Cracks And Other Short Stories

Author : Munyoro, Albert
Publisher : Africa Talent Publishers
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2019-10-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781779295408

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Cracks and Other Short Stories by Munyoro, Albert Pdf

There are little strokes that fell great oaks and often unattended cracks in a diversity of our socio-economic and political institutions can ultimately lead to a total collapse of systems. Cracks and Other Short Stories is an anthology that offers readers an insight into some of the major cracks in our personalities and institutions as a subtle means of encouraging everyone to investigate them further and seek lasting solutions for the good of humanity. Cracks signal that things are out of sorts and need timeous repair, healing and mending before systems become dysfunctional and torturous to humanity. Thus, each story in this impeccable collection deals with specific metaphorical cracks which require problem solving for the betterment of society.

Author : Albert Munyoro
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2019-10-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781779295385

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Cracks and Other Short Stories by Albert Munyoro Pdf

There are little strokes that fell great oaks and often unattended cracks in a diversity of our socio-economic and political institutions can ultimately lead to a total collapse of systems. Cracks and Other Short Stories is an anthology that offers readers an insight into some of the major cracks in our personalities and institutions as a subtle means of encouraging everyone to investigate them further and seek lasting solutions for the good of humanity. Cracks signal that things are out of sorts and need timeous repair, healing and mending before systems become dysfunctional and torturous to humanity. Thus, each story in this impeccable collection deals with specific metaphorical cracks which require problem solving for the betterment of society.

Author : Sheila Kohler
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2023-02-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781504082105

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Cracks by Sheila Kohler Pdf

An “eerie, elliptical masterpiece set in a South African boarding school in the early 1960s. . . . First-rate psychological suspense . . . played out flawlessly” (Kirkus Reviews). The members of an elite girls swim team are the reigning queens at their South African boarding school. And then Italian student Fiamma Coronna joins their ranks. Beautiful, athletic, and suddenly commanding all the coach’s attention, Fiamma is the envy of every girl on the team—until the summer she walks into the rural grasslands surrounding the school and disappears. Forty years later, the former teammates return to the school for a reunion, and the memory of that summer emerges like a long buried secret, the shocking, violent truth of what really happened to Fiamma no longer able to be contained . . . “Riveting . . . while evocative of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie and Picnic at Hanging Rock, Kohler’s writing is so smoothly confident and erotic that she has produced a tale resonant with a chilling power all its own.” —Elle “A stunning and singular tale of the passion and tribalism of adolescence, Cracks lays bare the violence that lurks in the heart of even the most innocent. Shocking, reminiscent of Lord of the Flies . . . conjures up the wildness of the veld and the passion and drama of adolescence . . . peculiarly satisfying.” —The Times Literary Supplement “A disturbing, note-perfect novel. Dissection of evil has rarely been so extravagantly executed.” —San Francisco Chronicle “Polished, compact and chilling . . . Powerful.” —Publishers Weekly A Library Journal and Newsday Best Book of the Year, now a major motion picture starring Eva Green

Author : Ernesto D. Lariosa
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Short stories, Cebuano
ISBN : 9715390234

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Crack Shot and Other Short Stories by Ernesto D. Lariosa Pdf

Author : Julia Donaldson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2016-10-19
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781783198696

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Running on the Cracks by Julia Donaldson Pdf

"Run. Keep running. You're doing the right thing. Lay low. Head down. Don't look back. Just keep running. And whatever you do, don't tread on the cracks..." Leo's world has been turned upside down. Her parents are gone and her bird-loving uncle is getting too close for comfort. She is only sure of one thing...she must get out. In a desperate bid to find the grandparents she never knew, Leo jumps on a train to Glasgow, penniless and stealing food to survive. A nationwide hunt for her begins. Will she track down her grandparents, or will her uncle get to her first?

Author : George Mendoza,Mercer Mayer
Publisher : Dial
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Children's stories
ISBN : 0803715471

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The Crack in the Wall by George Mendoza,Mercer Mayer Pdf

Author : Fitzgerald,Francis Scott
Publisher : e-artnow
Page : 765 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2013-11-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9788026802730

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The Crack-Up - and 6 other autobiographical stories and essays on failure: My Lost City + The Crack-Up + Pasting It Together + Handle with Care + Afternoon of an Author + Early Success + My Generation by Fitzgerald,Francis Scott Pdf

This carefully crafted ebook: "The Crack-Up - and 6 other autobiographical stories and essays on failure" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. It is a collection of autobiographical stories and essays by American author F. Scott Fitzgerald. It consists of previously unpublished letters, notes and also three essays originally written for and published first in the Esquire magazine during 1936. Table of Contents: My Lost City The Crack-Up Pasting It Together Handle with Care Afternoon of an Author Early Success My Generation Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (1896 – 1940) was an American author of novels and short stories, whose works are the paradigmatic writings of the Jazz Age, a term he coined. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century.

