Download or read book The Book of Memory written by Petina Gappah and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2016-02-02 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story that you have asked me to tell you does not begin with the pitiful ugliness of Lloyd’s death. It begins on a long-ago day in August when the sun seared my blistered face and I was nine years old and my father and mother sold me to a strange man. Memory, the narrator of Petina Gappah’s The Book of Memory, is an albino woman languishing in Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison in Harare, Zimbabwe, after being sentenced for murder. As part of her appeal, her lawyer insists that she write down what happened as she remembers it. The death penalty is a mandatory sentence for murder, and Memory is, both literally and metaphorically, writing for her life. As her story unfolds, Memory reveals that she has been tried and convicted for the murder of Lloyd Hendricks, her adopted father. But who was Lloyd Hendricks? Why does Memory feel no remorse for his death? And did everything happen exactly as she remembers? Moving between the townships of the poor and the suburbs of the rich, and between past and present, the 2009 Guardian First Book Award–winning writer Petina Gappah weaves a compelling tale of love, obsession, the relentlessness of fate, and the treachery of memory.
Download or read book The Book of Memory written by Mary Carruthers and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2008-05-01 with total page 875 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mary Carruthers's classic study of the training and uses of memory for a variety of purposes in European cultures during the Middle Ages has fundamentally changed the way scholars understand medieval culture. This fully revised and updated second edition considers afresh all the material and conclusions of the first. While responding to new directions in research inspired by the original, this new edition devotes much more attention to the role of trained memory in composition, whether of literature, music, architecture, or manuscript books. The new edition will reignite the debate on memory in medieval studies and, like the first, will be essential reading for scholars of history, music, the arts and literature, as well as those interested in issues of orality and literacy (anthropology), in the working and design of memory (both neuropsychology and artificial memory), and in the disciplines of meditation (religion).
Download or read book The Memory Book written by Lara Avery and published by Poppy. This book was released on 2016-07-05 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perfect for fans of Everything, Everything and Five Feet Apart, a bittersweet story of love and loss, told one journal entry at a time. Sammie McCoy is a girl with a plan: graduate at the top of her class and get out of her small town as soon as possible. Nothing will stand in her way-not even the rare genetic disorder the doctors say will slowly steal her memories and then her health. So the memory book is born: a journal written to Sammie's future self. It's where she'll record every perfect detail of her first date with longtime-crush Stuart, and where she'll admit how much she's missed her childhood friend Cooper. The memory book will ensure Sammie never forgets the most important parts of her life-the people who have broken her heart, and those who have mended it. If Sammie's going to die, she's going to die living.
Download or read book The Book of Memory Gaps written by Cecilia Ruiz and published by Blue Rider Press. This book was released on 2015 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A hauntingly witty, illustrated debut in the vein of Edward Gorey, that explores the power and mystery of human memory, by artist Cecilia Ruiz"--
Download or read book In Memory of Memory written by Maria Stepanova and published by New Directions Publishing. This book was released on 2021-02-09 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exploration of life at the margins of history from one of Russia’s most exciting contemporary writers Shortlisted for the 2021 International Booker Prize Winner of the MLA Lois Roth Translation Award With the death of her aunt, the narrator is left to sift through an apartment full of faded photographs, old postcards, letters, diaries, and heaps of souvenirs: a withered repository of a century of life in Russia. Carefully reassembled with calm, steady hands, these shards tell the story of how a seemingly ordinary Jewish family somehow managed to survive the myriad persecutions and repressions of the last century. In dialogue with writers like Roland Barthes, W. G. Sebald, Susan Sontag, and Osip Mandelstam, In Memory of Memory is imbued with rare intellectual curiosity and a wonderfully soft-spoken, poetic voice. Dipping into various forms—essay, fiction, memoir, travelogue, and historical documents—Stepanova assembles a vast panorama of ideas and personalities and offers an entirely new and bold exploration of cultural and personal memory.
Download or read book The Medieval Craft of Memory written by Mary Carruthers and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A volume that will interest a wide spectrum of readers."—Patrick Geary, University of California, Los Angeles
Download or read book The Memory Book written by Harry Lorayne and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2012-01-18 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unleash the hidden power of your mind It’s there in all of us. A mental resource we don’t think much about. Memory. And now there’s a way to master its power. . . . Through Harry Lorayne and Jerry Lucas’s simple, fail-safe memory system, you can become more effective, more imaginative, and more powerful at work, at school, in sports, and at play. • Read with speed and greater understanding. • File phone numbers, data, figures, and appointments right in your head. • Send those birthday and anniversary cards on time. • Learn foreign words and phrases with ease. • Shine in the classroom and shorten study hours. • Dominate social situations: Remember and use important personal details. Begin today. The change in your life will be unforgettable
Download or read book Llama Llama and Me written by Anna Dewdney and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Llama Llama is here to help you fill out this book that's all about you! Llama Llama knows how important it is to make memories with friends and family. That's why he's here to help you complete this book with all your own special memories! Grab a crayon, a pencil, or a marker, and an adult to help you with the big words. It's time to create your own book, all about you and the things that make you unique!"--Back cover.
Download or read book The Memory Book written by Penelope J. Stokes and published by W Publishing Group. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Longing for a sense of connectedness in spite of an adoring fiancé and impressive education, orphan Phoebe Lange discovers a family scrapbook dating back to the 1920s in which she discovers a terrible secret that triggers an identity crisis. Original.
Download or read book Drawing from Memory written by Allen Say and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2011 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Caldecott medalist Allen Say chronicles his experiences as an artist during World War II, and describes his relationship with his mentor Noro Shinpei, Japan's leading cartoonist.
