Download or read book Crikey You Lost Your Foot written by Deborah Ann Fisher and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2022-01-10 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crikey, You Lost Your Foot! By: Deborah Ann Fisher A young kangaroo loses his foot in an accident and must learn to get along without it with the help of his family and best friend. With the help of a sweet story, colorful characters, and a touch of humor, Crikey, You Lost Your Foot! may help young children deal with limb loss, may teach them it's not the end of the world, and show them they can learn to use a prosthetic limb/s to lead a normal and successful life.
Download or read book The Daughters of Mars written by Thomas Keneally and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-08-20 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In what is perhaps “the best novel of his career” (The Spectator), the acclaimed author of Schindler’s List tells the unforgettable story of two sisters whose lives are transformed by the cataclysm of the first world war. In 1915, Naomi and Sally Durance, two spirited Australian sisters, join the war effort as nurses, escaping the confines of their father’s farm and carrying a guilty secret with them. Amid the carnage, the sisters’ tenuous bond strengthens as they bravely face extreme danger and hostility—sometimes from their own side. There is great humor and compassion, too, and the inspiring example of the incredible women they serve alongside. In France, each meets an exceptional man, the kind for whom she might relinquish her newfound independence—if only they all survive. At once vast in scope and extraordinarily intimate, The Daughters of Mars is a remarkable novel about suffering and transcendence, despair and triumph, and the simple acts of decency that make us human even in a world gone mad.
Download or read book The New World written by Park Benjamin and published by . This book was released on 1841 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ghost Detectives The Lost Bride written by Emily Mason and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2012-05-03 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some ghosts are haunted by their past. When the local museum needs volunteers to help it reopen, Abi, Hannah, Sarah and Grace sign up. The girls discover that the museum has a link to the spirit world when they find an ancient diary and meet a ghost bride from another century. She can't rest in peace until she finds out why her true love left her at the altar. The Ghost Detectives have a romantic first mystery to solve!
Download or read book The Uncommon Life of Alfred Warner in Six Days written by Juliet Conlin and published by Black & White Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2017-02-23 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Approaching 80, frail and alone, a remarkable man makes the journey from his sheltered home in England to Berlin to meet his granddaughter. He has six days left to live and must relate his life story before he dies... His life has been rich and full. He has witnessed firsthand the rise of the Nazis, experienced heartrending family tragedy, fought in the German army, been interred in a POW camp in Scotland and faced violent persecution in peacetime Britain. But he has also touched many lives, fallen deeply in love, raised a family and survived triumphantly at the limits of human endurance. He carries within him an astonishing family secret that he must share before he dies... a story that will mean someone else's salvation. Welcome to the moving, heart-warming and uncommon life of Alfred Warner.
Download or read book Sherlock Holmes The Hidden Years written by Michael Kurland and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2006-01-24 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An anthology of eleven original Sherlock Homes tales set during the missing years between the apparent death and later return of Sherlock Holmes. Includes the Edgar Award finalist "The Adventure of the Missing Detective" by Gary Lovisi. In 1891, Sherlock Holmes in a struggle with his arch-enemy, the Napoleon of Crime, Professor James Moriarty, plunged with him over the Reichenbach Falls to his inevitable death. All of England - indeed the entire world - mourned the irreplaceable loss of the world's greatest detective. And that's where things stood until 1894 when Holmes suddenly reappeared in London, revealing himself to his friend Dr. John Watson, and resumed his activities as a consulting detective. Holmes remained very quiet and mysterious on those missing three years, never really revealing precisely where he'd been and what he'd done in the 'hidden years." Now, in this anthology of original stories the truth about those thirty-five months is unveiled and Holmes' adventures described. While some stories place Holmes in such familiar locations as New York and San Francisco, others find him high in the Himalayas or above the Arctic Circle. With stories from such writers as Rhys Bowen, Peter Beagle, Carolyn Wheat, Michael Collins and many others, Sherlock Holmes: The Hidden Years is a must-have book for every fan who has every wondered about the untold adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
Download or read book The Valley written by Di Morrissey and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2012-01-06 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FROM AUSTRALIA'S QUEEN OF FICTION COMES A PAGE-TURNING STORY OF FAMILY SECRETS AND LIES... The valley is nestled between rugged peaks, divided by a magnificent river. Within its peaceful green contours are held the secrets of generations of tribes, families and loners who have come under its spell. But some secrets are never shared, never told. Until one woman returns and begins asking questions... and discovers the story of a forgotten valley pioneer whose life becomes entwined with hers. But in looking into her own family's history she uncovers more than she ever expected – and what her mother hoped would always remain a secret...
