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Here at the End of the World We Learn to Dance

Author : Lloyd Jones

Publisher : Vintage Canada

Page : 261 pages

File Size : 47,72 MB

Release : 2010-10-29

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0307369684

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Available in Canada for the first time from the author of Mister Pip The two intertwined love stories in this brilliant novel take the reader from New Zealand to Buenos Aires to Sydney, from the final days of WWI, to the present moment, and back again. Drawing on the intimate rhythms of the tango to find its shape, Jones has written a thrilling and sensuous essay on how we can fall in love, while brilliantly evoking the spare and windswept landscapes of New Zealand’s South Island and the stately sensuous contours of one of the world’s most famous dances.



Here at the End of the World We Learn to Dance

Author : Lloyd Jones

Publisher : Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited

Page : 212 pages

File Size : 20,11 MB

Release : 2002-08-26

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1742288294

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'If you haven t fallen in love by the end of the dance you haven t danced the tango.' So says Rosa, fiery Argentinean restaurateur, to her 19-year-old kitchenhand and bumbling dance partner Lionel. As a story of the most captivating nature unravels, their unlikely union on the dance floor develops into a bond of love and obsession – fierce and all encompassing, and so it mirrors the dance. As they dance, Rosa tells Lionel the story of her grandfather Paul Schmidt and his lover Louise. A secret love that spanned decades; from their time during the First World War hiding out in a cave on New Zealand's West Coast – to Buenos Aires, where they continue their affair, dancing the tango endlessly in her barren room. The language is beautifully crafted, the imagery strikes straight to the heart. And while the old story is being told we become aware of the uncanny parallel with the present: between Schmidt's granddaughter Rosa and Lionel the dishwasher. This is Jones at his finest. Also available as an eBook



She Reads Truth

Author : Raechel Myers

Publisher : B&H Publishing Group

Page : 186 pages

File Size : 22,55 MB

Release : 2016-10-04

Category : Religion

ISBN : 1433688980

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Born out of the experiences of hundreds of thousands of women who Raechel and Amanda have walked alongside as they walk with the Lord, She Reads Truth is the message that will help you understand the place of God's Word in your life.



A Time to Dance

Author : Padma Venkatraman

Publisher : Penguin

Page : 320 pages

File Size : 29,39 MB

Release : 2014-05-01

Category : Young Adult Fiction

ISBN : 0698158261

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Padma Venkatraman’s inspiring story of a young girl’s struggle to regain her passion and find a new peace is told lyrically through verse that captures the beauty and mystery of India and the ancient bharatanatyam dance form. This is a stunning novel about spiritual awakening, the power of art, and above all, the courage and resilience of the human spirit. Veda, a classical dance prodigy in India, lives and breathes dance—so when an accident leaves her a below-knee amputee, her dreams are shattered. For a girl who’s grown used to receiving applause for her dance prowess and flexibility, adjusting to a prosthetic leg is painful and humbling. But Veda refuses to let her disability rob her of her dreams, and she starts all over again, taking beginner classes with the youngest dancers. Then Veda meets Govinda, a young man who approaches dance as a spiritual pursuit. As their relationship deepens, Veda reconnects with the world around her, and begins to discover who she is and what dance truly means to her.



Contemporary Authors

Author : Lisa Kumar

Publisher : Contemporary Authors

Page : 472 pages

File Size : 18,26 MB

Release : 2004-04

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 9780787666996

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A biographical and bibliographical guide to current writers in all fields including poetry, fiction and nonfiction, journalism, drama, television and movies. Information is provided by the authors themselves or drawn from published interviews, feature stories, book reviews and other materials provided by the authors/publishers.



The Journal of Commonwealth Literature

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Page : 694 pages

File Size : 26,99 MB

Release : 2003

Category : Commonwealth literature (English)

ISBN :

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One number each year includes Annual bibliography of Commonwealth literature.



The Last Lecture

Author : Randy Pausch

Publisher :

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 17,58 MB

Release : 2010

Category : Cancer

ISBN : 9780340978504

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Book Description

The author, a computer science professor diagnosed with terminal cancer, explores his life, the lessons that he has learned, how he has worked to achieve his childhood dreams, and the effect of his diagnosis on him and his family.



The Atlantic Monthly

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Page : 586 pages

File Size : 12,71 MB

Release : 2008

Category : American essays

ISBN :

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The Long Forgetting

Author : Patrick Evans

Publisher :

Page : 282 pages

File Size : 46,3 MB

Release : 2007

Category : Literary Criticism

ISBN :

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The Long Forgetting is the first book-length study of New Zealand's post-colonial literary culture. Beginning with a survey of the wrenching economic, social, and cultural changes that have occurred since 1970 - including Maori protest, the anti-tour protests of 1981, Rogernomics, Ruthanasia, the 'fiscal envelope' and the America's Cup win - it then moves back to the nineteenth century and the formation of Europeans' relationship with Maori. Subsequent chapters survey recent critics' work in breaking up the myth of male-dominated cultural nationalism that occupied much of the mid-twentieth century, and, returning to the years since 1970, show the rise of new writing by women, gays and Maori. A final chapter treats the 'Generation X' phenomenon, Maori writers' struggle with official biculturalism, and the rise of a distinctive, New Zealand-based Pasifika writing.