Author : Lizi Boyd
Publisher : Viking Juvenile
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 49,78 MB
Release : 1989-03
Category : Picture books for children
ISBN : 9780670820726
Maddie and Nick, refusing to listen to their parents' requests for them to behave, fall under a spell and become half-wild creatures until they are able to recall how nice it was to be good.
Author : Veera Hiranandani
Publisher : Yearling
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 37,94 MB
Release : 2013-02-12
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0375871675
By the author of the Newbery Honor Book The Night Diary, a thoughtful and relatable story about cultural identity, friendship, and what it means to fit in without losing who you are. After her father loses his job, Sonia Nadhamuni, half Indian and half Jewish American, finds herself yanked out of private school and thrown into the unfamiliar world of public education. For the first time, Sonia's mixed heritage makes her classmates ask questions—questions Sonia doesn't always know how to answer—as she navigates between a group of popular girls who want her to try out for the cheerleading squad and other students who aren't part of the "in" crowd. At the same time that Sonia is trying to make new friends, she's dealing with what it means to have an out-of-work parent—it's hard for her family to adjust to their changed circumstances. And then, one day, Sonia's father goes missing. Now Sonia wonders if she ever really knew him. As she begins to look for answers, she must decide what really matters and who her true friends are—and whether her two halves, no matter how different, can make her a whole. What greater praise than to be compared to Judy Blume!--"Each [Blume and Hiranandani] excels in charting the fluctuating discomfort zones of adolescent identity with affectionate humor."--Kirkus Reviews, Starred
Author : Angela Savage
Publisher : Text Publishing
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 30,2 MB
Release : 2010-08-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1921799668
Jayne Keeney is a fiesty thirty-something private investigator living in Bangkok. Hired to investigate the alleged suicide of Maryanne, a young Australian woman, Jayne immerses herself in the backstreet world of ladyboys, strippers, expats and corrupt officials. Working undercover Jayne discovers something far more sinister.
Author : Hugo Hamilton
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 49,70 MB
Release : 2011-10-04
Category : Drama
ISBN : 1408171201
Adapted for the stage from the best-selling memoir, The Speckled People tells a profoundly moving story of a young boy trapped in a language war. Set in 1950s Ireland, this is a gripping, poignant, and at times very funny family drama of homesickness, control and identity. As a young boy, Hugo Hamilton struggles with what it means to be speckled, "half and half... Irish on top and German below." An idealistic Irish father enforces his cultural crusade by forbidding his son to speak English while his German mother tries to rescue him with her warm-hearted humour and uplifting industry. The boy must free himself from his father and from bullies on the street who persecute him with taunts of Nazism. Above all he must free himself from history and from the terrible secrets of his mother and father before he can find a place where he belongs. Surrounded by fear, guilt, and frequently comic cultural entanglements, Hugo tries to understand the differences between Irish history and German history and to turn the strange logic of what he is told into truth. It is a journey that ends in liberation but not before the long-buried secrets at the back of the parents' wardrobe have been laid bare.
Author : Alexandra Lange
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 45,76 MB
Release : 2018-06-12
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 1632866374
From building blocks to city blocks, an eye-opening exploration of how children's playthings and physical surroundings affect their development. Parents obsess over their children's playdates, kindergarten curriculum, and every bump and bruise, but the toys, classrooms, playgrounds, and neighborhoods little ones engage with are just as important. These objects and spaces encode decades, even centuries of changing ideas about what makes for good child-rearing--and what does not. Do you choose wooden toys, or plastic, or, increasingly, digital? What do youngsters lose when seesaws are deemed too dangerous and slides are designed primarily for safety? How can the built environment help children cultivate self-reliance? In these debates, parents, educators, and kids themselves are often caught in the middle. Now, prominent design critic Alexandra Lange reveals the surprising histories behind the human-made elements of our children's pint-size landscape. Her fascinating investigation shows how the seemingly innocuous universe of stuff affects kids' behavior, values, and health, often in subtle ways. And she reveals how years of decisions by toymakers, architects, and urban planners have helped--and hindered--American youngsters' journeys toward independence. Seen through Lange's eyes, everything from the sandbox to the street becomes vibrant with buried meaning. The Design of Childhood will change the way you view your children's world--and your own.
Author : Asma Almansoori
Publisher : Austin Macauley Publishers
Page : 51 pages
File Size : 13,4 MB
Release : 2022-05-31
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9948817397
A half-demon, half-vampire child is born to a royal family. His birth causes a huge conflict between the humans, demons, and the vampires. A mysterious old man saves him from his parents’ killer, and the world thinks he is dead. He continues to live a normal life, trying to know more about his life and to train to become stronger. Later, he discovers children are being kidnapped and murdered. Under the guidance of the old man, he decides to awaken his powers, with the help of a smart lady, to help children across the world. Soon he realizes things are not as easy as they seem, and his life is turned upside down after being betrayed.
Author : Allie Brosh
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 36,90 MB
Release : 2013-10-29
Category : Humor
ISBN : 1451666187
#1 New York Times Bestseller “Funny and smart as hell” (Bill Gates), Allie Brosh’s Hyperbole and a Half showcases her unique voice, leaping wit, and her ability to capture complex emotions with deceptively simple illustrations. FROM THE PUBLISHER: Every time Allie Brosh posts something new on her hugely popular blog Hyperbole and a Half the internet rejoices. This full-color, beautifully illustrated edition features more than fifty percent new content, with ten never-before-seen essays and one wholly revised and expanded piece as well as classics from the website like, “The God of Cake,” “Dogs Don’t Understand Basic Concepts Like Moving,” and her astonishing, “Adventures in Depression,” and “Depression Part Two,” which have been hailed as some of the most insightful meditations on the disease ever written. Brosh’s debut marks the launch of a major new American humorist who will surely make even the biggest scrooge or snob laugh. We dare you not to. FROM THE AUTHOR: This is a book I wrote. Because I wrote it, I had to figure out what to put on the back cover to explain what it is. I tried to write a long, third-person summary that would imply how great the book is and also sound vaguely authoritative—like maybe someone who isn’t me wrote it—but I soon discovered that I’m not sneaky enough to pull it off convincingly. So I decided to just make a list of things that are in the book: Pictures Words Stories about things that happened to me Stories about things that happened to other people because of me Eight billion dollars* Stories about dogs The secret to eternal happiness* *These are lies. Perhaps I have underestimated my sneakiness!
Author : Hanya Yanagihara
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 833 pages
File Size : 38,28 MB
Release : 2016-01-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0804172706
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A stunning “portrait of the enduring grace of friendship” (NPR) about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves. A masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century. NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • MAN BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST • WINNER OF THE KIRKUS PRIZE A Little Life follows four college classmates—broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition—as they move to New York in search of fame and fortune. While their relationships, which are tinged by addiction, success, and pride, deepen over the decades, the men are held together by their devotion to the brilliant, enigmatic Jude, a man scarred by an unspeakable childhood trauma. A hymn to brotherly bonds and a masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century, Hanya Yanagihara’s stunning novel is about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves. Look for Hanya Yanagihara’s latest bestselling novel, To Paradise.
Author : University of California, Berkeley. Anthropology Department
Publisher :
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 42,47 MB
Release : 1919
Category : Anthropology
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Page : 2384 pages
File Size : 25,43 MB
Release : 1908
Category : Electronic journals
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