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Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1634079884
Thanks to whimsical illustrations and everyday examples, kids can finally discover the true meanings behind such odd idioms as 'Break a leg!'
Author : Cynthia Fitterer Klingel,Cynthia Amoroso
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : English language
ISBN : 1602532052
Explains the meaning of some common sayings, and shows how to use each idiom correctly.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1046 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2009-07
Category : Children's libraries
ISBN : PSU:000061843585
Author : Wally Lamb
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 884 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1998-06-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0060391626
With his stunning debut novel, She's Come Undone, Wally Lamb won the adulation of critics and readers with his mesmerizing tale of one woman's painful yet triumphant journey of self-discovery. Now, this brilliantly talented writer returns with I Know This Much Is True, a heartbreaking and poignant multigenerational saga of the reproductive bonds of destruction and the powerful force of forgiveness. A masterpiece that breathtakingly tells a story of alienation and connection, power and abuse, devastation and renewal--this novel is a contemporary retelling of an ancient Hindu myth. A proud king must confront his demons to achieve salvation. Change yourself, the myth instructs, and you will inhabit a renovated world. When you're the same brother of a schizophrenic identical twin, the tricky thing about saving yourself is the blood it leaves on your bands--the little inconvenience of the look-alike corpse at your feet. And if you're into both survival of the fittest and being your brother's keeper--if you've promised your dying mother--then say so long to sleep and hello to the middle of the night. Grab a book or a beer. Get used to Letterman's gap-toothed smile of the absurd, or the view of the bedroom ceiling, or the influence of random selection. Take it from a godless insomniac. Take it from the uncrazy twin--the guy who beat the biochemical rap. Dominick Birdsey's entire life has been compromised and constricted by anger and fear, by the paranoid schizophrenic twin brother he both deeply loves and resents, and by the past they shared with their adoptive father, Ray, a spit-and-polish ex-Navy man (the five-foot-six-inch sleeping giant who snoozed upstairs weekdays in the spare room and built submarines at night), and their long-suffering mother, Concettina, a timid woman with a harelip that made her shy and self-conscious: She holds a loose fist to her face to cover her defective mouth--her perpetual apology to the world for a birth defect over which she'd had no control. Born in the waning moments of 1949 and the opening minutes of 1950, the twins are physical mirror images who grow into separate yet connected entities: the seemingly strong and protective yet fearful Dominick, his mother's watchful "monkey"; and the seemingly weak and sweet yet noble Thomas, his mother's gentle "bunny." From childhood, Dominick fights for both separation and wholeness--and ultimately self-protection--in a house of fear dominated by Ray, a bully who abuses his power over these stepsons whose biological father is a mystery. I was still afraid of his anger but saw how he punished weakness--pounced on it. Out of self-preservation I hid my fear, Dominick confesses. As for Thomas, he just never knew how to play defense. He just didn't get it. But Dominick's talent for survival comes at an enormous cost, including the breakup of his marriage to the warm, beautiful Dessa, whom he still loves. And it will be put to the ultimate test when Thomas, a Bible-spouting zealot, commits an unthinkable act that threatens the tenuous balance of both his and Dominick's lives. To save himself, Dominick must confront not only the pain of his past but the dark secrets he has locked deep within himself, and the sins of his ancestors--a quest that will lead him beyond the confines of his blue-collar New England town to the volcanic foothills of Sicily 's Mount Etna, where his ambitious and vengefully proud grandfather and a namesake Domenico Tempesta, the sostegno del famiglia, was born. Each of the stories Ma told us about Papa reinforced the message that he was the boss, that he ruled the roost, that what he said went. Searching for answers, Dominick turns to the whispers of the dead, to the pages of his grandfather's handwritten memoir, The History of Domenico Onofrio Tempesta, a Great Man from Humble Beginnings. Rendered with touches of magic realism, Domenico's fablelike tale--in which monkeys enchant and religious statues weep--becomes the old man's confession--an unwitting legacy of contrition that reveals the truth's of Domenico's life, Dominick learns that power, wrongly used, defeats the oppressor as well as the oppressed, and now, picking through the humble shards of his deconstructed life, he will search for the courage and love to forgive, to expiate his and his ancestors' transgressions, and finally to rebuild himself beyond the haunted shadow of his twin. Set against the vivid panoply of twentieth-century America and filled with richly drawn, memorable characters, this deeply moving and thoroughly satisfying novel brings to light humanity's deepest needs and fears, our aloneness, our desire for love and acceptance, our struggle to survive at all costs. Joyous, mystical, and exquisitely written, I Know This Much Is True is an extraordinary reading experience that will leave no reader untouched.
