Author: Sonya Sones
Publisher: Dial
ISBN: 9780803732346
Category : Best friends
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Presents three easy-to-read tales of best friends Violet the swan and Winston the duck.
Violet and Winston
Author: Sonya Sones
Publisher: Dial
ISBN: 9780803732346
Category : Best friends
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Presents three easy-to-read tales of best friends Violet the swan and Winston the duck.
Publisher: Dial
ISBN: 9780803732346
Category : Best friends
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Presents three easy-to-read tales of best friends Violet the swan and Winston the duck.
Serving the Good and the Great
Author: Violet Liddle
Publisher: Zondervan
ISBN: 0310253950
Category : Baptists
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Churchill, Eisenhower, Lady Astor, George Bernard Shaw, limousines, and large estates. Read about the fascinating lives of those in power from the perspective of someone who was there--the maid.
Publisher: Zondervan
ISBN: 0310253950
Category : Baptists
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Churchill, Eisenhower, Lady Astor, George Bernard Shaw, limousines, and large estates. Read about the fascinating lives of those in power from the perspective of someone who was there--the maid.
V for Violet
Author: Alison Rattle
Publisher: Bonnier Publishing Fiction Ltd.
ISBN: 1471403823
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
Battersea, 1961. London is just beginning to enter the swinging sixties. The world is changing - but not for sixteen-year-old Violet. She was born at the exact moment Winston Churchill announced Victory in Europe - an auspicious start, but now she's just stuck in her family's fish and chip shop dreaming of greatness. And it doesn't look like fame and fortune are going to come calling anytime soon. Then she meets Beau. Beau's a rocker - a motorcycle boy who arrives in an explosion of passion and rebellion. He blows up Violet's grey little life, and she can't believe her luck. But things don't go her way for long. Joseph, her long-lost brother, comes home. Then young girls start going missing, and turning up murdered. And then Violet's best friend disappears too. Suddenly life is horrifyingly much more interesting. Violet can't believe its coincidence that Joseph turns up just as girls start getting murdered. He's weird, and she feels sure he's hiding something. He's got a secret, and Violet's got a dreadful feeling it might be the worst kind of secret of all . . .
Publisher: Bonnier Publishing Fiction Ltd.
ISBN: 1471403823
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
Battersea, 1961. London is just beginning to enter the swinging sixties. The world is changing - but not for sixteen-year-old Violet. She was born at the exact moment Winston Churchill announced Victory in Europe - an auspicious start, but now she's just stuck in her family's fish and chip shop dreaming of greatness. And it doesn't look like fame and fortune are going to come calling anytime soon. Then she meets Beau. Beau's a rocker - a motorcycle boy who arrives in an explosion of passion and rebellion. He blows up Violet's grey little life, and she can't believe her luck. But things don't go her way for long. Joseph, her long-lost brother, comes home. Then young girls start going missing, and turning up murdered. And then Violet's best friend disappears too. Suddenly life is horrifyingly much more interesting. Violet can't believe its coincidence that Joseph turns up just as girls start getting murdered. He's weird, and she feels sure he's hiding something. He's got a secret, and Violet's got a dreadful feeling it might be the worst kind of secret of all . . .
Lantern Slides
Author: Violet Bonham Carter
Publisher: Orion Publishing Group
ISBN: 9781857998603
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 461
Book Description
Through Violent Bonham Carter's remarkable diaries and letters, published here for the first time, the decade before the first world war is seen from a unique ringside seat, social as well as political. As eldest daughter of H.H Asquith, liberal leader and prime Minister, and step-daughter of the inimitable Margot Asquith, Violet Bonham Carter was in a privileged position.
Publisher: Orion Publishing Group
ISBN: 9781857998603
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 461
Book Description
Through Violent Bonham Carter's remarkable diaries and letters, published here for the first time, the decade before the first world war is seen from a unique ringside seat, social as well as political. As eldest daughter of H.H Asquith, liberal leader and prime Minister, and step-daughter of the inimitable Margot Asquith, Violet Bonham Carter was in a privileged position.
Young Titan
Author: Michael Shelden
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451609922
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
An account of the World War II prime minister's early career covers his contributions to building a modern navy, his experimentations with radical social reforms, and his lesser-known romantic pursuits.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451609922
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
An account of the World War II prime minister's early career covers his contributions to building a modern navy, his experimentations with radical social reforms, and his lesser-known romantic pursuits.
