![]() ![]() Food Rules! The Stuff You Munch, Its Crunch, Its Punch, and Why You Sometimes Lose Your Lunch – by Bill Haduch – Haduch’s fun-filled trip through the world of gastronomical data is loaded with fascinating food factoids that will have your kids thinking more about healthy choices.Animal characters, served by a smartly dressed cat waiter, are led through a menu of nutritious fare, while kids learn why each item is a healthy choice. The Edible Pyramid: Good Eating Every Day – by Loreen Leedy – Written for kids ranging from pre-school to Grade 3, The Edible Pyramid is a picture book that shows eating well can be a beautiful thing, right down to the lush, colorful illustrations of healthy foodstuffs on its pages. ![]() You may even find them repeating some of the fascinating details that are splashed across its pages.
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![]() ![]() There, alongside the lapping of the Mediterranean, the women's spirits begin to shift, and quite unexpected changes take place. ![]() The Enchanted April, Elizabeth von Arnim's brilliant, irrepressible novella, tells the tale of four very different women who, on answering an advertisement in The Times, find themselves far away from the drizzle of London and instead in the warmth of an Italian sun. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day By: Winifred Watson Love By: Elizabeth von Arnim Publishers Summary Four very diverse women, all seeking revitalization and escape from the dreary February rains of 1920s London, rent the small medieval castle of San Salvatore, nestled high above the bay of Portofino, Italy. For four British women, the attraction brings them to San Salvatore. ![]() Beautifully designed and printed, these collectible editions are bound in colourful, tactile cloth and stamped with foil. In The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim. Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith.Ĭelebrating the range and diversity of Penguin Classics, they take us from snowy Japan to springtime Vienna, from haunted New England to a sun-drenched Mediterranean island, and from a game of chess on the ocean to a love story on the moon. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() And so, as she devours work by everyone from Hardy to Brookner to Proust to Samuel Beckett, her equerries conspire to bring the Queen's literary odyssey to a close. This second, more fortunate choice of book awakens in Her Majesty a passion for reading so great that her public duties begin to suffer. Read more upbringing demands she finish it and, so as not to appear rude, she withdraws another. But finding herself at its steps, she goes up to apologise for all the yapping and ends up taking out a novel by Ivy Compton-Burnett, last borrowed in 1989. Perhaps you could find him one of our old paperbacks on his way out.' Had the dogs not taken exception to the strange van parked in the royal grounds, the Queen might never have learnt of the Westminster travelling library's weekly visits to the palace. Dustwrapper with minor edge wear but remains good 'Oh Norman,' said the Queen, 'the prime minister doesn't seem to have read any Hardy. Her reading naturally changes her world view and her relationship with people such as the oleaginous prime minister and his repellent advisers. The Uncommon Reader is none other than HM the Queen who drifts accidentally into reading when her corgis stray into a mobile library parked at Buckingham Palace. Description for The Uncommon Reader Hardcover. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() “This is the mole,” Ty told him, almost growling. “If you pull one of those ‘everyone I love dies, let me disappear’ moves on me, I’ll hunt you down,” Ty told him. “I can’t believe all this shit circles back to me,” Zane said, staring at the tabletop. Zane didn’t know whether to be grateful to them or to be pleased that these men, men who reportedly had always been hard-drinking, hard-partying hooligans, would refrain for him.Įither way, he’d given them each a nod in recognition of what they were doing. Zane had caught a glance between Ty and Nick that spoke clearly to the fact that Nick had read Ty the riot act at some point about drinking in Zane’s presence. Ty had ordered a scotch to toast Richard Burns, but after that he’d stuck to Dr Pepper. They’d retreated from the graveyard and taken up residence in a local tavern, one Ty had apparently frequented when he’d been based in Washington, DC. Zane had loosened his tie and removed his suit coat because he refused to be in a funeral suit longer than he had to be. Ty, Nick, and Kelly were still in their dress blues. ![]() “And I look forward to it,” Zane mumbled against his lips. “I’ll get you eventually, my pretty,” he whispered. Ty pulled Zane to him and kissed him, holding him by a handful of his hair so he couldn’t get away. Ty and Zane both watched them go, then turned back to each other, both of them smiling. “That’s cold,” Kelly added before they were gone. ![]() Zane looked from him to Nick and back, a grin spreading across his lips. