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Book Greenglass House

    Book Details:
  • Author : Kate Milford
  • Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • Release : 2014
  • ISBN : 0544052706
  • Pages : 389 pages

Download or read book Greenglass House written by Kate Milford and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2014 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A rambling old smuggler's inn, a strange map, an attic packed with treasures, squabbling guests, theft, friendship, and an unusual haunting mark this smart mystery in the tradition of the Mysterious Benedict Society books. Illustrations.

Book Families of Early Milford  Connecticut

Download or read book Families of Early Milford Connecticut written by Jacquelyn L. Ricker and published by Genealogical Publishing Com. This book was released on 1979 with total page 882 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Milford Graves  A Mind Body Deal

Download or read book Milford Graves A Mind Body Deal written by and published by Inventory Press. This book was released on 2022-12-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first-ever overview on the multimedia art of free-jazz pioneer and creative polymath Milford Graves Milford Graves (born 1941) has been a revelatory force in music since the mid-1960s, liberating the drummer from the role of "timekeeper" to instrumental improviser and giving rise to the free-jazz movement, with groundbreaking performances alongside Lou Reed, Min Tanaka and John Zorn. But music cannot contain the energies of his creativity and intellect. Graves' kaleidoscopic genius led him to develop an unprecedented body of interests--from medicine to botany, stem-cell regeneration to martial arts. A Mind-Body Deal gathers the multifaceted work of Milford Graves, exploring the practices and predilections of this extraordinary mind. Fully illustrated, this catalog includes documentation from the eponymous show at ICA Philadelphia, exhibiting a collection of Graves' hand-painted album covers and posters, idiosyncratic drum sets, recording ephemera, multimedia sculptures, photographs and costumes, with elements from his scientific studies.

Book The Broken Lands

    Book Details:
  • Author : Kate Milford
  • Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • Release : 2012
  • ISBN : 0547739664
  • Pages : 469 pages

Download or read book The Broken Lands written by Kate Milford and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2012 with total page 469 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Set in the seedy underworld of nineteenth-century Coney Island during the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge, two orphans are determined to stop evil forces from claiming the city of New York"--

Book The Raconteur s Commonplace Book

Download or read book The Raconteur s Commonplace Book written by Kate Milford and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2021-02-23 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this standalone mystery set in the world of the New York Times bestselling Greenglass House by an Edgar Award–winning author, a group of strangers trapped in an otherworldly inn slowly reveal their secrets, proving that nothing is what it seems and there's always more than one side to the story. The rain hasn't stopped for a week, and the twelve guests of the Blue Vein Tavern are trapped by flooded roads and the rising Skidwrack River. Among them are a ship’s captain, tattooed twins, a musician, and a young girl traveling on her own. To pass the time, they begin to tell stories—each a different type of folklore—that eventually reveal more about their own secrets than they intended. As the rain continues to pour down—an uncanny, unnatural amount of rain—the guests begin to realize that the entire city is in danger, and not just from the flood. But they have only their stories, and one another, to save them. Will it be enough? "Will dazzle seasoned Milford fans and kindle new ones." (Publishers Weekly starred review)

Book Milford

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  • Author : Dave Kenton
  • Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
  • Release : 2002
  • ISBN : 9780738514116
  • Pages : 134 pages

Download or read book Milford written by Dave Kenton and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Milford, Delaware, is a unique town in the heart of southern Delaware with one foot in Kent County and the other in Sussex County. Location is a major thread of success for Milford-it is within 100 miles of Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, and Baltimore and only a short 25-minute drive to the Delaware beaches. Greater Milford offers a rare blend of relaxed rural life and progressive, modern convenience. The historic district, riverfront greenway, and civic-minded residents lend a charm to Milford not found in every small town.Visit Milford of days gone by and glimpse the early English settlers who would shape tracts of land into a promising town. See how the area once called "Saw Mill Range" evolved from primitive woodlands into the commercial center known as Milford. Distinguish all the enterprising leaders who made Milford a thriving town with their innovations like canning and fruit drying and shipbuilding. The Mispillion River, Marshall's Mill, Milford Chronicle, Calvary Church, Slaughter Beach Hotel, Cedar Neck, the Levin Crapper Mansion built in 1763, Purity Row, along with the people, businesses, and events presented in this photographic celebration showcase what makes Milford an exceptional place to live and prosper.

