5/24/2023 0 Comments The royal nanny by karen harper![]() ![]() LaLa knows only that these children, and the four who swiftly follow, need her steadfast loyalty and unconditional affection.īut the greatest impact on Charlotte's life is made by a mere bud on the family tree: a misunderstood soul who will one day be known as the Lost Prince. ![]() Neither Charlotte-LaLa, as her charges dub her-nor anyone else can predict that eldest sons David and Bertie will each one day be king. So begins the unforgettable story of Charlotte Bill, who would care for a generation of royals as their parents never could. She is excited, exhausted-and about to meet royalty. Based on a seldom-told true story, this novel is perfect for everyone who is fascinated by Britain's royal family-a behind the scenes look into the nurseries of little princes and the foibles of big princes.Īpril, 1897: A young nanny arrives at Sandringham, ancestral estate of the Duke and Duchess of York. ![]()
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5/24/2023 0 Comments Fever pitch a fan's life![]() ![]() The win means that if league leaders Napoli beat local rivals Salernitana on Sunday and second-placed Lazio fail to beat Inter Milan the same day, the Partenopei will win Serie A for the third time in their history and the first since Diego Maradona led them to the Scudetto in 1990. ![]() But as the game entered stoppage time, the pall was broken by a collective gasp followed by an eruption of cheers and whistles as Napoli scored to make it 1-0.Īs Napoli closed out the victory last weekend, the rumbling of people jumping up and down in their homes could be heard, like a train passing though the city. Naples, Italy – The streets of central Naples were quiet, except for the low murmur of TVs and radios all tuned to the same match: Juventus v Napoli. ![]() ![]() ![]() Unlike her bitter mother, who is erratic and has been wrecked by drink and loneliness, Ladydi is young and clear-eyed. “No community can survive so many tragedies.” And yet, the heart of this book, its very marrow, is how the remaining women survive, how they keep going even as the prospect of more devastation unspools before them. “My mother said the drug traffickers finally destroyed our mountain,” Ladydi tells the reader. Only women remain in this windswept, barren community near the port of Acapulco, leaving bad men to routinely descend on the village in trains of SUVs to enslave the prettiest girls in their cartel harems. It is a rural community that has been ravaged by drug traffickers and male flight to the United States. ![]() The mountainside Ladydi calls home is in Guerrero, Mexico, and is overrun with snakes and scorpions and bad news. The novel follows Ladydi as she transitions from schoolgirl to housekeeper and eventually to inmate, where she finds herself mistakenly numbered among the very women the drug war has claimed.Īll around Ladydi the makings of a comfortable and stable life lie in ruin her mother lives but is lost among the rubble. ![]() It is one of the best, most affecting novels I have read in years.Ĭlement has conjured a knowing voice for her strong young protagonist, Ladydi Garcia Martinez, a girl whose hard-won wisdom has come at a steep price. Jennifer Clement’s honest, beautifully written Prayers for the Stolen is a harrowing story about Mexico’s forgotten women and children: the ones missing and those in hiding. ![]() 5/24/2023 0 Comments Herland and selected stories![]() Perhaps best known for her chilling depiction of a woman's mental breakdown in her unforgettable 1892 short story 'The Yellow Wall-Paper', Gilman also wrote Herland, a wry novel that imagines a peaceful, progressive country from which men have been absent for 2,000 years. Wonderfully sardonic and slyly humorous, the writings of landmark American feminist and socialist thinker Charlotte Perkins Gilman were penned in response to her frustrations with the gender-based double standard that prevailed in America as the twentieth century began.
