Download or read book Grandpa Will the Lighthouse Keeper written by Frances Reynolds (Children's book author and illustrator) and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Allison O Brian on Her Own written by Melody Carlson and published by Revell. This book was released on 2011-05 with total page 720 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beloved author shares a story of adventure that will take girls ages 9-12 across post-WWII America with an intrepid young heroine.

Download or read book The Secret of the Lighthouse written by Rick Farren and published by Summerland Publishing. This book was released on 2007-03 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Secret of the Lighthouse by Rick Farren (a sequel to Grandpa and the Pirate) is the tale of 11-year-old Dickey Denton and the secret he uncovers at Rocky Neck Lighthouse. From his Grandpa, Dickey learns the story of a brave and mysterious young woman whose spirit inhabits the lighthouse and the meaning of the bright light in the window. Grandpa produces the woman's journals that relate her fascinating adventures as she traveled the world, and about the man she married who changed her life. Inspired by these stories, Dickey and his friend decide to investigate the lighthouse to see if her spirit really does exist. They eventually muster up their courage, only to be frightened beyond belief by their discovery. Dickey eventually learns the startling truth from his parents regarding the impact the young woman had on their family.

Download or read book The Eternal Lighthouse written by Elizabeth W. Murphy and published by Fulton Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2022-02-24 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Losing both his parents at a young age, he is left to be raised by his grandfather on the shores of the Georgia coast. As his only mentor, he teaches him the family's master trade in carpentry and knowledge of the ways of maritime living. His grandfather's solid military upbringing directs him to become a scholar in college. After graduating in the top percent of his class, he gets accepted into one of Chicago's top architectural firms and quickly becomes one of the leading commercial architects. Struggling from chronic pain from a knee injury suffered during a college soccer game, it slowly sends him into addiction from substance abuse that almost ruins his life, living in denial and struggling to face the realization of his life spiraling out of control. He embarks down a dark path of lies and deception. His marriage to his college sweetheart and successful career lay in the balance of destruction. Trying to get his life back on track, he returns with his grandfather to his island community on the Georgia coast, seeking rehabilitation and hopes of getting the pieces of his life back together. As he finally starts to gain control over his life and sees the light at the end of the tunnel, he faces an unforeseen tragedy that tests all the progress he has made. A story of overcoming the odds in the face of adversity, addiction, and heart-wrenching tragedy. 2

Download or read book Finding Heath written by Mary Martsching and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2013-03-29 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Struggling with guilt and feelings of inadequacies, Heath searches for ways to deal with his new life on an island where he now lives with his estranged grandfather. A school bully and pressure from his basketball coach add to an already tense situation. To make matters even worse, an unexpected storm incapacitates his grandfather. Heath realizes the fate of the people caught in the raging waves and winds depends on him. Heath must be the Lighthouse Keeper now. Will he rise to the occasion, or will he fail again?

Download or read book A Love of Reading The Second Collection written by Robert Adams and published by McClelland & Stewart. This book was released on 2013-07-09 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fourteen brilliant new reviews from the author of A Love of Reading. Passionate, thought provoking, and witty. A Love of Reading, the Second Collection contains 14 new reviews of modern classics from a discriminating, highly entertaining, and prodigiously well-read guide. In a stimulating selection, ranging from Margaret Atwood’s Alias Grace to Zadie Smith’s White Teeth, and from Charles Frazier’s Cold Mountain to Sheri Holman’s The Dress Lodger, popular literary critic Robert Adams skilfully interweaves a nimble and enlightening discussion of plot, theme, and characterization with fascinating historical, biographical, and literary context. Adams is repeatedly drawn to the spectacle of less-than-perfect humans making their way in a hostile world, and as a result his reviews are a hugely satisfying mix of rich pathos and abundant humour. In the words of the Calgary Herald, they are “a bibliophile’s dream.”

Download or read book Blackout written by Douglas A Ames and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2007-06 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young chemist develops a revolutionary new energy efficiency system. One that the all-powerful utilities and the government will do anything to stop .

Download or read book Lena the Sea and Me written by Maria Parr and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2021-08-03 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a charming sequel to Adventures with Waffles, Trille and Lena navigate the rough waters of friendship when a new soccer coach and a new girl in school disrupt their seaside escapades. Trille and Lena may be getting older, but they still find everyday adventure—and trouble—in their coastal village, including sinking every raft they build, getting little sisters stuck up flag poles, and attending those dreaded music lessons. But that’s not all. The arrival of a less-than-encouraging new soccer coach is putting twelve-year-old Lena's goalkeeping career in doubt. And Trille is wondering how to impress the girl who has just joined his class. As the best friends battle the elements and their own emotions, one thing is for sure: they're not giving up, not if Lena has anything to do with it! In Maria Parr’s follow-up to Adventures with Waffles, the acclaimed author returns to Mathildewick Cove with a rib-tickling story of growing up.

