Download or read book Maya s Notebook written by Isabel Allende and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2021-01-19 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Allende can spin a yarn with the grace of a poet.”—Entertainment Weekly AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER, NOW WITH A NEW DEAR READER LETTER From the New York Times bestselling author of A Long Petal of the Sea and The House of the Spirits, an enthralling and suspenseful coming-of-age story about a teenage girl who must unravel the mysteries of her past in order to save herself. Nineteen-year-old Maya Vidal grew up in a rambling old house in Berkeley with her grandmother Nini—a force of nature whose formidable strength helped her build a new life after she emigrated from Chile in 1973—and Popo, an African-American astronomer and professor whose solid, comforting presence helps calm the turbulence of Maya's adolescence. When Popo dies of cancer, Maya comes undone and turns to drugs, alcohol, and petty crime. When she becomes lost in the dangerous underworld of Las Vegas, Maya becomes caught in the crosshairs of deadly warring forces. Her one chance for survival is Nini, who helps her escape to a remote island off the coast of Chile. Here, Maya tries to make sense of the past to discover the truth about her life and her family, and embarks on her greatest adventure: a journey of self-discovery and forgiveness.
Download or read book Violeta English Edition written by Isabel Allende and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2022-01-25 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • This sweeping novel from the author of A Long Petal of the Sea tells the epic story of Violeta Del Valle, a woman whose life spans one hundred years and bears witness to the greatest upheavals of the twentieth century. “An immersive saga about a passion-filled life.”—People ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: PopSugar, Real Simple, Reader’s Digest Violeta comes into the world on a stormy day in 1920, the first girl in a family with five boisterous sons. From the start, her life is marked by extraordinary events, for the ripples of the Great War are still being felt, even as the Spanish flu arrives on the shores of her South American homeland almost at the moment of her birth. Through her father’s prescience, the family will come through that crisis unscathed, only to face a new one as the Great Depression transforms the genteel city life she has known. Her family loses everything and is forced to retreat to a wild and beautiful but remote part of the country. There, she will come of age, and her first suitor will come calling. She tells her story in the form of a letter to someone she loves above all others, recounting times of devastating heartbreak and passionate affairs, poverty and wealth, terrible loss and immense joy. Her life is shaped by some of the most important events of history: the fight for women’s rights, the rise and fall of tyrants, and ultimately not one, but two pandemics. Through the eyes of a woman whose unforgettable passion, determination, and sense of humor carry her through a lifetime of upheaval, Isabel Allende once more brings us an epic that is both fiercely inspiring and deeply emotional.
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Download or read book Popular a Memoir written by Maya Van Wagenen and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Documents a high school student's year-long attempt to change her social status from that of a misfit to a member of the "in" crowd by following advice in a 1950s popularity guide, an experiment that triggered embarrassment, humor and unexpected surprises.
Download or read book Ripper written by Isabel Allende and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2021-01-05 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the NEW YORK TIMES Bestselling author, a gripping murder mystery about a serial killer on the loose in San Francisco. Indiana Jackson is 33 years old and works in an alternative medicine clinic in San Francisco that attracts all sorts of characters, some of them skeptics, who fall for her candor and humility. Her teenage daughter, Amanda likes noir literature and hopes to attend MIT, where she will be with Bradley, an old friend that she plans to marry, with or without his consent. In her free time, she plays Ripper, an online role playing game that involves solving real-life mysteries and crimes using information collected by Amanda’s father, the Chief Inspector of the San Francisco police. Amanda plays the game via Skype with adolescents from all over the world and with her best friend, her grandfather Blake. Each player in the game has a virtual personality: Amanda is the game master, and Blake is her henchman; the others are Sherlock Holmes, Colonel Paddington, Esmeralda, and the psychic Abatha. When Ripper’s latest murder mystery-”the case of the misplaced bat”-begins to touch their real-world lives, Amanda and her friends know they must solve the case and find the murderer before he can strike again. RIPPER is a true thriller, with the twists, surprises, well-placed clues, and revelations that lead to a climatic finale. A rich and generous novel, filled with humor but increasingly dark, it’s a fast-paced read that grabs you right from the start and keeps you glued to the page.
Download or read book Happy Birthday Avery written by Whimsical Journals and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-02 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You Just Found the Perfect Birthday Gift Idea! This cool personalized first name birthday gift journal/diary/notebook makes for a great birthday card/greeting card present! It is 6 x 9 inches in size with 120 blank lined pages with a white background theme for writing down thoughts, notes, ideas, or even sketching. Product details: Size: 6" X 9" Paper: White Lined Paper Pages: 120 Pages (60 Sheets) Cover: Soft Cover (Glossy) For other names search: Whimsical Journals + birthday + name
Download or read book Paula written by Isabel Allende and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2020-09-29 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Newly Reissued New York Times Bestselling Author “Beautiful and heartrending. . . . Memoir, autobiography, epicedium, perhaps even some fiction: they are all here, and they are all quite wonderful.” —Los Angeles Times When Isabel Allende’s daughter, Paula, became gravely ill and fell into a coma, the author began to write the story of her family for her unconscious child. In the telling, bizarre ancestors appear before our eyes; we hear both delightful and bitter childhood memories, amazing anecdotes of youthful years, the most intimate secrets passed along in whispers. With Paula, Allende has written a powerful autobiography whose straightforward acceptance of the magical and spiritual worlds will remind readers of her first book, The House of the Spirits.
Download or read book Mayasaurus written by Dino Notebooks and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-02-03 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Cute personalized name blank notepad/ sketchpad blank book will delight any dinosaur loving Maya! The front and back feature a cute cartoon stegosaurus and tyrannosaurus Rex roaring fearsome love hearts!. The inside pages are blank to allow free expression. There is a small cute dinosaur at the top and bottom of each page.
Download or read book Thoughts and Prayers Daily Journal written by Maya's Notebooks and published by . This book was released on 2018-09-30 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This portable, multipurpose notebook has a lovely watercolor floral design, matte covers, and 120 lined pages.Perfect for personal use or gifting!This handy 6X9 journal can be used for: - creative writing- reflections- affirmations- notes of gratitude and more!Visit Maya's author page for additional journal options
Download or read book Happy Birthday Mia written by Thrice Publishing and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-06-11 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This cool personalized first name Mia Birthday Gift Journal / Diary / Notebook makes for a great birthday card / greeting card present! It is 6 x 9 inches in size with 110 blank lined pages with a white background theme for writing down thoughts, notes, ideas, or even sketching.
Download or read book The Halls of Power written by William C. Gordon and published by Bay Tree Publishing. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fifth in a series of noir mysteries featuring newspaper reporter Samuel Hamilton, The Halls of Power explores corruption at the top of the money chain in San Francisco in the early 1960s. The work teems with eccentric characters at every level of society--hardboiled cops and immigrant workmen, and prosperous businessmen. None, however, can rival the albino sage, Mr. Song, who steps in with vigilante justice when the system stops working for the people of Chinatown.
Download or read book Notebook for the Maya Hieroglyphic Forum at Texas written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Heart of Creation written by Andrea Joyce Stone and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This accessible, state-of-the-art review of Mayan hieroglyphics and cosmology also serves as a tribute to one of the field's most noted pioneers. The core of this book focuses on the current study of Mayan hieroglyphics as inspired by the recently deceased Mayanist Linda Schele. As author or coauthor of more than 200 books or articles on the Maya, Schele served as the chief disseminator of knowledge to the general public about this ancient Mesoamerican culture, similar to the way in which Margaret Mead introduced anthropology and the people of Borneo to the English-speaking world. Twenty-five contributors offer scholarly writings on subjects ranging from the ritual function of public space at the Olmec site and the gardens of the Great Goddess at Teotihuacan to the understanding of Jupiter in Maya astronomy and the meaning of the water throne of Quirigua Zoomorph P. The workshops on Maya history and writing that Schele conducted in Guatemala and Mexico for the highland people, modern descendants of the Mayan civilization, are thoroughly addressed as is the phenomenon termed "Maya mania"—the explosive growth of interest in Maya epigraphy, iconography, astronomy, and cosmology that Schele stimulated. An appendix provides a bibliography of Schele's publications and a collection of Scheleana, written memories of "the Rabbit Woman" by some of her colleagues and students. Of interest to professionals as well as generalists, this collection will stand as a marker of the state of Mayan studies at the turn of the 21st century and as a tribute to the remarkable personality who guided a large part of that archaeological research for more than two decades.
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Download or read book A Shadow in Eternity written by Payal Dhar and published by Zubaan. This book was released on 2006 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Last three pages contains the prologue to the planned sequel to the present work titled: Key of chaos.
Download or read book The Note written by Zoë Folbigg and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-05-08 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'It's got Hollywood blockbuster written all over it' Cosmopolitan. Based on Zoë Folbigg's true story comes an unforgettable romance about how a little note can change everything... One very ordinary day, Maya Flowers sees a new commuter board her train to London, and suddenly the day isn't ordinary at all. Maya knows immediately and irrevocably, that he is The One. But the beautiful man on the train always has his head in a book and never seems to notice Maya sitting just down the carriage from him every day. Eventually, though, inspired by a very wise friend, Maya plucks up the courage to give the stranger a note asking him out for a drink. After all, what's the worst that can happen? And so begins a story of sliding doors, missed opportunities and finding happiness where you least expect it. The Note is an uplifting, life-affirming reminder that taking a chance can change everything... 'Laugh-out-loud, tears-in-your-coffee story' OK! magazine. 'A story of sliding doors, missed opportunities and finding happiness where you least expect it' Good Housekeeping. 'The Note is perceptive, funny and likely to make your commute much more diverting' Stylist magazine. 'The perfect escapist read for hopeless romantics on their daily commute' Navaz Batliwalla, author. 'A life-affirming, uplifting reminder that taking a chance can change everything' Woman's Weekly.
