A Glass Of Water

Author : Jimmy Santiago Baca
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN 13 : 0802198929
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Glass of Water written by Jimmy Santiago Baca and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2010-09-14 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “[A] blistering novel” of family, loyalty, ambition, and revenge that offers an intimate look into the tragedies unfurling at the US-Mexico border (Publishers Weekly). The promise of a new beginning brings Casimiro and Nopal together when they are young immigrants, having made the nearly deadly journey across the border from Mexico. They settle into a life of long days in the chili fields, and in a few years their happy union yields two sons, Lorenzo and Vito. But when Nopal is brutally murdered, the boys are left to navigate life in this brave but capricious new world without her. A Glass of Water is a searing, heartfelt tribute to brotherhood, and an arresting portrait of the twisted paths people take to claim their piece of the American dream. The first novel from award-winning memoirist, poet, and activist, Jimmy Santiago Baca, it is a passionate and galvanizing addition to Chicano literature. “The sheer passion that drives Baca’s novel is undeniable.” —Publishers Weekly “[With] image-rich writing . . . A Glass of Water adds another strong voice to the growing body of literature on immigration and migrant farmworkers . . . . Baca should be commended for tackling injustice in his fiction.” —High Country News “A well-written and at times lyrical saga told with understanding and compassion.” —Library Journal

Author : Angie Cruz
Publisher : Flatiron Books
ISBN 13 : 1250208440
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water written by Angie Cruz and published by Flatiron Books. This book was released on 2022-09-13 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A NEW YORK TIMES EDITOR'S CHOICE · A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW NOTABLE BOOK · REVIEWED ON THE FRONT COVER From GMA BOOK CLUB PICK and WOMEN'S PRIZE FINALIST Angie Cruz, author of Dominicana, an electrifying new novel about a woman who has lost everything but the chance to finally tell her story “Will have you LAUGHING line after line...Cruz AIMS FOR THE HEART, and fires.” —Los Angeles Times "An endearing portrait of a FIERCE, FUNNY woman." —The Washington Post Cara Romero thought she would work at the factory of little lamps for the rest of her life. But when, in her mid-50s, she loses her job in the Great Recession, she is forced back into the job market for the first time in decades. Set up with a job counselor, Cara instead begins to narrate the story of her life. Over the course of twelve sessions, Cara recounts her tempestuous love affairs, her alternately biting and loving relationships with her neighbor Lulu and her sister Angela, her struggles with debt, gentrification and loss, and, eventually, what really happened between her and her estranged son, Fernando. As Cara confronts her darkest secrets and regrets, we see a woman buffeted by life but still full of fight. Structurally inventive and emotionally kaleidoscopic, How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water is Angie Cruz’s most ambitious and moving novel yet, and Cara is a heroine for the ages.

Author : Odessa Rose
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781736717301
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Water In A Broken Glass written by Odessa Rose and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet Tonya Mimms, a talented sculptor who puts her artwork above and before everything, including her thirst for love. Then one drizzly morning, she bumps into Malcolm Holland, a handsome account with a gap between his smile that Tonya falls into. Later, she meets Satin Pierce, a beautiful bookstore owner who is a hugh fan of Tonya's work. Soon Tonya becomes the center piece of a love triangle.

Author : Andy Elmes
Publisher : Createspace Independent Pub
ISBN 13 : 9781482351316
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Glass of Water written by Andy Elmes and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2013-02-08 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A challenging book, written by a Church leader for the Church leader and his team. This powerfully honest book has been written to provoke better communication concerning what the leader actually needs from his team to lead like God has called him to lead. Are you a "mighty man" to your leader? Do you want to know how to be one and what the biblical hallmarks for one are? In this incisive book Pastor Andy Elmes will take you on a journey into your leaders world, helping you to understand and gain a new awareness concerning what your leaders face on a daily basis, challenging every leader to step up to a new level for the sake of the Kingdom. It's time to stop pastors quitting, it's time to start talking about the things we need to talk about. Let the talking begin....

Author : Oba Olff
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780578512211
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Glass Of Water And A Candle: Quench My Soul And Light My Way written by Oba Olff and published by . This book was released on 2019-05-03 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This groundbreaking book explores the importance of Spiritualism especially for African Americans. As you read, you will gain a greater understanding of the foundations of Spiritualism and how to cultivate your spiritual court. Most importantly, this book dispels the boggy-isms improperly associated with every day cultural nuances practiced by African Americans.

