Meet Pearlie

Meet Pearlie PDF Author: Gabrielle Wang
Publisher: Puffin
ISBN: 9780143307945
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Join Pearlie, a young girl living in WWII-era Australia, as she tries to prove that her best friend isn't a spy It's 1941. . . and the war is changing Pearlie's life every day. Darwin is full of soldiers, there's a spy on the loose, and people are turning against Pearlie's best friend, Naoko, just because she's Japanese. When everything falls apart, will Pearlie be brave enough to stick up for what's right, or will her old fears get the better of her? Meet Pearlie and join her adventure in the first of four exciting stories about a courageous girl in a world at war.

Meet Pearlie

Meet Pearlie PDF Author: Gabrielle Wang
Publisher: Puffin
ISBN: 9780143307945
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Book Description
Join Pearlie, a young girl living in WWII-era Australia, as she tries to prove that her best friend isn't a spy It's 1941. . . and the war is changing Pearlie's life every day. Darwin is full of soldiers, there's a spy on the loose, and people are turning against Pearlie's best friend, Naoko, just because she's Japanese. When everything falls apart, will Pearlie be brave enough to stick up for what's right, or will her old fears get the better of her? Meet Pearlie and join her adventure in the first of four exciting stories about a courageous girl in a world at war.

In Search of a Help Meet

In Search of a Help Meet PDF Author: Michael Pearl
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781616440503
Category : Christian men
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Book Description
For men ages 18 and up. Choosing your wife is one of the most important and life directing decisions you will ever make. This book may save you from making the biggest mistake of your life

The Poe Shadow

The Poe Shadow PDF Author: Matthew Pearl
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1588365174
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 453

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“I present to you . . . the truth about this man’s death and my life.” Baltimore, 1849. The body of Edgar Allan Poe has been buried in an unmarked grave. The public, the press, and even Poe’s own family and friends accept the conclusion that Poe was a second-rate writer who met a disgraceful end as a drunkard. Everyone, in fact, seems to believe this except a young Baltimore lawyer named Quentin Clark, an ardent admirer who puts his own career and reputation at risk in a passionate crusade to salvage Poe’s. As Quentin explores the puzzling circumstances of Poe’s demise, he discovers that the writer’s last days are riddled with unanswered questions the police are possibly willfully ignoring. Just when Poe’s death seems destined to remain a mystery, and forever sealing his ignominy, inspiration strikes Quentin–in the form of Poe’s own stories. The young attorney realizes that he must find the one person who can solve the strange case of Poe’s death: the real-life model for Poe’s brilliant fictional detective character, C. Auguste Dupin, the hero of ingenious tales of crime and detection. In short order, Quentin finds himself enmeshed in sinister machinations involving political agents, a female assassin, the corrupt Baltimore slave trade, and the lost secrets of Poe’s final hours. With his own future hanging in the balance, Quentin Clark must turn master investigator himself to unchain his now imperiled fate from that of Poe’s. Following his phenomenal debut novel, The Dante Club, Matthew Pearl has once again crossed pitch-perfect literary history with innovative mystery to create a beautifully detailed, ingeniously plotted tale of suspense. Pearl’s groundbreaking research–featuring documented material never published before–opens a new window on the truth behind Poe’s demise, literary history’s most persistent enigma. The resulting novel is a publishing event that, through sublime craftsmanship, subtle wit, and devious twists, does honor to Poe himself

Book Lust

Book Lust PDF Author: Nancy Pearl
Publisher: Sasquatch Books
ISBN: 1570616590
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 306

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Book Description
What to read next is every book lover's greatest dilemma. Nancy Pearl comes to the rescue with this wide-ranging and fun guide to the best reading new and old. Pearl, who inspired legions of litterateurs with "What If All (name the city) Read the Same Book," has devised reading lists that cater to every mood, occasion, and personality. These annotated lists cover such topics as mother-daughter relationships, science for nonscientists, mysteries of all stripes, African-American fiction from a female point of view, must-reads for kids, books on bicycling, "chick-lit," and many more. Pearl's enthusiasm and taste shine throughout.

