The Carnival

Author : Rawi Hage
Publisher : House of Anansi
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2012-08-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781770892262

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Carnival by Rawi Hage Pdf

Winner of the Quebec Writers' Federation Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction and shortlisted for the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize In the Carnival city there are two types of taxi drivers -- the spiders and the flies. The spiders patiently sit in their cars and wait for the calls to come. But the flies are wanderers - they roam the streets, looking for the raised hands of passengers among life's perpetual flux. Fly is a wanderer and a knower. Raised in the circus, the son of a golden-haired trapeze artist and a flying carpet pilot from the East, he is destined to drift and observe. From his taxi we see the world in all its carnivalesque beauty and ugliness. We meet criminals, prostitutes, madmen, magicians, and clowns of many kinds. We meet ordinary people going to extraordinary places, and revolutionaries trying to live ordinary lives. Hunger and injustice claw at the city, and books provide the only true shelter. And when the Carnival starts, all limits dissolve, and a gunshot goes off... With all of the beauty, truth, rage, and peripatetic storytelling that have made Cockroach and De Niro's Game international publishing sensations, Carnival gives us Rawi Hage at his searing best. Alternately laughing at absurdity and crying out at oppression, by turns outrageous, hilarious, sorrowful, and stirring, Carnival is a tour de force that will make all of life's passengers squirm in their comfortable, complacent backseats.

Author : Stephanie Garber
Publisher : Flatiron Books
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2017-01-31
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781250095275

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Caraval by Stephanie Garber Pdf

Welcome, welcome to CARAVAL, Stephanie Garber’s enchanting, NEW YORK TIMES bestselling fantasy debut about two sisters swept up in a mysterious competition filled with magic, heartbreak, and danger Scarlett has never left the tiny island where she and her beloved sister, Tella, live with their powerful and cruel father. Now Scarlett’s father has arranged a marriage for her, and Scarlett thinks her dreams of seeing Caraval, the far-away, once-a-year performance where the audience participates in the show, are over. But this year, Scarlett's long-dreamt-of invitation finally arrives. With the help of a mysterious sailor, Tella whisks Scarlett away to attend. Only, as soon as they arrive, Tella is kidnapped by Caraval’s mastermind organizer, Legend. It turns out that this season's Caraval revolves around Tella, and whoever finds her first is the winner. Scarlett has been told that everything that happens during Caraval is only an elaborate performance. But whether Caraval is real or not, she must find Tella before the five nights of the game are over, and her sister disappears forever. Continue the adventure in Legendary and Finale—out now!

Author : Herman Wouk
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781504096591

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Don't Stop the Carnival by Herman Wouk Pdf

The basis for the Herman Wouk–Jimmy Buffett musical: A middle-aged New Yorker buys a Caribbean hotel and learns that paradise has its drawbacks in this novel that “moves as fast as a Marx Brothers movie” (The New York Times Book Review). Broadway press agent Norman Paperman is pushing fifty with one heart attack already under his belt. So he decides to chuck the stressful Manhattan life and bring his wife and teenage daughter to a lush green island. With the help of a wheeler-dealer friend, he winds up buying a small hotel. How hard could running one be? Pretty hard, actually, when you throw in an earthquake, plumbing problems, rampaging ants, and a few more unexpected developments at the Gull Reef Club. Before long, Norman’s spirit is as drained as his bank account, his marriage is on the brink, and he’s desperately searching for a way out of this beautiful nightmare . . . Don’t Stop the Carnival is a clever comic departure for the Pulitzer Prize–winning, #1 New York Times–bestselling author of such classics as Marjorie Morningstar, The Winds of War, and The Caine Mutiny—and eventually served as the basis for the celebrated Jimmy Buffett album and stage musical. “Funny [and] continuously entertaining. . . . Norman Paperman, although hardly an admirable person, is exceedingly human and entirely believable. One cringes with sympathy for him.” —The New York Times “His sandy beaches are alive with stinging sand flies . . . farce laced with tears.” —Time

Author : Chidera Igwe
Publisher : 978-1-7776375-1-4
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2021-04-25
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1777637511

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The Carnival Boy by Chidera Igwe Pdf

The Carnival Boy is the adventure of a teenage girl, Melissa Edwards. She has a strong love for carnivals. While on a holiday in Florida with her family, she found herself in trouble when she escaped from her parents' hotel room in order to satisfy her curiosity and find out what was behind the doors of an abandoned building. Melissa could not believe what fate had in store for her when she traded places with Jackie, a young boy stuck in the storage house, whom she had read about in a book. Now, Melissa, herself, would need someone else to save her.

