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Book Curious Creatures   Wondrous Waifs

Download or read book Curious Creatures Wondrous Waifs written by Ed Kostro and published by Publishamerica Incorporated. This book was released on 2003-09-08 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I’ve encountered many non-human creatures on my life’s journey. I’ve owned snakes, turtles, canaries, parakeets, pigeons, dogs, and cats. I’ve had hilarious encounters with such diverse creatures as a kamikaze bee and a pot-bellied pig who thinks she’s human. I’ve studied and observed black bears, eagles, osprey, red-tailed hawks, moose, deer, loons, raccoons, ducks, geese, opossums, skunks, and many other wild creatures. I have found each and every one of these animals to be a unique and wondrous being. Animals have truly brought fullness to my life. Some of them have also brought deep anguish and pain. Each person or animal depicted in this book has taught me something. Some of these lessons have been humorous, some painful, and some extremely sad. Yet I truly believe that my encounters with all sorts of animals have been an integral part of making me who I am today – an avowed ‘animal person.’

Book Chicken Soup for the Dog Lover s Soul

Download or read book Chicken Soup for the Dog Lover s Soul written by Jack Canfield and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-08-07 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From exciting and entertaining accounts of courage and humor to heartwarming tales of healing and learning, each touching story in this book will inspire dog lovers to rejoice in the unique bond they share with their canine companions.

Book The Ogre Downstairs

    Book Details:
  • Author : Diana Wynne Jones
  • Publisher : Harper Collins
  • Release : 2002-01-22
  • ISBN : 0064473503
  • Pages : 228 pages

Download or read book The Ogre Downstairs written by Diana Wynne Jones and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2002-01-22 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a disagreeable man with two boys marries a widow with three children, family adjustments are complicated by two magic chemistry sets which cause strange things to happen around the house.

Book Workhouse Waif

    Book Details:
  • Author : Ellie Jaccobs
  • Publisher : Blue Gem Publishing
  • Release : 2019-04-26
  • ISBN : 0645215171
  • Pages : 125 pages

Download or read book Workhouse Waif written by Ellie Jaccobs and published by Blue Gem Publishing. This book was released on 2019-04-26 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Suddenly orphaned at the age of 7. Thrown into the workhouse by an indifferent uncle. Tormented by cruel guardians and a girl who hates her… Only 7 years old, little Eliza Shaw ripped from the arms of her big sister and taken away under cover of darkness to one of London’s bleakest workhouses. Eliza, still grieving after the death of her parents and the loss of her three oldest siblings, tries to adapt to life in the workhouse with her little brother Frank. She befriends Ginnie, and tries to survive by avoiding the cruel taunts and abuse by Daphne and the guardians, but is devastated when both her friend and her brother are one day nowhere to be found. Life drags on, until one day there seems to be a ray of hope when she is sent to work as a housemaid for a wealthy donor. There is one big drawback: two of them are plucked from the workhouse, and the other one is none other than Daphne. Daphne’s cruelty and manipulative ways continue in the wealthy Turner household, and Eliza is often blamed for things she has not done. Time and again, she and Daphne are warned against fraternising with the young masters, lest they be instantly dismissed. Gradually, Eliza finds a life for herself, but she always wonders what had happened to her family, so cruelly split up. Then one day the unthinkable happens, and Eliza is forced to rely on her wits and talents to survive the cruel streets of London…

Book Whys and other whys  or  Curious creatures and their tales  by S H  Hamer and H B  Neilson

Download or read book Whys and other whys or Curious creatures and their tales by S H Hamer and H B Neilson written by Sam Hield Hamer and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Seven Locks

    Book Details:
  • Author : Christine Wade
  • Publisher : Simon and Schuster
  • Release : 2013-01-01
  • ISBN : 1451627874
  • Pages : 340 pages

Download or read book Seven Locks written by Christine Wade and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Hudson River Valley, 1769: A man mysteriously disappears without a trace, abandoning his wife and children on their farm at the foot of the Catskill Mountains. At first many believe that his wife, who has the reputation of being a scold, has driven her husband away, but as the strange circumstances of his disappearance circulate, a darker story unfolds. And as the lines between myth and reality fade in the wilderness, and an American nation struggles to emerge, the lost man’s wife embarks on a desperate journey to find the means to ensure her family’s survival . . .

