Download or read book A Short Border Handbook written by Gazmend Kapllani and published by Portobello Books. This book was released on 2013-11-14 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'It is not a recognized mental illness like agoraphobia or depression ... It's largely a matter of luck whether one suffers from border syndrome: it depends where you were born. I was born in Albania.' After spending his childhood and school years in Albania, imagining that the miniskirts and quiz shows of Italian state TV were the reality of life in the West, and fantasizing accordingly about living on the other side of the border, the death of Hoxha at last enables Gazmend Kapllani to make his escape. However, on arriving in the Promised Land, he finds neither lots of willing leggy lovelies nor a warm welcome from his long-lost Greek cousins. Instead, he gets banged up in a detention centre in a small border town. As Gazi and his fellow immigrants try to find jobs, they begin to plan their future lives in Greece, imagining riches and successes which always remain just beyond their grasp. The sheer absurdity of both their plans and their new lives is overwhelming. Both detached and involved, ironic and emotional, Kapllani interweaves the story of his experience with meditations upon 'border syndrome' - a mental state, as much as a geographical experience - to create a brilliantly observed, amusing and perceptive debut.

Download or read book Mussolini Fascism Interlink Illustrated Histories written by Marco Palla and published by Interlink Books. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On October 29, 1922, while the fascist squads marched through the streets of Rome, the king of Italy, Victor Emmanuel III, gave Benito Mussolini the mandate to form a new government. Many believed the fascist period in power would not last long. But the reality turned out quite differently. The march on Rome of the black shirts dealt a decisive blow to the fragile liberal democracy. The murder of Matteotti, the attempt to create a totalitarian state, the annihilation of the opposition, the alliance with Hitler, and the wars in Ethiopia and Spain were the most significant steps of the long journey of the Italian people through dictatorship. Ending with the disaster of the Second World War and the tragic finale of the Republic of Salò, it was an experience that would mark the history of the 20th century and throw its shadow across post-war Italy.

Download or read book Conversational Italian for Travelers written by Kathryn Occhipinti and published by Stella Lucente, LLC. This book was released on 2015-07-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The textbook, Conversational Italian for Travelers, is a fun, friendly book, not formal like most language books, and teaches everything one needs to know to travel to Italy. If you want to really understand the Italian of today, you need this book! We learn language and culture as we follow the character Caterina in dialogues that detail her travels through Italy. As she boards planes, trains, and finally takes a ride in her cousin's car, we learn how to do these things in Italian. When she meets up with her Italian family, we learn the phrases of communicating with others, including what to say if you meet someone special, how to go shopping and how to use the telephone. Finally, Caterina goes on a trip to Lago Maggiore with her Italian family, and we learn phrases needed to stay at a hotel, go sight-seeing, and of course, go to the restaurant and order wonderful Italian food! Many Italian dishes commonly ordered in Italian restaurants are listed in the last three chapters of the boo

Download or read book Asmodeus written by Dawn McClure and published by Samhain Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When aspiring witch Brianna Claxton accidentally summons a demon from the Abyss, not even her favorite "Oops" spell can save her from her attraction to the dangerously hot, unbelievably arrogant demon, Asmodeus. But when four Death Angels appear and demand Brianna send Asmodeus back to his life of eternal torture, the fires that flare between Brianna and Asmodeus take on a new significance. Will they have to deny their forbidden love to save each other, or will love be the catalyst that redeems them?

Download or read book Conversational Italian for Travelers written by Kathryn Occhipinti and published by Stella Lucente, LLC. This book was released on 2015-01-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "All the information about how to use Italian verbs that you need to know is set out in clear language with easy-to-read, color coded tables. Like the textbook from which it is derived, Just the Verbs focuses on the conversational use of Italian, with detailed explanations made interesting and fun by focusing on travel situations. Present, imperative, past, future and conditional tenses are covered, with realistic examples from daily life." --

Download or read book Translation Under Fascism written by C. Rundle and published by Springer. This book was released on 2010-10-27 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of translation has focused on literary work but this book demonstrates the way in which political control can influence and be influenced by translation choices. New research and specially commissioned essays give access to existing research projects which at present are either scattered or unavailable in English.

Download or read book November 2 written by Ettore Grillo and published by Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency. This book was released on 2020-07-30 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: November 2 is a special day in Sicily. The Day of the Dead is considered an important festival, when children receive gifts from the dead and eat special bone-shaped cakes. Cemeteries are overcrowded with people walking in the lanes, placing flowers at gravesites, and lighting candles in their tombs. Many Sicilian tombs look like small houses: They contain a room, an altar, and marble-walled niches. Mario Chiaramonte goes to the cemetery on this day. Besides visiting the tombs of his relatives and friends, he strolls throughout the graveyard. On his walk, he stumbles on some special tombs. A few have an epitaph carved on the tombstone or above the altar. The tombs he visits house the bodies of a Mafia boss, a literary man, a poet, a nobleman, and more. Mario recalls the salient moments of their lives, and at the same time sees himself from a different detached perspective. Romance, adventure, life, death, the Mafia, good and evil, racism, and impermanence are themes throughout the novel. November 2: The Day of the Dead in Sicily is thought-provoking and captivating from beginning to end.

Download or read book Pompeii Sticker Book written by Struan Reid and published by Usborne Books. This book was released on 2013-03-01 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The speed with which Pompeii was enveloped by volcanic lava has left us an extraordinary and unique record of daily life in a Roman town. This information sticker book tells the story of that fateful day and its legacy, through photographs of mosaics, paintings and statues that were amazingly preserved and discovered in the ashes.

Download or read book The Little Prince written by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-01-17 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Broken down in the Sahara Desert, a pilot meets an extraordinary Little Prince, travelling across time and space to bring peace to his warring planet. Inua Ellams' magical retelling of the much loved story by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry turns the Little Prince into a descendant of an African race in a parallel galaxy. His journey as a galactic emigrant takes us through solar systems of odd planets with strange beings, addresses climate change and morality, and shows how even a little thing can make a big difference.

Download or read book Oh Freedom written by Francesco D'Adamo and published by Darf Publishers Ltd.. This book was released on 2016-06-09 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This exciting adventure story follows a family of slaves in the USA in 1860 as they escape from a cotton plantation via the legendary Underground Railroad. An enthralling story of courage and resilience, centring on 10-year-old Tommy, it will fascinate children who might not know much about this secret escape route into Canada that was used by as many as 100,000 people. Ten-year-old Tommy roams the cotton fields of Alabama owned by the notorious Captain Archer. Intimidating guards with fierce dogs protect the land to prevent any slaves from leaving. That is until a supernatural spirit visits Tommy offering a way out. With his banjo slung over his shoulder, Peg Leg Joe guides Tommy, his family and other slaves out of Southern USA, and into Canada through the legendary Underground Railroads. Stretched for miles across the country's vastness, the network famously facilitated more than 100,000 slaves to a new life. For Tommy and his family, the escape is far from an easy ride. The young boy is forced to mature through this testing period and allow his strong will to guide himself and others to safety under the guidance of Peg Leg Joe. Set in the 19th century, D'Adamo's well-constructed novel tells a story distant in time, remains grounded in a reality that still exists today. Millions of people across the globe continue to be enslaved, including children.

Download or read book Stone Soup written by Lesley Sims and published by Usborne Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2013-07-01 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I can make soup from a stone!" declared the old man. The old woman didn't believe him. Do you? Simply written in lively, flowing text Usborne First Reading books are designed to capture the imagination and build the confidence of beginner readers. This book includes audio, simple comprehension puzzles and downloadable worksheets and teacher's notes. "For every parent, child and teacher weary of the monotony of the average reading scheme, Usborne's First Reading series will offer rays of sunlight. The books are carefully levelled and offer a huge variety of accessible and fun, fiction and non-fiction." - Tamara Linke (Proprietor, Tales on Moon Lane Bookshop)

Download or read book Defining Autism written by Emily L. Casanova and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2018-10-18 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offering a summary of the current state of knowledge in autism research, Defining Autism looks at the different genetic, neurological and environmental causes of, and contributory factors to autism. It takes a wide-ranging view of developmental and genetic factors, and considers autism's relationship with other conditions such as epilepsy. Shedding light on the vast number of autism-related syndromes which are all too often denied adequate attention, it shows how, whilst autism refers to a single syndrome, it can be understood as many different conditions, with the common factors being biological, rather than behavioral.

Download or read book Peter Pan written by James Matthew Barrie and published by Collector's Library. This book was released on 2008 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The original story of Peter Pan.

Download or read book Magic Painting Jungle written by S. A. M. TAPLIN and published by . This book was released on 2017-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brush water over the black and white illustrations and watch the jungle magically burst into life! There are 16 scenes to paint with elephants having a bath, parrots flying high in the sky, a tiger and her cubs and lots more. With a handy flap at the back of the book to stop paint seeping through to the page beneath.

Download or read book Look and Find Bugs written by Kirsteen ROBSON and published by . This book was released on 2018-06 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wonderfully illustrated puzzle book teeming with all kinds of insects and other creepy crawlies to spot, count and match. Spot a bee on a bicycle, a butterfly tapping a tambourine and many more eye-catching challenges. The intricate illustrations make these seemingly simple puzzles a lot harder than you might think! A great book children will want to return to time and time again. Delightful details provides endless spot-and-talk-about opportunities. An activity book children will want to share and enjoy with friends and family.

Download or read book Don t Touch the Hippo BB written by Sam Taplin and published by . This book was released on 2019-10-31 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You mustn't touch the hippo, or you might make it snort... but that touchy-feely patch is just too tempting! When you stroke each touchy-feely patch in this exciting new novelty series, you'll hear the animal make a sound. At the end of the book, you'll find all of the animals being noisy at once. Illustrations: Full colour throughout

Download or read book The Game of Light written by Hervé Tullet and published by Phaidon Incorporated Limited. This book was released on 2011-03-30 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Young readers can cast different shapes on a wall using a flashlight and this book with cut-outs on each page. On board pages.