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Mister Pip

Lloyd Jones
Mister Pip Book PDF

Author : Lloyd Jones
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2011-04-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781459616356

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Lloyd Jones' new novel is set mainly in a small village on Bougainville, a country torn apart by civil war. Matilda attends the school set up by Mr Watts, the only white man on the island. By his own admission he's not much of a teacher and proceeds to educate the children by reading them Great Expectations. Matilda falls in love with the novel, strongly identifying with Pip. The promise of the next chapter is what keeps her going; Pip's story protects her from the horror of what is happening around her - helicopters menacing the skies above the village and rebel raids on the ground. When the rebels visit the village searching for any remaining men to join their cause, they discover the name Pip written in the sand and instigate a search for him. When Pip can't be found the soldiers destroy the book. Mr Watts then encourages the children to retell the story from their memories. Then when the rebels invade the village, the teacher tells them a story which lasts seven nights, about a boy named Pip, and a convict . . .

He's Not Lazy

Adam Price
He s Not Lazy Book PDF

Author : Adam Price
Publisher : Union Square & Co.
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2017-08-01
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781454926450

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“Clinical psychologist Price offers one of the most significant books of the year in this new look at an old problem—the underperforming teenage boy… Price’s book brings an important voice to a much needed conversation.” —Library Journal (Starred review) On the surface, capable teenage boys may look lazy. But dig a little deeper, writes child psychologist Adam Price in He’s Not Lazy, and you’ll often find conflicted boys who want to do well in middle and high school but are afraid to fail, and so do not try. This book can help you become an ally with your son, as he discovers greater self-confidence and accepts responsibility for his future. Why are some teenage boys unmotivated? Why do they spend endless hours playing video games or glued to their phones and social media sites instead of studying? Is this a sign of laziness or something more troubling? As a clinical psychologist, Dr. Adam Price has found that teenage boys are extremely sensitive to the stress of our competitive achievement-oriented culture—one that has created a pressure cooker for today’s adolescent. In He’s Not Lazy, Dr. Price, a renowned expert on ADHD and learning disabilities, explains how to help a boy who is not lazy, but rather, is conflicted about trying his best. Dr. Price will guide you to discover hidden obstacles to your son’s success, set expectations, and empower him to accept responsibility for his own future. He’s Not Lazy will help you become your son’s ally, as he discovers greater self-confidence and becomes more self-reliant. Rather than reacting to pressure by shunning academic responsibilities altogether or propping up fear-based rebellion with justifications like “I am not going to be one of those nerds who have no life,” or “Tests don’t measure intelligence or help you learn, so what’s the point of studying for them?” your teenage son can work with you using the guidance in this book.

Mister Pip

Thereza Rowe
Mister Pip Book PDF

Author : Thereza Rowe
Publisher : Tate
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2016-09-20
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1849763828

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Mister Pip the cat is ready for his dinner, and then wants to find a quiet place to sleep. But it's not as easy as it sounds. He settles into each of his favourite spots but between the VROOOM of the vacuum cleaner, the persistent RING-RING of the telephone, and the incessant COO COO of canoodling pigeons, he is disturbed and woken at every turn. Not even his favorite potted plant can offer Mister Pip the peace he needs. Will he ever find somewhere tranquil to rest his head?

The Book of Fame

Lloyd Jones
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Author : Lloyd Jones
Publisher : Vintage Canada
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2011-06-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307363848

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A glorious novel from the award-winning author of Mister Pip, now available as a trade paperback original from Vintage Canada. The Book of Fame is a lyrical semi-fictional account of the 1905 All Black rugby tour of Europe - a tour that shaped New Zealand's identity, from which the players returned to find themselves accorded almost god-like status. This remarkable, award-winning novel is both a tribute to some of the world's first sporting celebrities and an investigation into the curious workings of fame. Not just a book for lovers of sport, The Book of Fame is essentially a story about friendship and loyalty, and about a group of astonishing young men at the peak of their abilities.

Here at the End of the World We Learn to Dance

Lloyd Jones
Here at the End of the World We Learn to Dance Book PDF

Author : Lloyd Jones
Publisher : Vintage Canada
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2010-10-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307369680

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Here at the End of the World We Learn to Dance by Lloyd Jones Pdf

Available in Canada for the first time from the author of Mister Pip The two intertwined love stories in this brilliant novel take the reader from New Zealand to Buenos Aires to Sydney, from the final days of WWI, to the present moment, and back again. Drawing on the intimate rhythms of the tango to find its shape, Jones has written a thrilling and sensuous essay on how we can fall in love, while brilliantly evoking the spare and windswept landscapes of New Zealand’s South Island and the stately sensuous contours of one of the world’s most famous dances.

