Author: Amanda Quick
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 051515637X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
In 1930s California, glamour and seduction spawn a multitude of sins in this New York Times bestseller from the author of Tightrope. At the exclusive Burning Cove Hotel on the coast of California, rookie reporter Irene Glasson finds herself staring down at a beautiful actress at the bottom of a pool.... The dead woman had something Irene wanted: a red-hot secret about an up-and-coming leading man—a scoop that may have gotten her killed. As Irene searches for the truth about the drowning, she’s drawn to a master of deception. Once a world-famous magician whose career was mysteriously cut short, Oliver Ward is now the owner of the Burning Cove Hotel. He can’t let scandal threaten his livelihood, even if it means trusting Irene, a woman who seems to have appeared in Los Angeles out of nowhere four months ago. With Oliver’s help, Irene soon learns that the glamorous paradise of Burning Cove hides dark and dangerous secrets. And that the past—always just out of sight—could drag them both under....
The Girl Who Knew Too Much
Author: Amanda Quick
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 051515637X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
In 1930s California, glamour and seduction spawn a multitude of sins in this New York Times bestseller from the author of Tightrope. At the exclusive Burning Cove Hotel on the coast of California, rookie reporter Irene Glasson finds herself staring down at a beautiful actress at the bottom of a pool.... The dead woman had something Irene wanted: a red-hot secret about an up-and-coming leading man—a scoop that may have gotten her killed. As Irene searches for the truth about the drowning, she’s drawn to a master of deception. Once a world-famous magician whose career was mysteriously cut short, Oliver Ward is now the owner of the Burning Cove Hotel. He can’t let scandal threaten his livelihood, even if it means trusting Irene, a woman who seems to have appeared in Los Angeles out of nowhere four months ago. With Oliver’s help, Irene soon learns that the glamorous paradise of Burning Cove hides dark and dangerous secrets. And that the past—always just out of sight—could drag them both under....
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 051515637X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
In 1930s California, glamour and seduction spawn a multitude of sins in this New York Times bestseller from the author of Tightrope. At the exclusive Burning Cove Hotel on the coast of California, rookie reporter Irene Glasson finds herself staring down at a beautiful actress at the bottom of a pool.... The dead woman had something Irene wanted: a red-hot secret about an up-and-coming leading man—a scoop that may have gotten her killed. As Irene searches for the truth about the drowning, she’s drawn to a master of deception. Once a world-famous magician whose career was mysteriously cut short, Oliver Ward is now the owner of the Burning Cove Hotel. He can’t let scandal threaten his livelihood, even if it means trusting Irene, a woman who seems to have appeared in Los Angeles out of nowhere four months ago. With Oliver’s help, Irene soon learns that the glamorous paradise of Burning Cove hides dark and dangerous secrets. And that the past—always just out of sight—could drag them both under....
Molly McGinty Has a Really Good Day
Author: Gary Paulsen
Publisher: Yearling
ISBN: 0307538494
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
TODAY MOLLY Learned her wacky grandma was coming to spend the day at school with her; Lost her Notebook with Everything that Matters in it, including her homework; Got a black eye. Tore her skirt. And it’s only 9 a.m. Could things get any worse? You bet!
Publisher: Yearling
ISBN: 0307538494
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
TODAY MOLLY Learned her wacky grandma was coming to spend the day at school with her; Lost her Notebook with Everything that Matters in it, including her homework; Got a black eye. Tore her skirt. And it’s only 9 a.m. Could things get any worse? You bet!
Culturally Contested Literacies
Author: Guofang Li
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113591513X
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
Culturally Contested Literacies examines the home and school literacy experiences of children from a uniquely socio-cultural perspective, including vivid, detailed case studies describing the lives and literacy practices of six families.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113591513X
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
Culturally Contested Literacies examines the home and school literacy experiences of children from a uniquely socio-cultural perspective, including vivid, detailed case studies describing the lives and literacy practices of six families.