Author : Carol Birch
Publisher : Canongate Books
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2016-09-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781782116554

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Orphans of the Carnival by Carol Birch Pdf

A life in the spotlight will keep anyone hidden. Julia Pastrana is the singing and dancing marvel from Mexico. She is heralded across nineteenth-century Europe as much for her talent as for her unusual looks. Yet few can see past her freakish appearance to the ambitious woman within. Orphans of the Carnival sweeps us from the music halls of Vienna to an attic in modern-day South London, playing out an epic tale of grit, love, music and the triumph of the human spirit pushed to extremes.

Author : Brigitte Luciani
Publisher : Lerner Publishing Group
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2014-10-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781467742047

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#05 The Carnival by Brigitte Luciani Pdf

Can badgers and foxes get through a long, hard winter together? Badgers like to plan for the future. Foxes like to live in the moment. When badgers and foxes are cooped up in one burrow all winter, disagreements are bound to happen. When Mrs. Fox's parents move in, food supplies get tight, and Grandpa Fox's big plans for adventures weigh on everyone's nerves. But Grandpa Fox also remembers an old tradition?a carnival to remind winter that it must make way for spring. A party might be just the thing to help the animals make it through a cold, dark season . . .

Author : Daniel J. O'Brien
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2022-04-05
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781736949757

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The Carnival Prince by Daniel J. O'Brien Pdf

It's Carnival season in Trinidad and Tobago! Come join the stubby antlered boy as he explores and frolics and befriends animals and mythical creatures alike. Young readers will be taken on a magical adventure to save Carnival season for everyone! Caribbean culture is rarely represented in children's literature, and that's why The Carnival Prince is such a delight for children in and of that part of the world. But the benefits of multi-cultural learning extend to all children. The Carnival Prince delivers on that learning with a story of adventure told through vibrant and detailed illustrations. Children will relate to the awkward and curious main character in this page-turning tale full of fantastical characters. The book also includes authentic island dialect for a unique language learning experience. A glossary at the end adds even more value for the reader and offers a way for parents, teachers, and caregivers to engage with children further on the topic of Caribbean culture. A Caribbean story told by a Caribbean-born author/illustrator is as authentic as it comes. Daniel J. O'Brien is a Trinidadian-born author and illustrator currently residing in New York with his partner and his loyal dog, Obbie. He holds a BFA in Illustration from The School of Visual Arts. Daniel continually fuels his passion for illustration with that and his love of everything folklore, nature, and science. He uses his honed ability to bring forth exuberant and whimsical illustrations full of life and vibrant color. Daniel has written and illustrated two children's books. Daniel's books are held especially near and dear to his heart as representations of his Caribbean heritage.

Author : Camille Saint-Saëns
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 71 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780486404127

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The carnival of the animals by Camille Saint-Saëns Pdf

Fourteen pieces -- scored for flute/piccolo, clarinet, glass harmonica (tuned glass bowls), xylophone, two pianos, and strings -- paint delightful musical portraits of a lion, chickens, turtles, an elephant, kangaroos, and the immensely popular swan.

Author : Charles Platter
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780801893339

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Aristophanes and the Carnival of Genres by Charles Platter Pdf

The comedies of Aristophanes are known not only for their boldly imaginative plots but for the ways in which they incorporate and orchestrate a wide variety of literary genres and speech styles. Unlike the writers of tragedy, who prefer a uniformly elevated tone, Aristophanes articulates his dramatic dialogue with striking literary and linguistic juxtapositions, producing a carnivalesque medley of genres that continually forces both audience and reader to readjust their perspectives. In this energetic and original study, Charles Platter interprets the complexities of Aristophanes' work through the lens of Mikhail Bakhtin's critical writing. This book charts a new course for Aristophanic comedy, taking its lead from the work of Bakhtin. Bakhtin describes the way multiple voices—vocabularies, tones, and styles of language originating in different social classes and contexts—appear and interact within literary texts. He argues that the dynamic quality of literature arises from the dialogic relations that exist among these voices. Although Bakhtin applied his theory primarily to the epic and the novel, Platter finds in his work profound implications for Aristophanic comedy, where stylistic heterogeneity is the genre's lifeblood.

