Iguana Dreams

Author : Edwidge Roumer
Publisher : Page Publishing Inc
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2020-11-09
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781643506692

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Dreams and Symbols by Edwidge Roumer Pdf

Dream and Symbols: A Transient Window is an extensive list of key words organized in sections to facilitate the reader's search for symbols and their meanings. Unlike most other books of this sort about dream symbols, A Transient Window emphasizes the spiritual connection more than the psychological counterpart. The interpretations in this book are deeply rooted into the unknown, the unseen, and the unexplained.

Author : Bridget A. Kevane,Juanita Heredia
Publisher : UNM Press
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 0826319718

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Latina Self-portraits by Bridget A. Kevane,Juanita Heredia Pdf

Embracing Chicana, Cuban, Dominican, and Puerto Rican writers and writers descended from a combined U.S. and Latin American heritage, Latina literature is one of the fastest growing and most exciting fields in fiction. This literature is characterized by revisionist views of recent history, a concern with exile and borders, a blending of genres, and a complex understanding of the term feminist. In these ten interviews, Kevane and Heredia give writers the opportunity to talk about how they began to write, the craft of writing, the conjunction of life, art and politics, literary influences, and their goals as artists. Readers will meet Julia Alvarez, Denise Chávez, Sandra Cisneros, Rosario Ferré, Cristina García, Nicholasa Mohr, Cherríe Moraga, Judith Ortiz Cofer, Esmeralda Santiago, and Helena María Viramontes. The writers' personal and literary journeys vividly portrayed in these interviews will enrich and enhance the readers' understanding of this exciting field. The volume also includes bibliographies of the writers' work.

Author : Antoinette M. White
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 703 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2009-11-06
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781450002073

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Dreams That Speak by Antoinette M. White Pdf

Birth from her mother womb as the mouth piece for God, evolved the anointed infallible, woman of God, Prophetess Antoinette M. White. As God molded her in His hands, He purposed her for His works and for His people. From the cradle to the pulpit this Prophetess was destined to bring forth the word of God with the anointing and power. Hearing the call in her tender years, Antoinette began her ministry with a Yes Lord, her am I, and sojourns her call in the path of ministerial greatness. With an ear to hear His voice, and her affections toward heavenly matters, this Prophetess is unmovable and unstoppable on her mission. In her childhood years it was evident Antoinette was a gifted child; peculiar, anointed and called to ministry. As the gift of prophecy manifested through her voice, and prophetic dreams became perceptible through full materialization, the mantel as Gods Prophetess was apparent. Prophetess White is the wife of the powerful Apostle Michael S. White Jr. and mother of six children. These two anointed vessels established Remnant Apostolic Prophetic Outreach (wwwrapoutreach.org).

Author : Ursula Vernon
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2013-01-29
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781101592328

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Dragonbreath #8 by Ursula Vernon Pdf

Danny Dragonbreath has seen a lot of weird things, but nothing quite like the inside of his best friend Wendell's brain. Wendell has been having terrible nightmares, and Danny and Wendell's totally-not-girlfriend Suki agree to venture into the iguana's mind to get rid of the thing causing the dreams--before Wendell goes permanently insane. There's more scary stuff in Wendell's strange and nerdy subconscious than Danny bargained for, and getting out of there is no easy feat, even for a ninja girl and an almost-fire-breathing dragon. The eighth book in the smoking hot Dragonbreath series for fans of Diary of a Wimpy Kid , Bad Kitty, and Big Nate will make you laugh until smoke comes out your nose!

Author : Alexandra Ganser
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789042029149

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Roads of Her Own by Alexandra Ganser Pdf

