Twin Cities

Author : Jose Pimienta
Publisher : Random House Graphic
Page : 131 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2022-07-19
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780593180655

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Twin Cities by Jose Pimienta Pdf

FOUR STARRED REVIEWS • A critically acclaimed graphic novel with rave reviews about this timely story featuring middle school twins living on the Mexico-US border and trying to discover exactly who they are – together or apart. “Transcendentally good.”—Kirkus Reviews, starred review Being twins means having a best friend forever . . . But when one goes to middle school in Mexico and the other across the border in California, can that bond withstand the distance? Luis Fernando is staying local in Mexicali, Mexico, while Luisa Teresa crosses the border every day so she can go to a private school in Calexico, California. As they try to embrace new experiences close to and far from home, the twins hit obstacles: like making new friends and navigating school pressure without the other one for support. Fernando and Teresa finally have the chance to stand on their . . . isn’t that what the always wanted? A unique and timely story about siblings, middle school, and peer pressure from rising star Jose Pimienta, Twin Cities is at once a relatable contemporary story and much-needed window into an experience so many kids can relate to but has rarely been seen in children’s graphic novels. "From start to finish, Twin Cities is a superbly crafted work of art and emotion that marks Pimienta as a creator to watch." —BookPage, starred review

Author : Larry Millett
Publisher : Minnesota Historical Society Press
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780873512732

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Lost Twin Cities by Larry Millett Pdf

1993 American Institute of Architects International Architecture Book Award

Author : Jose Pimienta
Publisher : Random House Graphic
Page : 115 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2020-05-19
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780593124833

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Suncatcher by Jose Pimienta Pdf

Filled with music, passion, supernatural secrets, and family, Jose Pimienta's Suncatcher brings to life a contemporary story of a girl growng up in Mexicali, with a supernatural twist and a lot of music. Beatriz loves music. More than her school -- more than her friends -- and definitely more than her homework. After Beatriz discovers that her grandfather's soul is trapped in his guitar, she becomes determined to get him out. But the only way to free him is to play the perfect song -- his perfect song, a song that he never actually wrote down. Fixated on freeing her grandfather, music slowly consumes Beatriz's life. Soon she finds her self growing obsessed with perfection at the expense of her friendships, her band, and her health. Beatriz won't let anything stop her. Even if it means losing everything else.

Author : Cynthia Zarin
Publisher : David Zwirner Books
Page : 89 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2020-08-11
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781644230312

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Two Cities by Cynthia Zarin Pdf

From acclaimed poet and New Yorker writer Cynthia Zarin comes a deeply personal meditation on two cities, Venice and Rome—each a work of art, both a monument to the past—and on how love and loss shape places and spaces. Here we encounter a writer deeply engaged with narrative in situ—a traveler moving through beloved streets, sometimes accompanied, sometimes solo. With her, we see, anew, the Venice Biennale, the Lagoon, and San Michele, the island of the dead; the Piazza di Spagna, the Tiber, the view from the Gianicolo; the pigeons at San Marco and the parrots in the Doria Pamphili. As a poet first and foremost, Zarin’s attention to the smallest details, the loveliest gesture, brings Venice and Rome vividly to life for the reader. The sixteenth book in the expanding, renowned ekphrasis series, Two Cities creates space for these two historic cities to become characters themselves, their relationship to the writer as real as any love affair.

Author : Twin Cities GLBT Oral History Project (Minn.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Electronic book
ISBN : 1299948103

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Queer Twin Cities by Twin Cities GLBT Oral History Project (Minn.) Pdf

The Twin Cities is home to one of the largest and most vital GLBT populations in the nation--and one of the highest percentages of gay residents in the country. Drawn from the pioneering work of the Twin Cities GLBT Oral History Project--a collective organization of students, scholars, and activists devoted to documenting and interpreting the lives of GLBT people in Minneapolis and St. Paul--"Queer Twin Cities" is a uniquely critical collection of essays on Minnesota's vibrant queer communities, past and present. A rich blend of oral history, archival research, and ethnography, "Queer Twin Cities" uses sexuality to chart connections between people's lives in Minnesota. Topics range from turn-of-the-century Minneapolis amid moral reform--including the highly publicized William Williams murder trial and efforts to police Bridge Square, aka 'skid row'--to northern Minnesota and the importance of male companionship among lumber workers, and to postwar life, when the increased visibility of queer life went hand in hand with increased regulation, repression, and violence. Other essays present a portrait of early queer spaces in the Twin Cities, such as Kirmser's Bar, the Viking Room, and the Persian Palms, and the proliferation of establishments like the Dugout and the 19 Bar. Exploring the activism of GLBT Two-Spirit indigenous people, the antipornography movements of the 1980s, and the role of gay men in the gentrification of Minneapolis neighborhoods, this volume brings the history of queer life and politics in the Twin Cities into fascinating focus. Engaging and revelatory, "Queer Twin Cities" offers a critical analysis of local history and community and fills a glaring omission in the culture and history of Minnesota, looking not only to a remarkable past but to our collective future.

Author : Julie Schaper,Steven Horwitz
Publisher : Akashic Books
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781617751615

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Twin Cities Noir by Julie Schaper,Steven Horwitz Pdf

Presents a collection of short stories featuring noir and crime fiction about the Twin Cities, by such mystery writers as Pete Hautman, Mary Sharratt, Quinton Skinner, and Brad Zellar.

Author : Colleen Sexton
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2022-02-07
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781439674567

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Super Cities! The Twin Cities by Colleen Sexton Pdf

Sometimes the coolest places are right outside your front door. Learning about the Twin Cities' interesting and unique culture has never been so super fun! Did you know St. Paul's annual Winter Carnival is the country's oldest winter festival? Or that people have traveled Minnesota's lakes and rivers for nearly 10,000 years? Have you ever been to the haunted Dairy Queen in downtown Minneapolis? From the Foshay Tower to the legendary First Avenue music club, Super Cities!: The Twin Cities covers it all and is sure to engage any reader with fun facts about the history, culture, and people who make this place great. Attend the Minnesota Opera, explore the Como Park Zoo, and rock out with Minneapolis-native Prince, all right here. Take a peek inside to learn more about the impressive, unusual, super history of the Twin Cities!

Author : Kevin P. Murphy, Jennifer L. Pierce, Larry Knopp
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2024-05-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781452901954

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Queer Twin Cities by Kevin P. Murphy, Jennifer L. Pierce, Larry Knopp Pdf

Author : Dave Kenney
Publisher : Minnesota Historical Society
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 0873515226

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Twin Cities Album by Dave Kenney Pdf

A 150-year retrospective of Twin Cities life told through hundreds of breathtaking, surprising, and intimate photographs of people, culture, landmarks, and events.

Author : Sheldon Anderson
Publisher : University of Arkansas Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2020-02-03
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781610756785

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Twin Cities Sports by Sheldon Anderson Pdf

The histories in Twin Cities Sports are rooted in the class, ethnic, and regional identity of this unique upper midwestern metropolitan area. The compilation includes a wide range of important studies on the hub of interwar speedskating, the success of Gopher football in the Jim Crow era, the integration of municipal golf courses, the building of a world-renowned park system, the Minneapolis Lakers’ basketball dynasty, the Minnesota Twins’ connections to Cuba, and more.

Author : Jason Gabler
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2010-08-03
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780762766512

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Insiders' Guide® to Twin Cities by Jason Gabler Pdf

Insiders' Guide to Twin Cities is the essential source for in-depth travel and relocation information to Minneapolis and St. Paul. Written by a local (and true insider), this guide offers a personal and practical perspective of the cities and the surrounding environs.

