Faith Bass Darling s Last Garage Sale Book
Score: 3.5
From 37 Ratings

Faith Bass Darling s Last Garage Sale

  • Author : Lynda Rutledge
  • Publisher : Penguin
  • File Size : 12,9 Mb
  • Release Date : 2012-04-26
  • Genre: Fiction
  • Pages : 336
  • ISBN 10 : 9781101580608
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SOON TO BE CLAIRE DARLING—A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING CATHERINE DENEUVE! When a wealthy woman decides to sell all of her worldly possessions, she unearths the secrets of her family’s past in this charming debut. On the last day of the millennium, sassy Faith Bass Darling, the richest old lady in Bass, Texas, decides to have a garage sale. With help from a couple of neighborhood boys, Faith lugs her priceless Louis XV elephant clock, countless Tiffany lamps, and everything else in her nineteenth-century mansion out onto her long, sloping lawn. Why is a recluse of twenty years suddenly selling off her dearest possessions? Because God told her to. As the townspeople grab up five generations of heirlooms, everyone drawn to the sale—including Faith’s long-lost daughter—finds that the antiques not only hold family secrets but also inspire some of life’s most important questions: Do our possessions possess us? What are we without our memories? Is there life after death or second chances here on earth? And is Faith really selling that Tiffany lamp for $1? READERS GUIDE INCLUDED

Giraffe Reflections Book

Giraffe Reflections

  • Author : Dale Peterson
  • Publisher : Univ of California Press
  • File Size : 17,9 Mb
  • Release Date : 2013-09-09
  • Genre: Nature
  • Pages : 230
  • ISBN 10 : 9780520266858
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Presents a cultural, historical, and pictorial history of giraffes, describing their biology and behavior and demonstrating their grace and elegance through over one hundred photographs.

My Name Is Mary Sutter Book
Score: 4
From 71 Ratings

My Name Is Mary Sutter

  • Author : Robin Oliveira
  • Publisher : Penguin
  • File Size : 7,7 Mb
  • Release Date : 2010-05-13
  • Genre: Fiction
  • Pages : 384
  • ISBN 10 : 9781101190142
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An enthralling historical novel about a young woman's struggle to become a doctor during the Civil War In this stunning first novel, Mary Sutter is a brilliant, head­strong midwife from Albany, New York, who dreams of becoming a surgeon. Determined to overcome the prejudices against women in medicine-and eager to run away from her recent heartbreak- Mary leaves home and travels to Washington, D.C. to help tend the legions of Civil War wounded. Under the guidance of William Stipp and James Blevens-two surgeons who fall unwittingly in love with Mary's courage, will, and stubbornness in the face of suffering-and resisting her mother's pleas to return home to help with the birth of her twin sister's baby, Mary pursues her medical career in the desperately overwhelmed hospitals of the capital. Like Charles Frazier's Cold Mountain and Robert Hicks's The Widow of the South, My Name Is Mary Sutter powerfully evokes the atmosphere of the period. Rich with historical detail (including marvelous depictions of Lincoln, Dorothea Dix, General McClellan, and John Hay among others), and full of the tragedies and challenges of wartime, My Name Is Mary Sutter is an exceptional novel. And in Mary herself, Robin Oliveira has created a truly unforgettable heroine whose unwavering determination and vulnerability will resonate with readers everywhere.

Atomic Love Book
Score: 3.5
From 7 Ratings

Atomic Love

  • Author : Jennie Fields
  • Publisher : Penguin
  • File Size : 10,6 Mb
  • Release Date : 2020-08-18
  • Genre: Fiction
  • Pages : 368
  • ISBN 10 : 9780593085356
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"A novel of science, love, espionage, beautiful writing, and a heroine who carves a strong path in the world of men. As far as I'm concerned there is nothing left to want."--Ann Patchett, author The Dutch House "A highly-charged love story that reveals the dangerous energy at the heart of every real connection...Riveting."--Delia Owens, author of Where the Crawdads Sing Love. Desire. Betrayal. Her choice could save a nation. Chicago, 1950. Rosalind Porter has always defied expectations--in her work as a physicist on the Manhattan Project and in her passionate love affair with colleague Thomas Weaver. Five years after the end of both, her guilt over the bomb and her heartbreak over Weaver are intertwined. She desperately misses her work in the lab, yet has almost resigned herself to a more conventional life. Then Weaver gets back in touch--and so does the FBI. Special Agent Charlie Szydlo wants Roz to spy on Weaver, whom the FBI suspects of passing nuclear secrets to the enemy. Roz helped to develop these secrets and knows better than anyone the devastating power such knowledge holds. But can she spy on a man she still loves, despite her better instincts? At the same time, something about Charlie draws her in. He's a former prisoner of war haunted by his past, just as her past haunts her. As Rosalind's feelings for each man deepen, so too does the danger she finds herself in. She will have to choose: the man who taught her how to love . . . or the man her love might save?

