An Island Of My Own

Author : Sally Nicholls
Publisher : Scholastic Fiction
ISBN 13 : 1407145312
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Island of Our Own written by Sally Nicholls and published by Scholastic Fiction. This book was released on 2015-04-02 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From one of the brightest talents in teen fiction and the winner of the Waterstones Children's Book prize comes a new novel about family and friendship.

Author : Allen Cooke
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Island to Oneself written by Allen Cooke and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2023-08-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The true story of a man who took it upon himself to live alone on a deserted island in the South Pacific, in fact he loved it so much he decided to return and stay a while longer! A true castaway story that deserved to be preserved for generations to come.

Author : Andrea Spalding
Publisher : Dundurn
ISBN 13 : 1554884918
Total Pages : 111 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Island of My Own written by Andrea Spalding and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2008-03-31 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fifteen-year-old Rowan, the daughter of foreign correspondents in Africa, finds herself beached for a summer with her cousins near Tofino, British Columbia. Desperate for a summer project, she camps on a neighbouring island to monitor the progress of an endangered group of sea otters, further threatened by the development plans of a real estate agent trying to sell the property for tourism.

Author : John Keats
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780815602118
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Of Time and an Island written by John Keats and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 1987-04-01 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirty years ago, John Keats and his family purchased a two-acre island in the St. Lawrence River, at a time when boats were still lovingly crafted of wood and an island could be had for $4,000. Depending on the elements and on their own resourcefulness, the Keats family thrives in the rhythms of island life-fishing, learning to navigate the river and read the clouds for weather, acquiring an "Indian" view of time, maintaining a house, several boats, and three children on a windswept rock. But more than a book about a single family's adventures, this one is strong witness that we all need islands of our own in the midst of life. Originally published in 1974, Of Time and an Island was chosen as a Book-of-the-Month Club alternate selection.

Author : Thomas Merton
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 1590302532
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book No Man is an Island written by Thomas Merton and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2005 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is a stimulating series of spiritual reflections which will prove helpful for all struggling to find the meaning of human existence and to live the richest, fullest and noblest life. --Chicago Tribune

Author : José Andrés
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062864505
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book We Fed an Island written by José Andrés and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2018-09-11 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FOREWORD BY LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA AND LUIS A. MIRANDA, JR. The true story of how José Andrés and World Central Kitchen’s chefs fed hundreds of thousands of hungry Americans after Hurricane Maria and touched the hearts of many more Chef José Andrés arrived in Puerto Rico four days after Hurricane Maria ripped through the island. The economy was destroyed and for most people there was no clean water, no food, no power, no gas, and no way to communicate with the outside world. Andrés addressed the humanitarian crisis the only way he knew how: by feeding people, one hot meal at a time. From serving sancocho with his friend José Enrique at Enrique’s ravaged restaurant in San Juan to eventually cooking 100,000 meals a day at more than a dozen kitchens across the island, Andrés and his team fed hundreds of thousands of people, including with massive paellas made to serve thousands of people alone. At the same time, they also confronted a crisis with deep roots, as well as the broken and wasteful system that helps keep some of the biggest charities and NGOs in business. Based on Andrés’s insider’s take as well as on meetings, messages, and conversations he had while in Puerto Rico, We Fed an Island movingly describes how a network of community kitchens activated real change and tells an extraordinary story of hope in the face of disasters both natural and man-made, offering suggestions for how to address a crisis like this in the future. Beyond that, a portion of the proceeds from the book will be donated to the Chef Relief Network of World Central Kitchen for efforts in Puerto Rico and beyond.

