Birds Of Paradise Lost

Author : Andrew Lam
Publisher : Red Hen Press
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2012-03-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781597092784

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Birds of Paradise Lost by Andrew Lam Pdf

From the award-winning author of Perfume Dreams, a collection of thirteen short stories following Vietnamese immigrants new to the United States. The thirteen stories in Birds of Paradise Lost shimmer with humor and pathos as they chronicle the anguish and joy and bravery of America’s newest Americans, the troubled lives of those who fled Vietnam and remade themselves in the San Francisco Bay Area. The past—memories of war and its aftermath, of murder, arrest, re-education camps and new economic zones, of escape and shipwreck and atrocity—is ever present in these wise and compassionate stories. It plays itself out in surprising ways in the lives of people who thought they had moved beyond the nightmares of war and exodus. It comes back on TV in the form of a confession from a cannibal; it enters the Vietnamese restaurant as a Vietnam Vet with a shameful secret; it articulates itself in the peculiar tics of a man with Tourette’s Syndrome who struggles to deal with a profound tragedy. Birds of Paradise Lost is an emotional tour de force, intricately rendering the false starts and revelations in the struggle for integration, and in so doing, the human heart. *Finalist for the California Book Award* “His stories are elegant and humane and funny and sad. Lam has instantly established himself as one of our finest fiction writers.” —Robert Olen Butler, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Perfume Mountain “Read Andrew Lam, and bask in his love of language, and his compassion for people, both those here and those far away.” —Maxine Hong Kingston, award-winning author of The Woman Warrior

Author : Andrew Lam
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1597092681

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A lyrical and deeply satisfying fiction debut that extols and celebrates the troubled lives of those who fled Vietnam and remade themselves in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Author : Errol Fuller
Publisher : Voyageur Press (MN)
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Fiction
ISBN : STANFORD:36105025803649

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The Lost Birds of Paradise by Errol Fuller Pdf

Natural History claimed, "A glorious collection of science and art, geography and history, romance and rigor. It is a reassessment of a group of twenty birds ... that had lost their species status in the bird of paradise family and were largely forgotten by science for more than sixty years".

Author : Oliver K. Langmead
Publisher : Titan Books (US, CA)
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2021-03-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781789094824

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Birds of Paradise by Oliver K. Langmead Pdf

American Gods meets The Chronicles of Narnia in this adult fantasy about the Biblical Adam recovering the lost pieces of the Garden of Eden. Many millennia after the fall of Eden, Adam, the first man in creation, still walks the Earth – exhausted by the endless death and destruction, he is a shadow of his former hope and glory. And he is not the only one. The Garden was deconstructed, its pieces scattered across the world and its inhabitants condemned to live out immortal lives, hiding in plain sight from generations of mankind. But now pieces of the Garden are turning up on the Earth. After centuries of loneliness, Adam, haunted by the golden time at the beginning of Creation, is determined to save the pieces of his long lost home. With the help of Eden's undying exiles, he must stop Eden becoming the plaything of mankind. Adam journeys across America and the British Isles with Magpie, Owl, and other animals, gathering the scattered pieces of Paradise. As the country floods once more, Adam must risk it all to rescue his friends and his home – because rebuilding the Garden might be the key to rebuilding his life.

Author : Anne Malcom
Publisher : Anne Malcom
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2021-03-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781386117636

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Birds of Paradise by Anne Malcom Pdf

He collected beautiful things. Rare things. Ripped them out of their natural environment and preserved them in all of their dead splendor. The problem was I wasn't beautiful. I was all of the hideous and ugly realities of the world packaged into one broken human being. He came to kill me. That was his business. Death. He ripped me out of my natural environment, the prison I'd created, and locked me away with all of his beautiful dead things. I hated him. I still hate him. But if I was given the choice and the ability to leave this cage, come back to life, I'd stay dead. In all of my hideous splendor. Because my murderer can only possess dead things. And I can only be possessed by someone more broken and ugly than me.

Author : Andrew Lam
Publisher : Heyday.ORIM
Page : 157 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2019-05-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781597144957

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Perfume Dreams by Andrew Lam Pdf

“Much will be made—and rightly so—of the eloquent commentary [Lam’s] essays provide on Vietnam and the Vietnamese . . . a fascinating and important book.” —Robert Olen Butler, Pulitzer Prize–winning author A PEN American Beyond Margins Award winner In his long-overdue first collection of essays, noted journalist and NPR commentator Andrew Lam explores his lifelong struggle for identity as a Viet Kieu, or a Vietnamese national living abroad. At age eleven, Lam, the son of a South Vietnamese general, came to California on the eve of the fall of Saigon to communist forces. He traded his Vietnamese name for a more American one and immersed himself in the allure of the American dream: something not clearly defined for him or his family. Reflecting on the meanings of the Vietnam War to the Vietnamese people themselves—particularly to those in exile—Lam picks with searing honesty at the roots of his doubleness and his parents’ longing for a homeland that no longer exists. “Lam shatters the assumptions of readers who have encountered the Vietnam experience only through American pop culture . . . He writes with the delicacy and intensity of a poet.” —Los Angeles Times Book Review “Andrew Lam writes with the honesty of a true journalist and the feeling of a born storyteller. On his many journeys between Vietnam and the U.S., he sees first-hand the global consequences of war. Perfume Dreams is a meaningful book for our times.” —Maxine Hong Kingston, national bestselling author of The Woman Warrior “Lam’s insights into Asian American life are reflected in candid, witty anecdotes that reveal much about the difficulties of living in two cultures.” —Audrey Magazine

