American Life and Best Sellers from The Catcher in the Rye to The Hunger Games

American Life and Best Sellers from The Catcher in the Rye to The Hunger Games
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Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
Total Pages : 114
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ISBN-10 : 9781502619815
ISBN-13 : 1502619814
Rating : 4/5 (15 Downloads)

Synopsis American Life and Best Sellers from The Catcher in the Rye to The Hunger Games by : Diane Dakers

A good book has the power to touch readers and provide insightful commentary into the human condition and current events. This title examines the greatest literary hits to take America by storm from the 1950s to present day.

American Life and Video Games from Pong to Minecraft

American Life and Video Games from Pong to Minecraft
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Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
Total Pages : 114
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ISBN-10 : 9781502619754
ISBN-13 : 150261975X
Rating : 4/5 (54 Downloads)

Synopsis American Life and Video Games from Pong to Minecraft by : Kathryn Hulick

Video games have taken America by storm. Readers will learn about the rise of gaming culture from the first games like Pong to the sensation of Minecraft. This book also examines some of the controversies and innovative technologies that have made gaming one of America’s favorite pastimes.

American Life and Celebrity Icons from Marilyn Monroe to Taylor Swift

American Life and Celebrity Icons from Marilyn Monroe to Taylor Swift
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Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
Total Pages : 114
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ISBN-10 : 9781502619808
ISBN-13 : 1502619806
Rating : 4/5 (08 Downloads)

Synopsis American Life and Celebrity Icons from Marilyn Monroe to Taylor Swift by : Cathleen Small

Each generation has cultural icons that take the world by storm and mark the most popular trends in America. Take a look back at some of these iconic individuals and trends and their lasting effects on American people and culture.

American Life and Communication from the Telephone to Twitter

American Life and Communication from the Telephone to Twitter
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Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
Total Pages : 114
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ISBN-10 : 9781502619785
ISBN-13 : 1502619784
Rating : 4/5 (85 Downloads)

Synopsis American Life and Communication from the Telephone to Twitter by : Cathleen Small

Today people are more connected than ever, with mobile technologies allowing people from all over the world to connect within seconds through a wide array of social applications. Trace the history of communication from the start of the Internet age to the birth of the smartphone.

American Life and Best Sellers from The Catcher in the Rye to The Hunger Games

American Life and Best Sellers from The Catcher in the Rye to The Hunger Games
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Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
Total Pages : 114
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ISBN-10 : 9781502619822
ISBN-13 : 1502619822
Rating : 4/5 (22 Downloads)

Synopsis American Life and Best Sellers from The Catcher in the Rye to The Hunger Games by : Diane Dakers

A good book has the power to touch readers and provide insightful commentary into the human condition and current events. This title examines the greatest literary hits to take America by storm from the 1950s to present day.

The Catcher in the Rye

The Catcher in the Rye
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Publisher : ببلومانيا للنشر والتوزيع
Total Pages : 232
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Rating : 4/5 ( Downloads)

Synopsis The Catcher in the Rye by : J. D. Salinger

The Catcher in the Rye," written by J.D. Salinger and published in 1951, is a classic American novel that explores the themes of adolescence, alienation, and identity through the eyes of its protagonist, Holden Caulfield. The novel is set in the 1950s and follows Holden, a 16-year-old who has just been expelled from his prep school, Pencey Prep. Disillusioned with the world around him, Holden decides to leave Pencey early and spend a few days alone in New York City before returning home. Over the course of these days, Holden interacts with various people, including old friends, a former teacher, and strangers, all the while grappling with his feelings of loneliness and dissatisfaction. Holden is deeply troubled by the "phoniness" of the adult world and is haunted by the death of his younger brother, Allie, which has left a lasting impact on him. He fantasizes about being "the catcher in the rye," a guardian who saves children from losing their innocence by catching them before they fall off a cliff into adulthooda. The novel ends with Holden in a mental institution, where he is being treated for a nervous breakdown. He expresses some hope for the future, indicating a possible path to recovery..

