Author: Lillie V. Albrecht
Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
ISBN: 9781484987384
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
Joan Tower's two big brothers didn't want a baby sister. So they called her Jo and never admitted that she was a girl. Even though the neighbors disapprove, Jo is happier doing boys' jobs. A properly-brought-up young girl in a New England Puritan village of 1705 would never know all the useful skills, like fishing and swimming, that Jo learns from Dan and Sam. When it comes to doing ordinary household tasks, though, she believes she is hopeless. She's not much good at cooking or knitting, and spinning thread is simply beyond her--a fact which her disapproving, fault-finding aunt and cousin never fail to point out. But when Indians attack their little village of Hatfield and carry off many captives, including Jo's mother, Jo and her brothers must make their way alone to Westfield to find shelter with their grandfather. In Westfield, however, more bad news awaits them, and Jo will find her own resources and courage sorely tested. "A plot that remains reasonable as well as exciting. For younger girls in this age group, a treat instead of the usual treatment." --Kirkus Reviews (1965)
The Spinning Wheel Secret
Author: Lillie V. Albrecht
Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
ISBN: 9781484987384
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
Joan Tower's two big brothers didn't want a baby sister. So they called her Jo and never admitted that she was a girl. Even though the neighbors disapprove, Jo is happier doing boys' jobs. A properly-brought-up young girl in a New England Puritan village of 1705 would never know all the useful skills, like fishing and swimming, that Jo learns from Dan and Sam. When it comes to doing ordinary household tasks, though, she believes she is hopeless. She's not much good at cooking or knitting, and spinning thread is simply beyond her--a fact which her disapproving, fault-finding aunt and cousin never fail to point out. But when Indians attack their little village of Hatfield and carry off many captives, including Jo's mother, Jo and her brothers must make their way alone to Westfield to find shelter with their grandfather. In Westfield, however, more bad news awaits them, and Jo will find her own resources and courage sorely tested. "A plot that remains reasonable as well as exciting. For younger girls in this age group, a treat instead of the usual treatment." --Kirkus Reviews (1965)
Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
ISBN: 9781484987384
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
Joan Tower's two big brothers didn't want a baby sister. So they called her Jo and never admitted that she was a girl. Even though the neighbors disapprove, Jo is happier doing boys' jobs. A properly-brought-up young girl in a New England Puritan village of 1705 would never know all the useful skills, like fishing and swimming, that Jo learns from Dan and Sam. When it comes to doing ordinary household tasks, though, she believes she is hopeless. She's not much good at cooking or knitting, and spinning thread is simply beyond her--a fact which her disapproving, fault-finding aunt and cousin never fail to point out. But when Indians attack their little village of Hatfield and carry off many captives, including Jo's mother, Jo and her brothers must make their way alone to Westfield to find shelter with their grandfather. In Westfield, however, more bad news awaits them, and Jo will find her own resources and courage sorely tested. "A plot that remains reasonable as well as exciting. For younger girls in this age group, a treat instead of the usual treatment." --Kirkus Reviews (1965)
Rumpelstiltskin’s Secret
Author: Harry Rand
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351204149
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
Everyone knows Rumpelstiltskin’s story—or thinks they do. But this innocent-seeming tale hides generations of women’s shrewd accounts of their relationships with men. And the verdict is not flattering. The fairytale may count among the world’s oldest dirty jokes. The theme of the tale, an observation repeated and varied throughout, mocks male inadequacy in many forms, beginning with sexual failure. The punchline misplaced, over time its wickedly funny insights about adult life passed for childish nonsense. The story hides, in plain sight, criticism of workplace sexual harassment—centuries before society took notice of the indignity. Rumpelstiltskin tells a feminist tale with lessons for men and women, about what women said to each other when they thought their private conversation and complaints passed unnoticed. In the story’s different versions, the Brothers Grimm, who recorded the tale, missed women’s wry observations.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351204149
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
Everyone knows Rumpelstiltskin’s story—or thinks they do. But this innocent-seeming tale hides generations of women’s shrewd accounts of their relationships with men. And the verdict is not flattering. The fairytale may count among the world’s oldest dirty jokes. The theme of the tale, an observation repeated and varied throughout, mocks male inadequacy in many forms, beginning with sexual failure. The punchline misplaced, over time its wickedly funny insights about adult life passed for childish nonsense. The story hides, in plain sight, criticism of workplace sexual harassment—centuries before society took notice of the indignity. Rumpelstiltskin tells a feminist tale with lessons for men and women, about what women said to each other when they thought their private conversation and complaints passed unnoticed. In the story’s different versions, the Brothers Grimm, who recorded the tale, missed women’s wry observations.
