The Book Of The Unknown

Author : Cristina Henríquez
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2014-06-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780385350853

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The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henríquez Pdf

A stunning novel of hopes and dreams, guilt and love—a book that offers a resonant new definition of what it means to be American and "illuminates the lives behind the current debates about Latino immigration" (The New York Times Book Review). When fifteen-year-old Maribel Rivera sustains a terrible injury, the Riveras leave behind a comfortable life in Mexico and risk everything to come to the United States so that Maribel can have the care she needs. Once they arrive, it’s not long before Maribel attracts the attention of Mayor Toro, the son of one of their new neighbors, who sees a kindred spirit in this beautiful, damaged outsider. Their love story sets in motion events that will have profound repercussions for everyone involved. Here Henríquez seamlessly interweaves the story of these star-crossed lovers, and of the Rivera and Toro families, with the testimonials of men and women who have come to the United States from all over Latin America.

Author : Cristina Henríquez
Publisher : Bond Street Books
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2014-06-03
Category : American Dream
ISBN : 0385680732

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The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henríquez Pdf

"Arturo and Alma Rivera have lived their whole lives in Mexico. One day, their beautiful fifteen-year-old daughter, Maribel, sustains a terrible injury, one that casts doubt on whether she'll ever be the same. And so, leaving all they have behind, the Riveras come to America with a single dream: that in this country of great opportunity and resources, Maribel can get better. When Mayor Toro, whose family is from Panama, sees Maribel in a Dollar Tree store, it is love at first sight. It's also the beginning of a friendship between the Rivera and Toro families, whose web of guilt and love and responsibility is at this novels core"--Jacket.

Author : Gail Hamilton
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2019-12-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:4064066168025

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A Battle of the Books, recorded by an unknown writer for the use of authors and publishers by Gail Hamilton Pdf

Step into the world of American literature and the publishing industry with Gail Hamilton's classic work. This narrative fiction unfolds in the bustling literary scene of Massachusetts, where authors and publishers like Ticknor and Fields play a pivotal role. Join the journey of William D. Ticknor and discover the intricacies of book publishing in the 19th century.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2024-04-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BML:37001102926255

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Catalogue... Unknown Block-books ; Specimens of Carly Typography and Art... Manuscripts Et Books with Autograph Notes... Guillaume Libri by Anonim Pdf

Author : Eli
Publisher : Blue Rose Publishers
Page : 437 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2020-09-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Enemy Unknown- Chapter 7 by Eli Pdf

A gruesome murder, a scared witness, a retired police officer brought back to finish an unfinished case and a suspect in custody in less than twelve hours. Bravo! When everyone thinks that the case is closed, little they expect that this is just a beginning. Welcome to the world of Yogi, where the line between good and bad, right and wrong has no meaning. Yogi! He is not a normal person and certainly he is not a Hero by any standards. He is a lone wolf and his methods are crude. He fights the demons with the devil inside him. The best in him comes during the worst situations in life. He is not someone who you wish to be a part of your life. But, if he appears at your doorstep, then know that you are up against something far more dangerous than you can imagine. If you are not the bad guy then don’t worry, you are in safe hands. This book is my dedication to the unsung Heroes, who lurk in shadow, embrace darkness and walk the path of death, so that we can have peaceful nights of sleep.

Author : Arthur Hoyle
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2016-08-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781628727708

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The Unknown Henry Miller by Arthur Hoyle Pdf