Author : Scott O'Dell
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0395069629
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Island of the Blue Dolphins written by Scott O'Dell and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1960 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Far off the coast of California looms a harsh rock known as the island of San Nicholas. Dolphins flash in the blue waters around it, sea otter play in the vast kep beds, and sea elephants loll on the stony beaches. Here, in the early 1800s, according to history, an Indian girl spent eighteen years alone, and this beautifully written novel is her story. It is a romantic adventure filled with drama and heartache, for not only was mere subsistence on so desolate a spot a near miracle, but Karana had to contend with the ferocious pack of wild dogs that had killed her younger brother, constantly guard against the Aleutian sea otter hunters, and maintain a precarious food supply. More than this, it is an adventure of the spirit that will haunt the reader long after the book has been put down. Karana's quiet courage, her Indian self-reliance and acceptance of fate, transform what to many would have been a devastating ordeal into an uplifting experience. From loneliness and terror come strength and serenity in this Newbery Medal-winning classic.

Author : Emmanuel Carrère
Publisher : Metropolitan Books
ISBN 13 : 9781429973281
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lives Other Than My Own written by Emmanuel Carrère and published by Metropolitan Books. This book was released on 2011-09-13 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the acclaimed Emmanuel Carrère, an act of generous imagination that unflinchingly records devastating loss and, equally vividly, the wealth of human solace that follows in its wake In Sri Lanka, a tsunami sweeps a child out to sea, her grand-father helpless against the onrushing water. In France, a young woman succumbs to illness, leaving her husband and small children bereft. Present at both events, Emmanuel Carrère sets out to tell the story of two families—shattered and ultimately restored. What he accomplishes is nothing short of a literary miracle: a heartrending narrative of endless love, a meditation on courage and decency in the face of adversity, an intimate and reverent look at the extraordinary beauty and nobility of ordinary lives. Precise, sober, and suspenseful, as full of twists and turns as any novel, Lives Other Than My Own confronts terrifying catastrophes to illuminate the astonishing richness of human connection: a grandfather who thought he had found paradise—too soon—and now devotes himself to helping his neighbors rebuild their village; a husband so in love with his ailing wife that he carries her in his arms like a knight does his princess; and finally, Carrère himself, longtime chronicler of the tormented self, who unexpectedly finds consolation and even joy as he immerses himself in the lives of others.

Author : Danny Flood
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781507674475
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Buy Your Own Island written by Danny Flood and published by . This book was released on 2015-02-02 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Your New and Exciting Life Begins Now To "buy your own island" is a metaphor and a challenge to take action and take one step forward today on the path to getting the things you really want in life. The passions that REALLY excite you, that you've perhaps kept hidden or put away on the shelf. Whatever it is you dream about doing, having, or being, this book was created with the simple intent to help you make it reality. The book's author was an overworked and frustrated entrepreneur who was trapped in his own business. Finally he decided enough was enough, and took dramatic actions to reverse course. He gathered his closest friends and confidantes and they challenged each other to dig deep, re-discover their hidden passions, and architect what they needed to do to reinvent their lives. Whatever your biggest lifelong dream is, whether its to purchase your own island, travel the world for a year, or set up a profitable business from home, it can be practical and achievable with the right mindset, tools and plan. This book is based on conversations, interviews, research, and decades of combined experience from people doing the most extraordinary things around the globe. These people are no smarter than you are. They have no particular advantages, no special talents, connections, or resources. They simply made a decision one day to do what they wanted, and followed a plan to make it happen.

Author : Peter Morton Coan
Publisher : Prometheus Books
ISBN 13 : 1616143959
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Toward A Better Life written by Peter Morton Coan and published by Prometheus Books. This book was released on 2011-10-11 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a balanced, poignant, and often moving portrait of America’s immigrants over more than a century. The author has organized the book by decades so that readers can easily find the time period most relevant to their experience or that of family members. The first part covers the Ellis Island era, the second part America’s new immigrants—from the closing of Ellis Island in 1955 to the present. Also included is a comprehensive appendix of statistics showing immigration by country and decade from 1890 to the present, a complete list of famous immigrants, and much more. This rewarding, engrossing volume documents the diverse mosaic of America in the words of the people from many lands, who for more than a century have made our country what it is today. It distills the larger, hot-topic issue of national immigration down to the personal level of the lives of those who actually lived it.