Download or read book Poppy s Family Patterns written by Lauren Semmer and published by Crown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2024-06-18 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the magic of patterns and the power of fixing things in this heartwarming children's book. Written and illustrated by New York Times bestselling illustrator Lauren Semmer, this book shows that each pattern is unique, but together they can be magical—just like families! Poppy is sad when her toy bunny’s dress rips. Now she’ll have to throw it away! But her mom has other ideas. She shows Poppy the trunk in her sewing room, and it’s full of fabric scraps! There are so many patterns—dots and stripes, checkers and chevron. Each scrap has its own story. Fabric from Granddad’s tie, Nana’s dress, and her auntie’s scarf come together with Mom’s sewing machine to make something special—just like their family! New York Times bestselling illustrator Lauren Semmer weaves an introduction to patterns in this heartwarming story of family history and traditions.

Download or read book Poppy s Family Patterns written by Lauren Semmer and published by Crown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2024-06-18 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the magic of patterns and the power of fixing things in this heartwarming children's book. Written and illustrated by New York Times bestselling illustrator Lauren Semmer, this book shows that each pattern is unique, but together they can be magical—just like families! Poppy is sad when her toy bunny’s dress rips. Now she’ll have to throw it away! But her mom has other ideas. She shows Poppy the trunk in her sewing room, and it’s full of fabric scraps! There are so many patterns—dots and stripes, checkers and chevron. Each scrap has its own story. Fabric from Granddad’s tie, Nana’s dress, and her auntie’s scarf come together with Mom’s sewing machine to make something special—just like their family! New York Times bestselling illustrator Lauren Semmer weaves an introduction to patterns in this heartwarming story of family history and traditions.

Download or read book The Silent Echo written by Helen Paloge and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2007 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Silent Echo examines the texts and subtexts of a number of English and American contemporary women's novels dealing with middle age. These novels of midlife chart the brief development of a female protagonist in early or late middle age as she achieves some measure of emotional and physical contentment or wisdom. Author Helen Paloge clearly shows that, in fact, these novels, which claim to confront in narrative terms the gender-bound implications of aging, generally reveal an unconscious denial of the truth of aging's significance for women, a consistent dishonesty on this score, and an ultimate refusal to confront the issues they claim to examine. The Silent Echo explores fiction by such authors as Margaret Atwood, Joan Barfoot, Fay Weldon, and Joyce Carol Oates, in search of the middle-aged woman's body and its decline unto death. If the quest for happiness or meaning in most of these novels proves successful, it is despite, rather than because of, the middle-aged body. The aging female body might present no hindrance to happiness, but it must be acknowledged and engaged.

Download or read book House of Straw written by Marc Scott and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2018-11-28 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A twisted, suspenseful psychological thriller from debut author Marc Scott. At the core of the narrative runs a tragic, dysfunctional love story. Full of deep-rooted secrets, House of Straw will grip readers and leave you wanting more.

Download or read book Poppy s War written by Lily Baxter and published by Random House. This book was released on 2010-07-01 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: August 1939: Thirteen-year-old Poppy Brown is evacuated to a village in Dorset. Tired and frightened, she arrives with nothing but her gas mask and a change of clothes to her name. Billeted at a grand country house, Poppy is received with cold indifference above stairs and gets little better treatment from the servants. Lonely and missing the family she left behind in London, Poppy is devastated when she hears that they have been killed in the Blitz. Circumstances soon force Poppy to move to the suburbs and into the company of strangers once more. Earning a meagre income as a hospital cleaner, as the war continues to rage, Poppy longs to do her duty. And as soon as she is able to, she starts her training as a nurse. While the man she loves is fighting in the skies above Europe, Poppy battles to survive the day-to-day hardships and dangers of wartime, wondering if she'll ever see him again...

Download or read book Elusive Subjects written by Susanna Scarparo and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book uses a cross-cultural and interdisciplinary approach to examine the role of biographies and autobiographies in the construction of historical narratives.

Download or read book Miss Poppy s Guide to Raising Perfectly Happy Children written by Elaine Addison and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elaine Addison is a modern-day Mary Poppins. A trained nanny who has worked for many high profile clients, her childcare recipe is discipline plus fun. In this book she shares her successful formula for bringing up children who are well-behaved and, most importantly, happy. areas parents have to contend with -- establishing sleep routines, weaning and feeding, tantrums etc. Her basic message is routine with plenty of fun -- she includes along the way lots of ideas for making mealtimes, for example, less stressful (having the child decorate their place setting themselves), dealing with wobblies (never try to reason with a 2-year old) and organising messy children (make them clear up at the same time each day with a signature piece of music). With her reputation as a trouble-shooter, able to deal with problem behaviour, Elaine offers an approach to childcare that is rooted in today's environment yet also has an appealing element of the old-fashioned nursery about it -- an attractive idea to many parents who don't want to buy into the current Gina Ford regime of strict and humourless routine.

