Download or read book Burn the Place written by Iliana Regan and published by Scribner. This book was released on 2020-08-04 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nominated for the National Book Award, chef Iliana Regan’s debut memoir chronicles her journey from foraging on her family’s Midwestern farm to running her own Michelin-starred restaurant and finding her place in the world. Iliana Regan grew up the youngest of four headstrong girls on a small farm in Indiana. While gathering raspberries as a toddler, Regan learned to only pick the ripe fruit. In the nearby fields, the orange flutes of chanterelle mushrooms beckoned her while they eluded others. Regan’s profound connection with food and the earth began in childhood, but connecting with people was more difficult. She grew up gay in an intolerant community, was an alcoholic before she turned twenty, and struggled to find her voice as a woman working in an industry dominated by men. But food helped her navigate the world around her—learning to cook in her childhood home, getting her first restaurant job at age fifteen, teaching herself cutting-edge cuisine while hosting an underground supper club, and working her way from front-of-house staff to running her own kitchen. Regan’s culinary talent is based on instinct, memory, and an almost otherworldly connection to ingredients, and her writing comes from the same place. Raw, filled with startling imagery and told with uncommon emotional power, Burn the Place takes us from Regan’s childhood farmhouse kitchen to the country’s most elite restaurants in a galvanizing tale that is entirely original, and unforgettable.
Download or read book Iliana A Winter Solstice Tale written by Walter Fordham and published by . This book was released on 2012-11-01 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Iliana is a winter solstice story, a story for Children's Day Iliana is the story of a young girl's quest for the sun. As the days grow shorter, everyone around her is worried, and no one knows what to do. Determined to save her kingdom from darkness, Iliana sets off alone to find the sun. Her adventures take her to unexpected realms where she encounters magical friends who help her on her way and, in the end, she discovers more than she set out to find.
Download or read book Eastern European Jewish American Narratives 1890 1930 written by Dana Mihailescu and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2018-06-29 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The compelling argument of Eastern European Jewish American Narratives, 1890–1930: Struggles for Recognition is that narratives of Eastern European Jewish Americans are important discourses offering a response to America’s norms of assimilation, rationalized progress, and control in the early twentieth century under the guise of commitment to the specificity of individual experiences. The book sheds light on how these texts suggest an alternative ethical agency which encompasses both mainstream and minority practices, and which capitalizes on the need of keeping alive individual responsibility and vulnerability as the only means to actually create a democratic culture. In that, this book opens up novel areas of inquiry and research for both the academic world and the social and cultural fields, facilitating the rediscovery of long-neglected Eastern European Jewish American writers and the rethinking of the more familiar authors addressed.
Download or read book Karankawa written by Iliana Rocha and published by University of Pittsburgh Press. This book was released on 2015-08-28 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Karankawa is a collection that explores some of the ways in which we (re)construct our personal histories. Rich in family narratives, myths, and creation stories, these are poems that investigate passage—dying, coming out, transforming, being born—as well as the gaps that also reside in our stories, for, as Rocha suggests, the opportunity to create myths is provided by great silences. Much like the Karankawa Indians whose history works in omissions, Karankawa reconfigures such spaces, engaging with the burden and freedom of memory in order to rework and recontextualize private and public mythologies. First and last, these are poems that honor our griefs and desires, for they keep alive the very things we cannot possess.
Download or read book Handbook of Child Sexual Abuse written by Paris Goodyear-Brown and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-09-09 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive guide to the identification, assessment, and treatment of child sexual abuse The field of child sexual abuse has experienced an explosion of research, literature, and enhanced treatment methods over the last thirty years. Representing the latest refinements of thought in this field, Handbook of Child Sexual Abuse: Identification, Assessment, and Treatment combines the most current research with a wealth of clinical experience. The contributing authors, many of whom are pioneers in their respective specialties, include researchers and clinicians, forensic interviewers and law enforcement professionals, caseworkers and victim advocates, all of whom do the work of helping children who have been sexually victimized. Offering a snapshot of the state of the field as it stands today, Handbook of Child Sexual Abuse explores a variety of issues related to child sexual abuse, from identification, assessment, and treatment methods to models for implementation and prevention, including: The impact of sexual abuse on the developing brain The potential implications of early sexual victimization Navigating the complexities of multidisciplinary teams Forensic interviewing and clinical assessment Treatment options for children who have traumagenic symptoms as a response to their sexual victimization Treating children with sexual behavior problems and adolescents who engage in illegal sexual behavior Secondary trauma and vicarious traumatization Cultural considerations and prevention efforts Edited by a leader in the field of child therapy, this important reference equips helping professionals on the front lines in the battle against child sexual abuse not merely with state-of-the-art knowledge but also with a renewed vision for the importance of their role in the shaping of our culture and the healing of victimized children.