Baby Giraffes Book

Baby Giraffes

  • Author : Megan Borgert-Spaniol
  • Publisher : Blastoff! Readers
  • File Size : 12,8 Mb
  • Release Date : 2015-08
  • Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
  • Pages : 0
  • ISBN 10 : 1626172161
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"Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through grade three, this book introduces baby giraffes to young readers through leveled text and related photos"--

Before the First Word Book

Before the First Word

  • Author : Lorna Crozier
  • Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
  • File Size : 5,6 Mb
  • Release Date : 2006-01-01
  • Genre: Poetry
  • Pages : 80
  • ISBN 10 : 9780889209183
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Lorna Crozier’s radical imagination, and the finely tuned emotional intelligence that is revealed in the clarity of her poetry, have made her one of Canada’s most popular poets. Before the First Word: The Poetry of Lorna Crozier is a collection of thirty-five of her best poems, selected and introduced by Catherine Hunter, and includes an afterword by Crozier herself. Representing her work from 1985 to 2002, the collection reveals the wide range of Lorna Crozier’s voice in its most lyrical, contemplative, ironic, and witty moments. Hunter’s introduction discusses the poet’s major themes, with particular attention to her feminist approach to biblical myth and her fascination with absence and silence as sites for imaginative revision. Crozier’s afterword, “See How Many Ends This Stick Has: A Reflection on Poetry,” is a lyrical meditation that provides an inspirational glimpse into the philosophy of a writer who prizes the intensity of awareness that poetry demands, and is tantalized by what predates speaking and all that cant be named. An engaging volume that will appeal to undergraduate students as well as general readers of poetry. Lorna Crozier’s work has won many awards, including the Governor Generals Award in 1992 (for Inventing the Hawk), the first prize for poetry in the CBC Literary Competition, the Canadian Authors Association Award for Poetry in 1992, a National Magazine Award in 1995, and two Pat Lowther Memorial Awards (1993 and 1996) for the best book of poetry by a Canadian woman. She has published fourteen books of poetry, most recently, Whetstone. Born in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, she now lives in British Columbia, where she is a Distinguished Professor at the University of Victoria.

Tears of the Giraffe Book
Score: 4
From 75 Ratings

Tears of the Giraffe

  • Author : Alexander McCall Smith
  • Publisher : Anchor
  • File Size : 8,8 Mb
  • Release Date : 2003-12-16
  • Genre: Fiction
  • Pages : 238
  • ISBN 10 : 9781400077670
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Fans around the world adore the bestselling No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series and its proprietor, Precious Ramotswe, Botswana’s premier lady detective. In this charming series, Mma Ramotswe—with help from her loyal associate, Grace Makutsi—navigates her cases and her personal life with wisdom, good humor, and the occasional cup of tea. Precious Ramotswe is the eminently sensible and cunning proprietor of the only ladies’ detective agency in Botswana. In Tears of the Giraffe she tracks a wayward wife, uncovers an unscrupulous maid, and searches for an American man who disappeared into the plains many years ago. In the midst of resolving uncertainties, pondering her impending marriage to a good, kind man, Mr. J. L. B. Matekoni, and the promotion of her talented secretary (a graduate of the Botswana Secretarial College, with a mark of 97 per cent), she also finds her family suddenly and unexpectedly increased by two.

The White Giraffe Book
Score: 3.5
From 24 Ratings

The White Giraffe

  • Author : Lauren St John
  • Publisher : Hachette UK
  • File Size : 20,9 Mb
  • Release Date : 2010-05-14
  • Genre: Juvenile Fiction
  • Pages : 208
  • ISBN 10 : 9781444002102
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The first book in the heart-warming White Giraffe series by Lauren St John, featuring the African adventures of Martine and her magical white giraffe. When tragedy strikes on a winter's night in England, Martine is sent to live with her grandmother on a game reserve in South Africa. Her wild, beautiful new home is riddled with secrets, but lonely Martine finds comfort in the legend of a white giraffe and in mysterious Grace, who believes Martine has a powerful gift. Defying her grandmother by entering the reserve alone, Martine is plunged into a world of danger, mystery and adventure. Who can she trust? And how far will she go to save the only friend she has ever known?

My Favorite Animal Lynx Book

My Favorite Animal Lynx

  • Author : Victoria Marcos
  • Publisher : Xist Publishing
  • File Size : 20,9 Mb
  • Release Date : 2014-10-15
  • Genre: Juvenile Fiction
  • Pages : 40
  • ISBN 10 : 9781623955229
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Learn all about lynx in this informational picture book. Kids ages 4-8 will enjoy learning about lynx through beautiful photos, engaging text and fun questions to test comprehension throughout the book.

