Author: Bernice L. Rocque
Publisher: 3houses
ISBN: 9780985682217
Category : Immigrants
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
It is 1922. The midwife and an immigrant family struggle to save an extremely small premature baby. Inspired by true events, this novella about determination, family, faith, and friendship includes a story chapter about the family's Polish and Lithuanian Christmas Eve traditions. Appendices include a List of Sources Consulted and Author's Notes about the facts, family history, and research behind the story.
Until the Robin Walks on Snow
Author: Bernice L. Rocque
Publisher: 3houses
ISBN: 9780985682217
Category : Immigrants
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
It is 1922. The midwife and an immigrant family struggle to save an extremely small premature baby. Inspired by true events, this novella about determination, family, faith, and friendship includes a story chapter about the family's Polish and Lithuanian Christmas Eve traditions. Appendices include a List of Sources Consulted and Author's Notes about the facts, family history, and research behind the story.
Publisher: 3houses
ISBN: 9780985682217
Category : Immigrants
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
It is 1922. The midwife and an immigrant family struggle to save an extremely small premature baby. Inspired by true events, this novella about determination, family, faith, and friendship includes a story chapter about the family's Polish and Lithuanian Christmas Eve traditions. Appendices include a List of Sources Consulted and Author's Notes about the facts, family history, and research behind the story.
Snow in August
Author: Pete Hamill
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
ISBN: 0446569666
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Deeply affecting and wonderfully evocative of old New York, Snow in August is a brilliant fable for our time and all time -- and another triumph for Pete Hamill. Brooklyn, 1947. The war veterans have come home. Jackie Robinson is about to become a Dodger. And in one close-knit working-class neighborhood, an eleven-year-old Irish Catholic boy named Michael Devlin has just made friends with a lonely rabbi from Prague. Snow in August is the story of that unlikely friendship -- and of how the neighborhood reacts to it. For Michael, the rabbi opens a window to ancient learning and lore that rival anything in Captain Marvel. For the rabbi, Michael illuminates the everyday mysteries of America, including the strange language of baseball. But like their hero Jackie Robinson, neither can entirely escape from the swirling prejudices of the time. Terrorized by a local gang of anti-Semitic Irish toughs, Michael and the rabbi are caught in an escalating spiral of hate for which there's only one way out -- a miracle....
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
ISBN: 0446569666
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Deeply affecting and wonderfully evocative of old New York, Snow in August is a brilliant fable for our time and all time -- and another triumph for Pete Hamill. Brooklyn, 1947. The war veterans have come home. Jackie Robinson is about to become a Dodger. And in one close-knit working-class neighborhood, an eleven-year-old Irish Catholic boy named Michael Devlin has just made friends with a lonely rabbi from Prague. Snow in August is the story of that unlikely friendship -- and of how the neighborhood reacts to it. For Michael, the rabbi opens a window to ancient learning and lore that rival anything in Captain Marvel. For the rabbi, Michael illuminates the everyday mysteries of America, including the strange language of baseball. But like their hero Jackie Robinson, neither can entirely escape from the swirling prejudices of the time. Terrorized by a local gang of anti-Semitic Irish toughs, Michael and the rabbi are caught in an escalating spiral of hate for which there's only one way out -- a miracle....
Queen of Snow
Author: Jessie Cal
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
A Snow Queen retelling--with a romantic twist After falling through a magical mirror, Jack stumbles into the Chanted Forest, where fairy-tale characters are real... He's rescued by Aria, a princess on the run from the evil queen, and together they embark on a quest to gather shards of a mirror so they can use the portal to get away from the Chanted Forest forever. They will need the help of friends such as Belle, Robin, and Ryding Hood if they have any hope of surviving the deadliest of foes. But when dark secrets unravel, Jack and Aria must make a difficult choice: Face an evil queen and save the kingdom? Or save themselves and leave the fairytale characters without their happily ever after? Queen of Snow starts off the Fairytales Reimagined series. An enchanting collection of connected retellings involving all the most-loved fairytale characters in literature. Swash-buckle with pirates, swim with the mermaids and fight dragons in this explosive start to the series. Start reading now!