A Tad Overweight, But Violet Eyes to Die for
Author: G. B. Trudeau
Publisher: Holt McDougal
ISBN: 9780030491863
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
The Washington advent of Senator and Mrs. Elizabeth Taylor, the latest coming of Ted Kennedy, and the defection of Secretary of Symbolism Duane Delacourt to the high-ozone camp of Jerry Brown are chronicled in Trudeau's cartoons.
Publisher: Holt McDougal
ISBN: 9780030491863
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
The Washington advent of Senator and Mrs. Elizabeth Taylor, the latest coming of Ted Kennedy, and the defection of Secretary of Symbolism Duane Delacourt to the high-ozone camp of Jerry Brown are chronicled in Trudeau's cartoons.
Violet and the Pie of Life
Author: D. L. Green
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 082345133X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
There's no golden ratio for a family, despite what number-crunching Violet might think. Twelve-year-old Violet has two great loves in her life: math and pie. And she loves her parents, even though her mom never stops nagging and her dad can be unreliable. Mom plus Dad doesn't equal perfection. Still, Violet knows her parents could solve their problems if they just applied simple math. #1: Adjust the ratio of Mom's nagging to her compliments. #2: Multiply Dad's funny stories by a factor of three. #3: Add in romantic stuff wherever possible. But when her dad walks out, Violet realizes that the odds do not look good. Why can't her parents get along like popular, perfect Ally's parents? Would it be better to have no dad at all, like her best friend, McKenzie? Violet is considering the data when she and Ally get cast in the school play, and McKenzie doesn't--a probability that Violet never calculated. Maybe friendship and family have more variables than she thought. Filled with warmth, math-y humor, and delicious pie, this heartfelt middle grade read is perfect for fans of The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl. Includes illustrated charts, graphs, and diagrams throughout.
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 082345133X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
There's no golden ratio for a family, despite what number-crunching Violet might think. Twelve-year-old Violet has two great loves in her life: math and pie. And she loves her parents, even though her mom never stops nagging and her dad can be unreliable. Mom plus Dad doesn't equal perfection. Still, Violet knows her parents could solve their problems if they just applied simple math. #1: Adjust the ratio of Mom's nagging to her compliments. #2: Multiply Dad's funny stories by a factor of three. #3: Add in romantic stuff wherever possible. But when her dad walks out, Violet realizes that the odds do not look good. Why can't her parents get along like popular, perfect Ally's parents? Would it be better to have no dad at all, like her best friend, McKenzie? Violet is considering the data when she and Ally get cast in the school play, and McKenzie doesn't--a probability that Violet never calculated. Maybe friendship and family have more variables than she thought. Filled with warmth, math-y humor, and delicious pie, this heartfelt middle grade read is perfect for fans of The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl. Includes illustrated charts, graphs, and diagrams throughout.
Winston & Clementine: The Triumphs & Tragedies of the Churchills
Author: Richard Hough
Publisher: Plunkett Lake Press
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
Winston Churchill, Britain’s great statesman, and Clementine, his beautiful, stalwart wife, went together through many crises to command center stage in their country’s finest hour during World War II. This double biography tells the story of this celebrated couple whose marriage endured, without scandal, for 57 years, until Churchill’s death in 1965. Their intense relationship would make tabloid headlines, but the public didn’t see the conflicts and clashes of two strong-willed, stubborn individuals whose love for each other withstood the tests of war and family tragedy — and whose fierce differences were essential to their triumph. “A grand profile in charisma.” — Chris Goodrich, Los Angeles Times “A grand historical romance.” — Booklist “A splendidly told tale... Hough is a charming writer and his admiration for his subject so genuine that readers will find his work irresistible.” — Publishers Weekly
Publisher: Plunkett Lake Press
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
Winston Churchill, Britain’s great statesman, and Clementine, his beautiful, stalwart wife, went together through many crises to command center stage in their country’s finest hour during World War II. This double biography tells the story of this celebrated couple whose marriage endured, without scandal, for 57 years, until Churchill’s death in 1965. Their intense relationship would make tabloid headlines, but the public didn’t see the conflicts and clashes of two strong-willed, stubborn individuals whose love for each other withstood the tests of war and family tragedy — and whose fierce differences were essential to their triumph. “A grand profile in charisma.” — Chris Goodrich, Los Angeles Times “A grand historical romance.” — Booklist “A splendidly told tale... Hough is a charming writer and his admiration for his subject so genuine that readers will find his work irresistible.” — Publishers Weekly
In Violet's Wake
Author: Robin Devereaux-Nelson
Publisher: Catapult
ISBN: 1593765347
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 267
Book Description
When Marshall VanDahmm’s wife, Violet, married four times previously, informs him that she’s divorcing him, he promptly falls apart. She refuses to offer a reason for the divorce, and Marshall is utterly confused. Out of anger and desperation, he decides to seek out one of Violet’s exes, Costa Pavlos, with whom he’s convinced she’s been having an affair. Despite a rocky introduction, Marshall and Costa form a tentative friendship, and together they seek out Violet’s other exes. It seems Marshall isn’t the only one Violet left on ambiguous terms. Now Marshall and Costa, with Owen, Brian and Tim have formed a renegade “support group” to work through the emotional, mental, and financial damage she’s left in her wake. Enter Jake: Violet’s high school sweetheart and the one who got away. The men are befuddled by Violet’s pining over Jake—what does he have that they don’t? And then, inexplicably altruistically, can they track him down in time to save him from Violet? The group sets out on a road trip to find Jake before Violet can, and on the way forge new friendships, new loyalties, and find new sides of themselves.
