The One Marvelous Thing

The One Marvelous Thing
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Publisher : Dalkey Archive Press
Total Pages : 170
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ISBN-10 : 9781564785190
ISBN-13 : 156478519X
Rating : 4/5 (90 Downloads)

Synopsis The One Marvelous Thing by : Rikki Ducornet

In some 30 pieces, ranging in length from a single paragraph to nine pages, Ducornet explores the bonds of marriage and female friendship, takes on the worlds of art and academe, plays with language, spins fairy tales, and looks to a future of limited sensory experience in which a generation lacks mouth, tongue, and teeth. In "Poet," an insomniac titles her book The Greenhouse as Gas Chamber after accepting a grant from the Fossil Fuel Foundation; in the title story, a shopping trip intended to find "one marvelous thing" has unintended consequences, and in "The Dickmare", a bivalve, increasingly unhappy with her husband and at the height of her beauty after shedding her shell, contemplates her future.

The Marvelous Thing That Came from a Spring

The Marvelous Thing That Came from a Spring
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 38
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ISBN-10 : 9781481450669
ISBN-13 : 1481450662
Rating : 4/5 (69 Downloads)

Synopsis The Marvelous Thing That Came from a Spring by : Gilbert Ford

With magnificent dioramic illustrations, Gilbert Ford captures the joy, creativity, and determination behind the invention of an iconic, one-of-a-kind toy: the Slinky! One day, a spring fell from the desk of Richard James, an engineer and a dreamer. Its coils took a walk…and so did Richard’s imagination. He knew right away that he had stumbled onto something marvelous. With the help of his wife, Betty, Richard took this ordinary spring and turned it into a plaything. But it wasn’t just any old trinket—it was a Slinky, and it would become one of the most popular toys in American history.

Another Marvelous Thing

Another Marvelous Thing
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Publisher : Vintage
Total Pages : 145
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ISBN-10 : 9780593313558
ISBN-13 : 0593313550
Rating : 4/5 (58 Downloads)

Synopsis Another Marvelous Thing by : Laurie Colwin

Josephine “Billy” Delielle and Francis Clemens are happily married—just not to each other. Another Marvelous Thing is the story of their affair, from its fabulous inception to its inevitable end. Billy and Francis couldn’t be more different, at least when it comes to age and disposition, but that doesn’t prevent them from falling in love and settling into the easy rhythms of romance—phone calls every morning, rendezvous every weekday afternoon, the odd out-of-town escape—despite both still being very partial to their spouses. In interconnected stories, Laurie Colwin deftly reveals each character’s point of view and examines, in razor-sharp detail, the “marvelous” and messy glory of modern love and the curious desires of the heart. This whirlwind romance, perfectly captured in Colwinesque frank and funny style, is firm proof that oppositesreally do attract.

Marvelous Things Overheard

Marvelous Things Overheard
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Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Total Pages : 105
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ISBN-10 : 9781466876330
ISBN-13 : 1466876336
Rating : 4/5 (30 Downloads)

Synopsis Marvelous Things Overheard by : Ange Mlinko

A vibrant and eclectic collection from a stunningly mature young poet "The world—the time has come to say it, though the news will not be welcome to everyone—has no intention of abandoning enchantment altogether." Roberto Calasso's words in Literature and the Gods remind us that, in an age of reason, of mechanization, of alienation, of rote drudgery, we still seek out the transcendent, the marvelous. Ange Mlinko's luminous fourth collection is both a journey toward and the space of that very enchantment. Marvelous Things Overheard takes its title from a collection of ancient rumors about the lands of the Mediterranean. Mlinko, who lived at the American University of Beirut and traveled to Greece and Cyprus, has penned poems that seesaw between the life lived in those ancient and strife-torn places, and the life imagined through its literature: from The Greek Anthology to the Mu'allaqat. Throughout, Mlinko grapples with the passage of time on two levels: her own aging (alongside the growing up of her children) and the incontrovertible evidence of millennia of human habitation. This is an assured and revealing collection, one that readers will want to seek refuge in again and again.

The Gate of All Marvelous Things

The Gate of All Marvelous Things
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Publisher : China Books & Periodicals
Total Pages : 180
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ISBN-10 : UVA:X006048249
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (49 Downloads)

Synopsis The Gate of All Marvelous Things by : Laozi

Stuff Matters

Stuff Matters
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Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages : 277
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ISBN-10 : 9780544236042
ISBN-13 : 0544236041
Rating : 4/5 (42 Downloads)

Synopsis Stuff Matters by : Mark Miodownik

An eye-opening adventure deep inside the everyday materials that surround us, from concrete and steel to denim and chocolate, packed with surprising stories and fascinating science.

The Marvelous Effect

The Marvelous Effect
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 392
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ISBN-10 : 9781416939580
ISBN-13 : 141693958X
Rating : 4/5 (80 Downloads)

Synopsis The Marvelous Effect by : Troy CLE

Turning into a Celestial-Like Entity, Louis Proof's ordinary life takes an unexpected turn as he needs to use all his new-found talents to fight off the invading Celestial Entities that are soon to reach Earth and destroy the only world he has ever known.

I Like, I Don't Like

I Like, I Don't Like
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Publisher : Eerdmans Young Readers
Total Pages : 32
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781467464550
ISBN-13 : 1467464554
Rating : 4/5 (50 Downloads)

Synopsis I Like, I Don't Like by : Anna Baccelliere

National Council for the Social Studies-Children’s Book Council: 2018 Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People An eye-opening introduction to an important issue The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child states that every child in the world has the right to play. Unfortunately, that universal right is not always respected. I Like, I Don't Like presents this reality to readers by showing how children in varying circumstances can see the same object very differently. With stark illustrations that perfectly capture the tone of the book, I Like, I Don't Like will inspire meaningful discussions about privilege and poverty.

Good Book

Good Book
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Publisher : Harper Collins
Total Pages : 441
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ISBN-10 : 9780061972881
ISBN-13 : 0061972886
Rating : 4/5 (81 Downloads)

Synopsis Good Book by : David Plotz

“Hilarious. . . . It’s Cliff Notes for Scripture—screenplay by Plotz, story by God. . . . In the end, though, the book is made by the spirit of the writer.” — The New York Times Book Review “Like the Bible itself, Good Book contains multitudes—it is by turns thought-provoking, funny, enlightening and moving.” — A. J. Jacobs, author of The Year of Living Biblically “Plotz is a genius writer.” — Franklin Foer, author of How Soccer Explains the World A whip-smart, laugh-out-loud tour through the most important book in the world, a book most people have never read: the Bible.

Community and Growth

Community and Growth
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Publisher : Paulist Press
Total Pages : 352
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ISBN-10 : 0809131358
ISBN-13 : 9780809131358
Rating : 4/5 (58 Downloads)

Synopsis Community and Growth by : Jean Vanier

If you've ever thought about community, whether as a lifestyle or simply as an expression of deeper fellowship with others, this book is essential reading. In the fifteen years since it first appeared in English, it has become the classic text on the subject -- read, dog-eared, borrowed, and discussed.Vanier is not a rosy idealist. That is because his writing is based not on theories, but on a wealth of wisdom gleaned over many years living in community, experiencing difficult days and joyous celebrations, times of struggle and hard-won success, moments of doubt and inspiration. He acknowledges the inevitable little frustrations of a life lived with and for others, but he also helps the reader see that without struggle there is no true growth.