Download or read book Out of this World written by J. D. Robb and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring a Lieutenant Eve Dallas novella and an Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter novella, this New York Times bestselling anthology of paranormal romance will transport you to a time and a place you've never been before... In J. D. Robb's "Interlude in Death," Lieutenant Eve Dallas is forced to forsake duty to take down a rogue ex-cop at an off-planet police conference--and save the man she loves. In Laurell K. Hamilton's "Magic Like Heat Across My Skin," a kidnapping brings vampire hunter Anita Blake and the two men in her life closer than a woman, a vampire, and a werewolf have ever been before. Searching the universe for a missing ship, two telepaths lose themselves in each other--mind, body, and soul in Susan Krinard's "Kinsman." And in Maggie Shayne's "Immortality," a man pulls a drowning woman out of the sea, a centuries-old witch with one last wish to share with him--and one last hope.

Download or read book The Streaming of Hill House written by Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr. and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2020-04-28 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Netflix's The Haunting of Hill House has received both critical acclaim and heaps of contempt for its reimagining of Shirley Jackson's seminal horror novel. Some found Mike Flanagan's series inventive, respectful and terrifying. Others believed it denigrated and diminished its source material, with some even calling it a "betrayal" of Jackson. Though the novel has produced a great deal of scholarship, this is the first critical collection to look at the television series. Featuring all new essays from noted scholars and award-winning horror authors, this collection goes beyond comparing the novel and the Netflix adaptation to look at the series through the lenses of gender, architecture, education, hauntology, addiction, and trauma studies including analysis of the show in the context of 9/11 and #Me Too. Specific essays compare the series with other texts, from Flanagan's other films and other adaptations of Jackson's novel, to the television series Supernatural, Toni Morrison's Beloved and the 2018 film Hereditary. Together, this collection probes a terrifying television series about how scary reality can truly be, usually because of what it says about our lives in America today.

Download or read book Cannabis and Culture written by Vera Rubin and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2011-06-03 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Island Sisters Walker Island Romance Books 1 3 written by Lucy Kevin and published by Oak Press, LLC. This book was released on 2017-04-11 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Walker Island Romance Books 1–3: Be My Love, No Other Love, When It’s Love

Download or read book Be My Love A Walker Island Romance Book 1 written by Lucy Kevin and published by Oak Press, LLC. This book was released on 2015-01-01 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Bella Andre writing as Lucy Kevin is wonderful! Be My Love is well written with her characters coming alive on every page. They are well developed, full of passion, loyalty and overwhelming feelings of love.” ~ 5 star review for Be My Love BE MY LOVE is the first book in the fun and romantic "Walker Island" contemporary romance series! Lucy Kevin is the "sweet" pen-name of New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Bella Andre (who writes the #1 bestselling series about The Sullivans). Lucy Kevin books are fun, flirty and romantic―without the steamy scenes. BOOK DESCRIPTION: Come for a visit to Walker Island where you'll find stunning Pacific Northwest ocean views, men too intriguing to resist...and five close-knit sisters who are each about to find their one true love. After four years on the Seattle mainland, when Hanna Walker returns to Walker Island to make a documentary about the infamous Peterson-Walker feud from the early 1950s, she's shocked to realize that passions still run high. Especially when it comes to Joel Peterson, the one man who is totally off-limits...but that she's never been able to stop dreaming about. The last thing Joel wants is for Hanna to dredge up the past, but when he realizes she's determined to follow through with her documentary no matter what, he knows he has no choice but to join her. But despite vowing to hold back his growing feelings for her, as Joel works with Hanna to unravel the mystery of what really happened between their two families, he soon begins to see that love is an unstoppable force...and that sometimes two people are meant to be. "Walker Island Romance" Series Book 1: Be My LoveBook 2: No Other LoveBook 3: When It's LoveBook 4: All For LoveBook 5: Forever In Love "Married in Malibu" SeriesBook 1: The Beach WeddingBook 2: The Summer Wedding "Four Weddings and a Fiasco" Series Book 1: The Wedding GiftBook 2: The Wedding DanceBook 3: The Wedding SongBook 4: The Wedding DressBook 5: The Wedding Kiss WHAT READERS ARE SAYING ABOUT LUCY'S BOOKS...“Beautiful and sweet heartwarming love story. I LOVED it! If you prefer to read contemporary romance books without the sensual scenes, this would be a great book to read! I highly recommend this book!” ~ 5 star review for Be My Love “Absolutely could not put down! Loved the modern day Romeo and Juliet theme. Joel and Hanna completed each other. Looking forward to reading more Walker Island stories!” ~ 5 star review for Be My Love "I loved this book. It reminded me of Nora Roberts' wedding series." Review for The Wedding Gift by Lucy Kevin ABOUT THE AUTHORWhen New York Times and USA Today bestseller Lucy Kevin released her first novel, SEATTLE GIRL, it became an instant bestseller. All of her subsequent sweet contemporary romances have been hits with readers as well, including WHEN IT'S LOVE (A Walker Island Romance) which debuted at #1. Having been called "One of the top writers in America" by The Washington Post, she recently launched the very romantic Married in Malibu series. Lucy also writes contemporary romances as Bella Andre and her incredibly popular series about The Sullivans have been #1 bestsellers around the world, with 5 million books sold so far! If not behind her computer, you can find her swimming, hiking or laughing with her husband and two children.

