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Author: Robert Osborne
Publisher:
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 392
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Entertaining text and star-studded photos present the story of the Academy Awards(, from the beginning in 1927 to the return of the golden age of Hollywood with "Titanic" at the 1998 awards. 700 photos, 60 in color. Movie stills. Original posters.
Author: Junot Díaz
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2008-09-02
Total Pages: 370
ISBN-13: 1594483299
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Winner of: The Pulitzer Prize The National Book Critics Circle Award The Anisfield-Wolf Book Award The Jon Sargent, Sr. First Novel Prize A Time Magazine #1 Fiction Book of the Year One of the best books of 2007 according to: The New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, New York Magazine, Entertainment Weekly, The Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, People, The Village Voice, Time Out New York, Salon, Baltimore City Paper, The Christian Science Monitor, Booklist, Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, New York Public Library, and many more... Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read Oscar is a sweet but disastrously overweight ghetto nerd who—from the New Jersey home he shares with his old world mother and rebellious sister—dreams of becoming the Dominican J.R.R. Tolkien and, most of all, finding love. But Oscar may never get what he wants. Blame the fukú—a curse that has haunted Oscar’s family for generations, following them on their epic journey from Santo Domingo to the USA. Encapsulating Dominican-American history, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao opens our eyes to an astonishing vision of the contemporary American experience and explores the endless human capacity to persevere—and risk it all—in the name of love.
Author: Anthony Holden
Publisher: Viking
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 674
ISBN-13: 9780670836703
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Sam Baker
Publisher:
Published: 2022
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9781734684131
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Oscar the Mouse is a joyful story about a mischievous little mouse, who becomes a little girl's first pet, and the adventures they share.Mimi teaches Oscar the importance of inclusion and acceptance, while Oscar helps Mimi overcome her fear of the Boogeyman. Together they have tons of fun and many laughs.This book was created to make reading fun for young children preK to 3rd grade and "help them engage their imagination and creativity," says Sam Baker, the 99-year-old author.
Author: Peter Carey
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: 2010-12-22
Total Pages: 545
ISBN-13: 0571267130
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Peter Carey's novel of the undeclared love between clergyman Oscar Hopkins and the heiress Lucinda Leplastrier is both a moving and beautiful love story and a historical tour de force set in Victorian times. Made for each other, the two are gamblers - one obsessive, the other compulsive - incapable of winning at the game of love.Oscar and Lucinda is now available as a Faber Modern Classics edition.
Author: Jeffrey Moss
Publisher:
Published: 2018
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780593704400
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Sesame Street's resident grouch devises several ingenious and humorous schemes to escape from his persistent readers.
Author: Geoff Waring
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Published: 2009-09-22
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 0763645133
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A Start with Science book about sound. When Oscar hears a blackbird singing in the meadow, Bat swoops in to talk to him about sound. A sudden thunderstorm and a visiting cow give Oscar lots of opportunities to learn about sounds that are loud or soft, near or far, deep or high. Back matter includes an index and supplemental activities.
Author: Matthew Sturgis
Publisher: Apollo
Published: 2022-09-29
Total Pages: 912
ISBN-13: 9781803284347
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Junot Diaz
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: 2008-09-04
Total Pages: 349
ISBN-13: 0571246206
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Things have never been easy for Oscar. A ghetto nerd living with his Dominican family in New Jersey, he's sweet but disastrously overweight. He dreams of becoming the next J.R.R. Tolkien and he keeps falling hopelessly in love. Poor Oscar may never get what he wants, thanks to the Fukú - the curse that has haunted his family for generations. With dazzling energy and insight Díaz immerses us in the tumultuous lives of Oscar; his runaway sister Lola; their beautiful mother Belicia; and in the family's uproarious journey from the Dominican Republic to the US and back. Rendered with uncommon warmth and humour, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao is a literary triumph, that confirms Junot Díaz as one of the most exciting writers of our time.
Author: Geoff Waring
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Published: 2008-09-23
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 076364031X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Oscar is a curious kitten! As Oscar the kitten watches the sun set one evening, he has lots of questions about light and dark. Who better than Moth to help out? Moth shows how sources of light are as different as the sun, stars, fireflies, streetlights, and airplanes, and also explains how shadows are made and why darkness comes at night. Includes lesson summaries! Back matter includes an index and supplemental activities.
