The Farm on the River of Emeralds
| Author | : Moritz Thomson |
| Publisher | : Arrow |
| Total Pages | : |
| Release | : 1999-12 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9780712649568 |
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The Farm on the River of Emeralds
| Author | : Moritz Thomsen |
| Publisher | : Vintage |
| Total Pages | : 380 |
| Release | : 1989 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : |
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Living Poor; a Peace Corps Chronicle
| Author | : Moritz Thomsen |
| Publisher | : University of Washington Press |
| Total Pages | : 330 |
| Release | : 1969 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 9780295969282 |
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At the age of 48, Moritz Thomsen sold his pig farm and joined the Peace Corps. As he tells the story, his awareness of the comic elements in the human situation--including his own--and his ability to convey it in fast-moving, earthy prose have madeLiving Poora classic. "Hilariously funny at times, grimly sad at others and elavened with perceptive insights into the ways of the people and with breathtaking descriptions of the Ecuadorian landscape."-St. Louis Post-Dispatch
My Two Wars
| Author | : Moritz Thomsen |
| Publisher | : Steerforth |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2007-12-31 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 1586421476 |
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Moritz Thomsen’s My Two Wars describes the great battles in his life – one against a rich, tyrannical father; the other against anti-aircraft gunners over Germany in 1943 and 1944. It was completed shortly before Thomsen’s death, and with it he concluded the story of his unusual life. In this posthumously published masterpiece he returns to his youth growing up in a wealthy Seattle household with the father he despised, and goes off to war in Europe as a bombardier with the Eighth Air Force. In his introduction Page Stegner calls it “the best narrative account ever written of an imperfect and fragile human soul caught up in the air war over Germany.” But it is Thomsen’s other war – his lifelong and monumental battle with his father – which begins and ends the book and makes My Two Wars one of the most outrageous and memorable father-and-son stories ever told.
Emeralds of the Alhambra
| Author | : John Cressler |
| Publisher | : Milford House Press |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2013 |
| Genre | : Islam |
| ISBN | : 9781620061978 |
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"How could we forget? Our world is stained with the blood of religious conflict and fanaticism, yet we managed to forget that for hundreds of years in medieval Spain, Christians, Muslims and Jews lived together in relative peace, sharing languages and customs, whispering words of love across religious boundaries, embracing a level of mutual acceptance and respect unimaginable today. Together, they launched one of the great intellectual and cultural flowerings of history. Our world aches for a future graced with tolerance and peace. Let us join together in reawakening the glory of medieval Muslim Spain, of al-Andalus. Emeralds of the Alhambra is a love story set in the resplendent Alhambra Palace in Granada, Spain, during the Castilian Civil War (1367-1369), a time when Muslims took up their swords to fight alongside Christians. Here is the story of William Chandon, a Christian knight, and the Sufi Muslim princess, Layla al-Khatib. As Chandon's influence at court grows, he becomes trapped between his forbidden love for Layla and his Christian heritage, the demands of chivalry and political expediency. Chandon and Layla must make choices between love and honor, war and peace, life and death, choices which ultimately will seal Granada's fate as the last surviving stronghold of Muslim Spain. Emeralds of the Alhambra is the first book in the series Anthems of al-Andalus" --Back cover.
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon (Newbery Honor Book)
| Author | : Grace Lin |
| Publisher | : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers |
| Total Pages | : 221 |
| Release | : 2009-07-01 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0316052604 |
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A Time Magazine 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time selection! A Reader’s Digest Best Children’s Book of All Time! This stunning fantasy inspired by Chinese folklore is a companion novel to Starry River of the Sky and the New York Times bestselling and National Book Award finalist When the Sea Turned to Silver In the valley of Fruitless mountain, a young girl named Minli lives in a ramshackle hut with her parents. In the evenings, her father regales her with old folktales of the Jade Dragon and the Old Man on the Moon, who knows the answers to all of life's questions. Inspired by these stories, Minli sets off on an extraordinary journey to find the Old Man on the Moon to ask him how she can change her family's fortune. She encounters an assorted cast of characters and magical creatures along the way, including a dragon who accompanies her on her quest for the ultimate answer. Grace Lin, author of the beloved Year of the Dog and Year of the Rat returns with a wondrous story of adventure, faith, and friendship. A fantasy crossed with Chinese folklore, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon is a timeless story reminiscent of The Wizard of Oz and Kelly Barnhill's The Girl Who Drank the Moon. Her beautiful illustrations, printed in full-color, accompany the text throughout. Once again, she has created a charming, engaging book for young readers.
Going Places
| Author | : Robert Burgin |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
| Total Pages | : 837 |
| Release | : 2013-01-08 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : |
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Successfully navigate the rich world of travel narratives and identify fiction and nonfiction read-alikes with this detailed and expertly constructed guide. Just as savvy travelers make use of guidebooks to help navigate the hundreds of countries around the globe, smart librarians need a guidebook that makes sense of the world of travel narratives. Going Places: A Reader's Guide to Travel Narratives meets that demand, helping librarians assist patrons in finding the nonfiction books that most interest them. It will also serve to help users better understand the genre and their own reading interests. The book examines the subgenres of the travel narrative genre in its seven chapters, categorizing and describing approximately 600 titles according to genres and broad reading interests, and identifying hundreds of other fiction and nonfiction titles as read-alikes and related reads by shared key topics. The author has also identified award-winning titles and spotlighted further resources on travel lit, making this work an ideal guide for readers' advisors as well a book general readers will enjoy browsing.
The Emerald City of Oz
| Author | : Lyman Frank Baum |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 338 |
| Release | : 1910 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : |
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Thunder and Lightning
| Author | : Natalie Goldberg |
| Publisher | : Open Road Media |
| Total Pages | : 278 |
| Release | : 2011-07-26 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 1453224572 |
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DIVDIVIn the sequel to her bestselling Writing Down the Bones, Natalie Goldberg advises readers on how to capture the flashes of inspiration of a writer’s life, and turn this “thunder and lightning” into a polished final piece/divDIV /divDIVAny writer may find himself or herself with an abundance of raw material, but it takes patience and care to turn this material into finished stories, essays, poems, novels, and memoirs. Referencing her own experiences both as a writer and as a student of Zen, Natalie provides insight into the struggles and demands of turning ideas into concrete form. /divDIV /divDIVHer guidance addresses ways to overcome writer’s block, deal with the fear of criticism and rejection, get the most from working with an editor, and improve one’s writing by reading accomplished authors. She communicates this with her characteristic humor and compassion, and a deep respect for writing as an act of celebration./divDIV /divDIVThis ebook features an illustrated biography of Natalie Goldberg, including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author’s personal collection./div /div
The Panama Hat Trail
| Author | : Tom Miller |
| Publisher | : University of Arizona Press |
| Total Pages | : 224 |
| Release | : 2017-10-10 |
| Genre | : Travel |
| ISBN | : 081653747X |
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Critically acclaimed author Tom Miller reveals the making and marketing of one Panama hat, from the straw fields of Ecuador’s coastal lowland to a hat shop in Southern California. Along the way, the hat becomes a literary device allowing Miller to give us his impressions from the tributaries of the Amazon to the mountainsides of the Andes. The Panama Hat Trail is at once a study in global economics and a lively travelogue.
