Download or read book In the Time of the Butterflies written by Julia Alvarez and published by Algonquin Books. This book was released on 2010-01-12 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2024, internationally bestselling author and literary icon Julia Alvarez's In the Time of the Butterflies is "beautiful, heartbreaking and alive ... a lyrical work of historical fiction based on the story of the Mirabal sisters, revolutionary heroes who had opposed and fought against Trujillo." (Concepción de León, New York Times) Alvarez’s new novel, The Cemetery of Untold Stories, is coming April 2, 2024. Pre-order now! It is November 25, 1960, and three beautiful sisters have been found near their wrecked Jeep at the bottom of a 150-foot cliff on the north coast of the Dominican Republic. The official state newspaper reports their deaths as accidental. It does not mention that a fourth sister lives. Nor does it explain that the sisters were among the leading opponents of Gen. Rafael Leónidas Trujillo’s dictatorship. It doesn’t have to. Everybody knows of Las Mariposas—the Butterflies. In this extraordinary novel, the voices of all four sisters--Minerva, Patria, María Teresa, and the survivor, Dedé--speak across the decades to tell their own stories, from secret crushes to gunrunning, and to describe the everyday horrors of life under Trujillo’s rule. Through the art and magic of Julia Alvarez’s imagination, the martyred Butterflies live again in this novel of courage and love, and the human costs of political oppression. "Alvarez helped blaze the trail for Latina authors to break into the literary mainstream, with novels like In the Time of the Butterflies and How the García Girls Lost Their Accents winning praise from critics and gracing best-seller lists across the Americas."—Francisco Cantú, The New York Times Book Review "This Julia Alvarez classic is a must-read for anyone of Latinx descent." —Popsugar.com "A gorgeous and sensitive novel . . . A compelling story of courage, patriotism and familial devotion." —People "Shimmering . . . Valuable and necessary." —Los Angeles Times "A magnificent treasure for all cultures and all time.” —St. Petersburg Times "Alvarez does a remarkable job illustrating the ruinous effect the 30-year dictatorship had on the Dominican Republic and the very real human cost it entailed."—Cosmopolitan.com

Download or read book Chains written by Laurie Halse Anderson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-01-05 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If an entire nation could seek its freedom, why not a girl? As the Revolutionary War begins, thirteen-year-old Isabel wages her own fight...for freedom. Promised freedom upon the death of their owner, she and her sister, Ruth, in a cruel twist of fate become the property of a malicious New York City couple, the Locktons, who have no sympathy for the American Revolution and even less for Ruth and Isabel. When Isabel meets Curzon, a slave with ties to the Patriots, he encourages her to spy on her owners, who know details of British plans for invasion. She is reluctant at first, but when the unthinkable happens to Ruth, Isabel realizes her loyalty is available to the bidder who can provide her with freedom. From acclaimed author Laurie Halse Anderson comes this compelling, impeccably researched novel that shows the lengths we can go to cast off our chains, both physical and spiritual.

Download or read book Large 8 5 X 11 Dotted Bullet Journal Gray 2 Hardcover 245 Numbered Pages written by Blank Classic and published by Blank Classic. This book was released on 2019-12-31 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Blank Classics' large format 8.5X11 inch dotted bullet journal is encased in a durable case-laminate hardcover binding. Dots are subtly arranged as a guide for writing, illustrations, and charts. A blank table of contents and 245 numbered pages are printed on acid free paper, ensuring that the creativity within will stand the test of time. This large format bullet journal is available in 20 different colours.

Download or read book The Things They Carried written by Tim O'Brien and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A classic work of American literature that has not stopped changing minds and lives since it burst onto the literary scene, The Things They Carried is a ground-breaking meditation on war, memory, imagination, and the redemptive power of storytelling. The Things They Carried depicts the men of Alpha Company: Jimmy Cross, Henry Dobbins, Rat Kiley, Mitchell Sanders, Norman Bowker, Kiowa, and the character Tim O’Brien, who has survived his tour in Vietnam to become a father and writer at the age of forty-three. Taught everywhere—from high school classrooms to graduate seminars in creative writing—it has become required reading for any American and continues to challenge readers in their perceptions of fact and fiction, war and peace, courage and fear and longing. The Things They Carried won France's prestigious Prix du Meilleur Livre Etranger and the Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize; it was also a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award.

Download or read book Microbe Hunters written by Paul De Kruif and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1927.

