Download or read book The Arrival and Sketches from a Nameless Land written by Shaun Tan and published by Lothian Children's Books. This book was released on 2010 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique presentation of the best-selling, internationally acclaimed graphic novel THE ARRIVAL, and a new companion volume of commentary and developmental drawings, SKETCHES FROM A NAMELESS LAND, beautifully packages the two books within a traveller's suitcase that also contains a limited edition numbered Shaun Tan print of an illustration from THE ARRIVAL. The Arrival is a migrant story told as a series of wordless images that might seem to come from a long forgotten time. A man leaves his wife and child in an impoverished town, seeking better prospects in an unknown country on the other side of a vast ocean. He eventually finds himself in a bewildering city of foreign customs, peculiar animals, curious floating objects and indecipherable languages. With nothing more than a suitcase and a handful of currency, the immigrant must find a place to live, food to eat and some kind of gainful employment. He is helped along the way by sympathetic strangers, each carrying their own unspoken history: stories of struggle and survival in a world of incomprehensible violence, upheaval and hope. This collector's edition will fascinate anyone who has fallen under the spell of Shaun Tan s timeless story, and offers a revealing insight into the craft of one of Australia s most compelling author-illustrators. THE ARRIVAL has become one of the most critically acclaimed books of recent years, a wordless masterpiece that describes a world beyond any familiar time or place. How did it come to be created, and what inspired its unique and captivating story? In SKETCHES FROM A NAMELESS LAND, author Shaun Tan explains the origins of his ideas, using examples from early research and concept sketches through to finished artwork. In tracing this evolution, he sheds light on the silent language of images, the spirit of the migrant experience and the artist s creative journey. www.thearrival.com.au

Download or read book The Arrival written by Shaun Tan and published by Lothian Children's Books. This book was released on 2014 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What drives so many to leave everything behind and journey alone to a mysterious country, a place without family or friends, where everything is nameless and the future is unknown. This silent graphic novel is the story of every migrant, every refugee, every displaced person, and a tribute to all those who have made the journey.

Download or read book The Arrival written by J. W. Brazier and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-02-07 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Residents face martial law, a cashless economy, and a host of ruthless leaders seemingly bent on making the maneuvers more than just a military operation.

Download or read book Arrival of the Fittest written by Andreas Wagner and published by Current. This book was released on 2015-10-06 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Wagner draws on over fifteen years of research to present the missing piece in Darwin's theory. Using experimental and computational technologies that were heretofore unimagined, he has found that adaptations are not just driven by chance, but by a set of laws that allow nature to discover new molecules and mechanisms in a fraction of the time that random variation would take"--Amazon.com.

Download or read book Eric written by Shaun Tan and published by Tundra Books. This book was released on 2020-10-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A beautifully surreal and gently humorous picture book about cultural differences, empathy and the power of perspective, from internationally acclaimed author-illustrator Shaun Tan. Eric is a foreign exchange student who comes to live with a typical suburban family. Although everyone is delighted with the arrangement, cultural misunderstandings ensue, beginning with Eric's insistence on sleeping in a pantry cupboard rather than a specially prepared guest room. The family takes Eric on a number of excursions, but they're never sure if he's having a good time, as he just doesn't say very much. He's mostly interested in small things he discovers on the ground. When Eric leaves the family suddenly, they're unsure if they've done something wrong. But Eric leaves them a surprise gift that they'll never forget.

Download or read book Superhero K The Arrival Part 1 written by Aniket Lawand and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2021-11-24 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First why a superhero can’t be born to be superhero. Born with natural superhero abilities which evolve over a period of time. Born for a task to save the human race. Young Kabir born in Wadia family, loses his mother at birth. But little is he aware that he is going to evolve with superpowers as he crosses his teens and reaches early twenties. Grown with adventurous friends, all are always exploring different areas and one fine day end up in Himalayas, all attempting to spot the Yeti. The most shocking is when they see him, but then in the process Kabir goes missing. Friends have to return on constraints. Further little did Kabir know that he was to be initiated and trained and guided on his purpose of life. He also meets the council of 7, the ones who have lived timelessly and are never aging. The powerful council initiate Kabir. Kabir’s friends after departure though sad, don’t lose hope and continue with their explorations only to go deeper into some ancient secrets. Strange things happen to them as well, though they aren’t superheroes but are talented differently in their own way. In all this will they be able to save the Town from the villains as a master plan is drawn to blow the entire town of Dehradun. Will Kabir gain senses and understand his role and do the right thing instead of seeking for revenge on personal front. The Mighty, the one who could change size and shape at will, is always around to help and guide. But happens when the real danger is faced.

