Download or read book Across a Green Ocean written by Wendy Lee and published by Kensington Books. This book was released on 2015 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A novel that captures the struggle of the immigrant experience explores one Chinese-American family's hidden history and unspoken hurts, and the universal themes of identity, family and finding a place to call home. Includes reading-group guide. Original.
Download or read book Across a Green Ocean written by Wendy Lee and published by Kensington Publishing Corp.. This book was released on 2015-02-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A widow and her two grown children search for answers about the past in both America and China, in this insightful novel of an immigrant family’s journey. After a lifetime of sacrifice, Ling’s husband has passed away. Though she has both a son and a daughter to comfort her, she has struggled to understand how they live their lives—Emily, an immigration lawyer in New York City, inexplicably refuses to have children; and Michael is unable to commit to a relationship or a career. Michael yearns for a deeper connection to his family, but has never been able to find the courage to come out to them as gay. But when he finds a letter to his father from a long-ago friend—written mostly in Chinese except for a mysterious line at the end: Everything has been forgiven—he impulsively travels to China in the hopes of learning more about a man he never really knew. In this rapidly modernizing country, he begins to understand his father’s decisions—including one that reverberates into the present day. Meanwhile, on the other side of the world, Ling and Emily question their own choices, trying to forge a path that bends toward new loves and fresh beginnings. From the author of Happy Family, named one of the top ten debuts of the year by Booklist, this is a powerfully honest novel that captures the complexity of the immigrant experience, exploring one family’s hidden history, unspoken hurts, and search for a place to call home.
Download or read book Across the Green Sea written by Sanjay Subrahmanyam and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2024-03-19 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of two centuries of interactions among the areas bordering the western Indian Ocean, including India, Iran, and Africa. Beginning in the mid-fifteenth century, the regions bordering the western Indian Ocean—“the green sea,” as it was known to Arabic speakers—had increasing contact through commerce, including a slave trade, and underwent cultural exchange and transformation. Using a variety of texts and documents in multiple Asian and European languages, Across the Green Sea looks at the history of the ocean from a variety of shifting viewpoints: western India; the Red Sea and Mecca; the Persian Gulf; East Africa; and Kerala. Sanjay Subrahmanyam sets the scene for this region starting with the withdrawal of China's Ming Dynasty and explores how the western Indian Ocean was transformed by the growth and increasing prominence of the Ottoman Empire and the continued spread of Islam into East Africa. He examines how several cities, including Mecca and the vital Indian port of Surat, grew and changed during these centuries, when various powers interacted until famines and other disturbances upended the region in the seventeenth century. Rather than proposing an artificial model of a dominant center and its dominated peripheries, Across the Green Sea demonstrates the complexity of a truly dynamic and polycentric system through the use of connected histories, a method pioneered by Subrahmanyam himself.
Download or read book Ocean Animals written by and published by . This book was released on 2017-06-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Loaded with cool profiles, color photographs and bite-sized facts, the latest addition to the series is the perfect package: just enough information about ocean animals in just the right size. Don't go exploring without it!
Download or read book Across the Wide Ocean written by Karen Romano Young and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2007-05 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes a journey in the ocean, discussing the science and adventure that can be experienced by diving deep in a submarine, docking a container ship, migrating with right whales, and hunting with sharks.
Download or read book Grandpa Across the Ocean written by Hyewon Yum and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2021-04-27 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though separated by language, age, and an ocean, a child and grandparent find common ground in this warm, witty picture book Grandpa lives on the other side of the ocean. He takes naps all the time. He eats different foods. He speaks an unfamiliar language. His house is the most boring place on Earth! Or is it? A little time together just might reveal that Grandpa is also a great singer, an energetic sandcastle builder, and a troublemaker . . . just like his grandson! With her signature warmth and humor, award-winning author-illustrator Hyewon Yum shares the challenges and joys of having a relative who lives far away—proving that even from across the ocean, the grandparent-grandchild relationship is a very special one.
Download or read book Green Ghost Blue Ocean written by Jennifer Smith and published by . This book was released on 2020-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Green Ghost, Blue Ocean is a travel memoir about a 40,000 nautical mile adventure that spans seventeen years. Early in their careers, Jennifer and her husband Nik come to realize that the rewards in the corporate world will always be the same--more money to buy more things, but never time off for self-discovery. When they begin to imagine a life outside the norm, they seize on the idea of long-distance sailing as the perfect way to journey down a road less travelled. Green Ghost, Blue Ocean is a story about taking time and taking a risk, about unwittingly losing your identity while simultaneously redefining yourself in ways never imagined. It is a story about the importance of starting and the acceptance of an imperfect plan. It is a tale of the triumph of conviction: if you believe that you?ll figure it out when you get there, it's amazing how far you can go.
Download or read book Over in the Ocean written by Marianne Berkes and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2004-09-01 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learning becomes fun with this book about the animals of the ocean! In Over in the Ocean: In a Coral Reef, amazing artwork will inspire kids in classrooms and at home to appreciate the beauty and biology of coral reefs and world around us! Brilliant artwork is the star of this oceanic counting book, based on the classic children's song "Over in the Meadow". Kids will sing, clap, and count their way among pufferfish that "puff," gruntfish that "grunt" and seahorses that "flutter," and begin to appreciate the animals in the ocean. And the clay art will inspire many a project. Parents, teachers, giftgivers, and many others will find: captivating illustrations of sculptures fashioned from polymer clay. backmatter that includes further information about the coral reef and the animals of the ocean. music and song lyrics to "Over in the Ocean" sung to the tune "Over in the Meadow"! a book for young readers learning to count!
