Author: Andrew Mark Rudall Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 1471649679 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 162
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The discovery of his relationship to a First World War soldier fires Andy, the author, with an almost obsessive desire to uncover the whole story. It is the story of a hero from an unlikely background and Andy finds uncanny echoes of it in the 21st century. He tells it with tremendous enthusiasm and attention to detail. The humour and typical 'Black Country' expressions are well known in the area today and would have been very familiar to one very extraordinary Grenadier Guard.
Author: James Hime Publisher: Macmillan ISBN: 9780312998202 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 450
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Ten years ago, Sissy Fletcher, the preacher's daughter, disappeared into the night, never to be seen again, until a team drilling an oil well makes a grisly discovery that sends the town on a manhunt for a killer.
Author: Joanne Dobson Publisher: Bantam ISBN: 0307796914 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 315
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An unexpected bequest sends waves of violence through the placid groves of academe in Joanne Dobson's third mystery to feature Professor Karen Pelletier. Still untenured, and therefore on shaky academic ground, feisty young Enfield College professor Pelletier finds herself going head-to-head with the resident Edgar Allan Poe expert, Elliot Corbin, an academic windbag of monumental proportions who is lobbying to be appointed to the much-coveted and recently vacated Palaver Chair. So when Karen receives a serendipitous bonanza in the form of never-before-seen manuscripts and journals by the nineteenth-century poet Emmeline Foster, who is rumored to have killed herself for the love of Poe, Corbin is predictably put out. Subsequently, the corrosive Corbin is stabbed to death in his home on Thanksgiving Day. Karen has an airtight alibi, but other suspects abound--from the head of the women's studies program, who also pines for the Palaver Chair; to Visiting Poet Jane Birdwort, whose history with Corbin turns out to be far longer (and closer) than anyone had known; to the perpetually disgruntled department secretary; to a young female adjunct professor whose unbridled ambition will not be denied. Then Karen's office is ransacked, and a number of the Emmeline Foster journals and poems are stolen, so it looks more and more as if Corbin's death may be inextricably entwined with the muse of his life--poet of the macabre, Edgar Allan Poe. The undeniably attractive Lieutenant Piotrowski is called in, and, as in the past, he solicits Karen's help, involving her once more in the thankless task of investigating her not-always-so-collegial colleagues. As she did in her first two widely acclaimed novels, Joanne Dobson uses her savvy insider's knowledge of academic politics and her considerable talent for complex plotting to produce a witty and eminently satisfying entertainment.
Author: Sue Adams Publisher: Page Publishing Inc ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 315
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Can the wistful dream of a romantic "someday" ever become "forever?" Such is the question in the heart of shy teen Trisha Garrity during her last two years of high school in the '60s. She finds her search filled with emotional ups and downs, from a painful first crush to something more promising with Jamie Vega. Their relationship is complicated by Trish's growing friendship with his pal JoJo Rodriguez, who eventually realizes his platonic feelings are heading in a direction he hadn't anticipated. Trish herself had not expected the path their friendship would take until traumatic events force her to the brink of womanhood, where sweet dreams become bitter reality, and JoJo becomes her support. As Trish tries to deal with an uncertain future, her mother Eleanor finds her life entwined with her daughter's when she comes face to face with the past, and unfilled dreams of her own.
Author: Annie Way Kirby Publisher: Xlibris Corporation ISBN: 1984542818 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 236
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Annie is the author of four published books of poetry, Butterflies and Bumblebees, Apron Full O Apples, Frog Houses and The Sandpiper. Her writing is extremely poignant and emotional. She stresses good times and bad. Her words bring laughter and tears. At The End Of The Cotton Rows, is different in the fact that it is not poetic, instead, her words simply paint a picture of life as she knew it, so clearly you can feel the sweat drops on your brow and feel the pull of the pick sack on your shoulder. Your eyes will dim and burn at the brightness of the sun beaming down in the middle of the afternoon while you are surrounded by cotton stalks almost as tall as the little girl and her brother as they run up the rows to catch up with their family as together they move over one cotton row at a time. She writes a story of family closeness that tied one family together for a lifetime with memories, good and bad, that each brother and sister still draw from. The advice given by loving parents still ring true as they are passed down generation after generation. Annie has never forgotten the main source of advice from her parents, No matter where you go, never forget where you came from. Her honest, humble beginning is the one thing she is most thankful for.
