In A Land Far From Home

Author : Syed Mujtaba Ali
Publisher : Speaking Tiger Books
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2015-04-10
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9385288482

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In a Land Far from Home by Syed Mujtaba Ali Pdf

An intrepid traveller and a true cosmopolitan, the legendary Bengali writer Syed Mujtaba Ali from Sylhet (in erstwhile East Bengal, now Bangladesh) spent a year and a half teaching in Kabul from 1927 to 1929. Drawing on this experience, he later wrote Deshe Bideshe which was published in 1948. Ali's young mind was curious to explore the Afghan society of the time and, with his impressive language skills, he had access to a cross-section of Kabul's population, whose ideas and experiences he chronicles with a keen eye and a wicked sense of humour. His account provides a fascinating first-hand insight into events at a critical point in Afghanistan's history, when the reformist King Amanullah tried to steer his country towards modernity by encouraging education for girls and giving them the choice of removing the burqa. Branded a 'kafir', Amanullah was overthrown by the bandit leader Bacha-e-Saqao. Deshe Bideshe is the only published eyewitness account of that tumultuous period by a non-Afghan, brought to life by the contact that Ali enjoyed with a colourful cast of characters at all levels of society-from the garrulous Pathan Dost Muhammed and the gentle Russian giant Bolshov, to his servant, Abdur Rahman and his partner in tennis, the Crown Prince Enayatullah.

Author : Jeffery Williams
Publisher : University of Calgary Press
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781552381199

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Far from Home by Jeffery Williams Pdf

Far From Home recounts the life of a soldier who grew up in 1920s Calgary and became an officer in the Canadian army who travelled the world. Williams offers a vivid retelling of growing up in Calgary during the depression. Williams transition from "the most untrained officer in the army" to an army officer at home in the Pentagon, along with the culture shock of moving from a relatively simple upbringing to the sophisticated life of an international officer, is told with great humour and rare insight into the human side of the military life.

Author : Naomi Shmuel
Publisher : Millbrook Press
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2020-03-03
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781541591523

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Too Far From Home by Naomi Shmuel Pdf

"There's an Ethiopian; there's an Ethiopian!" I heard them shouting. I looked behind me, but I couldn't see any Ethiopian. Children began crowding round me, and I still didn't realize that they meant me, I was the Ethiopian. Meskerem was born in a small town in the Golan Heights of Israel, to an Ethiopian mother and an American father. Soon after Operation Solomon, when several thousand Ethiopian immigrants were brought to Israel, Meskerem's parents decided to move to the center of the country, to the town of Herzelia. Meskerem comes face-to-face with the ignorance and prejudices of her new classmates, many of whom are meeting someone dark-skinned for the first time. With the help of her Ethiopian grandmother, who remained in Kazerin, Meskerem comes to terms with who she is and finds strength in belonging to three different cultures.

Author : Sarah Parker Rubio
Publisher : Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Page : 18 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Picture books for children
ISBN : 9781496436733

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Far from Home by Sarah Parker Rubio Pdf

A small boy has to leave his home suddenly, leaving his extended family and most of his possessions behind. In the middle of a very trying journey, a kind stranger tells the boy the story of Jesus' escape to Egypt.

Author : Jean Little
Publisher : Markham, Ont. : Scholastic Canada
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Canada
ISBN : 043996900X

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Brothers Far from Home by Jean Little Pdf

With more than 200,000 books in print, Dear Canada has fast become the historical fiction series for young girls. It has been two long years since Eliza's beloved older brother, Hugo, went away to war. Caught up in his enthusiasm, she couldn't understand her parent's less-than enthusiastic reaction. Now that her other brother Jack has also enlisted, she yearns for the safe return of both brothers. If only she had a friend that she could talk to about her feelings....

Author : Lorelie Brown
Publisher : Riptide Publishing
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2016-08-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781626494510

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Far From Home by Lorelie Brown Pdf

**The marriage was of convenience. The feelings? Not so much.** My name is Rachel. I'm straight ... I think. I also have a mountain of student loans and a smart mouth. I wasn't serious when I told Pari Sadashiv I'd marry her. Except Pari needs a green card, and she's willing to give me a breather from drowning in debt."

Author : Michael Brooke
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2020-09
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780691210322

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Far from Land by Michael Brooke Pdf

Seabirds evoke the spirit of the earth's wildest places. They spend large portions of their lives at sea, often far from land, and nest on remote islands that humans rarely visit. Thanks to increasingly sophisticated and miniaturized devices that can track their every movement and behavior, it is now possible to observe the mysterious lives of these remarkable creatures as never before. This book takes you on a breathtaking journey around the globe to provide an extraordinary up-close look at the activities of seabirds. Featuring stunning illustrations by renowned artist Bruce Pearson, Far from Land reveals that seabirds are not the aimless wind-tossed wanderers they may appear to be, and explains the observational innovations that are driving this exciting area of research.

Author : Barry Denenberg
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2003-10-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 043955506X

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So Far from Home by Barry Denenberg Pdf

In the diary account of her journey from Ireland in 1847 and of her work in a mill in Lowell, Massachusetts, fourteen-year-old Mary reveals a great longing for her family.

Author : Calliope Glass
Publisher : Marvel Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2019-06-04
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 136805028X

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Spider-Man: Far From Home: Spider-Man Swings Through Europe! by Calliope Glass Pdf

Swing alongside Spider-Man as he travels through Europe! Whether he's riding in a gondola through the Venice canals or breaking out all his best moves to get a reaction from the Queen's Guard in London, Spider-Man is determined to have the best vacation ever. Full of vibrant and hilarious original art, this picture book shows off the various European locations seen in Spider-Man: Far From Home, and is told from Peter Parker's unique point of view. Perfect for curious young readers who love Super Heroes, the book also has hidden characters and details from Spidey's world. You never know what-or who-you might find!

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Afghanistan
ISBN : 9385288024

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In a Land Far from Home by Anonim Pdf

Author : Rebecca Mead
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2023-07-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780593081242

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Home/Land by Rebecca Mead Pdf

A moving reflection on the complicated nature of home and homeland, and the heartache and adventure of leaving an adopted country in order to return to your native land—this is a “winsome memoir of departure and reversal . . . about the way a series of unknowns accrue into a life” (Jia Tolentino, author of Trick Mirror). When the New Yorker writer Rebecca Mead relocated to her birth city, London, with her family in the summer of 2018, she was both fleeing the political situation in America and seeking to expose her son to a wider world. With a keen sense of what she’d given up as she left New York, her home of thirty years, she tried to knit herself into the fabric of a changed London. The move raised poignant questions about place: What does it mean to leave the place you have adopted as home and country? And what is the value and cost of uprooting yourself? In a deft mix of memoir and reportage, drawing on literature and art, recent and ancient history, and the experience of encounters with individuals, environments, and landscapes in New York City and in England, Mead artfully explores themes of identity, nationality, and inheritance. She recounts her time in the coastal town of Weymouth, where she grew up; her dizzying first years in New York where she broke into journalism; the rich process of establishing a new home for her dual-national son in London. Along the way, she gradually reckons with the complex legacy of her parents. Home/Land is a stirring inquiry into how to be present where we are, while never forgetting where we have been.

Author : E. Alice Walsh
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1926920791

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A Long Way from Home by E. Alice Walsh Pdf

After a plane carrying an Afghani girl and her family and an American boy and his mother is diverted to Gander, Newfoundland due to the September 11 terrorist attacks, both children find kindness, adventure, and hope in Gander.

Author : Jean Little
Publisher : Scholastic Canada
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2011-09-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781443113144

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Dear Canada: Orphan at My Door by Jean Little Pdf

Through the diary of 10-year-old Victoria Cope, we learn about the arrival of ragged Mary Anna, one of the thousands of impoverished British children who were sent to Canada at the beginning of the century. Mary Anna joins the Cope family as a servant and is treated well, but she has to cope with the initial apprehension of the family members and the loss of her brother, Jasper, who was placed with another family. Victoria vows to help Mary Anna find her brother, so they can be a family once again.

Author : Barbara Haworth-Attard
Publisher : Scholastic Canada
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2015-12-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781443128155

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Dear Canada: To Stand on My Own by Barbara Haworth-Attard Pdf

The dark threat of polio becomes a reality for a young Prairie girl. In the summer of 1937, life on the Prairies is not easy. The Great Depression has brought great hardship, and young Noreen's family must scrimp to make ends meet. In a horrible twist of fate, Noreen, like hundreds of other young Canadians, contracts polio and is placed in an isolation ward, unable to move her legs. After a few weeks she gains partial recovery, but her family makes the painful decision to send her to a hospital far away for further treatment. To Stand On My Own is Noreen's diary account of her journey through recovery: her treatment; life in the ward; the other patients, some of them far worse off than her; adjustment to life in a wheelchair and on crutches; and ultimately, the emotional and physical hurdles she must face when she returns home. In this moving addition to the Dear Canada series, award-winning author Barbara Haworth-Attard recreates a desolate time in Canadian history, and one girl's brave fight against a deadly disease.

Author : Enid Blyton
Publisher : Hachette Children's
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2016-10-06
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781444932843

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The Land of Far Beyond by Enid Blyton Pdf

A beautiful cloth-bound gift edition of Enid Blyton's The Land of Far Beyond - a retelling of John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress. A classic adventure of good versus evil, this book will never be forgotten by the children who read it. Peter, Anna and Patience live in the City of Turmoil, a noisy, dirty place where children can do whatever they like. It's all fun and games until they discover the heavy burdens they carry in their hearts from behaving so badly. The only way they can get rid of their burdens is by travelling to the Land of Far Beyond, a distant land that is found by taking a long, difficult path full of people who tempt them to lose their way. This beautiful cloth-bound hardback contains the original text first published in 1942.