The Mapmaker And The Ghost

Author : Sarvenaz Tash
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2012-04-24
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780802723413

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The Mapmaker and the Ghost by Sarvenaz Tash Pdf

Goldenrod Moram loves adventure, especially when it comes in the form of mapmaking. An avid fan of the legendary explorers Lewis and Clark, she decides to start her own exploring team, the Legendary Adventurers, and to spend her summer vacation discovering the unmapped forest right behind her home. This simple task is complicated by a series of unique events-a chance encounter with a mysterious old lady has her searching for a legendary blue rose. Another, more unfortunate, encounter lands her in the middle of a ragtag bunch of nicknamed ruffians. Throw in the trapped spirit of Meriwether Lewis himself and her well-meaning but nuisance of a little brother, and Goldenrod Moram is in for the quest of a lifetime . . .

Author : Sarah McCoy
Publisher : Crown
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2016-02-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780385348928

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The Mapmaker's Children by Sarah McCoy Pdf

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Baker's Daughter and Marilla of Green Gables, a story of family, love, and courage When Sarah Brown, daughter of abolitionist John Brown, realizes that her artistic talents may be able to help save the lives of slaves fleeing north, she becomes one of the Underground Railroad’s leading mapmakers, taking her cues from the slave code quilts and hiding her maps within her paintings. She boldly embraces this calling after being told the shocking news that she can’t bear children, but as the country steers toward bloody civil war, Sarah faces difficult sacrifices that could put all she loves in peril. Eden, a modern woman desperate to conceive a child with her husband, moves to an old house in the suburbs and discovers a porcelain head hidden in the root cellar—the remains of an Underground Railroad doll with an extraordinary past of secret messages, danger and deliverance. Ingeniously plotted to a riveting end, Sarah and Eden’s woven lives connect the past to the present, forcing each of them to define courage, family, love, and legacy in a new way.

Author : Laurel Corona
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2014-03-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781402286506

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The Mapmaker's Daughter by Laurel Corona Pdf

"Vividly detailed and beautifully written, this is a pleasure to read, a thoughtful, deeply engaging story of the power of faith to navigate history's rough terrain."—Booklist How Far Would You Go To Stay True to Yourself? Spain, 1492. On the eve of the Jewish expulsion from Spain, Amalia Riba stands at a crossroads. In a country violently divided by religion, she must either convert to Christianity and stay safe, or remain a Jew and risk everything. It's a choice she's been walking toward her whole life, from the days of her youth when her family lit the Shabbat candles in secret. Back then, she saw the vast possibility of the world, outlined in the beautiful pen and ink maps her father created. But the world has shifted and contracted since then. The Mapmaker's Daughter is a stirring novel about identity, exile, and what it means to be home. "A close look at the great costs and greater rewards of being true to who you really are. A lyrical journey to the time when the Jews of Spain were faced with the wrenching choice of deciding their future as Jews—a pivotal period of history and inspiration today."—Margaret George, New York Times bestselling author of Elizabeth I "The many twists and turns in the life of the mapmaker's daughter, Amalia, mirror the tenuous and harrowing journey of the Jewish community in fifteenth-century Iberia, showing how family and faith overcame even the worst the Inquisition could inflict on them."—Anne Easter Smith, author of Royal Mistress and A Rose for the Crown "A powerful love story ignites these pages, making the reader yearn for more as they come to know Amalia and Jamil, two of the most compelling characters in recent historical fiction. An absolute must-read!"—Michelle Moran, author of The Second Empress and Madam Tussaud

Author : Katherine Nouri Hughes
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2017-07-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781504047043

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The Mapmaker's Daughter by Katherine Nouri Hughes Pdf

A novel of the Venetian girl who became the most powerful woman in the Ottoman Empire—perfect for fans of Netflix’s Magnificent Century. The Ottoman Empire was at the height of its power during the sixteenth century when Cecilia Baffo Veniero was kidnapped from her Venetian birthplace and chosen to be the wife of Selim II, successor to Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent. She would be known as Nurbanu. The Mapmaker’s Daughter vividly imagines the confession of Nurbanu as she lies on her sickbed narrating the spectacular story of her rise to the pinnacle of imperial power, determined to understand how her extraordinary destiny was shaped. With unflinching candor, Nurbanu reviews the desires and motives that have both propelled and harmed her, as she considers her role as a devoted yet manipulative mother, helping to orchestrate her son’s succession to the throne. Serving as the appointed enforcer of one of the empire’s most crucial and shocking laws, Nurbanu confronts the consequences of her loves and her choices—right up to one last shattering revelation.

