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Book Unwelcome Stranger

    Book Details:
  • Author : Margaret Mayo
  • Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Release : 2016-03-30
  • ISBN : 9781530791651
  • Pages : 192 pages

Download or read book Unwelcome Stranger written by Margaret Mayo and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-03-30 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Walking along the beach, Frazer Benedict makes a startling discovery. He finds a young woman, barely alive, without identification, and rushes her to the hospital. Grace Anders is so filled with despair and sadness she can no longer face the life stretching out endlessly before her. She resents those who saved her, particularly Frazer. What could have happened to destroy Grace's desire to live? Frazer doesn't understand, but is determined to help and refuses to give up on Grace, even when she demands it. Can he show her how to live again, and in the process discover the missing pieces in his own life?

Book The Unwelcome Stranger

Download or read book The Unwelcome Stranger written by Drew Edwards and published by . This book was released on 2020-05 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Unwelcome Stranger: COVID-19. We hope this title can be a helpful narrative for families as they navigate uncertainty, help identify where to get accurate information and serve as a learning resource for children at school.

Book Unwelcome Strangers

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  • Author : David M. Reimers
  • Publisher : Columbia University Press
  • Release : 1998
  • ISBN : 9780231109574
  • Pages : 228 pages

Download or read book Unwelcome Strangers written by David M. Reimers and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charting the history of US immigration policy from the Puritan colonists to World War II refugees, this text uncovers the arguments of the anti-immigration forces including: warnings against the consequences of overpopulation; and economic concerns that immigrants take jobs away from Americans.

Book The unwelcome guest  by Esm   Stuart

Download or read book The unwelcome guest by Esm Stuart written by Amélie Claire Leroy and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Liberty of Strangers

Download or read book The Liberty of Strangers written by Desmond King and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2004-12-09 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harry S. Truman once said, "Ours is a nation of many different groups, of different races, of different national origins." And yet, the debate over what it means--and what it takes--to be an American remains contentious. Nationalist solidarity, many claim, requires a willful blending into the assimilationist alloy of these United States. Others argue that the interests of both nation and individual are best served by allowing multiple traditions to flourish--a salad bowl of identities and allegiances, rather than a melting pot. Tracing how Americans have confronted and relinquished, but mostly clung to group identities over the past century, Desmond King here debunks one of the guiding assumptions of American nationhood, namely that group distinction and identification would gradually dissolve over time, creating a "postethnic" nation. Over the course of the twentieth century, King shows, the divisions in American society arising from group loyalties have consistently proven themselves too strong to dissolve. For better or for worse, the often-disparaged politics of multiculturalism are here to stay, with profound implications for America's democracy. Americans have now entered a post-multiculturalist settlement in which the renewal of democracy continues to depend on groups battling it out in political trenches, yet the process is ruled by a newly invigorated and strengthened state. But Americans' resolute embrace of their distinctive identities has ramifications not just internally and domestically but on the world stage as well. The image of one-people American nationhood so commonly projected abroad camouflages the country's sprawling, often messy diversity: a lesson that nation-builders worldwide cannot afford to ignore as they attempt to accommodate ever-evolving group needs and the demands of individuals to be treated equally. Spanning the entire twentieth century and encompassing immigration policies, the nationalistic fallout from both world wars, the civil rights movement, and nation-building efforts in the postcolonial era, The Liberty of Strangers advances a major new interpretation of American nationalism and the future prospects for diverse democracies.

Book An Unwanted Guest

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  • Author : Shari Lapena
  • Publisher : Penguin
  • Release : 2018-08-07
  • ISBN : 0525557636
  • Pages : 280 pages

Download or read book An Unwanted Guest written by Shari Lapena and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018-08-07 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! Another thrilling domestic suspense novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Couple Next Door and Not a Happy Family “A gripping mystery perfect for fans of Agatha Christie.” –Good Housekeeping “Another nail-biter perfect for an all-nighter.” –Entertainment Weekly A weekend retreat at a cozy mountain lodge is supposed to be the perfect getaway . . . but when the storm hits, no one is getting away It's winter in the Catskills and Mitchell's Inn, nestled deep in the woods, is the perfect setting for a relaxing--maybe even romantic--weekend away. It boasts spacious old rooms with huge woodburning fireplaces, a well-stocked wine cellar, and opportunities for cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, or just curling up with a good murder mystery. So when the weather takes a turn for the worse, and a blizzard cuts off the electricity--and all contact with the outside world--the guests settle in and try to make the best of it. Soon, though, one of the guests turns up dead--it looks like an accident. But when a second guest dies, they start to panic. Within the snowed-in paradise, something--or someone--is picking off the guests one by one. And there's nothing they can do but hunker down and hope they can survive the storm--and one another.

Book The Little Stranger

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  • Author : Sarah Waters
  • Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
  • Release : 2009-05-05
  • ISBN : 1551993392
  • Pages : 482 pages

Download or read book The Little Stranger written by Sarah Waters and published by McClelland & Stewart. This book was released on 2009-05-05 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the multi-award-winning and bestselling author of The Night Watch and Fingersmith comes an astonishing novel about love, loss, and the sometimes unbearable weight of the past. In a dusty post-war summer in rural Warwickshire, a doctor is called to see a patient at lonely Hundreds Hall. Home to the Ayres family for over two centuries, the once grand house is now in decline, its masonry crumbling, its garden choked with weeds. All around, the world is changing, and the family is struggling to adjust to a society with new values and rules. Roddie Ayres, who returned from World War II physically and emotionally wounded, is desperate to keep the house and what remains of the estate together for the sake of his mother and his sister, Caroline. Mrs. Ayres is doing her best to hold on to the gracious habits of a gentler era and Caroline seems cheerfully prepared to continue doing the work a team of servants once handled, even if it means having little chance for a life of her own beyond Hundreds. But as Dr. Faraday becomes increasingly entwined in the Ayreses’ lives, signs of a more disturbing nature start to emerge, both within the family and in Hundreds Hall itself. And Faraday begins to wonder if they are all threatened by something more sinister than a dying way of life, something that could subsume them completely. Both a nuanced evocation of 1940s England and the most chill-inducing novel of psychological suspense in years, The Little Stranger confirms Sarah Waters as one of the finest and most exciting novelists writing today.