Download or read book Thinking of You written by Jill Mansell and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2013-05-07 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: USA Today Bestseller! Are you in the midst of one of those "exciting" phases of life, like the eerily quiet empty nest...or the new job with the distractingly attractive, off-limits boss...or a wacky new roommate who isn't at all as advertised? What about all of those at once... Is your life full of surprises? No? Well, what if it could be? You may begin to think you're living someone else's reality. And maybe, that's not a bad thing... International bestselling author Jill Mansell spins a poignant and funny story of mothers, daughters, friends, and lovers...and what happens when everything takes a turn for the unexpected. Praise for A Walk in the Park: "What a fabulous read...laugh out loud moments, heartwarming and sweet."—Wendy's Minding Spot "Wonderful characters...Held me captivated."—Long and Short Reviews "A great read with drama, dry humor, and colorful characters."—RT Book Reviews, 4 Stars "Mansell excels at the ensemble romantic comedy, and her quirky but endearing characters shine once again."—Booklist "Charming...Mansell deftly weaves a web of poignant loves stories."—Publishers Weekly
Download or read book The Ungodly Meme written by Celticus Jo and published by Austin Macauley Publishers. This book was released on 2022-01-31 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world is in crisis. The last Christian in England tries to convert his wife but fails. He turns to re-educating children, but this proves dangerous. The one girl who responds to him disappears. But in his last days he meets an angel who announces a change that will transform the world.
Download or read book The Foragers written by Peter Wilks and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2006-10 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When his winter stores fall down the drain, Noah the inventive blackbird flies out in search of food. Noah and his companion Trudy have nothing else to help them but their wits. Battling against all kinds of dangers, eventually they find a plentiful source of food... only to discover that it is guarded by Oswald the owl. Will the foragers escape?
Download or read book Dancing with Dragons written by Jenni Ogden and published by Sea Dragon Press. This book was released on 2024-07-16 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Jenni Ogden, author of multiple-award-winning A Drop in the Ocean, comes another evocative story of friendship, coral reefs, and marine conservation for book-club readers. It is the late 1970s and teenagers Gaia and her brother Bron live with their parents on their isolated property on Western Australia’s Coral Coast. Intensively trained for a career as a professional ballet dancer by her mother, once a Principal Dancer in the American Ballet Theatre, Gaia also loves snorkeling over the coral reef that borders their small market garden. Then comes a day that changes her life forever: she discovers a rare pair of dramatically colored seadragons, their courtship dance over the coral spellbinding, and that night she loses her entire family and her dancing dream. Two years later she returns to the abandoned property, determined to live off the land. For years her only friends are the wild animals of the bush and reef, and Mary and Eddie, an Aboriginal couple who work for the racist farmer on the neighboring property — until one morning Jarrah, Mary’s 11-year-old orphaned nephew, is entranced when he sees Gaia dancing on the beach. As an unlikely friendship between these two lonely and scarred people deepens, they discover that when you lose everything the only way to survive is to open your heart. Award: GOLD MEDAL, Fiction: Australia/New Zealand-Aotearoa/Pacific Rim, 2024 Independent Publisher Book Awards
