The Breaking Of Eggs

Author : Jim Powell
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2010-03-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780297859703

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A panoramic debut about love and loss, THE BREAKING OF EGGS announces a major new talent. Change is in the air in a shabby apartment in the 19th arrondissment in Paris. One unremarkable day Madame Lefèvre invites Feliks to call her Sandrine. As his indomitable landlady's manners have been as unvarying as her dresses for the last 36 years, this feels significant to Feliks. And it is. As the face of Europe transforms beyond recognition Feliks's own life teeters on the edge of change. All it takes is one uncharacteristic decision and suddenly an unstoppable chain of life-changing events is set in motion. Feliks does not embrace change - in fact, it makes him most uncomfortable. But as he's reunited with a brother that he hasn't seen since his childhood and comes face-to-face with the love he let slip through his fingers, Feliks has to face up to the possibility that the convictions he has based his life upon were nothing but smoke and mirrors. Soon his carefully constructed world is tumbling round his ears and Feliks wonders: is there such a thing as a second chance for someone like him?

Author : Jim Powell
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2010-07-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101457269

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Read Jim Powell's blogs and other content on the Penguin Community. The Breaking of Eggs is the story of the curmudgeonly Feliks Zhokovski, Polish by birth, Communist at heart, who at age 61 finds that just about everything he has based his life on is crumbling. Separated from him family as a child when the Nazis invaded Poland, Feliks is currently living in Paris and his life's work is a travel guide to the old Eastern bloc. But unfortunately for Feliks, it's 1991: the Berlin Wall has fallen, Communism has collapsed, East Germany isn't the economic miracle he wants it to be, and he's forced to confront the fact that his travel-writing days are numbered. His guide was a flourishing business, but the old pro-Communist descriptions won’t do, for Western visitors will now be able to see for themselves. So he makes the (extremely difficult) decision to sell his guide to a big, capitalist American publisher. This sets in motion a chain of events that will reunite him with a brother living in Ohio that he hasn't seen in fifty years, reveal the truth about the mother he thought abandoned him and offer him a second chance with a long-lost love. Equal parts hilarious and moving, The Breaking of Eggs is the story of a man who closed himself off from everyone and everything years ago and now awakens to discover the world has changed dramatically and he must change with it. The Breaking of Eggs also has the added bonus of being a crash course in 20th century European history, subtly told as a backdrop to Feliks' riveting personal story. Imagine Everything is Illuminated meets The Elegance of the Hedgehog, then forget all the publishing clichés and discover this incredible new voice.

Author : Jim Powell
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0143117262

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After the fall of the Iron Curtain in 1991, former Communist and travel-guide writer Feliks Zhukovski travels to the United States in hopes of selling his life's work, and awakens from self-imposed isolation into a changed world.

Author : Mary Engle Pennington,Minnie Kimball Jenkins,William Alonzo Stocking
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1916
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : UIUC:30112104115537

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A Study of the Preparation of Frozen and Dried Eggs in the Producing Section by Mary Engle Pennington,Minnie Kimball Jenkins,William Alonzo Stocking Pdf

Author : Tae Keller
Publisher : Yearling
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2019-05-21
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781524715694

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The Science of Breakable Things by Tae Keller Pdf

Natalie's uplifting story of using the scientific process to "save" her mother from depression is what Booklist calls "a winning story full of heart and action." Eggs are breakable. Hope is not. When Natalie's science teacher suggests that she enter an egg drop competition, Natalie thinks that this might be the perfect solution to all of her problems. There's prize money, and if she and her friends wins, then she can fly her botanist mother to see the miraculous Cobalt Blue Orchids--flowers that survive against impossible odds. Natalie's mother has been suffering from depression, and Natalie is sure that the flowers' magic will inspire her mom to love life again. Which means it's time for Natalie's friends to step up and show her that talking about a problem is like taking a plant out of a dark cupboard and giving it light. With their help, Natalie begins an uplifting journey to discover the science of hope, love, and miracles. A vibrant, loving debut about the coming-of-age moment when kids realize that parents are people, too. Think THE FOURTEENTH GOLDFISH meets THE THING ABOUT JELLYFISH. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR * KIRKUS REVIEWS * THE CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY * "Natalie's Korean heritage is sensitively explored, as is the central issue of depression." --Publishers Weekly "A compassionate glimpse of mental illness accessible to a broad audience." --Kirkus Reviews, STARRED REVIEW "Holy moly!!! This book made me feel." --Colby Sharp, editor of The Creativity Project, teacher, and cofounder of Nerdy Book Club

Author : Joseph William Kinghorne
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1948
Category : Eggs
ISBN : CORNELL:31924013892116

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Marketing Eggs by Joseph William Kinghorne Pdf

Author : Sujit Kumar Roy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Eggs
ISBN : IND:30000088345966

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Econometric Models of Cash & Futures Prices of Shell Eggs by Sujit Kumar Roy Pdf

Author : Patricia Polacco
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1996-03-19
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780698113855

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Rechenka's Eggs by Patricia Polacco Pdf

Old Babushka, known throughout all of Moskva for her beautifully painted eggs, is preparing her eggs for the Easter Festival when she takes in an injured goose. She names the goose Rechenka, and they live happily together until one day when Rechenka accidentally overturns a basket, breaking all of Babushka's lovingly crafted eggs. But the next morning Babushka has a surprise awaiting her in the basket. She cries: "A miracle!" It is one of many in this charmingly told tale of friendship and caring. With vibrant illustrations, Patricia Polacco has joyously re-created the flavor of Old Moscow and its festivals. The eggs, stunningly colored and intricately designed, are authentic reproductions of eggs painted in the Ukrainian style. Rechenka's Eggs is a timeless story of classic beauty.

Author : United States Tariff Commission
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1928
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105122902187

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Eggs and Egg Products by United States Tariff Commission Pdf

Author : Clarence E. Harris
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 22 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Eggs
ISBN : UVA:X030511630

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An Egg Grading and Processing Plant for High-volume Production by Clarence E. Harris Pdf

Author : United States Tariff Commission
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1929
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105128916819

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Eggs and Egg Products, Report [on] Differences in Costs of Production of Eggs and Egg Products in the United States and in the Principal Competing Country by United States Tariff Commission Pdf

Author : United States. Department of Agriculture
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1941
Category : Egg processing
ISBN : UIUC:30112019273207

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Eggs and Egg Products by United States. Department of Agriculture Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1957
Category : Eggs
ISBN : IND:30000090107388

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Marketing Eggs by Anonim Pdf

Author : George Whitfield Stiles,Carleton Bates
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1912
Category : Bacteriology, Agricultural
ISBN : UOM:39015095103605

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A Bacteriological Study of Shell, Frozen, and Desiccated Eggs by George Whitfield Stiles,Carleton Bates Pdf

Author : Eduardo Machado
Publisher : Samuel French, Inc.
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0573622949

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Broken Eggs by Eduardo Machado Pdf

It's 1979 and Lizette Marquez is about to marry a nice Jewish boy in a ceremony at Woodland Hills Country Club that is costing thousands of dollars. While she and her extended three-generational family enjoy the fruits of material success in their adopted country, they remain haunted by memories of Cuba. They experience the cultural divide faced by Cuban - Americans who feel they are 3000 miles from their real lives. In their idle fantasies, Cuba might still be reclaimed, so they cling to memories of a society displaced by the revolution.