Reading Jack Kerouac’s classic On the Road through Virginia Woolf’s canonical A Room of One’s Own, the author of this book examines a genre in North American literature which, despite its popularity, has received little attention in literary and cultural criticism: women’s road narratives. The study shows how women’s literature has inscribed itself into the American discourse of the Whitmanesque “open road”, or, more generally, the “freedom of the road”. Women writers have participated in this powerful American myth, yet at the same time also have rejected that myth as fundamentally based on gendered and racial/ethnic hierarchies and power structures, and modified it in the process of writing back to it. The book analyzes stories about female runaways, outlaws, questers, adventurers, kidnappees, biker chicks, travelling saleswomen, and picaras and makes theoretical observations on the debates regarding discourses of spatiality and mobility—debates which have defined the so-called spatial turn in the humanities. The analytical concept of transdifference is introduced to theorize the dissonant plurality of social and cultural affiliations as well as the narrative tensions produced by such pluralities in order to better understand the textual worlds of women’s multiple belongings as they are present in these writings. Roads of Her Own is thus not only situated in the broader context of a constructivist cultural studies, but also, by discussing narrative mobility under the sign of gender, combines insights from social theory and philosophy, feminist cultural geography, and literary studies. Key names and concepts: Doreen Massey – Rosi Braidotti – Literary Studies – Spatial Turn – Gendered Space and Mobility – Nomadism – Road writing – Transdifference – American Culture – Popular Culture – Women’s Literature after the Second Wave – Quest – Picara.

Author : Denis Thériault
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2018-04-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781786073365

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The Boy Who Belonged to the Sea by Denis Thériault Pdf

A moving story of friendship and the power of imagination, from the award-winning author of The Peculiar Life of a Lonely Postman The loss of a parent brought them together. Two boys united by grief. Set on the rugged north shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada, where the wind merges with the forest and the waves, where albatross whirl overhead and snow lies deep on the land, two lonely boys form a powerful friendship. Together they take refuge in a magical undersea world of their own creation, searching for a sense of belonging. But for one of them the line between fantasy and reality begins to blur, and the loyalty of his friend is put to the test in a journey that threatens to end in tragedy. Infused with his characteristic charm, Denis Thériault’s novel The Boy Who Belonged to the Sea is a powerful fable about the pain of losing someone you love and the longing for security, which has touched readers’ hearts all over the world.

Author : Beatriz Rivera
Publisher : Arte Publico Press
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1997-06-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1611922232

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Midnight Sandwiches at the Mariposa Express by Beatriz Rivera Pdf

Meet Trish Izquierdo, a young, upwardly mobile Latina living in the not-too-lively and perhaps not-too-colorful town of West Echevarria. Weaving together a vivid tapestry of town life and the lives of its citizens, hers is the rich and inviting voice that spins this delightful tale. Trish knows the town history well and, because she devours travelogues, she knows what the town lacks. As she gathers with everyone to plan the annual celebration of the towns founding at the Mariposa Express, where the townsfolk stop not only to eat its rich food but to catch up on the gossip, Trish decides to make something of West Echevarria. She will fill it with interesting people, give the town culture, even if it means she has to invent, steal and recreate the townÍs history! In this engaging and thought provoking tale of love, compassion and the preservation of family, the town of West Echevarria explodes with life as Trish sets out on an adventure that will leave the reader yearning for more.

Author : Richard Levine
Publisher : Pollack Press
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : American poetry
ISBN : 0976052105

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A Language Full of Wars and Songs by Richard Levine Pdf

Author : Isabel Schon
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Education
ISBN : 0810830574

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A Latino Heritage, Series V by Isabel Schon Pdf

An aid for librarians and teachers interested in exposing students in kindergarten through high school with an understanding and appreciation of the people, history, and art and political, social, and economic problems of Central and South American countries, and Latino-heritage people in the United States.

Author : Robert Rebein
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2021-10-21
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780813184593

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Hicks, Tribes, and Dirty Realists by Robert Rebein Pdf

Robert Rebein argues that much literary fiction of the 1980s and 90s represents a triumphant, if tortured, return to questions about place and the individual that inspired the works of Hawthorne, Melville, Twain, Faulkner, and other giants of American literature. Concentrating on the realist bent and regional orientation in contemporary fiction, he discusses in detail the various names by which this fiction has been described, including literary postmodernism, minimalism, Hick Chic, Dirty Realism, ecofeminism, and more. Rebein's clearly written, nuanced interpretations of works by Raymond Carver, Cormac McCarthy, Don DeLillo, Louise Erdrich, Dorothy Allison, Barbara Kingsolver, E. Annie Proulx, Chris Offut, and others, will appeal to a wide range of readers.

Author : Rudolfo A. Anaya
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 080613738X

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The Man who Could Fly and Other Stories by Rudolfo A. Anaya Pdf

Spanning a period of thirty years, a collection of eighteen short stories includes "Silence of the Llano,' "In search of Epifano," and "Children of the Desert."

