Автор: Schmidt Gary D. Название: The Wednesday Wars ISBN: 054723760X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780547237602 Издательство: Hachette Book Group Рейтинг: Цена: 6260.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание:
A 2008 Newbery Honor Book
In this Newbery Honor-winning novel, Gary D. Schmidt offers an unforgettable antihero. The Wednesday Wars is a wonderfully witty and compelling story about a teenage boy's mishaps and adventures over the course of the 1967-68 school year in Long Island, New York. Meet Holling Hoodhood, a seventh-grader at Camillo Junior High, who must spend Wednesday afternoons with his teacher, Mrs. Baker, while the rest of the class has religious instruction. Mrs. Baker doesn't like Holling--he's sure of it. Why else would she make him read the plays of William Shakespeare outside class? But everyone has bigger things to worry about, like Vietnam. His father wants Holling and his sister to be on their best behavior: the success of his business depends on it. But how can Holling stay out of trouble when he has so much to contend with? A bully demanding cream puffs; angry rats; and a baseball hero signing autographs the very same night Holling has to appear in a play in yellow tights As fate sneaks up on him again and again, Holling finds Motivation--the Big M--in the most unexpected places and musters up the courage to embrace his destiny, in spite of himself.
Автор: Schmidt, Paul Название: The Stray Dog Cabaret ISBN: 1590171918 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781590171912 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 9170.00 T Наличие на складе: Ожидается поступление. Описание: A master anthology of Russia`s most important poetry, newly collected and never before published in English.
Автор: Schmidt Gary D. Название: Trouble ISBN: 0547331339 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780547331331 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 14710.00 T Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии. Описание:
"Henry Smith's father told him that if you build your house far enough away from Trouble, then Trouble will never find you." But Trouble comes careening down the road one night in the form of a pickup truck that strikes Henry's older brother, Franklin. In the truck is Chay Chouan, a young Cambodian from Franklin's preparatory school, and the accident sparks racial tensions in the school--and in the well-established town where Henry's family has lived for generations. Caught between anger and grief, Henry sets out to do the only thing he can think of: climb Mt. Katahdin, the highest mountain in Maine, which he and Franklin were going to climb together. Along with Black Dog, whom Henry has rescued from drowning, and a friend, Henry leaves without his parents' knowledge. The journey, both exhilarating and dangerous, turns into an odyssey of discovery about himself, his older sister, Louisa, his ancestry, and why one can never escape from Trouble.
Автор: Daniel Schmidt-Bruecken, Susanne Schuster, Marina Название: Aspects of (Post)Colonial Linguistics: Current Perspectives and New Approaches ISBN: 3110442221 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783110442229 Издательство: Walter de Gruyter Рейтинг: Цена: 115060.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Research in Colonial and Postcolonial Linguistics has experienced a significant increase in contributions from varying fields of language studies, gaining the attention of scholars from all over the world. This volume aims to showcase the variety of topics relevant to the study of language(s) in colonial, postcolonial and decolonial contexts. A main reason of this variety is that the new paradigm invites and necessitates research on different subject matters such as language typology, grammar and cross-linguistics, meta-linguistics and research on language ideology, discourse analysis and pragmatics. The contributions of this volume are selected, peer-reviewed papers which were partly invited and partly given at the First Bremen Conference on Colonial and Postcolonial Linguistics, held in September 2013.
Автор: Schmidt Jeremy J. Название: Water: Abundance, Scarcity, and Security in the Age of Humanity ISBN: 1479846422 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781479846429 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 81930.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание:
An intellectual history of America's water management philosophy Humans take more than their geological share of water, but they do not benefit from it equally. This imbalance has created an era of intense water scarcity that affects the security of individuals, states, and the global economy. For many, this brazen water grab and the social inequalities it produces reflect the lack of a coherent philosophy connecting people to the planet. Challenging this view, Jeremy Schmidt shows how water was made a “resource” that linked geology, politics, and culture to American institutions. Understanding the global spread and evolution of this philosophy is now key to addressing inequalities that exist on a geological scale. Water: Abundance, Scarcity, and Security in the Age of Humanity details the remarkable intellectual history of America’s water management philosophy. It shows how this philosophy shaped early twentieth-century conservation in the United States, influenced American international development programs, and ultimately shaped programs of global governance that today connect water resources to the Earth system. Schmidt demonstrates how the ways we think about water reflect specific public and societal values, and illuminates the process by which the American approach to water management came to dominate the global conversation about water. Debates over how human impacts on the planet are connected to a new geological epoch—the Anthropocene—tend to focus on either the social causes of environmental crises or scientific assessments of the Earth system. Schmidt shows how, when it comes to water, the two are one and the same. The very way we think about managing water resources validates putting ever more water to use for some human purposes at the expense of others.