Download or read book Hamburgers Homicide written by Moira Bates and published by Fawkes Press. This book was released on 2021-04-27 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bluebonnet Trails Bike Race is coming up and Poppy is laser-focused on getting her food truck ready for the crowds. Her tireless assistant, Kim, is there every step of the way—creating recipes, sourcing ingredients, and spending hot Texas days in what amounts to a large metal box—until a wrong step sends her to the hospital with a broken leg. Afraid she is going to miss out on the race crowds, Poppy quickly hires a temporary assistant. Everything is back on track until her new help stumbles out of the food truck, a kitchen knife plunged in her gut. She manages to utter one word before passing—“Poppy.” Now Poppy is again without an assistant, and people aren’t exactly lining up to help, considering previous help ended up in the hospital and morgue, respectively. Oh, and there is the little problem that half the town now believes she is a murderer. Fans of Aurora Teagarden will love this spunky, young sleuth. Poppy’s Food Truck Mysteries do not contain graphic violence, gore, strong language, or cliffhangers. Bonus content includes a recipe for Poppy’s Lone Star Burger with Pecan-Cilantro Pesto and Crunchy Southwestern Relish.

Download or read book Reimagining the Academy written by Alison L Black and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-11-19 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the capacities and desires of academic women to reimagine and transform academic cultures. Embracing and championing feminist scholarship, the research presented by the authors in this collection holds space for a different way of being in academia and shifts the conversation toward a future that is hopeful, kind and inclusive. Through exploring lived experiences, building caring communities and enacting an ethics of care, the authors are reimagining the academy’s focus and purpose. The autoethnographic and arts-based research approaches employed throughout the book provide evocative conceptual content, which responds to the symbolic nature of transformation in the academy. This innovative volume will be of interest and value to feminist scholars, as well as those interested in disrupting and rejecting patriarchal academic structures.

Download or read book National Geographic Herbal written by Mimi Prunella Hernandez and published by Disney Electronic Content. This book was released on 2023-11-07 with total page 783 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Targeted to the millions of consumers treating common ailments with herbal remedies, this authoritative guide to 100 essential herbs is chock-full of crucial information for the health-minded consumer, wellness advocate, gardener, and naturalist. Written by the executive director of the American Herbalists Guild, National Geographic Herbal features backyard weeds like dandelion and red clover, culinary herbs like rosemary and garlic, classics like blueberries and chamomile, as well as less familiar medicinals like ashwangandha, Japanese knotweed, and shatavari. You’ll discover the healing properties of herbs and spices like turmeric and ginger, and which learn which popular herbs deserve special conservation attention, such as rooibos and ginseng. Blending traditional lore and current science, the information found in these pages stretches from tips for the kitchen garden and home apothecary to news about activism in the global arena. Illustrated with vintage botanical drawings and vivid contemporary photography, it highlights hallowed traditions, from ancient Chinese and Ayurvedic principles to the Latin American curanderismo lineage and Gullah Geechee practices in the American South. Comprehensive and user-friendly, this beautiful book will help readers make sense of the ever-growing selection of herbal remedies on the market—and enhance their health through a deeper knowledge of the wonder of plants.

Download or read book Immortal Desire written by Maggie Shayne and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two enchanting tales of paranormal romance come together in a dual volume that features Destiny, in which Nidaba, a bitter immortal High Witch, is reunited with her former love, fellow High Witch Nathan King, after four millennia, and Immortality, in which Immortal High Witch Puabi is rescued by grieving millionaire Matthew Fairchild. Original.

Download or read book The Light Around the Dark written by Elizabeth D. Gee and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 1992 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book traces the illness of the late Elizabeth Gee (former Interim Executive Director of the Center for Human Caring) from the original diagnosis of breast cancer to her battle with terminal illness. Absorb ing and beautifully written, the book captures the anguish of confront ing a mortal illness and the courage of one woman who made this confro ntation an affirmation of life.