Download or read book The 5AM Club written by Robin Sharma and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2018-12-04 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Legendary leadership and elite performance expert Robin Sharma introduced The 5am Club concept over twenty years ago, based on a revolutionary morning routine that has helped his clients maximize their productivity, activate their best health and bulletproof their serenity in this age of overwhelming complexity. Now, in this life-changing book, handcrafted by the author over a rigorous four-year period, you will discover the early-rising habit that has helped so many accomplish epic results while upgrading their happiness, helpfulness and feelings of aliveness. Through an enchanting—and often amusing—story about two struggling strangers who meet an eccentric tycoon who becomes their secret mentor, The 5am Club will walk you through: How great geniuses, business titans and the world’s wisest people start their mornings to produce astonishing achievements A little-known formula you can use instantly to wake up early feeling inspired, focused and flooded with a fiery drive to get the most out of each day A step-by-step method to protect the quietest hours of daybreak so you have time for exercise, self-renewal and personal growth A neuroscience-based practice proven to help make it easy to rise while most people are sleeping, giving you precious time for yourself to think, express your creativity and begin the day peacefully instead of being rushed “Insider-only” tactics to defend your gifts, talents and dreams against digital distraction and trivial diversions so you enjoy fortune, influence and a magnificent impact on the world Part manifesto for mastery, part playbook for genius-grade productivity and part companion for a life lived beautifully, The 5am Club is a work that will transform your life. Forever.

Download or read book The Disappearing Spoon written by Sam Kean and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2010-07-12 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From New York Times bestselling author Sam Kean comes incredible stories of science, history, finance, mythology, the arts, medicine, and more, as told by the Periodic Table. Why did Gandhi hate iodine (I, 53)? How did radium (Ra, 88) nearly ruin Marie Curie's reputation? And why is gallium (Ga, 31) the go-to element for laboratory pranksters? The Periodic Table is a crowning scientific achievement, but it's also a treasure trove of adventure, betrayal, and obsession. These fascinating tales follow every element on the table as they play out their parts in human history, and in the lives of the (frequently) mad scientists who discovered them. The Disappearing Spoon masterfully fuses science with the classic lore of invention, investigation, and discovery -- from the Big Bang through the end of time. Though solid at room temperature, gallium is a moldable metal that melts at 84 degrees Fahrenheit. A classic science prank is to mold gallium spoons, serve them with tea, and watch guests recoil as their utensils disappear.

Download or read book The God of Small Things written by Arundhati Roy and published by Vintage Canada. This book was released on 2011-07-27 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The beloved debut novel about an affluent Indian family forever changed by one fateful day in 1969, from the author of The Ministry of Utmost Happiness NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • MAN BOOKER PRIZE WINNER Compared favorably to the works of Faulkner and Dickens, Arundhati Roy’s modern classic is equal parts powerful family saga, forbidden love story, and piercing political drama. The seven-year-old twins Estha and Rahel see their world shaken irrevocably by the arrival of their beautiful young cousin, Sophie. It is an event that will lead to an illicit liaison and tragedies accidental and intentional, exposing “big things [that] lurk unsaid” in a country drifting dangerously toward unrest. Lush, lyrical, and unnerving, The God of Small Things is an award-winning landmark that started for its author an esteemed career of fiction and political commentary that continues unabated.

Download or read book The Complete Poetry of James Hearst written by James Hearst and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part of the regionalist movement that included Grant Wood, Paul Engle, Hamlin Garland, and Jay G. Sigmund, James Hearst helped create what Iowa novelist Ruth Suckow called a poetry of place. A lifelong Iowa farner, Hearst began writing poetry at age nineteen and eventually wrote thirteen books of poems, a novel, short stories, cantatas, and essays, which gained him a devoted following Many of his poems were published in the regionalist periodicals of the time, including the Midland, and by the great regional presses, including Carroll Coleman's Prairie Press. Drawing on his experiences as a farmer, Hearst wrote with a distinct voice of rural life and its joys and conflicts, of his own battles with physical and emotional pain (he was partially paralyzed in a farm accident), and of his own place in the world. His clear eye offered a vision of the midwestern agrarian life that was sympathetic but not sentimental - a people and an art rooted in place.

Download or read book 52 Week Mental Health Journal written by Cynthia Catchings and published by Rockridge Press. This book was released on 2021-08-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nurture your well-being through a year of journaling and self-reflection Guided journaling is a simple but powerful tool. It can help you attend to your emotional needs, boost your mood, and set goals both big and small. With a focused prompt for every day of the year, the 52-Week Mental Health Journal helps you navigate four core pillars of good mental health—calm and resiliency, connection and engagement, goals and purpose, and healthy living—so you can thrive in every area of your life. This yearlong mental health journal includes: Journal prompts for mental health—Take just a few minutes each day to reduce stress, increase your connection to others, and discover deeper meaning in your life. Evidence-based methods—The exercises in this mental health journal are rooted in research-supported techniques like mindfulness and cognitive behavioral therapy. Inspiring quotes—Find wisdom and motivation with poignant words from philosophers, artists, writers, and more. Discover a clear path to improved well-being with the 52-Week Mental Health Journal.

Download or read book Corcoran Gallery of Art written by Corcoran Gallery of Art and published by Lucia Marquand. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This authoritative catalogue of the Corcoran Gallery of Art's renowned collection of pre-1945 American paintings will greatly enhance scholarly and public understanding of one of the finest and most important collections of historic American art in the world. Composed of more than 600 objects dating from 1740 to 1945.

