Skin and Other Stories
Title | Skin and Other Stories PDF eBook |
Author | Roald Dahl |
Publisher | Penguin |
Total Pages | 216 |
Release | 2013-05-30 |
Genre | Young Adult Fiction |
ISBN | 1101636300 |
How would you get rid of a murder weapon without causing suspicion? Where would you hide a diamond where no one else would think of looking? What if you found out that the tattoo on your back was worth over a million dollars? You will discover that just about anything is possible in a Roald Dahl story, and here are eleven of his very best.
The Blue Man and Other Stories of the Skin
Title | The Blue Man and Other Stories of the Skin PDF eBook |
Author | Robert A. Norman |
Publisher | Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | 158 |
Release | 2014-04-25 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 0520272862 |
Examines the body's largest organ, including its qualities, the history of its conditions and diseases, and the impact of its color and irregularity.
Adventures in the Skin Trade
Title | Adventures in the Skin Trade PDF eBook |
Author | Dylan Thomas |
Publisher | New Directions Publishing |
Total Pages | 196 |
Release | 1964 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9780811202022 |
Thomas's unfinished novel of a Welsh boy's adventures in London is accompanied by twenty short stories.
The Electric Michelangelo
Title | The Electric Michelangelo PDF eBook |
Author | Sarah Hall |
Publisher | Faber & Faber |
Total Pages | 356 |
Release | 2010-12-22 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0571267645 |
On the windswept front of Morecambe Bay, Cy Parks spends his childhood years first in a guest house for consumptives run by his mother and then as apprentice to alcoholic tattoo-artist Eliot Riley. Thirsty for new experiences, he departs for America and finds himself in the riotous world of the Coney Island boardwalk, where he sets up his own business as 'The Electric Michelangelo'. In this carnival environment of roller-coasters and freak-shows, Cy becomes enamoured with Grace, a mysterious immigrant and circus performer who commissions him to cover her entire body in tattooed eyes. Hugely atmospheric, exotic and familiar, The Electric Michelangelo is a love story and an exquisitely rendered portrait of seaside resorts on opposite sides of the Atlantic by one of the most uniquely talented novelists of her generation.
Other People's Skin
Title | Other People's Skin PDF eBook |
Author | Tracy Price-Thompson |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | 389 |
Release | 2007-10-02 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 141657154X |
Led by bestselling author Tracy Price-Thompson, Other People's Skin is a collection of four novellas by four leading African American women writers that acknowledges, examines, and conquers the skin and hair topic among African American women. In Other People's Skin, Tracy Price-Thompson and TaRessa Stovall, along with fellow authors Elizabeth Atkins, and Desiree Cooper, take on one of the most controversial topics within the African American community: the self-hatred caused by intraracial prejudice and the ongoing obsession with skin tone and hair texture. It begins with TaRessa Stovall's "My People, My People," in which a successful advertising executive acquires firsthand knowledge of prejudice when her clients insist on using light-skinned rather than dark-skinned models. Next comes Tracy Price-Thompson's award-winning story "Other People's Skin," a tale set in 1970s Louisiana, where a dark-skinned young woman must come to terms with the bigotry of her light-skinned family. "New Birth," by Desiree Cooper reveals the intense roles that money, class, and skin color play in the intraracial relationship between Catherine, a wealthy, light-skinned lawyer, and Lettie, her dark-skinned house cleaner. Finally, Elizabeth Atkin's "Take It Off" tells the story of a biracial girl who hides her coarse, braided hair from her friends at a mixed-race university in Detroit. Other People's Skin is the most innovative and varied anthology of sisterhood and unity to date. Each novella entertains, challenges, and, most important, offers healing to the reader—no matter what her race, skin tone, or state of mind.
The Skin You Live in
Title | The Skin You Live in PDF eBook |
Author | Tyler Michael Csicsko David Lee |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 40 |
Release | 2013 |
Genre | Human skin color |
ISBN | 9780989012300 |
With the ease and simplicity of a nursery rhyme, this lively story delivers an important message of social acceptance to young readers. Themes associated with child development and social harmony, such as friendship, acceptance, self-esteem, and diversity are promoted in simple and straightforward prose. Vivid illustrations of children's activities for all cultures, such as swimming in the ocean, hugging, catching butterflies, and eating birthday cake are also provided. This delightful picturebook offers a wonderful venue through which parents and teachers can discuss important social concepts with their children.
Skin Like Mine
Title | Skin Like Mine PDF eBook |
Author | Latashia M. Perry |
Publisher | G Publishing |
Total Pages | 24 |
Release | 2016-11-15 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 9780997157987 |
From the Creators of Hair Like Mine, Skin Like Mine is a fun, easy-to- read for beginners as well as advanced readers. An entertaining yet creative way to address and celebrate diversity among young children. Guaranteed to make you smile and a bit hungry.