The Whale That Fell In Love With A Submarine

Author : Akiyuki Nosaka
Publisher : Pushkin Children's Books
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2015-08-04
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781782690276

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The Whale that Fell in Love with a Submarine by Akiyuki Nosaka Pdf

A whale falls in love with a military submarine, and dies courting her; a mother caught in a fire following a bombing gives all her body's water to save her son, and her desiccated form turns into a kite; a wolf rescues a sick child abandoned by her parents, only to die himself at the hand of men. However, bunkers can also become real homes, a small Japanese girl and an American POW briefly understand each other and a miraculous tree feeds starving children... This is war, no doubt, but told by someone who understands how children truly experience war and its aftermath - the bombings and parents' deaths, the life of orphans who roam the streets, the starvation and blind violence in a society beyond destruction. Akiyuki Nosaka remembers what it was like to be a child caught in war-torn Japan in 1945, and he retells his experiences in this collection of powerful and beautifully expressive stories for children.

Author : Akiyuki Nosaka
Publisher : Pushkin Collection
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2019-05-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781782274193

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The Cake Tree in the Ruins by Akiyuki Nosaka Pdf

Intensely moving stories that tell of the absurd violence of war, and tenderly depict the animals and children caught in its vortex. In 1945, Akiyuki Nosaka watched the Allied firebombing of Kobe kill his adoptive parents, and then witnessed his sister starving to death. The shocking and blisteringly memorable stories of The Cake Tree in the Ruins are based on his own experiences as a child in Japan during the Second World War. They are stories of a lonely whale searching the oceans for a mate, who sacrifices himself for love; of a mother desperately trying to save her son with her tears; of a huge, magnificent tree which grows amid the ruins of a burnt-out town, its branches made from the sweetest cake imaginable. Profound, heartbreaking and aglow with a piercing beauty, they express the chaos and terror of conflict, yet also how love can illuminate even the darkest moment.

Author : J.A. Hadfield
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2009-11-03
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9781445213774

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Why Do We Laugh by J.A. Hadfield Pdf

The authour suggests the basis of humour & laughter from a biological point of view.

Author : Shiden Kanzaki
Publisher : Yen Press LLC
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780316344975

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Black Bullet, Vol. 3 (light novel) by Shiden Kanzaki Pdf

Rentaro, Enju, Kisara, and the fearsome sniper Tina--just when they thought the future was looking slightly less uncertain, they're confronted with a terrible discovery: One of the giant monoliths that protects Tokyo Area from invasion by the monstrous Gastrea is on the verge of collapse, putting the lives of every single human within the city at risk! Is there any way to save Tokyo Area? And even if there is, what will become of Rentaro, Enju, Kisara, and Tina?

Author : Cornelia Funke
Publisher : Pushkin Children's Books
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2021-07-06
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781782691280

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Reckless II: Living Shadows by Cornelia Funke Pdf

Jacob Reckless's shadowy adventures continue in the second volume of Cornelia Funke's spellbinding Reckless series. Jacob has saved his brother from the Mirrorworld, but now he will pay a terrible price. A fairy's curse is burning in his heart, and to break the spell he must embark upon a perilous journey - with his trusty friend Fox by his side - to seek out the only treasure that could save him. Jacob's search for the golden crossbow will lead him across hundreds of miles by land and sea, to an invisible, enchanted palace within the Dead City. It will bring him face to face with vicious beasts, bloodthirsty giants, and a deadly stone­faced rival. It will test his courage like never before. Living Shadows is the second book in the thrilling Reckless series.

Author : Laura Hein
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 945 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2023-05-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108169196

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The New Cambridge History of Japan: Volume 3, The Modern Japanese Nation and Empire, c.1868 to the Twenty-First Century by Laura Hein Pdf

This major new volume presents innovative recent scholarship on Japan's modern history, including its imperial past and transregional entanglements. An international team of leading scholars offer accessible and thought-provoking essays that present an expansive global vision of the archipelago's history from c. 1868 to the twenty-first century. Japan was the first non-Western society to become a modern nation and empire, to industrialize, and to deliver a high standard of living to virtually all its citizens, capturing international attention ever since. These Japanese efforts to reshape global hierarchies powered a variety of debates and conflicts, both at home and with people and places beyond Japan's shores. Drawing on the latest Japanese and English-language scholarship, this volume highlights Japan's distinctive and fast-changing history.