Notebooks
Author: Margaret Rose Thornton
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300116823
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 868
Book Description
Meticulously edited and annotated, Tennessee Williams's notebooks follow his growth as a writer from his undergraduate days to the publication and production of his most famous plays, from his drug addiction and drunkenness to the heights of his literary accomplishments.
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300116823
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 868
Book Description
Meticulously edited and annotated, Tennessee Williams's notebooks follow his growth as a writer from his undergraduate days to the publication and production of his most famous plays, from his drug addiction and drunkenness to the heights of his literary accomplishments.
Down the Rabbit Hole
Author: Liz Cummings
Publisher: Lyra Vega Publishing
ISBN: 1777769000
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
HOLLY JACK TRILOGY (Book One of Three) When a high-profile murder case comes in from the Georgia Governor’s Office, Holly Jack, a seasoned GBI agent in Atlanta, is personally tasked to keep a lid on it. The investigation leads her into a mystical world of past-life incarnations, aliens and a metaphysical realm that she has never encountered before, and she becomes strangely intrigued by the history of aliens and their interaction with Earth. Fighting against a strong political agenda, Holly pushes forward to search for a cold-blooded killer, discovering along the way that her decisions could affect the future of humanity. Go here to watch the trailer on the Holly Jack Trilogy Site - https://hollyjack.com/trailers/trailerdtrh/
Publisher: Lyra Vega Publishing
ISBN: 1777769000
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
HOLLY JACK TRILOGY (Book One of Three) When a high-profile murder case comes in from the Georgia Governor’s Office, Holly Jack, a seasoned GBI agent in Atlanta, is personally tasked to keep a lid on it. The investigation leads her into a mystical world of past-life incarnations, aliens and a metaphysical realm that she has never encountered before, and she becomes strangely intrigued by the history of aliens and their interaction with Earth. Fighting against a strong political agenda, Holly pushes forward to search for a cold-blooded killer, discovering along the way that her decisions could affect the future of humanity. Go here to watch the trailer on the Holly Jack Trilogy Site - https://hollyjack.com/trailers/trailerdtrh/
Dear Wandering Wildebeest
Author: Irene Latham
Publisher: Millbrook Press ™
ISBN: 1467772763
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Welcome wildebeest / and beetle, / Oxpecker and lion. / This water hole is yours. / It offers you oasis / beside its shrinking shores. Spend a day at a water hole on the African grasslands. From dawn to nightfall, animals come and go. Giraffes gulp, wildebeest graze, impalas leap, vultures squabble, and elephants wallow. Fact sidebars support the poems about the animals and their environment. Imaginative illustrations from Anna Wadham complete this delightful collection.
Publisher: Millbrook Press ™
ISBN: 1467772763
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Welcome wildebeest / and beetle, / Oxpecker and lion. / This water hole is yours. / It offers you oasis / beside its shrinking shores. Spend a day at a water hole on the African grasslands. From dawn to nightfall, animals come and go. Giraffes gulp, wildebeest graze, impalas leap, vultures squabble, and elephants wallow. Fact sidebars support the poems about the animals and their environment. Imaginative illustrations from Anna Wadham complete this delightful collection.
The Green Book Magazine
Family Matters
Author: Valerie Buttler
Publisher: BookLocker.com
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 197
Book Description
Sylvia Johnson is beginning a new life with her fiancé but is unable to move forward emotionally because of a forced estrangement from her family. She sneaks into her mother’s empty house hoping to say good-bye to the past but finds legal papers belonging to her parents. When they are exposed, the result is chaos for the entire family. Sylvia’s intimidating brother tries to stop her from looking further into the situation behind the papers while her sharp-witted mother feigns ignorance of them. During her search for answers Sylvia meets a family who invites her into theirs where she finds acceptance, timely advice, and a kindred soul. When her brother threatens to unravel her new life, she must learn to trust in herself and stand up for what is hers or risk losing all that she needs to move on.
