From Shore to Shore
Title | From Shore to Shore PDF eBook |
Author | Mary Cooper |
Publisher | Aurora Metro Publications Ltd. |
Pages | 73 |
Release | 2019-03-14 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN | 1912430266 |
Three stories, three lives, three journeys to find a place called home. Cheung Wing is escaping from war, Mei Lan’s had enough of the potato peeler, and Yi Di wants the impossible – her parents’ approval. Award-winning writer Mary Cooper and multilingual collaborator M W Sun have woven together stories of love and loss, struggle and survival into a powerful drama. Blending English, Mandarin and Cantonese, From Shore to Shore tells the untold stories of Chinese communities in the UK. Reviews "Drawn from conversations with Chinese people living in West Yorkshire, the stories are compelling not for any high drama but for the rich detail of lives lived. They have the impressionistic quality of a dream. There’s the boy separated from his mother during the Sino-Japanese war; the clever daughter born under China’s one-child policy, never good enough for the father who wanted a son; and the girl suffering playground racism after an early childhood in Hong Kong. Their displacement is not just from one side of the world to the other. It’s in the shifting attitudes of the generations, a clash of values as well as of cultures. What emerges is a quest for self-definition: what does it mean to be Chinese when being Chinese can mean so many things?" **** The Guardian Authors: Mary Cooper Award-winning writer, Mary Cooper, has written extensively for theatre, radio and television. She has written more than 30 stage plays which have been commissioned and toured by theatre companies throughout England and Wales. For radio, she has written seven single plays and a ten part series for BBC Radio Four. For screen, her short film Missing Out won the IVCA Award for Best Drama and for television she was a winner in the Granada/Yorkshire New Voices scheme. www.mary-cooper.co.uk MW Sun MW Sun 孙培德 was born in Shanghai but grew up in Hong Kong. She is a former news journalist reporting for the BBC, CNBC and Radio Television Hong Kong in London, China, Hong Kong and Singapore. Her short play, Arachnophobia, was produced by Yellow Earth Theatre. She is currently working on a commissioned new play and a novel.
History Stories for Children
Title | History Stories for Children PDF eBook |
Author | Christian Liberty PR |
Publisher | Christian Liberty Press |
Pages | 212 |
Release | 2007-08-23 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 9781932971071 |
History Stories for Children exposes children to a wide variety of wholesome stories based upon famous historical events and personalities from the Bible, America and around the world. Students sharpen their reading skills while they learn about King David, Alexander the Great, George Washington and many others. The stories within this volume can be used to enhance a wide variety of unit or topical studies. Grade 3.
Far from Shore
Title | Far from Shore PDF eBook |
Author | Sophie Webb |
Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Pages | 85 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 0618597298 |
From whales to plankton, scope out the marvels of deep sea creatures.
The Swiss Family Robinson
Title | The Swiss Family Robinson PDF eBook |
Author | Johann David Wyss |
Publisher | Sterling Publishing Company |
Pages | 168 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 9781402736940 |
An abridged version of the story that relates the fortunes of a shipwrecked family as they imaginatively adapt to life on an island with abundant animal and plant life.
Far from Shore
Title | Far from Shore PDF eBook |
Author | Kevin Major |
Publisher | Groundwood Books Ltd |
Pages | 229 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0888995687 |
Follows the lives of a Newfoundland family for several months as they deal with the father's drinking and unemployment, the son's poor choice of friends and subsequent problems, and general familial deterioration.
Close to Shore
Title | Close to Shore PDF eBook |
Author | Mike Capuzzo |
Publisher | Broadway |
Pages | 382 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Shark attacks |
ISBN |
Describes how, in the summer of 1916, a lone great white shark headed for the New Jersey shoreline and a farming community eleven miles inland, attacking five people and igniting the most extensive shark hunt in history.
The Beach Book
Title | The Beach Book PDF eBook |
Author | Carl Heywood Hobbs |
Publisher | Columbia University Press |
Pages | 207 |
Release | 2012 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 0231160542 |
Waves and tides, wind and storms, sea-level rise and shore erosion: these are the forces that shape our beaches, and beach lovers of all stripes can benefit from learning more about how these coastal processes work. With animation and clarity, The Beach Book tells sunbathers why beaches widen and narrow, and helps boaters and anglers understand why tidal inlets migrate. It gives home buyers insight into erosion rates and provides natural-resource managers and interested citizens with rich information on beach nourishment and coastal-zone development. And for all of us concerned about the long-term health of our beaches, it outlines the latest scientific information on sea-level rise and introduces ways to combat not only the erosion of beaches but also the decline of other coastal habitats. The more we learn about coastline formation and maintenance, Carl Hobbs argues, the better we can appreciate and cultivate our shores. Informed by the latest research and infused with a passion for its subject, The Beach Book provides a wide-ranging introduction to the shore, and all of us who love the beach and its associated environments will find it timely and useful.