The Jackets Secret
Author: Cindy Monica
Publisher: Cindy Monica
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 105
Book Description
Caleb Morrison, a young man obsessed with collecting antique jackets from around the world, believes his life is defined by his growing collection. Each jacket represents a unique story, a piece of history, but Caleb's obsession leaves him feeling hollow. That is, until he meets Aria Flynn, the owner of a vintage store who challenges his view of life and materialism. Aria teaches Caleb that the true value of life lies not in the things we own, but in the experiences and connections we make. Aria has a deep connection to a mysterious group known as the Brotherhood, individuals who control a secret power tied to the very fabric of existence: the threads that connect all lives, moments, and fates. As Caleb becomes drawn into Aria's world, he learns that his collection of jackets is not just a hobby—each jacket is part of a much larger story, a hidden thread that binds him to the Brotherhood's ancient power.
Publisher: Cindy Monica
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 105
Book Description
Caleb Morrison, a young man obsessed with collecting antique jackets from around the world, believes his life is defined by his growing collection. Each jacket represents a unique story, a piece of history, but Caleb's obsession leaves him feeling hollow. That is, until he meets Aria Flynn, the owner of a vintage store who challenges his view of life and materialism. Aria teaches Caleb that the true value of life lies not in the things we own, but in the experiences and connections we make. Aria has a deep connection to a mysterious group known as the Brotherhood, individuals who control a secret power tied to the very fabric of existence: the threads that connect all lives, moments, and fates. As Caleb becomes drawn into Aria's world, he learns that his collection of jackets is not just a hobby—each jacket is part of a much larger story, a hidden thread that binds him to the Brotherhood's ancient power.
The Secret Power
Author: Marie Corelli
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
She gave him one lingering glance; then, turning abruptly, picked up her empty milk pail and started down the hill at a run. The man she left gave a sigh, deep and long of intense relief. Evening had fallen rapidly, and the purple darkness enveloped him in its warm, dense gloom. He sat absorbed in thought, his eyes turned towards the east, where the last stretches of the afternoon's great cloud trailed filmy threads of wooly black through space. His figure seemed gradually drawn within the coming night so as almost to become part of it, and the stillness around him had a touch of awe in its impalpable heaviness. One would have thought that in a place of such utter loneliness, the natural human spirit of a man would instinctively desire movement,—action of some sort, to shake off the insidious depression which crept through the air like a creeping shadow, but the solitary being, seated somewhat like an Aryan idol, hands on knees and face bent forwards, had no inclination to stir.
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
She gave him one lingering glance; then, turning abruptly, picked up her empty milk pail and started down the hill at a run. The man she left gave a sigh, deep and long of intense relief. Evening had fallen rapidly, and the purple darkness enveloped him in its warm, dense gloom. He sat absorbed in thought, his eyes turned towards the east, where the last stretches of the afternoon's great cloud trailed filmy threads of wooly black through space. His figure seemed gradually drawn within the coming night so as almost to become part of it, and the stillness around him had a touch of awe in its impalpable heaviness. One would have thought that in a place of such utter loneliness, the natural human spirit of a man would instinctively desire movement,—action of some sort, to shake off the insidious depression which crept through the air like a creeping shadow, but the solitary being, seated somewhat like an Aryan idol, hands on knees and face bent forwards, had no inclination to stir.
