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Peter
by Anne Holm L. W. KingslandPeter knew it was madness to suppose a portrait could talk, but nevertheless, there was the boy in yellow promising to show him something interesting. Quelling his misgivings, Peter accepted the challenge and found himself in ancient Greece. No boy in yellow was in evidence, but there was Cimon, the son of a coin maker in nearby Haliartus, with whom Peter stayed. In the course of an adventurous night, when Peter and Cimon managed to uncover the plans of an advancing army, thereby saving the town, Peter realized that Cimon was the best friend he could ever have, but he had little time to appreciate the knowledge before he was shifted to post-Conquest England. Sad at leaving Cimon, Peter was impatient with the squabbles of Rosamund the Norman and Torquil the Saxon over the virtues of their ancestry until danger and their need of his help revealed them as two more true friends. But they, too, were lost to him when he was moved to Cromwell's England. By the time he met the boy in yellow again after returning to his home in Denmark, he was at last able to understand the purpose that linked them together. Highly imaginative but based on historical fact, this is another unusual story by the author of North to Freedom, which won the 1963 Gyldendal Prize for the best Scandinavian children's book and has been widely acclaimed here.
A Searching Heart (Prairie Legacy #2)
by Janette OkeVirginia is torn between going off to college with Jamison and staying home to help her family and elderly neighbor.
Leopard Lord
by Alanna MorlandA new ruler is in Leopard's Gard. And new perils threaten the land... For fifty years, the barony of Leopard's Gard has suffered brutal rule, under a series of barons in league with a dark power. Now the latest of these is dead, and his son Varian has inherited his father's lands--but with the lands he also inherits his father's power to shapeshift, and the demands that the dark god makes in return. Varian will be forced to ravage his own subjects as his father did before him. In desperation, Varian strikes a terrible bargain. He promises that the woman he chooses to marry will be a gift to the dark god, in exchange for the land's freedom. When Varian marries the lovely Cathlin, he knows he will feel guilty about her fate, but convinces himself that one woman's life is a small price to pay for the release of thousands of his countrymen. But Varian didn't count on falling in love...
Silver Chief to the Rescue (Silver Chief #2)
by Jack O'BrienHere is a dog story that quivers with human life and drama, with the beauty and thrill of the Northland, with the courage of men and women pitted against the eternal cold. It is a heroic tale of the most ancient struggle of man against the elements in which modern innovations--serums, radio, the airplane--play a vital part. A handful of courageous men, women, and children locked in the boundless snows of the North were suddenly caught in the grip of diphtheria. Only serum could save them. One lone doctor was waging a losing battle against the horrible scourge which was stalking the silent wastes again. When hope was almost abandoned, Jim Thorne and Silver Chief arrived with the precious life-saving serum. The little outpost was saved. With the arrival of the Mountie and his stalwart dog, the luck of the community seemed to have changed. Drifting herds of caribou cast their shadows over the wastes--rich game and nourishing food to the isolated village. Following them came the fox. This meant priceless skins and a season of plenty. But mysteriously the skins of the fur-trappers were vanishing out of the traps, and none other than Silver Chief was blamed. Jim Thorne set himself the task of clearing Silver Chief's name, and the trail of investigation led him through many dangers and surprises. This is a tale that, without sacrificing one second of sheer narrative spell, is richly instructive in the lore of hunting, trapping, sledging, and the maintaining of order.
The Tournament
by Anna CiddorThis story is set in a castle and is about a knight's first tournament.
Penny Marsh, R.N., Director of Nurses
by Dorothy DemingPenny takes a post as acting director of a nursing school as her young friend Heather begins her training. Juggling home and career and shaping the next generation of nurses is challenging, but Penny Marsh grows through the challenge and learns alongside her students.
