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The Bear

Author : Andrew Krivak

Publisher : Bellevue Literary Press

Page : pages

File Size : 22,78 MB

Release : 2020-02-11

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1942658710

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From National Book Award in Fiction finalist Andrew Krivak comes a gorgeous fable of Earth’s last two human inhabitants, and a girl’s journey home In an Edenic future, a girl and her father live close to the land in the shadow of a lone mountain. They possess a few remnants of civilization: some books, a pane of glass, a set of flint and steel, a comb. The father teaches the girl how to fish and hunt, the secrets of the seasons and the stars. He is preparing her for an adulthood in harmony with nature, for they are the last of humankind. But when the girl finds herself alone in an unknown landscape, it is a bear that will lead her back home through a vast wilderness that offers the greatest lessons of all, if she can only learn to listen. A cautionary tale of human fragility, of love and loss, The Bear is a stunning tribute to the beauty of nature’s dominion. Andrew Krivak is the author of two previous novels: The Signal Flame, a Chautauqua Prize finalist, and The Sojourn, a National Book Award finalist and winner of both the Chautauqua Prize and Dayton Literary Peace Prize. He lives with his wife and three children in Somerville, Massachusetts, and Jaffrey, New Hampshire, in the shadow of Mount Monadnock, which inspired much of the landscape in The Bear.



The Bear and His Sons

Author : James M. Taggart

Publisher : University of Texas Press

Page : 364 pages

File Size : 49,60 MB

Release : 2010-07-05

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 0292786948

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All the world over, people tell stories to express their deepest feelings about such things as what makes a "real" man or woman; what true love, courage, or any other virtue is; what the proper relationships are between people. Often groups of people widely separated by space or time will tell the same basic story, but with differences in the details that reveal much about a particular group's worldview. This book looks at differences in the telling of several common Hispanic folktales. James Taggart contrasts how two men—a Spaniard and an Aztec-speaking Mexican—tell such tales as "The Bear's Son." He explores how their stories present different ways of being a man in their respective cultures. Taggart's analysis contributes to a revision of Freud's theory of gender, which was heavily grounded in biological determinism. Taggart focuses instead on how fathers reproduce different forms of masculinity in their sons. In particular, he shows how fathers who care for their infant sons teach them a relational masculinity based on a connected view of human relationships. Thus, The Bear and His Sons will be important reading not only in anthropology and folklore, but also in the growing field of men's studies.



Wojtek

Author : Alan Pollock Alan

Publisher :

Page : 32 pages

File Size : 27,69 MB

Release : 2019-05

Category :

ISBN : 9781910646410

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The Bear in My Family

Author : Maya Tatsukawa

Publisher : Penguin

Page : 33 pages

File Size : 24,74 MB

Release : 2020-03-10

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 052555582X

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An overbearing older sibling can really be a bear, but the child in this understated, gently humorous story finds out that they can have their advantages, too. "I live with a bear," the story's young narrator declares. The bear is loud, messy, uncouth, and very strong (too strong!). For some reason, his parents treat the bear like family, despite his protests. Why can't they see? Then he runs into some bullies on the playground. When the bear ROOAARS with all her might and scares them away, he realizes that there are advantages to having a bear in the family. In a delightful twist, the narrator's older sister (the bear) appears, telling him that she is NOT a bear. But if she is, HE is too--because two bears are even better than one!



It's the Bear!

Author : Jez Alborough

Publisher :

Page : 32 pages

File Size : 42,17 MB

Release : 2004

Category : Animals

ISBN : 9781844287932

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Eddy doesn't want to go to the woods for a picnic with Mum. He's scared that the huge hungry bear who lives there will make a picnic out of him



A Bear and His Boy

Author : Sean Bryan

Publisher : Skyhorse Publishing Inc.

Page : 36 pages

File Size : 28,37 MB

Release : 2011-06-07

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 1611450276

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One morning, Mack the bear wakes up with Zack the boy on his back, but as Mack tries to complete a schedule that is "jam-packed," Zack suggests that he relax and take a second to smell the lilacs.



The Bear's Song

Author : Benjamin Chaud

Publisher : Chronicle Books

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 18,85 MB

Release : 2013-09-17

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 9781452114248

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New York Times Notable Children's Book "Sweet" has new meaning in this richly illustrated, immersive picture book about two bears on a big-city adventure. Papa Bear is searching for Little Bear, who has escaped the den. Little Bear is following a bee, because where there are bees, there is honey! When the quest leads both bears into the bustling city and a humming opera house, theatrical hijinks ensue, culminating in a deliciously harmonious reunion. Children and parents alike will savor Benjamin Chaud's lush illustrations, and relish in the book's bonus seek-and-find elements. Looking for more Papa Bear and Little Bear? Check out Bear's Sea Escape!



The Bear in the Book

Author : Kate Banks

Publisher : Macmillan

Page : 46 pages

File Size : 12,87 MB

Release : 2012-10-16

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 0374305919

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At the end of the day a little boy falls asleep as his mama reads about a bear hibernating. Full color.



Your God is Too Glorious

Author : Chad Bird

Publisher : New Reformation Publications

Page : 193 pages

File Size : 35,41 MB

Release : 2023-11-14

Category : Religion

ISBN : 1948969815

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Most of us are regular people who have good days and bad days. Our lives are radically ordinary and unexciting. That means they're the kind of lives God gets excited about. While the world worships beauty and power and wealth, God hides his glory in the simple, the mundane, the foolish, working in unawesome people, things, and places.In our day of celebrity worship and online posturing, this is a refreshing, even transformative way of understanding God and our place in his creation. It urges us to treasure a life of simplicity, to love those whom the world passes by, to work for God's glory rather than our own. And it demonstrates that God has always been the Lord of the cross--a Savior who hides his grace in unattractive, inglorious places.Your God Is Too Glorious reminds readers that while a quiet life may look unimpressive to the world, it's the regular, everyday people that God tends to use to do his most important work.



The Polar Bear Son

Author : Lydia Dabcovich

Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Page : 43 pages

File Size : 48,70 MB

Release : 1999-03-29

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 0547531451

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A lonely old woman adopts, cares for, and raises a polar bear as if he were her own son, until jealous villagers threaten the bear's life, forcing him to leave his home and his "mother," in a retelling of a traditional Inuit folktale.