Download or read book In the Time of the Butterflies written by Julia Alvarez and published by Algonquin Books. This book was released on 2010-01-12 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2024, internationally bestselling author and literary icon Julia Alvarez's In the Time of the Butterflies is "beautiful, heartbreaking and alive ... a lyrical work of historical fiction based on the story of the Mirabal sisters, revolutionary heroes who had opposed and fought against Trujillo." (Concepción de León, New York Times) Alvarez’s new novel, The Cemetery of Untold Stories, is coming April 2, 2024. Pre-order now! It is November 25, 1960, and three beautiful sisters have been found near their wrecked Jeep at the bottom of a 150-foot cliff on the north coast of the Dominican Republic. The official state newspaper reports their deaths as accidental. It does not mention that a fourth sister lives. Nor does it explain that the sisters were among the leading opponents of Gen. Rafael Leónidas Trujillo’s dictatorship. It doesn’t have to. Everybody knows of Las Mariposas—the Butterflies. In this extraordinary novel, the voices of all four sisters--Minerva, Patria, María Teresa, and the survivor, Dedé--speak across the decades to tell their own stories, from secret crushes to gunrunning, and to describe the everyday horrors of life under Trujillo’s rule. Through the art and magic of Julia Alvarez’s imagination, the martyred Butterflies live again in this novel of courage and love, and the human costs of political oppression. "Alvarez helped blaze the trail for Latina authors to break into the literary mainstream, with novels like In the Time of the Butterflies and How the García Girls Lost Their Accents winning praise from critics and gracing best-seller lists across the Americas."—Francisco Cantú, The New York Times Book Review "This Julia Alvarez classic is a must-read for anyone of Latinx descent." —Popsugar.com "A gorgeous and sensitive novel . . . A compelling story of courage, patriotism and familial devotion." —People "Shimmering . . . Valuable and necessary." —Los Angeles Times "A magnificent treasure for all cultures and all time.” —St. Petersburg Times "Alvarez does a remarkable job illustrating the ruinous effect the 30-year dictatorship had on the Dominican Republic and the very real human cost it entailed."—Cosmopolitan.com

Download or read book Nocturnal Butterflies of the Russian Empire written by José Manuel Prieto and published by Grove/Atlantic, Inc.. This book was released on 2007-12-01 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in paperback, Nocturnal Butterflies of the Russian Empire was acclaimed by The Hartford Courant as "a thrilling discovery ... a reversal of the letters [of] Saul Bellow's Herzog ... [with] a Nabokovian delight in words and texts." J. is a smuggler living in Russia, making his living fencing the flotsam of communism's collapse. In Istanbul he takes a commission to trap an endangered Russian butterfly and decides to use it as an opportunity to smuggle V., his Russian lover who has no papers, back into her homeland. In the port of Odessa, she disappears, and J. continues alone to a small village on the Black Sea. Letters from V. begin to arrive, and as J. hunts the butterfly, he seeks a way to lure V. back into his life. Equal parts bittersweet love story, international intrigue, and one man's quest to write the perfect love letter, Nocturnal Butterflies of the Russian Empire, wrote The Tennessean, is "an amazing jewel of a story ... that winks with wit [and] wears its astonishing craftsmanship lightly." "An aesthetically blissful reading experience ... Nabokov's spirit, alive and kind, has touched [Prieto] with its butterfly wings." -- Aleksandar Hemon, The Village Voice Literary Supplement "...Nocturnal Butterflies is an impressive performance by a writer whose gifts are clearly abundant." -- Richard Bernstein, The New York Times "A beautiful, lavish, seedy, poetic, and magical book.... Pure pleasure for the literary mind." -- Chris Kridler, The Baltimore Sun

Download or read book Colorful Butterfly Composition Wide Ruled Notebook written by Soulfolio Books and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-05-26 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Colorful Butterfly wide composition notebook is a perfect gift for your kids or adults who love butterflies and nature Size is 7.44"x9.69" - paperback Blank wide ruled book for creative expression and for young children who are learning to write Use this as a Writer's journal, Student notebook, Daily Diary, Diary for kids, Office Use, Gratitude Journal or to record new ideas and recipes Book has a flexible soft cover, in high gloss finish cover that features beautiful butterfly and preppy orange-yellow and green background

Download or read book Flight of the Butterfly written by Ian Burke and published by Ian Burke. This book was released on 2022-11-17 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Flight of the Butterfly is the journey of Jared, a lost transgender woman, on the path to finding herself. Unlike the traditional story where we hear of the angst and turmoil of youth struggling with the torture of being trapped in the wrong persona or being raised as the wrong gender, Jared starts her journey in middle age as she heads out across the country to follow the flight of the Monarch Butterfly. On this adventure, she meets a colorful collection of characters who help introduce her to her true persona, Aspen, and the love of her life, Kathy.