Henry Miller was one of the most distinctive voices in twentieth-century literature, yet he remains misunderstood. Better known in Europe than in his native America for most of his career, he achieved international success and celebrity during the 1960s when his banned “Paris” books—beginning with Tropic of Cancer—were published here and judged by the Supreme Court not to be obscene. The Unknown Henry Miller recounts Miller’s career from its beginnings in Paris in the 1930s but focuses on his years living in Big Sur, California, from 1944 to 1961, during which he wrote many of his most important books, including The Rosy Crucifixion trilogy, married and divorced twice, raised two children, painted watercolors, and tried to live out a credo of self-realization. Written with the cooperation of the Henry Miller and Anaïs Nin estates, The Unknown Henry Miller draws on material previously unavailable to biographers, including interviews with Lepska Warren, Miller’s third wife. Behind the “bad boy” image, Arthur Hoyle finds a man whose challenge of literary sexual taboos was part of a broader assault on the dehumanization of man and commercialization during the postwar years, and he makes the case for restoring this groundbreaking writer to his rightful place in the American literary canon. Skyhorse Publishing, along with our Arcade, Good Books, Sports Publishing, and Yucca imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of biographies, autobiographies, and memoirs. Our list includes biographies on well-known historical figures like Benjamin Franklin, Nelson Mandela, and Alexander Graham Bell, as well as villains from history, such as Heinrich Himmler, John Wayne Gacy, and O. J. Simpson. We have also published survivor stories of World War II, memoirs about overcoming adversity, first-hand tales of adventure, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Author : William Carroll
Publisher : Coda Publications
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2009-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0910390770

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The Unknown Man by William Carroll Pdf

Carroll has had a wonderful life and continues to be proud of his few abilities and the many supportive friends who have enhanced his way.

Author : Clinton Joseph Hall Sr.
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2012-10-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1477266135

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The Unknown God by Clinton Joseph Hall Sr. Pdf

The Apostle Paul once responded to a group of pagan worshippers in Athens, Greece. One of the altars they worshipped at had an inscription written to THE UNKNOWN GOD. Paul declared, Whom therefore ye worship in ignorance, him I declare unto you. This glorious God who created all things, this glorious God with all creation in Him, this God who finished all things before He created all things, this God who chose you in Himself before the foundation of the world, this God who wrote your name in the Book of Life, either before the beginning or at the end or somewhere in between, and who turned the greatest of all gambles into no gamble at all, this Christ who was slain before creation, this Christ who is the glory of the Father, this Christ who is the All, who will be, and is, the All who is in All, this Christ who is the beginning and the end, this Christ who is free of, above and beyond and outside of all space, time, and even eternity, this Christ has a point to make, a message to bring to you. You will find that message in the pages of The Unknown God! This world has a false godSatan the devil, whom the Bible says deceives the whole world! He appears as an angel of light! He is the great counterfeiter! What God decrees, Satan finds a way to counterfeit! Find out the ways he goes about to deceive the world, especially most religious people! The Bible is largely a book about Israel and the Jews and other people and nations who interact with them. Find out why all Jews are Israelites but not all Israelites are Jews! Who were they, who are they now, and what will become of them in the future? And how do Gods plans for them relate to his plans for everyone else? You will find all of this and more in the pages of The Unknown God!

Author : John Steinbeck
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2000-11-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780141190648

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To a God Unknown by John Steinbeck Pdf

While fulfilling his dead father's dream of creating a prosperous farm in California, Joseph Wayne comes to believe that a magnificent tree on the farm embodies his father's spirit. His brothers and their families share in Joseph's prosperity andthe farm flourishes - until one brother, scared by Joseph's pagan belief, kills the tree and brings disease and famine on the farm. Set in familiar Steinbeck country, TO A GOD UNKOWN is a mystical tale, exploring one man's attempt to control theforces of nature and to understand the ways of God.

Author : James B. McPike
Publisher : James McPike
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2012-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781592998708

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Realm of the Unknown by James B. McPike Pdf

After a gathering of people in Israel are inexplicably slain, a renowned investigator from the Ministry - Vince Ramsey - is called in to investigate. Some experts at the scene believe that only something supernatural could be responsible for such an atrocity. Ramsey finds an ancient artifact that leads him to the Antiquities Authority, where he teams up with historical specialist April Fulton. Together they learn the artifact is linked to an ancient secret society founded by a famous Greek philosopher. Only it's much more sinister than they could have ever imagined. Being hunted down at every turn of their journey by mysterious assassins, they race to discover the truth-and finally encounter the diabolical villain controlling a powerful force only spoken about in the Book of Revelation.

Author : Michael Bralich
Publisher : Page Publishing Inc
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2020-11-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781640273436

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The Unknown Wizard by Michael Bralich Pdf

When an enormous army of ogres attacks the civilized kingdoms around their homeland of Sylvannia, three friends set out on a dangerous quest to find the last known living wizard to enlist his aid in the war. Little did the three know that among themselves, one had the potential to become a wizard, and if they can find and recover the Crystal of Enhancement, he could become a very powerful wizard.

