Download or read book A King in Hiding written by Fahim and published by Icon Books Ltd. This book was released on 2015-03-05 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: LONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2015 Forced to flee his native Bangladesh, eight year-old chess prodigy Fahim arrived in Paris with his father. Refused asylum, as illegal immigrants they spiralled downwards into homelessness and desperation. By a stroke of luck, Fahim was introduced to one of France’s top chess coaches, Xavier Parmentier, who tutored him and gave him a sense of purpose, his struggles on the chessboard mirroring both his victories and his crushing defeats in his battle for a normal life. Rising through local and national tournaments to be crowned France’s Under-12 Chess Champion in 2012, Fahim became a national sensation. In 2013 he went on to win the World Under-13 Student Championship. Told through the clear eyes of a child, Fahim’s tale is not only a moving account of the grim realities that underlie a supposedly caring society, but also a heartwarming testimony to a father’s determination, the kindness of strangers, and one small boy’s courageous will to succeed.
Download or read book To Catch A King Charles II s Great Escape written by Charles Spencer and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2017-10-05 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did the most wanted man in the country outwit the greatest manhunt in British history?
Download or read book A Hologram for the King written by Dave Eggers and published by Vintage Canada. This book was released on 2013-06-04 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A National Book Award Finalist, a New York Times bestseller and one of the most highly-acclaimed books of the year, A Hologram for the King is a sprawling novel about the decline of American industry from one of the most important, socially-aware novelists of our time. In a rising Saudi Arabian city, far from weary, recession-scarred America, a struggling businessman named Alan Clay pursues a last-ditch attempt to stave off foreclosure, pay his daughter's college tuition, and finally do something great. In A Hologram for the King, Dave Eggers takes us around the world to show how one man fights to hold himself and his splintering family together in the face of the global economy's gale-force winds. This taut, richly layered, and elegiac novel is a powerful evocation of our contemporary moment--and a moving story of how we got here.
Download or read book Hiding Phil written by Eric Barclay and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2015-04-28 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: HIDING PHIL, the hilarious story about three siblings and their mission to hide a beloved elephant named Phil, will have readers rolling on the floor with laughter! In this story, three siblings come upon an elephant named Phil and decide to bring him home. "Our parents will love Phil!" they cry out excitedly. Until it dawns on them: "Uh, oh . . ." No they won't! So what do they do? Try to hide him, of course! They try to stuff him into their doghouse--but he's too big. They throw a sheet over him with a sign that reads, "Club House: Keep Out!" But their parents still inquire, "Um, is that an elephant?" Can the kids convince their parents to keep Phil, or will they have to bring him back where he belongs? Writer and illustrator Eric Barclay brings this story to life with eye-catching illustrations that will make you laugh out loud, and dialogue that is both poignant and clever. The love between these kids and Phil is palpable, and will leave the reader itching for more!
Download or read book Secret Chambers and Hiding places written by Allan Fea and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Book of Hiding written by Timothy K. Beal and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-01-04 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Book of Hiding offers a fluent and erudite analysis of the parallels between the Bible and contemporary discussions of gender, ethnicity and social ambiguity. Beal focuses particularly on the traditionally marginalised book of Esther, in order to examine closely the categories of self and other in relation to religion, sexism, nationalism, and the ever-looming legacies and future possibilities of annihilation. Beal applies the critical tools of contemporary theorists, such as Cixous, Irigaray and Levinas, challenging widely held assumptions about the moral and life-affirming message of Scripture and even about the presence of God in the book of Esther. The Book of Hiding draws together a variety of different perspectives and disciplines, creating a unique space for dialogue raising new questions and reconsidering old assumptions, which is profoundly interesting and well-articulated.
Download or read book King and the Dragonflies Scholastic Gold written by Kacen Callender and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2020-02-04 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A 2021 Coretta Scott King Honor Book! Winner of the 2020 National Book Award for Young People's Literature! Winner of the 2020 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Fiction and Poetry! In a small but turbulent Louisiana town, one boy's grief takes him beyond the bayous of his backyard, to learn that there is no right way to be yourself. FOUR STARRED REVIEWS! Booklist School Library Journal Publishers Weekly The Horn Book Twelve-year-old Kingston James is sure his brother Khalid has turned into a dragonfly. When Khalid unexpectedly passed away, he shed what was his first skin for another to live down by the bayou in their small Louisiana town. Khalid still visits in dreams, and King must keep these secrets to himself as he watches grief transform his family. It would be easier if King could talk with his best friend, Sandy Sanders. But just days before he died, Khalid told King to end their friendship, after overhearing a secret about Sandy-that he thinks he might be gay. "You don't want anyone to think you're gay too, do you?" But when Sandy goes missing, sparking a town-wide search, and King finds his former best friend hiding in a tent in his backyard, he agrees to help Sandy escape from his abusive father, and the two begin an adventure as they build their own private paradise down by the bayou and among the dragonflies. As King's friendship with Sandy is reignited, he's forced to confront questions about himself and the reality of his brother's death. The Thing About Jellyfish meets The Stars Beneath Our Feet in this story about loss, grief, and finding the courage to discover one's identity, from the author of Hurricane Child.
Download or read book OCDaniel written by Wesley King and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-04-11 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of Incredible Space Raiders from Space! comes a brand-new coming-of-age story about a boy whose life revolves around hiding his obsessive compulsive disorder-until he gets a mysterious note that changes everything.
