Download or read book The Rooster Weathervane written by John E. Rawson and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2016-11-28 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Allison Myers, twelve, was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time. Vacationing in northern Vermont with her twin brother Allen and her recently divorced mother, Priscilla, Allison, prior to a Sunday-morning church service, encountered a chilling occurrence. Walking to the church, she heard a parrot scream, Beware the rooster. The Myers were staying in a guest room at Ned Tanners farm in Bantam Hill where atop the barn was a rooster weathervane. The Red Death had long devastated the country. No pestilence had ever been so fatal, or so hideous (Edgar Allan Poe, The Masque of the Red Death). Mankind had, for some time, been destroying the environment. The skies were polluted and the ground soils heavily contaminated. Food supplies and safe drinking water was fast dwindling. The innocence and freedom of all the birds were gone. Their powerful forces convened for a critical meeting of the Avian Advisory Council, which the Grand Master, Rooster, called to order. Mankind has destroyed our lifestyle and taken away our innocence and must be punished, unless we sacrifice a young, innocent girl. Dr. Marcus Tomson, a renowned Harvard professor of anthropology and psychiatry wished to offer Priscilla Myers a possible alternative to save her daughter. But Allison would at first be resistant as she deplored the fact Dr. Tomson was now dating her mother. Dr. Tomson cautioned that there remained little time to act, as the Avian Advisory Council had begun to set in motion their vindictive plan.

Download or read book Prose written by Elizabeth Bishop and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2015-01-13 with total page 735 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elizabeth Bishop's prose is not nearly as well known as her poetry, but she was a dazzling and compelling prose writer too, as the publication of her letters has shown. Her stories are often on the borderline of memoir, and vice versa. From her college days, she could find the most astonishing yet thoroughly apt metaphors to illuminate her ideas. This volume—edited by the poet, Pulitzer Prize–winning critic, and Bishop scholar Lloyd Schwartz—includes virtually all her published shorter prose pieces and a number of prose works not published until after her death. Here are her famous as well as her lesser-known stories, crucial memoirs, literary and travel essays, book reviews, and—for the first time—her original draft of Brazil, the Time/Life volume she repudiated in its published version, and the correspondence between Bishop and the poet Anne Stevenson, the author of the first book-length volume devoted to Bishop.

Download or read book Farmyard Security A Readers Theater Script and Guide written by Nancy K. Wallace and published by ABDO. This book was released on 2014-09-01 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The show must go on! Farmyard Security is a fractured fairy tale based on the story of Chicken Little. Follow Henrietta Hen as she calls in Farmyard Security when the sky begins to fall on her! This book provides information on putting on a production?including tips on sets, props, and costumes. An easy-to-follow script with color coding for character cues is ideal for readers' theater, puppet shows, or class plays. Teachers can download a free guide with additional tips and reading level information for each character on our Web site. Bring a fun, interactive way to practice fluency and public speaking to your library! Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Looking Glass Library is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO Group. Grades PreK-4.

Download or read book Granny s Farm Friends written by Carolyn D. Anderson and published by CCB Publishing. This book was released on 2010-10-17 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Granny's Farm Friends" contains six stories, each with wonderful full-color illustrations that teach children positive values and build self-esteem. The stories include: "Snoopy Spot" (you'll stay out of trouble if you don't snoop), "Where's Rusty Rooster" (be happy when others do well), "Little Lamb Lost" (friends can help us when we lose our way), "The Cat Tree" (respect things that belong to someone else), "Freddie the Firefly" (we never know what we can do unless we try), and "Little Blue Pig" (be kind when a friend has a problem). About the Author: Carolyn D. Anderson is an author, illustrator and retired teacher. Her interest in writing and illustrating children's books spans many years. She resides in Nevada with her husband Steven J. Anderson and dedicates these stories to her grandchildren and children everywhere. Carolyn is currently working on her next book.

Download or read book A HOME OF HIS OWN written by Judith Bowen and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2014-09-15 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A secret marriage Phoebe Longquist and Lewis Hardin got married on impulse, without a fancy wedding, without family, without fuss. Phoebe wants to keep things quiet and uncomplicated…for a while, anyway. A family secret Lewis would rather not deceive their families. But he'll do it if she really wants…for a while, anyway. He might be a Glory boy made good, but he's also an ex-con and hardly what Phoebe's parents have in mind for their daughter. A glory Christmas Then Lewis learns something shocking about his own family, about who he is. And it makes him take stock of what he has.

