Download or read book Nadja on My Way written by Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 1989 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The talented and flamboyant violinist describes her childhood, education and training at Juilliard, and concert performances around the world.
Download or read book Nadja written by André Breton and published by Grove Press. This book was released on 1960 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Nadja, " originally published in France in 1928, is the first and perhaps best Surrealist romance ever written, a book which defined that movement's attitude toward everyday life. The principal narrative is an account of the author's relationship with a girl in teh city of Paris, the story of an obsessional presence haunting his life. The first-person narrative is supplemented by forty-four photographs which form an integral part of the work -- pictures of various "surreal" people, places, and objects which the author visits or is haunted by in naja's presence and which inspire him to mediate on their reality or lack of it. "The Nadja of the book is a girl, but, like Bertrand Russell's definition of electricity as "not so much a thing as a way things happen, " Nadja is not so much a person as the way she makes people behave. She has been described as a state of mind, a feeling about reality, k a kind of vision, and the reader sometimes wonders whether she exists at all. yet it is Nadja who gives form and structure to the novel.
Download or read book I m Supposed to Protect You from All This written by Nadja Spiegelman and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-08-02 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Vogue Best Book of the Year "What Ferrante did for female friends—exploring the tumult and complexity their relationships could hold—Spiegelman sets out to do for mothers and daughters. She’s essentially written My Brilliant Mom." —Slate A memoir of mothers and daughters—and mothers as daughters—traced through four generations, from Paris to New York and back again. For a long time, Nadja Spiegelman believed her mother was a fairy. More than her famous father, Maus creator Art Spiegelman, and even more than most mothers, hers—French-born New Yorker art director Françoise Mouly—exerted a force over reality that was both dazzling and daunting. As Nadja’s body changed and “began to whisper to the adults around me in a language I did not understand,” their relationship grew tense. Unwittingly, they were replaying a drama from her mother’s past, a drama Nadja sensed but had never been told. Then, after college, her mother suddenly opened up to her. Françoise recounted her turbulent adolescence caught between a volatile mother and a playboy father, one of the first plastic surgeons in France. The weight of the difficult stories she told her daughter shifted the balance between them. It had taken an ocean to allow Françoise the distance to become her own person. At about the same age, Nadja made the journey in reverse, moving to Paris determined to get to know the woman her mother had fled. Her grandmother’s memories contradicted her mother’s at nearly every turn, but beneath them lay a difficult history of her own. Nadja emerged with a deeper understanding of how each generation reshapes the past in order to forge ahead, their narratives both weapon and defense, eternally in conflict. Every reader will recognize herself and her family in I'm Supposed to Protect You From All This, a gorgeous and heartbreaking memoir that helps us to see why sometimes those who love us best hurt us most.
Download or read book Biennale Bitch written by Nadja Sayej and published by ArtStars* Books. This book was released on 2018-11-11 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There’s more to the art world than auctions and appetizers. Behind the serious museum walls, one arts reporter has a sense of humor and she isn’t afraid to share it in this comedic romp through the art world. Featuring 30 short stories, Nadja Sayej plows through a food review of the Venice Biennale, butterfly kisses Cate Blanchett and talks performance art with Salma Hayek Oh and is it ‘biennial’ or ‘biennale?’ Nevermind that, where's the hor d'oeuvres? This book highlights a run in with A$AP Rocky at Miami Beach, calling Patton Oswalt from Marrakech and snoring her way through Documenta. There are cameos from Robert Crumb, doing vodka shots with Anish Kapoor and meeting Helmut Newton’s wife Jane Newton for her very first selfie. Join in on the chaos, the comedy and the bad pastry fillings you can't help but criticize. Author website http://nadjasayej.com
Download or read book A Royal Waste of Time written by Marva J. Dawn and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 1999 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Marva Dawn insists that churches need to engage in a serious process of community discernment concerning worship in order to employ the best tools and forms, and she offers reflections to further the discussion. Each part of A Royal "Waste" of Time begins with a sample Scripture-based sermon since Dawn emphasizes that the church's worship must follow biblical guidelines and form a biblical people.--From publisher's description.
Download or read book The Magical Reality of Nadia The Magical Reality of Nadia 1 written by Bassem Youssef and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2021-02-02 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Bassem Youssef, aka the Jon Stewart of the Arab World, and author Catherine R. Daly comes a hilarious and heartfelt story about prejudice, friendship, empathy, and courage. Nadia loves fun facts. Here are a few about her:• She collects bobbleheads -- she has 77 so far.• She moved from Egypt to America when she was six years old.• The hippo amulet she wears is ancient... as in it's literally from ancient Egypt.• She's going to win the contest to design a new exhibit at the local museum. Because how cool would that be?!(Okay, so that last one isn't a fact just yet, but Nadia has plans to make it one.)But then a new kid shows up and teases Nadia about her Egyptian heritage. It's totally unexpected, and totally throws her off her game.And something else happens that Nadia can't explain: Her amulet starts glowing! She soon discovers that the hippo is holding a helpful -- and hilarious -- secret. Can she use it to confront the new kid and win the contest?From The Daily Show comedian Bassem Youssef and author Catherine R. Daly comes a humorous and heartfelt story about prejudice, friendship, empathy, and courage.Includes sections of black-and-white comics as well as lively black-and-white illustrations throughout.
