Cricket in the Road

Cricket in the Road
Author :
Publisher : Hodder Education
Total Pages : 134
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781398342507
ISBN-13 : 1398342505
Rating : 4/5 (07 Downloads)

Synopsis Cricket in the Road by : Michael Anthony

There have been many great and enduring works of literature by Caribbean authors over the last century. The Caribbean Contemporary Classics collection celebrates these deep and vibrant stories, overflowing with life and acute observations about society. A sparkling collection of short stories set in Trinidad. Anthony takes our hand and walks us from the valley of the lush, green cocoa trees, to taste the sweet rivers flowing nearby. We pluck fruit from the sapodilla tree and feel the crisp, brown guava leaved carpet crunch under our feet. We see Mayaro and Port of the Spain through the eyes of childish innocence and grown-up ignorance. Beautiful, evocative and poignant, the stories are sprinkled with themes of yearning for home, sad realisations and a longing for a pre-modern totality.

The Picador Book of Cricket

The Picador Book of Cricket
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Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Total Pages : 598
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781509841400
ISBN-13 : 1509841407
Rating : 4/5 (00 Downloads)

Synopsis The Picador Book of Cricket by : Ramachandra Guha

A tribute to the finest writers on the game of cricket and an acknowledgement that the great days of cricket literature are behind us. There was a time when major English writers – P. G. Wodehouse, Arthur Conan Doyle, Alec Waugh – took time off to write about cricket, whereas the cricket book market today is dominated by ghosted autobiographies and statistical compendiums. The Picador Book of Cricket celebrates the best writing on the game and includes many pieces that have been out of print, or difficult to get hold of, for years. Including Neville Cardus, C. L. R. James, John Arlott, V. S. Naipaul, and C. B. Fry, this anthology is a must for any cricket follower or anyone interested in sports writing elevated to high art.

The Very Quiet Cricket

The Very Quiet Cricket
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 17
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780593521557
ISBN-13 : 0593521552
Rating : 4/5 (57 Downloads)

Synopsis The Very Quiet Cricket by : Eric Carle

One day, a little cricket is born and meets a big cricket who chirps his welcome. But the little cricket cannot make a sound. The cricket meets many insects, but it isn't until he meets a beautiful female cricket that he can finally chirp "hello!" Excerpt: Hello! whispered a praying mantis, scraping its huge front legs together. The little cricket wanted to answer, so he rubbed his wings together. But nothing happened. Not a sound.

The Cricket in Times Square

The Cricket in Times Square
Author :
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Total Pages : 143
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781466863620
ISBN-13 : 1466863625
Rating : 4/5 (20 Downloads)

Synopsis The Cricket in Times Square by : George Selden

After Chester lands, in the Times Square subway station, he makes himself comfortable in a nearby newsstand. There, he has the good fortune to make three new friends: Mario, a little boy whose parents run the falling newsstand, Tucker, a fast-talking Broadway mouse, and Tucker's sidekick, Harry the Cat. The escapades of these four friends in bustling New York City makes for lively listening and humorous entertainment. And somehow, they manage to bring a taste of success to the nearly bankrupt newsstand. Join Chester Cricket and his friends in this classic children's book by George Selden, with illustrations by Garth Williams. The Cricket in Times Square is a 1961 Newbery Honor Book.

The Year in San Fernando

The Year in San Fernando
Author :
Publisher : Hodder Education
Total Pages : 190
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781398342576
ISBN-13 : 1398342572
Rating : 4/5 (76 Downloads)

Synopsis The Year in San Fernando by : Michael Anthony

There have been many great and enduring works of literature by Caribbean authors over the last century. The Caribbean Contemporary Classics collection celebrates these deep and vibrant stories, overflowing with life and acute observations about society. This luminous book recounted through the eyes of the 12-year-old Francis, describes the year he spends, far away from home, in San Fernando. As his initial confusion gives way to increasing confidence and maturity, the open consciousness of the boy allows different times, events and places to co-exist. Over the course of one year, through Francis' eyes, we see the cycle of natural change and progression; the daily round of the market, showing the fruits of different seasons, the passage of dry season to rainy and back again to dry, the cane fires as the crop comes to an end, all symbolising the progression of the boy's year. And weaving in and amongst these mundane but intense experiences Francis feels his way to some understanding of adulthood.

Tucker's Countryside

Tucker's Countryside
Author :
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Total Pages : 153
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781466863576
ISBN-13 : 1466863579
Rating : 4/5 (76 Downloads)

Synopsis Tucker's Countryside by : George Selden

Chester Cricket needs help. That's the message John Robin carries into the Times Square subway station where Harry Cat and Tucker Mouse live. Quickly, Chester's good friends set off on the long, hard journey to the Old Meadow, where all is not well. Houses are creeping closer. Bulldozers and construction are everywhere. It looks like Chester and his friends' home will be ruined and the children of the town won't have a place to play. Harry Cat and Tucker Mouse are used to the city life. Now in the country, they need to find a place to stay and good things to eat. And most of all they must think of a plan to help their friends.

Cricket in the Road

Cricket in the Road
Author :
Publisher : Hodder Education
Total Pages : 134
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781398342507
ISBN-13 : 1398342505
Rating : 4/5 (07 Downloads)

Synopsis Cricket in the Road by : Michael Anthony

There have been many great and enduring works of literature by Caribbean authors over the last century. The Caribbean Contemporary Classics collection celebrates these deep and vibrant stories, overflowing with life and acute observations about society. A sparkling collection of short stories set in Trinidad. Anthony takes our hand and walks us from the valley of the lush, green cocoa trees, to taste the sweet rivers flowing nearby. We pluck fruit from the sapodilla tree and feel the crisp, brown guava leaved carpet crunch under our feet. We see Mayaro and Port of the Spain through the eyes of childish innocence and grown-up ignorance. Beautiful, evocative and poignant, the stories are sprinkled with themes of yearning for home, sad realisations and a longing for a pre-modern totality.

Cambridge Revisited

Cambridge Revisited
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 224
Release :
ISBN-10 : YALE:39002085619444
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (44 Downloads)

Synopsis Cambridge Revisited by : Arthur B. Gray

The Cricket's Serenade

The Cricket's Serenade
Author :
Publisher : Carolita Blythe
Total Pages : 197
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781585711833
ISBN-13 : 1585711837
Rating : 4/5 (33 Downloads)

Synopsis The Cricket's Serenade by : Carolita Blythe

Souci Alexander, a poor young woman from the mountainous interior of Jamaica, agrees to a platonic marriage to Lewis Montrose, a politician who needs her to further his career and his chances at winning the election. Souci initially enjoys her new luxurious lifestyle, but her feelings change from exhilaration to anxiety when just as she develops real feelings for her husband, she discovers his dark and violent past--one he never intended to be revealed.