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
A Snow Queen retelling--with a romantic twist After falling through a magical mirror, Jack stumbles into the Chanted Forest, where fairy-tale characters are real... He's rescued by Aria, a princess on the run from the evil queen, and together they embark on a quest to gather shards of a mirror so they can use the portal to get away from the Chanted Forest forever. They will need the help of friends such as Belle, Robin, and Ryding Hood if they have any hope of surviving the deadliest of foes. But when dark secrets unravel, Jack and Aria must make a difficult choice: Face an evil queen and save the kingdom? Or save themselves and leave the fairytale characters without their happily ever after? Queen of Snow starts off the Fairytales Reimagined series. An enchanting collection of connected retellings involving all the most-loved fairytale characters in literature. Swash-buckle with pirates, swim with the mermaids and fight dragons in this explosive start to the series. Start reading now!
Thomas Hardy
Author: Claire Tomalin
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9781594201189
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
A portrait of the enigmatic nineteenth-century novelist and poet discusses his humble origins, rise through the London literary scene, and efforts to challenge the sexual and religious conventions of his time.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9781594201189
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
A portrait of the enigmatic nineteenth-century novelist and poet discusses his humble origins, rise through the London literary scene, and efforts to challenge the sexual and religious conventions of his time.
The Ponemah Years
Author: Bernice L. Rocque
Publisher: 3houses
ISBN: 9780985682255
Category : Landmarks (Taftville, Conn.)
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The Ponemah Years tells the coming of age story of Gabrielle Picard, a French-Canadian immigrant in 1924 to Taftville, CT. The pictorial narrative focuses on the period 1935-1950, when Gabrielle becomes a weaver at the Ponemah Mill and meets her future husband, a Marine in WWII. Equal parts biography, history, memoir, and family portrait.
Publisher: 3houses
ISBN: 9780985682255
Category : Landmarks (Taftville, Conn.)
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The Ponemah Years tells the coming of age story of Gabrielle Picard, a French-Canadian immigrant in 1924 to Taftville, CT. The pictorial narrative focuses on the period 1935-1950, when Gabrielle becomes a weaver at the Ponemah Mill and meets her future husband, a Marine in WWII. Equal parts biography, history, memoir, and family portrait.
Author: Robin M. Ambrozic
Publisher: Robin Ambrozic
ISBN: 1432702971
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
"Still want to go to school?" Theramar asks. Piccolo dreams of become an elite dragon mage. However, the Dragon School only takes the most gifted boys and all girls are sent to the Temple to become Priestesses. After being rejected by the school for her gender, Piccolo has a chance encounter with one of the school's Dragon Masters and Piccolo is granted permission to enter the Dragon Mage School, Cor'inthor. Upon entering Cor'inthor, Piccolo is constantly faced with gender prejudices and stinging ridicule from teachers and students, who do not want their traditions to change. Piccolo must continuously decide between allowing her own prejudices to dictate her action or push herself to achieve the higher ground and help those that are mean to her and her friends. Filled with dragons, monsters, and evil foes, this novel pits Piccolo against her deepest fears and her desire for self preservation. She must also, continually, decide between what is the right thing to do for herself and what is the morally right thing to do for others.
Publisher: Robin Ambrozic
ISBN: 1432702971
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
"Still want to go to school?" Theramar asks. Piccolo dreams of become an elite dragon mage. However, the Dragon School only takes the most gifted boys and all girls are sent to the Temple to become Priestesses. After being rejected by the school for her gender, Piccolo has a chance encounter with one of the school's Dragon Masters and Piccolo is granted permission to enter the Dragon Mage School, Cor'inthor. Upon entering Cor'inthor, Piccolo is constantly faced with gender prejudices and stinging ridicule from teachers and students, who do not want their traditions to change. Piccolo must continuously decide between allowing her own prejudices to dictate her action or push herself to achieve the higher ground and help those that are mean to her and her friends. Filled with dragons, monsters, and evil foes, this novel pits Piccolo against her deepest fears and her desire for self preservation. She must also, continually, decide between what is the right thing to do for herself and what is the morally right thing to do for others.
Audubon
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Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
Records of Walks and Talks with Nature
Author: Charles Johnson Maynard
Publisher:
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Category : Bird watching
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bird watching
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
Records of Walks and Talks with Nature
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Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
Bird Lore
Author:
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Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 1124
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 1124
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