Publisher: BookLocker.com
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 197
Book Description
Sylvia Johnson is beginning a new life with her fiancé but is unable to move forward emotionally because of a forced estrangement from her family. She sneaks into her mother’s empty house hoping to say good-bye to the past but finds legal papers belonging to her parents. When they are exposed, the result is chaos for the entire family. Sylvia’s intimidating brother tries to stop her from looking further into the situation behind the papers while her sharp-witted mother feigns ignorance of them. During her search for answers Sylvia meets a family who invites her into theirs where she finds acceptance, timely advice, and a kindred soul. When her brother threatens to unravel her new life, she must learn to trust in herself and stand up for what is hers or risk losing all that she needs to move on.
A Traitor in Whitehall
Author: Julia Kelly
Publisher: Minotaur Books
ISBN: 1250865506
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
From Julia Kelly, internationally bestselling author of The Last Dance of the Debutante, comes the first in the mysterious and immersive Evelyne Redfern series, A Traitor in Whitehall. "Kelly spins an Agatha Christie-esque mystery . . . thoroughly delightful and well-researched."—Susan Elia MacNeal 1940, England: Evelyne Redfern, known as “The Parisian Orphan” as a child, is working on the line at a munitions factory in wartime London. When Mr. Fletcher, one of her father’s old friends, spots Evelyne on a night out, Evelyne finds herself plunged into the world of Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s cabinet war rooms. However, shortly after she settles into her new role as a secretary, one of the girls at work is murdered, and Evelyne must use all of her amateur sleuthing expertise to find the killer. But doing so puts her right in the path of David Poole, a cagey minister’s aide who seems determined to thwart her investigations. That is, until Evelyne finds out David’s real mission is to root out a mole selling government secrets to Britain’s enemies, and the pair begrudgingly team up. With her quick wit, sharp eyes, and determination, will Evelyne be able to find out who’s been selling England’s secrets and catch a killer, all while battling her growing attraction to David?
Publisher: Minotaur Books
ISBN: 1250865506
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
From Julia Kelly, internationally bestselling author of The Last Dance of the Debutante, comes the first in the mysterious and immersive Evelyne Redfern series, A Traitor in Whitehall. "Kelly spins an Agatha Christie-esque mystery . . . thoroughly delightful and well-researched."—Susan Elia MacNeal 1940, England: Evelyne Redfern, known as “The Parisian Orphan” as a child, is working on the line at a munitions factory in wartime London. When Mr. Fletcher, one of her father’s old friends, spots Evelyne on a night out, Evelyne finds herself plunged into the world of Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s cabinet war rooms. However, shortly after she settles into her new role as a secretary, one of the girls at work is murdered, and Evelyne must use all of her amateur sleuthing expertise to find the killer. But doing so puts her right in the path of David Poole, a cagey minister’s aide who seems determined to thwart her investigations. That is, until Evelyne finds out David’s real mission is to root out a mole selling government secrets to Britain’s enemies, and the pair begrudgingly team up. With her quick wit, sharp eyes, and determination, will Evelyne be able to find out who’s been selling England’s secrets and catch a killer, all while battling her growing attraction to David?
Singing River Story
Author: Laura Hildick Burge
Publisher: Apeli Publishing
ISBN: 0977675505
Category : Choctaw Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 682
Book Description
The legend of the Singing River has evolved into a world where the folds of time touch to transport Lauren Rayburn, a pursued mother, back to the 17th century. Here she finds a Native American tribe untouched by the encroaching Europeans. Her presence sparks an age old war that had almost extinguished the peaceful tribe many years before.
Publisher: Apeli Publishing
ISBN: 0977675505
Category : Choctaw Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 682
Book Description
The legend of the Singing River has evolved into a world where the folds of time touch to transport Lauren Rayburn, a pursued mother, back to the 17th century. Here she finds a Native American tribe untouched by the encroaching Europeans. Her presence sparks an age old war that had almost extinguished the peaceful tribe many years before.