopers, interlocutors, diplomats, camel herders, revolutionaries, military personnel, and clan leaders, to name but a few. Documenting both the brutality of the national dictatorship and the international pressures of this cold war driven world. Guban brings together the immediacy of journalistic reportage with the imaginative expansiveness of the novel.
Author: Madonna
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780141380513
Category : Animals
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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A wonderful story about a very rich and very selfish man who has everything in the world - except happiness. Who can give the secret of happiness?
Author: Madonna
Publisher: Callaway Editions
ISBN: 9780670058877
Category : Criminals
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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When Yakov, the cobbler's son lies dying, it is the thieves, pickpockets, and criminals of the village whose prayers are heard, causing the boy to be healed.
Author: Madonna
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780141500966
Category : Best friends
Languages : en
Pages : 63
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When a new boy comes to their school, jealousy and envy cause problems for the five best friends known as the English Roses.
Author: J. H. Bunting
Publisher: Crowdsource Adventure
ISBN: 9780988449770
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 202
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When a cautious writer, J.H. Bunting, decides to take his family to Paris, he realizes he's just $600 short. To raise the money his audience donates to 12 adventures they chose for him to accomplish in Paris. What follows is a series of uncomfortable, amusing, and sometimes life-threatening adventures in one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Bunting finds dead authors in Pere Lachaise cemetery, performs a song and dance under Arch de Triumphe, and gets lost in the 100 miles of illegal catacombs 60 m below the city. Follow Bunting as he stumbles his way through Paris and witness a side of the City of Light you've never seen before.
Author: Barry Wood
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004383530
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 509
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The Adventures of Shāh Esmāʿil recounts the dramatic formative years of the Safavid empire (1501–1722), as preserved in Iranian popular memory by coffeehouse storytellers and written down in manuscripts starting in the late seventeenth century. Beginning with the Safavids’ saintly ancestors in Ardabil, the story goes on to relate the conquests of Shāh Esmāʿil (r. 1501–1524) and his devoted Qezelbāsh followers as they battle Torkmāns, Uzbeks, Ottomans, and even Georgians and Ethiopians in their quest to establish a Twelver Shiʿi realm. Barry Wood’s translation brings out the verve and popular tone of the Persian text. A heady mixture of history and legend, The Adventures of Shāh Esmāʿil sheds important light on the historical self-awareness of late Safavid Iran.
