Download or read book Tumble Home written by Amy Hempel and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1998-05-28 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Critically acclaimed master of the short story Amy Hempel’s Tumble Home is narrated by people with skewed visions of home. Not exactly crazy, they become obsessed and irrational as their inner logic leads them astray. In the title novella, a woman living in a psychiatric halfway house writes to a man she has met only once. Proceeding in brief vignettes that link and illuminate, she recounts her peculiar life with the other patients. The accretions of anecdote lead deeper and deeper into the psyche and history of the narrator, gradually revealing the reason for her urgent letter.
Download or read book Tumblehome written by Brenda Missen and published by Inanna Memoir Series. This book was released on 2021-09-30 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On a warm August evening, Brenda Missen, a 37-year-old single, unattached writer, pitches her tent beside a lake in Canada's 7,600 square-kilometre [3,000 square-mile] Algonquin Provincial Park. She is on a four-night "reconnaissance mission," an hour's paddle from the parking lot, to find out if she has the capability>--and nerve>--to one day take a real canoe trip in the park interior by herself. Paddling and portaging from her campsite by day and surviving imaginary bear attacks by night, she decides she's ready. Then a ranger arrives to check her permit, and an inexplicable, powerful intuition tells her this is the person she's meant to marry. Going solo may not be necessary after all. But the fairy tale unravels. In the wake of a broken engagement to her One True Paddling Partner, Brenda ventures into the near wilderness on a series of solo canoe trips that blow all her perceptions of romance, relationships, God, and her own self (gently) out of the water. In our high-tech, urban age, when so many people are disconnected from the natural world, Tumblehome--part spiritual memoir, part travel adventure, and great part ode to the Earth--is a timely and important exploration of where our real roots lie.
Download or read book The Angel of Santo Tomas written by Tammy Yee and published by Tumblehome, Incorporated. This book was released on 2021-11 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fe del Mundo's sister dreamt of becoming a doctor--a big dream for a girl in the Philippines in the early 1900s. When her sister dies, young Fe vows to take her place, a promise she carries with her the rest of her life. In 1936 she becomes the first woman and first person of Asian descent to study at Harvard Medical School. When WWII begins in the Pacific, Fe faces a choice: remain in Boston, where she is safe, or return to the Philippines, where she is needed most. Fe follows her vision and returns home to care for the American and British children forced into the internment camp at Santo Tomas. Beautiful color drawings bring to life this gentle and courageous character, her family and her patients. The story of the courageous Dr. Fe del Mundo, recipient of the Elizabeth Blackwell Award for distinguished women "whose life exemplifies outstanding service to humanity," and the Ramon Magsaysay Award, Asia's equivalent of the Nobel Prize, will inspire children to pursue science and medicine in the service of humanity.
Download or read book The Puffin Plan written by Derrick Z. Jackson and published by Tumblehome, Incorporated. This book was released on 2020-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fifty years ago, a young ornithologist named Steve Kress fell in love with penguins. After learning that hunting had eradicated their colonies on small, rocky islands off the coast of Maine, he resolved to bring them back. So began a decades-long quest that involved collecting chicks in Canada, flying them to Maine, raising them in coffee-can nests, transporting them to their new island home, watching over them as they grew, and then waiting--for years--to see if they would come back. This is the story of how the Puffin Project reclaimed a piece of our rich biological heritage, and how it inspired other groups around the world to help other species re-root in their native lands.
Download or read book Escape Greenland written by Ellen Prager and published by Tumblehome, Incorporated. This book was released on 2021-04 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ezzy Skylar has inherited some of her geologist mother's daring along with her collection of special scarves. Now, along with her surgeon father and ten-year-old brother Luke, she has embarked on a trip to Greenland's Kangia Icefjord. But something isn't right.
Download or read book Heroic Women of the Art World written by Eugene H. Pool and published by Tumblehome, Incorporated. This book was released on 2020-01-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Painters, a sculptor, an architect, a photographer, a poet in light, a cop, a conservator, even a spy: inspiring life stories of 16 remarkable women of art from the Renaissance to present. -- adapted from back cover.
Download or read book Earth Will Survive written by Katie Coppens and published by Tumblehome, Incorporated. This book was released on 2021-10-31 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "What is Earth's history, including the history of life? Where is Earth headed, and what can we do? A middle school science teacher addresses these questions with a friendly narrative voice and a focus both on how science is done and the diverse people who do it. Women like Mary Anning and Rachel Carson get equal attention to men like James Hutton and Georges Cuvier. Present problems of the Earth discussed include not only climate change but human-caused extinctions, plastic pollution, and invasive species. A final section suggests things kids can do to make a difference, from changing their behavior as consumers to recycling, energy use, and voting."--Provided by publisher.
Download or read book Sometimes We Do written by Omowale Moses and published by Mathtalk. This book was released on 2019-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Johari loves daddy days, when he and his father make scrumptious pancakes, ride trains, play ball and talk about concepts like thick and thin, tall and short, and humongous. Written by Math Talk founder, Omo Moses, this book will spark fun family conversations packed with learning"--Back cover.