James Herriot's Dog Stories
by James HerriotFrom the Book Jacket "[Herriot has the] ability to touch readers with his stories of pets and their eccentric owners and to bring them into the harshly beautiful world of the Yorkshire dales." -Chicago Tribune "FIFTY TOUCHING AND MEMORABLE DOG STORIES FROM THE VETERINARIAN AND MASTER STORYTELLER OF YORKSHIRE . . . AN EXTRA SPECIAL TREAT!" -Kirkus Reviews "Herriot's real gift lies in keeping us intrigued with his human and dog characters . . . Herriot teaches us how unpredictable and joyous life can be." -San Francisco Chronicle "James Herriot has become one of America's most beloved storytellers." -Times-Dispatch (Richmond, VA)
Dear Kilroy: A Dog to Guide Us
by Nora Vitz HarrisonFrom the Book Jacket: Dear Kilroy reminds us that some of the best teachers in this world have four legs and bark. Nora Vitz Harrison weaves the tender and wise humor of Kilroy and Riley, two canine correspondents, among heart-tugging essays on the magical relationship between people and dogs. The true-life stories follow a few special dogs and the human lives they change. The loss of a loved one or a relentless disease are made more bearable with a tail-wagging companion. Even if you have never been owned by a dog, you will be moved by this joyful yet bittersweet guide to life. NORA VITZ Harrison is a long time volunteer for Guide Dogs for the Blind and active in animal-welfare organizations. She has been a writer for corporate America since 1979. Her human-interest essays have appeared in The Oregonian newspaper and other publications. She lives in Oregon with her husband, Jon, and her dog, Riley. When she is not writing, she loves to hike, which is Riley's favorite hobby, too. Find out more about Nora and her canine friends at www.dearkilroy.com "The author of this lovely book is well aware of that spot deep within us that sometimes only dogs can find. The dogs in these stories touch that spot and make it glow." - Betty White actress/author 'As the dogs in Dear Kilroy strive to fulfill their potential, whether to become a guide for the blind or to become the best, most-trusted pet of someone in need, they inspire us to become better human beings. This book will lift your spirits and touch your soul." - Bob Phillips, CEO Guide Dogs for the Blind 'Harrison's delightful book reminds us that dogs serve as guides to the sighted as well as the blind. Open this book and your heart be opened, too." - Nancy Peterson The Humane Society of the United States
Black Like Me
by John Howard GriffinFrom the book Jacket: John Howard Griffin undertook in the fall of 1959 a personal assignment to find out the hard way, possibly the only way a white man can, what it is like to be a Negro in the South. He decided to darken his skin and travel through several southern states. Black Like Me is the record, offered in all its crudity and rawness, of this dangerous and often terrifying mission. Mr. Griffin found a doctor in New Orleans who was willing, with some misgivings, to give him the necessary medication (a drug used in the cure of vitíligo) . By accelerated treatments and the use of a sun lamp, he was able to make the change in five days. From November 7 to December 14 he hitchhiked, walked, and rode the buses through Mississippi, Alabama, back to New Orleans, and finally to Atlanta, living always on the dark side of towns, in rooming houses and cheap hotels. He learned what it was like to search for miles across a city for a glass of water or a bathroom, to buy a ticket, to try to cash a traveler's check. I walk the streets at night as a bald Negro - through a land hostile to my color, hostile to my skin." Mississippi and Alabama were a terrison; Atlanta was a ray of hope. '"Atlanta changed my mind. Atlanta has in proving that 'the Problem' can be solved and in showing us the way to do it." It was a far cry from the enlightened leaders, both white and Negro, in the Atlanta city administration to the Mobile plant foreman who said, when asked by the author for a job, "No use trying down here. . . . We're gradually getting you people weeded out from the better jobs at this plant. We're taking it slow, but we're doing it. Pretty soon we'll have it so the only jobs you can get here are the ones no white man would have." This report is a shocking confirmation of the enormous wall of hostility between the two races, a wall that is growing higher as some groups of Negroes are learning to hate back as viciously as they have been hated by some whites. Mr. Griffin is careful to emphasize the decency and kindness of most Southern whites, and blames institutions rather than individuals for the continuing abrogation of human rights. His book is a document of despair and darkness, but he found light in Georgia and in the hope that keeps Negro leaders from blowing the dangerous situation sky high.
Born of the Sun
by John H. CulpA young orphan is shipped to his aunt and uncle on a cattle ranch. "Kid" as he becomes to be known as, learns all the techniques to be a cow hand. He soon goes on a cattle drive, and then a second. He learns all the trades and techniques needed on a cattle drive, learns to rope cattle, and drives them through dangerous water, tornadoes, the dangers of tiny Abeline, Kansas and Indians protecting their lands.
Getting Started in Composition
by Donna Drews VanousWelcome to the introductory writing text Getting Started in Composition. Not only will you learn information that will help you write powerful and effective descriptions, classifications, directions, narratives, persuasions, and letters, but you will also discover the steps of the writing process that will enable you to write more efficiently and more successfully. You will learn how to plan your writing by identifying your purpose and your audience, by budgeting your time, by doing necessary research, and by using a prewriting strategy to generate your thoughts and ideas.
In A New Land: An Anthology of Immigrant Literature
by Sari Grossman Joan Brodsky SchurIn a New Land is an anthology of prose, poetry, fiction, and drama based on the American immigrant experience. America has always been a land of immigrants, never more so than today. The complete range of this enormous and rich ethnic diversity could never be captured in any anthology. What we hope to do here is to acquaint the reader with some of the common threads and transforming experiences which touched the lives of the newly arrived, whether they came nearly four hundred years ago by sail or yesterday by jet plane. The book is organized neither according to countries of origin nor by chronology. Rather it is organized thematically.
