Author: Lucy Fitch Perkins
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Children
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Seven-year-old Michael and Eileen enjoy the adventures of encountering gypsies, their experiences at the fair, and their eventual immigration to the United States.
The Irish Twins
Author: Lucy Fitch Perkins
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Children
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Seven-year-old Michael and Eileen enjoy the adventures of encountering gypsies, their experiences at the fair, and their eventual immigration to the United States.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Children
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Seven-year-old Michael and Eileen enjoy the adventures of encountering gypsies, their experiences at the fair, and their eventual immigration to the United States.
The Scotch Twins
Author: Lucy Fitch Perkins
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
One in a series of stories that introduce a period of history and a geographical location through the adventures of twins. Here, Scottish twins, Jock and Jean, discover the gamekeeper is a poacher and help expose him.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
One in a series of stories that introduce a period of history and a geographical location through the adventures of twins. Here, Scottish twins, Jock and Jean, discover the gamekeeper is a poacher and help expose him.
Get What They Deserve
Author: Eoin Colfer
Publisher: HarperCollins Children's Books
ISBN: 9780008475253
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Twins Myles and Beckett, Artemis Fowl's younger brothers, return in their third and most outrageous adventure yet. For almost two years, Lord Teddy Bleedham-Drye has been plotting revenge against the Fowl Twins, who humiliated him in book one. Teddy plans to give them exactly what they deserve: permanent death. He threatens Myles with his weaponized jet and Beckett and Specialist Lazuli succeed in disarming the aircraft and causing an accident that kills Lord Teddy. But does it really? Clones, fairy magic and criminal masterminds come together in this ultimate and ridiculous showdown between the twins and their worst enemy.
Publisher: HarperCollins Children's Books
ISBN: 9780008475253
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Twins Myles and Beckett, Artemis Fowl's younger brothers, return in their third and most outrageous adventure yet. For almost two years, Lord Teddy Bleedham-Drye has been plotting revenge against the Fowl Twins, who humiliated him in book one. Teddy plans to give them exactly what they deserve: permanent death. He threatens Myles with his weaponized jet and Beckett and Specialist Lazuli succeed in disarming the aircraft and causing an accident that kills Lord Teddy. But does it really? Clones, fairy magic and criminal masterminds come together in this ultimate and ridiculous showdown between the twins and their worst enemy.
The Fowl Twins
Author: Eoin Colfer
Publisher: Disney Electronic Content
ISBN: 1368049109
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
One week after their eleventh birthday, the Fowl twins--scientist Myles, and Beckett, the force of nature--are left in the care of house security (NANNI) for a single night. In that time they befriend a troll who has clawed his way through the earth's crust to the surface. Unfortunately for the troll, he is being chased by a nefarious nobleman and an interrogating nun, who both need the magical creature for their own gain, as well as a fairy-in-training who has been assigned to protect him. The boys and their new troll best friend escape and go on the run. Along the way they get shot at, kidnapped, buried, arrested, threatened, killed (temporarily), and discover that the strongest bond in the world is not the one forged by covalent electrons in adjacent atoms, but the one that exists between a pair of twins.
Publisher: Disney Electronic Content
ISBN: 1368049109
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
One week after their eleventh birthday, the Fowl twins--scientist Myles, and Beckett, the force of nature--are left in the care of house security (NANNI) for a single night. In that time they befriend a troll who has clawed his way through the earth's crust to the surface. Unfortunately for the troll, he is being chased by a nefarious nobleman and an interrogating nun, who both need the magical creature for their own gain, as well as a fairy-in-training who has been assigned to protect him. The boys and their new troll best friend escape and go on the run. Along the way they get shot at, kidnapped, buried, arrested, threatened, killed (temporarily), and discover that the strongest bond in the world is not the one forged by covalent electrons in adjacent atoms, but the one that exists between a pair of twins.
The Swiss Twins
Author: Lucy Fitch Perkins
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Children
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
The Swiss Twins centers around a Swiss family of six; a Mother, Father, older brother, the twins, and a baby sister. The Twins went away with Fritz in the early morning and stayed all day long with the goats and came home with him in the sunset glow. But on the fourth day it was quite, quite different. It was different not only because they were to go alone with the goats for the first time, but also because it was the day when the greatest event of the whole year was to happen.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Children
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
The Swiss Twins centers around a Swiss family of six; a Mother, Father, older brother, the twins, and a baby sister. The Twins went away with Fritz in the early morning and stayed all day long with the goats and came home with him in the sunset glow. But on the fourth day it was quite, quite different. It was different not only because they were to go alone with the goats for the first time, but also because it was the day when the greatest event of the whole year was to happen.
The Twin
Author: Gerbrand Bakker
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN: 1459608275
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
When his twin brother dies in a car accident, Helmer is obliged to return to the small family farm. He resigns himself to taking over his brother's role and spending the rest of his days 'with his head under a cow'. After his old, worn-out father has been transferred upstairs, Helmer sets about furnishing the rest of the house according to his own minimal preferences. 'A double bed and a duvet', advises Ada, who lives next door, with a sly look. Then Riet appears, the woman once engaged to marry his twin. Could Riet and her son live with him for a while, on the farm?'The Twin' is an ode to the platteland, the flat and bleak Dutch countryside with its ditches and its cows and its endless grey skies. Ostensibly a novel about the countryside, as seen through the eyes of a farmer, 'the Twin' is, in the end, about the possibility or impossibility of taking life into one's own hands. It chronicles a way of life which has resisted modernity, is culturally apart, and yet riven with a kind of romantic longing. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN: 1459608275
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
When his twin brother dies in a car accident, Helmer is obliged to return to the small family farm. He resigns himself to taking over his brother's role and spending the rest of his days 'with his head under a cow'. After his old, worn-out father has been transferred upstairs, Helmer sets about furnishing the rest of the house according to his own minimal preferences. 'A double bed and a duvet', advises Ada, who lives next door, with a sly look. Then Riet appears, the woman once engaged to marry his twin. Could Riet and her son live with him for a while, on the farm?'The Twin' is an ode to the platteland, the flat and bleak Dutch countryside with its ditches and its cows and its endless grey skies. Ostensibly a novel about the countryside, as seen through the eyes of a farmer, 'the Twin' is, in the end, about the possibility or impossibility of taking life into one's own hands. It chronicles a way of life which has resisted modernity, is culturally apart, and yet riven with a kind of romantic longing. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Twins in the World
Author: A. Piontelli
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230615538
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
In this compelling narrative Piontelli explores the different roles that twins play in societies around the world. In her travels around the world, Piontelli has studied the role of twins, especially throughout Africa, Asia, South America, and the Pacific rim, observing different cultural perspectives and how differing societies treat them.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230615538
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
In this compelling narrative Piontelli explores the different roles that twins play in societies around the world. In her travels around the world, Piontelli has studied the role of twins, especially throughout Africa, Asia, South America, and the Pacific rim, observing different cultural perspectives and how differing societies treat them.
Early Irish Myths and Sagas
Author:
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141934816
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
First written down in the eighth century AD, these early Irish stories depict a far older world - part myth, part legend and part history. Rich with magic and achingly beautiful, they speak of a land of heroic battles, intense love and warrior ideals, in which the otherworld is explored and men mingle freely with the gods. From the vivid adventures of the great Celtic hero Cu Chulaind, to the stunning 'Exile of the Sons of Uisliu' - a tale of treachery, honour and romance - these are masterpieces of passion and vitality, and form the foundation for the Irish literary tradition: a mythic legacy that was a powerful influence on the work of Yeats, Synge and Joyce.
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141934816
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
First written down in the eighth century AD, these early Irish stories depict a far older world - part myth, part legend and part history. Rich with magic and achingly beautiful, they speak of a land of heroic battles, intense love and warrior ideals, in which the otherworld is explored and men mingle freely with the gods. From the vivid adventures of the great Celtic hero Cu Chulaind, to the stunning 'Exile of the Sons of Uisliu' - a tale of treachery, honour and romance - these are masterpieces of passion and vitality, and form the foundation for the Irish literary tradition: a mythic legacy that was a powerful influence on the work of Yeats, Synge and Joyce.
Old Mother West Wind
Author: Thornton W. Burgess
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486111741
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
Beloved classic recounts the adventures of the animals in the Green Forest — Billy Mink's swimming party, Reddy Fox's fishing expedition, many more. 6 full-page illustrations.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486111741
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
Beloved classic recounts the adventures of the animals in the Green Forest — Billy Mink's swimming party, Reddy Fox's fishing expedition, many more. 6 full-page illustrations.
Does your Family Make You Smarter?
Author: James R. Flynn
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316594815
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
Does your family make you smarter? James R. Flynn presents an exciting new method for estimating the effects of family on a range of cognitive abilities. Rather than using twin and adoption studies, he analyses IQ tables that have been hidden in manuals over the last 65 years, and shows that family environment can confer a significant advantage or disadvantage to your level of intelligence. Wading into the nature vs. nurture debate, Flynn banishes the pessimistic notion that by the age of seventeen, people's cognitive abilities are solely determined by their genes. He argues that intelligence is also influenced by human autonomy - genetics and family notwithstanding, we all have the capacity to choose to enhance our cognitive performance. He concludes by reconciling this new understanding of individual differences with his earlier research on intergenerational trends (the 'Flynn effect') culminating in a general theory of intelligence.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316594815
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
Does your family make you smarter? James R. Flynn presents an exciting new method for estimating the effects of family on a range of cognitive abilities. Rather than using twin and adoption studies, he analyses IQ tables that have been hidden in manuals over the last 65 years, and shows that family environment can confer a significant advantage or disadvantage to your level of intelligence. Wading into the nature vs. nurture debate, Flynn banishes the pessimistic notion that by the age of seventeen, people's cognitive abilities are solely determined by their genes. He argues that intelligence is also influenced by human autonomy - genetics and family notwithstanding, we all have the capacity to choose to enhance our cognitive performance. He concludes by reconciling this new understanding of individual differences with his earlier research on intergenerational trends (the 'Flynn effect') culminating in a general theory of intelligence.