Dangerous Crossings

Author : Claire Jean Kim
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107044944
Total Pages : 357 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dangerous Crossings written by Claire Jean Kim and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-04-20 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dangerous Crossings interprets disputes in the United States over the use of animals in the cultural practices of nonwhite peoples.

Author : Rachel Rhys
Publisher : Random House Australia
ISBN 13 : 0143783203
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Dangerous Crossing written by Rachel Rhys and published by Random House Australia. This book was released on 2017-04-03 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'An exquisite story of love, murder, adventure and dark secrets, Rachel Rhys brings this dangerous crossing brilliantly and beautifully alive' LISA JEWELL 'Thrilling, seductive, utterly absorbing' PAULA HAWKINS England, September 1939 Lily Shepherd boards a cruise liner for a new life in Australia and is plunged into a world of cocktails, jazz and glamorous friends. But as the sun beats down, poisonous secrets begin to surface. Suddenly Lily finds herself trapped with nowhere to go ... Australia, six weeks later The world is at war, the cruise liner docks, and a beautiful young woman is escorted onto dry land in handcuffs. What has she done? 'Thrilling, captivating. Simply stunning' Daily Express 'It is written so beautifully it seems to glide by way too quickly, transporting you on a journey you won't want to end' Sunday Mirror 'Rhys creates such a powerful sense of foreboding that you may well gulp down the entire book in a single day' The Irish Times

Author : Alex Landragin
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 1250259053
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Crossings written by Alex Landragin and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2020-07-28 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A sparkling debut. Landragin’s seductive literary romp shines as a celebration of the act of storytelling." —Publishers Weekly "Romance, mystery, history, and magical invention dance across centuries in an impressive debut novel." —Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review) "Deft writing seduces the reader in a complex tale of pursuit, denial, and retribution moving from past to future. Highly recommended." —Library Journal (Starred Review) Alex Landragin's Crossings is an unforgettable and explosive genre-bending debut—a novel in three parts, designed to be read in two different directions, spanning a hundred and fifty years and seven lifetimes. On the brink of the Nazi occupation of Paris, a German-Jewish bookbinder stumbles across a manuscript called Crossings. It has three narratives, each as unlikely as the next. And the narratives can be read one of two ways: either straight through or according to an alternate chapter sequence. The first story in Crossings is a never-before-seen ghost story by the poet Charles Baudelaire, penned for an illiterate girl. Next is a noir romance about an exiled man, modeled on Walter Benjamin, whose recurring nightmares are cured when he falls in love with a storyteller who draws him into a dangerous intrigue of rare manuscripts, police corruption, and literary societies. Finally, there are the fantastical memoirs of a woman-turned-monarch whose singular life has spanned seven generations. With each new chapter, the stunning connections between these seemingly disparate people grow clearer and more extraordinary. Crossings is an unforgettable adventure full of love, longing and empathy.

Author : Meeg Pincus
Publisher : Millbrook Press TM
ISBN 13 : 1728455723
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Make Way for Animals! written by Meeg Pincus and published by Millbrook Press TM. This book was released on 2022-04-05 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Around the world, city highways and country roads have cut through natural spaces. Wild animals are blocked from the resources they need to survive, or must make dangerous crossings across busy roads to get to them. Fortunately, solving this problem has inspired some creative solutions! Take a tour of wildlife crossings across the globe, from grassy badger bridges to underpasses for elephants. Discover how these inventive pathways have saved both animal and human lives and helped preserve ecosystems.

Author : Stephen Krensky
Publisher : Dutton Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 9780525469667
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dangerous Crossing written by Stephen Krensky and published by Dutton Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In February 1778, at the height of the Revolutionary War, the American representative from Massachusetts, John Adams, is sent on a secret mission to France. It is dangerous to cross the Atlantic in winter, but the situation is desperate-the colonies need France's help against the British army. Adams is accompanied by his ten-year-old son, Johnny. Together, father and son must weather an angry ocean, perilous sea battles, and other dangers to help the colonies achieve freedom. Vivid illustrations and a fast-paced narrative bring to life this little-told story of a character-defining event in the lives of two future presidents.

Author : Laila Lalami
Publisher : Algonquin Books
ISBN 13 : 156512751X
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits written by Laila Lalami and published by Algonquin Books. This book was released on 2005-10-07 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A dream of a debut, by turns troubling adn glorious, angry and wise.” —Junot Diaz Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits evokes the grit and enduring grace that is modern Morocco. As four Moroccans illegally cross the Strait of Gibraltar in an inflatable boat headed for Spain, author Laila Lalami asks, What has driven them to risk their lives? And will the rewards prove to be worth the danger? There’s Murad, a gentle, unemployed man who’s been reduced to hustling tourists around Tangier; Halima, who’s fleeing her drunken husband and the slums of Casablanca; Aziz, who must leave behind his devoted wife in hope of securing work in Spain; and Faten, a student and religious fanatic whose faith is at odds with an influential man determined to destroy her future. Sensitively written with beauty and boldness, this is a gripping book about what propels people to risk their lives in search of a better future.

Author : Jon Humboldt Gates
Publisher : Moonstone Pub
ISBN 13 : 9781878136008
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Night Crossings written by Jon Humboldt Gates and published by Moonstone Pub. This book was released on 2022-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At night, a harbor entrance becomes a dark and unpredictable corridor. One of the most dangerous harbor crossings in North America is the entrance to Humboldt Bay, on the California North Coast. For years, mariners have traded tales of shipwrecks and narrow escapes on the bar. The five stories retold here occurred between 1933 and 1982. They are based on recollections of sailors who survived the treacherous waters when a rogue wave came out of the darkness. In 1933, two teenagers pilot a small sailboat on a midnight adventure. Forty years later, Christmas Eve turns into a nightmare for the fishermen aboard the LADY FAME. Theirs are two of the voices that evoke the haunting uncertainty of a night crossing.

Author : Winton Porter
Publisher : Menasha Ridge Press
ISBN 13 : 0897328493
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Just Passin' Thru written by Winton Porter and published by Menasha Ridge Press. This book was released on 2009-12-01 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like a well-crafted stage play, Just Passin' Thru delivers one suspenseful scene after another. But in this historic setting — a store on the Appalachian Trail called Mountain Crossings — the characters who show up are no fictional creations. They are the real-life stars of the author’s new life as a backpack-purging, canteen-selling, hostel-running, bandage-taping, lost-child finding, argument-settling, romance-fixing, chili-making man of many faces. Like any good drama, there are the good guys (and gals) and the weirdos, too. Some show up once (and that’s enough), and some appear again and again. Some are friends, and some dangerous. But all are united by two things: the author’s story-capturing talent, and whatever it is that lures them to attempt (or conquer) a 2,200-mile path that climbs and plummets from Georgia to Maine.

Author : Amy Wilentz
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1501136844
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Martyrs' Crossing written by Amy Wilentz and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-03-29 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Israeli lieutenant and a Palestinian woman find themselves on opposite sides when rioting breaks out after the lieutenant refuses to let the woman and her sick child through a checkpoint. The child's grandfather, a prominent Palestinian American surgeon, must also make choices as the violence continues.

Author : Ronald L. Davis
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 9781617033643
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Just Making Movies written by Ronald L. Davis and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2005 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: