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A Sender of Words

Author : John Gneisenau Neihardt

Publisher : U of Nebraska Press

Page : 194 pages

File Size : 23,17 MB

Release : 2005-01-01

Category : Literary Criticism

ISBN : 9780803266476

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Author of more than thirty books of poetry, Western history, stories, fiction, biography, criticism, and Native studies, John G. Neihardt (1881?1973) was born in Illinois, taught for many years at the University of Missouri, and was named by act of legislature Poet Laureate of Nebraska and the Prairies. Neihardt was devoted to his ideals of art, spirit, humanity, and understanding. This volume brings together fourteen lifelong admirers, who each contribute a portrait or an appreciation of this American original. ø Best known for his 1932 classic Black Elk Speaks, done in collaboration with the Lakota holy man Nicholas Black Elk, Neihardt is also justly regarded as an epic poet, travel writer, newspaperman, teacher, mystic, and spokesman for the beauty of the Great Plains and the drama of ordinary and exceptional lives.



The Sender

Author : Kevin Elko

Publisher : Hachette+ORM

Page : 213 pages

File Size : 46,93 MB

Release : 2016-05-03

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1617958336

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Sometimes the right words make all the difference A few months ago he was a high school football coach. Now Charlie Cristo is a cancer patient, battling not only an aggressive disease but also years of bitterness and disappointment. Then anonymous letters start arriving from a source known only as The Sender. Lift your spirits. Work the process. Help one another. The short, wise counsel in the letters challenged Charlie Cristo to fight the disease ravaging his body and the anger threatening his soul. What will you do with The Sender's advice?



Return to Sender

Author : Julia Alvarez

Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers

Page : 267 pages

File Size : 21,96 MB

Release : 2009-01-13

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 0375891617

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After Tyler's father is injured in a tractor accident, his family hires migrant Mexican workers to help save their Vermont farm from foreclosure. Tyler isn’ t sure what to make of these workers. Are they undocumented? And what about the three daughters, particularly Mari, the oldest, who is proud of her Mexican heritage but also increasingly connected her American life. Her family lives in constant fear of being discovered by the authorities and sent back to the poverty they left behind in Mexico. Can Tyler and Mari find a way to be friends despite their differences? In a novel full of hope, but no easy answers, Julia Alvarez weaves a beautiful and timely story that will stay with readers long after they finish it.



Why Do We Cry?

Author : Fran Pintadera

Publisher : Kids Can Press Ltd

Page : 38 pages

File Size : 30,66 MB

Release : 2020-04-07

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 1525305034

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This thoughtful, poetic book uses metaphors and beautiful imagery to explore the reasons for our tears. In a soft voice, Mario asks, “Mother, why do we cry?” And his mother begins to tell him about the many reasons for our tears. We cry because our sadness is so huge it must escape from our bodies. We cry because we don’t understand the world, and our tears go in search of an answer. Most important, she tells him, we cry because we feel like crying. And, as she shows him then, sometimes we feel like crying for joy. This warm, reassuring hug of a book makes clear that everyone is allowed to cry, and that everyone does.



Sender Unknown

Author : Sallie Claire Lowenstein

Publisher :

Page : 276 pages

File Size : 28,44 MB

Release : 2003

Category : Fantasy

ISBN : 9780439857048

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Mark receives catalogs. Not just any catalogs, but the most obscure toy catalogs he has ever seen. And then on a whim he decides to order from one of them. Action figures. Maybe he should have thrown the catalogs away, because now he has his hands full- and there are no refunds and no returns.