Author: Robert Morgan
Publisher: Algonquin Books
ISBN: 1565125789
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 335
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Disguising herself as a boy after killing her abusive stepfather, Josie Summers meets and marries the Reverend John Trethman, a young Methodist minister, but when her husband is kidnapped by British soldiers, Josie once again dons her male disguise to join the North Carolina militia and to find her husband. Reprint.
Author: Ted Staunton
Publisher: Formac Publishing Company
ISBN: 1459505085
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 98
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Morgan is left out of the loop when everyone begins bringing their Robogamer Z7s to school, linking up online with one another and playing at recess and lunch. Even Aldeen, the Godzilla of Grade Three, has one. But when the other kids start to suspect that Aldeen is faking her gaming, Morgan has to decide whether or not to stand up to the bullies who are teasing her. With a situation young readers will recognize and enjoy, and a character they can easily identify with, this is a book that will appeal to kids starting to read on their own. The dyslexia-friendly features of the book include easier-to-read typography, page layout, and reduced-contrast paper stock, along with illustrations on every double-page spread that enhance the text.
Author: Jennifer L. Armentrout
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781947591707
Category : Fantasy fiction, Juvenile
Languages : en
Pages : 356
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Ivy Morgan hasn't been feeling like herself lately. Not like anyone can blame her. After all, being held captive by a psychotic fae prince hell-bent on permanently opening the gates to the Otherworld is bound to leave some mental scars. It's more than that, though. Something dark and insidious is spreading throughout Ivy, more powerful than she could ever imagine... and it's coming between her and the man she's fallen deeply in love with, elite Order member Ren Owens. Ren would do anything to keep Ivy safe. Anything. But when he makes a life altering choice for her, the fallout of his act has far reaching consequences that threaten to tear their lives apart. If Ivy is going to have any hope of surviving this, she must put aside the hurt and betrayal she feels, and work with not only those she loves, but with an enemy she would rather kill than ever trust. War is coming, and it soon becomes clear that what Ivy and Ren thought they knew about the Order, themselves, and even their enemies, has been nothing but a cluster of dangerous, deadly lies. Ivy knows she must be more than just brave to save those she loves--and, ultimately, to save herself. Because behind every evil fae Prince, there's a Queen....
Author: Michaela Morgan
Publisher: Lincoln Children's Books
ISBN: 9781847801104
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Lots of things frighten Little Mouse: dark shadows, bright lights, loud noises. Sometimes he just doesn't want to do things the other little mice do, and they tease him and call him names. A charming story of how Little Mouse learns that standing up for yourself, and being able to say 'NO!' to your friends, can make you a very Brave Mouse indeed!
Author: Rafe Martin
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1614298459
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 43
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How can you save a burning forest with just sprinkles of water? This timeless Buddhist tale may just have the answer! In this ancient tale of one of the Buddha’s past lives, the Buddha is born as a little gray parrot who takes it upon herself to save her beloved forest home from a raging fire. Even though she can only sprinkle drops of water onto the blaze, her perseverance, courage, and compassion change everything, eventually saving the forest in an unexpected way. Zen teacher and acclaimed storyteller Rafe Martin and award-winning illustrator Demi render this centuries-old classic into a beautiful and timeless tale that will inspire all of us to find our own bravery and to act selflessly for the benefit of all.
Author: Morgan Murray
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781550818086
Category : Bildungsromans
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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In late 2008, as the world's economy crumbles and Barack Obama ascends to the White House, the remarkably unremarkable Milton Ontario - not to be confused with Milton, Ontario - leaves his parents' basement in Middle-of-Nowhere, Saskatchewan, and sets forth to find fame, fortune, and love in the Euro-lite electric sexuality of Montreal; to bask in the endless twenty-something Millennial adolescence of the Plateau; to escape the infinite flatness of Saskatchewan and find his messiah - Leonard Cohen. Hilariously ironic and irreverent, in Dirty Birds, Morgan Murray generates a quest novel for the twenty-first century-a coming-of-age, rom-com, crime-farce thriller-where a hero's greatest foe is his own crippling mediocrity as he seeks purpose in art, money, power, crime, and sleeping in all day.
