Author: Tamar Myers
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062101455
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Like Alexander McCall Smith’s ever-popular No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency novels, The Boy Who Stole the Leopard’s Spots immerses readers in a breathtaking African landscape they simply will not wish to leave. For the third time, author Tamar Myers carries readers a world away from Charleston, South Carolina, and her Den of Antiquity cozy mysteries—circling the globe to the Belgian Congo in equatorial Africa in the 1950s. The Boy Who Stole the Leopard’s Spots is a wonderfully engrossing, breathtakingly evocative return to the lush locale of her previous acclaimed African-set mysteries, The Witchdoctor’s Wife (“[A] mesmerizing novel….Authentic. Powerful. Triumphant” —Carolyn Hart) and The Headhunter’s Daughter—as a monsignor of the Catholic church, shamed by a secret event in his past and accused of a terrible crime, must join forces with an American missionary, a police chief, and a witchdoctor and his wise-woman wife to clear his name.
The Boy Who Stole the Leopard's Spots
Author: Tamar Myers
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062101455
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Like Alexander McCall Smith’s ever-popular No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency novels, The Boy Who Stole the Leopard’s Spots immerses readers in a breathtaking African landscape they simply will not wish to leave. For the third time, author Tamar Myers carries readers a world away from Charleston, South Carolina, and her Den of Antiquity cozy mysteries—circling the globe to the Belgian Congo in equatorial Africa in the 1950s. The Boy Who Stole the Leopard’s Spots is a wonderfully engrossing, breathtakingly evocative return to the lush locale of her previous acclaimed African-set mysteries, The Witchdoctor’s Wife (“[A] mesmerizing novel….Authentic. Powerful. Triumphant” —Carolyn Hart) and The Headhunter’s Daughter—as a monsignor of the Catholic church, shamed by a secret event in his past and accused of a terrible crime, must join forces with an American missionary, a police chief, and a witchdoctor and his wise-woman wife to clear his name.
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062101455
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Like Alexander McCall Smith’s ever-popular No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency novels, The Boy Who Stole the Leopard’s Spots immerses readers in a breathtaking African landscape they simply will not wish to leave. For the third time, author Tamar Myers carries readers a world away from Charleston, South Carolina, and her Den of Antiquity cozy mysteries—circling the globe to the Belgian Congo in equatorial Africa in the 1950s. The Boy Who Stole the Leopard’s Spots is a wonderfully engrossing, breathtakingly evocative return to the lush locale of her previous acclaimed African-set mysteries, The Witchdoctor’s Wife (“[A] mesmerizing novel….Authentic. Powerful. Triumphant” —Carolyn Hart) and The Headhunter’s Daughter—as a monsignor of the Catholic church, shamed by a secret event in his past and accused of a terrible crime, must join forces with an American missionary, a police chief, and a witchdoctor and his wise-woman wife to clear his name.
The Freemason's Repository
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 734
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 734
Book Description
The Leopard's Spots
Author: Thomas Dixon
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reconstruction
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reconstruction
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
Put Me In the Zoo
Author: Robert Lopshire
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0375812156
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 23
Book Description
They say a leopard can’t change his spots–but Spot sure can! Babies and toddlers will love pointing out the colors of his changing spots in this delightful, rhyming adaptation of Robert Lopshire’s classic Bright and Early Book. Bright and Early Board Books are super sturdy, simplified board book editions of classic Beginner Books. First launched in 1996, they have introduced millions of toddlers to beloved books from Dr. Seuss, P. D. Eastman, and other author-illustrators, in a format just right for young readers!
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0375812156
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 23
Book Description
They say a leopard can’t change his spots–but Spot sure can! Babies and toddlers will love pointing out the colors of his changing spots in this delightful, rhyming adaptation of Robert Lopshire’s classic Bright and Early Book. Bright and Early Board Books are super sturdy, simplified board book editions of classic Beginner Books. First launched in 1996, they have introduced millions of toddlers to beloved books from Dr. Seuss, P. D. Eastman, and other author-illustrators, in a format just right for young readers!