Author : Murielle Szac
Publisher : Pushkin Children's Books
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2017-10-31
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781782691303

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The Adventures of Hermes, God of Thieves by Murielle Szac Pdf

Follow Hermes on 100 unforgettable journeys across the fascinating, colourful world of Greek mythology. The young god is determined to have adventures from the very moment of his unusual birth, stealing sacred cows, discovering fire and inventing the lyre and flute. With his tumbling brown curls and cheerful fearlessness, he charms his fellow gods: mighty Apollo, mournful Artemis, beautiful Aphrodite, and even the king of the gods, his father, Zeus himself. He will drink the nectar of Olympus and discover the truth about the immortals, from their first moments and worst monsters to their greatest loves and most terrible battles-but Hermes won't let any of it distract him from that whole wide world of good fun...

Author : United States. Congress
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1370 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Law
ISBN : HARVARD:32044116491895

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Congressional Record by United States. Congress Pdf

The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)

Author : Hideo Furukawa,Kaori Ekuni,Mitsuyo Kakuta,Banana Yoshimoto,Toshiyuki Horie,Nao-Cola Yamazaki,Hitomi Kanehara,Osamu Hashimoto,Hiromi Kawakami,Shuichi Yoshida
Publisher : Comma Press
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2015-06-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Book of Tokyo by Hideo Furukawa,Kaori Ekuni,Mitsuyo Kakuta,Banana Yoshimoto,Toshiyuki Horie,Nao-Cola Yamazaki,Hitomi Kanehara,Osamu Hashimoto,Hiromi Kawakami,Shuichi Yoshida Pdf

A shape-shifter arrives at Tokyo harbour in human form, set to embark on an unstoppable rampage through the city’s train network… A young woman is accompanied home one night by a reclusive student, and finds herself lured into a flat full of eerie Egyptian artefacts… A man suspects his young wife’s obsession with picnicking every weekend in the city’s parks hides a darker motive… At first, Tokyo appears in these stories as it does to many outsiders: a city of bewildering scale, awe-inspiring modernity, peculiar rules, unknowable secrets and, to some extent, danger. Characters observe their fellow citizens from afar, hesitant to stray from their daily routines to engage with them. But Tokyo being the city it is, random encounters inevitably take place – a naïve book collector, mistaken for a French speaker, is drawn into a world he never knew existed; a woman seeking psychiatric help finds herself in a taxi with an older man wanting to share his own peculiar revelations; a depressed divorcee accepts an unexpected lunch invitation to try Thai food for the very first time… The result in each story is a small but crucial change in perspective, a sampling of the unexpected yet simple pleasure of other people’s company. As one character puts it, ‘The world is full of delicious things, you know.’

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1953
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NYPL:33433095231407

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Canadian Saturday Night by Anonim Pdf

Author : Graham Denton
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 97 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2010-02-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781408115596

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My Cat is in Love with the Goldfish and Other Loopy Love Poems by Graham Denton Pdf

Following the same successful formula of The Secret Life of Pants and Let's Recycle Grandad, My Cat is in Love with the Goldfish is a compilation of the loopiest love poems ever brought together in one collection. This is a truly original and engaging book of poems that kids will find impossible to resist. Forget the 'Owl and the Pussycat', here we've got the skunk and the porcupine, the octopus and the rhinoceros, a whale that falls head over tail for a submarine, and much more besides. With tongue twisters, limericks, epitaphs, haiku, love songs, and wonderfully witty wordplay throughout, My Cat is in Love with the Goldfish is a refreshing new take on one of poetry's perennial themes.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Excavation
ISBN : UIUC:30112008446129

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The Excavating Engineer by Anonim Pdf

Author : Joey Adams
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 510 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : American wit and humor
ISBN : 0517140748

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Joey Adams' Encyclopedia of Humor by Joey Adams Pdf

Author : James F. Dent
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Humor
ISBN : 0934750173

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The Dog with the Cold Nose by James F. Dent Pdf

Author : Paul Revere Reynolds
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Literary agents
ISBN : UOM:39015002286428

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The Middle Man by Paul Revere Reynolds Pdf