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Book The Lost Suitcase

    Book Details:
  • Author : Nicholas Delbanco
  • Publisher : Columbia University Press
  • Release : 2000
  • ISBN : 9780231115438
  • Pages : 242 pages

Download or read book The Lost Suitcase written by Nicholas Delbanco and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an insightful and original meditation on the writer's craft that is by turns descriptive and prescriptive, Delbanco explores how literary virtuosity is achieved, how the writing of fiction can be taught, and the way literature functions for writer and reader equally. The book includes a novella called "The Lost Suitcase," revolving around a famous anecdote about Hemingway's early work and how it came to be lost.

Book Unclaimed Baggage

Download or read book Unclaimed Baggage written by Jen Doll and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR). This book was released on 2018-09-18 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *A New York Times Staff Pick* *An NPR Best Book of 2018* *A Buzzfeed Best YA Book of 2018* In Jen Doll's young adult debut novel, Unclaimed Baggage, Doris—a lone liberal in a conservative small town—has mostly kept to herself since the terrible waterslide incident a few years ago. Nell had to leave behind her best friends, perfect life, and too-good-to-be-true boyfriend in Chicago to move to Alabama. Grant was the star quarterback and epitome of "Mr. Popular" whose drinking problem has all but destroyed his life. What do these three have in common? A summer job working in a store called Unclaimed Baggage cataloging and selling other people's lost luggage. Together they find that through friendship, they can unpack some of their own emotional baggage and move on into the future.

Book The Yellow Suitcase

Download or read book The Yellow Suitcase written by Meera Sriram and published by Penny Candy Books. This book was released on 2019-03 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What memories will Asha's yellow suitcase hold now that grandmother is gone?

Book The Lives They Left Behind

Download or read book The Lives They Left Behind written by Darby Penney and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2010-02 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than four hundred abandoned suitcases filled with patients' belongings were found when Willard Psychiatric Center closed in 1995 after 125 years of operation. In this fully-illustrated social history, they are skillfully examined and compared to the written record to create a moving-and devastating-group portrait of twentieth-century American psychiatric care.

Book The Lost Suitcase That Rolled Down The Hill

Download or read book The Lost Suitcase That Rolled Down The Hill written by Tanusiya Arun and published by Screentaps LLC. This book was released on 2022-04-05 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Lost Suitcase Rock's search for it's owner ends up on a journey filled with adventure and fun across a few key places in the United States Of America, Outer Space and Africa. The Lost Suitcase That Rolled Down The Hill is a book about hope, travel and adventure.

Book The Suitcase

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  • Author : Julie Mertus
  • Publisher : Univ of California Press
  • Release : 1997-01-20
  • ISBN : 9780520206342
  • Pages : 276 pages

Download or read book The Suitcase written by Julie Mertus and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1997-01-20 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The stories of the refugees from the war in Bosnia.

Book Mr  Benjamin s Suitcase of Secrets

Download or read book Mr Benjamin s Suitcase of Secrets written by Pei-Yu Chang and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-05-02 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A philosopher finds himself at risk when his country begins punishing people for being different, a circumstance that forces him to escape over hills and valleys while carrying a mysterious, heavy suitcase.

Book Maebelle s Suitcase

Download or read book Maebelle s Suitcase written by Tricia Tusa and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1991-03-30 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An elderly woman sacrifices a treasured prize to help her friend, a young bird, make his first flight south.

Book Hana s Suitcase

Download or read book Hana s Suitcase written by Karen Levine and published by Second Story Press. This book was released on 2002-08-07 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New edition with foreword by Nobel Peace Prize winner Desmond Tutu: “How extraordinary that this humble suitcase has enabled children all over the world to learn through Hana’s story the terrible history of what happened and that it continues to urge them to heed the warnings of history.” In the spring of 2000, Fumiko Ishioka, the curator of a small Holocaust education centre for children in Tokyo, received a very special shipment for an exhibit she was planning. She had asked the curators at the Auschwitz museum if she could borrow some artifacts connected to the experience of children at the camp. Among the items she received was an empty suitcase. From the moment she saw it, Fumiko was captivated by the writing on the outside that identified its owner – Hana Brady, May 16, 1931, Waisenkind (the German word for orphan). Children visiting the centre were full of questions. Who was Hana Brady? Where did she come from? What was she like? How did Hana become an orphan? What happened to her? Fueled by the children’s curiosity and her own need to know, Fumiko began a year of detective work, scouring the world for clues to the story of Hana Brady. Writer Karen Levine follows Fumiko in her search through history, from present-day Japan, Europe and North America back to 1938 Czechoslovakia and the young Hana Brady, a fun-loving child with a passion for ice skating. Together with Fumiko, we learn of Hana’s loving parents and older brother, George, and discover how the family’s happy life in a small town was turned upside down by the invasion of the Nazis. Based on an award-winning CBC documentary, Hana’s Suitcase takes the reader on an incredible journey full of mystery and memories, which come to life through the perspectives of Fumiko, Hana and later Hana’s brother, who now lives in Canada. Photographs and original wartime documents enhance this extraordinary story that bridges cultures, generations and time. Ideal for young readers aged 9 and up. Hana’s Suitcase is part of the award-winning Holocaust Remembrance Series for Young Readers.