Download or read book The Stone of Fire written by Rebecca Ramnauth and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2015-04-24 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four diamonds—the Stone of Fire, the Stone of Water, the Stone of Air, and the Stone of Earth—have all been stolen. Their absence could lead to the mass destruction of Iliana’s dimension and the mortal world. Can Iliana alter the dangerous path of the world’s most certain future? Fifteen-year-old Iliana’s to-do list did not include being sucked into another dimension called Airafia with a guy named Stephon. When she’s asked to go on a mission with him to save the four diamonds, she isn’t sure what to do. Does she want fire to dance across her fingertips? And what is this heated tension she feels between her and her rescuer, Jayden? It seems like everyone in Airafia has a secret, and even though she isn’t sure that she wants to, Iliana is about to discover everything. She and Stephon are the chosen ones to save one of the most powerful items in Airafia—The Stone of Fire. Will they succeed? The first book in the Secrets series is a ride through dimensions where intense battles that secure the well-being of the mortal world rage on. Unbeknownst to some, they are all too real for others like Iliana.
Download or read book Angel Trap written by Dale Cumberland and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2012-11 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While spending long summer days at an abandoned farmhouse, six-year-old Mara Summers and her brothers attempt to fight their boredom by trapping birds under an old hackberry tree. Just as a stray bullet from a nearby hunting camp almost strikes Mara, the trap slams shut. The children celebrate, thinking they have finally caught a bird and that Mara's life has been spared. But when the box slowly opens and reveals a beautiful and mysterious child named Iliana, their lives begin to change. As the children lead Iliana home with them, they soon realize that she is an angel sent to protect Mara. When the angel reveals that she has no idea where she lives or how she got into the trap, the family has no choice but to take in the magical little girl, who is blessed with special powers. As she connects with Mara and her brothers in wonderful and exciting ways, all seems well until a fierce late summer storm brings a tragedy of monumental proportions. Angel Trap is the charming and inspirational tale of a tiny guardian angel and the family she swoops in to save, offering a simple message of faith, hope, and love.
Download or read book Killing Spanish written by L. Sandin and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-02-19 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this intelligent monograph for women's studies, literature and Latin American studies, Lyn Di Iorio Sandin asserts that there is a significant ambivalence surrounding identity that is present in the works of Latino writers such as Cristina Garcia, Edward Rivera, and Abraham Rodriguez. Sandin incorporates the theories of allegory and 'double identity' to talk about fragmentation of the Latino psyche. What Sandin finds compelling is that in all of the works of this diverse group of writers, there is a common theme of anxiety about origins that manifests itself through the symbols of dead women, ghosts, or madwomen. Using specific examples from literature ranging from Cuban American Cristina Garcia's The Aguero Sisters to Puerto Rican Rosario Ferre's Maldito amor , Sandin finds that fragmented ethnic identification is an area that is just beginning to be explored within the analysis of U.S. Latino fiction.
