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Author : Jimmy Santiago Baca
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 20,32 MB
Release : 2010-09-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0802198929

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“[A] blistering novel” of family, loyalty, ambition, and revenge that offers an intimate look into the tragedies unfurling at the US-Mexico border (Publishers Weekly). The promise of a new beginning brings Casimiro and Nopal together when they are young immigrants, having made the nearly deadly journey across the border from Mexico. They settle into a life of long days in the chili fields, and in a few years their happy union yields two sons, Lorenzo and Vito. But when Nopal is brutally murdered, the boys are left to navigate life in this brave but capricious new world without her. A Glass of Water is a searing, heartfelt tribute to brotherhood, and an arresting portrait of the twisted paths people take to claim their piece of the American dream. The first novel from award-winning memoirist, poet, and activist, Jimmy Santiago Baca, it is a passionate and galvanizing addition to Chicano literature. “The sheer passion that drives Baca’s novel is undeniable.” —Publishers Weekly “[With] image-rich writing . . . A Glass of Water adds another strong voice to the growing body of literature on immigration and migrant farmworkers . . . . Baca should be commended for tackling injustice in his fiction.” —High Country News “A well-written and at times lyrical saga told with understanding and compassion.” —Library Journal

Author : Angie Cruz
Publisher : Flatiron Books
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 16,39 MB
Release : 2022-09-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1250208440

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A NEW YORK TIMES EDITOR'S CHOICE · A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW NOTABLE BOOK · REVIEWED ON THE FRONT COVER From GMA BOOK CLUB PICK and WOMEN'S PRIZE FINALIST Angie Cruz, author of Dominicana, an electrifying new novel about a woman who has lost everything but the chance to finally tell her story “Will have you LAUGHING line after line...Cruz AIMS FOR THE HEART, and fires.” —Los Angeles Times "An endearing portrait of a FIERCE, FUNNY woman." —The Washington Post Cara Romero thought she would work at the factory of little lamps for the rest of her life. But when, in her mid-50s, she loses her job in the Great Recession, she is forced back into the job market for the first time in decades. Set up with a job counselor, Cara instead begins to narrate the story of her life. Over the course of twelve sessions, Cara recounts her tempestuous love affairs, her alternately biting and loving relationships with her neighbor Lulu and her sister Angela, her struggles with debt, gentrification and loss, and, eventually, what really happened between her and her estranged son, Fernando. As Cara confronts her darkest secrets and regrets, we see a woman buffeted by life but still full of fight. Structurally inventive and emotionally kaleidoscopic, How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water is Angie Cruz’s most ambitious and moving novel yet, and Cara is a heroine for the ages.

Author : Anna Claybourne
Publisher : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 16,77 MB
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781433900419

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An innovative series with engaging sidebars, colorful photography, and labeled diagrams uses familiar, everyday objects to present science concepts such as sound, motion, states of matter, and other science curriculum topics.

Author : Andy Elmes
Publisher : Createspace Independent Pub
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 27,77 MB
Release : 2013-02-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781482351316

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A challenging book, written by a Church leader for the Church leader and his team. This powerfully honest book has been written to provoke better communication concerning what the leader actually needs from his team to lead like God has called him to lead. Are you a "mighty man" to your leader? Do you want to know how to be one and what the biblical hallmarks for one are? In this incisive book Pastor Andy Elmes will take you on a journey into your leaders world, helping you to understand and gain a new awareness concerning what your leaders face on a daily basis, challenging every leader to step up to a new level for the sake of the Kingdom. It's time to stop pastors quitting, it's time to start talking about the things we need to talk about. Let the talking begin....

Author : Abi Curtis
Publisher :
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 42,88 MB
Release : 2017-11-30
Category : English fiction
ISBN : 9780995465756

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In the lower depths of a massive submarine, ship's zoologist Nerissa Crane takes an ultrasound of a heavily pregnant Asian elephant. The elephant conceived off-ship but, it transpires, was forced on board - along with Nerissa and a hastily assembled collection of humans and animals - by an apocalyptic environmental disaster that has flooded the earth. Nerissa is calm and solitary in her work and in navigating the trauma of her husband's presumed death in the floods; but when oneof her animal charges escapes, she is reluctantly forced to enter the ship's thrown-together communal world where she uncovers a shocking conspiracy that causes her to question who and what she is.

Author : Odessa Rose
Publisher : La Caille Nous
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 30,85 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780964763579

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Talented sculptress Tonya Mimms puts her artwork before everything, including her thirst for love. One drizzly morning she meets handsome accountant Malcolm Holland and beautiful bookstore owner Satin Pierce, and Tonya becomes the centerpiece of an erotic love triangle.

Author : Oba Olff
Publisher :
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 29,57 MB
Release : 2019-05-03
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780578512211

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This groundbreaking book explores the importance of Spiritualism especially for African Americans. As you read, you will gain a greater understanding of the foundations of Spiritualism and how to cultivate your spiritual court. Most importantly, this book dispels the boggy-isms improperly associated with every day cultural nuances practiced by African Americans.

Author : Pascal Richet
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 1568 pages
File Size : 42,77 MB
Release : 2021-02-05
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1118799399

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This Encyclopedia begins with an introduction summarizing itsscope and content. Glassmaking; Structure of Glass, GlassPhysics,Transport Properties, Chemistry of Glass, Glass and Light,Inorganic Glass Families, Organic Glasses, Glass and theEnvironment, Historical and Economical Aspect of Glassmaking,History of Glass, Glass and Art, and outlinepossible newdevelopments and uses as presented by the best known people in thefield (C.A. Angell, for example). Sections and chapters arearranged in a logical order to ensure overall consistency and avoiduseless repetitions. All sections are introduced by a briefintroduction and attractive illustration. Newly investigatedtopics will be addresses, with the goal of ensuring that thisEncyclopedia remains a reference work for years to come.

Author : Tony Matelli
Publisher : Walther Konig Verlag
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 19,53 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Installations (Art)
ISBN : 9783863350345

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Glass of Water provides an overview of Tony Matelli's sculpture of the past ten years, from his extraordinary (and sometimes scary) hyperrealistic sculptures of monkeys in combat and maimed humans to precarious stacks of cards and beer cans, or simpler works such as the titular piece, a comedic-sculptural expression of optimism.