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Through the Reading Glass

Suellen Diaconoff
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Author : Suellen Diaconoff
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780791483398

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2005 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Through the Reading Glass explores the practices and protocols that surrounded women's reading in eighteenth-century France. Looking at texts as various as fairy tales, memoirs, historical romances, short stories, love letters, novels, and the pages of the new female periodical press, Suellen Diaconoff shows how a reading culture, one in which books, sex, and acts of reading were richly and evocatively intertwined, was constructed for and by women. Diaconoff proposes that the underlying discourse of virtue found in women's work was both an empowering strategy, intended to create new kinds of responsible and not merely responsive readers, and an integral part of the conviction that domestic reading does not have to be trivial.

The Glass Castle

Jeannette Walls
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Author : Jeannette Walls
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2007-01-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781416544661

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The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls Pdf

A triumphant tale of a young woman and her difficult childhood, The Glass Castle is a remarkable memoir of resilience, redemption, and a revelatory look into a family at once deeply dysfunctional and wonderfully vibrant. Jeannette Walls was the second of four children raised by anti-institutional parents in a household of extremes.

The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters, Volume One

Gordon Dahlquist
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Author : Gordon Dahlquist
Publisher : Bantam
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2011-09-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307755575

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Here begins an extraordinary alliance—and a brutal and tender, shocking, and electrifying adventure to end all adventures. It starts with a simple note. Roger Bascombe regretfully wishes to inform Celeste Temple that their engagement is forthwith terminated. Determined to find out why, Miss Temple takes the first step in a journey that will propel her into a dizzyingly seductive, utterly shocking world beyond her imagining—and set her on a collision course with a killer and a spy—in a bodice-ripping, action-packed roller-coaster ride of suspense, betrayal, and richly fevered dreams.

Into The Looking-Glass Wood

Alberto Manguel
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Author : Alberto Manguel
Publisher : Vintage Canada
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2011-02-04
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780307363688

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Into The Looking-Glass Wood by Alberto Manguel Pdf

By the award-winning author of A History of Reading "For me, words on a page give the world coherence--Words tell us what we, as a society, believe the world to be--I believe there is an ethic of reading--a commitment that is both political and private in the act of turning the pages. And I believe that sometimes, beyond the author's intentions and beyond the reader's hopes, a book can make us better and wiser." Through personal stories and literary reflections, in a style rich in humour and gentle erudition, Manguel leads us, the readers, to reflect upon the pleasures and responsibilities of reading, and the links that exist between the world we live in, and the words we live amongst. Into the Looking-Glass Wood is a voyage into the subversive heart of words - a voyage fired by the author's humanity and extraordinary breadth of vision.

Reading the Glass

Charles Barber,Sharon Kivland,Conrad Leyser
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Author : Charles Barber,Sharon Kivland,Conrad Leyser
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Artists' books
ISBN : STANFORD:36105008770187

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Tiré du site Internet de Book Works: ""This book occupies an uneasy space. It is neither academic text nor an artist's book and yet shares something with both. It might sit on a shelf or be equally appropriate in a pocket. It might remind one of many things - missal, rhetorical guide, a treatise on aesthetics. If it belongs in no one place, well, that is somewhat its intention - a kind of homelessness." Reading the Glass addresses the question of the gendering of the gaze through a series of words and images, exploring the act of looking, illustrating the difference between the male and female gaze, and speculating on whether a space that is not gendered can exist within an image, within language. Eight people were invited to contribute to the book, grouped into pairs, woman-man, and artist-theorist. Each pair enter into a dialogue with each other through image and text ; the sections are self-contained but each has a complex relationship with the overall design of the book."

Rest and Be Thankful

Emma Glass
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Author : Emma Glass
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2021-05-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781526643667

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'Gorgeously written ... It's heartbreaking but beautiful, and perfect for escaping into' FLORENCE WELCH 'Haunting yet beautifully written. I couldn't put it down. A masterpiece' POPPY DELEVINGNE Laura is a nurse in a paediatric unit. On long shifts she cares for sick babies, carefully handling their exquisitely breakable bodies. Laura needs a rest. When she sleeps, she dreams of drowning; when she wakes, she can't remember getting home. And there is a strange figure dancing in the corner of her vision, with a message, or a warning. 'Blends gnawing tension and surging tenderness ... Glass's battlefield prose calls to mind the literature of the trenches. This, though, is a trauma-generating war on death and despair fought for us in every city, every day' i paper 'Touching, devastating, almost absurdly pertinent ... What, Glass asks, do we expect from our caregivers, and how do we repay them for the burdens we lay on them?' Times Literary Supplement 'The ward scenes, with their crystalline descriptions of the vertiginous business of care, exquisitely beat out the ceaseless rhythms of life on a hospital front line' Metro 'Thrusts the reader into the pulse-raising fear, frenzy and relief of work in a paediatric intensive-care unit ... A battlefield atmosphere arises from Glass's prose as she recounts the time-stopping teamwork that aims to preserve tiny, fragile lives' Economist