The Race for Paris Book
Score: 4
From 7 Ratings

The Race for Paris

  • Author : Meg Waite Clayton
  • Publisher : HarperCollins
  • File Size : 7,6 Mb
  • Release Date : 2015-08-11
  • Genre: Fiction
  • Pages : 336
  • ISBN 10 : 9780062354655
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National Bestseller David J. Langum, Sr. Prize for American Historical Fiction, Honorary Mention for 2015 The New York Times bestselling author of The Wednesday Sisters returns with a moving and powerfully dynamic World War II novel about two American journalists and an Englishman, who together race the Allies to Occupied Paris for the scoop of their lives. Normandy, 1944. To cover the fighting in France, Jane, a reporter for the Nashville Banner, and Liv, an Associated Press photographer, have endured enormous danger and frustrating obstacles—including strict military regulations limiting what women correspondents can. Even so, Liv wants more. Encouraged by her husband, the editor of a New York newspaper, she’s determined to be the first photographer to reach Paris with the Allies, and capture its freedom from the Nazis. However, her Commanding Officer has other ideas about the role of women in the press corps. To fulfill her ambitions, Liv must go AWOL. She persuades Jane to join her, and the two women find a guardian angel in Fletcher, a British military photographer who reluctantly agrees to escort them. As they race for Paris across the perilous French countryside, Liv, Jane, and Fletcher forge an indelible emotional bond that will transform them and reverberate long after the war is over. Based on daring, real-life female reporters on the front lines of history like Margaret Bourke-White, Lee Miller, and Martha Gellhorn—and with cameos by other famous faces of the time—The Race for Paris is an absorbing, atmospheric saga full of drama, adventure, and passion. Combining riveting storytelling with expert literary craftsmanship and thorough research, Meg Waite Clayton crafts a compelling, resonant read.

How Giraffes Work Book

How Giraffes Work

  • Author : Graham Mitchell
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press
  • File Size : 12,7 Mb
  • Release Date : 2021
  • Genre: Nature
  • Pages : 609
  • ISBN 10 : 9780197571194
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This is a comprehensive overview of wild and free-living giraffes. Graham Mitchell combines nearly every piece of published research about this species into the pages of this book, making it an incredibly useful book for researchers, scientists, and naturalists studying a single species.

Giraffe Book
Score: 4
From 10 Ratings

Giraffe

  • Author : J. M. Ledgard
  • Publisher : Penguin
  • File Size : 17,9 Mb
  • Release Date : 2007-07-31
  • Genre: Fiction
  • Pages : 308
  • ISBN 10 : 0143038966
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A novel based on a bizarre, real-life incident that took place in 1975 Czechoslovakia describes the destruction of the world's largest captive herd of giraffes at a zoo in a small Czech town, recounting the story of the giraffes from their capture in Africa to their apparently senseless slaughter by the secret police. A first novel. Reprint.

West with Giraffes Book

West with Giraffes

  • Author : Lynda Rutledge
  • Publisher : Lake Union Publishing
  • File Size : 20,7 Mb
  • Release Date : 2021-02
  • Genre: Fiction
  • Pages : 372
  • ISBN 10 : 1542023343
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1938: The Great Depression lingers. Hitler is threatening Europe, and world-weary Americans long for wonder. They find it in two giraffes who miraculously survive a hurricane while crossing the Atlantic. What follows is a twelve-day road trip in a custom truck to deliver Southern California’s first giraffes to the San Diego Zoo. Behind the wheel is the young Dust Bowl rowdy Woodrow Wilson Nickel. Present day: At 105, Woody feels his life ebbing away. When he learns giraffes are going extinct, he finds himself recalling an experience he cannot take to his grave. In retelling his story, he explores what it means to be changed by the grace of animals, the kindness of strangers, and the passing of time. -- adapted from jacket

Giraffes in Outer Space Book

Giraffes in Outer Space

  • Author : Christine Melaas
  • Publisher : Unknown
  • File Size : 16,6 Mb
  • Release Date : 2019-07-09
  • Genre: Uncategoriezed
  • Pages : 58
  • ISBN 10 : 1071155571
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Follow Zippy Giraffe in the first book of this series as he navigates his way through more than his first day of school. Alongside his new friends, Zippy will learn that being true to who you are and following your dreams are valuable lessons. In this imaginative children's book, Zippy pilots through his course in the classroom to a place he only thought he would visit in his wildest dreams.

Freshwater Animals Book

Freshwater Animals

  • Author : David West
  • Publisher : Safari Sam's Wild Animals
  • File Size : 20,5 Mb
  • Release Date : 2015-07-15
  • Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
  • Pages : 0
  • ISBN 10 : 1625880715
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"Let Safari Sam show you his favorite Freshwater Animals. From hippos to piranhas, discover the amazing wold of some of this planet's wildest creatures"-- Back cover.