Download or read book The Sun on My Head written by Geovani Martins and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2019-06-11 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A bestselling literary sensation in Brazil, a powerful debut short-story collection about favela life in Rio de Janeiro In The Sun on My Head, Geovani Martins recounts the experiences of boys growing up in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro in the early years of the twenty-first century. Drawing on his childhood and adolescence, Martins uses the rhythms and slang of his neighborhood dialect to capture the texture of life in the slums, where every day is shadowed by a ubiquitous drug culture, the constant threat of the police, and the confines of poverty, violence, and racial oppression. And yet these are also stories of friendship, romance, and momentary relief, as in “Rolézim,” where a group of teenagers head to the beach. Other stories, all uncompromising in their realism and yet diverse in narrative form, explore the changes that occur when militarized police occupy the favelas in the lead-up to the World Cup, the cycles of violence in the narcotics trade, and the feelings of invisibility that define the realities of so many in Rio’s underclass. The Sun on My Head is a work of great talent and sensitivity, a daring evocation of life in the favelas by a rising star rooted in the community he portrays.
Download or read book A Stillness in the Pines written by Robert W. McFarlane and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1992 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the endangerment of the rare red-cockaded woodpecker and its habitat.
Download or read book Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 926 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Century written by and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 1014 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book A Stillness of Chimes written by Meg Moseley and published by Multnomah. This book was released on 2014-02-18 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What if the pain of the past revealed an unknown sacrifice that changes everything? When teacher Laura Gantt comes home to Prospect, Georgia to settle her recently-deceased mother’s household, the last thing she expects to encounter is a swirl of rumors about the father she lost to the lake twelve years ago—that he has reportedly been seen around town. Elliott Gantt’s body was never found and he was presumed dead. Reeling from the sharp loss of a parent, Laura must now grapple with painful memories surrounding her father’s disappearance and the sense of abandonment she experienced after his death. Life-long friend and former beau Sean Halloran wants nothing more than to protect Laura from the far-fetched stories of Elliott’s resurrection and to care for her, but he has his own reasons, troubling echoes from his childhood, to put Elliott’s disappearance to rest. Working together, Laura and Sean begin to uncover the truth, one mired in the wooded peaks and deep waters of the Blue Ridge Mountains surrounding Prospect. Can they fathom how many secrets the steep hills hold? With surprising facts revealed, will Laura be able to understand the sacrificial choices made that forever changed her life? And can love and a peace with God be rekindled in her heart after so much time has passed?
Download or read book Auld Lang Syne written by Pen and Pencil Club and published by . This book was released on 1877 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Gesenius s Hebrew and Chaldee Lexicon to the Old Testament Scriptures written by Wilhelm Gesenius and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 944 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Stillness Insight and Emptiness written by Lama Dudjom Dorjee and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2013-12-03 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Developing an effective meditation practice is the first step toward discerning the true nature of mind and reality as taught by Buddha Shakyamuni. In Stillness, Insight, and Emptiness, Lama Dudjom Dorjee offers instructions that will help beginning meditators establish a firm foundation in the practices that lead to direct realization. Topics such as finding the best meditation posture, learning to direct and focus the attention, expanding the mind’s scope, and realizing the luminous and spacious qualities of the mind are explained in terms that are both encouraging and easy to understand.
Download or read book To Know You written by Allyn Benedict and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2012-03 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: to know you: A Celebration Revelation in Creation to know you includes poetry that rises from deep vulnerability to the wonder and profound beauty of the created world: October trees have revelation leaves apocalyptic maples utter startled flaming joy [from October trees ] Revelation in Life by Faith to know you is also a poetic journal of one man's journey of faith in the midst of everyday life; a witness to the joys and the costly demands of the life of faith; to the power of the Father's mercy and the critical human need for it; to a heart shaped by thanksgiving. Search relentless Lord Reach deep in me, your wounding friend, and mark your signs in my heart sand. Then in every hour ascend in me to heights of you by paths that I will follow. [from Will your holy hill ] In his poems, Allyn Benedict expresses so much of his inner journey' most subtly and beautifully. His writing about weighty topics is enticingly suggestive; never statemental, sentimental, or ponderous. Allyn makes his readers think for themselves, enjoy themselves and grow themselves...and there's music in his onomatopoetic lines it all spells warmth and joy and love. Elizabeth Ring Award winning poet and author of 26 children's books including Smithsonian's Loon at Northwood Lake.
Download or read book The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 972 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Island Pieces written by Jeremy Luke Hill and published by Vocamus Press. This book was released on 2012-06 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Island Pieces is a collection of short prose, poetry, and photography that recalls summers spent on Manitoulin Island. It describes a landscape "where life clings to a skiff of earth that hardly covers the shield rock, and where living things are afterthoughts to stone and water and sky." Each piece in the collection returns to this northern landscape, exploring what the Island has become in the writer's memory over the years.
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Download or read book A Stillness Without Shadows written by Joseph J. Juknialis and published by Resource Publications (CA). This book was released on 1986 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Of Stillness and Storm written by Michele Phoenix and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2016-12-06 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Award-winning and highly acclaimed author, Michèle Phoenix, pens a story of marriage and missions, and what happens when they don’t always align. “The Poisonwood Bible for a new generation.” —Elizabeth Musser, author of The Long Highway Home “I felt torn between two worlds. Each with its own mystery. One more captivating than the other, but the other more real and breathing.” It took Lauren and her husband ten years to achieve their dream—reaching primitive tribes in remote regions of Nepal. But while Sam treks into the Himalayas for weeks at a time, finding passion and purpose in his work among the needy, Lauren and Ryan stay behind, their daily reality more taxing than inspiring. For them, what started as a calling begins to feel like the family’s undoing. At the peak of her isolation and disillusion, a friend from Lauren’s past enters her life again. But as her communication with Aidan intensifies, so does the tension of coping with the present while reengaging with the past. It’s thirteen-year-old Ryan who most keenly bears the brunt of her distraction. Intimate and bold, Of Stillness and Storm weaves profound dilemmas into a tale of troubled love and honorable intentions gone awry. “In this fine novel, Phoenix realistically captures the deep struggles enveloping a missionary family.” —Publishers Weekly
Download or read book A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament written by Wilhelm Gesenius and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page 1180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Stillness of the Living Forest written by John Harvey and published by Shanti Arts Publishing. This book was released on 2018-11-13 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It started with a personal commitment to sit an hour each week for a full year in the same spot in the woods. John Harvey's intention was to reconnect with nature and observe the flow of natural life through the four seasons. As Harvey settled into his weekly routine of visiting his "sit spot" and fully engaging his senses, rich and illuminating experiences began to unfold. His encounters with nature included seeing and listening to a plethora of birds, from tiny wrens to large hawks, from sweet-singing warblers to rattling woodpeckers; enjoying the sight of seasonal plants such as wild violets, trout lily, and skunk cabbage; sitting out in the open during weather events that ranged from glorious warm summer sunshine to an Alberta clipper in the winter; and spotting the occasional deer and even a black bear. In all cases, Harvey sought to observe, listen, appreciate, and learn. Learn he did—about the birds, animals, plants, and trees that surrounded and intrigued him. But his remarkable encounters with nature also facilitated self-discovery, fostered insight, and nurtured empathy and intuition.