Book Lost Luggage

    Book Details:
  • Author : Samantha Tonge
  • Publisher : Boldwood Books Ltd
  • Release : 2022-09-22
  • ISBN : 1804154199
  • Pages : 313 pages

Download or read book Lost Luggage written by Samantha Tonge and published by Boldwood Books Ltd. This book was released on 2022-09-22 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Heartfelt, emotional and uplifting' Faith Hogan, author of The Gin Sisters' Promise 'Written with warmth, humour, sincerity and so much heart' Hazel Prior, author of Away with the Penguins One lost suitcase. Two strangers. And a notebook that will change lives. For almost fifty years, sisters Dolly and Greta have lived together – getting each other through the good times and the bad. Except this year, Greta isn’t there and Dolly is feeling lost and alone. In memory of her sister, Dolly heads to the lost luggage auction where she and Greta go each Christmas. But her bid reveals a gift she never imagined. Amongst the clothes is the notebook of a reclusive woman who has hardly been outside for an entire year, but who isn’t ready to give up on life. The notebook’s contents resonate with Dolly. With the support of her neighbours, retired Leroy and eleven year old Flo, Dolly decides to take on the year of firsts Phoebe had planned. But, can you have a year of firsts when you’re seventy-two? And is Dolly ready to discover the notebook’s secrets, or are some secrets better left lost at the airport? ________ 'Deeply satisfying. Dolly's story will stay with me for a long, long time' Celia Anderson ‘Inspirational and incredibly uplifting’ NetGalley Reviewer ‘This was just such a lovely, heartfelt, joyous and emotional book’ This Hannah Reads ‘A truly heartwarming, moving and outstanding story’ Amazon Reviewer ‘Real curl up on the sofa with a hot drink stuff! NetGalley Reviewer ‘Just gorgeous – tremendously engaging . . . and life-affirming in every way’ Being Anne ‘An uplifting and emotional book’ Amazon Reviewer ‘An emotional story full of hope’ NetGalley Reviewer 'The story is written with such sensitivity and I was so touched by it’ Jan’s Book Buzz

Book The Million Dollar Suitcase

Download or read book The Million Dollar Suitcase written by Alice MacGowan and published by Litres. This book was released on 2017-09-05 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Suitcase

    Book Details:
  • Author : Chris Naylor-Ballesteros
  • Publisher : HMH Books For Young Readers
  • Release : 2020-09-29
  • ISBN : 0358329604
  • Pages : 37 pages

Download or read book The Suitcase written by Chris Naylor-Ballesteros and published by HMH Books For Young Readers. This book was released on 2020-09-29 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "When a weary stranger arrives one day with nothing but a suitcase, his new neighbors ask nervous questions about who he is and where he comes from before they are challenged to decide between trusting the newcomer or taking the risk of not believing him"--

Book Panic in a Suitcase

    Book Details:
  • Author : Yelena Akhtiorskaya
  • Publisher : Penguin
  • Release : 2015-08-04
  • ISBN : 1594633827
  • Pages : 321 pages

Download or read book Panic in a Suitcase written by Yelena Akhtiorskaya and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A virtuosic debut [and] a wry look at immigrant life in the global age.” —Vogue Having left Odessa for Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, with a sense of finality, the Nasmertov family has discovered that the divide between the old world and the new is not nearly as clear-cut as they had imagined. With the collapse of the Soviet Union, returning is just a matter of a plane ticket, and the Russian-owned shops in their adopted neighborhood stock even the most obscure comforts of home. Pursuing the American Dream once meant giving up everything, but does the dream still work if the past refuses to grow distant and mythical, remaining alarmingly within reach? If the Nasmertov parents can afford only to look forward, learning the rules of aspiration, the family’s youngest, Frida, can’t help looking back—and asking far too many questions. Yelena Akhtiorskaya’s exceptional debut has been hailed not only as the great novel of Brighton Beach but as a “breath of fresh air … [and] a testament to Akhtiorskaya’s wit, generosity, and immense talent as a young American author” (NPR).