![]() He is very quiet but pays close attention to everything going on around. Through Charlie, Stephen Chbosky has created a deeply affecting coming-of-age story, a powerful novel that will spirit you back to those wild and poignant roller coaster days known as growing up. Charlie, a fifteen-year-old boy starts his freshman year in the beginning of the book. ![]() The world of sex, drugs, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show, when all one requires is that the perfect song on that perfect drive to feel infinite. The world of first dates and mixed tapes, family dramas and new friends. Caught between trying to live his life and trying to run from it puts him on a strange course through uncharted territory. The Perks of Being a Wallflower Paperback Februby Stephen Chbosky (Author) 37,390 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 11.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 18.40 34 Used from 10.83 28 New from 16.67 1 Collectible from 47. More intimate than a diary, Charlie's letters are singular and unique, hilarious and devastating. This is the story of what it's like to grow up in high school. passion marks the stunning debut of a provocative new voice in contemporary fiction: The Perks of Being A WALLFLOWER ![]() This haunting novel about the dilemma of passivity vs. ![]() 5/24/2023 0 Comments Miroslav sasek martin salisbury![]() The artist’s charming travelogues continue to appeal to adults and children alike, even in a digital age exploding with travel imagery.Īcclaimed author Martin Salisbury analyzes Šašek’s techniques and how his work not only reflects his architectural training and the ideas of the midcentury European avant-garde, but also the influence of contemporaries such as Saul Steinberg. With their distinct visual vocabulary, this witty collection of travel guides illustrating life and culture in a variety of cities and countries around the world from a child’s perspective, became immensely popular and garnered many awards. ![]() An introduction to Miroslav Šašek, the world-famous creator of the This Is series of children’s books, which provided a generation of kids with stylish and humorous illustrated books on the world’s great cities.Ĭzech artist Miroslav Šašek (1916–1980) is celebrated for his pioneering approach to narrative nonfiction picture books, particularly his bestselling This Is series, which began with This is Paris in 1959 and eventually totaled eighteen books. ![]() 5/24/2023 0 Comments The state of fear book![]() ![]() State of Fear became extremely popular when it was first published, reaching the top bestseller on Amazon and was second on the New York Times Bestseller list for a week. In addition to the dramatic plot, Crichton also added many graphs and diagrams and sources that support his own beliefs on global warming, which many scientists dismiss as biased and partially incorrect. Though the book incorporates many aspects of global warming and climate change on Earth, State of Fear is actually a fiction work in which terrorists plot mass murder in order to draw attention to the impending catastrophe resulting from global warming. Published in 2004, State of Fear is a science fiction novel that was written by Michael Crichton. Written by people who wish to remain anonymous We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. ![]() These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. ![]() ![]() Shepard (Illustrator) 451 ratings See all formats and editions Hardcover 15.19 73 Used from 1.57 28 New from 10.20 4 Collectible from 13. Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan, Iona Vaughan, David T. Milne Winnie the Pooh: Deluxe Edition Hardcover Illustrated, Septemby A. Jones & the online Distributed Proofreaders Canada team at http: //Credits ![]() Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan, Iona Vaughan, David T. Jones and the online Distributed Proofreaders Canada team at http: //Updated. In which we are introduced to Winnie-the-Pooh and some bees, and the stories begin - In which Pooh goes visiting and gets into a tight place - In which Pooh and Piglet go hunting and nearly catch a Woozle - In which Eeyore loses a tail and Pooh finds one - In which Piglet meets a Heffalump - In which Eeyore has a birthday and gets two presents - In which Kanga and Baby Roo come to the forest, and Piglet has a bath - In which Christopher Robin leads an Expotition to the North Pole - In which Piglet is entirely surrounded by water - In which Christopher Robin gives a Pooh Party, and we say good-bye. ![]() 5/24/2023 0 Comments A Brighter Dawn by Leslie Gould![]() Soon following was the German occupation of Czechoslovakia before the Nazis invaded Poland in September 1939. Then came the Night of Broken Glass-the anti-Jewish pogrom in Germany, Austria, and the Sudetenland. During that period of time, Germany incorporated Austria, mandatory registration of all Jewish property began, and concentration camps opened. The historical thread of my dual-time novel A Brighter Dawn is set in Nazi Germany from 1937 to 1939. She and her husband live in Portland, Oregon, and are the parents of four adult children. She holds an MFA in creative writing and enjoys studying church history, research trips, and hiking in the Pacific Northwest. ![]() ![]() ![]() Leslie Gould (is a Christy Award-winning and #1 bestselling author of over 35 novels, including four Lancaster County Amish series. ![]() 5/23/2023 0 Comments The marvellous land of oz![]() ![]() Mombi has always been extremely mean and abusive to Tip. The protagonist of the novel is an orphan boy called Tip.įor as long as he can remember, Tip has been under the guardianship of a cruel Wicked Witch named Mombi and lives in the northern quadrant of Oz called Gillikin Country. The events are set shortly after the events in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and after Dorothy Gale's departure back to Kansas. Plot elements from The Marvelous Land of Oz are included in the 1985 Disney feature film Return to Oz. It was also adapted in comic book form by Marvel Comics once in 1975 in the Marvel Treasury of Oz series, and again in an eight issue series with the first issue being released in November 2009. The book was made into an episode of The Shirley Temple Show in 1960, and into a Canada/Japan co-produced animated series of the same name in 1986. ![]() This and the next 34 Oz books of the famous 40 were illustrated by John R. ![]() Frank Baum's books set in the Land of Oz, and the sequel to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900). The Marvelous Land of Oz: Being an Account of the Further Adventures of the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman, commonly shortened to The Land of Oz, published in July 1904, is the second of L. ![]() |