Download or read book Montpelier Parade written by Karl Geary and published by Random House. This book was released on 2017-01-05 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Selected as a Book of the Year in 2017 in the Irish Times and The Times SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA FIRST NOVEL AWARD 2017 ‘A delicate, crystalline, hugely impressive novel... He's yet another masterful younger writer coming through... Wonderful’ - Sebastian Barry Her house is on Montpelier Parade – just across town, but it might as well be a different world. Sonny is fixing a crumbling wall in the garden when he sees her for the first time, coming down the path towards him. Vera. Vera is older, wealthier, sophisticated, but chance meetings quickly become shy arrangements, and soon Sonny is in love for the first time. But there is something unsettling that Vera is keeping from him. Unfolding in the sea-bright Dublin of early spring, Montpelier Parade is an indelible novel about the things that remain unspoken between lovers. It is about how deeply we can connect with one another, and the choices we must make alone. Longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize 2017

Download or read book Murder at Montpelier written by Douglas Brent Chambers and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2005 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Firsts and Lasts written by Leda Schubert and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2022-03 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With evocative words and glorious cut-paper collages, this celebration of the transitions between seasons summons the first—and last—signals of the seasonal cycle. What is the first sign of spring? And what is the last glimpse of winter? The joy of the changing seasons means saying hello to new but familiar rituals, like spring picnics in the park or homemade lemonade in summer. But there’s also the bittersweet feeling of doing something for the last time, like mowing the lawn one final time on a brown day in autumn, or watching the last of the geese fly south in the early weeks of winter. Whichever way you mark the changing of the seasons, every year feels like an extraordinary miracle! In this jubilant ode to seasonal rituals, Leda Schubert evokes the familiar, enchanting rhythm of the four seasons, while Clover Robin’s bold collages bring warmth and magic to everyday occurrences.

Download or read book Christmas in Montpelier written by F. Ross Peterson and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-20 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twelve Christmases come to life in the vivid memory of a boy in the small southeastern Idaho town of Montpelier. Ross Peterson is one of six children, living in a farm house with no running water inside and a dread two-hole privy outside. Growing up in Montpelier, Ross learns valuable lessons of service, responsibility, and faith. Years later Dr. Peterson steps into a college classroom to teach American history to generations of students, invariably becoming their favorite professor.--Publisher.

Download or read book Montpelier Jamaica written by B. W. Higman and published by University of the West Indies Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This detailed study of the life of a Jamaican plantation community during slavery and the post-emancipation period is based on archaeological investigations as well as more traditional documentary sources. The family and household structure of the slave population is analysed and linked to the physical layout of the village. A comprehensive picture of the material culture of the plantation workers is facilitated by sources, and covers everything from foodways to clothing, ornament and architecture.

Download or read book Montpelier written by and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Nesting Season written by Bernd Heinrich and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2011-10 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the world’s great naturalists and nature writers, Bernd Heinrich shows us how the sensual beauty of birds can open our eyes to a hidden evolutionary process.

Download or read book Birdie s Bargain written by Katherine Paterson and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2021-10-19 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "When ten-year-old Birdie's dad is sent back to Iraq, she makes a deal with God to bring him home safely, while dealing with a new school where she finds it hard to make friends especially when she could use one"--

Download or read book Discovering Black Vermont written by Elise A. Guyette and published by UPNE. This book was released on 2010-07-31 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The search for an African American community in rural Vermont

Download or read book Repeopling Vermont written by Paul M. Searls and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Repeopling Vermont: The Paradox of Development in the Twentieth Century, by historian Paul Searls, traces two distinct but interrelated stories to illuminate the fundamental contradictions and ironies that defined Vermont in the twentieth century. One is the story of a group of Swedish immigrants who settled in and around Landgrove in the 1890s and their descendants. The other is the story of Samuel R. Ogden, who beginning in 1929 purchased most of the buildings in the main village of Landgrove and set out to revitalize the town. Ogden succeeded in that project and subsequently became an important public servant to Vermont; he was instrumental in the growth of the ski industry, and was a founder of both Vermont Life magazine and the Vermont Natural Resources Council. These intertwined stories reveal the central paradox of Vermont in the twentieth century. The state's leaders simultaneously saw Vermont's overwhelmingly rural character as both a distressing problem in need of a solution, and the state's greatest asset. But their efforts to preserve Vermont's precious rural heritage, it's human and physical landscapes, while at the same time improving the state, also put that same way of life in peril. Those developments continue to reverberate throughout Vermont in the twenty-first century, shaping the experience of everyone who lives in or visits the Green Mountain State today"--