Download or read book Call Me Carmela written by Ellen Kirschman and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2024-11-26 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Police therapist Dot Meyerhoff helps a young woman find her birth parents and unburies dark family secrets in this psychological thriller. Police psychologist Dot Meyerhoff’s caseload is usually filled with cops—which is why she’s hesitant to help an adopted teenager locate her birth parents. But the teen’s godmother is Dot’s dear friend Fran and a police widow to boot. How could Dot possibly say no? Once Dot starts digging into the case, though, she’s drawn into a murky world of illegal adoptions and the choices a young pregnant woman might make as a last resort. Soon there’s only one thing Dot knows for sure: the painful truth of what happened all those years ago might heal one family—but it’s certain to destroy another. “Call Me Carmela is a firecracker of a read, a tour de force.” —Deborah Crombie, New York Times–bestselling author of the Duncan Kincaid/Gemma James novels “Ellen Kirschman sees into people’s hearts: not just those of the victims, or of the good guys, but the hearts of all her characters. With a rare delicacy of language she lets us know that no one’s innocent, but no one’s past redemption, either—except those who refuse to try.” —SJ Rozan, Edgar Award–winning author of The Mayors of New York Praise for the Dot Meyerhoff Mysteries “Riveting, compelling and authentic! Ellen Kirschman's been-there done-that experience makes this a real standout.” —Hank Phillippi Ryan, Agatha Award–winning author of The House Guest “Psychological thriller writing at its finest.” —D.P. Lyle, Edgar Award–nominated author of the Jake Longly and Dub Walker series “An inherently absorbing read from beginning to end and marks author Ellen Kirschman as a novelist of exceptional storytelling talent.” —Midwest Book Review “Gutsy and emotionally anchored in real life.” —Hallie Ephron, New York Times–bestselling author of Careful What You Wish For “Ellen Kirschman is one to watch.” —Bookreporter.com
Download or read book Curriculum and Students in Classrooms written by Walter S. Gershon and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2017-05-04 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Curriculum and Students in Classrooms: Everyday Urban Education in an Era of Standardization is a timely and thought-provoking work that attends to often-neglected aspects of schooling: the everyday interactions between curriculum, teachers, and students. Walter S. Gershon addresses the bridge between the curriculum and the students, the teachers, and their everyday pedagogical decisions. In doing so, this book explores the students' perspectives of their teachers, the language arts curriculum at an urban elementary school, and how the particular combination of curriculum and teaching work in tandem to narrow students’ academic and social possibilities and reproduce racial, class, and gender inequities as normal. Recommended for scholars of education and curriculum studies.
Download or read book Oshun s Daughters written by Vanessa K. Valdés and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the ways in which the inclusion of African diasporic religious practices serves as a transgressive tool in narrative discourses in the Americas. Oshuns Daughters examines representations of African diasporic religions from novels and poems written by women in the United States, the Spanish Caribbean, and Brazil. In spite of differences in age, language, and nationality, these women writers all turn to variations of traditional Yoruba religion (Santería/Regla de Ocha and Candomblé) as a source of inspiration for creating portraits of womanhood. Within these religious systems, binaries that dominate European thoughtman/woman, mind/body, light/dark, good/evildo not function in the same way, as the emphasis is not on extremes but on balancing or reconciling these radical differences. Involvement with these African diasporic religions thus provides alternative models of womanhood that differ substantially from those found in dominant Western patriarchal culture, namely, that of virgin, asexual wife/mother, and whore. Instead we find images of the sexual woman, who enjoys her body without any sense of shame; the mother, who nurtures her children without sacrificing herself; and the warrior woman, who actively resists demands that she conform to one-dimensional stereotypes of womanhood.
Download or read book Guarding His Royal Bride written by C.J. Miller and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2016-01-01 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A king's secret daughter is swept into romance and danger in this tale of royal intrigue. The ruler of Icarus is cunning and ruthless, yet Iliana Kracos has seen another side of Demetrius DeSante. And after an explosive night of passion together, she agrees to marry him. Yet when he reveals her true parentage—she's heir to the throne—it puts her bridegroom in a new light. Iliana isn't sure how she can trust Demetrius. Does he truly love her, or is she merely a pawn in his royal game? But Demetrius assures he'll protect Iliana at all costs, and with a ruthless assassin targeting royal heirs, Iliana has no choice but to put her faith in the man she knows the least—her husband.