Download or read book The Great Memory Book written by Karen Markowitz and published by Corwin. This book was released on 1999-02-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Formerly a publication of The Brain Store Teachers and students can use these simple memory techniques for recalling names, faces, facts, formulas, definitions, foreign language words, correct spelling, lists, and more.
Download or read book The Memory Keeper written by Jennifer Camiccia and published by Aladdin. This book was released on 2020-10-13 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A heartfelt tale of an exceptional girl.” —BCCB “Poignant…heartwarming.” —School Library Journal Fish in a Tree meets The Thing About Jellyfish in this heartfelt middle grade debut about long-buried secrets, the power of memory, and the bond between a girl and her grandmother. All Lulu Carter wants is to be seen. But her parents are lost in their own worlds, and Lulu has learned the hard way that having something as rare as HSAM—the ability to remember almost every single moment in her life—won’t make you popular in school. At least Lulu has Gram, who knows the truth about Lulu’s memory and loves her all the more for it. But Gram has started becoming absentminded, and the more lost she gets, the more she depends on Lulu…until Lulu realizes her memory holds the very key to fixing Gram’s forgetfulness. Once Lulu learns that trauma can cause amnesia, all she needs to do to cure Gram is hunt down that painful moment in Gram’s life. With her friends Olivia and Max, Lulu digs into Gram’s mysterious past. But they soon realize some secrets should stay buried, and Lulu wonders if she ever knew Gram at all. It’s up to Lulu to uncover the truth before the only person who truly sees her slips away.
Download or read book Harry Lorayne s Page a Minute Memory Book written by Harry Lorayne and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 1996-09-29 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If time is money, then memory is the bank and Harry Lorayne will show you how to make every minute count, dramatically increasing performance, productivity, and profits. -- Enhance your powers of concentration and observation. -- Double or even triple your daily work output, eliminate careless errors, quickly skim and retain business reports, news articles, and technical data. -- Breeze through exams, improve your grades and classroom performance, reduce your homework time, and increase your free time. -- Give speeches without notes and without anxiety, learn foreign languages more easily, excel at poker, bridge, and other games. -- Heighten your mental agility, learning power, and conversational skills. -- Discover the newfound authority, confidence, and pleasure that come from a quick, sharp, active mind. Whatever your lifestyle or walk of life, begin your countdown to success today, and put a world of knowledge and know-how at your fingertips
Download or read book The Art of Memory written by Frances A Yates and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-10-31 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique and brilliant book is a history of human knowledge. Before the invention of printing, a trained memory was of vital importance. Based on a technique of impressing 'places' and 'images' on the mind, the ancient Greeks created an elaborate memory system which in turn was inherited by the Romans and passed into the European tradition, to be revived, in occult form, during the Renaissance. Frances Yates sheds light on Dante’s Divine Comedy, the form of the Shakespearian theatre and the history of ancient architecture; The Art of Memory is an invaluable contribution to aesthetics and psychology, and to the history of philosophy, of science and of literature.
Download or read book My First Book of Memory Verses written by Carine MacKenzie and published by Christian Focus. This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part of the 'My First' Series Ages 4-10, young readers A legacy of Bible verses chosen to share the Gospel and to give comfort
Download or read book My Pet Memory Book written by Pinfold Publishing and published by . This book was released on 2019-01-04 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Losing a pet is heartbreaking for all the family, but can be particularly difficult for a child. This book will help any child who is grieving for a family pet who has died. The book allows them to fill in all the information they like about their pet, and has plenty of room for pictures- either drawn or to stick in photographs. The book will help the child recall happy memories about their time with their pet. Parents can help the child fill the book in if needed. Children can fill in as much or as little of the book as they like, and at their own pace. Sections of the book include: Me and My Pet My Pet's Favourite Things To Do My Favourite Things To Do With My Pet My Pet's Favourite Food and Treats The Silliest Things My Pet Did The Naughtiest Things My Pet Did Why My Pet Wouldn't Want Me To Be Sad Using the book will help the child as they grieve for their lost pet by helping them recall happy memories which they can record. The final section, Why My Pet Wouldn't Want Me To Be Sad will prompt the child to think about why they don't have to stay sad forever. Children will be able to look at the book whenever they like in the future which makes it a lovely keepsake, and also reassures the child that the pet will never be forgotten. Makes a thoughtful gift for any child who has lost a pet. The book is 7" x 9" in size, so large enough for a child to have plenty of room to write, but small enough to be stored or carried easily. The book has 22 prompted pages, giving plenty of scope for the child to write what they would like, but not so big that it overwhelms them. Each prompted page has a blank page behind- meaning no worrying about bleed through if they draw a picture, or giving extra room for writing or pictures. Please use the Look Inside function to ensure you are happy with the format and style of the book. About The Author This book was created to help the Author's children when one of the family pets sadly died. The children were worried that they would forget their pet. The book meant that they could record their memories of the pet so that he wouldn't be forgotten, and helped the children remember their happiest memories of him. The Author also works in Education and writes children's story books.
Download or read book Street Cat Bob written by James Bowen and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2015-02-05 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When James Bowen found an injured, street cat in the hallway of his sheltered housing, he had no idea just how much his life was about to change. James had been living on the streets of London and the last thing he needed was a pet. Yet James couldn't resist the clever tom cat, whom he quickly named Bob. Soon the two were best friends, and their funny and sometimes dangerous adventures would change both their lives, slowly healing the scars of each other's troubled pasts. STREET CAT BOB is a moving and uplifting story that will touch the heart of anyone who reads it.