Download or read book Stories of Your Life and Others written by Ted Chiang and published by Knopf. This book was released on 2010-10-26 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of Exhalation, an award-winning short story collection that blends "absorbing storytelling with meditations on the universe, being, time and space ... raises questions about the nature of reality and what it is to be human" (The New York Times). Stories of Your Life and Others delivers dual delights of the very, very strange and the heartbreakingly familiar, often presenting characters who must confront sudden change—the inevitable rise of automatons or the appearance of aliens—with some sense of normalcy. With sharp intelligence and humor, Chiang examines what it means to be alive in a world marked by uncertainty, but also by beauty and wonder. An award-winning collection from one of today's most lauded writers, Stories of Your Life and Others is a contemporary classic. Includes “Story of Your Life”—the basis for the major motion picture Arrival

Download or read book The Arrival written by Adair Hart and published by Quantum Edge Publishing. This book was released on 2017-03-04 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jake Melkins is a few months away from turning twenty-one. By the Seceltor Empire’s laws, he will have to go to a breeding camp, or directly into slavery. Neither choice appeals to him. All this changes with the arrival of a space-and-time-traveling being known as Evaran at the space station turned rest stop that Jake lives on. To make things complicated, Greecho, the slaver who abducted Jake as a kid, has arrived at the station. He and his crew, along with his twenty-two-year-old human pet, Kathy, are about to go on a slave run to Earth. Evaran has decided to interfere and free Jake and Kathy. That decision will lead him to Earth, where he will need to deal with the consequences.

Download or read book The Day of Your Arrival written by Dolores Brown and published by NubeOcho. This book was released on 2023-11-06 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Los hijos adoptivos son muy deseados. Una dulce historia para contar la espera de los padres adoptivos. La llegada de la niña o niño y la felicidad de la familia. Uno de los pocos álbumes que hablan de la adopción de una forma tan hermosa. Un libro tan tierno como necesario.

Download or read book Sketches from a Nameless Land written by Shaun Tan and published by . This book was released on 2014-10-02 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Arrival has become one of the most critically acclaimed books of recent years, a wordless masterpiece that describes a world beyond any familiar time or place. How did it come to be created, and what inspired its unique and captivating story? In Sketches from a Nameless Land, author Shaun Tan explains the origins of his ideas, using examples from early research and concept sketches through to finished artwork. In tracing this evolution, he sheds light on the silent language of images, the spirit of the migrant experience and the artist's creative journey. The Arrival was sited as No 35 in The Times 100 Best Books of all time. An imaginative triumph. Every home should have one. - The Times It will fascinate and occupy adults and children alike. - The Observer Read more about The Arrival at www.thearrival.com.au Find out more about Shaun Tan at http: //www.shauntan.ne

Download or read book The Arrival of Jimpson and Other Stories written by Ralph Henry Barbour and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-03 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: The Arrival of Jimpson and Other Stories by Ralph Henry Barbour

Download or read book The Arrival of Someday written by Jen Malone and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2019-07-23 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this emotionally candid contemporary YA, author Jen Malone delves into the world of a teen whose life is brought to an abrupt halt when she learns she’s in dire need of an organ transplant. Hard-charging and irrepressible, eighteen-year-old Amelia Linehan could see a roller derby opponent a mile away—and that’s while crouched down, bent over skates, and zooming around a track at the speed of light. What she couldn’t see coming, however, was the flare-up of the rare liver disorder she was born with. But now it’s the only thing she—and everyone around her—can think about. With no guarantee of a viable organ transplant, everything Amelia’s been sure of—like college plans or the possibility of one day falling in love—has become a huge question mark, threatening to drag her down into a sea of what-ifs she’s desperate to avoid. Then a friend from the past shows up. With Will, it’s easy to forget about what’s lurking between the lightness of their time together. She feels alive when all signs point elsewhere. But with the odds decidedly not in her favor, Amelia knows this feeling can’t last forever. After all, what can?