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1869
Category : Electronic
ISBN : HARVARD:32044107163131

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The Birds of Paradise by Anonim Pdf

Author : John Milton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1711
Category : Bible
ISBN : OXFORD:N11678720

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Paradise Lost by John Milton Pdf

Author : Raquel Cepeda
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781451635874

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Bird of Paradise by Raquel Cepeda Pdf

Chronicles the author's quest to find out about her ancestry through DNA testing, sharing findings, stories, and the controveries around Latino identity.

Author : Megan Mayhew Bergman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2012-11-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781451643367

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Birds of a Lesser Paradise by Megan Mayhew Bergman Pdf

Presents a collection of stories focusing on the moments when bonds with nature become evident, including the story of a mother and son attempting to reclaim an African gray parrot and of a population control activist who longs to have a baby.

Author : Paul Scott
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2013-08-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780226088099

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The Birds of Paradise by Paul Scott Pdf

From the author of The Raj Quartet, a coming-of-age tale about a boy and his childhood friendships with a British diplomat’s daughter and the son of a Raj. The Birds of Paradise is set in India when the British Raj still seemed a paradise, but a paradise that boy comes to recognize as already lost. As Scott weaves together themes of political and personal history, he makes us feel how the protagonist identifies with the beautiful, mysterious India of the Raj. With a keen eye for character and graceful prose, Scott captures the reverie of a youth complete with parades of elephants, garden parties, and the titular birds of paradise, who are stuffed trophies of an Indian prince, kept as decoration in a gilded cage. When the boy is sent away to England, he experiences his exile as both the personal wound of abandonment and the foreshadowing of the Partition. Winner of the Booker Prize Praise for The Birds of Paradise “A rare literary bird, a novel that in a short space recreates a man’s lifetime. Using exotic backgrounds, it manages to say something useful about growing up—a process that only children believe takes place mainly in childhood.” —Time “Scott’s vision is both precise and painterly. Like an engraver crosshatching the illusion of fullness, he selects nuances that will make his characters take on depth and poignancy.” —Jean G. Zorn, New York Times Book Review “One of the best novelists to emerge from Britain’s silver age.” —Robert Towers, Newsweek “Far more even than E. M. Forester, in whose long literary shadow he has to work, Paull Scott is successful in exploring the provinces of the human heart.” —Life

Author : BookCaps,John Milton
Publisher : BookCaps Study Guides
Page : 1596 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781621072126

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Paradise Lost in Plain and Simple English (A Modern Translation and the Original Version) by BookCaps,John Milton Pdf

John Milton put a twist on the story of Adam and Eve--in the process he created what some have called one of the greatest literary works in the English Language. It has inspired music, art, film, and even video games. But it's hundreds of years old and reading it today sometimes is a little tough. BookCaps is here to help! BookCaps puts a fresh spin on Milton’s classic by using language modern readers won't struggle to make sense of. The original English text is also presented in the book, along with a comparable version of both text. We all need refreshers every now and then. Whether you are a student trying to cram for that big final, or someone just trying to understand a book more, BookCapsTM can help. We are a small, but growing company, and are adding titles every month.

Author : Charlie Hohorst, Jr.
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2009-09
Category : Cooking
ISBN : STANFORD:36105124142014

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Wings of Paradise by Charlie Hohorst, Jr. Pdf

Wings of Paradise presents a spectacular collection of 150 photographs of the birds of Louisiana's wetlands. The images portray dozens of different species of shore birds, raptors, woodland songbirds, migratory ducks and geese engaged in a variety of activities -- swooping and skimming to soaring, preening, nesting, romancing, arguing and catching prey. Noted food writer Marcelle Bienvenu complements the photographic feast by reflecting on South Louisiana's cherished hunting rituals and offering twenty-four of her favorite duck and goose recipes. Wings of Paradise will inform and delight birders, naturalists, conservationists, sportsmen -- everyone who appreciates the beauty of nature and South Louisiana.

Author : John Milton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2012-05
Category : History
ISBN : 1781391734

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Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, and Other Poems. the Poetical Works of John Milton by John Milton Pdf

"Including Paradise lost, Paradise regain'd & 50 other works" -- Cover.

Author : Clifford B. Frith,Bruce M. Beehler
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 676 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1998-07-09
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0198548532

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Birds of Paradise by Clifford B. Frith,Bruce M. Beehler Pdf

Birds of paradise have long played a central part in human mythologies and captured the imagination of collectors, scientists, and naturalists - and fashion designers. Birds of Paradise provides the first comprehensive, up-to-date, and scientifically accurate overview of the behaviour, biology, ecology, biogeography, and history of the most ornate and dramatic group of birds on earth. The book is illustrated by 12 superb, specially commissioned colour plates including all 42 species of birds of paradise, original line drawings of many behaviours never before recorded, maps, graphs, sonograms, and photographs. This stunning book will delight ornithologists and naturalists the world over.