Download or read book America s Best BBQ written by Ardie A. Davis and published by Andrews McMeel Publishing. This book was released on 2009-05-01 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Only Ardie and Paul, the go-to sources on barbecue, can earn the trust--and the secret recipes--from some of the nation's barbecue legends. Tasty sides include tips, tricks, techniques, fun memorabilia, full-color photos, and firsthand recollections of tales from the pits culled from over a century of combined barbecue experience. With more than 100 recipes for mouthwatering starters, moist and flavorful meats, classic side dishes, sauces and rubs, and decadent desserts, this book should come with its own wet-nap. * Whether it's spicy or sweet, Texas or Memphis, this is the best collection of American barbecue recipes. * Ardie's BBQ alter ego, Remus Powers, PhB, has earned profiles in many barbecue books, tons of magazines, and more than a few national newspapers. He's graced the Food Network and PBS, appearing in various documentaries on 'cue and great American cuisine. * Paul has appeared on The Today Show, Discovery Channel, CBS This Morning, Talk Soup, and Anthony Bourdain's A Cook's Tour: In Search of the Perfect Meal. He was also featured in AARP's Modern Maturity Magazine, Saveur, and The Calgary Herald, and he has written articles for Food and Wine, Fine Cooking, and Chili Pepper magazine.

Download or read book A Good Girl written by Johnnie Bernhard and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2017-02-20 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gracey Reiter confronts a painful past and an intimidating future with the approaching death of her father, Henry Mueller, the self-described “last Mohican” from the chaotic gene pool known as the Walsh-Mueller family. The present holds the answer, and the last opportunity for Gracey to understand her father’s alcoholism, her mother’s infidelity, and her siblings’ version of the truth. The voices of the past give Gracey the courage to find her voice. Using biting humor and gut-level truths for the first time in her life, Gracey walks across the land mines created by a crippling family legacy. Henry’s funeral and the Irish wedding of Therese Mueller, Gracey’s and her husband Mark Mueller’s daughter, coincide by a few weeks and serve as a completion of the family circle. With the closing of one door, and the opening of the future, Gracey finds forgiveness by realizing six generations of the Walsh-Mueller family, saints and sinners, criminals and heroes, the abandoned and the celebrated, are forever family, forever bound by blood and the dreams of an Irish girl, Patricia Walsh Mueller. A Good Girl examines the numbing work of raising children and burying parents through six generations.

Download or read book The Bogeyman written by and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2003 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book They re Watching written by Gregg Hurwitz and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2011-04-26 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Struggling with setbacks in his marriage and Hollywood ambitions, Patrick Davis begins receiving mysterious DVDs that reveal that he and his wife are being stalked, a situation that is thrown into further turmoil by a mysterious e-mail offer of assistance.

Download or read book Rusty Rooster written by Tina Rantes and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-08-25 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One morning the animals woke up after eight, No early cock-a-doodle-do; the rooster was late. All their plans were a mess, they thought in dismay, They counted on rooster to wake them up every day.

Download or read book People of the Valley written by Frank Waters and published by Ohio University Press. This book was released on 2023-09-05 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of Frank Waters’s most popular novels, People of the Valley takes place high in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains where an isolated Spanish-speaking people confront a threatening world of change.

