Author: Sally M. Walker
Publisher: Capstone Editions a Capstone Imprint
ISBN: 1684460875
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 41
Book Description
Justin Butterfield insists on bringing his pet goat Willie when his family is forced to flee the Great Chicago Fire in 1871. Includes author's note.
Fiery Night
Author: Sally M. Walker
Publisher: Capstone Editions a Capstone Imprint
ISBN: 1684460875
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 41
Book Description
Justin Butterfield insists on bringing his pet goat Willie when his family is forced to flee the Great Chicago Fire in 1871. Includes author's note.
Publisher: Capstone Editions a Capstone Imprint
ISBN: 1684460875
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 41
Book Description
Justin Butterfield insists on bringing his pet goat Willie when his family is forced to flee the Great Chicago Fire in 1871. Includes author's note.
Fiery Night
Author: Sally Walker
Publisher: Capstone Editions
ISBN: 1684462614
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 41
Book Description
Based on a true story, Fiery Night is a heartwarming, empowering picture book about a little boy's devotion to his pet goat, Willie, and how they gave each other strength during the Great Chicago Fire in 1871. Young Justin Butterfield was awakened in the night by neighbors warning his family of the coming fire. The Butterfields did what they could to save their home but eventually had to flee. Justin insisted on taking Willie with them, even though the frightened goat made it more difficult for them to get away quickly. Encouraging and comforting Willie helped bolster Justin's own courage during the family's difficult journey through the burning city.
Publisher: Capstone Editions
ISBN: 1684462614
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 41
Book Description
Based on a true story, Fiery Night is a heartwarming, empowering picture book about a little boy's devotion to his pet goat, Willie, and how they gave each other strength during the Great Chicago Fire in 1871. Young Justin Butterfield was awakened in the night by neighbors warning his family of the coming fire. The Butterfields did what they could to save their home but eventually had to flee. Justin insisted on taking Willie with them, even though the frightened goat made it more difficult for them to get away quickly. Encouraging and comforting Willie helped bolster Justin's own courage during the family's difficult journey through the burning city.
Comes the Fiery Night
Author: David H. Cope
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Artificial intelligence
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
David Cope has written many non-fiction books and articles on music and artificial intelligence. The machine programs that created a great many of the haiku presented here are described in his upcoming book "The transcendent machine". -- cover.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Artificial intelligence
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
David Cope has written many non-fiction books and articles on music and artificial intelligence. The machine programs that created a great many of the haiku presented here are described in his upcoming book "The transcendent machine". -- cover.
Mandie and the Fiery Rescue
Author: Lois Gladys Leppard
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781556612893
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Traveling on to Ireland, Mandie and her friends visit a Belfest linen mill where a fire breaks out. Learning that a little girl is trapped in the mill, Mandie ignores her grandmother's protests and rushes in to rescue the child. After the fire, a strange woman delivers an urgent message that causes the group to plan a trip home.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781556612893
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Traveling on to Ireland, Mandie and her friends visit a Belfest linen mill where a fire breaks out. Learning that a little girl is trapped in the mill, Mandie ignores her grandmother's protests and rushes in to rescue the child. After the fire, a strange woman delivers an urgent message that causes the group to plan a trip home.
A Day of Fire
Author: Kate Quinn
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0063310570
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
From six bestselling authors, including New York Times bestseller Kate Quinn, comes a vividly imagined novel following the lives of those in ancient Pompeii on the fateful day Mount Vesuvius erupts. Pompeii was a lively resort flourishing in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius at the height of the Roman Empire. When Vesuvius erupted in an explosion of flame and ash, the entire town would be destroyed. Some of its citizens died in the chaos, some escaped the mountain’s wrath . . . and these are their stories: A boy loses his innocence in Pompeii’s flourishing streets. An heiress dreads her wedding day, not knowing it will be swallowed by fire. An ex-legionary stakes his entire future on a gladiator bout destined never to be finished. A crippled senator welcomes death, until a tomboy on horseback comes to his rescue. A young mother faces an impossible choice for her unborn child as the ash falls. A priestess and a prostitute seek redemption and resurrection as the town is buried. Six authors bring to life overlapping stories of patricians and slaves, warriors and politicians, villains and heroes who cross each other’s paths during Pompeii’s fiery end. But who will escape, and who will be buried for eternity?
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0063310570
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
From six bestselling authors, including New York Times bestseller Kate Quinn, comes a vividly imagined novel following the lives of those in ancient Pompeii on the fateful day Mount Vesuvius erupts. Pompeii was a lively resort flourishing in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius at the height of the Roman Empire. When Vesuvius erupted in an explosion of flame and ash, the entire town would be destroyed. Some of its citizens died in the chaos, some escaped the mountain’s wrath . . . and these are their stories: A boy loses his innocence in Pompeii’s flourishing streets. An heiress dreads her wedding day, not knowing it will be swallowed by fire. An ex-legionary stakes his entire future on a gladiator bout destined never to be finished. A crippled senator welcomes death, until a tomboy on horseback comes to his rescue. A young mother faces an impossible choice for her unborn child as the ash falls. A priestess and a prostitute seek redemption and resurrection as the town is buried. Six authors bring to life overlapping stories of patricians and slaves, warriors and politicians, villains and heroes who cross each other’s paths during Pompeii’s fiery end. But who will escape, and who will be buried for eternity?
Fiery Passion
Author: Dawn Luedecke
Publisher: Lyrical Press
ISBN: 1516103459
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Passion and honor collide in the wild and rugged American West, where one woman’s love of adventure is matched by her desire for one man . . . Victoria Harrison had no desire to marry to secure her position as heir to her family’s lumber business. And she doesn’t want to seek a man’s help now. But with her prized Great Mountain Lumber Mill threatened by one of her father’s old enemies, she needs an ally. She’s found one in Wall Adair, the handsome new leader of the notorious gang of rivermen known as the Devil May Cares. It takes a lot of guts to run the biggest mill this side of the Rocky Mountains, and Wall admires Victoria’s determination to do it on her own terms. With each day they spend together, he uncovers a vulnerability hidden deep behind her strong façade. Wall has a duty to uphold—one that’ll soon call him away from the freedom he loves and back to his family’s ranch. Until then, he’ll protect the boss lady with every ounce of his strength . . . knowing the devil himself can’t keep him from losing his heart . . . “Well written, well researched. Like the river, this plot runs faster and faster. Readers won’t be able to put it down.” —New York Times bestselling author Jodi Thomas on White Water Passion
Publisher: Lyrical Press
ISBN: 1516103459
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Passion and honor collide in the wild and rugged American West, where one woman’s love of adventure is matched by her desire for one man . . . Victoria Harrison had no desire to marry to secure her position as heir to her family’s lumber business. And she doesn’t want to seek a man’s help now. But with her prized Great Mountain Lumber Mill threatened by one of her father’s old enemies, she needs an ally. She’s found one in Wall Adair, the handsome new leader of the notorious gang of rivermen known as the Devil May Cares. It takes a lot of guts to run the biggest mill this side of the Rocky Mountains, and Wall admires Victoria’s determination to do it on her own terms. With each day they spend together, he uncovers a vulnerability hidden deep behind her strong façade. Wall has a duty to uphold—one that’ll soon call him away from the freedom he loves and back to his family’s ranch. Until then, he’ll protect the boss lady with every ounce of his strength . . . knowing the devil himself can’t keep him from losing his heart . . . “Well written, well researched. Like the river, this plot runs faster and faster. Readers won’t be able to put it down.” —New York Times bestselling author Jodi Thomas on White Water Passion
At the Opera
Author: Ann Fiery
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 9780811827744
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
A tribute to thirty renowned operas shares the plots and theatrical backgrounds of each, in a volume that covers such productions as Figaro and Turandot.
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 9780811827744
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
A tribute to thirty renowned operas shares the plots and theatrical backgrounds of each, in a volume that covers such productions as Figaro and Turandot.
It's a Firefly Night
Author: Dianne Ochiltree
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781609052911
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
On a warm summer night, a young girl and her daddy catch fireflies, put them in a jar to admire for a brief time, and then release them back into the moonlight. Includes facts about fireflies.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781609052911
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
On a warm summer night, a young girl and her daddy catch fireflies, put them in a jar to admire for a brief time, and then release them back into the moonlight. Includes facts about fireflies.
The Household Book of Poetry
Author: Charles Anderson Dana
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 834
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 834
Book Description
Stages to Saturn
Author: Roger E. Bilstein
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 0788181866
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 537
Book Description
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 0788181866
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 537
Book Description