Download or read book Zig and Wikki in Something Ate My Homework written by Nadja Spiegelman and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Zig and Wikki arrive on Earth to seach for a pet for Zig's class assignment.
Download or read book Lost in NYC a Subway Adventure written by Nadja Spiegelman and published by Astra Publishing House. This book was released on 2020-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lost on a school fieldtrip, Pablo learns to navigate the New York subway and his feelings about his new home.
Download or read book Astra Magazine Ecstasy written by Nadja Spiegelman and published by Astra Publishing House. This book was released on 2022-04-12 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Astra Magazine is the new literary magazine of the moment, a must-read for anyone interested in the most vital contemporary literature from around the world. Astra Magazine connects readers and writers from New York to Mexico City, Lagos to Berlin, Copenhagen to Singapore and beyond around a unified aesthetic that highlights the luxurious pleasures of reading. Each issue contains prose, poetry, art and comics, artfully produced on silky smooth paper with luxurious French flaps. The Ecstasy Issue contains work by Mieko Kawakami, Fernanda Melchor, Catherine Lacey, Leslie Jamison, Solmaz Sharif, Terrance Hayes, Don Mee Choi, Ada Limón, Chinelo Okparanta, Sayaka Murata, Katharina Volckmer, Kate Zambreno, and many more.
Download or read book The Road to Lichfield written by Penelope Lively and published by Grove Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While visiting her dying father in a nursing home, a middle aged daughter discovers a man and a world she never knew.
Download or read book The Big Adventures of a Little Tree Tree Finds Friendship written by Nadja Springer and published by . This book was released on 2020-12-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A heart-warming story of a small tree with an overwhelming dream Tree has all that he needs, a beautiful home and a loving family. Still, Tree yearns to wander - and to explore the world.One little tree and one big adventure No tree has ever tried before, but that doesn't mean it can't be done! One idea changes everything - and with the help of his friends, Tree sets off and finds more than just an adventure beyond the paths close to home. Outstanding illustrations and one hidden tiny little friend When Tree leaves the shore, he's not on his own - can your young reader locate Tree's friend, the baby sea turtle on every page?The perfect picture book for every dreamer, believer and every keeper of imagination.This little Tree will be loved by all children aged 4 - 8 - and most definitely beyond, because have YOU ever seen a walking tree? Learn about the power of friendship and love, the importance of inclusion and the unique chances and opportunities you're presented with when you simply think "I can do this". Changing your mindset can change your life. Curiosity, kindness and an open heart make all the difference.
Download or read book The Nap Away Motel written by Nadja Lubiw-Hazard and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fiction. LGBTQIA Studies. Young Adult. In the heart of Scarborough sits the Nap-Away Motel, a hunched building providing hidden worlds for its occupants. Within its derelict walls, Suleiman longs to rebuild his broken family, Tiffany creates a fantasy world to escape from her mother's neglect and Ori plans a search for their run-away twin brother. While they grapple with the challenges of mental health, addiction, and grief, the three dwellers manage to forge a friendship over a litter of stray kittens. Together, they find joy in ruin, and hope when everything seems lost.
Download or read book My Childhood Under Fire written by Nadja Halilbegovich and published by Kids Can Press. This book was released on 2008-02-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ?Bombs are exploding all over the city. I hide my feelings from everyone, but I am drowning in despair. When will this war end? For how long will my life consist of the dead space between two explosions?? --- June 6, 1995 On the first day of the siege of Sarajevo, 12-year-old Nadja Halilbegovich's life changed forever. In the face of constant tank and sniper fire, daily life in this beautiful, mountain-ringed city was suddenly full of fear. Without reliable electricity, water or medical supplies, the blockaded city ground to a halt. Nadja and her fellow citizens tried desperately to live normal lives while forced to scrounge for even the most basic necessities. My Childhood Under Fire is Nadja's diary of the years 1992-95. It is her personal account of becoming a teenager during wartime. It is also a monument to the thousands killed during the siege of Sarajevo and to the millions of children around the world who still live --- and die --- under fire.
Download or read book New Lives written by Ingo Schulze and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2009-10-06 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his long-awaited new novel, renowned German author Ingo Schulze provides a rich and nuanced panorama of a world in transition. East Germany, January 1990. Enrico Türmer–man of the theater, aspiring novelist–has turned his back on the art world and joined a startup newspaper. Before long, the former aesthete and rebel becomes obsessed with personal gain, and in a series of letters to his sister, a friend, and a would-be lover, Enrico vividly muses on his capitalist ventures and latent worldly ambitions. As Schulze peels away the layers of Enrico’s previous existence, his antihero’s reinvention comes to embody all the questionable aspects not only of life in the old Germany, but of life in the Germany just taking form.
