Download or read book Bee and the Orange Tree written by Melissa Ashley and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2019-10-29 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's 1699, and the salons of Paris are bursting with the creative energy of fierce, independent-minded women. But outside those doors, the patriarchal forces of Louis XIV and the Catholic Church are moving to curb their freedoms. In this battle for equality, Baroness Marie Catherine D'Aulnoy invents a powerful weapon: 'fairy tales'. When Marie Catherine's daughter, Angelina, arrives in Paris for the first time, she is swept up in the glamour and sensuality of the city, where a woman may live outside the confines of the church or marriage. But this is a fragile freedom, as she discovers when Marie Catherine's close friend Nicola Tiquet is arrested, accused of conspiring to murder her abusive husband. In the race to rescue Nicola, illusions will be shattered and dark secrets revealed as all three women learn how far they will go to preserve their liberty in a society determined to control them. This keenly-awaited second book from Melissa Ashley, author of The Birdman's Wife, restores another remarkable, little-known woman to her rightful place in history, revealing the dissent hidden beneath the whimsical surfaces of Marie Catherine's fairy tales. The Bee and the Orange Tree is a beautifully lyrical and deeply absorbing portrait of a time, a place, and the subversive power of the imagination.
Download or read book Mindful Bea and the Worry Tree written by Gail Silver and published by American Psychological Association. This book was released on 2020-11-04 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bea is anxiously waiting for her friends to show up for her birthday party. When the worries start to grow around her like tree branches, she uses breathing exercises and visualization techniques to calm herself down. Includes a Note to Parents and Caregivers by Ara Schmitt, PhD about the ways in which kids can respond to their anxious thoughts.
Download or read book The Birdman s Wife written by Melissa Ashley and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2016-10-01 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A woman overshadowed by history steps back into the light . . . Artist Elizabeth Gould spent her life capturing the sublime beauty of birds the world had never seen before. But her legacy was eclipsed by the fame of her husband, John Gould. The Birdman’s Wife at last gives voice to a passionate and adventurous spirit who was so much more than the woman behind the man. Elizabeth was a woman ahead of her time, juggling the demands of her artistic life with her roles as wife, lover, helpmate, and mother to an ever-growing brood of children. In a golden age of discovery, her artistry breathed wondrous life into hundreds of exotic new species, including Charles Darwin’s famous Galapagos finches. In The Birdman’s Wife, the naïve young girl who falls in love with a demanding and ambitious genius comes into her own as a woman, an artist and a bold adventurer who defies convention by embarking on a trailblazing expedition to collect and illustrate Australia’s ‘curious’ birdlife. In this indelible portrait, an extraordinary woman overshadowed by history steps back into the light where she belongs.
Download or read book California Bees and Blooms written by G. W. Frankie and published by Heyday Books. This book was released on 2014 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The best source for information on California bees and how to help them thrive in your garden Identification and guidance for planting
Download or read book Humble Boy written by Charlotte Jones and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2015-02-10 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An award-winning new play that has been called "a brilliant latter-day variant on Elsinore in an English country garden blitzed by bees" (Sheridan Morley, The Spectator) All is not well in the Humble hive. Thirty-five-year-old Felix Humble is a Cambridge astrophysicist in search of a unified field theory, but after the sudden death of his father, James, a teacher and amateur beekeeper, he is forced to return to the family home in the English countryside. Once there he and his demanding mother, Flora, a glamorous former showgirl who resents having spent the last thirty years in suburban exile, attempt to reconcile themselves to James's death and to each other, plumbing the depths of their anger as well as their love. The emotional turmoil increases exponentially with the arrival of George, Flora's longtime lover, and his daughter Rosie, Felix's former girlfriend, as Felix is forced to acknowledge that his search for unity must include his own chaotic home life. A play concerned with beekeeping and astrophysics, imbued with heartbreak and wit, larger questions of the universe and smaller questions of family dynamics, Humble Boy has been called "a feast: a serious, moving, cerebral feast" (The Sunday Times).
Download or read book Hour of the Bees written by Lindsay Eagar and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2016-03-08 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does it mean to be fully alive? Magic blends with reality in a stunning coming-of-age novel about a girl, a grandfather, wanderlust, and reclaiming your roots. Things are only impossible if you stop to think about them. . . . While her friends are spending their summers having pool parties and sleepovers, twelve-year-old Carolina — Carol — is spending hers in the middle of the New Mexico desert, helping her parents move the grandfather she’s never met into a home for people with dementia. At first, Carol avoids prickly Grandpa Serge. But as the summer wears on and the heat bears down, Carol finds herself drawn to him, fascinated by the crazy stories he tells her about a healing tree, a green-glass lake, and the bees that will bring back the rain and end a hundred years of drought. As the thin line between magic and reality starts to blur, Carol must decide for herself what is possible — and what it means to be true to her roots. Readers who dream that there’s something more out there will be enchanted by this captivating novel of family, renewal, and discovering the wonder of the world.