Author : Eugène Scribe
Publisher : Smith & Kraus
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Glass of Water written by Eugène Scribe and published by Smith & Kraus. This book was released on 1995 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Gail Crowder
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780983218517
Total Pages : 74 pages
Book Rating : 4.1X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tall Glass of Water- Rehydrating the Dry Places Within Your Life written by Gail Crowder and published by . This book was released on 2012-10 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Tall Glass of Water is a useful tool for any woman who can admit that she needs help putting her life into balance. Water is vital to sustaining human life. It plays a major role in our physical body's respiration, digestion, elimination, metabolism and homeostasis -- which is basically the balance of all the major systems. Without adequate amounts of water, dehydration begins and can be life-threatening. Gail Crowder offers practical tips to rehydrate those dry places that have shown up in your life because your energy is drained and your creativity has dried up while attempting to be 'everything to everybody all the time'. In A Tall Glass of Water, she acknowledges that the task of wearing multiple hats simultaneously can be very overwhelming for a woman. After sipping, gulping and sometimes choking on her own glass of water during her own life's journey trying to be the consummate wife, mother, lover, daughter, sister, friend, employee and entrepreneur, Gail offers principles that have been proven to succeed. Are you dizzy from the dehydration due to the pressures pushing and pulling you in all directions? Be honest with yourself ......are you overwhelmed? Do you wish for more hours in the day? If so, immerse yourself in the pages of this book, soak up the theory and principles, and your refreshing will begin......Gail generously pours out the best practices for setting your life into balance. Drink at your own pace. Feeling a little thirsty? Remember......................... nothing quenches thirst like A Tall Glass of Water.

Author : Robert E. Wells
Publisher : Albert Whitman & Company
ISBN 13 : 0807592749
Total Pages : 37 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Did a Dinosaur Drink This Water? written by Robert E. Wells and published by Albert Whitman & Company. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's hard to imagine—the molecules in the glass of water you just finished might have once been part of a water hole that dinosaurs drank from! In this fascinating new book about the water cycle, readers will find that while it might be hard to imagine, it's true. The author, Robert E. Wells, explains the complete water cycle and also discusses ocean currents, ocean and lake habitats, and hydroelectricity. He also touches on water pollution and our responsibility to keep our water clean. The author's bright cartoon illustrations make this information especially appealing to kids.

Author : James Salzman
Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 : 1468306758
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Drinking Water written by James Salzman and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2017-06-13 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An in-depth look at the changing approaches that environmentalists, governments, and the open market have taken to water through the lens of world history. When we turn on the tap or twist open a tall plastic bottle, we probably don’t give a second thought about where our drinking water comes from. But how it gets from the ground to the glass is far more convoluted than we might think. In this revised edition of Drinking Water, Duke University professor and environmental policy expert James Salzman shows how drinking water highlights the most pressing issues of our time. He adds eye-opening, contemporary examples about our relationship to and consumption of water, and a new chapter about the atrocities that occurred in Flint, Michigan. Provocative, insightful, and engaging, Drinking Water shows just how complex a simple glass of water can be. “A surprising, delightful, fact-filled book.” —Jared Diamond, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Guns, Germs, and Steel “Instead of buying your next twelve-pack of bottled water, buy this fascinating account of all the people who spent their lives making sure you’d have clean, safe drinking water every time you turned on the tap.” —Bill McKibben, author of Earth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet “Drinking Water effortlessly guides us through a fascinating world we never consider. Even for people who think they know water, there is a surprise on almost every page.” —Charles Fishman, bestselling author of The Big Thirst and The Wal-Mart Effect “Salzman puts a needed spotlight on an often overlooked but critical social, economic, and political resource.” —Publishers Weekly

Author : Alok Jha
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781472209535
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Water Book written by Alok Jha and published by . This book was released on 2016-05-19 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Water is the most every day of substances. It pours from our taps and falls from the sky. We drink it, wash with it, and couldn't live without it. Yet, on closer examination it is also a very strange substance (it is one of only a very small number of molecules which expand when cooled). Look closer again and water reveals itself as a key to a scientific story on the biggest of canvases. Water is crucial to our survival - life depends on it - but it was also fundamental in the origins of life on Earth. The millions of gallons of water which make up our rivers, lakes and oceans, originated in outer space. How it arrived here and how those molecules of water were formed, is a story which takes us back to the beginning of the universe. Indeed, we know more about the depths of space than we do about the furthest reaches of the oceans. Water has also shaped the world we live in. Whether it is by gently carving the Grand Canyon over millennia, or in shaping how civilisations were built; we have settled our cities along rivers and coasts. Scientific studies show how we feel calmer and more relaxed when next to water. We holiday by the seas and lakes. Yet one day soon wars may be fought over access to water. The Water Book will change the way you look at water. After reading it you will be able to hold a glass of water up to the light and see within it a strange molecule that connects you to the origins of life, the birth (and death) of the universe, and to everyone who ever lived."--From publisher.