Author : John Derbyshire
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2006-05-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309164801

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Unknown Quantity by John Derbyshire Pdf

Prime Obsession taught us not to be afraid to put the math in a math book. Unknown Quantity heeds the lesson well. So grab your graphing calculators, slip out the slide rules, and buckle up! John Derbyshire is introducing us to algebra through the ages-and it promises to be just what his die-hard fans have been waiting for. "Here is the story of algebra." With this deceptively simple introduction, we begin our journey. Flanked by formulae, shadowed by roots and radicals, escorted by an expert who navigates unerringly on our behalf, we are guaranteed safe passage through even the most treacherous mathematical terrain. Our first encounter with algebraic arithmetic takes us back 38 centuries to the time of Abraham and Isaac, Jacob and Joseph, Ur and Haran, Sodom and Gomorrah. Moving deftly from Abel's proof to the higher levels of abstraction developed by Galois, we are eventually introduced to what algebraists have been focusing on during the last century. As we travel through the ages, it becomes apparent that the invention of algebra was more than the start of a specific discipline of mathematics-it was also the birth of a new way of thinking that clarified both basic numeric concepts as well as our perception of the world around us. Algebraists broke new ground when they discarded the simple search for solutions to equations and concentrated instead on abstract groups. This dramatic shift in thinking revolutionized mathematics. Written for those among us who are unencumbered by a fear of formulae, Unknown Quantity delivers on its promise to present a history of algebra. Astonishing in its bold presentation of the math and graced with narrative authority, our journey through the world of algebra is at once intellectually satisfying and pleasantly challenging.

Author : Robert Charles Wilson
Publisher : Pitchstone Publishing (US&CA)
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2023-09-26
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781634312431

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Owning the Unknown by Robert Charles Wilson Pdf

Although humankind today can peer far deeper into the universe than ever before, we still find ourselves surrounded by the unknown and perhaps the unknowable. All great science fiction has used the human imagination to explore that realm beyond the known, just as theistic religions have done since long before the genre existed. As Hugo Award-winning author Robert Charles Wilson argues in Owning the Unknown, the genre's freewheeling speculation and systematic world-building make it it a unique lens for understanding, examining, and assessing the truth claims of religions in general and Christianity in particular. Drawing on his personal experience, his work as a science fiction writer, and his deep knowledge of the classics of the genre, he makes the case for what he calls intuitive atheism— an atheism drawn from everyday personal knowledge that doesn't depend on familiarity with the scholarly debate about theology and metaphysics, any more than a robust personal Christianity does. And as he reminds us, the secrets that remain hidden beyond the borders of the known universe— should we ever discover them— will probably not resemble anything currently found in our most prized philosophies, our most sacred texts, or our most imaginative science fiction.

Author : Joseph Lowe III
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2011-05-25
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781462858460

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Losers And Winners On The Unknown Road To An Unpredictable Destiny by Joseph Lowe III Pdf

This is a book that will help both winners and losers. Winners and Losers will teach something to virtually 100% of everyone who reads it. The same percentage should fi nd it entertaining. The book discusses many life-changing events that oft en greet us as we travel the unknown road. The road may be short or long. No one knows the length of his/her road. However, the one thing that is certain is that everyone travels the unknown road that ends with an unpredictable desti ny. On the road you may meet thugs, hoodlums, rogues, rapists, murderers, dead-beat dads and other undesirables. You may also meet good Samaritans, philanthropists, near-perfect people and other pleasant people on the unknown road to an unpredictable desti ny. Death of family members and friends may wreak your life while on the road. Sickness and disease may show up unannounced and hang around briefl y or set up residence unti l death takes their place. Everyone is a racist, sexist, and possesses characteristi cs of ageism. If anyone denies this, then he/she is also a liar because there are degrees of racism falling between 1% and 99%. No one is 0% racist or 100% racist. Think about it.

Author : Van Kell
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2024-04-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781387514519

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Unknown Ties by Van Kell Pdf