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The Mouthless God and Jesus Number Two
by Jason Reynolds
A magical fable, a parable for our times—Jason Reynolds's sparkling debut adult novel is a future classic. Jason’s adult novel The Mouthless God and Jesus Number Two, is a fable steeped in magical realism, about a boy with no voice. How can you survive, not being able to tell your story? This is the story of Mm, a boy with no mouth and no voice—his mother paints on his smile each morning—but with a tale just bursting to escape and enrich readers. Taking inspiration from the thousands of children he has met over the years and from his personal experience of finding his own voice, Jason has written a beautiful and magical tale of the fight for a voice that, in Jason’s own words, ‘speaks to a new present and shifts the landscape for generations to come’.
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FictionSimon & Schuster Australia
by Books From Australia
Simon & Schuster Australia is part of the CBS Corporation and is a major force in today’s publishing industry, dedicated to bringing an extensive range of books, in all formats, into the hands of readers. Simon & Schuster Australia publishes and distributes a variety of books in Australia and New Zealand across a range of genres including fiction, non-fiction and children’s books under our local and international imprints. These include Atria, Free Press, Gallery, Howard, Pocket, Scribner, Simon & Schuster and Touchstone. Simon & Schuster Australia also acts as the local sales and distribution partner for: 4 Ingredients, Berbay Publishing, Big Sky Publishing, Black Library, Cider Mill Press, Elliott & Thompson, Fox Chapel Publishing International, Gallup Press, Hazelden, Hunter Publishers, Inner Traditions, Insight Editions, Manuscript Publishing, Pegasus Books, Printers Row, Regan Arts, Rockpool Publishing, Smith Street Books, Ventura Press, Viz Media, Waterhouse Press, Weldon Owen and Wild Dog Books.
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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writersThe Lousy Racket
Hemingway, Scribners, and the Business of Literature
by Robert Trogdon (author)
The business of making an American literary iconThe Lousy Racket is a thorough examination of Ernest Hemingway’s working relationship with his American publisher, Charles Scribner’s Sons, and with his editors there: Maxwell Perkins, Wallace Meyer, and Charles Scribner III. This first critical study of Hemingway’s professional collaboration with Scribners also details the editing, promotion, and sales of the books he published with the firm from 1926 to 1952 and provides a fascinating look into the American publishing industry in the early twentieth century.This painstakingly researched study reveals the working relationship between Hemingway and his editors, with special emphasis on the friendship that developed between Hemingway and the dean of American book editors, Maxwell Perkins. Drawing on many unpublished resources, including correspondence between Hemingway and his editors and others in the firm, as well as printing, advertising records, and sales dummies, Robert W. Trogdon shows how Hemingway’s public reputation was shaped in large part by Scribners.Hemingway scholars will appreciate this contribution to Hemingway studies, and The Lousy Racket is an important contribution to studies in the modernist era in American literature and to book history.
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The Holy Monk and the Spirit Woman (English Edition)
by Xue Mo
As an important work of the author Xue Mo's “Desert Series”, it is concerned with the path of belief realization of Qiongbolangjue.It is an epic about spiritual search, a dialogue spanning a millennium and a path of realization and self-surpassing. The translator of this book is J.C.Cleary, who was born in California in 1949 and graduated from Harvard University. He is a reputed sinologist and translator with doctorates in East Asian Languages andCivilizations and in Law.
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Biblical studies & exegesisSeptember 2019El amigo del novio ("The Friend of the Bridegroom")
Juan el Bautista: historia y teología ("John the Baptist: History")
by Roberto Martínez Rivera
A pesar de la frecuencia con la que muchas personas escuchan mencionar a Juan Bautista en las liturgias y otras celebraciones, su figura permanece siendo un tanto desconocida o resulta enigmática. Sin embargo, su importancia en el Nuevo Testamento es incuestionable. Jesús le dedica el mayor halago que persona alguna haya recibido: "Les aseguro que, entre los nacidos de mujer, no ha aparecido uno mayor que Juan el Bautista…" (Mt 11,11); y el historiador Flavio Josefo emplea más espacio en el Bautista que en el propio Jesús. Pero, ¿quién fue verdaderamente Juan? ¿Fueron él y Jesús primos, como popularmente se dice, o solo parientes, como expresamente indica el evangelio de Lucas (1,36)? ¿Por qué se dejó bautizar Jesús por Juan con "un bautismo para el perdón de los pecados" (Mc 1,4) si él no tenía pecado? El presente estudio aborda estas y muchas otras interrogantes de carácter histórico pero también teológico sobre Juan Bautista, todavía hoy venerado en numerosos templos y liturgias alrededor del mundo como "el amigo del novio" (Jn 3,29). Despite the frequency with which many people listen to the mention of John the Baptist in liturgies and other celebrations, his figure remains largely unknown or proves enigmatic. Nevertheless, his importance in the New Testament is unquestionable. Jesus dedicates to him the highest praise anyone has ever been given: “Truly I tell you, among those born of women there has not risen anyone greater than John the Baptist…” (Matthew 11:11); and the historian Flavius Josephus dedicates more space in the Baptist than in Jesus himself. But who really was John? Were he and Jesus cousins, as it is popularly said, or just relatives, as the Gospel of Luke 1:36) clearly states? Why did Jesus allow himself to be baptised by John with “a baptism for the forgiveness of sins” (Mark 1:4) if he was free from sin?