Download or read book The Door written by Andy Marino and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2014-04-29 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of a girl whose strange life in a mysterious lighthouse is turned upside down when her mother's murder leads her to a hidden door -- and a mission into an alternate world. For years, the door has stayed closed. Hannah Silver hardly notices it as she goes about her strange life in an isolated lighthouse. But when a pair of mysterious strangers -- a boy and his guardian -- show up at the lighthouse, things start to go very wrong. Hannah's life is shattered. And the door is now wide open.In order to save herself and her family, Hannah must walk through this door. Into another world.A world where she doesn't belong.A world that wants to capture her and make sure she never makes it back home.In THE DOOR, author Andy Marino gives readers an extraordinary adventure in a place they have never, ever seen before.

Download or read book Mystery at London Ledge Lighthouse written by Mary Martsching and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2014-12-16 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heath faces unfamiliar concepts while trying to solve the mystery of a haunted lighthouse near Connecticut. While researching the lighthouse's history, he and his friends discover some fascinating information about its past. Learn the other clues that tug at Heath's prior beliefs until he is finally confronted face-to-face with the truth!

Download or read book The Lighthouse Keeper s Son written by Dallas Edward Quidley Jr. and published by LifeRich Publishing. This book was released on 2013-12 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Lighthouse Keeper's Son shares a chronological collection of several short stories recalling author Dallas E. Quidley Jr.'s life as the son of a lighthouse keeper. With modern marine safety technology, the lighthouse way of life has slipped away, even though many lighthouses still stand and are open to the public. Recalling his personal experiences, Quidley reveals various aspects of life as a lighthouse keeper. The US Lighthouse Service and the US Coast Guard have historically been foremost in safe marine navigation. The keepers were highly qualified and dedicated mariners-people who were truly the salt of the earth. In Quidley's family, three generations plus one son tried to live up to that reputation. This collection of personal narratives offers exciting stories of Quidley's life before and after his time in the lighthouses with his family. Through these stories of events and people, a portrait of a strong, hardworking, Christian and family man emerges. The Lighthouse Keeper's Son chronicles a life well-lived and the cherished memories of a man who has experienced his life to the fullest.

Download or read book Diaries of Lighthouse Children written by Janet L. Bauer and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-05 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I'm glad the lighthouse wasn't the keeper's home ... it was very cold ... there were photos on the walls that told us about ... shipwrecks ... We couldn't go into the tower, but I wasn't too disappointed ... that would be where a ghost would be hiding ..."When a little boy reluctantly travels from Arizona to Oregon to visit a lighthouse, he eventually realizes that the towers that light the way for ships are more fascinating than he ever imagined. In "Diaries of Lighthouse Children, " Janet Bauer shares a collection of tales that allows others to experience the history and beauty of lighthouses through the eyes of children.In this delightful compilation of six short stories that include fascinating facts about each lighthouse, a boy who wants to become a detective helps protect the lighthouse from vandals; a lonely boy befriends an American Indian boy and learns about whaling; and a bashful girl survives the terror of Tsunami wave to help others. As each child explores a lighthouse, each learns valuable life lessons that teach compassion, appreciation, and the importance of treasuring family memories."Diaries of Lighthouse Children" is a perfect companion for anyone captivated by the history behind lighthouses.

Download or read book The Christmas Tree Ship written by Carol Crane and published by Sleeping Bear Press. This book was released on 2011-09-19 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On November 21, 1912, the schooner Rouse Simmons set sail from a small northern Michigan town across Lake Michigan. Affectionately dubbed the "Christmas Tree Ship," this was an annual trek for the Rouse Simmons. With its cargo of Christmas trees, the ship was bound for Chicago. There Captain Herman Scheunemann would sell the trees for 50 cents or $1.00 and even gave many away to needy families. But the schooner never makes its destination. The Rouse Simmons, with all hands and cargo, disappears into the cold waters. The ship's wreckage is not found until 1971. Drawing from stories told by her grandfather, author Carol Crane weaves a fictional tale based on the true events of the doomed schooner. And she explains how the captain's widow went on to continue his tradition of delivering holiday trees to Chicago. Carol Crane's many books for Sleeping Bear Press include the best-selling P is for Pilgrim: A Thanksgiving Alphabet and The Handkerchief Quilt. As a literacy advocate, Carol speaks at schools and conferences. She lives in North Carolina. Chris Ellison has illustrated children's picture books and adult historical fiction for nearly 20 years. His book Let Them Play was a 2006 Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People. Chris lives in Mississippi.