Download or read book History of the Town of Montpelier written by Daniel Pierce Thompson and published by . This book was released on 1860 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Montpelier Tomorrow written by Marylee MacDonald and published by Grand Canyon Press. This book was released on 2023-02-03 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “An affecting, deeply honest novel; at the same time, a lacerating indictment of our modern health care system.”—KIRKUS REVIEWS Mid-life mom, Colleen Gallagher would do anything to protect her children from harm. When her daughter's husband falls ill with ALS, Colleen rolls up her sleeves and moves in, juggling the multiple roles of grandma, cook, and caregiver, only to discover that even a special "last Christmas" in Vermont can’t fix what’s wrong. Montpelier Tomorrow is a novel that defies stereotypes and poses tough questions as one family struggles against a vicious disease and broken health care system. Will Colleen and her family pull together and weather the storm? Or will they shatter under the pressure of overwhelming odds? If you like page-turning novels with flawed but admirable characters, discover the redemptive power of a mother's love and read Montpelier Tomorrow today. Winner of the Gold Medal for Drama from Readers' Favorites International Book Awards “Montpelier Tomorrow is an exceptional read. A mix of sadness and humor, it is indeed a story that should be read many times.” —US REVIEW OF BOOKS “...characters are vivid, relatable, and all too perfectly human.” —JEWELL PARKER RHODES, author of Magic City and Sugar “...an engrossing account of the impossible choices faced by caregivers.” —KATHERINE SHONK, author of The Red Passport and Happy Now? “Each time I have reread this novel, I have felt rewarded by the connection it offers to the central character, Colleen. I can think of no single page in which her voice is not an irreplaceable gift to the reader.” —KEVIN MCILVOY, author of The Fifth Station and Little Peg “Written for fans of Chris Bohjalian, Jodi Picoult, and Neil Gaiman, Montpelier Tomorrow is a masterpiece of fiction.” —A reader like you

Download or read book The History of the Town of Montpelier Including that of the Town of East Montpelier for the First One Hundred and Two Years written by Abby Maria Hemenway and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Something Abides written by Howard Coffin and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2015-11-24 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experience Civil War historic sites and small towns that can be found nowhere else in America Today, throughout Vermont, it is possible to identify hundreds and hundreds of Civil War–related sites. Throughout Vermont are soldier homes, halls where war meetings encouraged enlistments, churches where soldier funerals were held and abolitionists spoke, monuments to those who served, hospital sites, and homes where women gathered to make items for the soldiers. The Vermont State House is a virtual Civil War museum. A building survives in Woodstock where the war was administered. Cemeteries hold the gravestones of many of the 34,000 who fought. A field even exists where in 1803 a Quaker preacher heard a voice from above fortell a bloody war over slavery. With the help of this book, Civil War sites can be located as in no other state, taking the reader through the beautiful Vermont landscape of hill farms and small towns that looks more like the Civil War era than that of any other state.

Download or read book Montpelier Transformed written by William H. Lewis and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2022-04-11 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the late 20th century, Montpelier, the home of James and Dolley Madison, had been altered until it would no longer have been recognizable to the couple. In 2000 the newly-created Montpelier Foundation took over management of the historic home with the seemingly insurmountable task of restoring it to be a visual record of the Madisons' era. Within ten years, the Foundation overcame numerous hurdles, turning Montpelier into a monument to the Father of the Constitution. Over the next decade the site also became a monument to Montpelier's enslaved. The buildings in their community next to the Madisons' home were reconstructed, and award-winning exhibits dramatically illustrate the tragedy of slavery and essential role of enslaved people in Madison's life. Foundation co-founder William H. Lewis details the nonprofit's ambitious preservation projects and remarkable achievements.

Download or read book Montpelier Chronicles written by Paul Heller and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2015-09-14 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four years after the American Revolution, in 1787, Colonel Jacob Davis became the first to clear land in the new settlement that had been chartered as Montpelier. The name honored France for its support of the American patriots. Disasters, industries and larger-than-life personalities helped shape the city's identity. And it didn't take long for Montpelier to make a name for itself--its location created a prime manufacturing hub, and the Vermont Central Railroad made travel convenient. The city also became the scene of the fire of 1875 and the Gould-Caswell murder. Join local historian Paul Heller as he compiles significant moments of Montpelier's past.

Download or read book Brooks of Montpelier written by Robert L. Walsh and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-04-23 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Francis Brooks grew up in Alexandria, Virginia during the years of Jim Crow. He graduated from Norwich University in 1967 and remained in Vermont to teach school and raise his family. He taught and coached at Montpelier High School for thirty years influencing the lives of generations of Vermonters. In 1983, he became the third African American elected to the Vermont House of Representatives. For the next twenty-five years he held a variety of important positions and played a key role in passing historic legislation that guaranteed no Vermonter would be denied his or her rights because they were different. He served as Majority Leader, Chairman of the General and Military Committee and as member of the Appropriations Committee. Today, as the Sergeant-at-Arms he is responsible for the operation and security of the Vermont State House.