Download or read book Jews and Jewishness in British Children s Literature written by Madelyn Travis and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-02 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a period of ongoing debate about faith, identity, migration and culture, this timely study explores the often politicised nature of constructions of one of Britain’s longest standing minority communities. Representations in children’s literature influenced by the impact of the Enlightenment, the Empire, the Holocaust and 9/11 reveal an ongoing concern with establishing, maintaining or problematising the boundaries between Jews and Gentiles. Chapters on gender, refugees, multiculturalism and historical fiction argue that literature for young people demonstrates that the position of Jews in Britain has been ambivalent, and that this ambivalence has persisted to a surprising degree in view of the dramatic socio-cultural changes that have taken place over two centuries. Wide-ranging in scope and interdisciplinary in approach, Jews and Jewishness in British Children’s Literature discusses over one hundred texts ranging from picture books to young adult fiction and realism to fantasy. Madelyn Travis examines rare eighteenth- and nineteenth-century material plus works by authors including Maria Edgeworth, E. Nesbit, Rudyard Kipling, Richmal Crompton, Lynne Reid Banks, Michael Rosen and others. The study also draws on Travis’s previously unpublished interviews with authors including Adele Geras, Eva Ibbotson, Ann Jungman and Judith Kerr.

Download or read book Knock Until the Dog Barks written by D. E. Brobst and published by Strategic Book Publishing. This book was released on 2013-07 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two American families find themselves entangled in Puerto Villarta's Romantic Zone, a symbiotic place where tourists thrive and imbibe in excellent dining, exciting nightlife, and spectacular sunsets culminating in moonlit nights. In this scintillating spot, a mother and daughter arrive for a vacation after a family wedding in Minneapolis. They were told that the happy couple (son and daughter-in-law) are honeymooning in Aruba. The daughter rebels against her over-protective mother, wanting to find fun and frolic in Puerto Vallarta's Romantic Zone. Her brother's college roommate escaped to Puerto Vallarta to avoid being best man at the wedding. Adding to the mix, a native waiter becomes enthralled with the daughter. Lives and secrets unravel, as fathers and sons, mother and daughter, and a Mexican waiter struggle to find their identities. But whatever happens, Knock Until the Dog Barks! D. E. Brobst of St. Cloud, Minnesota is working on his next book, a collection of short stories and poems written over several years.

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Download or read book A Virginia Girl in the Civil War 1861 1865 written by Myrta Lockett Avary and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work is a retelling of stories once shared over tea cups, including what life meant to a young American woman during a vital and formative period of American history. While a true Virginian, the lady also speaks well of her experiences with Union soldiers and officers. Real names of the subjects were changed in deference to the wishes of living persons at the time.

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Download or read book Wicked Bronze Ambition written by Glen Cook and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-07-02 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Garrett is a human detective in the fantastical city of TunFaire. And now he’s getting tangled up in the worst sort of laws... In-laws. Garrett is set to stow his wandering heart with his fiancée, Strafa Algarda. But for Garrett, even true love comes with its share of headaches—namely, the Algarda family. Strafa’s family needs Garrett’s unique skills in the worst way. Rumors are spreading that someone is organizing a Tournament of Swords—a brutal contest that magically compels the children of sorcerers to battle until only one is left alive. The winner will absorb the power from those he has killed and thus become a demigod. Strafa and her family want to protect her daughter, Kevans, from being forced to take part in the lethal contest...and they’ve asked Garrett to find out who is organizing the tournament and nip it in the bud. The only problem is that finding the culprit is most likely impossible. But the Algardas are used to getting what they want....

Download or read book Spontaneous Combustion written by Thom L. Nichols and published by Thom L Nichols. This book was released on 2010-03 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A werewolf doesn't transform into existence, it is exchanged into this world from a parallel universe. That transportation is painful and violent because the world it comes from is dominated by evil magic. After a bizarre experience with a UFO, Greg finds himself spontaneously combusting. Then, everything turns upside down. He finds himself involved with a group of people that have also spontaneously transformed. Greg combusted, so he is now made of fire. Others are made of air, water, lightning, and shadows. They only have two things in common. They all had a weird experience and they are no longer at the top of the food chain. They are now the main course for the werewolves.Outside of the real world, but able to see it, Greg finds that the only way to survive and try to get back is to use magic. It is readily available, but he can't access the good magic. He has to use the evil, and it exacts a terrible price.

Download or read book Daniel and the Revelation written by Gordon Ziegler and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2014-01-22 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Daniel and Revela-tion have been studied a long time now, and even some persons have con-cluded that some prophe-cies in Daniel and Reve-lation are multiple appli-cation prophecies. But this commentator has never before seen a book with parallel applications of the prophecies. That is here provided for the reader. The reader will notice that the parallel applications of Daniel 2, 7, 8, and 9 have only three parallel applications drawn out, whereas a portion of Daniel 11 has more drawn out. That is because the commentator has found seven legiti-mate applications of a portion of Daniel 11 (ending with the Ottoman Empire; Nazi Germany; Syria; Iraq; Northern United States; Russia; and the United Nations). To present the seven applica-tions of a portion of Daniel 11, the scriptural text had to be repeated. The Historic application was also repeated along-side the text for com-parison purposes with the other applications. All of the prophetic applications shown or un-shown are or were con-ditional prophecies. For the first applications, however, the conditions have already been met, and the prophecies have been fulfilled. For those applications still un-ful-filled, however, they can be truncated (shortened) at any time by a Rev. 11:15-19 experience.

