Author: Linda Saport
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0547531907
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 37
Book Description
Luminous pastel illustrations washed with color accompany the familiar words of this song from the American South. With its images of many-colored horses, cake, and a lost lamb that finds its mother, this lullaby artfully bridges the gap between sleep and waking. The pictures, too, take the viewer back and forth between the comfortable reality of the cradle on the porch and the vivid landscape of a child's dream. This striking picture-book rendition offers a new vision of a favorite lullaby and includes a simple arrangement of the tune.
All the Pretty Little Horses
Author: Linda Saport
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0547531907
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 37
Book Description
Luminous pastel illustrations washed with color accompany the familiar words of this song from the American South. With its images of many-colored horses, cake, and a lost lamb that finds its mother, this lullaby artfully bridges the gap between sleep and waking. The pictures, too, take the viewer back and forth between the comfortable reality of the cradle on the porch and the vivid landscape of a child's dream. This striking picture-book rendition offers a new vision of a favorite lullaby and includes a simple arrangement of the tune.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0547531907
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 37
Book Description
Luminous pastel illustrations washed with color accompany the familiar words of this song from the American South. With its images of many-colored horses, cake, and a lost lamb that finds its mother, this lullaby artfully bridges the gap between sleep and waking. The pictures, too, take the viewer back and forth between the comfortable reality of the cradle on the porch and the vivid landscape of a child's dream. This striking picture-book rendition offers a new vision of a favorite lullaby and includes a simple arrangement of the tune.
All the Pretty Horses
Author: Cormac McCarthy
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0679744398
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The first volume in the Border Trilogy, from the bestselling author of The Passenger and the Pulitzer Prize–winning novel The Road All the Pretty Horses is the tale of John Grady Cole, who at sixteen finds himself at the end of a long line of Texas ranchers, cut off from the only life he has ever imagined for himself. With two companions, he sets off for Mexico on a sometimes idyllic, sometimes comic journey to a place where dreams are paid for in blood. Look for Cormac McCarthy's latest novels, The Passenger and Stella Maris.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0679744398
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The first volume in the Border Trilogy, from the bestselling author of The Passenger and the Pulitzer Prize–winning novel The Road All the Pretty Horses is the tale of John Grady Cole, who at sixteen finds himself at the end of a long line of Texas ranchers, cut off from the only life he has ever imagined for himself. With two companions, he sets off for Mexico on a sometimes idyllic, sometimes comic journey to a place where dreams are paid for in blood. Look for Cormac McCarthy's latest novels, The Passenger and Stella Maris.
All the Pretty Little Horses
Author: Jennifer Fosgate
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781540509024
Category : Horses
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
This colorful retelling of the traditional lullaby, illustrated with the unique paintings of equine artist Jennifer Fosgate, will delight horse enthusiasts young and old.
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781540509024
Category : Horses
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
This colorful retelling of the traditional lullaby, illustrated with the unique paintings of equine artist Jennifer Fosgate, will delight horse enthusiasts young and old.
The Border Trilogy
Author: Cormac McCarthy
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 1509852034
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1083
Book Description
Beautiful and brutal, two young cowboys come of age in The Border Trilogy – Cormac McCarthy's award-winning requiem for the American frontier. 'A landmark in American literature' – Guardian With an introduction from Rachel Kushner, author of The Mars Room. During the middle of the twentieth century, two teenage boys leave their childhoods behind across the US-Mexico border. John Grady Cole will search for his future to the south, a friend by his side, finding adventure and barbarism in the vanishing world of the Old West. Billy Parnham, after deciding not to kill her, will be drawn to the mountains of Mexico accompanied by a lone, pregnant wolf. When the two boys come together as men, in the trilogy's final volume, a dangerous chain of events will bring this story to its savage, inevitable conclusion. A stunning saga of loyalty and love, filled equally with sorrow and humour, The Border Trilogy is a powerful story of two friends growing up in a world where blood and violence are conditions of life. 'In these three fierce, desolate, beautiful novels, McCarthy has created a masterpiece' – Sunday Times This edition collects all three novels in the Border Trilogy: All the Pretty Horses, The Crossing and Cities of the Plain. Praise for Cormac McCarthy ‘McCarthy worked close to some religious impulse, his books were terrifying and absolute’ – Anne Enright, author of The Green Road and The Wren, The Wren 'His prose takes on an almost biblical quality, hallucinatory in its effect and evangelical in its power' – Stephen King, author of The Shining and the Dark Tower series '[I]n presenting the darker human impulses in his rich prose, [McCarthy] showed readers the necessity of facing up to existence' – Annie Proulx, author of Brokeback Mountain
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 1509852034
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1083
Book Description
Beautiful and brutal, two young cowboys come of age in The Border Trilogy – Cormac McCarthy's award-winning requiem for the American frontier. 'A landmark in American literature' – Guardian With an introduction from Rachel Kushner, author of The Mars Room. During the middle of the twentieth century, two teenage boys leave their childhoods behind across the US-Mexico border. John Grady Cole will search for his future to the south, a friend by his side, finding adventure and barbarism in the vanishing world of the Old West. Billy Parnham, after deciding not to kill her, will be drawn to the mountains of Mexico accompanied by a lone, pregnant wolf. When the two boys come together as men, in the trilogy's final volume, a dangerous chain of events will bring this story to its savage, inevitable conclusion. A stunning saga of loyalty and love, filled equally with sorrow and humour, The Border Trilogy is a powerful story of two friends growing up in a world where blood and violence are conditions of life. 'In these three fierce, desolate, beautiful novels, McCarthy has created a masterpiece' – Sunday Times This edition collects all three novels in the Border Trilogy: All the Pretty Horses, The Crossing and Cities of the Plain. Praise for Cormac McCarthy ‘McCarthy worked close to some religious impulse, his books were terrifying and absolute’ – Anne Enright, author of The Green Road and The Wren, The Wren 'His prose takes on an almost biblical quality, hallucinatory in its effect and evangelical in its power' – Stephen King, author of The Shining and the Dark Tower series '[I]n presenting the darker human impulses in his rich prose, [McCarthy] showed readers the necessity of facing up to existence' – Annie Proulx, author of Brokeback Mountain
On the Trail of Negro Folk-songs
Author: Dorothy Scarborough
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674012622
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Traces Negro folksongs back to their American beginnings. Dance songs, ballads, lullabies, work songs, and others are discussed.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674012622
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Traces Negro folksongs back to their American beginnings. Dance songs, ballads, lullabies, work songs, and others are discussed.