Download or read book The Truth written by Julia Derek and published by Adrenaline books. This book was released on 2017-12-12 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Detective Gabi Longoria discovers that her coworker Emma is dead, she’s heartbroken. Gabi feels she could have saved her if only she had stayed with the depressed woman. But it doesn’t take long before Gabi has more serious things to worry about. Far more serious. She receives a long letter from Emma informing her that all disgraced FBI Agent Ian Armory has told her is in fact true. Ian isn’t a conspiracy nut. The Adler Group really IS creating a master race to replace all of humankind… NOTE: This is the third book in the four-book thriller series Girl Undercover. Book One is FREE.
Download or read book Sleepless written by Romy Hausmann and published by Flatiron Books. This book was released on 2021-10-19 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dark secrets past and present collide in Sleepless, a haunting novel of guilt and retribution from Romy Hausmann, the international bestselling author of Dear Child. It's been years since Nadja Kulka was convicted of a cruel crime. After being released from prison, she's wanted nothing more than to live a normal life: nice flat, steady job, even a few friends. But when one of those friends, Laura von Hoven--free-spirited beauty and wife of Nadja's boss--kills her lover and begs Nadja for her help, Nadja can't seem to refuse. The two women make for a remote house in the woods, the perfect place to bury a body. But their plan quickly falls apart and Nadja finds herself outplayed, a pawn in a bizarre game in which she is both the perfect victim and the perfect murderer...
Download or read book The Little Terrorist written by Sheila Schwartz and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2001-05-03 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a story of family love and loss, joy and tragedy, set against a background of contemporary terrorism. It is particularly relevant today. The heroine, Elizabeth Stern, is an affluent pediatric surgeon, whose husband and child are killed in the Athens Airport massacre, at the end of their vacation there. The little terrorist is Nadja, a little girl, the sole survivor of an exploding automobile, who is brought into the doctors operating room, in upstate New York, after Elizabeth pulls herself together enough to return to work. Elizabeth functions like an automaton, devoting her life completely to her medical work, until she sees in Nadja a resemblance to her own daughter, and the girl becomes more than just another patient to her. She vows to save the girl, especially because she had no opportunity to save her own child. Gradually she begins to love Nadja, fantasizing that nobody will come for the girl and she will be able to take her home, put her into her daughters room, and have someone to love again. The antagonist (initially) and love interest is David Hashemi, an FBI agent of Lebanese background, who is assigned to the hospital because the FBI has discovered that the same plastique that blew up the World Trade Center was in the car that exploded. At first, Elizabeth is hostile to him. She does not like the FBI, resents their campus harassment during the Vietnam War, is horrified by the WACO incinerations, and fears that they will take Nadja away from the hospital. Gradually, against her will, Elizabeth falls in love with David, as she finds that he is a good man; noble, caring, and brave, who needs love as much as she does. The major figures at the hospital are :1) Clifford Grubman, the Hospital President, who is romantically interested in Elizabeth and 2) Molly Quinn, Elizabeths assistant nurse, who is Elizabeths best friend and forces her to stay alive after the Athens massacre. The FBI remains at the hospital to keep Nadja under surveillance while waiting for her to regain consciousness, so that they can ask her about the cars destination. Certain that a backup team will come to replace the people blown up in the car, Hashemi says that it is essential to find the target to be bombed. Nadja is also under surveillance by other terrorists, who are hidden around the hospital and want to make sure that she does not divulge any information to the Americans. During the following weeks, there are a number of dramatic confrontations. Hospital personnel and FBI agents are killed in their attempts to protect the girl. Hashemi decides that she must be moved and she and a nurse, Molly, are taken over night to Elizabeths house. Dr. Grubman is tortured and murdered when he can not divulge where Nadja is taken, when shes moved from the hospital. However, before she can be moved again, she is kidnapped, Molly is injured and another FBI agent is killed. Interrogating a woman arrested in a raid, Hashemi discovers that Nadja is to be used as a human bomb, like a kamikaze pilot or a suicide bomber, and that the target is the U. S. President, who will be arriving at Stewart Airport to pay a visit to Franklin Roosevelts legendary house in Hyde Park. Hashemi tells Elizabeth that she must accept Nadjas inevitable death and forbids Elizabeth to come to the airport on the day of the confrontation. They quarrel violently about this and that morning, as soon as he is gone, Elizabeth drives herself to Stewart Airport. When she sees Nadja out on the tarmac, she runs toward her, determined to save her. In the ensuing conflagration at Stewart Airport, the gang of terrorists is captured, Nadja and Elizabeth are saved, but Hashemi loses a leg running to protect them. He is angry and bitter and irrationally blames Elizabeth and Nadja for his loss. He is a hero, will be decorated and will be given a desk job by the FBI, but he is, as might be expected, inconsolable. Although Hashem