Author : Laura Quimby
Publisher : Abrams
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2010-12-31
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781613120064

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The Carnival of Lost Souls by Laura Quimby Pdf

For one charismatic kid, the dangerous world of the Forest of the Dead becomes the setting for the ultimate escape trick in this exciting debut novel. Jack Carr has been shuttled from foster home to group home to foster home his entire life. The only constant has been his interest in magic, especially handcuff escapes like those mastered by his hero, Harry Houdini. When he’s placed with the Professor, however, he feels like he’s finally found a home—but his new guardian is hiding a dangerous secret. Years ago the Professor bartered his soul to the undead magician Mussini, and when the payment is due, he sends Jack in his place. Jack must travel with Mussini to the Forest of the Dead, a place in between the real world and the afterlife, where he’s forced to perform in Mussini’s traveling magic show. If he stays in the Forest long enough, he’ll die himself. To find his way home, he’ll have the help of Mussini’s other “minions”—kids stolen just like Jack—and his wits, nothing more. Can he follow the example of his hero, Houdini, and escape the inescapable?

Author : Harriet Muncaster
Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2019-09-10
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781984851758

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Isadora Moon Saves the Carnival by Harriet Muncaster Pdf

Fans of Vampirina and the Princess in Black series will love Isadora Moon: half-fairy, half-vampire, totally unique--and totally ready for her first carnival visit! Isadora can't wait for her first-ever trip to the carnival! But when she arrives, it's not quite as fun as she had hoped. Maybe the wave of a fairy wand or a drop of a witch's potion will make the carnival a little more magical. What could possibly go wrong? Sink your fangs into all of Isadora's adventures! Isadora Moon Goes to School Isadora Moon Goes Camping Isadora Moon Goes to the Ballet Isadora Moon Has a Birthday Isadora Moon Goes on a Field Trip

Author : Romeo A. Malone
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2010-07-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781452061092

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Come See the Carnival by Romeo A. Malone Pdf

Author : Jessie Foley
Publisher : Elephant Rock Productions, Inc.
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2014-10-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780989515597

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The Carnival at Bray by Jessie Foley Pdf

It's 1993, and Generation X pulses to the beat of Kurt Cobain and the grunge movement. Sixteen-year-old Maggie Lynch is uprooted from big-city Chicago to a windswept town on the Irish Sea. Surviving on care packages of Spin magazine and Twizzlers from her rocker uncle Kevin, she wonders if she'll ever find her place in this new world. When first love and sudden death simultaneously strike, a naive but determined Maggie embarks on a forbidden pilgrimage that will take her to a seedy part of Dublin and on to a life- altering night in Rome to fulfill a dying wish. Through it all, Maggie discovers an untapped inner strength to do the most difficult but rewarding thing of all, live. The Carnival at Bray is an evocative ode to the Smells Like Teen Spirit Generation and a heartfelt exploration of tragedy, first love, and the transformative power of music. The book won the 2014 Helen Sheehan YA Book Prize.

Author : Nancy Faber,Randall Faber
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2013-02
Category : Piano
ISBN : 1616776390

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Piano Adventures, Sightreading Level 2b by Nancy Faber,Randall Faber Pdf

(Faber Piano Adventures ). Good sightreading skill is a powerful asset for the developing musician. Carefully composed variations of the Level 2B Lesson Book pieces help the student see the "new" against the backdrop of the "familiar." Fun, lively characters instruct students and motivate sightreading with a spirit of adventure and fun.

Author : Matthew Cordell
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2022-06-21
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780316168991

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Cornbread & Poppy at the Carnival by Matthew Cordell Pdf

The second entry in Caldecott medalist Matthew Cordell's early reader series about two best friends who are as different from each other as can be. Poppy LOVES scary movies. Cornbread does not. Poppy ADORES runny cheese. Cornbread does not. Poppy can't WAIT to try a roller coaster. Cornbread...can. But Cornbread and Poppy are the best of friends, so when the Carnival rolls into town, Cornbread agrees to check it out. Their day promises to include fun games, yummy snacks, and big, big rides. What new things will these mice try? Celebrating both partnership and the value of what makes us individuals, young readers will find this classic odd couple irresistible as they encounter relatable issues with humor and heart. Publishing simultaneously in hardcover and paperback.