Heir of Fire

Sarah J. Maas
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Author : Sarah J. Maas
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 596 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2014-09-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781619630666

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Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas Pdf

The heir of ash and fire bows to no one. A new threat rises in the third book in the #1 bestselling Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas. Celaena Sardothien has survived deadly contests and shattering heartbreak, but now she must travel to a new land to confront her darkest truth. That truth could change her life-and her future-forever. Meanwhile, monstrous forces are gathering on the horizon, intent on enslaving her world. To defeat them, Celaena will need the strength not only to fight the evil that is about to be unleashed but also to harness her inner demons. If she is to win this battle, she must find the courage to face her destiny-and burn brighter than ever before. The third book in the #1 New York Times bestselling Throne of Glass series continues Celaena's epic journey from woman to warrior.

Song of the Current

Sarah Tolcser
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Author : Sarah Tolcser
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2017-06-06
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781681192987

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Caroline Oresteia is destined for the river. Her father is a wherryman, as was her grandmother. All Caro needs is for the river god to whisper her name, and her fate is sealed. But at seventeen, Caro may be too late. So when pirates burn ships and her father is arrested, Caro volunteers to transport mysterious cargo in exchange for his release. Secretly, Caro hopes that by piloting her own wherry, the river god will finally speak her name. But when the cargo becomes more than Caro expected, she finds herself caught in a web of politics and lies. With much more than her father's life at stake, Caro must choose between the future she knows, and the one she could have never imagined.

The Glass Queen

Gena Showalter
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Author : Gena Showalter
Publisher : Harlequin
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2020-09-29
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781488064920

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The Glass Queen by Gena Showalter Pdf

IN THE FOREST OF GOOD AND EVIL, STRENGTH IS WEAKNESS AND WEAKNESS IS STRENGH. IT ALL DEPENDS ON WHO THE SLIPPER FITS. Princess Ashleigh Charmaine-Anskelisa is the Glass Princess, ready to shatter with a whisper of wind. Born with a weak heart, the vulnerable beauty has no magical ability…or does she? Something strange is happening to Ashleigh. Blackouts. Evil whispers. Immunity to fire. Turns out, she’s fated to play the part of Cinderella—but this time, the tale is twisted. The royal she’s supposed to enchant is the ruthless Saxon, a reincarnation of the realm’s most savage ruler…and he thinks Ashleigh is a reincarnation of his greatest enemy. He’s even fighting in a tournament to wed her stepsister. As the stroke of midnight looms, will Ashleigh become the queen she’s prophesied to be, or lose everything she's come to love? Praise for Gena Showalter: “Utterly unique and absolutely riveting—I couldn’t put it down! What a marvelously cool world.” —#1 New York Times bestselling author Sarah J. Maas on Firstlife “Firstlife is a nonstop thrill ride that will stop your heart…and shock it back to life. This book is #1 on my keeper shelf!” —#1 New York Times bestselling author P.C. Cast “Firstlife illuminates the depths of human resilience and the power of love, even in the darkest hours.” —#1 New York Times bestselling author Kresley Cole

The Assassin's Blade

Sarah J. Maas
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Author : Sarah J. Maas
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2014-03-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781619632219

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The Assassin's Blade by Sarah J. Maas Pdf

The twist of a knife. The birth of a legend. Step into the world of the #1 bestselling Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas with this collection of prequel novellas. Celaena Sardothien is her kingdom's most feared assassin. Though she works for the powerful Assassin's Guild and its scheming master, Arobynn Hamel, she yields to no one and trusts only her fellow killer-for-hire, Sam. But when Arobynn dispatches her on missions that take her from remote islands to hostile deserts, Celaena finds herself acting independently of his wishes and questioning her own allegiance. If she hopes to escape Arobynn's clutches, Celaena will have to put her faith in her wits and her blade . . . knowing that if she fails, she'll lose not just a chance at freedom but her life. A prequel to the New York Times bestselling Throne of Glass, this collection of five novellas explores the history of this cunning assassin and her enthralling-and deadly-world. Included in this volume: The Assassin and the Pirate Lord The Assassin and the Healer The Assassin and the Desert The Assassin and the Underworld The Assassin and the Empire

