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Author : National Geographic Kids
Publisher : National Geographic Children's Books
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Children's questions and answers
ISBN : 9781426311246
A collection of fun and surprising facts about our world.
Author : National Geographic Kids
Publisher : National Geographic Kids
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2014-05-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 142631843X
Offers a collection of true facts about animals, food, science, pop culture, outer space, geography, and weather.
Author : Author Tbd,Chelsea Lin
Publisher : Weird But True
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1426330251
Collects three hundred facts about Canada's wildlife, cuisine, history, sports, and culture.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2024
Category : Curiosities and wonders
ISBN : OCLC:1425490613
Author : Wally Lamb
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 884 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1998-06-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0060391626
With his stunning debut novel, She's Come Undone, Wally Lamb won the adulation of critics and readers with his mesmerizing tale of one woman's painful yet triumphant journey of self-discovery. Now, this brilliantly talented writer returns with I Know This Much Is True, a heartbreaking and poignant multigenerational saga of the reproductive bonds of destruction and the powerful force of forgiveness. A masterpiece that breathtakingly tells a story of alienation and connection, power and abuse, devastation and renewal--this novel is a contemporary retelling of an ancient Hindu myth. A proud king must confront his demons to achieve salvation. Change yourself, the myth instructs, and you will inhabit a renovated world. When you're the same brother of a schizophrenic identical twin, the tricky thing about saving yourself is the blood it leaves on your bands--the little inconvenience of the look-alike corpse at your feet. And if you're into both survival of the fittest and being your brother's keeper--if you've promised your dying mother--then say so long to sleep and hello to the middle of the night. Grab a book or a beer. Get used to Letterman's gap-toothed smile of the absurd, or the view of the bedroom ceiling, or the influence of random selection. Take it from a godless insomniac. Take it from the uncrazy twin--the guy who beat the biochemical rap. Dominick Birdsey's entire life has been compromised and constricted by anger and fear, by the paranoid schizophrenic twin brother he both deeply loves and resents, and by the past they shared with their adoptive father, Ray, a spit-and-polish ex-Navy man (the five-foot-six-inch sleeping giant who snoozed upstairs weekdays in the spare room and built submarines at night), and their long-suffering mother, Concettina, a timid woman with a harelip that made her shy and self-conscious: She holds a loose fist to her face to cover her defective mouth--her perpetual apology to the world for a birth defect over which she'd had no control. Born in the waning moments of 1949 and the opening minutes of 1950, the twins are physical mirror images who grow into separate yet connected entities: the seemingly strong and protective yet fearful Dominick, his mother's watchful "monkey"; and the seemingly weak and sweet yet noble Thomas, his mother's gentle "bunny." From childhood, Dominick fights for both separation and wholeness--and ultimately self-protection--in a house of fear dominated by Ray, a bully who abuses his power over these stepsons whose biological father is a mystery. I was still afraid of his anger but saw how he punished weakness--pounced on it. Out of self-preservation I hid my fear, Dominick confesses. As for Thomas, he just never knew how to play defense. He just didn't get it. But Dominick's talent for survival comes at an enormous cost, including the breakup of his marriage to the warm, beautiful Dessa, whom he still loves. And it will be put to the ultimate test when Thomas, a Bible-spouting zealot, commits an unthinkable act that threatens the tenuous balance of both his and Dominick's lives. To save himself, Dominick must confront not only the pain of his past but the dark secrets he has locked deep within himself, and the sins of his ancestors--a quest that will lead him beyond the confines of his blue-collar New England town to the volcanic foothills of Sicily 's Mount Etna, where his ambitious and vengefully proud grandfather and a namesake Domenico Tempesta, the sostegno del famiglia, was born. Each of the stories Ma told us about Papa reinforced the message that he was the boss, that he ruled the roost, that what he said went. Searching for answers, Dominick turns to the whispers of the dead, to the pages of his grandfather's handwritten memoir, The History of Domenico Onofrio Tempesta, a Great Man from Humble Beginnings. Rendered with touches of magic realism, Domenico's fablelike tale--in which monkeys enchant and religious statues weep--becomes the old man's confession--an unwitting legacy of contrition that reveals the truth's of Domenico's life, Dominick learns that power, wrongly used, defeats the oppressor as well as the oppressed, and now, picking through the humble shards of his deconstructed life, he will search for the courage and love to forgive, to expiate his and his ancestors' transgressions, and finally to rebuild himself beyond the haunted shadow of his twin. Set against the vivid panoply of twentieth-century America and filled with richly drawn, memorable characters, this deeply moving and thoroughly satisfying novel brings to light humanity's deepest needs and fears, our aloneness, our desire for love and acceptance, our struggle to survive at all costs. Joyous, mystical, and exquisitely written, I Know This Much Is True is an extraordinary reading experience that will leave no reader untouched.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781426306884
A collection of fun and surprising facts about our world.
Author : National Geographic Kids
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781426310201
"300 more mind-bending facts that are almost too amazing to believe"--Page 4 of cover.
Author : National Geographic Kids
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781426320866
A collection of fun and surprising facts about our world.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Curiosities and wonders
ISBN : 1338038087
The creators of National Geographic Kids, the nation's most popular kids' magazine, bring you 300 more jaw-dropping, eye-popping fun facts in this best-selling series. -- Publisher.
Author : National Geographic
Publisher : National Geographic Kids
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1426313594
"1,000 wild & wacky facts & photos!"--Cover.
Author : National Geographic Kids
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2016-05-17
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781426324673
Everything has its weird side-- even sports! Add wacky stats, facts, and stories to your arsenal of spots trivia with this new addition to the very popular Weird but True series!
Author : Cheryl Harness
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781426313820
Packed with 300 wacky facts for young history lovers.
Author : DK
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2015-09-08
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781465449078
The bizarre beasts, incredible places, and peculiar phenomenons featured in this mind-blowing compendium are not just really weird - they're really real! With more than 125,000 copies sold worldwide, this wacky encyclopedia explores our world's most exciting oddities. Did you know there's a plant that eats mice? Or that you can dip your toe in a rainbow-colored river? From fiery tornadoes flying across the sky to huge sinkholes eating up the earth, each example is illustrated with jaw-dropping images and handy fast facts that provide the explanations behind the stories. Whether it's geography, people, places, animals, plants, or weather, Strange But True! is the ideal book for curious young minds who are fascinated by our weird and wonderful world.
Author : Keith Martin
Publisher : Motorbooks International
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2017-10-24
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9780760353608
Collects true stories about eccentric car collectors, including a take of an English nobleman who buries his horde of Ferraris in an insurance scam and a woman who loved her car so much she wished to be buried in it.
Author : Timothy Bradley
Publisher : Teacher Created Materials
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2012-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781433348846
Blobfish, pangolin, and flower mantis are just a few of the names of the bizarre bugs and animals that readers will learn about in this fascinating nonfiction title. Through vibrant images and photos, informational text, a glossary of terms, and an index, readers will learn some of the strange ways that arthropods, invertebrates, and mammals have adapted over time to camouflage themselves and develop interesting ways to keep predators away. This 6-Pack includes six copies of this title and a lesson plan.
