Push Open the Window
Push Open the Window

Author: Qingping Wang

Publisher:

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781556593307

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A poetic and powerful cultural exchange between the world's superpowers.

Author:

Publisher: Delene Kvasnicka

Published:

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13:

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Progressive Push-Me-Ups
Progressive Push-Me-Ups

Author: Hy Stones

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2023-09-28

Total Pages: 227

ISBN-13: 1666785822

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The stories in Progressive Push-Me-Ups, even the personal pieces, entertain, stimulate, and ask for more. As you enter the world of each tale, or the lived experience of others, you live vicariously in new situations. In this way you, even as a seasoned story reader, still expand your boundaries. Whether in work/study in secondary and post-secondary schools, or striving as achieving graduates, these Push-Me-Ups lead you from one environment to another, building momentum, leaving the tedium of the day, and coming into diversions that other, even imaginary, people offer. These shorts have the potential to make you smile, laugh, weep, and carry on.

A Bridge Home
A Bridge Home

Author: Mona Alvarado Frazier

Publisher: Arte Público Press

Published:

Total Pages: 298

ISBN-13: 1518508081

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Jacqueline Bravo can’t understand why she’s being called to the principal’s office and is shocked to learn her mother hasn’t paid her tuition at St. Bernadette High School in three months! Now Sister Mary Grace is threatening to kick her out and even recommends a vocational school until she gets married. Finances have been tight ever since Jacqui’s father was killed in Vietnam. She is determined to win the alumni scholarship to UCLA, and there’s no way she will transfer to a public or vocational school in her senior year—never mind get married! But she doesn’t want her younger siblings to have to leave St. Patrick’s either; her sister is already hanging out with unsavory boys and Jacqui knows it would only get worse at the local school. So, she starts looking for a way to earn money and help make ends meet. Without telling her mom, Jacqui gets a job at a local restaurant. She struggles to manage school and work, volunteering with an organization fighting to improve the barrio and new friendships, including with a boy she has had a crush on forever. When the police come to the restaurant looking for a former waitress who is now missing, Jacqui gets pulled into the mysterious goings-on. Why does the owner want her to cross the border into Mexico to buy supplies? Is what people say about drugs being sold there true? Introducing teens to the struggles of women and Mexican Americans for equal rights in the 1970s, this appealing novel deals with death and grief, relationships among family and friends and the importance of believing in your community—and yourself!

Dead Push
Dead Push

Author: Tim O'Rourke

Publisher: Tim ORourke

Published:

Total Pages: 231

ISBN-13:

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"Tim O'Rourke is KILLING ME with these books! Seriously, I'm skating the edge of completely mental at this point.... oh, but what a way to go!!" Jenn - Book Betties Reviews! The dead roam the underground railway station, their decaying bodies moving with a purpose as they await their journey to the afterlife. But one among them is different - Potter. He can't remember how he died or why he's stuck in this purgatory. As he navigates through the eerie stations and interacts with other restless spirits, he uncovers dark secrets and learns that there may be more to this underworld than meets the eye. But as he delves deeper into the mysteries, he realizes that he may not be just another dead soul - he may be something much more sinister... Descend into the haunting world of the undead as Potter races against time to uncover the truth about his death and escape the clutches of this cursed realm before it consumes him completely. 'Dead Push' (Kiera Hudson Vampire Detective Series Two) Book 8 Search Terms: vampire, romance, werewolf, fantasy, horror, mystery, new adult & college romance, occult, urban, young adult fantasy, paranormal, paranormal romance, fantasy witches, shapeshifter wolf romance, dystopian, superhero fantasy ebooks, demon, werewolf romance, angels, vampire romance, young adult paranormal, paranormal new adult romance, shade of, werewolf romance, vampires, diaries, demons and devils, shapeshifter wolf romance, academy, twilight, horror, angels, saga, new adult fantasy romance, journals, coming of age, new adult, young adult, gothic, shifter, lycan, vampire books, vampire romance books, vampire and werewolf books, werewolf books, fantasy books, coming of age fantasy, genetic engineering, science fiction, mash ups, bad girlfriend, vampire girl, vampire vengeance, anti-heroes, vengeance, science fiction, science fiction books vampire, supernatural, strong female lead fantasy, strong female characters, strong female vampire, vampire romance, young adult paranormal, paranormal new

Land of the Tuk-Tuk
Land of the Tuk-Tuk

Author: Henry Pelifian

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2012-02-24

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13: 1468532758

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The novel is a story of love, corruption, greed and American ethnocentrism abroad. The novel is based on major events in Iran and Thailand: the impending revolution in Iran and the influx of hundreds of thousands of Indochinese refugees in Thailand. The first chapter is set in Isfahan, Iran where Jack Dakasian is working as a civilian instructor in a training program for Iranian military personnel learning to pilot and maintain U.S. made helicopters. Jack witnesses the conduct of Americans in Iran amidst the social turmoil in the country and returns to Thailand with an emerging love for Amara, a university instructor in Bangkok, Thailand. When Jack arrives in Thailand he becomes involved in a worthy cause, assisting refugees fleeing Cambodia. He is a field officer for the U.S. Refugee Program helping Cambodian refugees enter the United States. Jack soon discovers with the help of his former students that there is corruption in United Nations contracts for food, shelter and transportation in the massive refugee effort that involves officials of the World Food Programme and the U.S. Embassy . Events lead Jack to an ever widening circle of corruption that includes tourist development.