The Whale That Fell In Love With A Submarine

Author : Akiyuki Nosaka
Publisher : Pushkin Children's Books
ISBN 13 : 1782690271
Total Pages : 113 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Whale that Fell in Love with a Submarine written by Akiyuki Nosaka and published by Pushkin Children's Books. This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A whale falls in love with a military submarine, and dies courting her; a mother caught in a fire following a bombing gives all her body's water to save her son, and her desiccated form turns into a kite; a wolf rescues a sick child abandoned by her parents, only to die himself at the hand of men. However, bunkers can also become real homes, a small Japanese girl and an American POW briefly understand each other and a miraculous tree feeds starving children... This is war, no doubt, but told by someone who understands how children truly experience war and its aftermath - the bombings and parents' deaths, the life of orphans who roam the streets, the starvation and blind violence in a society beyond destruction. Akiyuki Nosaka remembers what it was like to be a child caught in war-torn Japan in 1945, and he retells his experiences in this collection of powerful and beautifully expressive stories for children.

Author : Akiyuki Nosaka
Publisher : Pushkin Collection
ISBN 13 : 1782274197
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cake Tree in the Ruins written by Akiyuki Nosaka and published by Pushkin Collection. This book was released on 2019-05-14 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intensely moving stories that tell of the absurd violence of war, and tenderly depict the animals and children caught in its vortex. In 1945, Akiyuki Nosaka watched the Allied firebombing of Kobe kill his adoptive parents, and then witnessed his sister starving to death. The shocking and blisteringly memorable stories of The Cake Tree in the Ruins are based on his own experiences as a child in Japan during the Second World War. They are stories of a lonely whale searching the oceans for a mate, who sacrifices himself for love; of a mother desperately trying to save her son with her tears; of a huge, magnificent tree which grows amid the ruins of a burnt-out town, its branches made from the sweetest cake imaginable. Profound, heartbreaking and aglow with a piercing beauty, they express the chaos and terror of conflict, yet also how love can illuminate even the darkest moment.

Author : J.A. Hadfield
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 144521377X
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Why Do We Laugh written by J.A. Hadfield and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2009-11-03 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authour suggests the basis of humour & laughter from a biological point of view.

Author : Shiden Kanzaki
Publisher : Yen Press LLC
ISBN 13 : 0316344974
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Black Bullet, Vol. 3 (light novel) written by Shiden Kanzaki and published by Yen Press LLC. This book was released on 2016-04-19 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rentaro, Enju, Kisara, and the fearsome sniper Tina--just when they thought the future was looking slightly less uncertain, they're confronted with a terrible discovery: One of the giant monoliths that protects Tokyo Area from invasion by the monstrous Gastrea is on the verge of collapse, putting the lives of every single human within the city at risk! Is there any way to save Tokyo Area? And even if there is, what will become of Rentaro, Enju, Kisara, and Tina?

Author : Taeko Kōno
Publisher : New Directions Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780811213912
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Toddler-hunting & Other Stories written by Taeko Kōno and published by New Directions Publishing. This book was released on 1996 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Disquieting stories exploring women's freedom & bondage in post-WWII Japan.

Author : Cornelia Funke
Publisher : Pushkin Children's Books
ISBN 13 : 1782691286
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reckless II: Living Shadows written by Cornelia Funke and published by Pushkin Children's Books. This book was released on 2021-07-06 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jacob Reckless's shadowy adventures continue in the second volume of Cornelia Funke's spellbinding Reckless series. Jacob has saved his brother from the Mirrorworld, but now he will pay a terrible price. A fairy's curse is burning in his heart, and to break the spell he must embark upon a perilous journey - with his trusty friend Fox by his side - to seek out the only treasure that could save him. Jacob's search for the golden crossbow will lead him across hundreds of miles by land and sea, to an invisible, enchanted palace within the Dead City. It will bring him face to face with vicious beasts, bloodthirsty giants, and a deadly stone­faced rival. It will test his courage like never before. Living Shadows is the second book in the thrilling Reckless series.

Author : Laura Hein
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108169198
Total Pages : 945 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The New Cambridge History of Japan: Volume 3, The Modern Japanese Nation and Empire, c.1868 to the Twenty-First Century written by Laura Hein and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2023-05-31 with total page 945 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This major new volume presents innovative recent scholarship on Japan's modern history, including its imperial past and transregional entanglements. An international team of leading scholars offer accessible and thought-provoking essays that present an expansive global vision of the archipelago's history from c. 1868 to the twenty-first century. Japan was the first non-Western society to become a modern nation and empire, to industrialize, and to deliver a high standard of living to virtually all its citizens, capturing international attention ever since. These Japanese efforts to reshape global hierarchies powered a variety of debates and conflicts, both at home and with people and places beyond Japan's shores. Drawing on the latest Japanese and English-language scholarship, this volume highlights Japan's distinctive and fast-changing history.

Author : Murielle Szac
Publisher : Pushkin Children's Books
ISBN 13 : 1782691308
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Adventures of Hermes, God of Thieves written by Murielle Szac and published by Pushkin Children's Books. This book was released on 2017-10-31 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follow Hermes on 100 unforgettable journeys across the fascinating, colourful world of Greek mythology. The young god is determined to have adventures from the very moment of his unusual birth, stealing sacred cows, discovering fire and inventing the lyre and flute. With his tumbling brown curls and cheerful fearlessness, he charms his fellow gods: mighty Apollo, mournful Artemis, beautiful Aphrodite, and even the king of the gods, his father, Zeus himself. He will drink the nectar of Olympus and discover the truth about the immortals, from their first moments and worst monsters to their greatest loves and most terrible battles-but Hermes won't let any of it distract him from that whole wide world of good fun...

Author : United States. Congress
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1370 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Congressional Record written by United States. Congress and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 1370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)

Author : Bill Morrison
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Beatles Yellow Submarine written by Bill Morrison and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-09-26 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrate over 50 years of The Beatles’ Yellow Submarine with this fully authorized graphic novel adaptation. The Beatles are recruited by the Captain of the Yellow Submarine to help him free Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, and the world of Pepperland from the music-hating Blue Meanies. The music-loving, underwater paradise of Pepperland has been overrun by the music-hating Blue Meanies and their leader, Chief Blue Meanie. They turn the people of Pepperland into living statues by dropping apples on them and imprison the Pepperland's guardians, Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band inside a soundproof blue glass globe, before confiscating all the music instruments in the land. Pepperland's mayor sends aging sailor, Young Fred out in the fabled Yellow Submarine to find help. He travels to our world where he stumbles across The Beatles and begs them to help him free his world. They agree and head back to Pepperland, teaming up with Jeremy The Nowhere Man along the way to help overthrow the evil Blue Meanies through the power of music and love. BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED: Features full-color artwork of the beloved jukebox musical fantasy film, Yellow Submarine ULTIMATE TRIBUTE: Celebrate over 50 years of Yellow Submarine with this fully authorized graphic novel adaptation PERFECT GIFT FOR BEATLES FANS: The Beatles Yellow Submarine is the perfect gift for the Beatles fan in your life OFFICIALLY LICENSED: Created in partnership with the studio behind Yellow Submarine