Download or read book Hiding Heidi written by Fiona Woodcock and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-07-14 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An atmospheric, enchanting story, skillfully drawn by exciting new talent, Fiona Woodcock about a little girl with an amazing gift for concealing herself. Heidi and her friends LOVE to play hide and seek. The trouble is, Heidi always win. She can't help it - she's just too good! But sometimes being hard to find can be hard to take, so Heidi needs to come up with a plan... ‘Playful imagery and Heidi’s eventual recognition of her friends’ talents add up to a warm story about compromise and common ground’ Publishers Weekly ‘A very attractive addition to the picture book shelves from an artist to be watched’ Books for Keeps PRAISE FOR POPPY AND THE BLOOMS: ‘Fiona Woodcock’s beautiful illustrations perfectly capture the contrast between a grey cityscape and the joyful kaleidoscope that fresh flowers can add… This gentle little story is a delight from start to finish’ Books for Keeps ‘A beautifully illustrated picture book which feels like a real visual treat… The artwork is stunning and very original and I think this makes it stand out as an interesting read for small children.’Being Mummy blog ‘Blooming wonderful!’ Red Reading Hub
Download or read book Secret Chambers and Hiding Places written by Allan Fea and published by The Minerva Group, Inc.. This book was released on with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Secret Hiding Places The Origins Histories And Descriptions Of English Secret Hiding Places Used By Priests Cavaliers Jacobites Smugglers written by Granville Squiers and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2013-04-18 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1934. A fascinating and detailed history of the best of English secret hiding places and passages. The illustrated contents include: Tradition and Truths - Priest Hunting Days - Warwickshire - Staffordshire - Leicestershire - Northamptonshire - Worcestershire - Harvington Hall - Nottinghamshire - Derbyshire - Lincolnshire - Berkshire - Buckinghamshire - Oxfordshire - Gloucestershire - Yorkshire - The North - Lancashire - Cheshire - Shropshire - Herefordshire - Monmouthshire - Wales - Norfolk - Suffolk - Essex - Cambridge - Herts - Hunts - Beds - Dorset - Devon - Cornwall - Sussex - Surrey - Kent - Hints for Searchers. Many of the earliest history books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Home Farm Books are republishing many of these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Download or read book Architectures of Hiding written by Rana Abughannam and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-01-31 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Architecture manifests as a space of concealment and unconcealment, lethe and alêtheia, enclosure and disclosure, where its making and agency are both hidden and revealed. With an urgency to amplify narratives that are overlooked, silenced and unacknowledged in and by architectural spaces, histories and theories, this book contends the need for a critical study of hiding in the context of architectural processes. It urges the understanding of inherent opportunities, power structures and covert strategies, whether socio-cultural, geo-political, environmental or economic, as they are related to their hidescapes – the constructed landscapes of our built environments participating in the architectures of hiding. Looking at and beyond the intentions and agency that architects possess, architectural spaces lend themselves as apparatuses for various forms of hiding and un(hiding). The examples explored in this book and the creative works presented in the interviews enclosed in the interludes of this publication cover a broad range of geographic and cultural contexts, discursively disclosing hidden aspects of architectural meaning. The book investigates the imaginative intrigue of concealing and revealing in design processes, along with moral responsibilities and ethical dilemmas inherent in crafting concealment through the making and reception of architecture.
Download or read book Secret Chambers and Hiding Places Historic Romantic Legendary Stories Traditions About Hid written by Allan Fea and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 2020-09-28 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Hidden Book in the Bible written by Richard Elliott Friedman and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-06-23 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Renowned biblical sleuth and scholar Richard Elliot Friedman reveals the first work of prose literature in the world-a 3000-year-old epic hidden within the books of the Hebrew Bible. Written by a single, masterful author but obscured by ancient editors and lost for millennia, this brilliant epic of love, deception, war, and redemption is a compelling account of humankind's complex relationship with God. Friedman boldly restores this prose masterpiece-the very heart of the Bible-to the extraordinary form in which it was originally written.
Download or read book Who s Hiding Little Bill written by Catherine Lukas and published by Simon Spotlight/Nickelodeon. This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Little Bill is playing hide-and-seek with his friends and readers can help him look for them in the backyard, the jungle, and in the ocean with this lift-the-flap book that contains more than 50 flaps. Full-color illustrations.
Download or read book Revelation Hiding in Plain Sight written by Timothy Enders and published by Covenant Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2018-05-29 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revelation is the most intimidating and challenging book in the Bible. The keys to unlocking it have been there all along-hidden in plain sight. Come and explore with a new look at this old book, and see what we've been missing! This is a forthright book that pulls no punches and lays concepts bare, using scripture to explain scripture. If you have ever wanted to understand Revelation, this is the book for you. Chapter by chapter, you will say, "That makes sense! Why didn't I see that before?" This book will challenge preconceived ideas and errors that have been taught for centuries. See the plan of salvation and the future that Jesus really revealed to John.
Download or read book Year of Hiding The Missing Links written by Arvind Dixit and published by BecomeShakespeare.com. This book was released on 2019-10-20 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Clairvoyants and mystics did you say? Seers and oracles? The Secret Service Head of the mightiest kingdom meets them to locate its enemy hideout! Can there be a greater shame on his intelligence and capability? And can the rulers and ministers who appointed him be exonerated? It is such a misfortune, the subversive agents and the corrupt top-brass run the system. ” Arvind Dixit in his debut novel narrates how the Secret Service’s own subversive agents and their corrupt manipulative top brass must have scripted the state’s doom and helped the boon to come true.