Jack Maggs

Peter Carey
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Author : Peter Carey
Publisher : Vintage Canada
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2015-03-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307367655

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Jack Maggs by Peter Carey Pdf

A foundling trained in the art of thievery, Jack Maggs was betrayed and deported to Australia for life. But now, having reversed his fortunes, he seeks to fulfill his innermost desire. Returning to London under threat of execution, he's quickly embroiled in various entanglements among a handful of characters -- each with their own secrets. And as their various schemes converge, the captivating figure at the epicentre is Maggs himself, at once frightening, mystifying, and utterly compelling.

Hand Me Down World

Lloyd Jones
Hand Me Down World Book PDF

Author : Lloyd Jones
Publisher : Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2010-10-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781742287782

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This is a story about a woman. And the truck driver who mistook her for a prostitute. The old man she robbed and the hunters who smuggled her across the border. The woman whose name she stole, the wife who turned a blind eye. This is the story of a mother searching for her child. This is the novel you cannot stop thinking about. A quiet, mysterious, unnamed woman has come from Africa on an impassioned quest. From the shoreline of Tunisia to the confusion of Berlin, she relies on strangers – some generous, some exploitive – to guide her passage, encountering love and betrayal in its many guises along the way. When the truth behind this spellbinding story is finally revealed, we are forced to revisit everything that has gone before. Also available as an eBook

A History of Silence: A Memoir (NZ Ed)

Lloyd Jones
A History of Silence A Memoir NZ Ed Book PDF

Author : Lloyd Jones
Publisher : Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2013-08-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781742539461

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A History of Silence: A Memoir (NZ Ed) by Lloyd Jones Pdf

Stone by stone the basilica was being dismantled in order to be put back together again. Each stone was painted with a number and laid with care onto pallets spread over the ground . . . I kept thinking about those numbered stones. Some purpose began to take shape. I began to wonder if I might re-trace and recover something of my own past, to reassemble it in the manner of the basilica. It was a matter of looking to see if any of the original building blocks remained, and where might I find them. The 2011 earthquake that shook Christchurch to its core led Lloyd Jones to investigate his own foundations and family past. And so begins a quest to revisit what has been buried by a legacy of silence. Piecing together his own memories with clues of what has been deliberately forgotten by his parents, Jones embarks on a journey of discovery – uncovering hardships endured and sorrows kept hidden. Grandparents never spoken of or met emerge from dusty archives as he unearths lives torn apart by tragedy and unspoken mysteries. Like the city that is exposed, Jones must come to terms with a history that is not one he may have imagined. Also available as an eBook

Goodness and the Literary Imagination

Toni Morrison
Goodness and the Literary Imagination Book PDF

Author : Toni Morrison
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2019-10-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780813943633

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Goodness and the Literary Imagination by Toni Morrison Pdf

What exactly is goodness? Where is it found in the literary imagination? Toni Morrison, one of American letters’ greatest voices, pondered these perplexing questions in her celebrated Ingersoll Lecture, delivered at Harvard University in 2012 and published now for the first time in book form. Perhaps because it is overshadowed by the more easily defined evil, goodness often escapes our attention. Recalling many literary examples, from Ahab to Coetzee’s Michael K, Morrison seeks the essence of goodness and ponders its significant place in her writing. She considers the concept in relation to unforgettable characters from her own works of fiction and arrives at conclusions that are both eloquent and edifying. In a lively interview conducted for this book, Morrison further elaborates on her lecture’s ideas, discussing goodness not only in literature but in society and history—particularly black history, which has responded to centuries of brutality with profound creativity. Morrison’s essay is followed by a series of responses by scholars in the fields of religion, ethics, history, and literature to her thoughts on goodness and evil, mercy and love, racism and self-destruction, language and liberation, together with close examination of literary and theoretical expressions from her works. Each of these contributions, written by a scholar of religion, considers the legacy of slavery and how it continues to shape our memories, our complicities, our outcries, our lives, our communities, our literature, and our faith. In addition, the contributors engage the religious orientation in Morrison’s novels so that readers who encounter her many memorable characters such as Sula, Beloved, or Frank Money will learn and appreciate how Morrison’s notions of goodness and mercy also reflect her understanding of the sacred and the human spirit.

Mister Impossible (The Dreamer Trilogy #2)

Maggie Stiefvater
Mister Impossible The Dreamer Trilogy 2 Book PDF

Author : Maggie Stiefvater
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2021-05-18
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781338188387

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Mister Impossible (The Dreamer Trilogy #2) by Maggie Stiefvater Pdf

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Raven Boys, a mesmerizing story of dreams and desires, death and destiny. Something is happening to the source of the dreamers' power. It is blocked. Diminished. Weak. If it goes away entirely, what will happen to the dreamers and those who depend on them? Ronan Lynch isn't planning to wait and find out. Backed by his mentor, Bryde, he is ready to do what needs to be done to save the dreamers and the dreamed . . . even if it takes him far from his family and the boy he loves. Jordan Hennessy knows she will not survive if the dreaming fails. So she plunges into a dark underworld in order to find an object that may sustain her. Carmen Farooq-Lane is afraid of the dreamers -- which is why she's agreed to hunt them down. The closer she gets, though, the more complicated her feelings become. Will the dreamers destroy the world . . . or will the world be destroyed trying to eliminate the dreamers? In the remarkable second book of The Dreamer Trilogy, Maggie Stiefvater pushes her characters to their limits -- and shows what happens when they start to break.