Download or read book Maria Explores the Ocean written by Giselle Shardlow and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-10-21 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dive in to learn about Pacific Ocean animals through ocean yoga poses for kids! Join Maria as she explores the ocean with her granddad. Glide like a manta ray, float like a jellyfish, and cruise like a parrotfish. Learn what's under the water, act out ocean animals, and practice colors! Kids Yoga Stories introduce you to engaging characters who will get your child laughing, moving, and creating. Reading is good for the mind AND body! The story links several yoga poses in a specific sequence to create a coherent and meaningful story. This yoga book for toddlers and preschoolers (ages 2 to 5) is more than a storybook, but it's also a unique experience for children.
Download or read book A Bridge Across the Ocean written by Susan Meissner and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-03-14 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wartime intrigue spans the lives of three women—past and present—in this emotional novel from the acclaimed author of The Last Year of the War. February, 1946. World War Two is over, but the recovery from the most intimate of its horrors has only just begun for Annaliese Lange, a German ballerina desperate to escape her past, and Simone Deveraux, the wronged daughter of a French Résistance spy. Now the two women are joining hundreds of other European war brides aboard the renowned RMS Queen Mary to cross the Atlantic and be reunited with their American husbands. Their new lives in the United States brightly beckon until their tightly-held secrets are laid bare in their shared stateroom. When the voyage ends at New York Harbor, only one of them will disembark... Present day. Facing a crossroads in her own life, Brette Caslake visits the famously haunted Queen Mary at the request of an old friend. What she finds will set her on a course to solve a seventy-year-old tragedy that will draw her into the heartaches and triumphs of the courageous war brides—and will ultimately lead her to reconsider what she has to sacrifice to achieve her own deepest longings. CONVERSATION GUIDE INCLUDED
Download or read book Commotion in the Ocean written by Giles Andreae and published by Tiger Tales. This book was released on 2011-03-01 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This delightful board book, by the author of Giraffes Can’t Dance, features a collection of rhyming poems with colorful illustrations and is a wonderful way to introduce little ones to the animals and fish who live in and around the ocean. Children will love learning about marine life with these fun and snappy poems! This adorable and educational collection includes: · Lively, colorful illustrations on every page · Clever rhyming verses perfect for bedtime read aloud · Rounded corners and sturdy pages for little hands · Many different animals to meet from in and around the ocean, including whales, walruses, penguins, polar bears, stingrays, and sharks · A special secret creature to find on every page!
Download or read book Drawing the Ocean written by Carolyn MacCullough and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2006-10-03 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gifted artist, Sadie is determined to fit in at her new school, but her deceased twin brother Ollie keeps appearing to her.
Download or read book A Journey Across South America from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean written by Paul Marcoy (pseud. [i.e. Laurent Saint Cricq.]) and published by . This book was released on 1873 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Art of Confidence written by Wendy Lee and published by Kensington Books. This book was released on 2016-11-29 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “I suppose I did it because I wanted something to show for the thirty years—longer than I had lived in my homeland—that I had been here in America. Something that was properly appreciated, even if someone else got all the credit.” Liu Qingwu doesn’t set out to commit a crime. He only wants to sell a painting—something more substantial than the Impressionist knockoffs he flogs to tourists outside New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. But the lucrative commission he receives from a Chelsea art dealer is more complicated than he initially realizes. Liu has been hired to create not an homage to Andrew Cantrell’s modernist masterpiece, Elegy, but a forgery that will sell for millions. The painting will change the lives of everyone associated with it—Liu, a Chinese immigrant still reeling from his wife’s recent departure; Caroline, a gallery owner intent on saving her aunt’s legacy; Molly, her perceptive assistant; and Harold, a Taiwanese businessman with an ethical dilemma on his hands. Weaving together their stories with that of Cantrell and the inspiration for his masterpiece, Wendy Lee’s intricate, multilayered novel explores the unique fascination of great art and the lengths to which some are driven to create it—and to possess it.
Download or read book Bring Me the Ocean written by Rebecca A. Reynolds and published by Publisher:VanderWyk&Burnham. This book was released on 1995 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Demonstrating the impact of the natural world on each of us, this book weaves a tapestry of poignant lessons humanity and caregiving, while immersing the reader in seasonal themes comprised of wildlife and domestic animals, plants, and minerals, music and the arts.
Download or read book Twenty Hundred Million Years A D written by A. E. Van Vogt and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-07 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ""He whose strength is unlimited, who tires not, and knows no fear..."" ""He"" was Ptath, the greatest god the mind of man had ever created. He had returned, but against his will. The goddess Ineznia, his deadly rival, had thrust him into the dangerous world of 200 million A.D. in mortal form. Would Ptath, with only the limited strengths of a mere man, win his furious contest with Ineznia? Or was he secretly still the most powerful force in all the worlds of time?
Download or read book green start book towers little ocean books 10 Chunky Books Made from 98 Recycled Materials written by IKids and published by Innovative Kids. This book was released on 2013-06-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each totable tower contains ten chunky, stackable books with simple text and endearing illustrations. Parents can read the books with their child, build with them like blocks, and then slip them back into the tote-along tower for on-the-go fun and learning. Each book features playful rhyme about a different sea creature. As they read along with the ten stories, kids explore the wonderful world under the sea. Book Titles: clown fish, crab, dolphin, octopus, seal, sea star, sea turtle, shark, stingray, and whale.
