Download or read book The Loneliest Americans written by Jay Caspian Kang and published by Crown. This book was released on 2022-10-11 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “provocative and sweeping” (Time) blend of family history and original reportage that explores—and reimagines—Asian American identity in a Black and white world “[Kang’s] exploration of class and identity among Asian Americans will be talked about for years to come.”—Jennifer Szalai, The New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice) ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Time, NPR, Mother Jones In 1965, a new immigration law lifted a century of restrictions against Asian immigrants to the United States. Nobody, including the lawmakers who passed the bill, expected it to transform the country’s demographics. But over the next four decades, millions arrived, including Jay Caspian Kang’s parents, grandparents, aunts, and uncles. They came with almost no understanding of their new home, much less the history of “Asian America” that was supposed to define them. The Loneliest Americans is the unforgettable story of Kang and his family as they move from a housing project in Cambridge to an idyllic college town in the South and eventually to the West Coast. Their story unfolds against the backdrop of a rapidly expanding Asian America, as millions more immigrants, many of them working-class or undocumented, stream into the country. At the same time, upwardly mobile urban professionals have struggled to reconcile their parents’ assimilationist goals with membership in a multicultural elite—all while trying to carve out a new kind of belonging for their own children, who are neither white nor truly “people of color.” Kang recognizes this existential loneliness in himself and in other Asian Americans who try to locate themselves in the country’s racial binary. There are the businessmen turning Flushing into a center of immigrant wealth; the casualties of the Los Angeles riots; the impoverished parents in New York City who believe that admission to the city’s exam schools is the only way out; the men’s right’s activists on Reddit ranting about intermarriage; and the handful of protesters who show up at Black Lives Matter rallies holding “Yellow Peril Supports Black Power” signs. Kang’s exquisitely crafted book brings these lonely parallel climbers together and calls for a new immigrant solidarity—one rooted not in bubble tea and elite college admissions but in the struggles of refugees and the working class.
Download or read book Loneliest written by Zekeriya Iskender and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2023-09-08 with total page 634 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Loneliest is a book based on the author’s true-life stories. He shares interesting coincidences that have occurred and brought his life to certain points. The stories are fascinating and often entertaining. The author believes that all of the events, people, and apparent coincidences in his life are part of a divine plan. About the Author Zekeriya Iskender was born in Trabzon, Turkey. He currently resides in Hartford, Connecticut. Iskender was naturalized as a U.S. Citizen in 1995. He considers himself an anti-social person and thus has no community involvement. His hobbies include drawing pictures and writing poetry. He has a special interest in understanding antique coins and gemstones. He also enjoys working around the house as a handyman, plumbing, painting, and doing some bodywork on cars.
Download or read book The Loneliest Band in France written by Dylan Fisher and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mistaking an ad to join the titular The Loneliest Band in France for one to sell his blood, Migara de Silva, the novella's narrator -- a Sri Lankan student, new to Montpellier -- finds himself, instead, under the sway of the band, drinking heavily and being recruited to play a battle-of-the-bands-esque concert (that night) at the local Café Bovary with its four members: Noël, Guy, Lucien, and Michel. Not only is there prize money attached to the concert, the bandmates also see this as an opportunity to debut a new song, one, they claim, that can hurt -- even kill -- its listeners.
Download or read book The Loneliest Girl in the Universe written by Lauren James and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2018-07-03 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A surprising and gripping sci-fi thriller with a killer twist The daughter of two astronauts, Romy Silvers is no stranger to life in space. But she never knew how isolating the universe could be until her parents’ tragic deaths left her alone on the Infinity, a spaceship speeding away from Earth. Romy tries to make the best of her lonely situation, but with only brief messages from her therapist on Earth to keep her company, she can’t help but feel like something is missing. It seems like a dream come true when NASA alerts her that another ship, the Eternity, will be joining the Infinity. Romy begins exchanging messages with J, the captain of the Eternity, and their friendship breathes new life into her world. But as the Eternity gets closer, Romy learns there’s more to J’s mission than she could have imagined. And suddenly, there are worse things than being alone…. Now nominated as a YALSA Quick Pick!
Download or read book The Loneliest Muse written by Tyger B. Dacosta and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even though she is over two hundred years old, Hope is the youngest of the nine Greek Muses who live on the island of Leisha. Hope wants nothing more than to please her sisters but she alone faces the greatest challenge a Muse has ever known: she lacks a talent in which to inspire others. Delphi, the blind Muse of Prophecy, foresees that in order for Hope to find her talent and fulfill her destiny she must do what no other Muse has ever done, she must leave the island of Leisha. Hope is uncertain but is assured by Clio the Muse of History she will not go alone. Aided by a magical, golden swan boat, Hope bravely sails off into the approaching dawn, uncertain of where the beautiful swan boat will take her. In this extraordinary fantasy tale, Hope embarks on an adventure filled with Fairies, Dragons and other mystical creatures that will teach her more about herself and her hidden strengths then she ever imagined.