Secrets of the Abc’S
Author: Michael Jordan
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1503556980
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
This work began 12th month of 1987, 28 years ago. Over the years, I wrote and lost the manuscript 7 times before completion, only to have my book bag stolen. I finally manage to publish two small works, entitled ABCs OF ALKEMI & 123 = WISDOM. In those works I used poetry, illustrations, Gematria and numerology to introduce the Alphabet as The Book of Egyptian God Thoth, namely, the TAROT. In this work, it became my task to elaborate on the ABCs as the Alkemical operation of the human psyche, a.k.a. soul. In short, this work is about three things: 1. Love for Wisdom (Philosophy) 2. The TAROT as The Wheel of GOD (rotation of Great Operation Divine) 3. The ABCs as the alpha-numerical system of Light ON Science (CONSCIENCE)
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1503556980
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
This work began 12th month of 1987, 28 years ago. Over the years, I wrote and lost the manuscript 7 times before completion, only to have my book bag stolen. I finally manage to publish two small works, entitled ABCs OF ALKEMI & 123 = WISDOM. In those works I used poetry, illustrations, Gematria and numerology to introduce the Alphabet as The Book of Egyptian God Thoth, namely, the TAROT. In this work, it became my task to elaborate on the ABCs as the Alkemical operation of the human psyche, a.k.a. soul. In short, this work is about three things: 1. Love for Wisdom (Philosophy) 2. The TAROT as The Wheel of GOD (rotation of Great Operation Divine) 3. The ABCs as the alpha-numerical system of Light ON Science (CONSCIENCE)
Queen Victoria's Secrets
Author: Adrienne Munich
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 9780231104814
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
An unconventional figure in an age that excluded women from government, Victoria was accorded prominence unavailable to any male monarch. Yet as Adrienne Munich argues in this fascinating work, the originality of the solid, dour icon that was Victoria lay, paradoxically, in her very ordinariness. The first book to fully investigate the influence of this icon of British history, Queen Victoria's Secrets demonstrates the firm grasp the queen held on the cultural imagination of her country, exploring how Victoria created and maintained her royal authority. Gracefully weaving together feminist, anthropological, and postcolonial approaches, Munich searches out the myriad, often contradictory incarnations of the queen in the minds of her people. How did Victoria convincingly maintain her power for forty years after Prince Albert's death, never giving up her identity as a grieving widow? How did Victorian society's reverential treatment of their queen conflate with the monarch's plain, middle class public image? These are some of the secrets Munich examines in her richly detailed work. In demonstrating the subtle but powerful ways in which Victoria performed significant cultural work, Queen Victoria's Secrets goes against the grain of Victoria scholarship, which has tended to overlook the queen's political and cultural centrality. This stylish, accessible portrait will be of great interest to those who are fascinated by the myth-making and secrets of the Victorian age.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 9780231104814
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
An unconventional figure in an age that excluded women from government, Victoria was accorded prominence unavailable to any male monarch. Yet as Adrienne Munich argues in this fascinating work, the originality of the solid, dour icon that was Victoria lay, paradoxically, in her very ordinariness. The first book to fully investigate the influence of this icon of British history, Queen Victoria's Secrets demonstrates the firm grasp the queen held on the cultural imagination of her country, exploring how Victoria created and maintained her royal authority. Gracefully weaving together feminist, anthropological, and postcolonial approaches, Munich searches out the myriad, often contradictory incarnations of the queen in the minds of her people. How did Victoria convincingly maintain her power for forty years after Prince Albert's death, never giving up her identity as a grieving widow? How did Victorian society's reverential treatment of their queen conflate with the monarch's plain, middle class public image? These are some of the secrets Munich examines in her richly detailed work. In demonstrating the subtle but powerful ways in which Victoria performed significant cultural work, Queen Victoria's Secrets goes against the grain of Victoria scholarship, which has tended to overlook the queen's political and cultural centrality. This stylish, accessible portrait will be of great interest to those who are fascinated by the myth-making and secrets of the Victorian age.
Her Mother's Secret
Author: Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
'Her Mother's Secret' is a romance novel written by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth. The story follows a young woman who was betrothed to a man that had just returned from serving in the Navy. However, a nefarious individual discovered that the woman was wealthy and forced her mother to allow him to marry her instead. Upon his return, the betrothed man discovered that the woman was engaged to the undesirable suitor and was told that she had made the choice to marry him. The question remained, why had she made such a decision? Would the union between the woman and the undesirable suitor come to fruition?
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
'Her Mother's Secret' is a romance novel written by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth. The story follows a young woman who was betrothed to a man that had just returned from serving in the Navy. However, a nefarious individual discovered that the woman was wealthy and forced her mother to allow him to marry her instead. Upon his return, the betrothed man discovered that the woman was engaged to the undesirable suitor and was told that she had made the choice to marry him. The question remained, why had she made such a decision? Would the union between the woman and the undesirable suitor come to fruition?
