The Jaguar Smile: A Nicaraguan Journey

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The Jaguar Smile: A Nicaraguan Journey

In this brilliantly focused and haunting portrait of the people, the politics, the land, and the poetry of Nicaragua, Salman Rushdie brings to the forefront the palpable human facts of a country in the midst of a revolution.

Rushdie went to Nicaragua in 1986, harboring no preconceptions of what he might find. What he discovered was overwhelming: a culture of heroes who had turned into inanimate objects and of politicians and warriors who were poets; a land of difficult, often beautiful contradictions. His perceptions always heightened by his special sensitivity to “the views from underneath,” Rushdie reveals a land resounding with the clashes between history and morality, government and individuals. With a new preface by the author.

ISBN: 0312422784

Author: Salman Rushdie

Publisher: Picador

Rating: 3.53

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Latitude and Longitude

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Latitude and Longitude

All it takes are a few coordinates to locate Bear Cave, the international Date Line, and the equator in this lively introduction to the lines that run up and down and across on a map or a globe--latitude and longitude.

ISBN: 0516277650

Author: Rebecca Aberg

Publisher: Children's Press(CT)

Rating: 3.73

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The Edmund Fitzgerald: The Song of the Bell

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The Edmund Fitzgerald: The Song of the Bell

Leaving port from Superior, Wisconsin on a sunny November day, the crew of the Edmund Fitzgerald is looking forward to a routine crossing of deep Lake Superior. Heading for a port in Cleveland, the giant transport ship is loaded with ore that will be used to build cars. But disaster is building in the wind as a gale storm begins to track after the great ship. This suspenseful retelling of the last hours of the doomed vessel pays homage to all sailors who traverse deep waters, in fair skies and foul. Atmospheric paintings from award-winning artist Gijsbert van Frankenhuyzen bring the story to life.The author of the best-selling books The Legend of Sleeping Bear and The Legend of Mackinac Island, Kathy-jo Wargin aims to help young readers notice the most intricate details of a story by adding the nuances that create magic and wonder in a good tale. She lives in the woods of northern Michigan with her family. The Edmund Fitzgerald is her 10th book with Sleeping Bear Press. Born in the Netherlands, Gijsbert van Frankenhuyzen, or Nick as he prefers to be known, studied at the Royal Academy of Arts in Holland. He immigrated to the United States in 1976. The Edmund Fitzgerald is Nick's 13th children's book with Sleeping Bear Press. The Legend of Sleeping Bear was Nick's first book and has sold more than 200,000 copies.

ISBN: 1585361267

Author: Kathy-jo Wargin

Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press

Rating: 4.17

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