House of Glass

Hadley Freeman
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Author : Hadley Freeman
Publisher : Simon & Schuster
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2020-03-24
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781501199158

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House of Glass by Hadley Freeman Pdf

A writer investigates her family’s secret history, uncovering a story that spans a century, two World Wars, and three generations. Hadley Freeman knew her grandmother Sara lived in France just as Hitler started to gain power, but rarely did anyone in her family talk about it. Long after her grandmother’s death, she found a shoebox tucked in the closet containing photographs of her grandmother with a mysterious stranger, a cryptic telegram from the Red Cross, and a drawing signed by Picasso. This discovery sent Freeman on a decade-long quest to uncover the significance of these keepsakes, taking her from Picasso’s archives in Paris to a secret room in a farmhouse in Auvergne to Long Island to Auschwitz. Freeman pieces together the puzzle of her family’s past, discovering more about the lives of her grandmother and her three brothers, Jacques, Henri, and Alex. Their stories sometimes typical, sometimes astonishing—reveal the broad range of experiences of Eastern European Jews during Holocaust. This thrilling family saga is filled with extraordinary twists, vivid characters, and famous cameos, illuminating the Jewish and immigrant experience in the World War II era. Addressing themes of assimilation, identity, and home, this powerful story about the past echoes issues that remain relevant today.

The Glass Room

Simon Mawer
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Author : Simon Mawer
Publisher : Clipper Audio
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Architecture, Modern
ISBN : 1471221245

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The Glass Room by Simon Mawer Pdf

High on a Czechoslovak hill, the Landauer House shines as a wonder of steel and glass. This radiant 1930s house, with its unique Glass Room, quickly tarnishes as the storm clouds of WW2 gather. The house passes from hand to hand, from Czech to Russian, and bears witness to both the best and the worst of the history of Eastern Europe.

The Glass Hotel

Emily St. John Mandel
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Author : Emily St. John Mandel
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2020-03-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781443455749

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The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel Pdf

SHORTLISTED FOR THE SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZE A Time Magazine Must Read Book of 2020 A Globe and Mail Top 100 Book of the Year #1 national bestseller New York Times bestseller From the award-winning author of Station Eleven, a captivating novel of money, beauty, white-collar crime, ghosts and moral compromise in which a woman disappears from a container ship off the coast of Mauritania and a massive Ponzi scheme implodes in New York, dragging countless fortunes with it. Vincent is a bartender at the Hotel Caiette, a five-star glass-and-cedar palace on the northernmost tip of Vancouver Island. New York financier Jonathan Alkaitis owns the hotel. When he passes Vincent his card with a tip, it’s the beginning of their life together. That same day, a hooded figure scrawls a note on the windowed wall of the hotel: “Why don’t you swallow broken glass.” Leon Prevant, a shipping executive for a company called Neptune-Avramidis, sees the note from the hotel bar and is shaken to his core. Thirteen years later, Vincent mysteriously disappears from the deck of a Neptune-Avramidis ship. Weaving together the lives of these characters, The Glass Hotel moves between the ship, the skyscrapers of Manhattan and the wilderness of remote British Columbia, painting a breathtaking picture of greed and guilt, fantasy and delusion, art and the ghosts of our pasts.

Throne of Glass

Sarah J. Maas
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Author : Sarah J. Maas
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 419 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781408832332

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Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas Pdf

A hugely commercial, fabulously addictive fantastical romp - from an author with top-notch digital self-publishing pedigree and legions of fans awaiting publication

The Secret of the Blue Glass

Tomiko Inui
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Author : Tomiko Inui
Publisher : Pushkin Children's Books
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2017-01-24
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781782690795

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The Secret of the Blue Glass by Tomiko Inui Pdf

On the first floor of the big house of the Moriyama family, is a small library. There, on the shelves next to the old books, live the Little People, a tiny family who were once brought from England to Japan by a beloved nanny. Since then, each generation of Moriyama-family children has inherited the responsibility of filling the blue glass with milk to feed the Little People and it's now Yuri's turn. The little girl dutifully fulfils her task but the world around the Moriyama family is changing. Japan is caught in the whirl of what will soon become World War II, turning her beloved older brother into a fanatic nationalist and dividing the family for ever. Sheltered in the garden and the house, Yuri is able to keep the Little People safe, and they do their best to comfort Yuri in return, until one day owing to food restrictions milk is in shorter supply... From the Trade Paperback edition.