Download or read book Beyond the Bear written by Dan Bigley and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2013-03-21 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A 25-year-old backcountry wanderer, a man happiest exploring wild places with his dog, Dan Bigley woke up one midsummer morning to a day full of promise. Before it was over, after a stellar day of salmon fishing along Alaska’s Kenai and Russian rivers, a grizzly came tearing around a corner in the trail. Dan barely had time for “bear charging” to register before it had him on the ground, altering his life forever. “Upper nose, eyes, forehead anatomy unrecognizable,” as the medevac report put it. Until then, one thing after another had fallen into place in Dan’s life. He had a job he loved taking troubled kids on outdoor excursions. He had just bought a cabin high in the Chugach Mountains with a view that went on forever. He was newly in love. After a year of being intrigued by a woman named Amber, they had just spent their first night together. All of this was shattered by the mauling that nearly killed him, that left him blind and disfigured. Facing paralyzing pain and inconceivable loss, Dan was in no shape to be in a relationship. He and Amber let each other go. Five surgeries later, partway into his long healing journey, they found their way back to each other. The couple’s unforgettable story is one of courage, tenacious will, and the power of love to lead the way out of darkness. Dan Bigley’s triumph over tragedy is a testament to the ability of the human spirit to overcome physical and emotional devastation, to choose not just to live, but to live fully. Visit Dan Bigley's site or Beyond the Bear.

Download or read book Hooking Animals written by Judy Carter and published by Ampry Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2014-11-15 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Create one-of-a-kind hooked rugs of your favorite wild animal or family pet using either wide- or fine-cut wool strips. • Tips from an accomplished rug hooking designer and teacher on how to design an animal hooked rug and how to translate that design into a finished creation • Techniques for hooking hair, fur, feathers, and scales • How to hook eyes, ears, and noses • How to capture an animal's personality in wool

Download or read book Rusty the One Eyed Rooster written by Wanda L Roberts and published by . This book was released on 2020-09-12 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Lori hatched a batch of hen eggs, she wasn't expecting a handsome red rooster. Rusty the rooster becomes the protector of the barnyard. Unfortunately, while he's protecting the other hens he loses an eye. Does that stop him from helping another rooster that can't crow? No it doesn't!

Download or read book Wit s End written by Karen Joy Fowler and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-04-28 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This “delightful and eccentric new tale”(The Boston Globe) from the bestselling author of The Jane Austen Book Club subverts the whodunit and gives us a thoroughly modern meta-mystery with wit, warmth, and heart. At loose ends and weary from her recent losses—the deaths of an inventive if at times irritating father and her beloved brother—Rima Lansill comes to Wit's End, the home of her legendary godmother, bestselling mystery writer Addison Early, to regroup...and in search of answers. For starters, why did Addison name one of her characters—a murderer—after Rima's father? But Addison is secretive and feisty, so consumed with protecting her famous fictional detective, Maxwell Lane, from the vagaries of the Internet rumor that she has writer's block. As one woman searches for truth, the other struggles to control the reality of her fiction. Rima soon becomes enmeshed in Addison's household of eccentrics: a formerly alcoholic cook and her irksome son, two quirky dog-walkers, a mysterious stalker, the tiny characters that populate Addison's dollhouse crime-scene replicas, and even Maxwell Lane himself. But, wrapped up in a mystery that may or may not be of her own creation, Rima discovers to her surprise that the ultimate solution to this puzzle is the new family she has found at the house called Wit's End. Here, Karen Joy Fowler delivers top-notch storytelling—creating characters both oddball and endearing in a voice that is utterly and memorably her own—in this clever, playful novel about finally allowing oneself to grow up-with a dash of mystery thrown in.

Download or read book Creative Storytelling written by Jack Zipes and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-11 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jack Zipes has reinvigorated storytelling as a successful and engaging tool for teachers and professional storytellers. Encouraging storytellers, librarians, and schoolteachers to be active in this magical process, Zipes proposes an interactive storytelling that creates and strengthens a sense of community for students, teachers and parents while extolling storytelling as animation, subversion, and self-discovery.

Download or read book Brandy written by Christine Davies and published by The Wild Rose Press Inc. This book was released on 2024-05-20 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brandy Drummond’s life depends on finding her missing brother, and she will use any means available to overcome this adversity. Thrown together with the one man who can help her succeed, she must endure his arrogance and suspicion. Added to her frustration, she finds herself struggling with unfamiliar feelings while fighting her growing attraction to him. Chandler Townsend, the cynical Duke of Marbury, agrees to help but needs to determine if she is England’s friend or foe. Fighting demons from his past, he doesn’t trust Brandy, but he wants her. Is she cut from the same cloth as his mother? Is she in league with her suitor? To save each other, and find love, Brandy and Chandler must overcome obstacles both real and imagined.