Books with title THE SHORT CUT

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The Short Shoes tells the tale of a young girl who lives with her grandmother in a faraway land, one that is lush and beautiful. It also describes the ancient Chinese culture of binding girls' feet. Min is a pretty child who lost both her parents, but with her grandmother's help, she seeks the courage to learn of her cultural roots. In the process, Min finds the path that leads to kindness. The girl makes good friends who allow her to see the reflection of their souls, thus letting her find kindness and reach for her dreams. Among the songs, riddles, and poetry Min hears, she discovers new meaning to her existence. She grows into a timeless child in spirit, finding friendship and true love. This timeless children's story was written to show the importance of kindness in our lives. Originally from South America, Lia Dib is now an English teacher. This is her second book. It was inspired by the poems of Chinese poet Li Po. The author wanted the story to provide a global view of Chinese culture, tell how the binding of feet could be misunderstood in other cultures, and explain how sometimes stereotypes of beauty can harm your health. Publisher's website: http://sbprabooks.com/LiaSazu

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Hoping to make enough money to start his own business, seventeen-year-old Chase Alloway quit his factory job to become a baseball player. Every town in Ohio had a baseball club, and Chase dragged himself from place to place, drifting until his money was exhausted and his clothes was dirty and ragged. He was just at the point when he was ready to go back and beg to be rehired at his lousy factory job when the tables turned for Chase Alloway in this look at early baseball and one boy's love of The Game.

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Excerpt from The Short-StopIn truth, he had done a strange and momentous thing; he had asked the foreman for higher wages, and being peremptorily refused, had thrown up his place, and was now on his way home to tell his mother.He crossed the railroad tracks to make a short cut, and threaded his way through a maze of smoke-blackened buildings, to come into a narrow street lined with frame houses. He entered a yard that could not boast of a fence.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.