Book Suitcase Sefton and the American Dream

Download or read book Suitcase Sefton and the American Dream written by Jay Feldman and published by Triumph Books. This book was released on 2006-04-01 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Roving the lonesome highways in search of fresh baseball talent in 1942, New York Yankees scout Mac "Suitcase" Sefton discovers a once-in-a-lifetime talent in Jerry Yamada. The young left-handed pitcher seems poised to take his place among the pantheon of major league pitching greats. However, he's being held indefinitely in a Japanese American internment camp, and he's not even certain that he wants to play professional baseball. Caught behind barbed wire in a camp in Arizona, Jerry, his lovely sister, Annie, and their old-world parents make the best of their confinement while Sefton schemes to find a way to free Yamada and convince him to play for the Yanks. Sefton's interest in Yamada and his family changes from professional to personal when he accepts an offer to join the Yamadas for tea in their primitive quarters in a converted army barrack. Sefton's respect for their strength and the values they hold dear develops and deepens as he begins to see how his own lifestyle contrasts with the Yamadas’. A profound change takes place in him as he discusses freedom and the future with Annie. As a result, the relationships between the scout and the Japanese American family strain and strengthen as they share their cultures and lives. Amid baseball, racism, and hope, Sefton and the Yamadas rediscover the American dream.

Book Hemingway s Suitcase

    Book Details:
  • Author : Dennis McDougal
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2017-04-26
  • ISBN : 9781542373821
  • Pages : 430 pages

Download or read book Hemingway s Suitcase written by Dennis McDougal and published by . This book was released on 2017-04-26 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr. Lyle Fields is having a bad day. A once-renowned Hemingway scholar desperate for recognition, he's lost his wife, his reputation and teeters on losing his livelihood as a Stanford professor when a former star pupil waltzes through his office door. Clarissa Daugherty is more than a vision of loveliness. She has found the holy grail of his years of research: a long lost, possibly apocryphal suitcase containing the young Hemingway's unpublished first novel. One tiny problem: her sometimes boyfriend passed the suitcase on to a greedy Beverly Hills literary agent who promised to turn the novel into a movie ... and now he's gone missing. The chase is on, from Stanford to Hollywood to a freaky Big Sur rehab clinic, a palatial Carmel Valley winery, and a mysterious hilltop manse overlooking the San Francisco Bay. Along the way, Professor Fields strikes a strange alliance with an offbeat homicide detective and a moody ferret that shows up at the most inopportune moments ... usually along with a corpse or two.

Book Mrs  Sinclair s Suitcase

Download or read book Mrs Sinclair s Suitcase written by Louise Walters and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A heartbreaking and deeply compelling debut, Mrs. Sinclair’s Suitcase is a compulsive page-turner about thwarted love, dashed hopes, and family secrets—book-club fiction at its best. Roberta, a lonely thirty-four-year-old bibliophile, works at The Old and New Bookshop in England. When she finds a letter inside her centenarian grandmother’s battered old suitcase that hints at a dark secret, her understanding of her family’s history is completely upturned. Running alongside Roberta’s narrative is that of her grandmother, Dorothy, as a forty-year-old childless woman desperate for motherhood during the early years of World War II. After a chance encounter with a Polish war pilot, Dorothy believes she’s finally found happiness, but must instead make an unthinkable decision whose consequences forever change the framework of her family. The parallel stories of Roberta and Dorothy unravel over the course of eighty years as they both make their own ways through secrets, lies, sacrifices, and love. Utterly absorbing, Mrs. Sinclair’s Suitcase is a spellbinding tale of two worlds, one shattered by secrets and the other by the truth.

Book Luggage

    Book Details:
  • Author : Susan Harlan
  • Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
  • Release : 2018-03-08
  • ISBN : 1501329308
  • Pages : 160 pages

Download or read book Luggage written by Susan Harlan and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2018-03-08 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. You can't think about travel without thinking about luggage. And baggage has baggage. Susan Harlan takes readers on a journey with the suitcases that support, accessorize, and accompany our lives. Along the way, she shows how the materials of travel - the carry-ons, totes, trunks, and train cases of the past and present - have stories to tell about displacement, home, gender, class, consumption, and labor. Luggage considers bags as carefully curated microcosms of our domestic and professional selves, charting the evolution of travel across literature, film, and art. A simple suitcase, it turns out, contains more than you might think. Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic.