Download or read book The Potato Thief written by Harry Hallman and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Potato Thief- A prequel to the Mercy Row Series of Novels It's 1881 and eighteen-year-old Irishman George Graham steals a bag of potatoes to feed his starving family. This simple act of desperation sets him on an epic journey to lands he never knew existed. George endures the sweltering Jungles of Indochina, faces bloodthirsty pirates in the South Atlantic, fights a war in Cuba, and finally makes it to the land of milk and honey, America. After he lands on the gritty streets of Kensington, the Irish section of Philadelphia, he finds the milk spoiled and the honey not so sweet. Prejudice and hatred for all immigrants, especially Irish Catholics, still thrives in the hearts of the rich and ruling class. To survive and prosper George and three other Irish immigrants join forces to supply weapons to both Irish and Cuban rebels. Teenager Charlie Byrne joins them, and together they build the beginnings of what one day will be one of the most successful Irish criminal organization in the City of Brotherly Love.
Download or read book The Potato Thief written by John Martin and published by . This book was released on 2020-02-12 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A genetic test propels three senior citizens towards Ireland to trace their roots and claim an inheritance. But it's a journey where little goes to plan. This three-book bundle offers lots of laughs and a few tears. BLOKES ON A PLANE Two octogenarians go from being unlikely tourists to unlikely sleuths. The Mayor is missing ... someone is stealing important landmarks in the town ... and the Tasmanian Tiger starts being elusive once again. Oodles and Wish-Wash are planning to travel from Australia to Ireland to retrace family history -- but they are forced to act when they realise no-one else seems to share their concerns about the strange things happening in the normally sleepy little town. WHITEY AND THE SIX DWARFS When a garden ornament goes missing, the new once-shady owners of the Tasmanian Tiger Museum get sucked into a funny whodunnit. The clues include a skeleton, a chess set, and a concrete marsupial with a secret pouch. Who better than two ex-cons to catch a criminal? It would be easier though if they knew who the bad guy really was! BLOKES IN DONEGAL The old men think they're flying to Ireland to trace family history and to inherit a castle. The reality is very different. It seems St Patrick was so busy chasing the snakes out of Ireland, he overlooked ridding the country of Tasmanian Tigers. Or did he?
Download or read book The Potato Thief written by John Martin and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Book Thief written by Markus Zusak and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE’S 100 BEST YA BOOKS OF ALL TIME The extraordinary, beloved novel about the ability of books to feed the soul even in the darkest of times. When Death has a story to tell, you listen. It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will become busier still. Liesel Meminger is a foster girl living outside of Munich, who scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing when she encounters something she can’t resist–books. With the help of her accordion-playing foster father, she learns to read and shares her stolen books with her neighbors during bombing raids as well as with the Jewish man hidden in her basement. In superbly crafted writing that burns with intensity, award-winning author Markus Zusak, author of I Am the Messenger, has given us one of the most enduring stories of our time. “The kind of book that can be life-changing.” —The New York Times “Deserves a place on the same shelf with The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank.” —USA Today DON’T MISS BRIDGE OF CLAY, MARKUS ZUSAK’S FIRST NOVEL SINCE THE BOOK THIEF.
Download or read book Mr Crum s Potato Predicament written by Anne Renaud and published by Kids Can Press Ltd. This book was released on 2017-09-05 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A mouthwatering tale of invention. When a persnickety customer named Filbert P. Horsefeathers complains that George CrumÍs fried potatoes are too thick, George makes them thinner. When Filbert insists they are still too thick, George makes them even thinner. But when the plate is sent back a third time, George mischievously decides to use his sharpest knife to cut paper-thin potato slices, which he fries until they are crackling and douses liberally with salt. At last, Filbert is satisfied, proclaiming, ñPerfection!î Which they are. Because, quite by accident, George has invented potato chips! Based on true events, this delicious tale will have kids clamoring for more, more, more!
Download or read book Markus Zusak The Book Thief I Am the Messenger written by Markus Zusak and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2014-05-27 with total page 910 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two award-winning modern classics from #1 New York Times bestselling author Markus Zusak! The Book Thief affirms the ability of books to feed the soul even in the bleakest of times in a story the New York Times described as “brilliant. . . . the kind of book that can be life-changing.” It is 1939. Nazi Germany. Death has never been busier, and will become busier still. Liesel Meminger is a foster girl living outside of Munich, who scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing when she encounters something she can’t resist–books. With the help of her accordion-playing foster father, she learns to read and shares her stolen books with her neighbors during bombing raids as well as with the Jewish man hidden in her basement. I Am the Messenger is a Printz Honor-winning novel and recipient of five starred reviews that tells the story of Ed Kennedy, an underage cabdriver without much of a future. His life is one of peaceful routine and incompetence until he inadvertently stops a bank robbery. That's when the first ace arrives in the mail. That's when Ed becomes the messenger. Chosen to care, he makes his way through town helping and hurting (when necessary) until only one question remains: Who's behind Ed's mission? Discover the enormous talent that is Marcus Zusak in this extraordinary collection that showcases the intensity and heart inherent in his storytelling. DON’T MISS BRIDGE OF CLAY, MARKUS ZUSAK’S FIRST NOVEL SINCE THE BOOK THIEF.
Download or read book Yummy Potatoes written by Marlena Spieler and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2007-09-27 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Baked, mashed, boiled, or fried, potatoes are yummy anytime and anywhere. A truly versatile ingredient, potatoes can complete an egg breakfast as hash browns, make a delectable creamy soup for lunch, or be a delicious dinner all on their own. Author Marlena Spieler will quickly have you yearning to sample these mouth-watering recipes from classic potato gratin to a Swiss-inspired Roesti (a buttery shredded potato cake), to a cozy bowl of spicy Yellow Curry of Potatoes and Chicken.
Download or read book The Prairie Thief written by Melissa Wiley and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-08-28 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this “delightful mash-up of Little House on the Prairie and The Spiderwick Chronicles” (SLJ), experience life on the prairie—with one fantastical twist! Louisa Brody’s life on the Colorado prairie is not at all what she expected. Her dear Pa, accused of thievery, is locked thirty miles away in jail. She’s living with the awful Smirches, her closest neighbors and the very family that accused her Pa of the horrendous crime. And now she’s discovered one very cantankerous—and magical—secret beneath the hazel grove. With her life flipped upside-down, it’s up to Louisa, her sassy friend Jessamine, and that cranky secret to save Pa from a guilty verdict. Ten bold illustrations from Erwin Madrid accompany seasoned storyteller Melissa Wiley’s vibrant and enchanting tale of life on the prairie—with one magical twist.
Download or read book Snoop Troop Attack of the Ninja Potato Clones written by Kirk Scroggs and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2015-04-21 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This second book in the wildly wacky Snoop Troop series is just right for newly independent readers, with art on every page, interactive seek-and-find elements, and a chance to solve the mystery! Fourth-grade detectives Logan Lang and Gustavo Muchomacho have landed their next case: a sneaky ninja is stealing the town's potato supply! The gumshoes are pretty sure a weirdo kindergartener named Chapster (who has a serious fondness for gouda cheese and cats) is the thief, but they soon discover that this case goes far beyond one crazy kid. There's a whole army of Chapster clones waiting for them! Who is creating them, and why would the mastermind behind this nefarious plot want to take away tater tots and French fries from potato-loving children everywhere? Visit lb-kids.com to print out bonus content including puzzles and doodle activities!
Download or read book The Potato Factory written by Bryce Courtenay and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2010 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ikey Solomon is in the business of thieving and he's very good at it. Ikey's partner in crime is his mistress, the forthright Mary Abacus, until misfortune befalls them. They are parted and each must make the harsh journey from thriving nineteenth century London to the convict settlement of Van Diemen's Land. In the backstreets and dives of Hobart Town, Mary learns the art of brewing and builds The Potato Factory, where she plans a new future. But her ambitions are threatened by Ikey's wife, Hannah, her old enemy. The two women raise their separate families, one legitimate and the other bastard. As each woman sets out to destroy the other, the families are brought to the edge of disaster.
Download or read book A Horrid History of Christmas written by Nicola Sly and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2012-09-01 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This grisly collection of historic, horrid happenings from across the country demonstrates that Christmas is not necessarily a time of peace, joy and goodwill to all men. The holiday season has witnessed a plethora of almost unbelievable accidents, such as the amateur mechanic who died with his head stuck in a car engine, the footballer who leaped into a quarry to retrieve a lost ball, and the Christmas party guest who fell down a flight of stairs and broke his neck. There are fatal rail crashes in Oxfordshire, Bedfordshire, Cheshire, Cumbria and Scotland; freak weather conditions and devastating fires, such as the Christmas Eve fire in Glasgow that cost the lives of four firemen in 1927. Among the chilling crimes featured here is that of Nottinghamshire man Edward Kesteven, who killed his wife on Christmas Day 1894, and the murder of Thirza Kelly in Norfolk by a local teenager on Christmas Eve 1900. Full of merry madness and hearty heartache, A Horrid History of Christmas will make you want to bypass the festivities altogether!
Download or read book Farming Beautiful Widow written by Fu XingEr and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-05-10 with total page 634 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once passed through, became Xitang village by the family sink of the literary talent, broken house three rooms, family walls, no land. Wenxiu looked at her hungry son and daughter, then gritted her teeth and rolled up her sleeves. She searched for food, picked herbs, sold delicacies, bought land, and lived past the red blaze. However, the long-lost ghost suddenly came back, and Wen Xiu's smile blossomed.
Download or read book Mercy Row written by Harry Hallman and published by . This book was released on 2013-03-01 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Story of Progress, Crime, Family, and Vengeance. Mercy Row is a novel set in 1920's and 1930's Philadelphia. It's the story of the rise of a North Philadelphia crime family who was also responsible for building the homes and factories that make up this blue collar area of the city. Despite the violent trials and tribulations caused by rival gangs from South Philadelphia and Chicago Jacob Byrne and Franklin Garrett, with the help of the Irish immigrants that settled the Kensington area of Philadelphia, build a formidable Irish mob. This legal and criminal enterprise kept North Philadelphia free from the Mafia for two generations. Jacob's and Franklin's organization was built on the blood of those who opposed them, the sweat of the laborers who built North Philly and the tears of the wives and mothers whose loved ones were lost in the struggle.
Download or read book Francoist Repression and Incarceration in Contemporary Spanish Culture written by Maureen Tobin Stanley and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-10-10 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the cultural articulation of Spanish History (and histories (remembered, meaningful experiences). It analyzes how real people and fictional characters experience the rupture of post-war repression, as their vindicating collective memory counters the authoritarian narrative and laws that demonized and criminalized them. The book, that breaks the persistent cycle of denial of Francoist malfeasance, is a resource for scholars and students who research the representation of Spain’s dictatorship, its aftermath and the recovery of postdictatorial memory.
Download or read book 8 Attributes of Great Achievers written by Cameron C. Taylor and published by Mount Lanai. This book was released on 2014-03-01 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is filled with inspiring stories from the lives of great achievers past and present including: Christopher Columbus, George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, The Wright Brothers, Abraham Lincoln, Gandhi, Winston Churchill, Walt Disney, Warren Buffet, and others. From this book, you will learn: How Winston Churchill s optimism enabled England to withstand the attacks of Hitler and eventually win the war. How Walt Disney used the power of goals to create (Snow White, Disneyland, etc.) and make his dreams come true. Why George Washington carried a bloody sash with him throughout his life. Powerful experiences from the Wright Brothers on taking the initiative. Stories on honesty from billionaire Jon Huntsman that illustrate that nice guys really can and do finish first in life. 15 principles to build strong, uplifting relationships. Principles every parent must know to raise productive, self-sufficient children and grandchildren. How a World War II concentration camp prisoner was able to remain strong, happy, and peaceful even in the worst of environments. How Gandhi s experiment with truth enabled him to go from a shy boy and an average man to the leader of 500 million people who called him The Great Soul. How top CEOs used the principle of abundance to increase productivity and profits Inspiring stories on persistence and overcoming failures from Columbus, Sam Walton, and the lives of other great achievers.
Download or read book Rip Off Christmas written by Christmas Philip and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2016-02-16 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book is about a drifter’s search to find his dreams and the misfortune he overcomes on his journey.
Download or read book Hardships and Magic written by Renate Doost-Schneider and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-08-24 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This episodic memoir of a girls life in Germany through World War II and its aftermath offers vivid descriptions of the feelings and experiences of a childs life in tumultuous times. Brief, intense memories of the young child are here recalled in the vocabulary of the adult. Gradually, they turn into longer narratives as the child grows older. Strung together and interwoven, they become a colorful tapestry depicting one familys evolution through many hardships as well as periods of beauty and enchantment.