The Secret Spiral
Author: Gillian Neimark
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416985263
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
A ten-year-old is tasked with saving the world in this adventure novel that is “captivating, satsisfying, and thrilling at the same time” (Children’s Literature ). It’s just another boring Wednesday in May for ten-year-old Flor Bernoulli of Brooklyn, New York. But it turns out to be a day like no other: She finds a mysterious key that gives her special superpowers, takes a journey across the ocean and through the Milky Way, and even meets her long-lost father. It all starts when her favorite neighborhood baker, the mysterious Dr. Pi, reveals that he is an ancient wizard, in charge of every single thing in the world that has the shape of a spiral—from seashells to galaxies to the inside of your ear. He needs her help to save the spiral from two strangers who have come to steal its power and destroy it. And so begins the magical adventure of a lifetime, where Flor learns that only she has the magic to keep the world spinning just as it should.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416985263
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
A ten-year-old is tasked with saving the world in this adventure novel that is “captivating, satsisfying, and thrilling at the same time” (Children’s Literature ). It’s just another boring Wednesday in May for ten-year-old Flor Bernoulli of Brooklyn, New York. But it turns out to be a day like no other: She finds a mysterious key that gives her special superpowers, takes a journey across the ocean and through the Milky Way, and even meets her long-lost father. It all starts when her favorite neighborhood baker, the mysterious Dr. Pi, reveals that he is an ancient wizard, in charge of every single thing in the world that has the shape of a spiral—from seashells to galaxies to the inside of your ear. He needs her help to save the spiral from two strangers who have come to steal its power and destroy it. And so begins the magical adventure of a lifetime, where Flor learns that only she has the magic to keep the world spinning just as it should.
Winterbloom and the Magical Swan Book 1
Author: Laqaixit Tewee
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1469172240
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 65
Book Description
WINTERBLOOM AND THE MAGICAL SWAN BOOK 1 is about a little orphan girl and her adventures with some magical friends she encounters in her grandmother's cottage. In Book 1 Discovery of the Moon Treasure that enables Winterbloom later on to help others in some of her future adventures when she becomes a teen. In future books of this series the reader becomes aware of a sinister evil threatening nearby countries of Winterbloom's imaginative world of Landia which can only be overcome by the ultimate rescue of the Magical Swan.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1469172240
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 65
Book Description
WINTERBLOOM AND THE MAGICAL SWAN BOOK 1 is about a little orphan girl and her adventures with some magical friends she encounters in her grandmother's cottage. In Book 1 Discovery of the Moon Treasure that enables Winterbloom later on to help others in some of her future adventures when she becomes a teen. In future books of this series the reader becomes aware of a sinister evil threatening nearby countries of Winterbloom's imaginative world of Landia which can only be overcome by the ultimate rescue of the Magical Swan.
The Black Book of Secrets
Author: F. E. Higgins
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1429930802
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 301
Book Description
A boy arrives at a remote village in the dead of night. His name is Ludlow Fitch—and he is running from a most terrible past. What he is about to learn is that in this village is the life he has dreamed of—a safe place to live, and a job, as the assistant to a mysterious pawnbroker who trades people's deepest, darkest secrets for cash. Ludlow's job is to neatly transcribe the confessions in an ancient leather-bound tome: The Black Book of Secrets. Ludlow yearns to trust his mentor, who refuses to disclose any information on his past experiences or future intentions. What the pawnbroker does not know is, in a town brimming with secrets, the most troubling may be held by his new apprentice.
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1429930802
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 301
Book Description
A boy arrives at a remote village in the dead of night. His name is Ludlow Fitch—and he is running from a most terrible past. What he is about to learn is that in this village is the life he has dreamed of—a safe place to live, and a job, as the assistant to a mysterious pawnbroker who trades people's deepest, darkest secrets for cash. Ludlow's job is to neatly transcribe the confessions in an ancient leather-bound tome: The Black Book of Secrets. Ludlow yearns to trust his mentor, who refuses to disclose any information on his past experiences or future intentions. What the pawnbroker does not know is, in a town brimming with secrets, the most troubling may be held by his new apprentice.