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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: 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: 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: 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: Barack Obama
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Published: 2010-11-16
Total Pages: 41
ISBN-13: 0375983295
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBarack Obama delivers a tender, beautiful letter to his daughters in this powerful picture book illustrated by award-winner Loren Long that's made to be treasured! In this poignant letter to his daughters, Barack Obama has written a moving tribute to thirteen groundbreaking Americans and the ideals that have shaped our nation. From the artistry of Georgia O'Keeffe, to the courage of Jackie Robinson, to the patriotism of George Washington, Obama sees the traits of these heroes within his own children, and within all of America’s children. Breathtaking, evocative illustrations by award-winning artist Loren Long at once capture the personalities and achievements of these great Americans and the innocence and promise of childhood. This beautiful book celebrates the characteristics that unite all Americans, from our nation’s founders to generations to come. It is about the potential within each of us to pursue our dreams and forge our own paths. It is a treasure to cherish with your family forever.
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.
Author: Shannon Olsen
Publisher: Life Between Summers
Published: 2022-03
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781735414140
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom the author and illustrator of Our Class is a Family, this touching picture book expresses a teacher's sentiments and well wishes on the last day of school. Serving as a follow up to the letter in A Letter From Your Teacher: On the First Day of School, it's a read aloud for teachers to bid a special farewell to their students at the end of the school year. Through a letter written from the teacher's point of view, the class is invited to reflect back on memories made, connections formed, and challenges met. The letter expresses how proud their teacher is of them, and how much they will be missed. Students will also leave on that last day knowing that their teacher is cheering them on for all of the exciting things to come in the future. There is a blank space on the last page for teachers to sign their own name, so that students know that the letter in the book is coming straight from them. With its sincere message and inclusive illustrations, A Letter From Your Teacher: On the Last Day of School is a valuable addition to any elementary school teacher's classroom library.
Author: Kathryn Hughes
Publisher: Review
Published: 2015-03-19
Total Pages: 301
ISBN-13: 1783069171
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