Plucking The Pearl

Author : Afton Locke
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2017-04
Category : African American women
ISBN : 1544937083

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Plucking the Pearl by Afton Locke Pdf

When Pearl's sheltered life shatters in the 1930s when her mother dies, her only option is to move in with poor family relations and shuck oysters in the local plant on Oyster Island, Maryland. Determined to live a morally proper life, the last thing she wants is an affair with a white man, but Caleb, the plant owner, knows a pearl when he sees one. The successful widower is the "oyster king" of the island, but his intense desire for his forbidden new employee, a woman of color, threatens everything he's built. What begins as a private sexual liaison flowers into strong feelings that don't fit the social mores of the island. When their secret is discovered, they risk losing everything. They dared to pluck the pearl, but will their love be strong enough to keep it forever?

Author : Andrew M. Shanken
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2022-10-04
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781942130734

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The Everyday Life of Memorials by Andrew M. Shanken Pdf

A timely study, erudite and exciting, about the ordinary—and oftentimes unseen—lives of memorials Memorials are commonly studied as part of the commemorative infrastructure of modern society. Just as often, they are understood as sites of political contestation, where people battle over the meaning of events. But most of the time, they are neither. Instead, they take their rest as ordinary objects, part of the street furniture of urban life. Most memorials are “turned on” only on special days, such as Memorial Day, or at heated moments, as in August 2017, when the Robert E. Lee monument in Charlottesville was overtaken by a political maelstrom. The rest of the time they are turned off. This book is about the everyday life of memorials. It explores their relationship to the pulses of daily life, their meaning within this quotidian context, and their place within the development of modern cities. Through Andrew Shanken’s close historical readings of memorials, both well-known and obscure, two distinct strands of scholarship are thus brought together: the study of the everyday and memory studies. From the introduction of modern memorials in the wake of the French Revolution through the recent destruction of Confederate monuments, memorials have oscillated between the everyday and the “not-everyday.” In fact, memorials have been implicated in the very structure of these categories. The Everyday Life of Memorials explores how memorials end up where they are, grow invisible, fight with traffic, get moved, are assembled into memorial zones, and are drawn anew into commemorations and political maelstroms that their original sponsors never could have imagined. Finally, exploring how people behave at memorials and what memorials ask of people reveals just how strange the commemorative infrastructure of modernity is.

Author : Wu KeWanHui
Publisher : Funstory
Page : 1372 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2020-06-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781649555175

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Beauty-protecting Conceited Monk by Wu KeWanHui Pdf

Buddha says: Red powder like a skeleton, the human world is hell. Buddha said: I do not go to hell, who goes to hell? As a good monk who respected buddha and loved buddhas, Lin Kong ran down the mountain without any hesitation. With the hot-bloodedness of a virgin who had been holding back for twenty-two years, he threw himself into the good deeds of the rose-pink skeletons. Master Lin said: The ten thousand flowers, the Buddha sat in the mind. Good, good!

Author : Claudia Grossman
Publisher : Gatekeeper Press
Page : 135 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2020-05-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781642379952

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The Mermaid Mahjong Circle by Claudia Grossman Pdf

A fairy tale for women, The Mermaid Mahjong Circle follows two lifelong friends and artists, Evie and Hannah, as they embark on an adventure that takes them from the present to the past and back again, thanks to a tale about a mysterious mahjong tile crafted a century ago. From the moment they discover the extraordinary tile on a beach near San Francisco, Evie and Hannah are caught up in the adventure of their lives, an amazing journey that tests the parameters of how far they can open their minds and their hearts to the power of friendship, of art, and of believing in something outside of reality that will change them forever. Smart, funny, and whimsical, with a touch of magic, The Mermaid Mahjong Circle is a nod to women empowering themselves through the things that matter most to them. Enter the circle and become enchanted.

Author : Michael S. Nuckols
Publisher : Noisy Goose Publishing
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2021-10-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Waiting Darkness by Michael S. Nuckols Pdf

In this prequel to "The Winter Calf", Iris Littleton is alarmed when the handsome stranger knocking on her door offers more than meets the eye. Later, a voice leads her high onto the mountain where she finds the skull of a lost child.

Author : P. C. Cast
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2010-12-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101445679

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Goddess of Legend by P. C. Cast Pdf

#1 New York Times bestselling author P. C. Cast turns the legend of King Arthur on its head in this Goddess Summoning novel... After her car plummets off a bridge, Isabel, a world-weary photojournalist, struggles between life and death when she's saved by the Water Goddess—with one tiny caveat: Isabel must travel to another time to seduce the legendary Lancelot du Lac away from Queen Guinevere. The handsome knight is a dream for any woman in any century. Unfortunately Isabel is the one who’s seduced—by the soulful eyes of the wise and soft-spoken King Arthur. But for Isabel, a deal is a deal. Now, the King watches as fate takes from him the mysterious beauty he has come to worship, knowing all too well that any interference on his part could destroy the kingdom he loves.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Spirituality
ISBN : UOM:39015061264142

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Context and Expressions of Filipino Spirituality by Anonim Pdf

Author : Horatio Alger
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2023-07
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9789359393193

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Andy Grant'S Pluck by Horatio Alger Pdf

Andy Grant's Pluck is about Andy, a boy who works hard and wants to get ahead. After his father dies suddenly, Andy finds himself in a tough situation. Andy has no close family to help him, so he is thrown into a world where he has to take care of himself and deal with many problems. As the story goes on, Andy's courage and determination are put to the test as he faces problems on his way to success. Andy faces many problems and hurdles throughout his life, from his early days as a shoe shiner to his later jobs as a newsboy and office assistant. Will he give up on his situation? Is Andy going to overcome his hustles? The story shows the essence of the American Dream through a young main character who shows that people can solve problems and make their lives better if they are determined and able to do things on their own.