Riddle in Red (Connie Blair, Book #2)
by Betsy AllenThe pen name of Betsy Allen conceals one of the outstanding writers of books for girls of our day. In Connie Blair, a typical teen-age American girl so far as looks go, but with a lively intelligence and a keen nose for solving mysteries, the author has created her most appealing character. Connie is a career girl, with a job in an advertising agency, but mysteries have a way of rising up to challenge her wherever she goes. You can identify A Connie Blair Mystery at a glance because a color is always featured in the title. THE CLUE IN BLUE, THE RIDDLE IN RED, PUZZLE IN PURPLE, THE SECRET OF BLACK CAT GULCH, THE GREEN ISLAND MYSTERY, THE GHOST WORE WHITE, THE YELLOW WARNING, THE GRAY MENACE, THE BROWN SATCHEL MYSTERY, PERIL IN PINK, THE SILVER SECRET, and THE MYSTERY OF THE RUBY QUEENS.
Steppin and Family
by Hope NewellTo Steppin, brown, eager and limber, tap-dancing was the only art in the world, but Harlem boys don't have much money for dancing lessons; and fame seemed very far away as he sat forlornly under the Wishing Tree. Little could Steppin Stebbins imagine the twists and turns in his home life and budding career in the year to follow. From his little corner of Harlem, to the wide open country of upstate New York, and even eventually to the lights of Broadway, Steppin Stebbin knows only one thing; his dream is to dance with the world's most famous tap dancer, Bob Williams. This is a prequel to the Mary Ellis nursing series.
Child Development And Pedagogy
by Shalini Punjabi Edited by: Veer KumarThis books explains all the developmental growth of a child and also contains Exhaustive theory as per CBSE syllabus Previous Year CTET & STET questions Practice MCQ Exercise
Banking Awareness
by Rohit Singh Rakesh Kumar RoshanArihantthis book is very useful for IBPS, SBI (Bank PO clerk) & Other Exams. Covers all the fundamental concepts of banking sector.
Hilda Baker: School Nurse
by Dorothy DemingHilda dug her nails into her palms. Didn't this woman know that a school nurse had special public health preparation for her job? Didn't she know that she--Hilda Baker--had had two years of experience in addition to her basic nursing courses? Note: There are NUMEROUS misspells, archaic spellings, punctuation anomalies and grammar irregularities preserved as present in the print edition so as to comply with copyright law.
Vidyarthigaligagi Kathegalu Bhaga- 2
by Swami RaghaveshaanandaTwenty four short stories for the Students.
Vidyarthigaligagi Kathegalu Bhaga- 1
by Swami RaghaveshaanandaTwenty one short stories for the Students.
Vidhyarthigaagi
by Swami PurushotamaanandaThis book mainly focussed on the student's. The first article describes about concentration formulas as 'concentration in the study', but in the past they must have a knowledge of the way in which life can be streamlined. It has taught in the second article 'Letter to a Student'.
Mansika Ottadadinda Muktharaguvudu Hege
by R. V. KattimaniThis books states us how to get free from mental stress.
Inner Views from My Culture
by Audrey AbellAuthors Introduction: I wrote this book because my High School requires everyone to do a senior project to graduate. I decided to interview other teenagers and young people I know that have a disability because I have cerebral palsy and have had it my whole life. I'm hoping this book will help to raise awareness for those that are not disabled by helping them to understand what we go through day to day in the life of a young person with CP. I wanted it to be from the strong heart of my generation. I collected the information by email, in person and phone conversations that were recorded. For the interviews I asked everyone forty-one questions and they answered only the ones they wanted to. Each person has his or her own chapter. It ended up that the majority of everyone in this book has cerebral palsy of some kind. Some of the people I knew already and some I found by word of mouth and on the internet. The questions I asked my friends were inspired by my own life and what I deal with on a daily basis. The people who participated in this book chose to be anonymous because some of the questions are very personal and that way it could be private. Everyone who contributed to the book will get their own copy to share with whomever they want, in their lives and communities. Hopefully after people read the information it will give them more insight and they'll have more understanding. Like most people in the book I am the only one at my school in a power chair and that has cp. I've been the only one my whole life so I'm used to that. I think my being at school has made some people more aware. I think the problem is that people don't understand those with disabilities have the same feelings and think the same. When someone does "get it" they just treat me like a normal person, speak directly to me normally, without extra loudness or slowness or the other big one is they don't talk to me like I'm a baby. In the interview I talk about other important issues. I hope you enjoy this book and that it changes your perspective on us, our world, and our culture. I also hope that it helps all the young writers who participated, feel better to know about what each other is going through and that we share a lot of the same feelings and can learn and help each other. That goes for people with disabilities everywhere too.
Slut! Growing Up Female with a Bad Reputation
by Leora TanenbaumGirls may be called "sluts" for any number of reasons, including being outsiders, early developers, victims of rape, targets of others' revenge. Often the labels have nothing to do with sex -- the girls simply do not fit in. An important account of the lives of these young women, Slut! weaves together powerful oral histories of girls and women who finally overcame their sexual labels with a cogent analysis of the underlying problem of sexual stereotyping. Author Leora Tanenbaum herself was labeled a slut in high school. The confessional article she wrote for Seventeen about the experience caused a sensation and led her to write this book.