Books with author Katherine Brown

A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.\nIn this brilliant, breathtaking Pulitzer Prize winner Katherine Boo, a bewildering age of global change and inequality is made human through the dramatic story of families striving toward a better life in Annawadi, a makeshift settlement in the shadow of luxury hotels near the Mumbai airport. As India starts to prosper, the residents of Annawadi are electric with hope. Abdul, an enterprising teenager, sees "a fortune beyond counting" in the recyclable garbage that richer people throw away. Meanwhile Asha, a woman of formidable ambition, has identified a shadier route to the middle class. With a little luck, her beautiful daughter, Annawadi's "most-everything girl," might become its first female college graduate. And even the poorest children, like the young thief Kalu, feel themselves inching closer to their dreams. But then Abdul is

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. A first book by a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist profiles everyday life in the settlement of Annawadi as experienced by a Muslim teen, an ambitious rural mother of a prospective female college student and a young scrap metal thief, in an account that illuminates how their efforts to build better lives are challenged by regional religious, caste and economic tensions.

Behind the beautiful forevers: life, death and hope in a mumbai undercity was written by the pulitzer prize-winning american investigative journalist, katheirne boo this book is a documentary of the writer's experiences in a mumbai slum called annawadi between november 2007 and march 2011 the story in this book primarily focuses on three main families abdul, belonging to one of these families is an expert in shifting garbage from one place to anotherone leg, a cripple living in annawadi, has sexual desires that can't be fulfilled by her husband another important chracter in this book is asha, a political worker belonging to the shiv sena party she is the most ambitious person in the book, and hopes to become a slumlord one day by treading the tried-and-tested path of political corruptionin behind the beautiful forevers: life, death and hope in a mumbai undercity, though the characters all belong to an impoverished background, they still share the common emotion of hope hope is the only thing that keeps them from falling apart in their bleak existence this book portrays how poor people are alienated into staying poor all their lives by the richer sections of society, from whom they barely recieve any helpfor the people living in annawadi, earning enough money to become a part of the middle-class is a grand dream that most cant acheive this book portrays the story of how abdul the garbage shifter is falsely implicated in the murder of his neighbour, fatima behind the beautiful forevers: life, death and hope in a mumbai undercity is a compelling depiction of real-life people living in an impverished mumbai slumthis book was published by penguin india in 2013, and is available in the form of a paperback

It's Birds Can Dance Day at the lake, and Dante the Goose is ready to bust a move! He meets swan ballerinas, tapping ducks, jazz-dancing herons, and salsa-loving ibises, but Dante has trouble finding the right style for a goose. He's about to give up when he meets Dorrie, another dancing goose...and she has just the style for him! Join Dante, Dorrie, and their lake friends as they twist, twirl, shimmy, and shake!

When Jason Armstrong discovers that his loser uncle is spying on kids at Jason's high school for cash, he's shocked. And then he realizes that this could definitely be more profitable than his part-time job at the video store. Now Jason needs an ally - and failed cheerleader Betsy Cunningham could be just the girl. But what at first seems like a great way for Jason and Betsy to get their own back on the cliquey world of Madison High turns into a major nightmare. The whole school's asking: who's the snitch? And when they find out, things are going to get nasty.

Imagine if tonight you fall into a wormhole and are sent to a time you didn't even think existed. Well, that's just what happened to 16 year-old Corrine Thompson and her best friend Ashley Manchester. Packed with kidnapping, sword fighting, Earth magic, and even death from front cover to back. This book is sure to satisfy those in need of a well written story and those who want plenty of action.

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Lang:- eng, Pages 64. Reprinted in 2013 with the help of original edition published long back[1910]. This book is in black & white, Hardcover, sewing binding for longer life with Matt laminated multi-Colour Dust Cover, Printed on high quality Paper, re-sized as per Current standards, professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books, there may be some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set, then it is only single volume. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. (Customisation is possible). Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions.Original Title:- The messenger 1910 [Hardcover] Author:- Brown, Katherine Holland

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