Download or read book The Afro Latin Experience in Contemporary American Literature and Culture written by Jill Toliver Richardson and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-09-21 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines contemporary Afro-Latin@ literature and its depiction of the multifaceted identity encompassing the separate identifications of Americans and the often-conflicting identities of blacks and Latin@s. The Afro-Latin@ Experience in Contemporary American Literature and Culture highlights the writers’ aims to define Afro-Latin@ identity, to rewrite historical narratives so that they include the Afro-Latin@ experience and to depict the search for belonging. Their writing examines the Afro-Latin@ encounter with race within the US and exposes the trauma resulting from the historical violence of colonialism and slavery.
Download or read book Harlequin Romantic Suspense January 2016 Box Set written by Marie Ferrarella and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2016-01-01 with total page 619 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looking for heart-racing romance and breathless suspense? Want stories filled with life-and-death situations that cause sparks to fly between adventurous, strong women and brave, powerful men? Harlequin® Romantic Suspense brings you all that and more with four new full-length titles for one great price every month! Colton Copycat Killer The Coltons of Texas by Marie Ferrarella Zoe Robison has always loved Sam Colton, even though her sister almost tricked him into marriage. But when Celia is murdered—with a serial killer's mark left on her forehead— it's up to the librarian and the lawman to find justice…and true love. Cowboy Under Fire Cowboys of Holiday Ranch by Carla Cassidy When Dr. Patience Forbes is sent to Holiday Ranch to identify bones of murder victims, the romance-averse forensic anthropologist isn't looking for danger…until it finds her! Enter Forest Stevens, a cowboy who will put his own life—and heart—at risk to save hers.Justice Hunter Cold Case Detectives by Jennifer Morey Ex-cop turned rancher Lucas Curran always thought his sister's husband got away with murder. Now he's got a fresh lead in this investigation, and Rachel Delany is the key to his search. But the one woman to help Lucas crack this cold case may be the only one who can warm his heart… Guarding His Royal Bride Conspiracy Against the Crown by C.J. Miller Politician Demetrius DeSante has an ulterior motive in convincing Iliana Kracos, cousin to the Queen of Acacia, to be his wife. The bride doesn't exactly trust her new husband. But as threats to the royal family mount, the president must protect the princess he's come to love. Look for 4 heart-racing new stories every month from Harlequin® Romantic Suspense!
Download or read book Trauma Narratives and Herstory written by S. Andermahr and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-04-09 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring contributions from a wide array of international scholars, the book explores the variety of representational strategies used to depict female traumatic experiences in texts by or about women, and in so doing articulates the complex relation between trauma, gender and signification.
Download or read book Harlequin Romantic Suspense September 2015 Box Set written by Elle James and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 681 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looking for heart-racing romance and breathless suspense? Want stories filled with life-and-death situations that cause sparks to fly between adventurous, strong women and brave, powerful men? Harlequin® Romantic Suspense brings you all that and more with four new full-length titles for one great price every month! PROTECTING THE COLTON BRIDE The Coltons of Oklahoma • by Elle James Megan Talbot needs money—fast—and the only way to get her inheritance is to marry. Her wealthy rancher boss has his own agenda when he proposes a marriage of convenience, but as Megan is targeted by an assassin, family secrets must be exposed. A WANTED MAN Cold Case Detectives • by Jennifer Morey Haunted by his past, Kadin Tandy moves to Wyoming to open his own investigative fi rm. His new client, Penny Darden, suspects someone close to her is a killer. As they hunt for answers and she falls for the rugged PI, they both learn the depths of healing, love…and true danger. AGENT ZERO by Lilith Saintcrow He’s the most dangerous man terminally ill Holly Candless will ever meet—and he’ll do anything to keep her safe. But it’s a race against time, since only a top secret government program stands between her and a slow, sure death…. THE SECRET KING Conspiracy Against the Crown • by C.J. Miller After a tragic loss and an ensuing royal battle, the princess of Acacia must choose between her heart and her duty. But the man who comes to protect her and whom she starts to love has a dark, twisted secret that could destroy them both. Look for 4 heart-racing new stories every month from Harlequin® Romantic Suspense!