Great Expectations

Charles Dickens
Great Expectations Book PDF

Author : Charles Dickens
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 640 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2021-06-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798522343071

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Great Expectations by Charles Dickens Pdf

Great Expectations is a novel by Charles Dickens first serialised in All the Year Round from 1 December 1860 to August 1861. It is regarded as one of his greatest and most sophisticated novels, and is one of his most enduringly popular, having been adapted for stage and screen over 250 times. Great Expectations is written in a semi-autobiographical style, and is the story of the orphan Pip, writing his life from his early days of childhood until adulthood. The story can also be considered semi-autobiographical of Dickens, like much of his work, drawing on his experiences of life and people. The action of the story takes place from Christmas Eve, 1812, when the protagonist is about seven years old, to the winter of 1840.

Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You?

Dr. Seuss
Mr Brown Can Moo Can You Book PDF

Author : Dr. Seuss
Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
Page : 23 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1996-11-26
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780679882824

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Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You? by Dr. Seuss Pdf

A sturdy board book edition of Dr. Seuss's beloved classic, simplified for his youngest fans! This abridged, board book adaptation of Dr. Seuss’s beloved Bright and Early Book about sounds is perfect for babies and toddlers! Ideal for encouraging imaginative play, the classic rhymes introduce children to all sorts of sound words!

Paint Your Wife

Lloyd Jones
Paint Your Wife Book PDF

Author : Lloyd Jones
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2014-12-04
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781473612532

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Paint Your Wife by Lloyd Jones Pdf

The next morning Alma showed up with his tin case of pencils and his sketchbooks. She showed him through to the sitting room. She had an idea that a sitting was a formal occasion and in preparation had gone around the room straightening cushions and pulling off furnishing covers. She had dressed herself up in her Sunday best, a black skirt and red blouse. She had been toying with putting a flower in her hair. Long ago, when the men were away at the war, Alma began painting the women of the town. Alice, his favourite, returned his attentions, and when her husband George came home from the war, he set out to prove his love and reclaim his wife by moving a hill to improve the view for her - with a spade and wheelbarrow. Now, decades later, the townspeople, looking to escape various corners of despair, turn to Alma's drawing classes and, in doing so, learn to rediscover each other. For when you draw, the only thing that matters is what lies before you. Paint Your Wife is a colourful, sensual novel, brimming with rich stories and even richer characters.

Mister Pip

Lloyd Jones
Mister Pip Book PDF

Author : Lloyd Jones
Publisher : Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2008-09-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781742288307

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Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones Pdf

Winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize 2007 Winner of the Montana Medal for Fiction 2007 Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2007 Winner of the Kiriyama Writers' Prize 2008 Lloyd Jones' new novel is set mainly in a small village on Bougainville, a country torn apart by civil war. Matilda attends the school set up by Mr Watts, the only white man on the island. By his own admission he's not much of a teacher and proceeds to educate the children by reading them Great Expectations. Matilda falls in love with the novel, strongly identifying with Pip. The promise of the next chapter is what keeps her going; Pip's story protects her from the horror of what is happening around her - helicopters menacing the skies above the village and rebel raids on the ground. When the rebels visit the village searching for any remaining men to join their cause, they discover the name Pip written in the sand and instigate a search for him. When Pip can't be found the soldiers destroy the book. Mr Watts then encourages the children to retell the story from their memories. Then when the rebels invade the village, the teacher tells them a story which lasts seven nights, about a boy named Pip, and a convict . . . Also available as an eBook

Effects and Consequences of Narration in Lloyd Jones' "Mister Pip" on Matilda

Lena Formella
Effects and Consequences of Narration in Lloyd Jones Mister Pip on Matilda Book PDF

Author : Lena Formella
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 11 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2021-04-09
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783346383716

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Effects and Consequences of Narration in Lloyd Jones' "Mister Pip" on Matilda by Lena Formella Pdf

Seminar paper from the year 2020 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1,7, University of Göttingen, language: English, abstract: First, the effects of narration in Matilda’s childhood, mainly when Mr Watts reads the novel to the children in the classroom and she gets to know Pip, will be examined. The matters focussed on will be the way Matilda constantly compares herself to Pip, the protagonist of Dickens’ Great Expectations, as well as how the embedding of the novel into her life influences the relationship she has to her parents and the way the impact of the novel changes when she becomes an adult will be analyzed. Here Matilda’s efforts to define the concept of home and how her development in general is dependent on her engagement with Dickens and his work will be looked at. In a third part, now connecting the young girl on the island and the grown-up woman, an analysis on how Matilda utilises Great Expectations throughout her life in order to first try to protect herself from trauma and later on how she tries to heal her trauma, particularly by writing an autobiographical account of her life, will follow.