Download or read book Five Children on the Western Front written by Kate Saunders and published by Delacorte Press. This book was released on 2016-08-02 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this incredible, heart-wrenching story reminiscent of E. Nesbit’s Five Children and It, Kate Saunders illustrates the power of war but the even greater power of family, and the love that carries us out of the darkness of despair into the light of hope. The sand fairy, also known as the Psammead, is merely a creature from stories Lamb and Edith have heard their older brothers and sisters tell . . . until he suddenly reappears. Lamb and Edith are pleased to have something to take their minds off the war, but this time the Psammead’s magic might have a serious purpose. Before their adventure ends, all will be changed, and the Lamb and Edith will have seen the Great War from every possible viewpoint—that of factory workers, soldiers and sailors, and nurses. But most of all, the war’s impact will be felt by those left behind, at the very heart of their family. Praise for Five Children on the Western Front Winner of the Costas Award for Children’s Fiction ★ “An irresistible read.”—Publishers Weekly, Starred Review “Skillful and deeply moving.” —The Guardian “A rewarding experience.”—Booklist “Saunders strikes a surprisingly successful balance between the mischievous magic of the sand fairy and the harsh realities of wartime England.” —The Bulletin “A dramatic, heartrending look at World War I’s far-reaching consequences for families and individuals.”—SLJ “An emotionally resonant, engaging story of personal growth (the siblings’) and moral education (the Psammead’s). With issues of social and gender inequality and a compassionate take on the ruins of war, it’s historically convincing, thought-provoking, and sensitive.”—The Horn Book Magazine
Download or read book The Wild Reel written by Paul Brandon and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2004-06 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Paul Brandon is one of my favorites among the newer writers on the stands today and The Wild Reel shows him at the top of his game."--Charles de Lint
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Download or read book The Mirror of Literature Amusement and Instruction written by Reuben Percy and published by . This book was released on 1833 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Containing original essays; historical narratives, biographical memoirs, sketches of society, topographical descriptions, novels and tales, anecdotes, select extracts from new and expensive works, the spirit of the public journals, discoveries in the arts and sciences, useful domestic hints, etc. etc. etc.
Download or read book Big Foot Adventures Down Under written by Maggie Meyer and published by Maggie Meyer. This book was released on 2020-08-18 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Join The Adventure Of Australia Bigfoot... This eBook will take you to an amazing fiction adventure packed with lot of actions and a wonderful story-line around Bigfoot, Dense Australian Forests & UFOs. It is not possible to mention the name ‘Yowie’ [or Bigfoot] without remembering the name of the man responsible for bringing these mysterious and elusive beings to public attention both throughout Australia and the world. Mentioning the Yowie without Rex Gilroy is like describing Egypt without the pyramids! Rex Gilroy or “Rex the Yowie Man” as he is known throughout Australia and overseas, has researched these primitive ancestors of ours for the past 55 years. He and his wife Heather operate the “Australiana Yowie Research Centre” [PO Box 202, Katoomba, NSW 2780; Phone 02 4782 3441] where he has amassed a large collection of footprint plaster casts of what he declared many years ago to be a relative of the North American ‘Bigfoot’ and other similar beings believed to live in southeast Asia and New Guinea. Rex Gilroy is a feld naturalist and historical researcher possessing the largest privately owned natural history collection in Australia. He is also the author of many books on the Yowie and mysterious animals including books on ancient civilization contacts with Australia and Australian UFOs [Unidentifed Flying Objects]. At 68 years old he has no intention of giving up his searches for the Yowie and retiring.
Download or read book Whispering to Witches written by Anna Dale and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2012-12-20 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A short holiday with his mother turns out very differently for Joe than he could have imagined when he left home. Soon he is embroiled in a world of witchcraft, a world where the kind and innocent witches of Britain are facing a wicked foe. Can Joe and his young friend Twiggy put an end to the cunning plot, or will they, like their witchy friends, find the baffling mystery too hard to solve?