Created to be His Help Meet

Created to be His Help Meet PDF Author: Debi Pearl
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781892112606
Category : Christian women
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Book Description
Discover How God Can Make Your Marriage Glorious

Virgil Wander

Virgil Wander PDF Author: Leif Enger
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
ISBN: 0802146686
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 331

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Book Description
A man seeks to rediscover his broken Midwestern community in a novel that “brims with grace and quirky charm” by the author of Peace Like a River (Bookpage). Movie house owner Virgil Wander is “cruising along at medium altitude” when his car flies off the road into icy Lake Superior. Though Virgil survives, his language and memory are altered. Awakening in this new life, Virgil begins to piece together the past. He is helped by a cast of curious locals—from a stranger investigating the mystery of his disappeared son, to the vanished man’s enchanting wife, to a local journalist who is Virgil’s oldest friend. Into this community returns a shimmering prodigal son who may hold the key to reviving their town. Leif Enger conjures a remarkable portrait of a region and its residents, who, for reasons of choice or circumstance, never made it out of their defunct industrial district. Carried aloft by quotidian pleasures including movies, fishing, necking in parked cars, playing baseball and falling in love, Virgil Wander is a journey into the heart of America’s Upper Midwest.

Our Australian Girl: The Pearlie Stories

Our Australian Girl: The Pearlie Stories PDF Author: Gabrielle Wang
Publisher: Penguin Group Australia
ISBN: 014378871X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 310

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Book Description
It's 1941 . . . and the war is changing Pearlie's life every day. Darwin is full of soldiers, there's a spy on the loose, her beloved pets are in danger and people are turning against Pearlie's best friend, Naoko, just because she's Japanese. When everything falls apart, will Pearlie be brave enough to stick up for what's right? Timid, kind and courageous, Pearlie is an unforgettable Australian Girl.

The Triumph of Seeds

The Triumph of Seeds PDF Author: Thor Hanson
Publisher: Basic Books
ISBN: 0465048722
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 321

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Book Description
As seen on PBS's American Spring LIVE, the award-winning author of Buzz and Feathers presents a natural and human history of seeds, the marvels of the plant kingdom. "The genius of Hanson's fascinating, inspiring, and entertaining book stems from the fact that it is not about how all kinds of things grow from seeds; it is about the seeds themselves." -- Mark Kurlansky, New York Times Book Review We live in a world of seeds. From our morning toast to the cotton in our clothes, they are quite literally the stuff and staff of life: supporting diets, economies, and civilizations around the globe. Just as the search for nutmeg and pepper drove the Age of Discovery, coffee beans fueled the Enlightenment and cottonseed sparked the Industrial Revolution. Seeds are fundamental objects of beauty, evolutionary wonders, and simple fascinations. Yet, despite their importance, seeds are often seen as commonplace, their extraordinary natural and human histories overlooked. Thanks to this stunning new book, they can be overlooked no more. This is a book of knowledge, adventure, and wonder, spun by an award-winning writer with both the charm of a fireside story-teller and the hard-won expertise of a field biologist. A fascinating scientific adventure, it is essential reading for anyone who loves to see a plant grow.

No Greater Joy

No Greater Joy PDF Author: Michael Pearl
Publisher: No Greater Joy Ministries
ISBN: 9781892112071
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 120

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Book Description
To respond to the many letters that Michael and Debi Pearl received after publishing their first book, To Train Up a Child, they started the No Greater Joy magazine. No Greater Joy Volume Two includes articles from the first two years of publication and covers the subjects of rowdy boys, homeschooling, grief, and much more.

Preparing to Be a Help Meet

Preparing to Be a Help Meet PDF Author: Debi Pearl
Publisher: No Greater Joy Ministries
ISBN: 9781616440091
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 296

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Book Description
You spend your time pining away for your one true love and suddenly...you're married and it is a lot more than you bargained for. Now is the hour you should be preparing to be a wife---to be a help meet. What does a good guy really look for in a girl? Are you a Dreamer, Servant or Go-to Gal? Do you know what to pray for your man-to-be? Should you tell a guy you like him? Can you know God's will in choosing a husband?