Download or read book Feddie Girl written by Nona David and published by . This book was released on 2010-02-01 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Carlotta Ikedi (a.k.a. Feddie Girl) has never liked school. Not in California. Not in Oklahoma. When her exasperated parents ship her off to boarding school-- in West Africa-- Carlotta faces a life, culture, and existence unlike anything she's ever known. School rules and regulation, rising bell, lights-out, manual labor, inspections, dining time, prefects, punishments, mean bunkmates, and visiting days-- it's all here. But author Nona David takes Carlotta's story a step further when her adventures lead to unfortunate incidents that threaten to drive her American family into the clutches of infidelity and organized crime. Boarding school doesn't get any better than this"--P. [4] of cover.
Download or read book The Fighter Queen written by John Bowers and published by AKW Books. This book was released on 2010-11-24 with total page 579 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The exciting conclusion to The Fighter Queen saga.The war has crossed the galaxy, but the Confederacy is deadlier than ever. The next campaign will be against Vega 3, where Onja hopes to find her father still alive; and if she survives that one, the final invasion “ the Sirian home world, where her mother and sister disappeared 27 years ago.
Download or read book Wanted Ones Vol 6 written by Jenean McBrearty and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-01-06 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2017 marks another successful year of publishing, a collection that includes a mix of quirky fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and advice for writers.
Download or read book Mounthaven written by Bernard Peyton Chamberlain, Jr. and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2013-03-20 with total page 591 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mounthaven is a multi-layered tale. Four generations and a hundred years of a Virginia family that, having survived the Civil War, acquires a derelict mansion and surrounding acreage called Mounthaven. The year is 1903. The place is already over a century old when Mary Carter Stokes, wife of a failed Yankee gentleman farmer and daughter of Major Moses Carter, late of the Army of Northern Virginia, first sees the property no plumbing, no electricity and the grounds a total disaster -- and it begins to sink in that this is to be where she will eventually die. Thus it becomes the story of Marys elder son, Edmund Carter Stokes and his Yankee but wealthy bride, as Ed, using Mounthaven as a base, struggles to complete the mission laid upon him by his mother-- to restore the family to the place in society it occupied before the war while Eds own son, Carter, flounders to free himself from these very values, for most of which Mounthaven serves as a decaying metaphor.
Download or read book The Duke of Snow and Apples written by Elizabeth Vail and published by Entangled: Select. This book was released on 2014-08-26 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Frederick Snow, first footman, is the perfect servant: efficient, hardworking, and completely bereft of emotion. Unbeknownst to his employers, he's the lost Duke of Snowmont, on the run from a suspicious stepfather and a powerful magic he can only control by burying his passions beneath his frosty demeanor. He's managed to hide behind his carefully ordered life until an impertinent miss arrives and challenges everything he thought he wanted. If Charlotte Erlwood wants to land a wealthy, titled husband at her great aunt's house party, she has to stop losing her temper – especially with inordinately handsome footmen. Perhaps if she recruits Frederick for her matrimonial schemes, she'll be able to direct her attention toward suitable single noblemen and away from inappropriate dalliances. But Frederick's frigid control is no match for Charlotte's irrepressible spirit, and her passionate kiss could summon the darker side of his magic...or wake his heart from its frozen sleep.
Download or read book Cinemascope Two written by John Reid and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2005-02-01 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If it were not for the vision and enterprise of Darryl F. Zanuck and 20th Century-Fox, chances are none of us would be enjoying widescreen films today. Instead, we'd still be watching movies and TV on the same postage-stamp screen that became standard when movies began to talk in 1927. This survey of Fox's contributions to the CinemaScope Revolution which that studio started back in 1953, examines no less than 140 key films (with extensive cast and technical credits, plus release details and other background information, including prizes and awards).
Download or read book The Juvenile s Voice written by Maxine James and published by Word Alive Press. This book was released on 2017-03-24 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A healthy twelve-year-old is suddenly unable to concentrate. Her energy sapped and her body covered with itch, she finally receives the dreaded diagnosis—juvenile diabetes. Shortly after receiving this news, her mother and sister succumb to the disease. Fear grips her heart as she wonders if she will be next. In this biographical account of her struggle with juvenile diabetes, Maxine James takes readers on a journey of despair and hope, weakness and strength. From the terror of the daily needle to the stigma faced at school, Maxine provides an honest picture of life with diabetes during her Jamaican childhood. She learned to live—and live well—despite her illness, and prays that her experiences will encourage others who also fight this terrible condition. A great book for anyone who has been touched by a diagnosis of diabetes.
Download or read book Critical Vision written by David Kerekes and published by Headpress. This book was released on 1995 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Random Essays & Tracts Concerning Sex, Religion and Death
Download or read book Solero written by Brien Cole and published by ETT Imprint. This book was released on 2020-12-01 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In the dark of river bends, in the slow meander of deceit, in the closed still autumn mist, Freddy and Joyce with poles in hand, propel the craft into the stream." "The parrot chirps, he chews a nut then begins to chew upon the mast." The squawking parrot knows it all, the secret keeper of this land, of wine and river, war and love, and dreams men brought to river bank; alas they tried to build them. Part family saga, part love story, told over three generations by an undeliable parrot, "a most marvellous tale."