Download or read book Tell Anna She s Safe written by Brenda Missen and published by Inanna Poetry and Fiction Series. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ellen McGinn's friend and colleague, Lucy Stockman, has disappeared. Led by a series of disturbing visions, Ellen begins to search for Lucy and soon finds herself in over her head and in fear for her own life.
Download or read book Sharks at Your Service written by Mary Cerullo and published by Tumblehome, Incorporated. This book was released on 2021-06-15 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book combines fiction and fact to present readers with a story that not only increases their knowledge of sharks, but also provides a sense of empathy and understanding of the species overall.
Download or read book What Do Black Holes Eat for Dinner written by Katie Coppens and published by Tumblehome, Incorporated. This book was released on 2020-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fascinating astronomy facts delivered in a lighthearted, illustrated, Q & A format. Space facts from an astrophysicist, brought down to earth by a middle school teacher--these are answers to kids' real, wacky, smart questions. Light, space, stars, galaxies, planets and more, all explained with accuracy and humor, and accompanied by images from across the Universe.
Download or read book The Nature Explorer s Sketchbook written by Jean Mackay and published by Tumblehome, Incorporated. This book was released on 2020-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This sketchbook helps kids look more closely at nature and capture what they discover with pencil, pen, and paint. The Nature Explorer's Sketchbook inspires exploration, creativity and observation, with beautiful sketchbook illustrations, ideas and tips, and plenty of space for kids to draw. 20 [ages of instruction andcolor illustrations followed by blank pages, with more hints and examples every ten pages. A perfect tool for home schoolers, environmental education programs, STEAM programs, or to give as a gift to young artists and nature lovers. Ages 10+
Download or read book Seeking the Snow Leopard written by Jon Miceler and published by Tumblehome, Incorporated. This book was released on 2017-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follows the author and a team of scientists on an expedition to capture a snow leopard in the Himalaya Mountians and secure a satellite transmitter collar to the animal so that its movements can be tracked to further conservation efforts for these endangered animals.
Download or read book The Case of the Covid Crisis written by Pendred Noyce and published by . This book was released on 2021-06 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Middle schoolers Mae and Clinton travel through time and space on a special Galactic Academy of Science to understand the mysteries of the Covid pandemic.They visit epidemics from smallpox to measles to the 1918 flu to Nipah and Ebola, from Africa to Bangladesh, meeting people who fight epidemics in every way from capturing bats to tracing contacts to inventing treatments. Along the way they confront the frustrations and fears of living in quarantine while being inspired by the heroic efforts of a broad spectrum of heroes in fighting infectious disease. The book is accompanied by online assets including podcasts of the characters discussing their visits, short animated videos about the science, and a comprehensive book club and activity guide.
Download or read book The Secret Case of the Space Station Stowaways written by Pat Monteith and published by Galactic Academy of Science. This book was released on 2016-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mae and Clinton's teenage mentor from the future, Selectra Volt, can only give them vague hints about what will occur. Their time travel takes them to visit space historian Steven Dick, ancient Chinese admiral Zheng He, Isaac Newton, Wernher von Braun, astronaut Sunita Williams, space sickness scholar Suzanne Nooij, and astronaut and asteroid scholar Ed Lu. When they learn that the malicious Dr. Gravitium is hunting asteroids, they have to come up with a plan and visit the space station to try and stop him before he destroys one, or maybe two, worlds.
Download or read book Bees on the Roof written by Robbie Shell and published by Tumblehome, Incorporated. This book was released on 2018-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sam needs to find a seventh-grade science fair project and a way to save the restaurant where his father works. When he enrolls three friends in an effort to raise bees on a hotel roof in New York City, the complications multiply. Bee sting allergies, a great bee die-off, a rival team's cheating, a mysteriously reclusive science teacher, and Sam's romantic feelings for a classmate make the bee project anything but simple. This story includes lots of facts about bees and Colony Collapse Disorder.
Download or read book Skip Novak on Sailing written by Skip Novak and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2024-05-09 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Skip Novak is revered around the world for his sailing adventures. In this book he brings together the sum of his knowledge and the wisdom of his experience so you can follow in his wake – or create your own. Drawing from his longstanding column for Yachting World, Skip has curated, edited and updated his original missives alongside brand new material to make a collection that is both thought-provokingly bold and invaluably practical. Skip is an ardent proponent of self-reliance, and his hard-won advice will challenge you to improve your seamanship, focusing on skill, experience and problem-solving knowledge. While covering lots of traditional skills, such as celestial navigation, anchoring and docking, Skip also looks to the future, tackling innovative technologies that can make life afloat easier. Skip has a particular interest in helping new and younger sailors heed the clarion call of adventure he truly believes the ocean provides, and this interest shines through in his thoughtful guidance. Steeped in personal experience, but designed to be as inspirational as it is practical, Skip Novak on Sailing will help you become a better sailor, no matter your level of experience.