Download or read book Indonesia and the Politics of Disaster written by Phillip Drake and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-07-15 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Named after Lapindo Brantas, a gas exploration company that was drilling at the eruption site, the Lapindo mudflow initially burst in 2006 and continues to flow today, becoming the most expensive disaster in Indonesia’s history. Using this environmental incident in Indonesia as a case study, this book explores representations of disaster in scientific reports, public discourse, literature, and other cultural forms, observing the impact of these portrayals on the ways people both understand and respond to complicated environmental disasters. The author argues that power is expressed and contested in every representation of a disaster and its stakeholders. This book develops terminologies and perspectives that not only probe the social and ecological conditions that make disaster possible but also foster more effective and equitable strategies for adapting to a world fraught with hazards. Interdisciplinary in nature, this book makes a significant contribution to the fields of green cultural studies, disaster studies, science and technology studies and studies of political ecology in Southeast Asia.

Download or read book A Virginia Girl in the Civil War Expanded Annotated written by Myrta Lockett Avary and published by BIG BYTE BOOKS. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She and her biographer were both real-life Scarlett O'Haras. Born to privilege and wealth in antebellum Virginia, she married at seventeen and then was plunged into the events of the American Civil War. Myrta Lockett Avary was her biographer and though Avary does not give up her friend's identity, the story captured the imagination of the world when first published in 1903. Avary also wrote "Dixie After the War," which may have been the inspiration for Margaret Mitchell's "Gone With the Wind." She was also the original editor of "A Diary from Dixie as written by Mary Boykin Chestnut," featured very prominently in Ken Burns' documentary, The Civil War. A write for major periodicals during her day, Myrta Avary was a successful and well-known writer. We're fortunate that she chronicled the world that was left behind in the wake of the Civil War. "The narrative is one that both interests and charms. The beginning of the end of the long and desperate struggle is unusually well told, and now the survivors lived during the last days of the fading Confederacy forms a vivid picture of those distressful times.”—Baltimore Herald. “The style of the narrative is attractively informal and chatty. Its pathos is that of simplicity. It throws upon a cruel period of our national career a side-light, bringing out tender and softening interests too little visible in the pages of formal history.”—New York World. “This is a tale that will appeal to every Southern man and woman, and can not fail to be of interest to every reader. It is-as fresh and vivacious, even in dealing with dark days, as the young soul that underwent the hardships of a most cruel war."—Louisville Courier-Journal. “Taken at this time, when the years have buried all resentment, dulled all sorrows, and brought new generations to the scenes, a work of this kind can not fail of value just as it can not fail in interest. Official history moves with two great strides to permit of the smaller, more intimate events; fiction lacks the realistic, powerful appeal of actuality; such works as this must be depended upon to fill in the unoccupied interstices, to show us just what were the lives of those who were in this conflict or who lived in the midst of it without being able actively to participate in it. And of this type 'A Virginia Girl in the Civil War ' is a truly admirable example.”—Philadelphia Record.

Download or read book Brother Against Brother Or The Tompkins Mystery written by John Roy Musick and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book American Civil War Collection written by Jules Verne and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-12-28 with total page 10766 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 'American Civil War Collection' stands as a monumental anthology that explores the myriad facets of one of America's most defining historical moments through a mosaic of literary expressions. This collection brings together an array of genres - including historical fiction, personal correspondence, and firsthand accounts - to offer a comprehensive narrative that is as diverse in style as it is in perspective. Within its pages, readers will find works that range from the raw realism of battlefield reports to the nuanced storytelling of personal loss and societal division, capturing the essence of an era marked by profound change. The inclusion of standout pieces by noted authors underscores the anthology's significance in both literary and historical contexts, providing a unique lens through which the Civil War era is viewed and understood. The contributing authors, hailing from varied backgrounds, bring a rich tapestry of experiences and viewpoints to the anthology. Their collective works reflect not only the historical and cultural movements of the era but also the personal and communal narratives that define it. The interdisciplinary nature of the contributors, including novelists like Jules Verne and Mark Twain and historians such as James Ford Rhodes, showcases a confluence of literary brilliance and historical scholarship. Through their writings, the anthology aligns with key literary and cultural movements of the time, offering insights into the complexities of the human condition amidst tumultuous societal change. Their diverse voices join to evoke a deeper understanding of the American Civil War's impact on individual and collective memory, highlighting the interplay between history and narrative. Recommending the 'American Civil War Collection' to readers is an invitation to traverse a historical landscape rich with conflict, heroism, tragedy, and transformation. This anthology is not just a mere compilation of texts but a gateway to experiencing the multitude of human stories forged in the crucible of the Civil War. It is an essential volume for anyone seeking to comprehend the vastness of the war's influence on American literature and culture, offering an unparalleled educational journey. Through its pages, readers are encouraged to engage with the past, fostering a dialogue that bridges historical knowledge with contemporary understanding.