Download or read book The Road to Chlifa written by Michèle Marineau and published by . This book was released on 2015-07 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Road to Chlifa written by Michèle Marineau and published by Red Deer, Alta. : Red Deer College Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tells the sad story of Karim's migration from Lebanon to Montreal, detailing how when a bomb destroys his home in Beruit, he meets up with his girlfriend's sister, Maha, and baby brother, and they journey to Chlifa where Maha dies in Karim's arms.
Download or read book The Road to Chlifa written by Michèle Marineau and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tells the story of Karim, a seventeen year old Arab boy, who has journeyed from war-torn Lebanon to Montreal by way of Chlifa. Karim's diary, his letters to his friend Bbechir, his memories and his dreams combine to tell a story of uprooting and friendship, of love and compromise, and of a terrifying adventure behind the headlines. Shows realistically the discrimination facing immigrants in Quebec.
Download or read book The Fat Princess written by Mario Girard and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A hilarious fairytale for adults facing a complicated world.
Download or read book Mr Gauguin s Heart written by Marie-Danielle Croteau and published by Tundra Books (NY). This book was released on 2007 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Retells the story of how the painter Paul Gauguin learned to paint after his father's death of a heart attack during the family's move to Peru.
Download or read book Lean Mean Machines written by Michèle Marineau and published by Northern Lights Young Novels. This book was released on 2000 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In this contemporary teen romance, Laure's new high school friend Jeremy is cool, but he tinkers with her emotions. Can she keep him from discovering her secret" Cf. Our choice, 2001.
Download or read book Boy O Boy written by Brian Doyle and published by Groundwood Books Ltd. This book was released on 2003-09-01 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Canadian Library Association Book of the Year, the Geoffrey Bilson Award, the Ruth Schwartz Award, and an ALA Notable Books List selection Martin O'Boy's life is not easy. His beloved Granny has just died, his pregnant mother and father fight all the time and his twin, Phil, is completely incapacitated. Martin is the one his mother counts on. But life in Ottawa's Lowertown is not all bad. He has his best friend, Billy Batson (a.k.a. Captain Marvel), the movies, his cat Cheap and there's the glamorous Buz from next door, who is off at the war.As the war comes to an end with the bombing of Hiroshima -- on Martin's birthday -- Ottawa is in a state of turmoil. Returning soldiers, parties, fights and drunks fill the streets. It would all be very exciting, except for one thing. In their endless pursuit of more funds Martin and Billy have joined the church choir -- as summer boys. And the organist, Mr. T.D.S. George, is awfully fond of Martin. But Martin, despite his hardships, has a pure soul and his Granny's love, Billy's friendship, Buz's imminent return, and even his mother's reliance on him, which help him to deliver a kind of justice to Mr. George, and to heal himself and others.
Download or read book Good for Nothing written by Michel Noel and published by Groundwood Books Ltd. This book was released on 2004-05-01 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction The year is 1959, and fifteen-year-old Nipishish returns to his reserve in northern Quebec after being kicked out of residential school, where the principal tells him he's a good-for-nothing who, like all Indians, can look forward to a life of drunkenness, prison and despair. The reserve, however, offers nothing to Nipishish. He remembers little of his late mother and father. In fact, he seems to know less about himself than the people at the band office. He must try to rediscover the old ways, face the officials who find him a threat, and learn the truth about his father's death.
Download or read book Divining Victory Airpower in the 2006 Israel Hezbollah War written by William M. Arkin and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011-09-16 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of an airpower-dominated campaign, one that was deeply flawed in its design yet impressive in its efficiency. This quick-look study is based upon visits to damaged sites, villages, towns, and cities; discussions with government and military officials; and experience of having evaluated airpower and its effects in Afghanistan, Iraq, and the former Yugoslavia (and previously in Lebanon). Months of follow-up research included exchanges with Israeli, Lebanese, Hezbollah, and US experts. The intent was to develop a timely airpower narrative to enhance professional military education and planning. About the author: William M. Arkin is an independent military analyst, journalist, and author. He writes the ?Early Warning? column for washingtonpost.com (where he previously wrote the ?DOT.MIL? column from 1998 to 2003) and is a longtime NBC News military analyst.(Originally published by Air University Press)
Download or read book All Good Children written by Catherine Austen and published by Orca Book Publishers. This book was released on 2011-10 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the not-too-distant future, Max tries to maintain his identity in a world where the only way to survive is to conform and obey.
Download or read book Cue for Treason written by Geoffrey Trease and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2009-04-02 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fleeing from the evil Sir Philip Morton, Peter Brownrigg finds himself on the wrong side of the law. On the run to London he meets Kit and the two decide to stick together. But a chance discovery endangers their lives and soon Peter is deep in murderous plots, secrets and even treason. Set in the turbulent days of Elizabeth I, this classic story of danger and intrigue conjures up a world of mystery, twists and turns and thrilling action.
Download or read book Private Peaceful written by Michael Morpurgo and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-08-24 with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Private Peaceful relives the life of Private Tommo Peaceful, a young First World War soldier awaiting the firing squad at dawn. During the night he looks back at his short but joyful past growing up in rural Devon: his exciting first days at school; the accident in the forest that killed his father; his adventures with Molly, the love of his life; and the battles and injustices of war that brought him to the front line. Winner of the Blue Peter Book of the Year, Private Peaceful is by the third Children's Laureate, Michael Morpurgo, award-winning author of War Horse. His inspiration came from a visit to Ypres where he was shocked to discover how many young soldiers were court-martialled and shot for cowardice during the First World War. This edition also includes introductory essays by Michael Morpurgo, Associate Director of Private Peaceful production Mark Leipacher, as well as an essay from Simon Reade, adaptor & director of this stage adaptation of Private Peaceful.
Download or read book Forgotten Fire written by A. Bagdasarian and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 2002-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For use in schools and libraries only. Twelve-year-old Vahan Kenderian, the son of an influential Armenian family in Turkey, struggles to survive alone after witnessing the deaths of many of his family and friends during the Armenian massacres of the early twentieth century.
Download or read book Taming Horrible Harry written by Lili Chartrand and published by Tundra Books. This book was released on 2006-04-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a charming story about one really bad monster who learns to change his ways. Written originally in French, and illustrated with delightfully ghoulish paintings by the Québecois artist known simply as Rogé, Taming Horrible Harry is a wonderful tale about the power of stories. At the gates of a beautiful forest, Harry the monster lies in wait. One day, as monsters are wont to do, he frightens a little girl, who runs away leaving behind a peculiar object. Harry picks it up, turns it over, bites it … spits it out, and throws it down in a fury! He wonders what kind of a thing he has found. As it turns out, the object is a book … and one way or another, Harry learns to read it, and his life is changed forever. This delightful story will enchant both young readers and their parents, teachers, and librarians, as they discover together, the magic of reading.
Download or read book A Lebanese Archive written by Ania Dabrowska and published by Book Works (UK). This book was released on 2015 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ribbons written by Laurence Yep and published by Perfection Learning. This book was released on 1997-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ballet means everything to Robin Lee. But when her parents, who have brought Robin's grandmother from Hong Kong to America to live with them, can no longer afford her lessons, she is determined not to give up her dream even amidst family conflict. A Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies.
Download or read book Tips for Teaching Culture written by Ann C. Wintergerst and published by Pearson Education ESL. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tips for Teaching Culture provides research and practical techniques for teaching intercultural communication. Topics include language, nonverbal communication, identity, culture shock, cross-cultural adjustment, traditional ways of teaching culture and social responsibility.
