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Just Call Me Joe

Author : Frieda Wishinsky
Publisher : Orca Book Publishers
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2003-10-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781554696550

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The year is 1909 and Joseph has just immigrated to the United States from Russia. He thinks that life in New York City will be wonderful, but he has not bargained for the challenges of learning English and of resisting the pressures to skip school, steal and fight to earn a place among the boys in his neighbourhood. Just Call Me Joe presents a full picture of life in New York City for the working poor. Anna, Joe's older sister, struggles to cope with the terrible factory conditions of the time. Aunt Sophie must take in boarders to make ends meet. And Joseph must both accept change and remain true to himself in a new city with new challenges.

Just Call Me Joe

Author : Jeanne Dinkel
Publisher : Booktango
Page : 1 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2014-10-30
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781468952476

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Introduction This story was inspired by a visit to the Raptor Rehabilitation Center in Sitka, Alaska in 1990. Thanks to the staff there for graciously answering all of my questions. As a retired teacher I have a strong interest in sharing with young people my enthusiasm for natural history and the preservation of our environment and its wildlife. . My characters, Joey and Buddy, are not real people but Valdez is a real city and, of course, the oil spill really did happen in 1989. All characters in the story are fictitious. The Raptor Rehabilitation Center has moved to a bigger and better facility and is now called The Alaska Raptor Center.

Just Call Me Joe

Author : Frieda Wishinsky
Publisher : Orca Book Publishers
Page : 111 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2003-10
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781551434223

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Ten-year-old Joseph and his seventeen-year-old sister Anna arrive in New York City in 1909 to begin a new life, away from the Russian soldiers, but soon learn it is not easy to fit in and know what to do.

The Portable Steinbeck

Author : John Steinbeck
Publisher : Penguin Classics
Page : 642 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2012-09-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780143106975

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The Portable Steinbeck by John Steinbeck Pdf

This is a collection of excerpts of the work of John Steinbeck, along with the complete texts of 'The Red Pony' and 'Of Mice and Men'.

East of Eden

Author : John Steinbeck
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
Page : 602 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2020-02-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780735254282

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East of Eden by John Steinbeck Pdf

The masterpiece of Steinbeck’s later years, East of Eden is a sprawling epic in which his most mesmerizing characters and enduring themes were created and explored: the mystery of identity, the inexplicability of love, and the murderous consequences of love’s absence. Set in the rich farmland of California’s Salinas Valley, this expansive and often brutal novel follows the intertwined destinies of two families, the Trasks and the Hamiltons, whose generations helplessly reenact the fall of Adam and Eve and the poisonous rivalry of Cain and Abel. East of Eden was a 1955 film introducing James Dean, the book that revived Oprah’s Book Club, considered by Steinbeck to be his magnum opus, and has remained vitally present in American culture for over half a century. Penguin Random House Canada is proud to bring you classic works of literature in e-book form, with the highest quality production values. Find more today and rediscover books you never knew you loved.

Faust

Author : Baron Alexander Deschauer
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-19
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781460284476

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Faust by Baron Alexander Deschauer Pdf

IMAGINE AN EXISTENCE WITHOUT A HEAVEN OR HELL. No gods or demons. Just our thoughts and free will. In this existence all life is interconnected and interactive within a greater consciousness. In contrast to Marlowe and Goethe, Deschauer presents a cosmology and existence that is both individual and whole, flesh and soul. Free will clashes with destiny, mortal with immortal. It aims to justify the ways of God to humankind in an existence devoid of God. Yet the inescapable construct of God, anti-God and myth are embraced by humanity in its search to find meaning within our reality. IS LOVE THE MEANING OF LIFE? FREE WILL? OR IMMORTALITY?

Intentional Walk

Author : Allen Goodrich
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 615 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2014-02-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781491722299

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Reporter Ray Gorman met baseball player Dixon White in 1971, before he was a star, but that didnt stop Gorman from seeing star potential. Dixon was the best high school pitcher in the stateuntil a fateful car crash changed his life forever. A few years later, Dixon decides to take a chance and try out for the big leagues. He misses baseball, but more than that, he also wants to help his parents financially. His little brother, Todd, suffers from polio and will need an expensive surgery to live a normal life. Dixon is shocked when he is hired to join the teams Triple-A affiliate, and Gorman dubs him The Cant Miss Kid. Now Dixon is the hottest prospect in the minors, and with Gormans help, hes front-page news on the Pittsburgh Gazette. Soon, however, Dixons best intentions get lost in the fray. Unready for the kind of attention and expectations the story brings, he will need to look to his roots and his inner faith to find success while staying true to his family, friends and to himself.

The Golden Years

Author : Byron Oberst M.D. FAAP
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2014-11-20
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781490750941

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The Golden Years by Byron Oberst M.D. FAAP Pdf

The book is vivid description of life in an outstanding Retirement Center. This tale details the various activities offered and the lovely ambalance of this facility. This story contains vignettes of some of the inhabitants of the first class Center, and why it has been voted the Number 1 Retirement Facility in Omaha for the past twelve years. This story recalls some of my memories conjured up from the past concerning my life with my Beloved Mary over our sixty-six years of marraige. It has a close-up description in details of four outstanding members of this community and their past lives. This tome is an easy, interesting, and enjoyable read.

Just Call Me Joe

Author : Frieda Wishinsky
Publisher : Turtleback Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2004-02-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1417685123

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Poor English hampers ten-year-old Russian Jewish immigrant Joseph Wisotsky after he arrives in 1910 New York City, where he and his seventeen-year-old sister Anna must await the arrival of their parents.