Download or read book The Storytelling Handbook written by Gail Ellis and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Where I m from written by Steven Borsman and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In the Fall of 2010 I gave an assignment in my Appalachian Literature class at Berea College, telling my students to write their own version of "Where I'm From" poem based on the writing prompt and poem by George Ella Lyon, one of the preeminent Appalachian poets. I was so impressed by the results of the assignment that I felt the poems needed to be preserved in a bound document. Thus, this little book. These students completely captured the complexities of this region and their poems contain all the joys and sorrows of living in Appalachia. I am proud that they were my students and I am very proud that together we produced this record of contemporary Appalachian Life" -- Silas House

Download or read book Dotted Notebook 8 5 X 11 written by Signature Journals and published by . This book was released on 2017-02-13 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cover: Matte Paperback 21.59 x 27.94 cm (8.5" x 11") A4 size Inside: 100 pages of acid-free, pure white thick (55lb) paper to minimize ink bleed 4mm dotted pages Please take a look at our other items in our Amazon store to suit your needs; such as 5mm Dot Books, 6"x9", 7"x10" and Graph Paper

Download or read book Dot Grid Notebook written by Atkins Avenue Books and published by . This book was released on 2019-12-25 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dot grid paper can be used for design, drawing, creating your own bullet-style journals, pen and paper games, and many other purposes. You can connect the dots to make boxes or tables, or write on the dot grid paper. Dots are spaced 0.2" apart. Soft cover, glossy finish; measures 6" x 9"; 100 sheets/200 pages

Download or read book Happy written by Joyful Journals and published by . This book was released on 2018-07-05 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Daily Composition Notebook, Journal, Diary * One Subject * 100 Lined Pages Makes a wonderful daily notebook to write, journal, take notes, makes lists, draw, or more! This is a simple and durable all-purpose daily notebook. There is plenty of room inside for writing notes, journaling, doodling, list making, creative writing, school notes, and capturing ideas. It can be used as a notebook, journal, diary, or composition book. This paperback notebook is 6 x 9 in. with a soft, matte cover and has 100 lined pages (college ruled). Perfect for all ages -- kids or adults! Benefits of Journaling/Notekeeping Joyful Journals© understands the powerful benefits associated with journaling and notekeeping. That's why we have created beautiful, high-quality products so you can harness your best self through the use of our notebooks, journals, and diaries. Here are a few of the incredible benefits you can take advantage of by journaling, keeping a diary, or releasing your thoughts on paper. Improves your mindfulness Boosts creativity and well-being Enhances emotional intelligence Increased goal setting and achieving Inner-healing and stress relief How to use my journal/notebook? Many people like to use theirs for daily reflection, notekeeping, to-do lists, personal stories, address books, password keepers, daily gratitude journal, art, doodling, homework, personal diaries, school notebook, and much more! It can be used as a multi-purpose notebook/journal for any daily use. Perfect for use as an all-purpose notebook, gratitude journal, daily diary, list-making, documenting, note taking, or anything else you can think of! About this notebook: 30 light lines per page 100 pages on white paper High-quality matte cover for a professional finish Perfect size at 6 x 9 in. -- fits in most purses or handbags Wonderful as a gift, present, or personal notebook About Joyful Journals Joyful Journals© believes that we all have something great within. We just have to find it and share it. Through the use of journaling, reflection, and searching, you can find your inner greatness and share it with the world. Joyful Journals© creates high-quality journals, notebooks, planners, and diaries for those seeking the best in themselves. With inspiring designs and wonderful products, we hope to help unleash your inner-greatness through words on paper. Everyone has a special story to tell. Makes a wonderful gift for friends, family, and loved ones. Give the gift of a simple journal, notebook, diary, or planner! They are great for any occasion: holidays, birthdays, weddings, ceremonies, events, "just because", and any occasion. What others are saying: "Through the advice of a friend, I started journaling 6 months ago. It's allowed me to peacefully release stress from work. In the past, I would take it out on my family, but it was never their fault. Now I can release my thoughts on paper. Thanks joyful journal!" -Alice "I started listing 5 things a day that I am grateful for. At first, it was not that easy. Now that I have kept a gratitude journal for about two months, things have completely changed. Mainly my mindset. I just realize how much I took for granted small things. Like the smell of coffee, a nice hand written card, or just a nice compliment. I mainly use my journal for gratitude and my daily thoughts!" -Mary Scroll up and click 'buy' to grab one today!

Download or read book Happy Life Journal written by Eni Books and published by . This book was released on 2019-02-02 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: * 120 pages Notebook journal * Dotted grid pages * Cream pages inside * Beautiful cover design * Soft Paperback with matte finish * Size: W x H 15,2 x 22,8 cm This notebook journal combines structure and design. Perfect for your ideas, gratitude lists, todo lists, recipe collection, project plans or as a sketchbook. * 120 Seiten Notizbuch * Punktraster unterstützt beim Schreiben * Innenseiten in creme * Auffallendes schönes Coverdesign * Softcover + Mattes Finish * Maße: B x H 15,2 x 22,8 cm Dieses Notizbuch kombiniert Struktur und Design miteinander und ist universell einsetzbar. Perfekt als Tagebuch, Schulheft oder Projektplaner - Halte deine Ideen, Gedanken, Pläne, To Do ́s oder Kochrezepte auf 120 Seiten fest.