Home On The Strange

Author : O. F. Walton
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2023-07-18
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1021951641

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Saved at Sea: An Lighthouse Story by O. F. Walton Pdf

This heartwarming story follows the experiences of a young boy who gets lost at sea and is saved by a brave lighthouse keeper and his daughter. With themes of courage, faith, and redemption, Saved at Sea is a timeless tale that will inspire and uplift readers of all ages. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Mark Z. Danielewski
Publisher : Pantheon
Page : 738 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2000-03-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780375420528

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House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski Pdf

“A novelistic mosaic that simultaneously reads like a thriller and like a strange, dreamlike excursion into the subconscious.” —The New York Times Years ago, when House of Leaves was first being passed around, it was nothing more than a badly bundled heap of paper, parts of which would occasionally surface on the Internet. No one could have anticipated the small but devoted following this terrifying story would soon command. Starting with an odd assortment of marginalized youth -- musicians, tattoo artists, programmers, strippers, environmentalists, and adrenaline junkies -- the book eventually made its way into the hands of older generations, who not only found themselves in those strangely arranged pages but also discovered a way back into the lives of their estranged children. Now this astonishing novel is made available in book form, complete with the original colored words, vertical footnotes, and second and third appendices. The story remains unchanged, focusing on a young family that moves into a small home on Ash Tree Lane where they discover something is terribly wrong: their house is bigger on the inside than it is on the outside. Of course, neither Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Will Navidson nor his companion Karen Green was prepared to face the consequences of that impossibility, until the day their two little children wandered off and their voices eerily began to return another story -- of creature darkness, of an ever-growing abyss behind a closet door, and of that unholy growl which soon enough would tear through their walls and consume all their dreams.

Author : Carolyn D. Smith
Publisher : Aletheia
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UOM:39015047098226

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Strangers at Home by Carolyn D. Smith Pdf

Author : Marilyn Singer
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2012-08-22
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1452101205

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A Strange Place to Call Home by Marilyn Singer Pdf

Under the desert's cracked and barren skin, spadefoot toads are waiting for rain. In the endless black of the deepest caves, blind fish find their way. Even in the frozen hearts of glaciers, ice worms by the billion flourish. In this fascinating look at fourteen animals who defy the odds by thriving in Earth's most dangerous places, renowned poet Marilyn Singer and celebrated artist Ed Young show that of all the miracles of life, it is life's persistence that astounds the most.

Author : Arnold Lobel
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2011-06-28
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780061974212

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Owl at Home by Arnold Lobel Pdf

Welcome to Owl's Cozy home in this classic Arnold Lobel I Can Read! Owl lives by himself in a warm little house. But whether Owl is inviting Winter in on a snowy night or welcoming a new friend he meets while on a stroll, Owl always has room for visitors! Arnold Lobel's beloved Level 2 I Can Read classic was created for kids who read on their own but still need a little help. Whether shared at home or in a classroom, the engaging stories, longer sentences, and language play of Level Two books are proven to help kids take their next steps toward reading success. The classic Frog and Toad stories by Arnold Lobel have won numerous awards and honors, including a Newbery Honor, a Caldecott Honor, ALA Notable Children’s Book, Fanfare Honor List (Horn Book), School Library Journal Best Children’s Book, and Library of Congress Children’s Book.

Author : Rui Umezawa
Publisher : Groundwood Books Ltd
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2015-08-31
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781554987245

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Strange Light Afar by Rui Umezawa Pdf

A bitterly jealous brother, a samurai who makes the ultimate sacrifice, a cold-hearted husband, a monk who mistakes desire for piety, a fraudulent merchant who meets his match in a supernatural river otter — the motives underlying these traditional Japanese folktale characters are explored with haunting results. Prompted by the sometimes illogical and perplexing actions of folktale characters (Why doesn’t the wolf kill Little Red Riding Hood right away?), master storyteller Rui Umezawa revisits eight popular Japanese folktales, delving beneath their sometimes baffling plot lines to highlight the psychological motivations behind the characters’ actions. In “Betrayal,” a treacherous husband poisons his wife so he can marry another woman. In “Paradise,” a young man saves the life of a sea turtle, who takes him to a luxurious underwater palace, where his every whim is fulfilled. A brother in “Rage” is consumed by jealousy when his brother’s dog digs up a cache of gold. In “Honor,” a samurai kills himself to keep a promise made to his blood brother. Tales of addiction, bravery, sex, greed, abuse and control — these stories take their inspiration from the great Japanese storytelling traditions, as well as from Noh and Kabuki. Sometimes laced with ironic humor, sometimes truly horrifying, these stories of the strange and supernatural will appeal to readers of all ages, but they particularly speak to teenagers. Evocative and haunting illustrations by the stunningly talented Mikiko Fujita add to the eerie beauty of this collection. A detailed afterword outlines the author’s storytelling approach and provides source material for each tale.

Author : Calliope Glass
Publisher : Disney Electronic Content
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2021-10-26
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781368074582

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Spider-Man: No Way Home: Spider-Man's Very Strange Day! by Calliope Glass Pdf

A picture book to release ahead of the third Spider-Man film, in theaters summer 2021.

Author : Angélique Lalonde
Publisher : House of Anansi
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2021-09-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781487009588

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Glorious Frazzled Beings by Angélique Lalonde Pdf

Home is where we love, suffer, and learn. Some homes we chose, others are inflicted upon us, and still others are bodies we are born into. In this astounding collection of stories, human and more-than-human worlds come together in places we call home. Four sisters and their mother explore their fears while teeny ghost people dress up in fragments of their children’s clothes. A somewhat-ghost tends the family garden. Deep in the mountains, a shapeshifting mother must sift through her ancestors’ gifts and the complexities of love when one boy is born with a beautiful set of fox ears and another is not. In the wake of her elderly mother’s tragic death, a daughter tries to make sense of the online dating profile she left behind. And a man named Pooka finds new ways to weave new stories into his abode, in spite of his inherited suffering. A startling and beguiling story collection, Glorious Frazzled Beings is a love song to the homes we make, keep, and break.

Author : Sara Ahmed
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2013-02-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781135120115

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Strange Encounters by Sara Ahmed Pdf

Examining the relationship between strangers, embodiment and community, Strange Encounters challenges the assumptions that the stranger is simply anybody we do not recognize and instead proposes that he or she is socially constructued as somebody we already know. Using feminist and postcolonial theory this book examines the impact of multiculturalism and globalization on embodiment and community whilst considering the ethical and political implication of its critique for post-colonial feminism. A diverse range of texts are analyzed which produce the figure of 'the stranger', showing that it has alternatively been expelled as the origin of danger - such as in neighbourhood watch, or celebrated as the origin of difference - as in multiculturalism. The author argues that both of these standpoints are problematic as they involve 'stranger fetishism'; they assume that the stranger 'has a life of its own'.

Author : Lynn Coady
Publisher : Gle Library
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0864923201

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Strange Heaven by Lynn Coady Pdf

Strange Heaven is tearfully hilarious, as funny and appalling as reality. Bridget Murphy, almost eighteen, has come to Halifax from industrial Cape Breton, had her baby, and given it up for adoption. Transferred to the psych ward of the children's hospital, she's incarcerated with five seriously disturbed teenagers and a flock of wan children. She's depressed, they say. Apathetic. Bridget is a bit detached, but Four South is peaceful compared with the chaos back home. Her grandmother, Margaret P., raves and prays from her bed, banging the wall with her bedpan. Bridget's parents, Robert and Joan, take care of her and her mentally handicapped son, Rollie. Joan tries to keep the lid on, but she's no match for Robert's wild profanity, Margaret's dementia, and Rollie's efforts to join the fray. Uncle Albert, a kind man who saves his eloquent wrath for outsiders, springs Bridget from the hospital for Christmas. But home is more chaotic than ever, and she's sick of her boozy friends and the whining of the baby's father. She had half planned to hibernate at home till kingdom come, but it's become like a lurid movie she saw eons ago and she's forgotten the plot. Her future may be unclear, but she has a good idea of the direction it won't take.

Author : Emma Vieceli
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2021-11-02
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781787734746

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Life is Strange Vol. 5: Coming Home (Graphic Novel) by Emma Vieceli Pdf

The fifth volume of the comic series based on the Bafta Award-winning Square Enix video game Life is Strange, following the strange and wonderful tales of time-travelling Max Caulfield! Collects issues #17-20 of the hit Life is Strange comic series, set after the events of the BAFTA-winning video game series!

Author : Tanya Traboulsi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8494340182

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Lost Strange Things by Tanya Traboulsi Pdf

Author : Stacy Pershall
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2011-01-31
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 039308051X

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Loud in the House of Myself: Memoir of a Strange Girl by Stacy Pershall Pdf

“An utterly unique journey down some of the mind’s more mysterious byways . . . ranges from the shocking to the simply lovely.”—Marya Hornbacher Stacy Pershall grew up as an overly intelligent, depressed, deeply strange girl in Prairie Grove, Arkansas, population 1,000. From her days as a thirteen-year-old Jesus freak through her eventual diagnosis of bipolar disorder and borderline personality disorder, this spirited memoir chronicles Pershall’s journey through hell and her struggle with the mental health care system.

Author : Damon Galgut
Publisher : Europa Editions
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2010-10-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781609450199

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In a Strange Room by Damon Galgut Pdf

From the Man Booker Prize–winner of The Promise: “This tale of ill-fated journeys through Greece, Africa and India shows” the author of The Quarry “at a superb new high” (The Guardian). In this newest novel from South African writer Damon Galgut, a young loner travels across eastern Africa, Europe, and India. Unsure what he’s after, and reluctant to return home, he follows the paths of travelers he meets along the way. Each new encounter—with an enigmatic stranger, a group of careless backpackers, and a woman on the verge—leads him closer to confronting his own identity. Traversing the quiet of wilderness and the frenzy of border crossings, every new direction is tinged with surmounting mourning, as he is propelled toward a tragic conclusion. Shortlisted for the 2010 Man Booker Prize, In a Strange Room is a hauntingly beautiful evocation of life on the road. It was first published in the Paris Review in three parts—“The Follower,” “The Lover,” and “The Guardian”—one of which was selected for a National Magazine Award and another for the O. Henry Prize.

Author : Ruth Irupé Sanabria
Publisher : Bilingual Review Press (AZ)
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Poetry
ISBN : STANFORD:36105133005434

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The Strange House Testifies by Ruth Irupé Sanabria Pdf

In her first full-length volume of poems, Ruth Irup Sanabria explores language's power to destroy and create through the imagination and narrative of free-verse poems fueled by metaphor, music, and satire. In the first section, the author writes about a genocidal dictatorship that began in 1976 and that brought about the disappearances and deaths of thousands of Argentines. Voices of the children of the disappeared are juxtaposed with official expos 's on the dictatorship, illuminating their plight in vivid detail. The second section explores racism and poverty and imbues it with the rhythms of Latino music and jazz. In the third section, the poet exploring the idea that victims of political violence may actually be enabling it through complicity, apathy, and guilt. Written in a variety of styles, Sanabria's poetry provides a fresh perspective on social injustice and on poetry itself.