Book Sheroes of COVID 19

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  • Author : Rehmah Kasule
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2020-09-08
  • ISBN : 9781735681207
  • Pages : pages

Download or read book Sheroes of COVID 19 written by Rehmah Kasule and published by . This book was released on 2020-09-08 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Sheroes of COVID: The women leading in the crisis" is a global, crowdsourced collection of stories that recognizes the disproportionate exposure and impact of women during the COVID-19 pandemic. The book focuses on the positive stories happening around the world, recognizing heroines, unsung or often sung, who have lead during the crisis. The story is part of a series of books to help children and families navigate the complexities of the crisis.

Book Die a Stranger

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  • Author : Steve Hamilton
  • Publisher : Minotaur Books
  • Release : 2012-07-03
  • ISBN : 1250013194
  • Pages : 255 pages

Download or read book Die a Stranger written by Steve Hamilton and published by Minotaur Books. This book was released on 2012-07-03 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York Times Bestseller Late one night, a plane lands on a deserted airstrip. Five dead bodies are found there the next morning. And now Vinnie LeBlanc is missing. Vinnie is a member of the Ojibwa Indian tribe and he just might be Alex McKnight's best friend. So Alex can't help but be worried when he disappears. There's a deadly crime war creeping into Michigan's Upper Peninsula, and Alex never would have thought that his friend could be involved. But after an unexpected stranger arrives in town, Alex will soon find out that the stakes are higher than he ever could have imagined. The latest in Steve Hamilton's Edgar Award–winning series, Die a Stranger just might be his boldest book yet.

Book The Unwelcome

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  • Author : Jacob Steven Mohr
  • Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
  • Release : 2021-01-29
  • ISBN : 1789045606
  • Pages : 312 pages

Download or read book The Unwelcome written by Jacob Steven Mohr and published by John Hunt Publishing. This book was released on 2021-01-29 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kait’s volcanic temper has already scared most of her friends away, and a bad breakup with her college boyfriend Lutz has left her crippled by guilt and painful memories. So, when she learns that her best friend Alice is planning a three-day sabbatical in a secluded mountain cabin, Kait jumps at the chance to tag along, convinced that rekindling their fractured friendship is the key to fixing whatever’s breaking down inside of her. She should have known… Lutz would never let her go so easily. After a chance roadside meeting, Kait’s jealous ex-boyfriend pursues her into the foothills, revealing the monster under his skin for the first time: a body-snatching inhuman entity capable of assimilating and adopting the guise of any human host. Lutz is determined to prove his twisted love to Kait, even if it means carving his monument to his devotion in the pilfered flesh of her closest friends. Now, with miles of snow-hushed Appalachia between them and civilization, Kait must unite her friends against this horrifying threat, and learn to embrace her own inner monster, before the shadows of her past swallow up her life for good.

Book Stranger Than We Can Imagine

Download or read book Stranger Than We Can Imagine written by John Higgs and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2015-11-10 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “An illuminating work of massive insight” on the complex ideas and events that initiated the historical shift between the 19th and 20th centuries (Alan Moore, author of V for Vendetta and Watchmen). “An always-provocative view of an era that many people would just as soon forget . . . an absorbing tour of the 20th century.” —Kirkus Reviews In Stranger Than We Can Imagine, John Higgs argues that before 1900, history seemed to make sense. We can understand innovations like electricity, agriculture, and democracy. The twentieth century, in contrast, gave us relativity, cubism, quantum mechanics, the id, existentialism, Stalin, psychedelics, chaos mathematics, climate change and postmodernism. In order to understand such a disorienting barrage of unfamiliar and knotty ideas, Higgs shows us, we need to shift the framework of our interpretation and view these concepts within the context of a new kind of historical narrative. Instead of looking at it as another step forward in a stable path, we need to look at the twentieth century as a chaotic seismic shift, upending all linear narratives. Higgs invites us along as he journeys across a century “about which we know too much” in order to grant us a new perspective on it. He brings a refreshingly non-academic, eclectic and infectiously energetic approach to his subjects as well as a unique ability to explain how complex ideas connect and intersect—whether he’s discussing Einstein’s theories of relativity, the Beat poets' interest in Eastern thought or the bright spots and pitfalls of the American Dream.

Book My Governess Life  Or  Using My One Talent

Download or read book My Governess Life Or Using My One Talent written by Emma Raymond Pitman and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Hebrew Sabbath School Visitor

Download or read book The Hebrew Sabbath School Visitor written by and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Peggy Ware

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  • Author : Milford Wriarson Howard
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1921
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 360 pages

Download or read book Peggy Ware written by Milford Wriarson Howard and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Borderland Studies

Download or read book Borderland Studies written by Howard Pease and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A Residence of Twenty one Years in the Sandwich Islands

Download or read book A Residence of Twenty one Years in the Sandwich Islands written by Hiram Bingham and published by . This book was released on 1848 with total page 637 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Stranger in Medieval Society

Download or read book The Stranger in Medieval Society written by F. R. P. Akehurst and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible to scholars, students, researchers, and general readers. Rich with historical and cultural value, these works are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions. The books offered through Minnesota Archive Editions are produced in limited quantities according to customer demand and are available through select distribution partners.