Download or read book Unifable Saga Book 10 The Arrival Of The Past written by Thomas Wolf and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-02-23 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drake and his friends decides to relax as they wait for the Gods to answer Drake. But their relaxing is hard to enjoy when a few women from Drake's past decides to make an appearance. Ho are these women? Where did they come from and why are they approaching Drake? Not to mention that one has it out for him and is tied to him closer than anyone there. How is Drake going to handle what is going to hit him when she finally makes her presence known to him and everyone else?

Download or read book Mermaids The Arrival written by Karen Lunn and published by KM Lunn Author. This book was released on 2019-08-01 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kali led a quiet, normal life, she had no reason to suspect she was anything but a human. A much needed vacation turned into a mysterious journey of magic in an underwater world. Now, along with a small group of merpeople including a powerful aunt, an implacable leader, an adventurer, a recluse and a protector, Kali was setting out to stop a powerful merman known as 'The Destroyer'. The outcome would forever change the lives of all mers and humans alike. Will \kali accept the changes in her and embrace this mysterious, magical world in order to save her kind, or would she forsake her true self?

Download or read book The Moment of Truth the Arrival of the Stupor of Death written by Sam Christian and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2017-03-30 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Moment of Truth & The Arrival of the Stupor of Death If only Id taken the path of the messenger! Lest We Say, If only Id been Muslim enough! This book is not a philosophical, political, biographical, or historical account of anybody nor is it an account of the United States elections, which catapulted a pharaoh-qarun like Donald Trump to become the president of the United States of America, but it is a plea to the genus of man, believers, and atheists, Jewish, Christian, Hindu, Buddhist, and Muslim, including the fascist new president of the USA to return to the Lord of Moses, who spoke to Moses from beyond the seventh sky, Verily! I am Allah! La ilaha illa Ana (none has the right to be worshipped but I), so worship me, and perform as-salat (prayers) for my remembrance. O Musa (Moses)! Verily! I am Allah, the Lord of Al-Alamin (mankind, jinn, and all that exists)! Verily, the hour is coming, and my will is to keep it hidden so that every person may be rewarded for that which he strives. There is no doubt, this is a perfect creed which served its time but was complemented and superseded first by Christianity and then both were later superseded by the last and universal faith, Islam, the message Mohammad preached to humanity. No wonder the name of the Lord (Allah), which he taught Moses and to all, is the simplest that can be said easily by an infant starting to speak. Any other name does not apply to nor fit him of glory!

Download or read book The Arrival Animorphs 38 written by K. A. Applegate and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2017-08-29 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Andalites have finally arrived on Earth. Ax and the other Animorphs now have allies willing to fight against the Yeerk invasion. But there are only four Andalites. Not nearly enough to defeat thousands of Yeerks. Not enough to stop humans from being infested.Everyone agrees that the battle must continue, but the Andalites don't want to fight alongside humans. They feel their skills will be less than adequate. And they demand that Ax choose a side. Will Ax stay with his friends... or stand with his people?

Download or read book The Arrival of Lily Curtis written by Rachel Brimble and published by The Wild Rose Press Inc. This book was released on 2010-07-23 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the mention of an arranged marriage, Elizabeth Caughley feels her life is over at the age of three and twenty'so she hatches an escape plan. She will reinvent herself as a housemaid. Overnight, Elizabeth becomes Lily - on the understanding if her attempt at independence fails, she will return home and marry a man of her parents? choosing. Viscount Westrop will ensure his legacy is passed to his own son one day. Even though he feels insurmountable pity for the unborn child already, he knows how much pain a broken promise can cause and will do what is right. But with the arrival of his new housemaid, his plans are thrown into disarray. Lily is funny and feisty and the most beautiful creature on earth - Andrew is thunderstruck. But if anyone suspects how much he wants to ravish her and endlessly love her, Andrew's lineage will undoubtedly be in peril.