Author : Samuel KEIMER
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1718
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0020771115

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A Brand pluck'd from the Burning: exemplify'd in the ... case of S. K. by Samuel KEIMER Pdf

Author : Sui BianXie
Publisher : Funstory
Page : 648 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2020-08-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781636227900

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Immortal Tao Supreme by Sui BianXie Pdf

The descendents of the Heavenly Dynasty brought the mysterious spirit pearl across the world, accepted beauties. fought geniuses, and traveled all the way to the cultivation world ...

Author : Fiona Lindsay Shen
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2022-10-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781789146226

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Pearl by Fiona Lindsay Shen Pdf

From their creation in the maw of mollusks to lustrous objects of infatuation and conflict, a revealing look at pearls’ dark history. This book is a beautifully illustrated account of pearls through millennia, from fossils to contemporary jewelry. Pearls are the most human of gems, both miraculous and familiar. Uniquely organic in origin, they are as intimate as our bodies, created through the same process as we grow bones and teeth. They have long been described as an animal’s sacrifice, but until recently their retrieval often entailed the sacrifices of enslaved and indentured divers and laborers. While the shimmer of the pearl has enticed Roman noblewomen, Mughal princes, Hollywood royalty, mavericks, and renegades, encoded in its surface is a history of human endeavor, abuse, and aspiration—pain locked in the layers of a gleaming gem.

Author : Curt Benjamin
Publisher : Astra Publishing House
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2002-09-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101157480

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The Prince of Shadow by Curt Benjamin Pdf

Llesho was seven when the Harn invaded his family’s mountain kingdom of Thebin. Sold into slavery on Pearl Island, he was, as far as he know, the sole survivor of his royal family. When Llesho was ten, the old man called Lleck secretly began to undertake the boy’s education. But when Llesho was fifteen, Lleck died, and his spirit visited the boy while he worked the pearl beds, revealing his true destiny to him. All six of his older brothers were still alive! Llesho must win his freedom, find and rescue his brothers, and with their help raise an army against the evil Harn. But as a pearl diver he would never be allowed off the island. So llesho petitioned his lord to be trained as a gladiator, thus taking the first step on a road that would lead to conflicts with sorcerers, encounters with the avatars of gods, and a dangerous journey in search of the widely scattered family he had never expected to see again…

Author : Robert Kirkbride
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2008-11-11
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015082671150

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Architecture and Memory by Robert Kirkbride Pdf

The studioli of the ducal palaces at Urbino and Gubbio, Italy, demonstrate architecture's capacity to transact between the mental and physical realms of human experience. Constructed between 1474 and 1483 for the military captain Federico da Montefeltro and his young motherless son, the studioli may be described as treasuries of emblems: they contain not things but images of things, rendered with remarkable perspectival exactitude. These small, image-filled chambers reflect how architecture and its ornament equipped a quattrocento mind with metaphors for wisdom and methods for statecraft and intellectual activity. Drawing on the densely layered imagery in the studioli and text sources readily available to the Urbino court, Robert Kirkbride examines the position of the studioli in the Western tradition of the memory arts, considering how architecture bridged the mathematical arts, which lent themselves to mechanical pursuits, and the art of rhetoric, a discipline central to memory and eloquence. As subtle ramifications of material and mental craft, the studioli provided ideal methods for education and prudent governance, extending an ancient legacy of open-ended models that were conceived to activate the imagination and exercise the memory. At the time of their construction, the studioli represented the leading edge of technologies of visual representation and offer a case study of how contemporary advances in interactive technologies reactivate and transform ancient metaphors for thought and learning.

Author : Adriana Trigiani
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101967447

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Big Stone Gap by Adriana Trigiani Pdf

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Millions of readers around the world have fallen in love with the small town of Big Stone Gap, nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, and the story of its self-proclaimed spinster, Ave Maria Mulligan. In the series' enchanting debut, Ave Maria reaches her thirty-fifth year and resigns herself to the single life, filling her days with hard work, fun friends, and good books. Then, one fateful day, Ave Maria's past opens wide with the revelation of a long-buried secret that will alter the course of her life. Before she knows it, Ave Maria is fielding marriage proposals, trying to claim her rightful inheritance, and planning the trip of a lifetime to Italy--one that will change her view of the world and her own place in it forever. Full of wit and wonder, hilarity and heart, Big Stone Gap is a gem of a book, and one that you will share with friends and family for years to come. NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE - Features behind-the-scenes bonus material from the film--including photos, excerpts from the script, and favorite recipes from on the set "Charming . . . Readers would do well to fall into the nearest easy chair and savor the story."--USA Today "Delightfully quirky . . . chock-full of engaging, oddball characters and unexpected plot twists."--People " A] heartfelt tale . . . In an anecdotal style reminiscent of Fannie Flagg, Adriana Trigiani engagingly captures a slice of small-town America."--San Jose Mercury News

Author : Gail Dayton
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2009-12-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781429976756

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Heart's Blood by Gail Dayton Pdf

Master conjurer Grey Carteret regains consciousness in a London gutter next to a concerned street urchin and not far from the body of a man murdered by magic. Some fool is hoping to use murder to raise a demon. Arrested for the crime, Grey must rely on the street urchin for help. But the lad turns out to be a comely lass, and she wants something in exchange. Pearl Parkin, a gently reared lady struggling to survive in London's slums, sees magic as a way out of the life she finds herself trapped in. But blackmailing Grey into making her his apprentice has unexpected consequences. As they plunge into the hunt for the murderer, Pearl discovers that the things she once desperately wanted are not so important after all, and that she must risk her blood, her heart, and her very life to grasp the love she needs. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.