Christoph Keller
Author
Language
English
Description
This collection of twelve sermons given at funerals centers the complexity embedded in the joys and sorrows of being human. Christoph Keller III writes in a tone at once literary, scholarly, and intimate, inviting readers to witness a warm conversation unfolding between the lives honored in the pages of Getting on Toward Home.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Essential June Jordan honors the enduring legacy of a poet fiercely devoted to building a better world. In this definitive volume, with four previously unpublished poems and an afterword by Pulitzer Prize winner Jericho Brown, June Jordan's generous body of poetry is distilled to present the very best of her works over her long career. From Who Look at Me in 1969 to her last poems in 2001, Jordan shows us our world in both its splendor and horror....
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
Français
Description
Set in occupied WWII France, War of the Buttons tells the tale of pre-teen rebel lebrac and the "war" he leads between two rival kid gangs from neighboring villages. Once lebrac falls for Violette, a young Jewish girl who is new in town and in danger of being exposed by the Nazis, the children ae faced with putting their own conflicts aside to protect her and confront the very real war happening around them.
In Nazi occupied France two groups of...