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Teaching, Language & ReferenceJanuary 2014The Great Gatsby: An Instructional Guide for Literature
An Instructional Guide for Literature
by Shelly Buchanan
The Great Gatsby: An Instructional Guide for Literature is the perfect tool to familiarize students with this well-known novel and encourage them to connect the story with actual events and issues from the 1920s. By completing rigorous and appealing cross-curricular lessons and activities, students will learn to analyze story elements in multiple ways, practice close reading and text-based vocabulary, determine meaning through text-dependent questions, and more. Each activity and lesson work in conjunction with the text to teach students how to analyze and comprehend rich, complex literature.
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Teaching, Language & ReferenceJanuary 2014To Kill a Mockingbird: An Instructional Guide for Literature
An Instructional Guide for Literature
by Kristin Kemp
Introduce students to this classic Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by encouraging them to explore social issues within the story and make connections to current and historical events. To Kill a Mockingbird: An Instructional Guide for Literature provides rigorous and engaging cross-curricular activities and lessons that work in conjunction with the text to teach students how to analyze and comprehend rich, complex literature. Students will learn how to analyze story elements in multiple ways, practice close reading and text-based vocabulary, determine meaning through text-dependent questions, and much more.
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October 2018 - October 2023The Holy Monk and the Spirit Woman
The Great Achiever in the Himalayas or The Pilgrims' Song
by Xuemo
The Holy Monk and the Spirit Woman Xuemo translated by J.C.Cleary. The hero of this novel is based on Khyungpo Naljor, one of the greatest figures in Tibetan history.He is praised as ‘The great achiever in the Himalayas’,Therefore, the book can also be called the Pilgrims' Song. Written in an magical realist style,the novel is a biographic story of a great achiever after going through a long journey to find authentic selves and towards enlightenment. It is full of mystery beyond the mundane but deeply rooted in the worldly life.From the perspective of historical and cultural research,the book may have filled in a blank in a specific historical period of Himalayan culture and the interaction between cultures of China, Nepal and India. The book is very different from biographies that is popular nowadays.It is filled with abundant dialogues between characters and rich details about characters’ spiritual quests.It not only contains secret guidance for people to transcend worldliness to attain self realization,but also elaborates the pitfalls that one might fall into when faced with tough choices as well as effective methods to deal with them.You will thereby understand that a great person, a hero, is never born to be an unusually blessed extraordinary person,but rather a person with flesh and blood and emotions.Each chapter has different stories, as well as different symbolic meanings,which not only vividly shows how a pilgrim went through his journey to seek enlightenment,but also provides a good example for those who leave their hometown to search for a home for their souls.With this book, you will have the code to understand your innermost soul,and possessing a wisdom to face your life’s hardship gracefully. The following people will like this book:those who yearn for distant places and love pilgrimage,those who are interested in foreign cultures, religions, and philosophy.and those who find themselves lost in life, wanting to improve and perfect themselves.In addition, it is also a great book to learn about the history of the Shangpa lineage as an example of the treasures of Chinese culture.Now the book has been published in English, simplified Chinese and traditional Chinese.
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History of architectureOctober 2013Paul T. Frankl
Autobiography
by Christopher Long and Aurora McClain (eds)
A page-turner that captures this leading Modernist in his own words. – Bennett Johnson, Chicago Art Deco Society Magazine Viennese émigré Paul T. Frankl was a pioneer of early modern design in America, known for his “Skyscraper” furniture of the 1920s and work for Hollywood celebrities. His autobiography, thought for decades to be lost, is annotated by design scholar Christopher Long and accompanied by previously unpublished photographs and drawings. Hand-sewn with a linen cover, this book won the “Most Beautiful Book” design award in Austria.
