A Stranger at My Table
Title | A Stranger at My Table PDF eBook |
Author | Ivo de Figueiredo |
Publisher | Doppelhouse Press |
Pages | 336 |
Release | 2019-05-28 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9780999754474 |
A biracial son of a subcontinental, migrant family searches for his estranged father's story and ultimately rewrites his own.
The Face
Title | The Face PDF eBook |
Author | Tash Aw |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 80 |
Release | 2016-03 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1632060450 |
A whirlwind personal history of modern Asia, as told through his Malaysian and Chinese heritage
Owls Do Cry
Title | Owls Do Cry PDF eBook |
Author | Janet Frame |
Publisher | Catapult |
Pages | 211 |
Release | 2016-11-21 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1619028697 |
First published in New Zealand in 1957, Owls Do Cry, was Janet Frame's second book and the first of her thirteen novels. Now approaching its 60th anniversary, it is securely a landmark in Frame's catalog and indeed a landmark of modernist literature. The novel spans twenty years in the Withers family, tracing Daphne's coming of age into a post–war New Zealand too narrow to know what to make of her. She is deemed mad, institutionalized, and made to undergo a risky lobotomy. Margaret Drabble calls Owls Do Cry "a song of survival"—it is Daphne's song of survival but also the author's: Frame was herself misdiagnosed with schizophrenia and scheduled for brain surgery. She was famously saved only when she won New Zealand's premier fiction prize. Frame was among the first major writers of the twentieth century to confront life in mental institutions and Owls Do Cry is important for this perspective. But it is equally valuable for its poetry, its incisive satire, and its acute social observations. A sensitively rendered portrait of childhood and adolescence and a testament to the power of imagination, this early novel is a first–rate example of Frame's powerful, lyric, and original prose.
Don't Give the Enemy a Seat at Your Table
Title | Don't Give the Enemy a Seat at Your Table PDF eBook |
Author | Louie Giglio |
Publisher | Thomas Nelson |
Pages | 208 |
Release | 2021-05-11 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9780785247227 |
Louie Giglio helps you find encouragement, hope, and strength in the midst of any valley as you reject the enemy voices of fear, rage, lust, insecurity, anxiety, despair, temptation, or defeat. Scripture is clear: the Enemy is a liar who will stop at nothing to tempt you into poor decisions and self-defeating mindsets, making you feel afraid, angry, anxious, or defeated. It is all too easy for Satan to weasel his way into a seat at the table intended for only you and your King. But you can fight back. Don't Give the Enemy a Seat at Your Table outlines the ways to overcome those lies so you can find peace and security in any challenging circumstance or situation. With the same bold, exciting approach to Scripture as employed in Goliath Must Fall and his other previous works, pastor Louie Giglio examines Psalm 23 in fresh ways, highlighting verse 5: "You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies." You can find freedom from insecurity, temptation, and defeat--if you allow Jesus, the Shepherd, to lead the battle for your mind and heart. This spiritual warfare book for those who are leery of spiritual warfare books will resonate with Louie's core Passion tribe as well as with Christians of all ages who want to live a triumphant life in God.
The Turquoise Table
Title | The Turquoise Table PDF eBook |
Author | Kristin Schell |
Publisher | Thomas Nelson |
Pages | 225 |
Release | 2017-06-06 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1400311411 |
Loneliness is an epidemic right now, but it doesn't have to be that way. The Turquoise Table is Kristin Schell's invitation to you to connect with your neighbors and build friendships. Featured in Southern Living, Good Housekeeping, and the TODAY Show, Kristin introduces a new way to look at hospitality. Desperate for a way to slow down and connect, Kristin put an ordinary picnic table in her front yard, painted it turquoise, and began inviting friends and neighbors to join her. Life changed in her community, and it can change in yours too. Alongside personal and heartwarming stories, Kristin gives you: Stress-free ideas for kick-starting your own Turquoise Table Simple recipes to take outside and share with others Stories from people using Turquoise Tables in their neighborhoods Encouragement to overcome barriers that keep you from connecting This gorgeous book, with vibrant photography, invites you to make a difference right where you live. The beautiful design makes it ideal to give to a friend or to keep for yourself. Community and friendship are waiting just outside your front door.
A Stranger at My Table
Title | A Stranger at My Table PDF eBook |
Author | Ivo de Figueiredo |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 2019-04 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780999754450 |
A Stranger on the Planet
Title | A Stranger on the Planet PDF eBook |
Author | Adam Schwartz |
Publisher | Soho Press |
Pages | 227 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Bildungsromans |
ISBN | 1569478694 |
In the summer of 1969, Seth Shapiro is 12 years old and the personal tumult of his life plays out against the backdrop of the first moon landing and Woodstock. Seth lives with his unstable mother, Ruth, his twin sister, Sarah, and his younger brother, Seamus, in a two-bedroom apartment in New Jersey. His father, a wealthy doctor, lives with his young French wife in a 10-room house and has no interest in Seth and his siblings. Seth is desperate to escape and over four decades, his quest sees him become the keeper of family secrets in his search for freedom.