Author: George W. Everett Publisher: WestBow Press ISBN: 1449707599 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 43
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Someone was stealing Farmer Brown's prize pumpkins. Old Scarecrow was deeply concerned because it was his job to protect them, but he was old and unable to stay awake when he needed to. He was in a jam until G.W. Frog came to the rescue.
Author: Barbara Kingsolver Publisher: Harper Collins ISBN: 0061804819 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 578
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New York Times Bestseller • Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize • An Oprah's Book Club Selection “Powerful . . . [Kingsolver] has with infinitely steady hands worked the prickly threads of religion, politics, race, sin and redemption into a thing of terrible beauty.” —Los Angeles Times Book Review The Poisonwood Bible, now celebrating its 25th anniversary, established Barbara Kingsolver as one of the most thoughtful and daring of modern writers. Taking its place alongside the classic works of postcolonial literature, it is a suspenseful epic of one family's tragic undoing and remarkable reconstruction over the course of three decades in Africa. The story is told by the wife and four daughters of Nathan Price, a fierce, evangelical Baptist who takes his family and mission to the Belgian Congo in 1959. They carry with them everything they believe they will need from home, but soon find that all of it—from garden seeds to Scripture—is calamitously transformed on African soil. The novel is set against one of the most dramatic political chronicles of the twentieth century: the Congo's fight for independence from Belgium, the murder of its first elected prime minister, the CIA coup to install his replacement, and the insidious progress of a world economic order that robs the fledgling African nation of its autonomy. Against this backdrop, Orleanna Price reconstructs the story of her evangelist husband's part in the Western assault on Africa, a tale indelibly darkened by her own losses and unanswerable questions about her own culpability. Also narrating the story, by turns, are her four daughters—the teenaged Rachel; adolescent twins Leah and Adah; and Ruth May, a prescient five-year-old. These sharply observant girls, who arrive in the Congo with racial preconceptions forged in 1950s Georgia, will be marked in surprisingly different ways by their father's intractable mission, and by Africa itself. Ultimately each must strike her own separate path to salvation. Their passionately intertwined stories become a compelling exploration of moral risk and personal responsibility.
Author: Walter Colton Publisher: ISBN: Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 500
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Walter Colton (1797-1851) of Vermont had a career as clergyman and journalist before sailing to California as naval chaplain of the Congress. In July 1846, Commodore Stockton named him alcalde of Monterey, a post to which he was elected a few months later. He remained in California until 1849, using his time to found the state's first newspaper and building its first schoolhouse. Three years in California (1850) contains Colton's memoirs of that period, including descriptions of the U.S. military occupation of California, social life and customs of Monterey, discovery of gold and firsthand impressions of the Sonora mining camp in the Southern Mines, visits to Stockton and San José, John Charles Frémont, the Constitutional Convention of 1849, and California missions.
Author: Emily Faithfull Publisher: Applewood Books ISBN: 1429004606 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 402
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A woman from Scotland recounts her travels in the U.S., focusing particularly issues relating to women (education, employment, etc.), also discussing more general cultural matters.
Author: George W. Everett Publisher: WestBow Press ISBN: 1449704433 Category : Aging Languages : en Pages : 33
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Larry the Lion is distraught. His looks have changed over the years as he became an old lion. Losing his teeth was a big blow to his ego and inner courage. Along comes an unsuspected friend in the form of a very caring Frog. Along with some other critters from Frog Holler, and some creative genius, they fix up the old lion, restore his courage, and save the day!
Author: George W. Everett Publisher: WestBow Press ISBN: 1449746950 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 39
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Someone was stealing Farmer Brown's prize pumpkins. Old Scarecrow was deeply concerned because it was his job to protect them, but he was old and unable to stay awake when he needed to. He was in a jam until G.W. Frog came to the rescue.
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