Author : Sheeza Sarfraz
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 36,36 MB
Release : 2021-08-10
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 145974943X
The ninth incisive issue of a digital literary journal born out of self-isolation. During this trying time, the journal aims to lift spirits and engage minds with stimulating poetry, works of fiction, and art, while also publishing opinion pieces, personal essays, and cultural commentary.
Author : Sheeza Sarfraz
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 107 pages
File Size : 26,83 MB
Release : 2021-08-10
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 1459749448
The ninth issue of a digital journal created to alleviate the malaise of social distancing with exceptional writing and artwork. The Quarantine Review celebrates literature and art, connecting readers through reflections on the human condition — our lived experiences, afflictions, and dreams. As we face a pandemic with profound implications, the essays within offer a variety of perspectives on the current predicament, encouraging readers to reflect on the world we knew before and contemplate how society can be reshaped once we emerge. Through The Quarantine Review, Dupuis and Sarfraz hope to give voice to the swirling emotions inside each of us during this unprecedented moment, to create a circuit of empathy between the reader, the work itself, and the wider world beyond the walls of our homes. This issue includes writing from Jowita Bydlowska, Yuan Changming, Teresa Douglas, Hollay Ghadery, Eleni Gouliaras, Vera Hadzic, Kevin Heslop, Carol Lipszyc, Monty Reid, Deryck N. Robertson, Lynn Tait, Myna Wallin, Matthew Walsh, and Katie Welch, with art by Shannon Kennedy.
Author : SHEEZA SARFRAZ AND J. J. DUPUIS
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 20,55 MB
Release : 2023
Category :
ISBN : 9781038727312
Author : Katie Cicatelli-Kuc
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 35,64 MB
Release : 2019-03-26
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 1338232932
Love can be contagious in this infectiously fun romance by debut author Katie Cicatelli-Kuc. Oliver wants a girlfriend, and there's a girl back home who might be interested in him. The problem is, he has to spend his spring break on a volunteer trip in the Dominican Republic. Flora, on the other hand, isn't really looking for a boyfriend. She just wants to end a miserable spring break visiting her dad and her new stepmom in the D.R.The solution to both their problems? Get back home to New York ASAP. Sadly, they won't be getting there anytime soon. Their hopes are dashed when Flora's impulsiveness lands them in quarantine -- just the two of them. Now, the two teens must come together in order to survive life in a bubble for 30 days. In that time, love will bloom. But is it the real thing, or just a placebo effect? In her debut novel, Katie Cicatelli-Kuc delivers an introspective and witty story about finding love in the most unexpected place.
Author : Fernando Pessoa
Publisher : New Directions Publishing
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 31,95 MB
Release : 2017-08-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0811226948
For the first time—and in the best translation ever—the complete Book of Disquiet, a masterpiece beyond comparison The Book of Disquiet is the Portuguese modernist master Fernando Pessoa’s greatest literary achievement. An “autobiography” or “diary” containing exquisite melancholy observations, aphorisms, and ruminations, this classic work grapples with all the eternal questions. Now, for the first time the texts are presented chronologically, in a complete English edition by master translator Margaret Jull Costa. Most of the texts in The Book of Disquiet are written under the semi-heteronym Bernardo Soares, an assistant bookkeeper. This existential masterpiece was first published in Portuguese in 1982, forty-seven years after Pessoa’s death. A monumental literary event, this exciting, new, complete edition spans Fernando Pessoa’s entire writing life.
Author : Thom S. Rainer
Publisher : Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Page : 127 pages
File Size : 18,11 MB
Release : 2020-09-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1496452771
A trustworthy and respected guide for pastors and church leadership in the post-quarantine world, providing hope and vision for the future of your congregation. From thousands of surveys of church leaders and in-person consultations, Thom Rainer and his Church Answers team have gathered the essential wisdom you will need to face the challenges and opportunities that the quarantine crisis creates for the local church, including: New and better ways to lead the gathered church A wide-open door for growing the digital church A moment to rethink the facilities New strategies for church growth . . . and much more! This book is, in effect, your personal church consultant, helping you plan and prepare for the future. In the midst of heartbreak, tragedy, and struggle due to Covid-19, here’s hope, wisdom, encouragement and vision. This book is valuable for those looking for local church and pastor resources to enhance church leadership, grow your church, and serve digital and online church communities in the post-quarantine world. As a former pastor and founder of Church Answers, Thom S. Rainer is intimately familiar with the ever-present demands that pastors face. He has spent a lifetime committed to the growth and health of the local church.
Author : Mike Mignola
Publisher : Dark Horse Comics
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 16,57 MB
Release : 2021-03-16
Category : Art
ISBN : 1506724272
During the coronavirus quarantine, legendary Hellboy creator Mike Mignola posted original pencil sketches online and auctioned off the art to raise money for José Andres' World Central Kitchen. The sketches went viral and were the talk of the comics internet. Now those sketches are published in print for the first time, with all profits going to the World Central Kitchen. This new, oversized hardcover collection is a must have for Mignola readers and art fans alike. The book features an introduction by Christine Mignola, alongside sketches of Hellboy, beloved and unexpected pop culture characters, macabre chess pieces, gothic vegetable creatures, strange vampires, and more.
Author : Lex Thomas
Publisher : Carolrhoda Lab ®
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 14,27 MB
Release : 2012-08-01
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 1606843303
It was just another ordinary day at McKinley High—until a massive explosion devastated the school. When loner David Thorpe tried to help his English teacher to safety, the teacher convulsed and died right in front of him. And that was just the beginning. A year later, McKinley has descended into chaos. All the students are infected with a virus that makes them deadly to adults. The school is under military quarantine. The teachers are gone. Violent gangs have formed based on high school social cliques. Without a gang, you're as good as dead. And David has no gang. It's just him and his little brother, Will, against the whole school. In this frighteningly dark and captivating novel, Lex Thomas locks readers inside a school where kids don't fight to be popular, they fight to stay alive.
Author : Lex Thomas
Publisher : Carolrhoda Lab& 8482
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 30,64 MB
Release : 2014-07-08
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1606845403
The world inside an infected Colorado high school quarantined by the government takes a startling turn for the worse when a new gang enters the school and starts gaining power.
Author : JEFFREY DUPUIS AND SHEEZA. SARFRAZ
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 36,73 MB
Release : 2020
Category :
ISBN : 9780369348012