Download or read book The Orange Tree written by Carol Riggs and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-04 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Raised by hulking ogres, fifteen-year-old Juniper can't shake their belief that she's puny and weak. Forget doing anything for her clan that's risky or dangerous-like meeting another human. She can't remember what being human is like, but she longs to explore beyond the ogre borders and learn more about her kind.Then comes her chance. Juniper is finally chosen to fetch the tribute that keeps the ogres from plundering the human lands. She's startled to find an attractive human male named Nolan delivering the livestock. They can't speak each other's language, but they're drawn to each other like bees to a honeybush.When Nolan is hunted by a fierce ogre, Juniper breaks all the rules and hides Nolan in a secret cave so he won't be devoured. Every day, they scheme to get him home. If she could steal the forbidden magic wand belonging to her ogress mother, she'd have the power she needs. But does she want Nolan to leave? There's danger whether he goes or stays. Torn between her growing attraction and clan loyalty, Juniper must find a way to keep Nolan-and herself-alive. If she fails, the ogre peace pact will be broken and the slaughter of human villagers will begin. This novel is a Young Adult retelling of a French fairy tale called "The Bee and the Orange Tree" by Madame d'Aulnoy.
Download or read book Flight of the Honey Bee written by Raymond Huber and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2020-11-03 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “One of the most informative picture books about honey bees, this is surely among the most beautiful as well.” —Booklist (starred review) A tiny honey bee emerges from the hive for the first time. Using sunlight, landmarks, and scents to remember the path, she goes in search of pollen and nectar to share with the thousands of other bees in her hive. She uses her powerful sense of smell to locate the flowers that sustain her, avoids birds that might eat her, and returns home to share her finds with her many sisters. Nature lovers and scientists-to-be are invited to explore the fascinating life of a honey bee. Back matter includes information about protecting bees and an index.
Download or read book The Murmur of Bees written by Sofía Segovia and published by AmazonCrossing. This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a beguiling voice in Mexican fiction comes an astonishing novel--her first to be translated into English--about a mysterious child with the power to change a family's history in a country on the verge of revolution. From the day that old Nana Reja found a baby abandoned under a bridge, the life of a small Mexican town forever changed. Disfigured and covered in a blanket of bees, little Simonopio is for some locals the stuff of superstition, a child kissed by the devil. But he is welcomed by landowners Francisco and Beatriz Morales, who adopt him and care for him as if he were their own. As he grows up, Simonopio becomes a cause for wonder to the Morales family, because when the uncannily gifted child closes his eyes, he can see what no one else can--visions of all that's yet to come, both beautiful and dangerous. Followed by his protective swarm of bees and living to deliver his adoptive family from threats--both human and those of nature--Simonopio's purpose in Linares will, in time, be divined. Set against the backdrop of the Mexican Revolution and the devastating influenza of 1918, The Murmur of Bees captures both the fate of a country in flux and the destiny of one family that has put their love, faith, and future in the unbelievable.
Download or read book The Bee and the Orange Tree FRC written by Melissa Ashley and published by . This book was released on 2019-10-29 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Home Sweet Home written by Carolyn Pearce and published by Country Bumpkin Publications. This book was released on 2012-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stitch a delightful workbox in the shape of a whimsical English cottage with this stunning design from Carolyn Pearce.
Download or read book Bee A Peek Through Picture Book written by Britta Teckentrup and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2017-01-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fans of Tree: A Peek-Through Picture Book can fly along with Bee on her very busy day! Through a hole in the book’s cover, a bee is buzzing inside a flower. Peek into this bright and lively book and discover the big ways this little insect contributes to the beauty of the environment, from pollinating colorful flowers to buzzing about the bright and beautiful meadow. With clever peekaboo holes throughout, each page reveals new flowers and plants, plus a look inside a beehive as the bees work together to help a plants grow. Children will love seeing the details of a bee’s active day as each page is turned. Along the way, they’ll learn how bees and plants works together to produce a healthy, beautiful environment. Look for all the books in the Peek-Through Picture Book series: Tree, Bee, Ocean, Moon, and Home.
Download or read book The Bee Tree written by Patricia Polacco and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 1998-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To teach his granddaughter the value of books, a grandfather leads a growing crowd in search of the tree where the bees keep all their honey
Download or read book The Orange Tree and the Humble Bee Or the Little Princess who was Lost at Sea A New Extravaganza written by Henry James Byron and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Orange Tree And Other Stories written by Vernon L. Anley and published by . This book was released on 2014-04-17 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What Children Think Samir and the Butterfly is a really good story. It opens your mind about how you think. Jay, 10 I love the story about the little Swallow that hurt its wings. Everyone can learn something from these stories.. Miki Bee, 12 I like that she dances at the end because she is happy. Luke, 6 I found it very touching when the butterfly lost the colour in its wings to create Samir's dream garden, however sorry that a friend was lost. The magic in the orange tree really comes to life when the little girl recites her dream, it was very meaningful. Olympia, 11 Lots of things happen in this book. Orlando, 8 These are my favourite stories. James, 9 I could really connect with how the characters were feeling. Atlanta 9
Download or read book Queensland Agricultural Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 780 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Western Honey Bee written by and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 796 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