Book Mornings on Horseback

Download or read book Mornings on Horseback written by David McCullough and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2007-05-31 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The National Book Award–winning biography that tells the story of how young Teddy Roosevelt transformed himself from a sickly boy into the vigorous man who would become a war hero and ultimately president of the United States, told by master historian David McCullough. Mornings on Horseback is the brilliant biography of the young Theodore Roosevelt. Hailed as “a masterpiece” (John A. Gable, Newsday), it is the winner of the Los Angeles Times 1981 Book Prize for Biography and the National Book Award for Biography. Written by David McCullough, the author of Truman, this is the story of a remarkable little boy, seriously handicapped by recurrent and almost fatal asthma attacks, and his struggle to manhood: an amazing metamorphosis seen in the context of the very uncommon household in which he was raised. The father is the first Theodore Roosevelt, a figure of unbounded energy, enormously attractive and selfless, a god in the eyes of his small, frail namesake. The mother, Mittie Bulloch Roosevelt, is a Southerner and a celebrated beauty, but also considerably more, which the book makes clear as never before. There are sisters Anna and Corinne, brother Elliott (who becomes the father of Eleanor Roosevelt), and the lovely, tragic Alice Lee, TR’s first love. All are brought to life to make “a beautifully told story, filled with fresh detail” (The New York Times Book Review). A book to be read on many levels, it is at once an enthralling story, a brilliant social history and a work of important scholarship which does away with several old myths and breaks entirely new ground. It is a book about life intensely lived, about family love and loyalty, about grief and courage, about “blessed” mornings on horseback beneath the wide blue skies of the Badlands.

Book The Ocean Waifs

    Book Details:
  • Author : Mayne Reid
  • Publisher : DigiCat
  • Release : 2022-09-15
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 323 pages

Download or read book The Ocean Waifs written by Mayne Reid and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-09-15 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Ocean Waifs" is a seaside adventure novel by the famed author, Mayne Reid. The story of the Pandora has been told in all its terrible details. A slave-ship, fitted out in England, and sailing from an English port,—alas! Not the only one by scores,—manned by a crew of ruffians, scarce two of them owning to the same nationality. Such was the bark Pandora. On a voyage from the coast of Guineau, with a full cargo of slaves, she had caught fire. The crew hastily fashioned a raft and rowed away to safety. But when their food supply ran out, they considered the unthinkable, to eat the young lad in their crew. But a daring plan, to rescue the lad, by the sailor Ben Brace leads to the two of them being separated from the rest of the crew and fleeing for dear life on the open sea. And then their real adventure begins...

Book Creatures of Empire

    Book Details:
  • Author : Virginia DeJohn Anderson
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press
  • Release : 2004-11-15
  • ISBN : 0199839727
  • Pages : 493 pages

Download or read book Creatures of Empire written by Virginia DeJohn Anderson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2004-11-15 with total page 493 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When we think of the key figures of early American history, we think of explorers, or pilgrims, or Native Americans--not cattle, or goats, or swine. But as Virginia DeJohn Anderson reveals in this brilliantly original account of colonists in New England and the Chesapeake region, livestock played a vitally important role in the settling of the New World. Livestock, Anderson writes, were a central factor in the cultural clash between colonists and Indians as well as a driving force in the expansion west. By bringing livestock across the Atlantic, colonists believed that they provided the means to realize America's potential. It was thought that if the Native Americans learned to keep livestock as well, they would be that much closer to assimilating the colonists' culture, especially their Christian faith. But colonists failed to anticipate the problems that would arise as Indians began encountering free-ranging livestock at almost every turn, often trespassing in their cornfields. Moreover, when growing populations and an expansive style of husbandry required far more space than they had expected, colonists could see no alternative but to appropriate Indian land. This created tensions that reached the boiling point with King Philip's War and Bacon's Rebellion. And it established a pattern that would repeat time and again over the next two centuries. A stunning account that presents our history in a truly new light, Creatures of Empire restores a vital element of our past, illuminating one of the great forces of colonization and the expansion westward.

Book The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There

Download or read book The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There written by Catherynne M. Valente and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2012-10-02 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After returning to Fairyland, September discovers that her stolen shadow has become the Hollow Queen, the new ruler of Fairyland Below, who is stealing the magic and shadows from Fairyland folk and refusing to give them back.