Author: David Mixner
Publisher: Bantam
ISBN: 0307788695
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 416
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In Stranger Among Friends, renowned activist, political adviser, and White House insider David Mixner offered a compelling account of his decades-long fight for human rights and the challenges he faced as a gay man in Washington. Now, in this new book written with collaborator Dennis Bailey, Mixner presents moving, candid, and inspiring portraits of other extraordinary men and women engaged in the struggle for equality. Brave Journeys: Profiles in Gay and Lesbian Courage From a top-gun pilot in the U.S. Navy to an authority on antigay violence, from a member of the president's administration to a leading Shakespearean actor, Brave Journeys tells the stirring stories of seven intrepid men and women who effectively challenged the status quo and thereby altered the political and societal landscape of the world we live in. In these pages we meet Hispanic-American Dianne Hardy-Garcia, executive director of the Lesbian and Gay Rights Lobby of Texas and a passionate crusader against hate crimes; Elaine Noble, the feisty veteran of Boston's busing wars who became the first openly gay person to be elected to a state office in the United States-the Massachusetts State Legislature; brilliant British actor Sir Ian McKellen, who came out as a gay man and an activist in one very public moment on the BBC; Roberta Achtenberg, who braved the venomous homophobia of Jesse Helms in Senate confirmation hearings for her appointment to the Department of Housing and Urban Development; Lieutenant Tracy Thorne, a Navy fighter pilot living his lifelong dream of flight who outed himself on Nightline to challenge the U.S. military's policy against gays and lesbians, fully aware that this would mean the end of his Navy career; and San Franciscans Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon, founders of the first national lesbian organization, the Daughters of Bilitis, who have celebrated fifty years together as a couple. Powerful and eloquent, Brave Journeys is David Mixner's tribute to gay men and lesbians who have made a difference. Rich in private bravery and public risk, these profiles comprise a vivid map of the gay rights movement over the last fifty years-and individually they testify to the power of courage to force change against profoundly overwhelming odds.
Author: Amelia Morgan
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 53
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Sam and older brother Daniel are heading on their first overnight tent camping trip with their mom. Daniel is determined to scare his little brother. Sam is determined to be brave. They meet new friends, go on an exciting night hike and all the while realize that being brave is a choice. This book is written for 6-10 year olds. At the end of each chapter, there is a short list of questions. These questions are geared to help your child's reading comprehension. The entire book is less than 5k words. A great introduction to chapter books for your blossoming reader. The goal of this book, and all the books in the Traveling Sam Series are to instill a sense of adventure, the power of choices and to improve reading comprehension in a fun way. Both the paperback and the kindle version have questions and spaces for answers. If you are using a kindle, please use the "notes" function to allow your child to record their answers. Directions for notes on kindle: "On the Kindle, you'll have to select "Create Note" before you start. On the Kindle Touch, the option will say "Add Note," and on the Kindle Fire, it will simply say "Note." Use the on-screen keyboard to enter your note. On the Kindle Keyboard, you can just begin typing to enter your note."
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 436
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Presents professional information designed to keep Army engineers informed of current and emerging developments within their areas of expertise for the purpose of enhancing their professional development. Articles cover engineer training, doctrine, operations, strategy, equipment, history, and other areas of interest to the engineering community.
Author: Edward S. Cooper
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1611477689
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 217
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On August 26, 1861, one hundred volunteers met at Camp Wood and formed Company A. These men, for the most part, were well educated and left to us a series of letters to families and friends, diaries, letters to their local newspapers, official reports, and talks they gave after the war at reunions. Their correspondence differs from most others in that they do not simply record the temperature and what they had to eat. The story the correspondence of Company A tells allows the reader to know what it was really like to be a volunteer soldier. The men describe what they saw from their vantage points on the parts of the battlefield they could see. Their letters cover their discussions and arguments concerning slavery, the national draft, the right of “citizen soldiers” to confiscate property, and the use of blacks in combat. On a very personal level they describe what it was like to be captured and spend time in Confederate prisons awaiting exchange, what they felt when they had to leave wounded or dead comrades on the field when they had to retreat, whether to reenlist, the punishments they had to endure, the witnessing of military executions, and whether to mutiny. There are marvellous descriptions of the unauthorized truces the men arranged with the Confederates to trade tobacco for coffee or to bathe in a stream separating them.