Kiddie Lit

Kiddie Lit
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Publisher : JHU Press
Total Pages : 286
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ISBN-10 : 0801881706
ISBN-13 : 9780801881701
Rating : 4/5 (06 Downloads)

Synopsis Kiddie Lit by : Beverly Lyon Clark

Honor Book for the 2005 Book Award given by the Children's Literature Association The popularity of the Harry Potter books among adults and the critical acclaim these young adult fantasies have received may seem like a novel literary phenomenon. In the nineteenth century, however, readers considered both Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn as works of literature equally for children and adults; only later was the former relegated to the category of "boys' books" while the latter, even as it was canonized, came frequently to be regarded as unsuitable for young readers. Adults—women and men—wept over Little Women. And America's most prestigious literary journals regularly reviewed books written for both children and their parents. This egalitarian approach to children's literature changed with the emergence of literary studies as a scholarly discipline at the turn of the twentieth century. Academics considered children's books an inferior literature and beneath serious consideration. In Kiddie Lit, Beverly Lyon Clark explores the marginalization of children's literature in America—and its recent possible reintegration—both within the academy and by the mainstream critical establishment. Tracing the reception of works by Mark Twain, Louisa May Alcott, Lewis Carroll, Frances Hodgson Burnett, L. Frank Baum, Walt Disney, and J. K. Rowling, Clark reveals fundamental shifts in the assessment of the literary worth of books beloved by both children and adults, whether written for boys or girls. While uncovering the institutional underpinnings of this transition, Clark also attributes it to changing American attitudes toward childhood itself, a cultural resistance to the intrinsic value of childhood expressed through sentimentality, condescension, and moralizing. Clark's engaging and enlightening study of the critical disregard for children's books since the end of the nineteenth century—which draws on recent scholarship in gender, cultural, and literary studies— offers provocative new insights into the history of both children's literature and American literature in general, and forcefully argues that the books our children read and love demand greater respect.

American Like Me

American Like Me
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Publisher : Gallery Books
Total Pages : 336
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ISBN-10 : 9781501180927
ISBN-13 : 1501180924
Rating : 4/5 (27 Downloads)

Synopsis American Like Me by : America Ferrera

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From Academy Award–nominated actress and 2023 SeeHer award recipient America Ferrera comes a vibrant and varied collection of first-person accounts from prominent figures about the experience of growing up between cultures. America Ferrera has always felt wholly American, and yet, her identity is inextricably linked to her parents’ homeland and Honduran culture. Speaking Spanish at home, having Saturday-morning-salsa-dance-parties in the kitchen, and eating tamales alongside apple pie at Christmas never seemed at odds with her American identity. Still, she yearned to see that identity reflected in the larger American narrative. Now, in American Like Me, America invites thirty-one of her friends, peers, and heroes to share their stories about life between cultures. We know them as actors, comedians, athletes, politicians, artists, and writers. However, they are also immigrants, children or grandchildren of immigrants, indigenous people, or people who otherwise grew up with deep and personal connections to more than one culture. Each of them struggled to establish a sense of self, find belonging, and feel seen. And they call themselves American enthusiastically, reluctantly, or not at all. Ranging from the heartfelt to the hilarious, their stories shine a light on a quintessentially American experience and will appeal to anyone with a complicated relationship to family, culture, and growing up.

Salinger

Salinger
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 720
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ISBN-10 : 9781476744858
ISBN-13 : 1476744858
Rating : 4/5 (58 Downloads)

Synopsis Salinger by : David Shields

"The official book of the acclaimed documentary film"--Jacket.

The Anarchist Cookbook

The Anarchist Cookbook
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Publisher : Lulu.com
Total Pages : 164
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ISBN-10 : 9781387570225
ISBN-13 : 1387570226
Rating : 4/5 (25 Downloads)

Synopsis The Anarchist Cookbook by : William Powell

The Anarchist Cookbook will shock, it will disturb, it will provoke. It places in historical perspective an era when "Turn on, Burn down, Blow up" are revolutionary slogans of the day. Says the author" "This book... is not written for the members of fringe political groups, such as the Weatherman, or The Minutemen. Those radical groups don't need this book. They already know everything that's in here. If the real people of America, the silent majority, are going to survive, they must educate themselves. That is the purpose of this book." In what the author considers a survival guide, there is explicit information on the uses and effects of drugs, ranging from pot to heroin to peanuts. There i detailed advice concerning electronics, sabotage, and surveillance, with data on everything from bugs to scramblers. There is a comprehensive chapter on natural, non-lethal, and lethal weapons, running the gamut from cattle prods to sub-machine guns to bows and arrows.