Author : Ekaterina Mikhailova,John Garrard
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2021-11-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781000479119

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Twin Cities across Five Continents by Ekaterina Mikhailova,John Garrard Pdf

This international collection provides a comprehensive overview of twin cities in different circumstances – from the emergent to the recently amalgamated, on 'soft' and 'hard' borders, with post-colonial heritage, in post-conflict environments and under strain. With examples from Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, South America, North America and the Caribbean, the volume sees twin cities as intense thermometers for developments in the wider urban world globally. It offers interdisciplinary perspectives that bridge history, politics, culture, economy, geography and other fields, applying these lenses to examples of twin cities in remote places. Providing a comparative approach and drawing on a range of methodologies, the book explores where and how twin cities arise; what twin cities can tell us about international borders; and the way in which some twin cities bear the spatial marks of their colonial past. The chapters explore the impact on twin-city relations of contemporary pressures, such as mass migration, the rise of populism, East-West tensions, international crime, surveillance, rebordering trends and epidemiological risks triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic. With case studies across the continents, this volume for the first time extends twin-city debates to fictional imaginings of twin cities. Twin Cities across Five Continents is a valuable resource for researchers in the fields of anthropology, history, geography, urban studies, border studies, international relations and global development as well as for students in these disciplines.

Author : Scott Carlson
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2018-06-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781439664360

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Twin Cities Beer by Scott Carlson Pdf

The Twin Cities witnessed a recent explosion of craft beer breweries and brewpubs, but the region's beer history reaches back generations. The Minneapolis Brewing Company introduced the iconic Grain Belt beer in 1893, and it remains a local favorite. Fur trapper and bootlegger Pierre "Pig's Eye" Parrant established a St. Paul tavern along the banks of the Mississippi River in the early 1800s. The area has been home to some of the best-known beer brands in America, from Hamm's and Schmidt's to Yoerg's and Olympia. Today, microbreweries such as Bad Weather Brewing, Summit Brewing and more than fifty others are forging new avenues. Join author Scott Carlson as he offers an intriguing history and guide to Twin Cities beer.

Author : Philip J. Anderson,Dag Blanck
Publisher : Minnesota Historical Society Press
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 0873513991

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Swedes in the Twin Cities by Philip J. Anderson,Dag Blanck Pdf

A collection of essays by scholars from both the United States and Sweden investigate various facets of Swedish life and culture in the Twin Cities.

Author : Holly Day,Sherman Wick
Publisher : Wilderness Press
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2013-04-22
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780899977218

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Walking Twin Cities by Holly Day,Sherman Wick Pdf

Even though they're often lumped together, the Twin Cities are two distinct cities with very different histories. Minneapolis is the Mill City, the City of Lakes, composed mostly of flat prairies. St. Paul is the Capital City, built on rolling hills and high river bluffs. Culturally, the cities have their differences, too. Minneapolis is home to world-renowned theatres and modern art galleries, while St. Paul is the home of many of the state's institutions, from the seat of government to the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis. Minneapolis is a newer city, which is reflected in the architecture and overall vibe, while St. Paul's older neighborhoods feature some of the most intact Victorian-era houses in the country. Because of their locations on the west and east sides of the Mississippi River, critics say that Minneapolis is more like a modern West Coast city, while St. Paul is akin to a historic East Coast city. Both cities are linked by the Mississippi River--the same force that shaped their origins. St. Paul developed earlier, mostly because it was more easily accessible via the river. Another similarity between the two cities is the foresight by the Victorians who succeeded the cities' founders to invest money into their communities--both cities set aside large tracts of land for public use all along the rivers and lakes. Some of the most beautiful parks were plotted in the early days of the cities. Even today there are big differences between the cities. For example, St. Paulites, gluttons for punishment, host the annual Winter Carnival during the coldest time of the year. Minneapolitans take the easy way out by celebrating the Aquatennial Festival each summer. Despite having their city festivals at opposite ends of the solstice, Minnesotans love the outdoors. Even with the notoriously fierce winters, Minnesotans statistically spend more time outside than most. Whether you're interested in art, culture, history, or nature, there's a walk in this book designed for your interests. We hope that it serves not only as a guidebook for (re)discovering the Twin Cities, but as a springboard for additional explorations. This book contains 35 walks of varying levels of difficulty, built around the natural, architectural, and historical attractions of Minneapolis and St. Paul. The downtown areas of both cities are explored in depth, as well as many of the neighborhoods, scenic parks, and lakes that are scattered through the area.