Author : Rien Poortvliet
Publisher : ABRAMS
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 23,10 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Illustration of books
ISBN : 9780810911260
The illustrator of "Gnomes" imaginatively captures his own heritage in a stunning visual recreation of his family, ranging from an eight-year-old cowherd in the 1600s up through the present day
Author : Robert Clark
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 34,24 MB
Release : 2000-10-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780312243142
In the tradition of Augustine's "Confessions", Robert Clark tells the story of his return to the Catholic Church through the prism of the religious history of his ancestors.
Author : Charles Ritchie
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 21,29 MB
Release : 2011-09-28
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1551996812
In this book, Charles Ritchie looks back at some of the characters that peopled his childhood and youth, in the years before his brilliant career in Canada’s diplomatic corps began. In these essays we are introduced to his uncles, Harry “Bimbash” Stewart and the dashing, doomed Charlie Stewart; to his indomitable mother; to his mad cousin Gerald; to the newspaper tycoon Lord Beaverbrook; to his college friend Billy Coster, who threw away wealth and a secure future; and to a host of others. With his usual unerring eye and elegant prose, Charles Ritchie brings them all to life again, with affection and wit.
Author : Jon Athan
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 36,2 MB
Release : 2018-03-15
Category :
ISBN : 9781986437820
After a prank lands him in serious trouble, Malcolm Hernandez, a sixteen-year-old boy, is shipped off to live with his grandparents while his mother attempts to save him from expulsion and criminal charges. Malcolm believes the stay will be easy-a vacation with milk and cookies and tales from the past. His hopes, however, are shattered when he bumps heads with his grandfather, Ronald O'Donnell-a stern, violent man with a sinister past. Ronald plans on disciplining his grandson in order to 'save' him from himself. He is not afraid of abusing him, either. He will physically, emotionally, and mentally break him. Jon Athan, the author of The Abuse of Ashley Collins, invites you to stay at grandfather's house to witness true human horror. WARNING: This book contains scenes of graphic violence, including violence towards children. This book is about abuse-emotional, physical, and mental. This book does not contain any explicit sex scenes, but it does discuss sexual abuse. This book is not intended for those easily offended or appalled.
Author : Eddie Vega
Publisher :
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 45,4 MB
Release : 2019-04-21
Category :
ISBN : 9781094723358
The poems in this first poetry book by a Cuban American writer explore a variety of contemporary and historical themes that combine to create a modern immigrant consciousness, not only immigration from nation state to nation state but also from states of culture and spirit. Beginning with poems that harken back over 40 years of lived experience in the mountains of Cuba, the hills of Galicia, Spain, and the paved streets of Brooklyn and Harlem to poems of love and loss, of life in the military and the high seas, the book grapples with the complex conflicts and tensions of identity, displacement, and autonomy while seeking beauty in all her forms. From the evocative lyricism of the delicately constructed décimas to the sprawling long lines and semantic plays of the free verse, this is a work by a poet writing in the full measure of his powers.
Author : Rumer Godden
Publisher : Random House (UK)
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 30,73 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780099254911
Keiko is not happy to be staying in her great grandfather's house while her parents are away. But she discovers that there is far more to life in the countryside than she first thought: walnut sailboats, straw snowboots, great grandfather's stories and the magic of New Year.
Author : Edward Swift
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 18,19 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780820321004
The author recounts his youth in the Big Thicket region of eastern Texas during the 1940s and 1950s, and describes the distinctive way of life in the area and some of the people that lived there.
Author : Karla Courtney
Publisher : Candlewick Press
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 33,88 MB
Release : 2022-06-07
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1536211524
"On top of a hill, where the ocean shines on all sides, sits a little yellow house. This is where Poppy lives."--Provided by publisher.
Author : Marilou Trask-Curtin
Publisher : ProStar Publications
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 15,93 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781577856320
Author : Clarence Thomas
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 36,75 MB
Release : 2021-10-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0063235927
Provocative, inspiring, and unflinchingly honest, My Grandfather's Son is the story of one of America's most remarkable and controversial leaders, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, told in his own words. Thomas speaks out, revealing the pieces of his life he holds dear, detailing the suffering and injustices he has overcome, including the polarizing Senate hearing involving a former aide, Anita Hill, and the depression and despair it created in his own life and the lives of those closest to him. In this candid and deeply moving memoir, a quintessential American tale of hardship and grit, Clarence Thomas recounts his astonishing journey for the first time.
