Author: Sylvia CharlewoodPublisher:
ISBN: 9781903646175
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Greening the Laurel
Author: Sylvia CharlewoodPublisher:
ISBN: 9781903646175
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
The Greening of the Laurel
Author: Kate RileyPublisher: Melange Books, LLC
ISBN: 1680468898
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
On the 16th of March, 1244, 220 Cathars descended the mountain fortress of Montsegur, voluntarily walking into a burning pyre. Legend has it that four believers escaped the night before with the Cathar treasure, containing valuable books, documents and the Holy Grail. The hunt to eradicate the Cathars continued for decades after. The year is now 1940, France has been invaded by Germany, and in the Languedoc countryside, 16-year old Meli Durand, has strange dreams demanding that she remember who she is. Mysterious things begin to happen to her and as she tries to unravel the mystery, her grandmother Isabel clings tightly to the family myth and secrets too dangerous to reveal. As the war unfolds, Nazi Lieutenant Colonel Wolfgang Koch has been assigned the task of finding the fabled treasure by occult-obsessed Himmler, who is determined to present the Grail to Adolf Hitler. Failure is not an option. In the 13th Century, an anonymous troubadour wrote a prophecy that is well known in the Languedoc. "At the end of seven-hundred years, the laurel will be green once more." Against the backdrop of a world at war, and with the 700th anniversary rapidly approaching, Meli will need to understand her own role in a family legacy, that one person will do anything to hide and another will do anything to find.
Figs, Dates, Laurel, and Myrrh
Author: Lytton John MusselmanPublisher: Timber Press
ISBN: 1604690194
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
This book celebrates the plants of the Old Testament and New Testament, including the Apocrypha, and of the Quran. From acacia, the wood of the tabernacle, to wormwood, whose bitter leaves cured intestinal worms, 81 fascinating chapters—covering every plant that has a true botanical counterpart—tell the stories of the fruits and grains, grasses and trees, flowers and fragrances of ancient lore. The descriptions include the plants' botanical characteristics, habitat, uses, and literary context. With evocative quotations and revelatory interpretations, this information is all the more critical today as the traditional agrarian societies that knew the plants intimately become urbanized. The unusually broad geographic range of this volume extends beyond Israel to encompass the Holy Land's biblical neighbors from southern Turkey to central Sudan and from Cyprus to the Iraq border. Richly illustrated with extensive color photography and with a foreword by the incomparable Garrison Keillor, this delightful ecumenical botany offers the welcome tonic of a deep look into an enduring, shared natural heritage.
Charlie & Mouse
Author: Laurel SnyderPublisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 1452146403
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Four hilarious stories, two inventive brothers, one irresistible story! Join Charlie and Mouse as they talk to lumps, take the neighborhood to a party, sell some rocks, and invent the bedtime banana. With imagination and humor, Laurel Snyder and Emily Hughes paint a lively picture of brotherhood that children will relish in a format perfect for children not quite ready for chapter books.
My Heart Belongs in the Blue Ridge
Author: Pepper BashamPublisher: Barbour Publishing
ISBN: 1683227816
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
Journey into the Blue Ridge Mountains of 1918 where Laurel McAdams endures the challenges of a hard life while dreaming things can eventually improve. But trouble arrives in the form of an outsider. Having failed his British father again, Jonathan Taylor joins is uncle’s missionary endeavors as a teacher in a two-room schoolhouse. Laurel feels compelled to protect the tenderhearted teacher from the harsh realities of Appalachian life, even while his stories of life outside the mountains pull at Laurel’s imagination. Faced with angry parents over teaching methods, Laurel’s father’s drunken rages, and bad news from England, will Jonathan leave and never return, or will he stay and let love bloom?
The Lantern House
Author: Erin NapierPublisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0316463833
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
From the nationally beloved co-host of the #1 hit show Home Town comes the quintessential celebration of home. Imagine a house's early days as a home: A young family builds a picket fence and plants flowers in its yard, children climb the magnolia tree and play the piano in the living room, and there is music inside the house for many happy years. But what will happen when its windows grow dark, its paint starts to crumble, and its boards creak in the winter wind? The house dreams of a family who will love it again...and one day, a new story will emerge from within its walls. In this modern classic, Erin Napier’s lyrical prose and Adam Trest’s warm and comforting paintings deeply evoke the soul of a house cherishing the seasons of life and discovering the joy of rebirth.
Laurel Everywhere
Author: Erin MoynihanPublisher:
ISBN: 9781947845190
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
After the death of her mother and siblings, fifteen-year-old Laurel Summers' father struggles with grief and depression, leaving her it to her friends to help her cope with her pain and loss.
A Moment of Green Laurel
Author: Gore VidalGreen Laurels
Author: Donald Culross PeattiePublisher: Trinity University Press
ISBN: 159534165X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
In Green Laurels, Donald Culross Peattie combines his extensive knowledge of history's foremost naturalists with his personal observations about the subject to form what the New York Herald Tribune calls "a delightful book...one would not wish to miss on any account." This piece is accurate and precise but according to Nation, "there is not a line which is not dramatically vivid and entertaining." Peattie’s enthusiasm and enlightened curiosity make Green Laurels appealing to readers of all backgrounds.
Author: Eleanor Spence