Download or read book Lost Girls written by Ann Kelley and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2012-07-10 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No parents. No rules. No way home. Fourteen-year-old Bonnie MacDonald couldn't be more excited for a camping trip on an island off the coast of Thailand. But when a strong current sweeps Bonnie and her friends past their appointed campsite, depositing them instead on what the boatman calls a "forbidden island," they're just happy to have reached dry land. Overnight, things take a turn for the worse. Three torturous days pass, but the boatman doesn't return, and what once seemed like a vacation in paradise becomes a battle against the elements. Peppered with short, frantic entries from Bonnie's journal as she struggles to survive, Lost Girls tells the page-turning, heart-pounding story of a group of teen girls fighting for their lives.

Download or read book Forrest Bess written by Chuck Smith and published by powerHouse Books. This book was released on 2013-06-11 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Painter, fisherman, pseudo-hermaphrodite—Forrest Bess lived his life in obscurity at an isolated bait camp off the east coast of Texas. From 1949 through 1967, Bess showed at the Betty Parsons Gallery in New York City, alongside superstar artists such as Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko. Rediscovered after his death in 1977, Bess's small visionary paintings are now prized by museums and collectors for their primal beauty, and can fetch over $200,000 apiece. Bess's treasured canvases were only part of a grander theory—based on alchemy, Jungian philosophy, and aboriginal rituals—that proposed that hermaphrodism was the key to immortality. As an artist, Bess could never equivocate, and in 1960 he underwent an operation to become a pseudo-hermaphrodite. For the first time ever in print, Forrest Bess: Key to the Riddle combines the beauty of Bess's art with the drama and tragedy of his personal life. Using Bess's own hauntingly sincere words (in letters to Betty Parsons, Meyer Schapiro, and others) the book traces the life and logic of this forgotten artist and explains how a love of beauty and a desire for wholeness lead Bess to self-surgery and, ultimately, a mental hospital. Forrest Bess: Key to the Riddle is a fascinating look at one of America's most notorious cult visionaries—a man who truly believed that art could save his life.

Download or read book The Panga Attack written by Alan Kopilec and published by Archway Publishing. This book was released on 2021-08-16 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This novel begins with a riveting historical fiction Cold war prologue illustrated in the 1970s. Reginald Remington the first was on a CIA mission in Crimea when he stumbled upon the enigma. Unfortunately, he had only seconds to photograph it before fleeing from Russian soldiers. With photographed evidence of a KGB nuclearized suitcase bomb in hand, he became a legend in Washington D.C. Especially after he dies in the failed assassination attempt on President Regan. Heartbroken over the sudden loss of his father and wife, Reginald Remington II—Rex’s father dedicates his life to telling conspiracy theories from his hotel bar—The Spyglass Inn on the Oregon Coast. When his father is found dead in his suite, Rex suspects his little sister has a relationship with her kidnapper—a weapons dealer named Ashaar, who he plays a high stakes game of cat and mouse as he leads Rex on high-speed RV chases and UAV shootouts. With avenging his father’s killers, saving his sister and the city of San Francisco all on the line, the former Navy Seal named after his grandfather battles Ashaar by hacking databases and controlling his drones with his digital bionic eye. Ashaar has not only kidnapped Rex’s sister, but remotely holding the entire City of San Francisco hostage with a hijacked containership and an all too familiar dirty bomb. Unless the DEA returns a drug kingpin’s money to bitcoin and releases him from prison, that is...

Download or read book About That Kiss written by Cindy Miles and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2017-08-01 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A love worth fighting for Once a dedicated Coast Guard rescue swimmer, Nathan Malone lost more than his confidence the day he couldn’t save his fiancée. He lost his faith in love. Nathan’s come home to Cassabaw Station and put his life on hold. That changes, though, when Sean Jacobs and her five-year-old daughter move in next door. Sean is unpacked and unsettled, and the fear in her eyes tells Nathan she’s running from something. Yet despite his better judgment, Nathan can’t ignore the tug at his heart. He’d do anything to protect Sean and her adorable daughter, because Nathan’s not letting love slip through his fingers again…