Download or read book The Loneliest Place written by Lora Senf and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2024-09-17 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evie ventures into the Dark Sun Side to rescue her loved ones, only to discover truths darker than she could have ever imagined in this thrilling finale to the Blight Harbor series that’s perfect for fans of Doll Bones and Small Spaces. As summer comes to an end, Evie Von Rathe is determined to begin the search for her parents in earnest. Armed with her knowledge of the otherworldly, her mom’s violet glasses, and a pendant full of doors, Evie begins to piece together clues. When she realizes her mother’s bedtime story might be a roadmap to finding them, Evie follows it back to the Dark Sun Side. But stories are funny things, and they change from one teller to the next. The black nothing of the Radix is waiting, and it knows more than it’s ever let on. Evie will need every bit of courage she has for what’s coming. With Bird at her side, and maybe even a reluctant Lark as well, Evie has what she hopes is her last adventure under a purple sky.
Download or read book The Loneliest Places written by Rachel Dickinson and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2022-10-15 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A child's suicide pitches you into a hellish place of fragmentary images, the deepest depression imaginable, efforts to destroy yourself, and an almost complete break with what's happening in the world around you. That was my experience. I wish it upon no one." The essays of The Loneliest Places began as a chronicle of Rachel Dickinson's life after her son's suicide. The pieces became much more. Dickinson writes the unimaginable and terrifying facts of heartbreaking loss. In The Loneliest Places she tells stories from her months on the run, fleeing her grief and herself, as she escapes to Iceland and the Falkland Islands—as far as possible from the memories of her dead son, Jack. She frankly relates the paralyzing emotion that sometimes left her trapped in her home, confined to a single chair, helplessly isolated. The tales from these years are bleak and Dickinson's journey home, back to her changed self and fractured family, is lonely. Conjuring Emily Dickinson, however, she describes how hope was sighted, allowed to perch, and then, remarkably, made actual.
Download or read book The Loneliest Kitten written by Holly Webb and published by Tiger Tales. This book was released on 2020-01-21 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charlie the kitten has found his forever home with Darcy and Will but when school starts Charlie starts to feel neglected and finds another home to visit! Darcy notices that Charlie, her family's adopted kitten from the Rescue Center keeps disappearing, so she tries to spend more time with him. But one day, Charlie doesn't return home at all! What has happened to him? Will he ever come back?
Download or read book The Loneliest Fall written by Kiana Moné and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2020-10-29 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the moments when you are on the verge of crumbling to the moments when you feel solid as a rock, The Loneliest Fall is for you. Poet Kiana Moné spills her heart onto the page in the hope that her words find you when you need them most. Her road begins with heartache when, in the collection’s title poem, she asks: “Sometimes I wonder what it would Be like if I never met you at all Would I be happy?” Moné’s poems cover themes of love and loss while asking important questions like when to move on, how to move on, and is it possible to heal from wounds that haven’t completely closed? “In the end, we’re all just looking for someone to understand.” For those who have dared to love, this is a collection of honest and raw emotions from the pen of someone who has been through the ups and the downs of life and can relate to one of the most important journeys that a person will take, the journey towards love, healing, & self.
Download or read book The Loneliest Magician written by Irene Radford and published by Astra Publishing House. This book was released on 1996-09-01 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As war rages between the armies of Coronnan and SeLenicc, an equally desperate campaign is being fought between the Commune, which uses dragon magic, and the coven, which draws its power from an older, darker source. With the dragons vanished from the land, the only hope of saving Coronnan, the king, and the Commune lies in finding the dragons and bringing them back. Yet this quest will not fall to the realm’s Senior Magician. A young orphan—a powerful yet untested magician—is being called by the dragons, lured with the promise of discovering his true identity. Can an untested youth venture into the heart of the enemy’s stronghold and find the means to set the dragon’s free?
Download or read book Road Trip USA The Loneliest Road Highway 50 written by Jamie Jensen and published by Moon Travel. This book was released on 2013-05-21 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Professional traveler Jamie Jensen traveled more than 400,000 miles to bring you the best-selling guide Road Trip USA. In this expanded tour of US-50, Jamie begins in San Francisco and heads all the way to the Chesapeake Bay. Passing through 11 states and some of the country's most magnificent landscapes, Road Trip USA: The Loneliest Road, Highway 50 highlights major cities, obscure towns, popular attractions, roadside curiosities, local lore, and oddball trivia. From sea to shining sea, this drive follows the footsteps of pioneers and gives a reverse time line of national development. Exit the interstates and create your own driving adventures on the backbone of America with Road Trip USA: The Loneliest Road, Highway 50.