Author : Nora Wendl
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781351571067

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Contemporary Art About Architecture by Nora Wendl Pdf

An important resource for scholars of contemporary art and architecture, this volume considers contemporary art that takes architecture as its subject. Concentrated on works made since 1990, Contemporary Art About Architecture: A Strange Utility is the first to take up this topic in a sustained and explicit manner and the first to advance the idea that contemporary art functions as a form of architectural history, theory, and analysis. Over the course of fourteen essays by both emerging and established scholars, this volume examines a diverse group of artists in conjunction with the vernacular, canonical, and fantastical structures engaged by their work. I? Manglano-Ovalle, Matthew Barney, Monika Sosnowska, Pipo Nguyen-duy, and Paul Pfeiffer are among those considered, as are the compelling questions of architecture's relationship to photography, the evolving legacy of Mies van der Rohe, the notion of an architectural unconscious, and the provocative concepts of the unbuilt and the unbuildable. Through a rigorous investigation of these issues, Contemporary Art About Architecture calls attention to the fact that art is now a vital form of architectural discourse. Indeed, this phenomenon is both pervasive and, in its individual incarnations, compelling - a reason to think again about the entangled histories of architecture and art.

Author : Sarvenaz Tash
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 17 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2017-06-13
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781481456548

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The Geek's Guide to Unrequited Love by Sarvenaz Tash Pdf

Graham Posner is trying to get his best friend, Roxana, to fall in love with him by planning the perfect weekend for her at Comic-Con.

Author : Sarvenaz Tash
Publisher : Disney Electronic Content
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2023-04-04
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781368093521

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A Whole Song and Dance by Sarvenaz Tash Pdf

Sarah Dessen meets Abigail Hing Wen in this heartwarming romantic comedy starring Nasrin Mahdavi, an Iranian-American college freshman who's a triple threat on Broadway—but who's living a double life. It's her first semester majoring in musical theater at NYU's prestigious Tisch School of the Arts, and Nasrin spends her days prepping for auditions, sweating through dance classes, and belting her heart out for the viral streaming show she's been cast in. But on calls with her maman and baba, she's the golden child who put her theater dreams aside to follow in their entrepreneurial footsteps as a business major. At least her whole life isn't a lie—she is taking a single business course. Except she's kind of failing it. Nasrin needs to bring her grade up fast if she's going to keep her parents in the dark, so she grudgingly signs up for tutoring with the infuriatingly smug and annoyingly attractive Max. And yet . . . as the semester rushes by, the sparks of anger that first flew between them start to turn into a very different kind of spark. The kind she definitely does not have time for. Except when Nasrin's charmingly devious cousin takes an interest in Max too, Nasrin has to figure out exactly what has been an act, and what's for real. Can Nasrin decide what—and who—is truly worth fighting for, and find a way to step into the spotlight as her full self?

Author : Ronlyn Domingue
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2014-03-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781451688894

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The Mapmaker's War by Ronlyn Domingue Pdf

Given a rare apprenticeship and tasked with charting her entire kingdom, young Aoife encounters a secretive culture of wealthy and peaceful people who she protects by enduring a harrowing exile. By the author of The Mercy of Thin Air.

Author : John Noble Wilford
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2001-12-04
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780375708503

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The Mapmakers by John Noble Wilford Pdf

In his classic text, two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner John Noble Wilford recounts the history of cartography from antiquity to the space age. They are among the world's great pioneers and adventurers: the mapmakers who for centuries have been expanding our knowledge of who and where we are, and where we want to go. From the surprisingly accurate silk maps prepared by Chinese cartographers in the second century B.C., to medieval mapmakers who believed they had fixed the location of paradise, through to the expeditions of Columbus and Magellan, John Noble Wilford chronicles the exploits of the great pioneers of mapmaking. Wilford brings the story up to the present day as he shows the impact of new technologies that make it possible for cartographers to go where no one has been before, from the deepest reaches of the universe (where astronomers are mapping time as well as space) to the inside of the human brain. These modern-day mapmakers join the many earlier adventurers—including ancient Greek stargazers, Renaissance seafarers, and the explorers who mapped the American West—whose achievements shape this dramatic story of human inventiveness and limitless curiosity.

Author : Keki N. Daruwalla
Publisher : Orient Blackswan
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Indic poetry (English)
ISBN : 8175300485

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The Map-maker by Keki N. Daruwalla Pdf

Author : Emma Musty
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2021-06-16
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1800319436

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The Exile and the Mapmaker by Emma Musty Pdf

Theo, an aging Parisian cartographer, is desperately searching for the woman he once loved before Alzheimer's takes his memories of her. Elise, his estranged daughter, moves in to take care of him. She still blames him for the tragic loss of her mother and is struggling with this new forced intimacy. Nebay, an Eritrean refugee, becomes Theo's carer and friend. Unbeknownst to Elise, Nebay does not have a visa for France and is working illegally in order to support his sister. Each is living a life of secrets, questions and uncertainty in a world where Nebay's very presence in France would be invisible on Theo's maps. An important novel that is as compassionate as it is eye-opening, The Exile and the Mapmaker is a testament to the triumph of the human spirit.

