The Birthday Of The World And Other Stories

Author : Ursula K. Le Guin
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 0575100281
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Birthday Of The World and Other Stories written by Ursula K. Le Guin and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2010-09-09 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Her most important book since ALWAYS COMING HOME and her most satisfactory collection since her first, the brilliant THE WIND'S TWELVE QUARTERS. A formidable and rewarding work, a prime candidate for best SF collection of the year. An essential book.' LOCUS Six of the eight piece are set in Le Guin's classic Hainish cycle. The title story, 'The Birthday of the World', stands alone and the final piece, 'Paradises Lost', is a new short novel original to the collection, a major addition to the generation starship subgenre of science fiction.

Author : Ursula K. Le Guin
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061803928
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Birthday of the World written by Ursula K. Le Guin and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than four decades, Ursula K. Le Guin has enthralled readers with her imagination, clarity, and moral vision. The recipient of numerous literary prizes, including the National Book Award, the Kafka Award, and five Hugo and five Nebula Awards, this renowned writer has, in each story and novel, created a provocative, ever-evolving universe filled with diverse worlds and rich characters reminiscent of our earthly selves. Now, in The Birthday of the World, this gifted artist returns to these worlds in eight brilliant short works, including a never-before-published novella, each of which probes the essence of humanity. Here are stories that explore complex social interactions and troublesome issues of gender and sex; that define and defy notions of personal relationships and of society itself; that examine loyalty, survival, and introversion; that bring to light the vicissitudes of slavery and the meaning of transformation, religion, and history. The first six tales in this spectacular volume are set in the author's signature world of the Ekumen, "my pseudo-coherent universe with holes in the elbows," as Le Guin describes it -- a world made familiar in her award-winning novel The Left Hand of Darkness. The seventh, title story was hailed by Publishers Weekly as "remarkable . . . a standout." The final offering in the collection, Paradises Lost, is a mesmerizing novella of space exploration and the pursuit of happiness. In her foreword, Ursula K. Le Guin writes, "to create difference-to establish strangeness-then to let the fiery arc of human emotion leap and close the gap: this acrobatics of the imagination fascinates and satisfies me as no other." In The Birthday of the World, this gifted literary acrobat exhibits a dazzling array of skills that will fascinate and satisfy us all.

Author : Linda Heller
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101642750
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Today is the Birthday of the World written by Linda Heller and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-04-16 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today is a special day: the birthday of the world, when God and all God’s creatures celebrate the beauty of life. As God asks each dear creature in turn whether it has been the best that it can be, this simple affirmation of life and goodness applauds the contribution that each and every one of us— from the mightiest elephant to the smallest child— can make. The whimsical animals in Alison Jay’s perfectly composed crackled paintings will make this a favorite book on the family shelf.

Author : Ursula K. Le Guin
Publisher : Harper Perennial
ISBN 13 : 9780060509064
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Birthday of the World written by Ursula K. Le Guin and published by Harper Perennial. This book was released on 2003-03-04 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The recipient of numerous literary prizes, including the National Book Award, the Kafka Award, five Hugo Awards and five Nebula Awards, the renowned writer Ursula K. Le Guin has, in each story and novel, created a provocative, ever-evolving universe filled with diverse worlds and rich characters reminiscent of our earthly selves. Now, in The Birthday of the World, this gifted artist returns to these worlds in eight brilliant short works, including a never-before-published novella, each of which probes the essence of humanity.

Author : Margriet Ruurs
Publisher : Kids Can Press Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1771389540
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Birthdays Around the World written by Margriet Ruurs and published by Kids Can Press Ltd. This book was released on 2017-09-05 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Every child in the world has a birthday. But how children celebrate this occasion depends on where they live. In this latest addition to the Around the World series, award-winning author Margriet Ruurs explores the fascinating ways that children experience birthdays. You'll meet fourteen kids from different countries, each celebrating a birthday according to their local traditions. Bram from Belgium never gets to sleep in on his birthday - his family wakes him up by clanging pots and pans. For Ninoshka in India, it's important to give thanks to the Hindu gods and share sweets with her classmates. And some kids don't celebrate their birthdays at all. Instead, Phúc Khang in Vietnam celebrates Tet, when everyone in the country turns one year older. A world map that pinpoints the countries in the book, a Note to Parents and Teachers with interactive activities and a glossary of foreign words and phrases help to enrich the reading experience. Based on interviews with real people from each country, Birthdays Around the World is an invitation to experience a different culture, think about your own birthday celebrations and even learn how to say "Happy Birthday" in another language (like Hawaiian: "Hau oli la hanau" [ho-O-lee LA HA-now])!"--