Book Utterly Adorable Cats

    Book Details:
  • Author : Stuart Macfarlane
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2004
  • ISBN : 9781861874269
  • Pages : 96 pages

Download or read book Utterly Adorable Cats written by Stuart Macfarlane and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cats rule the world, humans are our slaves... We are independent, proud, disdainful... and very, very cute. This title talks about how adorable the cats are.

Book Wonderful Adventures of Mrs  Seacole in Many Lands

Download or read book Wonderful Adventures of Mrs Seacole in Many Lands written by Mary Seacole and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-07-20 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mary Seacole (1805 to 1881) was an amazing woman, in many ways way ahead of her time. She was a free black woman born in Jamaica of Scottish and Creole descent. This is her autobiographical account of her colourful and brave life. She was named 'the greatest black Briton' in 2004 and also posthumously awarded the Jamaican Order of Merit.

Book     Some Curious Flyers  Creepers and Swimmers

Download or read book Some Curious Flyers Creepers and Swimmers written by James Johonnot and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Delineator

Download or read book The Delineator written by R. S. O'Loughlin and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 1136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The American Phrenological Journal and Life Illustrated

Download or read book The American Phrenological Journal and Life Illustrated written by and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Doll Factory

    Book Details:
  • Author : Elizabeth Macneal
  • Publisher : Atria/Emily Bestler Books
  • Release : 2020-07-07
  • ISBN : 1982106778
  • Pages : 384 pages

Download or read book The Doll Factory written by Elizabeth Macneal and published by Atria/Emily Bestler Books. This book was released on 2020-07-07 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The #1 international bestseller and The New York Times Editor’s Choice “As lush as the novels of Kate Morton and Diane Setterfield, as exciting as The Alienist and Iain Pears’ An Instance of the Fingerpost, this exquisite literary thriller will intrigue book clubs and rivet fans of historical fiction.” —A.J. Finn, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Woman in the Window “A lush, evocative Gothic.” —The New York Times Book Review “This terrifically exciting novel will jolt, thrill, and bewitch readers.” —Booklist, starred review Obsession is an art. In this “sharp, scary, gorgeously evocative tale of love, art, and obsession” (Paula Hawkins, bestselling author of The Girl on the Train), a beautiful young woman aspires to be an artist, while a man’s dark obsession may destroy her world forever. Obsession is an art. In 1850s London, the Great Exhibition is being erected in Hyde Park and, among the crowd watching the dazzling spectacle, two people meet by happenstance. For Iris, an arrestingly attractive aspiring artist, it is a brief and forgettable moment. But for Silas, a curiosity collector enchanted by all things strange and beautiful, the meeting marks a new beginning. When Iris is asked to model for Pre-Raphaelite artist Louis Frost, she agrees on the condition that he will also teach her to paint. Suddenly, her world begins to expand beyond her wildest dreams—but she has no idea that evil is waiting in the shadows. Silas has only thought of one thing since that chance meeting, and his obsession is darkening by the day. “A lush, evocative Gothic” (The New York Times Book Review) that is “a perfect blend of froth and substance” (The Washington Post), The Doll Factory will haunt you long after you finish it and is perfect for fans of The Alienist, Drood, and Fingersmith.

Book This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage

Download or read book This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage written by Ann Patchett and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-11-07 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'So compellingly personal you feel you're looking over her shoulder as she sits down to write' New York Times 'Electrically entertaining ... Funny, generous, spirited and kind' The Times This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage is an irresistible blend of literature and memoir revealing the big experiences and little moments that shaped Ann Patchett as a daughter, wife, friend and writer. Here, Ann Patchett shares entertaining and moving stories about her tumultuous childhood, her painful early divorce, the excitement of selling her first book, driving a Winnebago from Montana to Yellowstone Park, her joyous discovery of opera, scaling a six-foot wall in order to join the Los Angeles Police Department, the gradual loss of her beloved grandmother, starting her own bookshop in Nashville, her love for her very special dog and, of course, her eventual happy marriage. This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage is a memoir both wide ranging and deeply personal, overflowing with close observation and emotional wisdom, told with wit, honesty and irresistible warmth.