Download or read book Versions of Her written by Andrea Lochen and published by Red Adept Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2019-07-23 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the surface, Melanie Kingstad-Keyes’s life is the picture of success. She’s a tenure track professor at a prestigious university and has a perfect husband. But a recent miscarriage has left her reeling and her marriage tenuous. Selling her family’s Lake Indigo summer home, which she hasn’t visited in fifteen years, feels like the perfect distraction from her problems. Now, she only needs to persuade her younger sister, Kelsey, to go along with her plan. Stuck in a dead-end job, Kelsey Kingstad bounces from one doomed relationship to the next as she struggles to jumpstart her adult life. Carrying the guilt of her mother’s untimely death, Kelsey is reluctant to let go of the Victorian house filled with memories of her mom and their childhood. When the sisters find a mysterious hidden door, Melanie and Kelsey discover that they can directly view their mother’s younger years and learn all the secrets she never shared with them. Delving into her memories is fun at first, but Melanie and Kelsey quickly uncover difficult truths, throwing their own life choices into question and making them wonder if they ever truly knew their mother. Visiting the past may help them find closure, but the cost could be steeper than they realize.

Download or read book Butterfly Composition Book written by Saed School and published by . This book was released on 2021-08-03 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Composition Book Product Details: 120 blank wide rule lined white pages Duo sided ruled sheets High quality sturdy matte softbound cover 7.44 x 9.69 dimensions, perfect size for a backpack, desk, school, home or work.

Download or read book Butterfly Stories written by William T. Vollmann and published by Grove Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Butterfly Stories follows a dizzying cradle-to-grave hunt for love that takes the narrator from the comfortable confines of suburban America to the killing fields of Cambodia, where he falls in love with Vanna, a prostitute from Phnom Penh. Here, Vollmann's gritty style perfectly serves his examination of sex, violence, and corruption.

Download or read book Butterfly Notebook Hardcover written by Anitta Longbottom and published by . This book was released on 2021-06-10 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Organize your notes and 📂 keep your thoughts in this beautiful notebook which can be used as a notebook, journal, diary or composition book for school and work. Grab it with you when going to college, school, or office. fits perfectly in your purse, tote bag or backpack. Perfect for taking notes, organizing, journaling and brainstorming. 🌺 Perfect for authors and writers also. This Notebooks is the 🎁 loveliest gift for adults and kids for any gift giving occasion ❤️ Notebook Features: - 120 blank college lined white pages - Duo sided college ruled sheets - Perfect and beautiful cover - 8.25" x 11" dimensions - perfect size for school, home or work

Download or read book Butterfly Composition Book written by Saed School and published by . This book was released on 2021-08-13 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Composition Book Product Details: 120 blank wide rule lined white pages Duo sided ruled sheets High quality sturdy matte softbound cover 7.44 x 9.69 dimensions, perfect size for a backpack, desk, school, home or work.

Download or read book Bohemian Love Diaries written by Slash Coleman and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2013-07-16 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Infused with southern charm, this irresistibly weird and wonderful story chronicles Slash Coleman’s upbringing in a warped but warm-hearted household of eccentric artists. Descended from a posse of off-beat immigrants--including a grandfather who danced at the Moulin Rouge--and raised near the capital of the Confederacy during the 1970s and ’80s, young Slash sets out to find true love. Unfortunately, he’s his own worst enemy. Obsessions with Evel Knievel, rock band KISS, and crisscrossing the country to find the girl of his dreams set his quest for happiness on a hapless course. Hilarious and profound, Coleman slowly comes to terms with his father, a genius sculptor and volatile alcoholic, and his mother, a Holocaust survivor who makes him promise never to reveal that he’s Jewish. A touching portrait emerges of a young artist whose passionate spirit refuses to be suppressed. A swift kick to the funny bone, The Bohemian Love Diaries and its laugh-out-loud perversity conjure Jonathan Ames and Augusten Burroughs with a tender edge, revealing what might have happened if John Hodgman raised Holden Caulfield in Chuck Palahniuk’s attic. It will leave you howling.

Download or read book Butterfly Notebook Hardcover written by Anitta Longbottom and published by . This book was released on 2021-06-10 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Organize your notes and 📂 keep your thoughts in this beautiful notebook which can be used as a notebook, journal, diary or composition book for school and work. Grab it with you when going to college, school, or office. fits perfectly in your purse, tote bag or backpack. Perfect for taking notes, organizing, journaling and brainstorming. 🌺 Perfect for authors and writers also. This Notebooks is the 🎁 loveliest gift for adults and kids for any gift giving occasion ❤️ Notebook Features: - 120 blank college lined white pages - Duo sided college ruled sheets - Perfect and beautiful cover - 6.14" x 9.21" dimensions - perfect size for school, home or work

Download or read book Composition Journal Butterfly 100 Wide Ruled Pages written by Royanne Journals and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-08-10 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Composition Notebook for students featuring a stunning portrait of a butterfly! Standard size (7.44"*9.69") - 100 wide ruled pages. Perfect as a school notebook for middle schoolers and high schoolers, also a great field journal. A wonderful writing journal for anyone who loves butterflies and entomology.

Download or read book Butterfly Notebook Hardcover written by Anitta Longbottom and published by . This book was released on 2021-06-10 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Organize your notes and 📂 keep your thoughts in this beautiful notebook which can be used as a notebook, journal, diary or composition book for school and work. Grab it with you when going to college, school, or office. fits perfectly in your purse, tote bag or backpack. Perfect for taking notes, organizing, journaling and brainstorming. 🌺 Perfect for authors and writers also. This Notebooks is the 🎁 loveliest gift for adults and kids for any gift giving occasion ❤️ Notebook Features: - 120 blank college lined white pages - Duo sided college ruled sheets - Perfect and beautiful cover - 5.5" x 8.5" dimensions - perfect size for school, home or work

Download or read book Lives on the Boundary written by Mike Rose and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2005-07-26 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The award-winning account of how America's educational system fails it students and what can be done about it Remedial, illiterate, intellectually deficient—these are the stigmas that define America’s educationally underprepared. Having grown up poor and been labeled this way, nationally acclaimed educator and author Mike Rose takes us into classrooms and communities to reveal what really lies behind the labels and test scores. With rich detail, Rose demonstrates innovative methods to initiate “problem” students into the world of language, literature, and written expression. This book challenges educators, policymakers, and parents to re-examine their assumptions about the capacities of a wide range of students. Already a classic, Lives on the Boundary offers a truly democratic vision, one that should be heeded by anyone concerned with America’s future. "A mirror to the many lacking perfect grammar and spelling who may see their dreams translated into reality after all." -Los Angeles Times Book Review "Vividly written . . . tears apart all of society's prejudices about the academic abilities of the underprivileged." -New York Times

Download or read book Butterfly Notebook Hardcover written by Anitta Longbottom and published by . This book was released on 2021-06-10 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Organize your notes and 📂 keep your thoughts in this beautiful notebook which can be used as a notebook, journal, diary or composition book for school and work. Grab it with you when going to college, school, or office. fits perfectly in your purse, tote bag or backpack. Perfect for taking notes, organizing, journaling and brainstorming. 🌺 Perfect for authors and writers also. This Notebooks is the 🎁 loveliest gift for adults and kids for any gift giving occasion ❤️ Notebook Features: - 120 blank college lined white pages - Duo sided college ruled sheets - Perfect and beautiful cover - 6" x 9" dimensions - perfect size for school, home or work

Download or read book 7 Breaths in Yearning written by Shaela Montague Phillips and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2005-04-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 7 Breaths in Yearning takes the reader on a journey through my deepest thoughts and feelings. While writing this book I was able to explore my past and try to make sense out of a childhood marked with ongoing triumphs and tragedies. I often wondered during my childhood whether the difficulties I encountered would seal my future fate. 7 Breaths in Yearning starts with my childhood and describes in poetry the feelings of a child to my poetic rebirth as an adult. 7 Breathes in Yearning put me on the path to healing and to finally finding my place in this world.

Download or read book Planted with Hope written by Tricia Goyer and published by Harvest House Publishers. This book was released on 2016-03-01 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the second installment of the Pinecraft Pie Shop series, you'll return to a town and a family you've already grown to love. When Hope Miller is offered the plot of land behind the Me, Myself, and Pie shop to start a garden, she jumps at the chance. Finally—some space away from her four sisters! But everyone in town seems to have an opinion about what she should grow and how she should grow it. When the widower schoolteacher, Jonas Sutter, asks if his students at the Amish school can help turn the plot into a community garden, Hope only halfheartedly agrees, wondering if she will ever get the peace and quiet she craves. And will she get anything to grow? The stories of friendship, community, and unexpected love within these pages will plant real seeds of hope within your heart.