Author : Joey Acker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781951046095
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Worst Book in the Whole Entire World written by Joey Acker and published by . This book was released on 2019-03-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: OH NO!!! You found The Worst Book in the Whole Entire World! Well, since you're already here I may as well tell you about it... Poor Nameless tries to explain to the reader why this book is simply the WORST book in the whole entire world. Will he succeed in his noble quest? Is he the reason this book is the worst?? Will it have a happy ending or the worst ending ever??? The Worst Book in the Whole Entire World is a humorous and witty tale for young and seasoned readers. Whatever you do though, don't read it out loud! You may catch wind of these words: toot, stinky, booger, and booty. You've been warned, but you'll still want to see what happens next!

Author : Jennifer LaRue Huget
Publisher : Schwartz & Wade
ISBN 13 : 0375985824
Total Pages : 41 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Best Birthday Party Ever written by Jennifer LaRue Huget and published by Schwartz & Wade. This book was released on 2011-02-22 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My birthday is 5 months, 3 weeks, 2 days, and 8 hours away. Today I'm starting to plan my party. So what if the Big Day's not exactly around the corner? This little girl is planning her party now. She has to, if she wants to have the best birthday party ever. She'll have the tallest birthday cake in the world, plus camels, elephants, a ferris wheel (of course), and a castle . . . with a moat. Kids will laugh out loud at the girl's wild plans, and love the oh-so-sweet ending, which involves a modest but fun party. Jennifer LaRue Huget and LeUyen Pham brilliantly capture what it feels like to be the Birthday Girl—a feeling many children will relate to.

Author : Meghna Pant
Publisher : Random House India
ISBN 13 : 8184004524
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Happy Birthday! written by Meghna Pant and published by Random House India. This book was released on 2013-07-11 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Happy Birthday! is a celebration of the complex, mysterious inner lives of our fellow human beings, by the award-winning novelist Meghna Pant. A dedicated friend undertakes one last labour of love for a childless woman. Nadia—married into money—finds herself facing uncomfortable truths about her comfortably numb marriage. A Mumbai slum-girl dreams of speaking words valuable enough to be translated into English. An American tourist seeking nirvana sets off a sudden chain of events when his bag is stolen, and destiny plays her hand. A retired civil servant of modest means struggles to support his snooty foreign-returned daughter. Meghna Pant’s knife-sharp stories are compelling, emotionally intelligent and provide a rare glimpse into the strange workings of the human heart. They evade neat categorization, and are the perfect read for all curious spirits.

Author : Eric Carle
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0064430995
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Secret Birthday Message written by Eric Carle and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 1986-05-23 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is Tim's birthday. Instead of a package, Tim gets a mysterious letter -- written in code! Tim -- and the reader -- are off, following the clues. And at the end of the treasure hunt is a wonderful birthday surprise!

Author : Bonny Becker
Publisher : Candlewick Press
ISBN 13 : 0763680745
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Birthday for Bear written by Bonny Becker and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2015-10-27 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follow-up to the NEW YORK TIMES bestseller A VISITOR FOR BEAR Features an audio read-along! Bear does not like birthdays. He doesn’t like parties or balloons, cards or candles. In fact, Bear does not like anything to do with birthdays at all. He would much rather spend his birthday alone cleaning his house, but Mouse, small and gray and bright-eyed, has other ideas. With a perfectly paced story by Bonny Becker paired with Kady MacDonald Denton’s slapstick visual comedy, A Birthday for Bear — previously published as a first reader — welcomes young listeners to the party in a new picture-book format, with all new artwork, ideal for sharing.