Puck's Library
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
Why We Came to the City
Author: Kristopher Jansma
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0698152131
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
“Stunning . . . A beautiful, sprawling, and generous book. Jansma is a brilliantly talented writer, but he also has a unique insight into what friends mean to one another, and what it means to be part of a city in which you never quite belong, but can’t quite bring yourself to leave. It’s a heartfelt novel, tender and painful and cathartic all at once, and even if the characters belong to New York, the story belongs to us all.” —NPR December, 2008. A heavy snowstorm is blowing through Manhattan and the economy is on the brink of collapse, but none of that matters to a handful of guests at a posh holiday party. Five years after their college graduation, the fiercely devoted friends at the heart of this richly absorbing novel remain as inseparable as ever: editor and social butterfly Sara Sherman, her troubled astronomer boyfriend George Murphy, loudmouth poet Jacob Blaumann, classics major turned investment banker William Cho, and Irene Richmond, an enchanting artist with an inscrutable past. Amid cheerful revelry and free-flowing champagne, the friends toast themselves and the new year ahead—a year that holds many surprises in store. They must navigate ever-shifting relationships with the city and with one another, determined to push onward in pursuit of their precarious dreams. And when a devastating blow brings their momentum to a halt, the group is forced to reexamine their aspirations and chart new paths through unexpected losses. Kristopher Jansma’s award-winning debut novel, The Unchangeable Spots of Leopards, was praised for its “wry humor” and “charmingly unreliable narrator” in The New Yorker and hailed as “F. Scott Fitzgerald meets Wes Anderson” by The Village Voice. In Why We Came to the City, Jansma offers an unforgettable exploration of friendships forged in the fires of ambition, passion, hope, and love. This glittering story of a generation coming of age is a sweeping, poignant triumph.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0698152131
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
“Stunning . . . A beautiful, sprawling, and generous book. Jansma is a brilliantly talented writer, but he also has a unique insight into what friends mean to one another, and what it means to be part of a city in which you never quite belong, but can’t quite bring yourself to leave. It’s a heartfelt novel, tender and painful and cathartic all at once, and even if the characters belong to New York, the story belongs to us all.” —NPR December, 2008. A heavy snowstorm is blowing through Manhattan and the economy is on the brink of collapse, but none of that matters to a handful of guests at a posh holiday party. Five years after their college graduation, the fiercely devoted friends at the heart of this richly absorbing novel remain as inseparable as ever: editor and social butterfly Sara Sherman, her troubled astronomer boyfriend George Murphy, loudmouth poet Jacob Blaumann, classics major turned investment banker William Cho, and Irene Richmond, an enchanting artist with an inscrutable past. Amid cheerful revelry and free-flowing champagne, the friends toast themselves and the new year ahead—a year that holds many surprises in store. They must navigate ever-shifting relationships with the city and with one another, determined to push onward in pursuit of their precarious dreams. And when a devastating blow brings their momentum to a halt, the group is forced to reexamine their aspirations and chart new paths through unexpected losses. Kristopher Jansma’s award-winning debut novel, The Unchangeable Spots of Leopards, was praised for its “wry humor” and “charmingly unreliable narrator” in The New Yorker and hailed as “F. Scott Fitzgerald meets Wes Anderson” by The Village Voice. In Why We Came to the City, Jansma offers an unforgettable exploration of friendships forged in the fires of ambition, passion, hope, and love. This glittering story of a generation coming of age is a sweeping, poignant triumph.
Love Forbidden
Author: Victoria Gem
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1543487475
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
When Belles father died, he left her everything, his business, his estate, his money and a wealth of knowledge. With her step family determined to see her fail, she is equally determined to prove them wrong. Her only focus is her work, the only people she has made room for in her life, is her Nan and her friends. But on a night out with friends she meets a boyish and playful Parker Wilson who rocks her to her very core. Shes determined to forget their encounter, determined to forget that he exists, but when he keeps showing up, and keeps filling her with all kinds of needs that she doesnt want to feel. Gives her all kinds of pleasure she never thought she would feel. She finds herself falling in love with him. Will Bell allow herself to fall? For Parker the connection is instant. Belle does not want to be attracted to him but she is. Determined to have her, he does not give up. For him it was love at first sight, there was nothing he could do to stop it happened. He doesnt want to do anything to stop it from happening, he knows how he feels, and he knows deep down Belle feels the same way. She just has to admit it, she just has to let him in. And hes not going to stop until she does.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1543487475
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
When Belles father died, he left her everything, his business, his estate, his money and a wealth of knowledge. With her step family determined to see her fail, she is equally determined to prove them wrong. Her only focus is her work, the only people she has made room for in her life, is her Nan and her friends. But on a night out with friends she meets a boyish and playful Parker Wilson who rocks her to her very core. Shes determined to forget their encounter, determined to forget that he exists, but when he keeps showing up, and keeps filling her with all kinds of needs that she doesnt want to feel. Gives her all kinds of pleasure she never thought she would feel. She finds herself falling in love with him. Will Bell allow herself to fall? For Parker the connection is instant. Belle does not want to be attracted to him but she is. Determined to have her, he does not give up. For him it was love at first sight, there was nothing he could do to stop it happened. He doesnt want to do anything to stop it from happening, he knows how he feels, and he knows deep down Belle feels the same way. She just has to admit it, she just has to let him in. And hes not going to stop until she does.
The Youth's Companion
Author: Nathaniel Willis
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Children's periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
Includes music.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Children's periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
Includes music.
The Song of the Lark
Author: Willa Cather
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 510
Book Description
A novelist and short-story writer, Willa Cather is today widely regarded as one of the foremost American authors of the twentieth century. Particularly renowned for the memorable women she created for such works as My Antonia and O Pioneers!, she pens the portrait of another formidable character in The Song of the Lark. This, her third novel, traces the struggle of the woman as artist in an era when a woman's role was far more rigidly defined than it is today. The prototype for the main character as a child and adolescent was Cather herself, while a leading Wagnerian soprano at the Metropolitan Opera (Olive Fremstad) became the model for Thea Kronborg, the singer who defies the limitations placed on women of her time and social station to become an international opera star. A coming-of-age-novel, important for the issues of gender and class that it explores, The Song of the Lark is one of Cather's most popular and lyrical works. Book jacket.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 510
Book Description
A novelist and short-story writer, Willa Cather is today widely regarded as one of the foremost American authors of the twentieth century. Particularly renowned for the memorable women she created for such works as My Antonia and O Pioneers!, she pens the portrait of another formidable character in The Song of the Lark. This, her third novel, traces the struggle of the woman as artist in an era when a woman's role was far more rigidly defined than it is today. The prototype for the main character as a child and adolescent was Cather herself, while a leading Wagnerian soprano at the Metropolitan Opera (Olive Fremstad) became the model for Thea Kronborg, the singer who defies the limitations placed on women of her time and social station to become an international opera star. A coming-of-age-novel, important for the issues of gender and class that it explores, The Song of the Lark is one of Cather's most popular and lyrical works. Book jacket.
Words on Cassette, 1999
Author: Bowker Editorial Staff
Publisher: R. R. Bowker
ISBN: 9780835240956
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 1526
Book Description
Publisher: R. R. Bowker
ISBN: 9780835240956
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 1526
Book Description