Автор: Peter Ridgway Schmidt Название: Historical Archaeology in Africa: Representation, Social Memory, and Oral Traditions ISBN: 0759109656 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780759109650 Издательство: NBN International Рейтинг: Цена: 64770.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Presents an inquiry into the questions that count, proposing different ways of thinking about historical archaeology. Confronting topics of oral traditions, our orientation to archaeology, and the misrepresentation of various cultures, this title calls for a different pathway to a more nuanced, and more inclusive historical archaeology.
Автор: Schmidt Gary D. Название: Okay for Now ISBN: 0547152604 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780547152608 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 15630.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: 2011 National Book Award Finalist
As a fourteen-year-old who just moved to a new town, with no friends and a louse for an older brother, Doug Swieteck has all the stats stacked against him. So begins a coming-of-age masterwork full of equal parts comedy and tragedy from Newbery Honor winner Gary D. Schmidt. As Doug struggles to be more than the "skinny thug" that his teachers and the police think him to be, he finds an unlikely ally in Lil Spicer--a fiery young lady who "smelled like daisies would smell if they were growing in a big field under a clearing sky after a rain." In Lil, Doug finds the strength to endure an abusive father, the suspicions of a whole town, and the return of his oldest brother, forever scarred, from Vietnam. Together, they find a safe haven in the local library, inspiration in learning about the plates of John James Audubon's birds, and a hilarious adventure on a Broadway stage. In this stunning novel, Schmidt expertly weaves multiple themes of loss and recovery in a story teeming with distinctive, unusual characters and invaluable lessons about love, creativity, and survival.
Автор: Gary D. Schmidt Название: Orbiting Jupiter ISBN: 1783443944 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781783443949 Издательство: Random House - Penguin Рейтинг: Цена: 9670.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: A heartbreaking story, narrated by twelve-year-old Jack, whose family is caring for fourteen-year-old Joseph. Joseph is misunderstood. But Jack and his family see something others in town don`t want to. The two boys go on a journey through the bitter Maine winter to help Joseph find his baby - no matter the cost.
Автор: Schmidt Paul Название: Hitler`s Interpreter ISBN: 0750965053 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780750965057 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 13720.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: Fluent in both English and French, he served as Hitler`s translator during negotiations with Chamberlain, the British declaration of war and the surrender of France, as well as translating the Fuhrer`s infamous speeches for radio. He has contributed to He Was My Chief, I Was Hitler`s Chauffeur, With Hitler to the End and Hitler`s Last Witness.
Автор: Young Rob, Schmidt Irmin Название: All Gates Open: The Biography of Can ISBN: 0571311490 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780571311491 Издательство: Faber Рейтинг: Цена: 22000.00 T Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии. Описание: A unique study - part biography, part symposium - of the experimental group Can, by founding member Irmin Schmidt and acclaimed author Rob YoungAll Gates Open is a music book like no other. Its subject is Can, arguably the most important experimental group of the twentieth century. Formed in Cologne in 1968, Can drew their influences from the avant-garde - founding members Irmin Schmidt and Holger Czukay both studied under Stockhausen - and jazz traditions to create a heavily rhythmic, minimal music that redefined what it meant to be a popular band. The book comprises two elements of equal weight: a biography of the group by Rob Young and a Symposium curated by Irmin Schmidt. The latter explores, in Irmin's own voice and that of his collaborators and admirers, the tentacular influence Can have had upon not just popular music, but also the visual arts, poetry and film. Can have been a direct source of inspiration for numerous genres, notably ambient, post-punk and electronica. Their music was created entirely on its own terms, and All Gates Open defines both their story and their continuing legacy with parallel originality and insight.
Автор: Schmidt Gary D. Название: What Came from the Stars ISBN: 0547612133 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780547612133 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 16930.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка.
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