Go to Sleep, Baby Child
Author: Sourcebooks, Inc
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN: 9781570718359
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Sing along to help your baby drift into sweet dreams.
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN: 9781570718359
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Sing along to help your baby drift into sweet dreams.
Blood Meridian
Author: Cormac McCarthy
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307762521
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 349
Book Description
25th ANNIVERSARY EDITION • From the bestselling author of The Passenger and the Pulitzer Prize–winning novel The Road: an epic novel of the violence and depravity that attended America's westward expansion, brilliantly subverting the conventions of the Western novel and the mythology of the Wild West. Based on historical events that took place on the Texas-Mexico border in the 1850s, Blood Meridian traces the fortunes of the Kid, a fourteen-year-old Tennesseean who stumbles into the nightmarish world where Indians are being murdered and the market for their scalps is thriving. Look for Cormac McCarthy's latest bestselling novels, The Passenger and Stella Maris.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307762521
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 349
Book Description
25th ANNIVERSARY EDITION • From the bestselling author of The Passenger and the Pulitzer Prize–winning novel The Road: an epic novel of the violence and depravity that attended America's westward expansion, brilliantly subverting the conventions of the Western novel and the mythology of the Wild West. Based on historical events that took place on the Texas-Mexico border in the 1850s, Blood Meridian traces the fortunes of the Kid, a fourteen-year-old Tennesseean who stumbles into the nightmarish world where Indians are being murdered and the market for their scalps is thriving. Look for Cormac McCarthy's latest bestselling novels, The Passenger and Stella Maris.
Fritz and the Beautiful Horses
Author: Jan Brett
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0399174583
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Originally published: Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1981.
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0399174583
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Originally published: Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1981.
Summer's Nocturne
Author: Catherine Rollin
Publisher: Alfred Music
ISBN: 9780739007327
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 4
Book Description
Publisher: Alfred Music
ISBN: 9780739007327
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 4
Book Description
The Border Trilogy
Author: Cormac McCarthy
Publisher: Picador
ISBN: 9781509852024
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1056
Book Description
With an introduction by Rachael KushnerIn the vanishing world of the Old West, two cowboys begin an epic adventure, and their own coming-of-age stories. In All the Pretty Horses, John Grady Cole's search for a future takes him across the Mexican border to a job as a ranch hand and an ill-fated romance. The Crossing is the story of sixteen-year-old Billy Parham who sets off on a perilous journey across the mountains of Mexico, accompanied only by a lone wolf. Eventually the two come together in Cities of the Plain, in a stunning tale of loyalty and love. A true classic of American literature, The Border Trilogy is Cormac McCarthy's award-winning requiem for the American frontier. Beautiful and brutal, filled equally with sorrow and humour, it is a powerful story of two friends growing up in a world where blood and violence are conditions of life.
Publisher: Picador
ISBN: 9781509852024
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1056
Book Description
With an introduction by Rachael KushnerIn the vanishing world of the Old West, two cowboys begin an epic adventure, and their own coming-of-age stories. In All the Pretty Horses, John Grady Cole's search for a future takes him across the Mexican border to a job as a ranch hand and an ill-fated romance. The Crossing is the story of sixteen-year-old Billy Parham who sets off on a perilous journey across the mountains of Mexico, accompanied only by a lone wolf. Eventually the two come together in Cities of the Plain, in a stunning tale of loyalty and love. A true classic of American literature, The Border Trilogy is Cormac McCarthy's award-winning requiem for the American frontier. Beautiful and brutal, filled equally with sorrow and humour, it is a powerful story of two friends growing up in a world where blood and violence are conditions of life.