Download or read book The Loneliest Polar Bear written by Kale Williams and published by Crown. This book was released on 2021-03-23 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A moving story of abandonment, love, and survival against the odds.”—Dr. Jane Goodall The heartbreaking and ultimately hopeful story of an abandoned polar bear cub named Nora and the humans working tirelessly to save her and her species, whose uncertain future in the accelerating climate crisis is closely tied to our own Six days after giving birth, a polar bear named Aurora got up and walked away from her den at the Columbus Zoo, leaving her tiny squealing cub to fend for herself. Hours later, Aurora still hadn’t returned. The cub was furless and blind, and with her temperature dropping dangerously, the zookeepers entrusted with her care felt they had no choice: They would have to raise one of the most dangerous predators in the world by hand. Over the next few weeks, a group of veterinarians and zookeepers worked around the clock to save the cub, whom they called Nora. Humans rarely get as close to a polar bear as Nora’s keepers got to their fuzzy charge. But the two species have long been intertwined. Three decades before Nora’s birth, her father, Nanuq, was orphaned when an Inupiat hunter killed his mother, leaving Nanuq to be sent to a zoo. That hunter, Gene Agnaboogok, now faces some of the same threats as the wild bears near his Alaskan village of Wales, on the westernmost tip of the North American continent. As sea ice diminishes and temperatures creep up year after year, Agnaboogok and the polar bears—and everyone and everything else living in the far north—are being forced to adapt. Not all of them will succeed. Sweeping and tender, The Loneliest Polar Bear explores the fraught relationship humans have with the natural world, the exploitative and sinister causes of the environmental mess we find ourselves in, and how the fate of polar bears is not theirs alone.
Download or read book SP026 Traveling America s loneliest road A geologic and natural history tour through Nevada along U S Highway 50 with GPS coordinates written by Kris Ann Pizarro and published by NV Bureau of Mines & Geology. This book was released on 2010 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Loneliest Girl written by Kate Gale and published by University of New Mexico Press. This book was released on 2022 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who was more alone than Medusa? Raped in Athena's temple, transformed into a monster, and banished into a cave, Medusa may be the ultimate example of victim blaming. In The Loneliest Girl, Kate Gale creates a powerful alternative narrative for Medusa and for all women who have carried guilt and shame--for being a woman, for not being enough, for being a victim. She offers a narrative in which women are the makers of the world--in which women find their way out from the cave of the Cisthene and into a world where they determine their own destiny.
Download or read book The Loneliest Hobo written by Geoffrey Peyton and published by BookRix. This book was released on 2015-11-05 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Having made a fruitless search for some friends in the upmost western part of Cornwall I was left with financial difficulty in getting back to Birmingham. I had already been walking about the English countryside since April and it was now October. I was in no real rush to get back home immediately and I fancied a bit of a stroll anyway. This stroll took me over a month to complete, and as the chilly autumn became a very cold winter I realised that living the life of a hobo wasn't as easy as one may think. The only only items on my person that kept me going through the seven weeks or so was a hot water bottle, a single calor gas stove and my radio. But there were times when even those life savers ran out of their respective fuels, and soon depression, hunger and eventual thieving, took priority for my needs. This is the story of my 250 mile walk home to Birmingham from St. Ives, Cornwall, in the autumn of 1990.
Download or read book The Loneliest Band in France written by Dylan Fisher and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2020-04-30 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2021 Colorado Book Awards 2020 Coups de Cœur, The American Library in Paris Book Awards Winner of the 2019 Clay Reynolds Novella Prize, selected by Rita Bulwinkel Mistaking an ad to join the titular The Loneliest Band in France for one to sell his blood, Migara de Silva, the novella’s narrator — a Sri Lankan student, new to Montpellier — finds himself, instead, under the sway of the band, drinking heavily and being recruited to play a battle-of-the-bands-esque concert (that night) at the local Café Bovary with its four members: Noël, Guy, Lucien, and Michel. Not only is there prize money attached to the concert, the bandmates also see this as an opportunity to debut a new song, one, they claim, that can hurt — even kill — its listeners.
Download or read book School for Spirits Loneliest Angel written by Aron Lewes and published by Aron Lewes. This book was released on 2024-07-11 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Archangel Reyla is a low-key Archangel enjoying a quiet afterlife of slaying shadowlings, granting human wishes... and crocheting. Out of the blue, she gets a text from Archangel Gabriel, who she's never met before. Because of her high rating and aptitude for fighting (Reyla's great with a bow), she's being scouted as a possible member of The Echelon, an elite group of Archangels who are privy to the afterlife's secrets. Archangel Gabriel will be in charge of training Reyla, as well as another Echelon candidate named Mikah. Gabriel makes her nervous, and Mikah is critical of her in a way that's highly frustrating. Not only that, she doesn't want the extra attention! Still, Reyla decides to undergo the special training to sate her curiosity. After all, what's the worst that could happen? School for Spirits: Loneliest Archangel features a more adult set of characters, while retaining the spirit (pun intended) of the series. Content warning: Mentions of suicide, sexual assault