Author : Richard Delgado,Jean Stefancic
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 735 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1998-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780814718940

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The Latino/a Condition by Richard Delgado,Jean Stefancic Pdf

Addresses the historical origins of Spanish-speaking people in the United States, the rise of stereotypes, the growth of efforts at self-definition, and related matters

Author : Marc Zimmerman
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2011-09-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780252093494

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Defending Their Own in the Cold by Marc Zimmerman Pdf

Defending Their Own in the Cold: The Cultural Turns of U.S. Puerto Ricans explores U.S. Puerto Rican culture in past and recent contexts. The book presents East Coast, Midwest, and Chicago cultural production while exploring Puerto Rican musical, film, artistic, and literary performance. Working within the theoretical frame of cultural, postcolonial, and diasporic studies, Marc Zimmerman relates the experience of Puerto Ricans to that of Chicanos and Cuban Americans, showing how even supposedly mainstream U.S. Puerto Ricans participate in a performative culture that embodies elements of possible cultural "Ricanstruction." Defending Their Own in the Cold examines various dimensions of U.S. Puerto Rican artistic life, including relations with other ethnic groups and resistance to colonialism and cultural assimilation. To illustrate how Puerto Ricans have survived and created new identities and relations out of their colonized and diasporic circumstances, Zimmerman looks at the cultural examples of Latino entertainment stars such as Jennifer Lopez and Benicio del Toro, visual artists Juan Sánchez, Ramón Flores, and Elizam Escobar, as well as Nuyorican dancer turned Midwest poet Carmen Pursifull. The book includes a comprehensive chapter on the development of U.S. Puerto Rican literature and a pioneering essay on Chicago Puerto Rican writing. A final essay considers Cuban cultural attitudes towards Puerto Ricans in a testimonial narrative by Miguel Barnet and reaches conclusions about the past and future of U.S. Puerto Rican culture. Zimmerman offers his own "semi-outsider" point of reference as a Jewish American Latin Americanist who grew up near New York City, matured in California, went on to work with and teach Latinos in the Midwest, and eventually married a woman from a Puerto Rican family with island and U.S. roots.

Author : Agnes Regan Perkins,Alethea K. Helbig
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1994-09-26
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780313008542

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This Land Is Our Land by Agnes Regan Perkins,Alethea K. Helbig Pdf

How do you select the best recent works of fiction, oral tradition, and poetry about African-American, Asian-American, Hispanic-American, and Native-American Indian experiences and traditions from the profusion of titles being published today? This annotated bibliography of titles for children and young adults published from 1985 through the end of 1993--with 60% published since 1990--provides a one-stop selection tool. Appraisals of 559 titles, as well as information about an additional 188 recent books and 90 earlier ones of importance, are provided. Each entry features a plot summary incorporating themes, critical comments with a judgment of the book's value as an example of its genre, suggestions of other books by that writer, and related books of importance. The authors, who are recognized authorities in children's literature, and an advistory board of librarians and teachers, each of whom specializes in the literature of a particular ethnic group, have provided insightful critical appraisals and expertise and guidance in the selection of titles. Helpful subject, grade-level, author, title, and illustrator indexes are organized for ease of use. Titles in the grade-level and subject indexes are also identified by ethnic group.

Author : Nabeel Qureshi
Publisher : Zondervan
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2016-03-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780310531692

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Answering Jihad and Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus Collection by Nabeel Qureshi Pdf

This collection includes 2 bestselling ebooks from award-winning author Nabeel Qureshi. Answering Jihad From New York Times bestselling author and former Muslim Nabeel Qureshi comes this personal, challenging, and respectful answer to the many questions surrounding jihad, the rise of ISIS, and Islamic terrorism. Setting aside speculations and competing voices, what really is jihad? How are we to understand jihad in relation to our Muslim neighbors and friends? Why is there such a surge of Islamist terrorism in the world today, and how are we to respond? Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus In Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus, Nabeel Qureshi describes his dramatic journey from Islam to Christianity, complete with friendships, investigations, and supernatural dreams along the way. Providing an intimate window into a loving Muslim home, Qureshi shares how he developed a passion for Islam before discovering, almost against his will, evidence that Jesus rose from the dead and claimed to be God. Unable to deny the arguments but not wanting to deny his family, Qureshi’s inner turmoil will challenge Christians and Muslims alike.