Publisher: Catapult
ISBN: 1593765347
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 267
Book Description
When Marshall VanDahmm’s wife, Violet, married four times previously, informs him that she’s divorcing him, he promptly falls apart. She refuses to offer a reason for the divorce, and Marshall is utterly confused. Out of anger and desperation, he decides to seek out one of Violet’s exes, Costa Pavlos, with whom he’s convinced she’s been having an affair. Despite a rocky introduction, Marshall and Costa form a tentative friendship, and together they seek out Violet’s other exes. It seems Marshall isn’t the only one Violet left on ambiguous terms. Now Marshall and Costa, with Owen, Brian and Tim have formed a renegade “support group” to work through the emotional, mental, and financial damage she’s left in her wake. Enter Jake: Violet’s high school sweetheart and the one who got away. The men are befuddled by Violet’s pining over Jake—what does he have that they don’t? And then, inexplicably altruistically, can they track him down in time to save him from Violet? The group sets out on a road trip to find Jake before Violet can, and on the way forge new friendships, new loyalties, and find new sides of themselves.
Churchill, the Liberal Reformer
Author: Duncan Marlor
Publisher: Pen and Sword History
ISBN: 1399051342
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 417
Book Description
Winston Churchill is handed down the generations, reinvented in the process to suit current controversies. He has been many things: presently a talisman of the political right, a war-hero of conservative outlook who saved his country; on the left, he is a reactionary imperialist, a warmongering oppressor of the workers. Both sides would be surprised by a time trip to the sensation-filled years of 1910 and 1911. They would find a modernist progressive, cordially loathed by the Tories, carrying through programs of social reform and making the prison system more humane: declaring to Parliament that even convicted offenders have rights and that how a state treats them determines the level of its civilisation. A long-serving Permanent Under-Secretary at the Home Office reckoned that Churchill’s policies (which his successors continued) halved the prison population. During the last third of the twentieth century and into the next, rehabilitation has gone into reverse. Prison numbers have soared, as the punitive approach has reasserted itself, now laced with political populism. This book looks at that story in the context of the paradoxical career of Churchill the Liberal Reformer.
Publisher: Pen and Sword History
ISBN: 1399051342
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 417
Book Description
Winston Churchill is handed down the generations, reinvented in the process to suit current controversies. He has been many things: presently a talisman of the political right, a war-hero of conservative outlook who saved his country; on the left, he is a reactionary imperialist, a warmongering oppressor of the workers. Both sides would be surprised by a time trip to the sensation-filled years of 1910 and 1911. They would find a modernist progressive, cordially loathed by the Tories, carrying through programs of social reform and making the prison system more humane: declaring to Parliament that even convicted offenders have rights and that how a state treats them determines the level of its civilisation. A long-serving Permanent Under-Secretary at the Home Office reckoned that Churchill’s policies (which his successors continued) halved the prison population. During the last third of the twentieth century and into the next, rehabilitation has gone into reverse. Prison numbers have soared, as the punitive approach has reasserted itself, now laced with political populism. This book looks at that story in the context of the paradoxical career of Churchill the Liberal Reformer.