Read
Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Co
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
When Jouha counts the ten donkeys carrying his dates to market, he repeatedly forgets to count the one he is riding on, causing him great consternation. Includes numbers written out in Arabic and in English transliteration, as well as the numerals one through ten, and a note on the origins and other versions of the story.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
#1 New York Times Bestseller: The true story behind Netflix’s Society of the Snow—A rugby team resorts to the unthinkable after a plane crash in the Andes.
Spirits were high when the Fairchild F-227 took off from Mendoza, Argentina, and headed for Santiago, Chile. On board were forty-five people, including an amateur rugby team from Uruguay and their friends and family. The skies were clear that Friday, October...
Spirits were high when the Fairchild F-227 took off from Mendoza, Argentina, and headed for Santiago, Chile. On board were forty-five people, including an amateur rugby team from Uruguay and their friends and family. The skies were clear that Friday, October...
84) Memoirs
Author
Publisher
Norfolk County Historical Society of Chesapeake, Virginia
Pub. Date
1970.
Language
English
Author
Series
Fairacre series volume 4
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Formats
Description
Two novels in the beloved Fairacre series, full of “delicious wit, quirky characters . . . and certainly love and laughter” (Jan Karon).
In the English village of Fairacre, retired schoolteachers Dolly Clare and Emily Davis enjoyed a remarkable friendship. Childhood playmates in Beech Green, they would remain close throughout their long lives, eventually sharing a cottage in their retirement. They felt...
In the English village of Fairacre, retired schoolteachers Dolly Clare and Emily Davis enjoyed a remarkable friendship. Childhood playmates in Beech Green, they would remain close throughout their long lives, eventually sharing a cottage in their retirement. They felt...
Author
Series
Fairacre series volume 7
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Formats
Description
Discover these “novels about the gentle rhythms of English village life,” as a community bands together to save their beloved local church (The New York Times).
The first day of October brought an unheralded and violent storm, which whipped through the quiet English village of Fairacre, blowing down trees and telephone poles—and, worst of all, damaging the roof of St. Patrick’s church.
...
The first day of October brought an unheralded and violent storm, which whipped through the quiet English village of Fairacre, blowing down trees and telephone poles—and, worst of all, damaging the roof of St. Patrick’s church.
...
Author
Series
Thrush Green series volume 1
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Formats
Description
Discover the little English village that neighbors Fairacre, in a novel that’s “enchanting, lovely, gentle, pointed, and charming” (Minneapolis Sunday Tribune).
Miss Read's charming chronicles of English small-town life have achieved legendary popularity, providing a welcome return to a gentler time with “wit, humor, and wisdom in equal measure” (The Plain Dealer).
Welcome to Thrush...
Miss Read's charming chronicles of English small-town life have achieved legendary popularity, providing a welcome return to a gentler time with “wit, humor, and wisdom in equal measure” (The Plain Dealer).
Welcome to Thrush...
Author
Series
Thrush Green series volume 12
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Formats
Description
Save the date for some English village fun: “You’ll relish a visit to Thrush Green” (Jan Karon, #1 New York Times–bestselling author).
In the Cotswolds village of Thrush Green, celebrations are underway. A statue of Nathaniel Patten has graced the green for years, but little is known of the village’s most distinguished son until an unexpected letter arrives. When the correspondence shows...
In the Cotswolds village of Thrush Green, celebrations are underway. A statue of Nathaniel Patten has graced the green for years, but little is known of the village’s most distinguished son until an unexpected letter arrives. When the correspondence shows...
Author
Series
Thrush Green series volume 11
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Formats
Description
Old and new friends find a warm welcome in the cozy English village of Thrush Green— “Miss Read’s novels are sheer delight” (Chicago Tribune).
There had been general dismay when Miss Watson and Miss Fogerty retired to Barton-on-Sea after many years of devoted service teaching the children of Thrush Green, so their visit to see old friends in the village brings great pleasure. The new headmaster,...
There had been general dismay when Miss Watson and Miss Fogerty retired to Barton-on-Sea after many years of devoted service teaching the children of Thrush Green, so their visit to see old friends in the village brings great pleasure. The new headmaster,...
90) Marketing to Gen Z: the rules for reaching this vast and very different generation of influencers
Author
Publisher
AMACOM
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In size and influence, Gen Z has arrived. This 1996-2010 cohort will comprise 40 percent of consumers by 2020, dominating markets and eclipsing other age groups. Hardworking, socially conscious, and skeptical of marketing hype, they're carving out an identity that's both distinct from their predecessors and more demanding. Marketing to Gen Z reveals who these new buyers are, what they value, how they make decisions, and ways to authentically connect...
Author
Publisher
Formac Publishing Company Limited
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Since the early days of flight, animals have helped researchers learn how to survive in the sky, and their role continues as humanity voyages into outer space. In 1783 a rooster, a duck and a sheep were placed in a basket attached to the first hot-air balloon. In the age of rockets and space travel, many more animals have travelled into orbit, and most have returned safely to earth. This book tells the stories of 50 trips into space, with details...
92) The seal garden
Author
Series
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
When storms roar and orcas are on the prowl, it's the seal gardens of the Great Bear Sea that provide safety and shelter to sea lions, otters, a variety of seals and other sea mammals. Ian McAllister's glorious photographs reveal the beauty and mystery of this rarely seen place of refuge. This is the third title in the My Great Bear Rainforest series, following Wolf Island and A Bear's Life.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
A savagely funny Mafia farceNsoon to be a major motion picture starring Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Tommy Lee Jones. The Blakes are new to a small town in Normandy, trying to hide the fact that father Fred is really a relocated ex-goodfella. When a mobster gets wind of their location, it's Mafia mayhem.
94) Wolf Island
Author
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
The Great Bear Rainforest is a majestic place full of tall trees, huge bears and endless schools of salmon. Award-winning photographer and author Ian McAllister's luminous photographs illustrate the story of a lone wolf who swims to one of the small islands that dot the rainforest's coast. The island provides him with everything he needs-deer, salmon, fresh water-everything, that is, but a mate. When a female wolf arrives on the island's rocky shores,...
96) A bear's life
Author
Series
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"This nonfiction picture book is full of stunning wildlife photographs of the bears of the Great Bear Rainforest in British Columbia."--
Author
Publisher
Firefly Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"The launch of the Hubble Space Telescope in 1990 was the first time humans had sent a telescope into space, beyond the distorting effects caused by looking through the Earth's atmosphere. Aided by stunning photography from Hubble, this book describes how Hubble gathers imagery and transmits it to Earth and discusses the telescope's top discoveries. It also explores the stormy weather on our solar system's planets and moons,star clusters, nebulas...
98) Village diary
Author
Series
Fairacre series volume 2
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Filmed over three months through the monsoon, by award-winning film-maker Nick Read, we witness the bravery, resourcefulness and extraordinary resilience of these children, as they grow up long before they should. 7 year old Deepa works at the Bandra West traffic lights, selling flowers to passing motorists. She buys them at the flower market early in the morning, and spends the day trying to make a small profit - sometimes until late in the evening....
100) The Burning Times
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
This beautifully crafted film is an in-depth look at the witch-hunts that swept through Europe just a few hundred years ago. False accusations and trials led to massive torture and burnings at the stake, and ultimately to the destruction of an organic way of life. The film advances the theory that widespread violence against women and the neglect of our environment today can be traced back to those times.
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