Wandering Star tells two discrete stories of two young girls, one Jewish and one Palestinian, who meet once briefly by chance. Their stories are connected by substance, rather than plot. Each is a wandering star in search of a homeland - Esther escaping the Nazi holocaust, and Nejma, who experiences the horrors of life in the camps. Yet through ...
Set largely in locations near the French Riviera, these eleven short stories depict the harsh realities of life for the less-privileged inhabitants of this very privileged region. Distinguished French writer J. M. G. Le Clezio lends his voice to the dispossessed and explores his familiar themes of alienation, immigration, poverty, violence, ...
In 1858, over eight decades had passed since Captain James Cook claimed the shores of what would become British Columbia for the British crown, but European settlers had shown little interest in the new lands. The non-aboriginal population was only about 700. Then gold was discovered on the shores of the Fraser River and, overnight, the lonely ...
CBC Vancouver's radio show "BC Almanac", not to be outdone by the parent corporation's countrywide search for the 100 Greatest Canadians of all time, called upon its listeners in 2004 to nominate the 100 Greatest British Columbians of all time. This cornucopia of West Coast characters collected and bound by BC Almanac's host Mark Forsythe and ...
An Unabridged Printing. Part I: Substitution And Abstract Groups - Examples Of Groups And Fundamental Definitions - Substitution Groups And Sylow's Theorem - Fundamental Definitions And Theorems Of Abstract Groups - Abelian Groups - Groups Whose Orders Are Powers Of Prime Numbers- Groups Having Simple Abstract Definitions - Isomorphisms - Solvable ...
Discusses twenty-six animals who inhabit the lakes, rivers, and Gulf waters of Texas and other coastal states of the Gulf of Mexico, arranged alphabetically from Alligator to Zosterae.
From 1979 to 1997 Britain was a laboratory for experiments in local governance as the control and delivery of local services was switched from elected councils to appointed boards (quangos), private companies or self management. This book is about four models of local governance: the traditional "localist" model, the New Right's "individual" model ...
French novelist Jean-Marie Gustav Le Clezio has been awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature 2008. In their formal announcement, the Swedish Academy honoured him as an 'author of new departures, poetic adventure and sensual ecstasy and an explorer of a humanity beyond and below the reigning civilisation'. "Wandering Star" tells the stories of two ...
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: University of London Press, London
Date Published: 1965
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1960, First Edition,
Date Published: 1960
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