Author : Joan Bodger
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2013-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1771362081

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The Crack in the Teacup by Joan Bodger Pdf

In The Crack in the Teacup, Joan Bodger has done more than write a fascinating autobiography that reveals the power of stories. With courage, unblinking honesty, the eye of a storyteller, and the pen of a poet, she has shown how a life-and a century-can be shaped and given meaning by personal mythology.

Author : Ray Shell
Publisher : Canongate Books
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2023-10-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781838859978

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Iced by Ray Shell Pdf

Cornelius Washington is brimming with ambition and talent before his life is torn apart by a crack addiction. Taking the form of a diary and written in an arresting stream-of-consciousness style, Iced ponders the gritty realities of Cornelius's present and past upheavals that have led him here. Iced paints a portrait of being Black in America and the ways marginalised communities suffer the consequences of shortsighted political policies. First published in 1993, in the wake of the crack epidemic, Iced mixes the syncopated language of the streets with poetry from the heart to take the reader deep into the horrifying world of addiction.

Author : K. M. Walton
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-04
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781442429178

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Cracked by K. M. Walton Pdf

When Bull Mastrick and Victor Konig wind up in the same psychiatric ward at age 16, each recalls and relates in group therapy the bullying relationship they have had since kindergarten as well as facts about themselves and their families that reveal how much they have in common. A first novel.

Author : Michael Lawrence
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2005-08-23
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780060724795

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A Crack in the Line by Michael Lawrence Pdf

Sixteen-year-old Alaric discovers how to travel to an alternate reality, where his mother is alive and his place in the family is held by a girl named Naia.

Author : Marian Keyes
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2009-10-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780061864698

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Cracks in My Foundation by Marian Keyes Pdf

Go further under the covers and stay in bed a little longer with Marian Keyes in this winning follow-up to her smash essay collection, Under the Duvet. Written in the witty, forthright style that has earned her legions of devoted readers, Cracks in My Foundation offers an even deeper and more candid look into this beloved author's mind and heart, exploring such universal themes as friends and family, home, glamour and beauty, children, travel, and more. Marian's hilarious and thoughtful take on life makes her readers feel they are reading a friend, not just an author. Marian continues to entertain with her reports from the trenches, and throws in some original short fiction as well. Whether it's visiting Siberia, breaking it off with an old hairdresser, shopping (of course!), turning forty, living with her beloved husband, Himself (a man beyond description), or musing on the F word (feminism), Marian shares the joys, passions, and sorrows of her world and helps us feel good about our own. So grab a latte and a pillow and get ready to laugh your slippers off!

Author : Carolyn Sollman,Barbara Emmons,Judith Paolini
Publisher : Davis
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2008-05-06
Category : Boredom
ISBN : 0871928779

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Through the Cracks by Carolyn Sollman,Barbara Emmons,Judith Paolini Pdf

Stella greets Christopher when he shrinks and falls through the cracks in the school floor due to boredom. The two decide to look around and discover some classrooms where children are actively participating in their education and enjoying learning.

Author : H. M. Bouwman
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2017-01-03
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780399545207

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A Crack in the Sea by H. M. Bouwman Pdf

An enchanting historical fantasy adventure perfect for fans of Thanhha Lai's Newbery Honor-winning Inside Out and Back Again No one comes to the Second World on purpose. The doorway between worlds opens only when least expected. The Raft King is desperate to change that by finding the doorway that will finally take him and the people of Raftworld back home. To do it, he needs Pip, a young boy with an incredible gift—he can speak to fish; and the Raft King is not above kidnapping to get what he wants. Pip’s sister Kinchen, though, is determined to rescue her brother and foil the Raft King’s plans. This is but the first of three extraordinary stories that collide on the high seas of the Second World. The second story takes us back to the beginning: Venus and Swimmer are twins captured aboard a slave ship bound for Jamaica in 1781. They save themselves and others from a life of enslavement with a risky, magical plan—one that leads them from the shark-infested waters of the first world to the second. Pip and Kinchen will hear all about them before their own story is said and done. So will Thanh and his sister Sang, who we meet in 1978 on a small boat as they try to escape post-war Vietnam. But after a storm and a pirate attack, they’re not sure they’ll ever see shore again. What brings these three sets of siblings together on an adventure of a lifetime is a little magic, helpful sea monsters and that very special portal, A Crack in the Sea.

Author : F. Scott Fitzgerald
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 578 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2024-01-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547814429

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The Great Gatsby & The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald Pdf

The Great Gatsby, set in the town of West Egg on prosperous Long Island in the summer of 1922, concerns the young and mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and his quixotic passion and obsession for the beautiful former debutante Daisy Buchanan. The novel explores themes of decadence, idealism, resistance to change, social upheaval, and excess, creating a portrait of the Jazz Age or the Roaring Twenties that has been described as a cautionary tale regarding the American Dream. The Beautiful and Damned tells the story of Anthony Patch, a 1910s socialite and presumptive heir to a tycoon's fortune, and his courtship and relationship with his wife Gloria Gilbert. It describes his brief service in the Army during World War I, and the couple's post-war partying life in New York, and his later alcoholism. The novel explores and portrays New York café society and the American Eastern elite during the Jazz Age before and after "the Great War" and in the early 1920s.