Author : Kara Munn
Publisher : Blake Education
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : English language
ISBN : 1741641403
"... comprehensive teaching guide to help your students learn to blend 3 and 4-letter short vowel words, along with the five other common sounds- ch, sh, ee, oo and _y." This book supports the first set of Funny Photo Phonics books. For each short vowel sound there is a page of teaching notes with activities to do before, during and after reading. -- Back cover.
Author : Hanya Yanagihara
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 834 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2016-01-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780804172707
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A stunning “portrait of the enduring grace of friendship” (NPR) about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves. A masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century. NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • MAN BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST • WINNER OF THE KIRKUS PRIZE A Little Life follows four college classmates—broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition—as they move to New York in search of fame and fortune. While their relationships, which are tinged by addiction, success, and pride, deepen over the decades, the men are held together by their devotion to the brilliant, enigmatic Jude, a man scarred by an unspeakable childhood trauma. A hymn to brotherly bonds and a masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century, Hanya Yanagihara’s stunning novel is about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves. Look for Hanya Yanagihara’s latest bestselling novel, To Paradise.
Author : Kexue Ma
Publisher : Kexue Ma
Page : 1963 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2024-07-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Author : James Snyder
Publisher : Covenant Books, Inc.
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2020-07-03
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9781646707447
What the world needs more than anything else these days is a chuckle. The source of that chuckle may not be that important but the reality of that chuckle is. For many years, James has written a newspaper column across the United States entitled "Out to Pastor." His articles are filled with humorous snippets of banter with his wife, horseplay with his grandchildren, observations on today's politically correct culture as he mourns the good old days, and reflections on his own peculiar (so some would say) personality and preferences. Included is a verse from Scripture and a reflective thought at the end of each article. This book is a collection of fifty-two "Out to Pastor" articles-one for each week of the year. James hopes you will enjoy them and maybe even laugh sidesplittingly on occasion as you read. Most of all, he hopes you will find a fresh joy and an uplifted heart in the reflections of this country pastor.
Author : Ray Bradbury
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2003-09-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780743247221
Set in the future when "firemen" burn books forbidden by the totalitarian "brave new world" regime.
Author : Colleen Hoover
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2021-10-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781538724743
Whose truth is the lie? Stay up all night reading the sensational psychological thriller that has readers obsessed, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Too Late and It Ends With Us. #1 New York Times Bestseller · USA Today Bestseller · Globe and Mail Bestseller · Publishers Weekly Bestseller Lowen Ashleigh is a struggling writer on the brink of financial ruin when she accepts the job offer of a lifetime. Jeremy Crawford, husband of bestselling author Verity Crawford, has hired Lowen to complete the remaining books in a successful series his injured wife is unable to finish. Lowen arrives at the Crawford home, ready to sort through years of Verity’s notes and outlines, hoping to find enough material to get her started. What Lowen doesn’t expect to uncover in the chaotic office is an unfinished autobiography Verity never intended for anyone to read. Page after page of bone-chilling admissions, including Verity's recollection of the night her family was forever altered. Lowen decides to keep the manuscript hidden from Jeremy, knowing its contents could devastate the already grieving father. But as Lowen’s feelings for Jeremy begin to intensify, she recognizes all the ways she could benefit if he were to read his wife’s words. After all, no matter how devoted Jeremy is to his injured wife, a truth this horrifying would make it impossible for him to continue loving her.
Author : Henry Kingsley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 668 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1869
Category : English fiction
ISBN : HARVARD:HN4PZ1
Author : Robert Dennison
Publisher : GeneralStore PublishingHouse
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1894263553
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Publisher : Good Press
Page : 13367 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2023-11-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547671657
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Author : Kazuo Ishiguro
Publisher : Knopf Canada
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2021-03-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780735281257
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER LONGLISTED FOR THE 2021 BOOKER PRIZE NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES, THE GLOBE AND MAIL, THE GUARDIAN, ESQUIRE, VOGUE, TIME, THE WASHINGTON POST, THE TIMES (UK), VULTURE, THE ECONOMIST, NPR, AND BOOKRIOT ON PRESIDENT OBAMA’S SUMMER 2021 READING LIST The magnificent new novel from Nobel laureate Kazuo Ishiguro--author of Never Let Me Go and the Booker Prize-winning The Remains of the Day. “The Sun always has ways to reach us.” From her place in the store, Klara, an Artificial Friend with outstanding observational qualities, watches carefully the behaviour of those who come in to browse, and of those who pass in the street outside. She remains hopeful a customer will soon choose her, but when the possibility emerges that her circumstances may change forever, Klara is warned not to invest too much in the promises of humans. In Klara and the Sun, Kazuo Ishiguro looks at our rapidly changing modern world through the eyes of an unforgettable narrator to explore a fundamental question: what does it mean to love?
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 912 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1852
Category : Art
ISBN : UIUC:30112075869674