Such Small Hands

Such Small Hands
Title Such Small Hands PDF eBook
Author Andrés Barba
Publisher
Pages 0
Release 2017
Genre Fiction
ISBN 9781945492006

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Shirley Jackson meets The Virgin Suicides, set at an all-girls orphanage.

A Luminous Republic

A Luminous Republic
Title A Luminous Republic PDF eBook
Author Andrés Barba
Publisher HarperVia
Pages 211
Release 2020
Genre Fiction
ISBN 132858934X

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"San Cristóbal was an unremarkable city--small, newly prosperous, contained by rain forest and river. But then the children arrived. No one knew where they came from: thirty-two kids, seemingly born of the jungle, speaking an unknown language. At first they scavenged, stealing food and money and absconding to the trees. But their transgressions escalated to violence, and then the city's own children began defecting to join them. Facing complete collapse, municipal forces embark on a hunt to find the kids before the city falls into irreparable chaos."--

Little Hands Clapping

Little Hands Clapping
Title Little Hands Clapping PDF eBook
Author Dan Rhodes
Publisher Canongate Books
Pages 321
Release 2010
Genre Fiction
ISBN 1847675298

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The darkest, most twisted novel yet from the author of Timoleon Vieta Come Home. In a room above a bizarre German museum, and far from the prying eyes of strangers, lives in Old Man. Caretaker by day, by night he enjoys the sound of silence, broken only by the occasional crunch of a spider between his teeth. Little Hands Clapping brings the Old Man together with the respectable Doctor Ernst Frohlicher, his dog Hans and a cast of grotesque and hilarious townsfolk who find themselves involved in a crime so outrageous it will shock the world. From its sinister opening to its explosive denouement, Little Hands Clapping blends lavishly entertaining storytelling with Rhodes's macabre imagination, entrancing originality and magical touch.

Hands Can

Hands Can
Title Hands Can PDF eBook
Author Cheryl Willis Hudson
Publisher Candlewick Press
Pages 32
Release 2003-07-28
Genre Juvenile Fiction
ISBN 9780763616670

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Photographs and simple, rhyming text present different things that hands can do, such as hold things, mix things, play peek-a-boo, and wave hello.

A Small Farm Future

A Small Farm Future
Title A Small Farm Future PDF eBook
Author Chris Smaje
Publisher Chelsea Green Publishing
Pages 322
Release 2020-10-22
Genre Business & Economics
ISBN 1603589031

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A modern classic of the new agrarianism "Chris Smaje...shows that the choice is clear. Either we have a small farm future, or we face collapse and extinction."—Vandana Shiva "Every young person should read this book."—Richard Heinberg In a groundbreaking debut, farmer and social scientist Chris Smaje argues that organizing society around small-scale farming offers the soundest, sanest and most reasonable response to climate change and other crises of civilisation—and will yield humanity’s best chance at survival. Drawing on a vast range of sources from across a multitude of disciplines, A Small Farm Future analyses the complex forces that make societal change inevitable; explains how low-carbon, locally self-reliant agrarian communities can empower us to successfully confront these changes head on; and explores the pathways for delivering this vision politically. Challenging both conventional wisdom and utopian blueprints, A Small Farm Future offers rigorous original analysis of wicked problems and hidden opportunities in a way that illuminates the path toward functional local economies, effective self-provisioning, agricultural diversity and a shared earth. Perfect for readers of both Wendell Berry and Thomas Piketty, A Small Farm Future is a refreshing, new outlook on a way forward for society—and a vital resource for activists, students, policy makers, and anyone looking to enact change.

The Right Intention

The Right Intention
Title The Right Intention PDF eBook
Author Andrés Barba
Publisher
Pages 0
Release 2018
Genre Fiction
ISBN 9781945492068

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Four linked novellas from the celebrated Spanish author of Such Small Hands.

Spinglish

Spinglish
Title Spinglish PDF eBook
Author Henry Beard
Publisher Penguin
Pages 370
Release 2015-06-02
Genre Humor
ISBN 0399172394

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Spinglish—the devious dialect of English used by professional spin doctors—is all around us. And the fact is, until you’ve mastered it, politicians and corporations (not to mention your colleagues and friends) will continue putting things over on you, and generally getting the better of you, every minute of every day—without your even knowing it. However, once you perfect the art of terminological inexactitude, you’ll be the one manipulating and one-upping everyone else! And here’s the beauty part: Henry Beard and Christopher Cerf, authors of the New York Times semi-bestseller The Official Politically Correct Dictionary and Handbook, have compiled this handy yet astonishingly comprehensive lexicon and translation guide—a fictionary, if you will—to help you do just that. If you want to succeed in business (or politics, sports, the arts, or life in general) without really lying, this is the book for you! (Your results may vary.) Spinglish includes these nifty bits of spurious verbiage and over a thousand more: aesthetic procedure – face-lift dairy nutrients – cow manure enhanced interrogation techniques – torture “For your convenience.” – “For our convenience.” hands-on mentoring – sexual relations with a junior employee incomplete success – failure rightsizing – firing people zero-tasking – doing nothing With each and every entry sourced from some of the greatest real-life language benders in the world today, you’re virtually guaranteed to have the perfectly chosen tried-and-untrue term right at the tip of your forked tongue. Wish you could nimbly sidestep a question without batting an eye? Not sure how to apologize while also . . . not apologizing? Spinglish has you covered. Simply consult this convenient, shoot-from-the-lip glossary, and before you know it, you’ll be telling it like it isn’t, it wasn’t, and it couldn’t ever have been.