Author : Sally Hodson
Publisher : Dawn Publications (CA)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 16,39 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781584691723
Just imagine you are a young orca whale. Your special friends are two cousins and your 100 year-old great grandmother, the clan leader. Based on orca research, this book combines science with the real story of how family, friendship, and a grandmother's love are helping this endangered orca clan to survive.
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Page : 122 pages
File Size : 22,23 MB
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Author : Sarah Kelly Albritton
Publisher : WestBow Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 23,31 MB
Release : 2013-01-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1449780709
Elizabeth and Anna Torrey grew up in a small Mississippi town during Civil War times. Their love and friendship for a young slave girl named Simmy tells of the interweaving of the lives of slave and slave-master. Papa, the voice of wisdom, and Mama, a pillar of love, influenced their lives. Half fiction and half family history, this book will have you guessing if it has been written about you. A wholesome book for all ages.
Author : Donna Wilhelm
Publisher : Deep Vellum Publishing
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 47,54 MB
Release : 2019-11-19
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1941920926
An evocative, immersive memoir that charts the personal evolution of an American philanthropic thought leader and arts advocate. A Life of My Own follows the author’s journey from girlhood to the woman she would become. Wilhelm reveals her unique upbringing, diverse work history, family challenges and journey of personal growth with unbridled honesty and narrative energy. When life on the outside seemed under control, her inner life was in turmoil. A search for self-realization explores lies and deception about her origins, and a quest for truth and understanding that ultimately shapes a woman with profound purpose and mission. Donna Wilhelm’s memoir will inspire future generations to take ownership of their own life choices and stories as they travel with her on a journey as universal as it is empowering.
Author : Mei Yue
Publisher : Funstory
Page : 789 pages
File Size : 12,17 MB
Release : 2020-01-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1648141056
Mo Yuchen, the successor to the hundreds of billions of empire's Mo Family Group, was known as the Four Young Masters. It was rumored that he did not like women. Facing Leng Xin ruthlessly, killing him decisively and being extremely vicious, he was the most terrifying existence in the world. However, the Fourth Young Master Mo who had just gotten married suddenly transformed into a berserk wife. Help her abuse the Scumbag, tear the innocent bitch apart, and trample on the Green Tea Bitch. From then on, she would stand at the peak of her life. Everyone said that Mo Yuchen was using Luo Yixin and would get a divorce soon. In an interview, the female host asked Mo Yuchen, "Four Young Masters, what is the most important thing to be proud of in this life?" "With my name, I crowed her in her name." "I heard that the Four Young Masters has no status at all in the family. Everyone sympathizes with Four Young Masters. " "Pet my wife, what does it have to do with you!" "But Four Young Masters, Young Madame is raising Xiao Bai's face outside, do you really not care?" Mo Yuchen's face immediately became pitch black, "Just you wait, I'll go home and take care of her right now!"
Author : JOHN WARVELLE HARBAUGH
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 12,61 MB
Release : 2013-02-23
Category : History
ISBN : 1300773332
John W. Harbaugh has had a career in geology and academia and is a Professor Emeritus of Geological Sciences at Stanford University. He is the author or coauthor of 12 books and has also been connected with oil industry for much of his career. He currently manages oil and gas properties in Oklahoma and Texas.
Author : Lin Zhe
Publisher : Dog Ear Publishing
Page : 534 pages
File Size : 47,49 MB
Release : 2010
Category : China
ISBN : 1608442845
Beijing-based writer Lin Zhe's novel Waipode Gucheng, on which this translation is faithfully based, paints an unforgettable picture of an "ordinary" family caught up in the maelstrom that was China's most recent century. Her narrative ranges across the entire length of China, to California and back again, to the battlefields of the Anti-Japanese War of Resistance and the brutal "struggle" sessions of the Cultural Revolution. But it always returns to this family's home in Old Town, that archetypical, old-fashioned, and vanishing place steeped in the traditions of South China. Ms. Lin examines the inner strength that sustains people's lives in their darkest hours, when religious and political faith falter. And yet, a vein of irony and droll humor runs through this powerful story. Lin Zhe's novel may be understood as a love story, memoir, history, or allegory. For the non-Chinese reader it provides a rare and moving insight into Chinese lives in a century of fearsome upheaval.
Author : Tiffany Trent
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 16,40 MB
Release : 2013-08-13
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1442422076
In an alternate London where magical creatures are called Unnaturals and preserved in a museum, two teens find themselves caught in a web of intrigue, deception, and danger. Vespa Nyx wants nothing more than to spend the rest of her life cataloging Unnatural creatures in her father’s museum, but as she gets older, the requirement to become a lady and find a husband is looming large. Syrus Reed’s Tinker family has always served and revered the Unnaturals from afar, but when his family is captured to be refinery slaves, he finds that his fate may be bound up with Vespa’s—and with the Unnaturals. As the danger grows, Vespa and Syrus find themselves in a tightening web of deception and intrigue. At stake may be the fate of New London—and the world.
Author : Patricia C. Wrede
Publisher : Diversion Publishing Corp.
Page : 439 pages
File Size : 50,22 MB
Release : 2015-05-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1626815542
Stories of Liavek lore from two stalwarts of science fiction—the author of the Enchanted Forest Chronicles and the author of the Secret Country Trilogy. The setting for a series of stories by popular science fiction authors, Liavek is a hot, busy trade city, situated on the southern shore of the Sea of Luck at the mouth of the Cat River. In Liavek, magic is based on one’s “birth luck” and the length of time one’s mother was in labor, but it can only be used to power spells after it’s invested in some object outside oneself—a difficult and deadly task. . . . From that mad and wonderful seed, Patricia C. Wrede and Pamela Dean create an enthralling set of stories, where a god is trapped in the body of a chipmunk, where a play has the potential to incite a riot and change a nation, and where a family is coming apart at the seams—and going to enormous lengths to stitch itself back together. All of the stories are tied together by the unforgettable character of Granny, Ka’Riatha—the one the Book of Curses calls the Guardian of the S’Rian Gods. Granny moves through each story, casting spells and bringing her tart brand of wisdom to a world come undone. This collection is perfect for fans of both titans of the genre, and will bring equal parts thrilled gasps and charmed smiles to readers everywhere. “This deeply enjoyable journey to Liavek will be of interest to longtime fans and newcomers alike.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Author : William S. Powell
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 606 pages
File Size : 20,83 MB
Release : 2010-06-15
Category : Reference
ISBN : 0807898295
The North Carolina Gazetteer first appeared to wide acclaim in 1968 and has remained an essential reference for anyone with a serious interest in the Tar Heel State, from historians to journalists, from creative writers to urban planners, from backpackers to armchair travelers. This revised and expanded edition adds approximately 1,200 new entries, bringing to nearly 21,000 the number of North Carolina cities, towns, crossroads, waterways, mountains, and other places identified here. The stories attached to place names are at the core of the book and the reason why it has stood the test of time. Some recall faraway places: Bombay, Shanghai, Moscow, Berlin. Others paint the locality as a little piece of heaven on earth: Bliss, Splendor, Sweet Home. In many cases the name derivations are unusual, sometimes wildly so: Cat Square, Huggins Hell, Tater Hill, Whynot. Telling us much about our own history in these snapshot histories of particular locales, The North Carolina Gazetteer provides an engaging, authoritative, and fully updated reference to place names from all corners of the Tar Heel State.