Book The Left Handed Fate

Download or read book The Left Handed Fate written by Kate Milford and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2016-08-23 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A quest story to find the three pieces of a magical engine which can either win the War of 1812 ... or stop it altogether"--

Book Milford

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  • Author : Christopher Thompson and Sara Weyant-Bunn
  • Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
  • Release : 2023-01-23
  • ISBN : 1467109010
  • Pages : 96 pages

Download or read book Milford written by Christopher Thompson and Sara Weyant-Bunn and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2023-01-23 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considered by many to be the heart of the Souhegan Valley in southern New Hampshire, Milford serves as the shopping and business hub for several surrounding towns. Milford has expanded over the years but has kept its small-town charm, drawing people from near and far to live.

Book Savage Beauty

Download or read book Savage Beauty written by Nancy Milford and published by Random House Trade Paperbacks. This book was released on 2002-09-10 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirty years after the smashing success of Zelda, Nancy Milford returns with a stunning second act. Savage Beauty is the portrait of a passionate, fearless woman who obsessed American ever as she tormented herself. If F. Scott Fitzgerald was the hero of the Jazz Age, Edna St. Vincent Millay, as flamboyant in her love affairs as she was in her art, was its heroine. The first woman ever to win the Pulitzer Prize, Millay was dazzling in the performance of herself. Her voice was likened to an instrument of seduction and her impact on crowds, and on men, was legendary. Yet beneath her studied act, all was not well. Milford calls her book "a family romance"—for the love between the three Millay sisters and their mother was so deep as to be dangerous. As a family, they were like real-life Little Women, with a touch of Mommie Dearest. Nancy Milford was given exclusive access to Millay's papers, and what she found was an extraordinary treasure. Boxes and boxes of letter flew back and forth among the three sisters and their mother—and Millay kept the most intimate diary, one whose ruthless honesty brings to mind Sylvia Plath. Written with passion and flair, Savage Beauty is an iconic portrait of a woman's life.

Book Bluecrowne

    Book Details:
  • Author : Kate Milford
  • Publisher : HarperCollins
  • Release : 2018-10-02
  • ISBN : 1328527891
  • Pages : 288 pages

Download or read book Bluecrowne written by Kate Milford and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2018-10-02 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Return to the world of the bestselling Greenglass House, where smugglers, magic, and pyrotechnics mix, in a new adventure from a New York Times best-selling, National Book Award–nominated, and Edgar Award–winning author. Lucy Bluecrowne is beginning a new life ashore with her stepmother and half brother, though she’s certain the only place she’ll ever belong is with her father on a ship of war as part of the crew. She doesn’t care that living in a house is safer and the proper place for a twelve-year-old girl; it’s boring. But then two nefarious strangers identify her little brother as the pyrotechnical prodigy they need to enact an evil plan, and it will take all Lucy’s fighting instincts to keep her family together. Set in the magical Greenglass House world, this action-packed tale of the house's first inhabitants reveals the origins of some of its many secrets.

Book Milford

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  • Author : Greater Milford Area Historical Society
  • Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
  • Release : 2008
  • ISBN : 9780738552446
  • Pages : 132 pages

Download or read book Milford written by Greater Milford Area Historical Society and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historic Milford is situated along the Little Miami River, one of the primary reasons settlers in this area flourished. Rich farmlands and excellent waterpower with mill potential offered the pioneers a good life in the frontier. Milford was the site of the first Methodist class in the Northwest Territory beginning in 1797. Other denominations quickly followed, and Milford today remains a community with strong church ties. As farms and mills flourished, other businesses began to appear. Introduction of the railroads allowed more products to come in and out of Milford to nearby Cincinnati and beyond. A school, new businesses, and fine homes were built in the busy little city by the river. Residents enjoyed opera and orchestra performances in the ornate city hall building, as well as boxing and other sporting events. Still today, Milford reflects these early values and offers a community based on a rich heritage.

Book The Milford Male

Download or read book The Milford Male written by Keith Luchtel and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-15 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born and raised in small town Milford, Iowa, Keith Luchtel's family and community instilled values that had a lifelong impact on him. The other "family" that greatly impacted his life were the members of the Class of 1964 at the United States Air Force Academy, especially those in the 19th Squadron. Keith recounts his life, the people in it, and some of the lessons learned along the way. He discovered how much World War II influenced his life and that of his family. That discovery gave him an additional perspective on how much his wars in Vietnam and other places influenced his life and cast shadows he is only now coming to understand. Read about Keith's journey from small town Iowan to: Air Force Officer and Combat Pilot, Special Operator, Attorney, Lobbyist, Regulator, and Political Consultant

