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Ninety-Two in the Shade

Author : Thomas McGuane

Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Page : 198 pages

File Size : 21,58 MB

Release : 2015-03-31

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 146685829X

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Tiring of the company of junkies and burn-outs, Thomas Skelton goes home to Key West to take up a more wholesome life. But things fester in America's utter South. And Skelton's plans to become a skiff guide in the shining blue subtropical waters place him on a collision course with Nichol Dance, who has risen to the crest of the profession by dint of infallible instincts and a reputation for homicide. Out of their deadly rivalry, Thomas McGuane has constructed a novel with the impetus of a thriller and the heartbroken humor that is his distinct contribution to American prose. "Full of surprises and rewards and an exhilaration one feels only rarely." Newsweek on Ninety-Two in the Shade.



Shade

Author : Pete Souza

Publisher : Little, Brown

Page : 243 pages

File Size : 13,20 MB

Release : 2018-10-16

Category : Photography

ISBN : 0316421839

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From Pete Souza, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Obama: An Intimate Portrait, comes a potent commentary on the Presidency -- and our country. As Chief Official White House Photographer, Pete Souza spent more time alongside President Barack Obama than almost anyone else. His years photographing the President gave him an intimate behind-the-scenes view of the unique gravity of the Office of the Presidency -- and the tremendous responsibility that comes with it. Now, as a concerned citizen observing the Trump administration, he is standing up and speaking out. Shade is a portrait in Presidential contrasts, telling the tale of the Obama and Trump administrations through a series of visual juxtapositions. Here, more than one hundred of Souza's unforgettable images of President Obama deliver new power and meaning when framed by the tweets, news headlines, and quotes that defined the first 500 days of the Trump White House. What began with Souza's Instagram posts soon after President Trump's inauguration in January 2017 has become a potent commentary on the state of the Presidency, and our country. Some call this "throwing shade." Souza calls it telling the truth. In Shade, Souza's photographs are more than a rejoinder to the chaos, abuses of power, and destructive policies that now define our nation's highest office. They are a reminder of a President we could believe in, and a courageous defense of American values.



The Shade of the Moon

Author : Susan Beth Pfeffer

Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Page : 309 pages

File Size : 24,71 MB

Release : 2013

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 0547813376

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In this eagerly awaited addition to the dystopian series begun with New York Times best-seller Life As We Knew It, Jon Evans is one of the lucky ones--until he realizes that escaping his safe haven may be the only way to truly survive.



In the Shade of the Níspero Tree

Author : Carmen T. Bernier-Grand

Publisher : Orchard Books (NY)

Page : 186 pages

File Size : 39,14 MB

Release : 1999

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 9780531331545

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Because her mother wants her to be part of the world of high society in their native Puerto Rico, nine-year-old Teresa attends a private school but loses her best friend.



The Paper Shade Book

Author : Maryellen Driscoll

Publisher : Quarry Books

Page : 134 pages

File Size : 33,46 MB

Release : 2001

Category :

ISBN : 9781610594752

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Fifteen stylish lighting projects are presented in 100+ photos, step-by-step instructions, templates patterns, tips & techniques.



Under the Shade of Thipaak

Author : Michael D. Carrasco

Publisher : University Press of Florida

Page : 375 pages

File Size : 24,52 MB

Release : 2022-08-30

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 0813070171

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Society for Ethnobotany Daniel F. Austin Award The important cultural role of an ancient, endangered plant Under the Shade of Thipaak is the first book to explore the cultural role of cycads, plants that evolved over 250 million years ago and are now critically endangered, in the ancient and modern Mesoamerican and Caribbean worlds. This volume demonstrates how these ancient plants have figured prominently in regional mythologies, rituals, art, and foodways from the Pleistocene-Holocene transition to the present. Contributors discuss the importance of cycads from a variety of disciplinary perspectives, including biology and population genetics, historical ecology, archaeology, art history, linguistics, and conservation and sustainability. Chapters pay special attention to the enduring conceptual relationships between cycads and maize. This book demonstrates how a close examination of cycad-human relationships can motivate conservation of these threatened plants in ways that engage local communities, as well as promote the significance of ancient and modern practices that unite nature and culture. Contributors: Francisco Barona-Gómez | Emanuel Bojorquez Quintal | Mark A. Bonta | Edder Daniel Bustos-Díaz | Dánae Cabrera-Toledo | Michael Calonje | Michael D. Carrasco | Angélica Cibrián-Jaramillo | Joshua D. Englehardt | Jorge González-Astorga | Naishla M. Gutiérrez-Arroyo | José Saíd Gutiérrez-Ortega | Thomas Hart | Jaime R. Pagán-Jiménez | Francisco Pérez-Zavala | Luis Rojas Abarca | Esteban Sánchez Rodríguez | Dennis William Stevenson | Amber M. VanDerwarker | Luis R. Velázquez Maldonado | Andrew P. Vovides



Casting Deep Shade

Author : C. D. Wright

Publisher :

Page : 259 pages

File Size : 39,40 MB

Release : 2019

Category : Poetry

ISBN : 9781556595486

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In the face of loss--past, present, and future--C.D. Wright's final work demonstrates the power of words to conserve, preserve, and witness.



The Night and Its Moon

Author : Piper CJ

Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.

Page : 441 pages

File Size : 44,84 MB

Release : 2022-09-20

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1728270693

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An addictive fantasy romance from TikTok sensation Piper CJ, now newly revised and edited. Two orphans grow into powerful young women as they face countless threats to find their way back to each other. Farleigh is just an orphanage. At least, that's what the church would have the people believe, but beautiful orphans Nox and fae-touched Amaris know better. They are commodities for sale, available for purchase by the highest bidder. So when the madame of a notorious brothel in a far-off city offers a king's ransom to purchase Amaris, Nox ends up taking her place — while Amaris is drawn away to the mountains, home of mysterious assassins. Even as they take up new lives and identities, Nox and Amaris never forget one thing: they will stop at nothing to reunite. But the threat of war looms overhead, and the two are inevitably swept into a conflict between human and fae, magic and mundane. With strange new alliances, untested powers, and a bond that neither time nor distance could possibly break, the fate of the realms lies in the hands of two orphans — and the love they hold for each other.



Requiem for the Devil

Author : Jeri Smith-Ready

Publisher : Grand Central Publishing

Page : 539 pages

File Size : 18,37 MB

Release : 2001-04-15

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0759523029

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Set in modern-day Washington, D.C., Requiem for the Devil depicts the end of the Devil's ten-billion-year career. For the first time in his existence, Lucifer falls in love, and this event threatens to transform his identity and perhaps even his destiny. Gianna O'Keefe is the woman who drags him out of his ancient despair and points him toward possible salvation. Yet Lucifer's path from evil is neither straight nor smooth. Pursuing love means betraying his fellow fallen angels, the loyal friends who once followed him to damnation. Divine and infernal forces seem to conspire against his and Gianna's union. Lucifer's empire crumbles around him as he dares to defy the natural order and question his fate.



The Shades

Author : Betty Brock

Publisher : Orion

Page : 128 pages

File Size : 47,37 MB

Release : 1973

Category : Children's stories

ISBN : 9780575015654

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Hollis is scared when he first comes to stay with Emily Peters. Then he discovers the magic of the dolphin fountain and meets the Shades, the shadows of all the people who have ever visited the garden.