Harper Lee
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Series
Language
English
Description
"This book is an historic literary event: the publication of a newly discovered novel, the earliest known work from Harper Lee, the beloved, bestselling author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning classic, To kill a mockingbird. Originally written in the mid-1950s, Go set a watchman was the novel Harper Lee first submitted to her publishers before To kill a mockingbird. Assumed to have been lost, the manuscript was discovered in late 2014. Go set a watchman...
Author
Series
Language
Español
Description
"Originally written in the mid-1950s, 'Go set a watchman' was the novel Harper Lee first submitted to her publishers before 'To kill a mockingbird.' Assumed to have been lost, the manuscript was discovered in late 2014. 'Go set a watchman' features many of the characters from 'To kill a mockingbird' some twenty years later. Returning home to Maycomb to visit her father, Jean Louise Finch--Scout--struggles with issues both personal and political,...
Author
Publisher
José Olympio editora
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Portuguese
Description
"Jean Louise Finch, mais conhecida como Scout, a heroina inesquecivel de O sol e para todos, esta de volta a sua pequena cidade natal, Maycomb, no Alabama, para visitar o pai, Atticus. Vinte anos se passaram. Estamos em meados dos anos 1950, no comeco dos debates sobre segregacao, e os Estados Unidos estao divididos em torno de questoes raciais. Confrontada com a comunidade que a criou, mas da qual estava afastada desde sua mudanca para Nova York,...
Author
Publisher
Jose Olympio editora
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
Portuguese
Description
"Um livro emblematico sobre racismo e injustica: a historia de um advogado que defende um homem negro acusado de estuprar uma mulher branca nos Estados Unidos dos anos 1930 e enfrenta represalias da comunidade racista. O livro e narrado pela sensivel Scout, filha do advogado. Uma historia atemporal sobre tolerancia, perda da inocencia e conceito de justica." --
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Espanol
Pub. Date
2015
Language
Español
Description
El consejo de un abogado a sus hijos mientras él defiende el verdadero ruiseñor de la novela clásica de Harper Lee —un hombre negro acusado de violar a una niña blanca. A través de los ojos de Jem y Scout Finch, Harper Lee explora con humor y honestidad inquebrantable la irracionalidad de la actitud de los adultos hacia la raza y la clase en las profundidades del sur en la década de 1930. La conciencia de una ciudad impregnada de prejuicios,...
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins Español
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
Español
Description
"El consejo de un abogado a sus hijos mientras ?l defiende el verdadero ruise?or de la novela cl?sica de Harper Lee?un hombre negro acusado de violar a una ni?a blanca. A trav?s de los ojos de Jem y Scout Finch, Harper Lee explora con humor y honestidad inquebrantable la irracionalidad de la actitud de los adultos hacia la raza y la clase en las profundidades del sur en la d?cada de 1930. La conciencia de una ciudad impregnada de prejuicios, violencia...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Maycomb, Alabama. Twenty-six-year-old Jean Louise Finch "Scout" returns home from New York City to visit her aging father, Atticus. Set against the backdrop of the civil rights tensions and political turmoil that were transforming the South, Jean Louise's homecoming turns bittersweet when she learns disturbing truths about her close-knit family, the town, and the people dearest to her. Memories from her childhood flood back, and her values and assumptions...
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Fifty years after winning the Pulitzer Prize, To Kill a Mockingbird remains a beloved best seller and quite possibly the most influential American novel of the 20th century. Mary McDonagh Murphy's Hey, Boo explores the To Kill a Mockingbird phenomenon and unravels some of the mysteries surrounding Harper Lee, including why she never published again. It also brings to light the context and history of the novel's Deep South setting and the social changes...
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
In a racially divided Alabama town in the 1930s, widowed lawyer Atticus Finch agrees to defend a young black man accused of raping a white woman, teaching his children valuable lessons about prejudice and empathy.
16) Turkey trouble
Author
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
As Thanksgiving Day approaches, Turkey nervously makes a series of costumes, disguising himself as other farm animals in hopes that he can avoid being served as Thanksgiving dinner.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Español
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The explosion of racial hate in an Alabama town is viewed by a little girl whose father defends a black man accused of rape." --
"La conciencia de una ciudad impregnada de prejuicios, violencia e hipocresía es golpeada por la resistencia y el silencioso heroísmo de la lucha de un hombre por la justicia, en este clásico ganador del Premio Pulitzer que se ha traducido a más de 40 idiomas." --
Author
Series
Publisher
Two Lions
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Turkey loves nothing better than a good trick. . .except maybe a good disguise. So for Valentine's Day, he decides to secretly deliver a card to each of his friends. But when he dresses up as a cat to deliver the purr-fect valentine, he's quickly found out. It turns out that outsmarting his pals is harder than he thought. Luckily, Turkey has more silly surprises in store"--
Author
Publisher
Two Lions
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Easter is almost here--and Turkey knows just how to celebrate. He's going to win the eggstra-special Easter egg hunt! The only problem is that animals aren't allowed to enter. So he and his barnyard friends come up with a top-secret plan. With his trademark disguises and a whole lot of help, Turkey goes undercover. Will his basket of tricks help him win a prize?" -- Publisher description (front flap)