Book New Milford

    Book Details:
  • Author : Frances L. Smith
  • Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
  • Release : 2000
  • ISBN : 9780738504506
  • Pages : 132 pages

Download or read book New Milford written by Frances L. Smith and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2000 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New Milford is located in western Connecticut, in the lower portion of Litchfield County. The original inhabitants of the area were the Potatuck who, along with other tribes, retreated as settlement of the region began--the first in the county being in Woodbury in 1672. At the beginning of the eighteenth century, the land that later became New Milford was purchased from the Indians, and the first settler, John Noble, arrived from Massachusetts and built a home here in 1707. As the centuries progressed, so did the town. New Milford became a business center with many mills, shops, taverns, and other services. In stunning images and clear narrative, New Milford traces the history not only of the town itself but also of many of the families whose names are an integral part of the community, among them the Bostwicks, the Heacocks, and the Kings. The book follows the development of the town--its industry, such as New Milford Pottery, its educational facilities, such as Canterbury School, and its familiar places, such as the Wayside Inn.

Book Milford

    Book Details:
  • Author : Melville Hurd
  • Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
  • Release : 2006
  • ISBN : 9780738544632
  • Pages : 132 pages

Download or read book Milford written by Melville Hurd and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With 17 miles of beaches on Long Island Sound and a picturesque town center, Milford has always been the natural place to escape the heat of large cities and enjoy cool summer breezes, historic sites, boating, bathing, fishing, and adventure. Within Milford, postcards reveal various attractions, including Charles Island (where Captain Kidd reportedly hid his treasure) and the Oak Grove dance casino at Myrtle Beach. Real-photo postcards capture historic events, such as the 1915 town hall fire and the celebration of the 275th anniversary of Milford's 1639 birth. This volume lets readers step back in time and see Milford during a golden age.

Book Zelda

    Book Details:
  • Author : Nancy Milford
  • Publisher : Harper Collins
  • Release : 2013-04-30
  • ISBN : 0062032461
  • Pages : 464 pages

Download or read book Zelda written by Nancy Milford and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2013-04-30 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Profound, overwhelmingly moving . . . a richly complex love story.” — New York Times Acclaimed biographer Nancy Milford brings to life the tormented, elusive personality of Zelda Sayre and clarifies as never before Zelda’s relationship with her husband F. Scott Fitzgerald—tracing the inner disintegration of a gifted, despairing woman, torn by the clash between her husband’s career and her own talent. Zelda Sayre’s stormy life spanned from notoriety as a spirited Southern beauty to success as a gifted novelist and international celebrity at the side of her husband, F. Scott Fitzgerald. Zelda and Fitzgerald were one of the most visible couples of the Jazz Age, inhabiting and creating around them a world of excitement, romance, art, and promise. Yet their tumultuous relationship precipitated a descent into depression and mental instability for Zelda, leaving her to spend the final twenty years of her life in hospital care, until a fire at a sanitarium claimed her life. Incorporating years of exhaustive research and interviews, Milford illuminates Zelda’s nuanced and elusive personality, giving character to both her artistic vibrancy and to her catastrophic collapse.

Book Sharpe Milford Family Record  Bicentennial Suppliment

Download or read book Sharpe Milford Family Record Bicentennial Suppliment written by John Calvin Sharpe and published by Hank Rogers. This book was released on 1976 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Why Doesn t Microfinance Work

Download or read book Why Doesn t Microfinance Work written by Milford Bateman and published by Zed Books Ltd.. This book was released on 2010-06-10 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since its emergence in the 1970s, microfinance has risen to become one of the most high-profile policies to address poverty in developing and transition countries. It is beloved of rock stars, movie stars, royalty, high-profile politicians and ‘troubleshooting’ economists. In this provocative and controversial analysis, Milford Bateman reveals that microfinance doesn’t actually work. In fact, the case for it has been largely built on hype, on egregious half-truths and – latterly – on the Wall Street-style greed of those promoting and working in microfinance. Using a multitude of case studies, from India to Cambodia, Bolivia to Uganda, Serbia to Mexico, Bateman demonstrates that microfi nance actually constitutes a major barrier to sustainable economic and social development, and thus also to sustainable poverty reduction. As developing and transition countries attempt to repair the devastation wrought by the global financial crisis, Why Doesn’t Microfinance Work? argues forcefully that the role of microfinance in development policy urgently needs to be reconsidered.