Author : Conrad Wolfe
Publisher : JC Clemmmons Publishing
Page : 700 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2016-06-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Mapmaker by Conrad Wolfe Pdf

Where is the line crossed between faith and madness? Dallas detectives Francisco “Frank” Gutiterra, a long time veteran on the force, and Rick Olsen, his rookie partner and a die hard young “techie,” find themselves at that frightening intersection, while on a case so twisted; it dares to push one or both of them over the edge. An elusive and psychotic mad man dubbed the Mapmaker, claiming to be on a divine mission from God, leads Gutiterra and Olsen to a series of puzzling murders, each committed by equally maniacal killers with a horrible connection to him. The Mapmaker does so, by turning his own victims into “maps,” with their bodies, leading to where each of the crimes occurs. But, the more things the detectives learn about the cases, the bigger the clues-and the insanity-grows with each passing day. With an overly ambitious news reporter complicating matters, Gutiterra and Olsen get closer, or farther, from catching the mad man. But are they ready to deal with what they uncover if they ever find him? Only ‘The Mapmaker’ holds the answers to everyone’s salvation, including Gutiterra’s, or that of the Mapmaker himself.

Author : A. L. Tait
Publisher : Lothian Children's Books
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2014-10-14
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780734415783

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Race to the End of the World by A. L. Tait Pdf

Shortlisted for The Readings Children's Book Prize 2015 Adventure and danger lie just off the edge of the map in this swashbuckling new trilogy! Quinn's older brothers may long for adventure, but he is content with a quiet life on the farm. Destiny, however, has other plans. The King is determined to create the first map of the world and has scoured the kingdom for boys who could become mapmakers. When Quinn is chosen for the King's training school, he's amazed - but that is nothing compared to his shock when he is selected as one of the three mapmakers and finds himself on board a ship, competing for the big prize. So begins Quinn's reluctant journey deep into the unknown, on a ship captained by a slave, with a stowaway girl on board, and a mysterious sea monster that seems to be following them. Hot on their trail are the other competitors for the King's prize, who will stop at nothing to win. The Mapmaker Chronicles: Race to the End of the World is packed with action, adventure and intrigue, as Quinn battles unexpected enemies, discovers strange new lands and tries to conceal two very big secrets from his crewmates... 'Not since Emily Rodda's Deltora Quest series has there been such an exciting adventure tale from an Australian author' - Readings The Mapmaker Chronicles 1. Race to the End of the World 2. Prisoner of the Black Hawk 3. Breath of the Dragon (October 2015)

Author : Martha Burge
Publisher : Mango Media Inc.
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2012-09-01
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781609256395

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The ADD Myth by Martha Burge Pdf

This radical new approach to ADD and ADHD reframes the diagnosis and offers a way to transform so-called symptoms into gifts. Despite the millions of people taking medication for attention deficit disorders, there remains no objective method of diagnosis for ADHD. Now author and ADHD coach Martha Burge proposes a different understanding and solution for those diagnosed. In The ADD Myth, Burge argues that what is commonly understood as ADHD is actually five intense personality traits: sensual, psychomotor, intellectual, creative, and emotional. Once the supposed ADD symptoms are properly understood, people with these intense personality traits can develop them into gifts. After having two sons diagnosed with ADHD, and witnessing their serious reaction to drug treatments, Martha began a search for a new approach and a more natural treatment. In The ADD Myth, she shares personal stories, practical steps, and daily practices for developing one's intense nature with the least amount of suffering.

Author : Janice Kohl Sarapin
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : History
ISBN : 0813521114

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Old Burial Grounds of New Jersey by Janice Kohl Sarapin Pdf

This illustrated guidebook to New Jersey's old burial grounds is unique, not just for New Jersey, but for anywhere in America. Janice Kohl Sarapin introduces you to the history and lore of old graveyards. She shows you how to read epitaphs, how to date gravestones by style, how to restore an abandoned graveyard, and how to find out the stories of the people buried there. She describes more than 120 fascinating old burial grounds throughout the state (including the cemeteries of African-Americans, Jewish communities, and other ethnic and religious groups). She provides full directions and details about what makes each one special as well as suggestions for planning your visit and for educational activities to use with children and adults.