Download or read book Merchant Vessels of the United States written by and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 2684 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Mapmaker s Children written by Sarah McCoy and published by Crown. This book was released on 2016-02-09 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the New York Times bestselling author of The Baker's Daughter and Marilla of Green Gables, a story of family, love, and courage When Sarah Brown, daughter of abolitionist John Brown, realizes that her artistic talents may be able to help save the lives of slaves fleeing north, she becomes one of the Underground Railroad’s leading mapmakers, taking her cues from the slave code quilts and hiding her maps within her paintings. She boldly embraces this calling after being told the shocking news that she can’t bear children, but as the country steers toward bloody civil war, Sarah faces difficult sacrifices that could put all she loves in peril. Eden, a modern woman desperate to conceive a child with her husband, moves to an old house in the suburbs and discovers a porcelain head hidden in the root cellar—the remains of an Underground Railroad doll with an extraordinary past of secret messages, danger and deliverance. Ingeniously plotted to a riveting end, Sarah and Eden’s woven lives connect the past to the present, forcing each of them to define courage, family, love, and legacy in a new way.
Download or read book Penny from Heaven written by Jennifer L. Holm and published by Yearling. This book was released on 2007-12-26 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Newbery Honor–winning, New York Times–bestselling, and as full of fun and adventure as it is of deeper family issues. School’s out for summer, and Penny and her cousin Frankie have big plans to eat lots of butter pecan ice cream, swim at the local pool, and cheer on their favorite baseball team—the Brooklyn Dodgers! But sometimes things don’t go according to plan. Penny’s mom doesn’t want her to swim because she’s afraid Penny will get polio. Frankie is constantly getting into trouble, and Penny feels caught between the two sides of her family. But even if the summer doesn’t exactly start as planned . . . things can work out in the most unexpected ways! Set just after World War II, this thought-provoking novel also highlights the prejudice Penny’s Italian American family must confront because people of Italian descent were “the enemy” not long ago. Inspired by three-time Newbery Honor winner Jennifer Holm’s own Italian American family, Penny from Heaven is a story about families—about the things that tear them apart and the things that bring them back together. Includes an author’s note with photographs and background on World War II, internment camps, and 1950s America, as well as additional resources and websites. Booklist: “Holm impressively wraps pathos with comedy in this coming-of-age story, populated by a cast of vivid characters.”
Download or read book A Bird s Eye View of American Women written by Howard ("H") Worth and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2006-05 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Bird's Eye View of American Women describes women in a cynical, sarcastic, humorous fashion from an outside, "Bird's Eye," point of view. The main focus is to bring forth novel insights about women. Numerous illustrations are included to enhance the written content. A few selections detail important issues concerning both sexes. For example, in the "Office Worker" title, dangerous "gossipers" are discussed-ones who are always hunting, gathering, and blabbering personal information amongst others. Having been involved in healthcare training, the author shares behind-the-scenes footage of healthcare staff in a hospital. The "Psychopath" tells the true story of an emotionally disturbed female stalker on a quest for affection. There are twenty titles to entertain readers' hearts and minds. Those who have an affinity toward bathroom-type humor will surely appreciate some of the insights provided. In fact, it would be very surprising to the author and illustrator if at least a few internal smiles, if not outbursts of laughter, were not emanated. There is no other cynical 'humor book' like this one...enjoy.
Download or read book An Unexpected Encounter written by Deb Marlowe and published by Deb Marlowe. This book was released on 2013-11-14 with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *** This novella was previously found in the anthology, An Encounter at the Museum. It has been altered slightly. An epilogue has been added. Tall, practical girls might not be worth much in man's world, but Miss Lisbeth Moreton knows she's worth more than the squire's prized heifer. To change her fate, she's run off to a date with destiny at the British Museum. Her would-be swain never shows, but an unexpected encounter with Lord Cotwell and his lonely ward might lead to altogether new prospects . . . and perhaps to love.
Download or read book Guests on Earth written by Lee Smith and published by Algonquin Books. This book was released on 2014-05-13 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Reading Lee Smith ranks among the great pleasures of American fiction . . . Gives evidence again of the grace and insight that distinguish her work.” —Robert Stone, author of Death of the Black-Haired Girl It’s 1936 when orphaned thirteen-year-old Evalina Toussaint is admitted to Highland Hospital, a mental institution in Asheville, North Carolina, known for its innovative treatments for nervous disorders and addictions. Taken under the wing of the hospital’s most notable patient, Zelda Fitzgerald, Evalina witnesses cascading events that lead up to the tragic fire of 1948 that killed nine women in a locked ward, Zelda among them. Author Lee Smith has created, through a seamless blending of fiction and fact, a mesmerizing novel about a world apart--in which art and madness are luminously intertwined.
Download or read book Let Freedom Ring written by Ted Lange and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2014-05 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chaos, comedy, and collusion resound when a group of black men conspire to steal the Liberty Bell before it can be rung on George Washington's birthday on February 22, 1846. This band of black folks meets in Philadelphia at the Golden Fleece Tavern and their plot includes a secretive black barmaid and a female white abolitionist writer. What makes them think they can do it? How in the world will they do it? Will the mystery of the Liberty Bell's famous crack finally be solved? Let Freedom Ring, is based on historical imagination and combines Lange's signature comedy and drama as it reverberates issues of change and hope that still vibrate today.
Download or read book Encounters With a Rogue written by Deb Marlowe and published by Deb Marlowe. This book was released on 2017-03-07 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