Author: Mike Brook Publisher: Mike Brook ISBN: 1453727108 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 310
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Ike Lightningfoot is an American citizen. He's employed by World Wide Data Services. He's seven eighths Cherokee.And he's trapped in the basement of the Hotel Homo Sapiens with a preacher, an anthropologist, and the illegitimate son of the Prince of Monaco.This is his story.
Author: Pamela Robertson Wojcik Publisher: Duke University Press ISBN: 0822347733 Category : Performing Arts Languages : en Pages : 342
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Rethinks films including Pillow Talk and Rear Window by identifying the apartment plot as a distinct genre, one in which the urban apartment figures as a central narrative device.
Author: Jack Lazor Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing ISBN: 1603583661 Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 483
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"The Organic Grain Grower is the best resource we’ve seen for small-scale grain growers everywhere. . . . [Lazor's] passion comes alive in this fine guidebook’s depth of detail."—Mother Earth News The ultimate guide to growing organic grains on a small and ecological scale The Organic Grain Grower is invaluable for both home-scale and commercial producers interested in expanding their resiliency and crop diversity through growing their own grains. Longtime farmer and organic pioneer Jack Lazor covers how to grow and store wheat, barley, oats, corn, dry beans, soybeans, pulse crops, oilseeds, grasses, nutrient-dense forages, and lesser-known cereals. In addition to detailed cultivation and processing information, Lazor argues the importance of integrating grains on the organic farm (not to mention for the local-food system) for reasons of biodiversity and whole farm management. Including extensive information on: The history of grain growing and consumption in North America The twenty-first century and the birth of the local-food movement Considering your farm's scale and climate Understanding soil fertility and structure Planting your crop (including spring vs. fall cereals and preparing your soil) The growing and ripening process (reproductive, milk, hard-and-soft dough stages) The grain harvest Preparing grain for sale, storage, or end use (drying, cleaning seed, grain handling) Seed breeding and saving Machinery, infrastructure, and processing (both home-scale tools and larger farm equipment) Grinding grains for livestock rations (including how to put together a ration based on protein content) and sample rations for dairy cows, pigs, and chickens Processing grains for human consumption Additional resources and information for new grain farmers, and more... Beginners will learn how to grow enough wheat for a year's supply of bread flour for their homestead, and farmers will learn how to become part of a grain co-op, working alongside artisan bakers and mills. Never before has there been a guide to growing organic grains applicable both for the home-scale and professional farming scale. This will be a classic for decades to come and a crucial addition to any farmer's, homesteader's, gardener's, agronomist's, or seed-saver's library.
Author: Cameron Mitchell Publisher: Publication Consultants ISBN: 1594332274 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 293
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Halas Duer has lived a sheltered existence. He knows little of life around him. And in the world of Aelborough, there are mysteries beyond even his front porch. But when Halas believes his father is in danger, he does not hesitate to step in. Before long, Halas, his brother Garek, and their friend Desmond are thrust into an adventure far beyond anything they could have imagined. Aelborough is a terribly dangerous place, and they are woefully unprepared for it. They must brave a haunted forest, a murderous army of bandits, a powerful sorceress, even the entire might of a nation as they fight to save the only thing that can prevent an ancient race of demons from being set upon humanity. It falls to Halas to hold his friends together as they make the difficult journey north. Will they make it in time to save the Temple of Immortals?
Author: David Statum Publisher: iUniverse ISBN: 0595170439 Category : Body, Mind & Spirit Languages : en Pages : 202
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At the age of 14, David Statum, an energetic and happy young man, fell asleep never expecting to awaken the next morning with a severely debilitating illness invading his body and dramatically changing his life forever. This illness caused even the most simple of tasks like breathing and walking to become an intense challenge, but even with all of the negatives facing him like learning to speak and walk again, a remarkable story of faith emerged. A remarkable journey toward becoming, you can use these Biblical steps to plan, build, and fuel the life you've always wanted. You can be everything GOD has said you can become.
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