Bobo's Smile
Title | Bobo's Smile PDF eBook |
Author | Seymour Chwast |
Publisher | Creative Editions |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2012-03-28 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 9781568462219 |
What's a clown to do when the circus shuts down and he loses the ability to smile? In Bobo's Smile, author and illustrator Seymour Chwast traces a clown's quest to regain happiness. Bobo flies around the world, visits new lands, scales mountains, and plumbs the depths of the sea, but his search seems to have been in vain—until an unfortunate event prompts him to use his talents and find joy in life's simple pleasures once again.
In Royal Service to the Queen
Title | In Royal Service to the Queen PDF eBook |
Author | Tessa Arlen |
Publisher | Penguin |
Total Pages | 369 |
Release | 2021-06-29 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0593102495 |
“Engrossing. Fans of The Crown will devour this.”--Publishers Weekly The revealing story of Queen Elizabeth II's beloved governess, Marion Crawford, who spent more than sixteen years of her life in loyal service to the royal family and was later shunned by those she has loved and served. Marion Crawford can remember each of the wonderful years when she was governess to the little Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret Rose: included in their lives, confided in, needed, trusted, and loved. These memories will never dim, ever. In Marion's mind, she will always be their Crawfie. But things become increasingly complicated as the young royals navigate adulthood. It is May 1945 and Princess Elizabeth--the heiress presumptive to the British throne--has fallen in love, and the only member of her family who is happy for her is her governess. No one in the young princess's life thinks that Prince Philip of Greece would be a suitable husband for the future Queen of England. No one that is, except for Marion Crawford. Crawfie wholeheartedly supports Elizabeth in her determination to marry Philip. She too has fallen in love--and has convinced her fiancé, George, that they must wait for Elizabeth and Philip to receive the King's blessing before she can leave her service to the Crown. Over the next two years Crawfie is caught between loyalty to Princess Elizabeth; running the risk of alienating her royal employer, Queen Elizabeth; and losing the man she loves. But as Crawfie prevails to marry George and stands with him in Westminster Abbey on Elizabeth and Philip's wedding day, she is unaware that her troubled relationship with Queen Elizabeth is far from over. And just around the corner is a betrayal that will sever her bond with the royal family forever.
In Search of Snow
Title | In Search of Snow PDF eBook |
Author | Luis Alberto Urrea |
Publisher | University of Arizona Press |
Total Pages | 276 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9780816520152 |
In the hot Arizona desert of the late 1950s, Mike McGurk comes of age in one big, riotous gush. Trapped pumping gas at a desolate roadstop, he yearns for things he has never known: love, hope, and the soft, white calmness of snow. Mike's world is filled with a menagerie of quirky characters, who cope with the weight of their unfulfilled dreams with bravado, humor, and violence. Mike trades snappy insults with his macho father, Texaco Turk McGurk, a moustachioed amateur boxer and self-proclaimed war hero who is unable to talk about love. Mike lusts after Lily, his seductive, poem-writing cousin. He cowers before and then confronts the vicious Ramses, grandson of Mr. Sneezy, the wisecracking Apache. And he is rescued by his best friend, Bobo, who delivers him into the care of the loving and generous Mama and Papa Garcia. In Search of Snow is an explosive coming-of-age adventure, full of hilarious episodes and still, poignant moments. Like a blue-collar Don Quixote, Mike must blow up his windmills before he can set off to find the things he lacks, especially the snow that will temper the passion he has just set aflame.
Bobo's Daughter
Title | Bobo's Daughter PDF eBook |
Author | Bonnie Barnett |
Publisher | BookPros, LLC |
Total Pages | 234 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0984235876 |
Bonnie Barnett first met her father at the circus. She was a four-year-old spectator; he was one of the world's most famous clowns, a veteran performer for shows like the Shrine Circus and The Ed Sullivan Show. Though his star persona was always present in the periphery of her life, she rarely got to see him in person, and the inconsistency of her mother, a former clown herself, only increased her loneliness. As she entered adulthood, put herself through college, and sought spiritual fulfillment, Bonnie found herself seeking out her father at every turn. It wasn't until she finally showed up at this doorstep that he stopped being a larger-than-life myth and became a very human father, full of faults, regrets, and love. Bobo's Daughter recounts Bonnie's quest for the affection and acceptance of her legendary father--and the lessons she learned along the way.
A Pedagogy of Humanist Moral Education
Title | A Pedagogy of Humanist Moral Education PDF eBook |
Author | Marc Silverman |
Publisher | Springer |
Total Pages | 215 |
Release | 2017-01-26 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 1137560681 |
This book sheds new light on the life and work of Janusz Korczak, the twentieth century humanist moral educator and path-breaking social-pedagogue who is generally unknown in the English speaking world. In the two orphanages he led in Warsaw, Poland Korczak developed an innovative array of educational practices that motivated children from broken families suffering from serious social-interpersonal pathologies to re-form themselves during the five to seven years they lived in the orphanage. By offering its readers a systematic presentation of Korczak's worldview, educational philosophy and work, and exposing them to a rich selection of his writings, this book seeks to inform the English speaking educated public about an educator who unceasingly strived to make the world a better place for people and to make better people for the world.
Old Lovers Meet Again
Title | Old Lovers Meet Again PDF eBook |
Author | Cang Yangjiaoyue |
Publisher | Funstory |
Total Pages | 873 |
Release | 2020-02-25 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1648464149 |
If it were not for that day when he saw Qing Li standing at the airport and lost in thought over the name of that strange city, why would he be so dispirited? Why would he pour wine on her and have such a relationship with Lin Yeyan? Lu Qingli, it's you! Step by step, push me away. If you leave me, will you return to him? That way, you'll be truly happy, won't you? She met her ex-husband again, and her heart was filled with warmth ...
Square Moon: Supernatural Tails (p)
Title | Square Moon: Supernatural Tails (p) PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | University of Arkansas Press |
Total Pages | 228 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | Arabic fiction |
ISBN | 9781610753951 |
Stories on the culture clash experienced by Lebanese war refugees in Paris. The stories follow men and women as they adjust to Western mores, in particular the more liberal relations between the sexes.