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Author: Elizabeth Spurr
Publisher: Hyperion
Published: 1997-10-01
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780786812028
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMother's long, long letter brings Aunt Hetta surprise and adventure, as the loose pages bury her house and keep her warm during the winter.
Author: Mariama Bâ
Publisher: Waveland Press
Published: 2012-05-06
Total Pages: 113
ISBN-13: 1478611235
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWritten by award-winning African novelist Mariama Bâ and translated from the original French, So Long a Letter has been recognized as one of Africa’s 100 Best Books of the 20th Century. The brief narrative, written as an extended letter, is a sequence of reminiscences —some wistful, some bitter—recounted by recently widowed Senegalese schoolteacher Ramatoulaye Fall. Addressed to a lifelong friend, Aissatou, it is a record of Ramatoulaye’s emotional struggle for survival after her husband betrayed their marriage by taking a second wife. This semi-autobiographical account is a perceptive testimony to the plight of educated and articulate Muslim women. Angered by the traditions that allow polygyny, they inhabit a social milieu dominated by attitudes and values that deny them status equal to men. Ramatoulaye hopes for a world where the best of old customs and new freedom can be combined. Considered a classic of contemporary African women’s literature, So Long a Letter is a must-read for anyone interested in African literature and the passage from colonialism to modernism in a Muslim country. Winner of the prestigious Noma Award for Publishing in Africa.
Author: Peter Handke
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 1974
Total Pages: 181
ISBN-13: 0374263183
DOWNLOAD EBOOKShort Letter, Long Farewell is one the most inventive and exhilarating of the great Peter Handke's novels. Full of seedy noir atmospherics and boasting an air of generalized delirium, the book starts by introducing us to a nameless young German who has just arrived in America, where he hopes to get over the collapse of his marriage. No sooner has he arrived, however, than he discovers that his ex-wife is pursuing him. He flees, she follows, and soon the couple is running circles around each other across the length of America---from Philadelphia to St. Louis to the Arizona desert, and from Portland, Oregon, to L.A. Is it love or vengeance that they want from each other? Everything's spectacularly unclear in a book that is travelogue, suspense story, domestic comedy, and Western showdown, with a totally unexpected Hollywood twist at the end. Above all, Short Letter, Long Farewell is a love letter to America, its landscapes and popular culture, the invitation and the threat of its newness and wildness and emptiness, with the promise of a new life---or the corpse of an old one---lying just around the corner.
Author: Margaret Ruth Baker
Publisher: Creation House
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 199
ISBN-13: 9781591854654
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUsing every English translation of the Bible at her disposal, Margaret Ruth Baker has carefully chosen the most vivid and inspiring words and phrases and expanded them into a poetic tapestry of biblical promises. Listen as God's words come alive. You may remember reading these passages before, but they have never spoken to you like this--assurance of provision, protection, new life, affection, and covenant. Thoughtfully categorized according to topic and theme, each group of paraphrased verses is introduced with a prophetic encouragement. She leads readers on a journey through Scripture, personalizing God's promises and unfolding the destiny He has for those who draw close to Him. You will hear your name whispered in the pages of A Long Love Letter, and you will learn to seek the treasures that can only be found in knowing the Father. Whether you long for healing, renewal, or increased vitality in your walk with Christ, this book will motivate you to enter into an intimate, conversational relationship with the Lover of your soul. Ultimately, you will discover that God's love letter was intended for all people, and you will be encouraged to share with others the relationship with God that you were created to enjoy.
Author: Paula Danziger
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 2018-09-25
Total Pages: 244
ISBN-13: 1338349074
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTwelve-year-old best friends Elizabeth and Tara*Starr continue their friendship through letter-writing after Tara*Starr's family moves to another state, in a complex and emotionally rich novel about two friends coping with overwhelming change.
Author: Karen Baum Gordon
Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
Published: 2021-11-23
Total Pages: 317
ISBN-13: 1621907031
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Part of the Legacies of War series, The Last Letter is a family memoir that spans events from the 1930s and Hitler's rise to power, through World War II and the Holocaust, to the present-day United States. Karen Baum Gordon's gripping narrative opens on her father Rudy Baum's attempted suicide in 2002 at the age of eight-six and unfolds in an investigation of generational trauma within her extensive German Jewish family. Gordon grounds her research in eighty-eight letters written mostly by Julie Baum, Rudy's mother and Gordon's grandmother, to Rudy between November 1936 and October 1941. Gordon examines pieces of these worn, handwritten letters and other archival documents in order to recreate the fatal journeys of her grandparents in the camps and ghettos of the Third Reich and trace her father's efforts to save them an ocean away in America. Doing so, Gordon discovers the forgotten fragments of her family's history and a vivid sense of her own Jewish identity"--
Author: Matt de la Peña
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2018-01-09
Total Pages: 42
ISBN-13: 1524740918
DOWNLOAD EBOOK#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "[A] poetic reckoning of the importance of love in a child's life . . . eloquent and moving."—People "Everything that can be called love -- from shared joy to comfort in the darkness -- is gathered in the pages of this reassuring, refreshingly honest picture book."—The New York Times Book Review, Editors' Choice / Staff Picks From the Book Review “Lyrical and sensitive, ‘Love’ is the sort of book likely to leave readers of all ages a little tremulous, and brimming with feeling.”—The Wall Street Journal From Newbery Medal-winning author Matt de la Peña and bestselling illustrator Loren Long comes a story about the strongest bond there is and the diverse and powerful ways it connects us all. "In the beginning there is light and two wide-eyed figures standing near the foot of your bed and the sound of their voices is love. ... A cab driver plays love softly on his radio while you bounce in back with the bumps of the city and everything smells new, and it smells like life." In this heartfelt celebration of love, Newbery Medal-winning author Matt de la Peña and bestselling illustrator Loren Long depict the many ways we experience this universal bond, which carries us from the day we are born throughout the years of our childhood and beyond. With a lyrical text that's soothing and inspiring, this tender tale is a needed comfort and a new classic that will resonate with readers of every age.
Author: Dr. Seuss
Publisher: RH Childrens Books
Published: 2013-09-24
Total Pages: 36
ISBN-13: 0385372027
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCelebrate Earth Day with Dr. Seuss and the Lorax in this classic picture book about protecting the environment! I am the Lorax. I speak for the trees. Dr. Seuss’s beloved story teaches kids to speak up and stand up for those who can’t. With a recycling-friendly “Go Green” message, The Lorax allows young readers to experience the beauty of the Truffula Trees and the danger of taking our earth for granted, all in a story that is timely, playful and hopeful. The book’s final pages teach us that just one small seed, or one small child, can make a difference. This book is the perfect gift for Earth Day and for any child—or child at heart—who is interested in recycling, advocacy and the environment, or just loves nature and playing outside. Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.
Author: Amanda Noll
Publisher: Flashlight Press
Published: 2019-11-03
Total Pages: 40
ISBN-13: 1947277111
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOne night, when Ethan reaches under his bed for a toy truck, he finds this note instead: "Monsters! Meet here for final test." Ethan is sure his parents are trying to trick him into staying under the covers, until he sees five colorful sets of eyes blinking at him from beneath the bed. Soon, a colorful parade of quirky, squeaky little monsters compete to become Ethan's monster. But only the little green monster, Gabe, has the perfect blend of stomach-rumbling and snorting needed to get Ethan into bed and keep him there so he falls asleep—which as everyone knows, is the real reason for monsters under beds. With its perfect balance of giggles and shivers, this silly-spooky prequel to the award-winning I Need My Monster and Hey, That's MY Monster! will keep young readers entertained.
Author: Sergio Ruzzier
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 2014
Total Pages: 37
ISBN-13: 0544223608
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSergio Ruzzier's inimitably quirky, dreamlike illustrations accompany the tender story of a mailman who yearns to get a letter himself.
