Her True-true Name
Title | Her True-true Name PDF eBook |
Author | Pamela Mordecai |
Publisher | Heinemann |
Pages | 228 |
Release | 1989 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9780435989064 |
31 women writers from throughout the Caribbean express the loss and the longing, the pride and passion of the Caribbean identity.
True Names and the Opening of the Cyberspace Frontier
Title | True Names and the Opening of the Cyberspace Frontier PDF eBook |
Author | Vernor Vinge |
Publisher | Macmillan |
Pages | 206 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Computers |
ISBN | 9780312862077 |
A collection of articles and essays about the new frontier of the Internet, especially a direct interface between brain and computer that enables game players of the future to actually experience the world of their fantasies.
My Name is Victoria
Title | My Name is Victoria PDF eBook |
Author | Victoria Donda |
Publisher | Other Press, LLC |
Pages | 259 |
Release | 2011-10-18 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 159051405X |
Argentina’s coup d’état in 1976 led to one of the bloodiest dictatorships in its history—thirty thousand people were abducted, tortured, and subsequently “disappeared.” And hundreds of babies born to pregnant political prisoners were stolen from their doomed mothers and “given” to families with military ties or who were collaborators of the regime. Analía was one of these children, raised without suspecting that she was adopted. At twenty seven, she learned that her name wasn’t what she believed it to be, that her parents weren’t her real parents, and that the farce conceived by the dictatorship had managed to survive through more than two decades of democracy. In My Name is Victoria, it is no longer Analía, but Victoria who tells us her story, in her own words: the life of a young and thriving middleclass woman from the outskirts of Buenos Aires with strong political convictions. Growing up, she thought she was the black sheep of the family with ideas diametrically opposed to her parents’. It wasn’t until she discovered the truth about her origins and the shocking revelation of her uncle’s involvement in her parents’ murder and in her kidnapping and adoption that she was able to fully embrace her legacy. Today, as the youngest member of congress in Argentina, she has reclaimed her identity and her real name: Victoria Donda. This is Victoria’s story, from the moment her parents were abducted to the day she was elected to parliament.
My Own True Name: New and Selected Poems for Young Adults
Title | My Own True Name: New and Selected Poems for Young Adults PDF eBook |
Author | Pat Mora |
Publisher | Arte Publico Press |
Pages | 100 |
Release | 2000-01-01 |
Genre | Young Adult Fiction |
ISBN | 9781558856769 |
More than sixty poems, some with Spanish translations, include such titles as "The Young Sor Juana", "Graduation Morning", "Border Town 1938", "Legal Alien", "Abuelita Magic", and "In the Blood".
Call Them by Their True Names
Title | Call Them by Their True Names PDF eBook |
Author | Rebecca Solnit |
Publisher | Granta Books |
Pages | 183 |
Release | 2018-09-06 |
Genre | Literary Collections |
ISBN | 1783784989 |
Beginning with the election of Donald Trump ("The Loneliest Man in the World") and expanding back and forth into American history, surveillance, violence against the individual, the denormalizing of misogyny and the rehumanizing of public space. The ultimate focus of the book is climate and feminist activism, bringing Solnit's trademark deep analysis to bear on a range of contemporary crises. And again, and spectacularly, she shows us how to hope.
The Cat I Never Named
Title | The Cat I Never Named PDF eBook |
Author | Amra Sabic-El-Rayess |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Pages | 385 |
Release | 2020-09-15 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 1547604557 |
The stunning memoir of a Muslim teen struggling to survive in the midst of the Bosnian genocide--and the stray cat who protected her family through it all. *Six Starred Reviews* A YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Finalist A Capitol Choices Remarkable Book A Mighty Girl Best Book A Malala Fund Favorite Book Selection In 1992, Amra was a teen in Bihac, Bosnia, when her best friend said they couldn't speak anymore. Her friend didn't say why, but Amra knew the reason: Amra was Muslim. It was the first sign her world was changing. Then Muslim refugees from other Bosnian cities started arriving, fleeing Serbian persecution. When the tanks rolled into Bihac, bringing her own city under seige, Amra's happy life in her peaceful city vanished. But there is light even in the darkest of times, and she discovered that light in the warm, bonfire eyes of a stray cat. The little calico had followed the refugees into the city and lost her own family. At first, Amra doesn't want to bother with a stray; her family doesn't have the money to keep a pet. But with gentle charm this kitty finds her way into everyone's heart, and after a few near miracles when she seems to save the family, how could they turn her away? Here is the stunning true story of a teen who, even in the brutality of war, never wavered in her determination to obtain an education, maintain friendships, and even find a first love-and the cat who gave comfort, hope, and maybe even served as the family's guardian spirit.
Not Even My Name
Title | Not Even My Name PDF eBook |
Author | Thea Halo |
Publisher | Macmillan + ORM |
Pages | 354 |
Release | 2007-04-01 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1429974761 |
“The harrowing story of the slaughter of two million Pontic Greeks and Armenians in Turkey after WWI comes to vivid life. . . . eloquent and powerful.” —Publishers Weekly Not Even My Name exposes the genocide carried out during and after WWI in Turkey, which brought to a tragic end the 3000-year history of the Pontic Greeks (named for the Pontic Mountain range below the Black Sea). During this time, almost 2 million Pontic Greeks and Armenians were slaughtered and millions of others were exiled. Not Even My Name is the unforgettable story of Sano Halo’s survival, as told to her daughter, Thea, and of their trip to Turkey in search of Sano’s home seventy years after her exile. Sano Halo was a 10-year-old girl when she was torn from her ancient, pastoral way of life in the mountains and sent on a death march that annihilated her family. Stripped of everything she had ever held dear, even her name, Sano was sold by her surrogate family into marriage when she was fifteen to a man three times her age. Not Even My Name follows Sano’s marriage, the raising of her ten children in New York City and her transformation from an innocent girl to a nurturing mother and determined woman in twentieth-century New York City. “An important and revealing book.” —Library Journal “What illuminates the writing is Halo’s heartfelt love for her brave mother. An unforgettable book.” —Booklist