OL18020188W Pages 62 Partner Innodata Pdf_module_version 0.0.14 Ppi 360 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20210701093522 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 382 Scandate 20210628142139 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9781554988716 Tts_version 4. OL27234316M Openlibrary_subject openlibrary_staff_picks Openlibrary_work 52 Page count Publication date Buy from other retailers Amazon Bookshop What's This Book About Publisher Summary A young boy wakes up to the sound of the sea, visits his grandfather’s grave after lunch and comes home to a simple family dinner, but all the while his mind strays to his father digging for coal deep down under the sea. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 13:34:00 Associated-names Smith, Sydney, 1980- illustrator Boxid IA40155520 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled Foldoutcount 0 Identifier townisbysea0000schw Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t6d33qj06 Invoice 1652 Isbn 9781554988716ġ554988713 Ocr tesseract 5.0.0-alpha-20201231-10-g1236 Ocr_detected_lang en Ocr_detected_lang_conf 1.0000 Ocr_detected_script Latin Ocr_detected_script_conf 0.9197 Ocr_module_version 0.0.13 Ocr_parameters -l eng Old_pallet IA-NS-1200171 Openlibrary_edition Reading comprehension questions on ‘Town is by the Sea’ by Joanne Schwartz and Sydney Smith following the ‘VIPERS’ format (Vocabulary, Inference, Prediction, Explanation, Retrieval, Summarise) ideal for SATs preparation.
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In early stories, Brown is said to be priest for the small parish of Cobhole in Essex, but he relocates to London and travels to many other places, in England and abroad, during the course of the stories. His job as a priest allows him to blend into the background of a crime scene, as others can easily assume he is merely there on spiritual business. Somewhat in the vein of Agatha Christie's detective character Miss Marple, Brown uses his unimposing demeanor to his advantage when studying criminals, to whom he seems to pose no danger. His unremarkable, seemingly naïve appearance hides an unexpectedly sharp intelligence and keen powers of observation. Father Brown on a case, illustrated by Sydney Seymour Lucas for The Innocence of Father Brownįather Brown is a short, plain Roman Catholic priest, with shapeless clothes, a large umbrella, and an uncanny insight into human behaviour. 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Readers who appreciate the incisive humor, penetrating social critique, and generic mashup of Severance will be delighted by Bliss Montage, Ma’s first collection of short stories, which mixes the absurd and fantastical with moving evocations of the intimate and everyday.īliss Montage’s stories range from the realist (“Oranges,” “Peking Duck”) to the absurdist (“Los Angeles,” “Yeti Lovemaking,” “Tomorrow”) to the gently fantastical (“G,” “Office Hours,” “Returning”), yet the stories read like variations on a theme-alternate (if wildly different) lives that the same person could have lived. Severance received rave reviews upon publication and resurged in public discourse in 2020, when an actual pandemic transformed the world. A tale of a pandemic-induced zombie apocalypse, Severance is also a novel of immigrant experience and a portrait of millennial malaise. Ling Ma’s 2018 debut novel Severance captured the literary world’s attention with its original blending of genres. 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