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When Kimberly Chang and her mother emigrate from Hong Kong to Brooklyn, Kimberly begins a secret double life: exceptional schoolgirl during the day, Chinatown sweatshop worker at night. Disguising the difficult truths of her life -- like the extent of her poverty, the degree to which her family's future rests on her, or her secret love for a factory boy who shares none of her talent or ambition -- Kimberly learns to constantly translate not just her...
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"Accompany a band of merry medieval pilgrims as they make their way-on motorcycles, of course-to Canterbury. Meeting at the Tabard Inn, the travelers, including a battle-worn knight, a sweetly pretentious prioress, the bawdy Wife of Bath, and an emaciated scholar-clerk, come up with a plan to pass time on the journey to Thomas à Becket's shrine by telling stories. The twenty-four tales, which range from high romance set in ancient Greece to low comedy...
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The eleventh riveting installment in the mystery thriller series that inspired the Netflix crime drama Young Wallander • Wallander is "one of the most impressive creations in crime fiction today.... An old-fashioned moral force and sense of disquiet of the sort rarely found in contemporary crime fiction." —The Guardian
After nearly thirty years in the same job, Inspector Kurt Wallander is tired, restless,...
After nearly thirty years in the same job, Inspector Kurt Wallander is tired, restless,...
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A New York Times Notable Book: “Aboulela’s lovely, brief story encompasses worlds of melancholy and gulfs between cultures” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review).
American readers were introduced to the award-winning Sudanese author Leila Aboulela with Minaret, a delicate tale of a privileged young African Muslim woman adjusting to her new life as a maid in London. Now, for the first time in North...
American readers were introduced to the award-winning Sudanese author Leila Aboulela with Minaret, a delicate tale of a privileged young African Muslim woman adjusting to her new life as a maid in London. Now, for the first time in North...
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Part 2 - This film covers quizzes of all topics in American Sign Language (ASL) are best for every ASL student, interpreter trainee, interpreter, teacher and ASL enthusiast when it comes to fine-tuning receptive & translation skills with questions and quizzes.
This film is open-captioned with no audio for training purposes.
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Part 1 - This film covers quizzes of all topics in American Sign Language (ASL) are best for every ASL student, interpreter trainee, interpreter, teacher and ASL enthusiast when it comes to fine-tuning receptive & translation skills with questions and quizzes.
This film is open-captioned with no audio for training purposes.
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Part 4 - This film covers quizzes of all topics in American Sign Language (ASL) are best for every ASL student, interpreter trainee, interpreter, teacher and ASL enthusiast when it comes to fine-tuning receptive & translation skills with questions and quizzes.
This film is open-captioned with no audio for training purposes.
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Part 3 - This film covers quizzes of all topics in American Sign Language (ASL) are best for every ASL student, interpreter trainee, interpreter, teacher and ASL enthusiast when it comes to fine-tuning receptive & translation skills with questions and quizzes.
This film is open-captioned with no audio for training purposes.
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"In 2016, the novelist Jhumpa Lahiri published In Other Words, the story of her quest to learn Italian, which involved moving with her family to Italy to immerse herself fully in her adopted language. The book builds on that account through eight essays that reflect her early career as a translator. One essay uses her teaching of the Echo and Narcissus myth to reflect on the meaning of translation; another describes her decision to translate her own...
17) Translated
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An old man is about to be executed in ancient Rome, and then finds himself translated to the 21st Century where he is confused and homeless. When a truck driver picks him up in Rome, Oregon he discovers that the old man claims to be the Apostle Paul! In the spirit of Miracle on 34th Street, humor with a poignant message is delivered, about the condition of the Body of Christ in the U.S. The result: minds are changed, and lives are saved.
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"Eighteen-year-old Stella Sandell stands accused of the brutal murder of a man almost fifteen years her senior. She is an ordinary teenager from an upstanding local family. What reason could she have to know a shady businessman, let alone to kill him? Stella's father, a pastor, and mother, a criminal defense attorney, find their moral compasses tested as they defend their daughter, while struggling to understand why she is a suspect. Told in an unusual...
19) Sidewalks
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Grantland Book of the Year
Vol. 1 Brooklyn, A Year of Favorites, Jason Diamond
Book Riot, 2014's Must-Read Books from Indie Presses
"Valeria Luiselli is a writer of formidable talent, destined to be an important voice in Latin American letters. Her vision and language are precise, and the power of her intellect is in evidence on every page."—Daniel Alarcón
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Against the backdrop of occupied Tokyo, a young girl searches for her missing older sister, who has disappeared into the world of bars and dance halls. In the process, her story will become intertwined with those of others trying to make sense of their lives in a post-war world: a thirteen-year-old Japanese Canadian “repat,” a school teacher who translates love letters from American GIs, and a Japanese-American soldier serving with the...