To India With Faith and Love

Author : Perry Riff
Publisher : Outskirts Press
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2024-03-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781977273352

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To India With Faith and Love by Perry Riff Pdf

A Christian ministry strives to help Indian people struggling with unwanted same-sex attraction and gender dysphoria. Like in other countries where it resides, the ministry experiences opposition from both the secular society and religious community. Its directors have been harassed, poisoned, and even killed in violent ways. Even so, Christians offer healing through the message of faith, hope, and love. Consequently, lives can be changed for the better!

The Good Brother

Author : Chris Offutt
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1998-05-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780684846194

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The Good Brother by Chris Offutt Pdf

Virgil, a soft-spoken Kentucky boy, must choose between the unwritten code of the hills and his own sense of morals when his hell-raising oldest brother Boyd is killed.

Joe and the Agenda

Author : Terri M. Sanders
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 554 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2022-12-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781669861195

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Joe and the Agenda by Terri M. Sanders Pdf

If someone suggested this scenario to me ten years ago, I would have done little more than raise an eyebrow. That is no longer the case. I don’t consider myself an alarmist. The fact is, however, that more and more groups and organizations openly show bigotry toward the Christian faith every year. There’s a notable increase in lawsuits over prayer in schools. Christian business owners that promote conservative views can face devastating retaliation from anti-Christian groups. These groups often march and demonstrate and protest, and they certainly have a right to be heard. The concern I have, however, is about the possibility that something more sinister may evolve. Perhaps the people to watch more closely are the individuals that are not marching and not protesting. Many terrorists are not so easily recognized. Any one of the hundreds of anti-Christian hate groups in this country could have members that quietly go rogue, at any time, targeting Christians and other religious groups with their hidden agenda. This story is of one such hate group who has managed to infiltrate a police department in a Texas town. The year is 1991, and the fuse of intolerance has been lit. Joe Conti and his family have been added to the list of targeted Christians, along with a number of Christian police officers, in the Windbluff Police Department, in northeast Texas. They quickly find the battle is quite impossible to win without divine intervention. This book is a work of fiction. None of the characters are real; however, some people in this book were inspired by real characters I have known.

The Hideaway Cafe

Author : Terri Lorah
Publisher : Terri Lorah
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2020-07-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Hideaway Cafe by Terri Lorah Pdf

Welcome back to Hideaway Lake, a small town in the lush hills of Central Pennsylvania. The Hideaway Cafe includes Olivia’s story. In the first book, Olivia comes home to help her mom get through a divorce and decides to open a small local cafe. She is a professional chef for a large catering company, The Traveling Chef, and has worked for Senators, filthy rich businessmen, Hollywood stars, and others. She is now trying to adjust to living in a small town again. Then someone from her past shows up in Hideaway Lake, taking her by total surprise. Bailey, the youngest Myer sibling, comes home better than before and applies at Hershey School of Nursing, hoping to finish the program she quit before she went to rehab. She also begins to search for her biological parents and finds out some disturbing news. Laura and Joe begin to officially date and enjoy time together until Joe begins to renovate the mansion and Laura gets busy with the Inn. When they begin to see less and less of each other, Laura begins to wonder if Joe is no longer interested. Cole and Madison are falling in love, then Sherri returns to Hideaway Lake. She is needing Cole’s assistance, which leaves Madison to wonder if Cole feels guilty about what happened and is thinking about a second chance with Sherri. Join the Myers family in this feel-good women's fiction novel The Hideaway Cafe, book 2 of the series.

Contending with Codes in a World of Difference

Author : Gerry Philipsen,Tabitha Hart
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781683932949

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Contending with Codes in a World of Difference by Gerry Philipsen,Tabitha Hart Pdf

Whenever and wherever people communicate, they contend with powerful and sometimes hidden systems of symbols, meanings, premises, and rules pertaining to communicative conduct, i.e, speech codes. Adding to thirty years of cultural communication research, this ground-breaking volume presents readers with a new set of original, fieldwork-based case studies that examine speech codes in on- and offline settings around the world. Most importantly, Contending with Codes in a World of Difference culminates with a newly updated, expanded, and re-energized version of speech codes theory, well-suited to the contemporary study of communication and culture. Co-edited by Dr. Gerry Philipsen, the originator of speech codes theory, and Dr. Tabitha Hart, a fellow speech codes scholar, this edited collection is filled with examples, stories, and transcripts illustrating how to locate speech codes in a cultural arena; how to discern what speech codes reveal about local culture; what happens when multiple speech codes are in play; and how people resist, challenge, negotiate, or reconcile contending speech codes. Offering theoretical and methodological guidance for researchers and practical insight for students, practitioners, and laypeople, this book is essential for anyone interested in learning more about the art of contending with speech codes in a world of difference.

The Stranger’s Guide To Talliston

Author : John Tarrow
Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2024-03-28
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781805148319

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The Stranger’s Guide To Talliston by John Tarrow Pdf

The Stranger's Guide To Talliston is a YA fantasy adventure set in Britain's most extraordinary home: Talliston House & Gardens. Abandoned and alone, thirteen-year-old Joe’s world is shattered when he enters a deserted council house and becomes trapped within a labyrinth protecting the last magical places on earth. There, Joe discovers The Stranger’s Guide, a cryptic book charting this immense no-man’s land and his only map through its dark and dangerous puzzle of doors and rooms. Hunted by sinister forces, Joe is forced ever deeper into both the maze and the mystery of his missing parents. What lies at the labyrinth’s centre and will it reunite him with the family he so desperately needs? The novel is inspired by and set inside a unique and amazing house and gardens. Talliston was a 25-year project that took the UK’s most ordinary house and transformed it, room by room, by ordinary people on an ordinary budget, into Britain’s Most Extraordinary Home.