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It reminds us that friendship can outlast storms and landslides, anger and and jealousy.įind out more about the historical background, what inspired me to write it, reviews, reading group guides and more. The strong bond between Mary and Elizabeth sees them through struggles with poverty, rivalry and ostracism, as well as the physical dangers of their chosen obsession. Praise for the novel poured in: 'Chevalier's exploration into the soul of this complex but nave young woman is moving, and her depiction of 17th-century. In danger of being an outcast in her community, she takes solace in an unlikely friendship with Elizabeth Philpot, a prickly London spinster with her own passion for fossils. Sixteen-year-old Griet becomes a maid in Vermeer's tumultuous household, developing an apprentice relationship with the painter while drawing attention from other men and jealousy from women. ![]() Working in an arena dominated by middle-class men, however, Mary finds herself out of step with her working-class background. Remarkable Creatures is the story of Mary Anning, who has a talent for finding fossils, and whose discovery of ancient marine reptiles such as that ichthyosaur shakes the scientific community and leads to new ways of thinking about the creation of the world. With its long snout and prominent teeth, it might be a crocodile – except that it has a huge, bulbous eye. In 1810, a sister and brother uncover the fossilized skull of an unknown animal in the cliffs on the south coast of England. ![]() ![]() ![]() A mink will attack a bear if it has no escape route - no fear. When I first approached, I always gave her somewhere to escape to. ![]() It’s the middle of spring and I was dressed like the kid in Christmas Story, sweating like crazy. I named her Murray (such a cool name for a mink!) and put her in a horse stall. The only thing not covered was my face, just because I had nothing to cover it with. I had three pairs of gloves on my hands - welding gloves, medium-sized work gloves and tight work gloves. I put on three shirts, four pairs of pants and a pair of high-topped cowboy boots. One mink jumped up and hung onto a guy’s nose, wouldn’t let go. ‘Here’s where one almost tore my pinkie off,’ ‘Here’s where one grabbed my face,’ all this gruesome stuff. I trapped her and brought her to my house. It didn’t take long to find one wandering around a field, a female Blue Iris. If you live next to a mink farm, you’ve had one in your garage - sometimes once or twice a year. ![]() They’re super-clever and hard to keep penned in. Here’s the thing: Mink escape from farms all the time. I was a falconer, I trained horses and I trained dogs I’ve messed with animals since I was a kid. If you’re a zoologist, a naturalist, a mink farmer or a trapper, they all agree how nasty this beast is. As Chaga Keeps Trending, Mycologists Worry About Running Out ![]() ![]() ![]() The pinder, an older man with three daughters, sees his world unraveling as he ages. A lover of philosophy and Shakespeare, William is penniless, which leads him to take work as a cow-hunter (colonial cowboy) for a pinder (colonial rancher) of a cowpen (colonial ranch) in the Carolina backcountry. Hudson’s narrative revolves around William MacGregor, a young Scottish immigrant trying to establish himself in the New World. Drawing on his accomplished career as a leading scholar of the anthropology and history of the early South, Charles Hudson weaves a compelling tale of adventure and love in the colorful tapestry of Charles Town taverns, backcountry trails, pinewoods cattle ranges, hidden villages of remnant native peoples, river highways, rice plantations, and more. Vividly set in the rich pluralistic culture and primeval landscape of colonial South Carolina, this historical novel brings to life, and back into our memory, the birth of free-range cattle herding that would later come to be associated exclusively with the American West. A poor Scottish immigrant finds work and Shakespearean drama on a ranch in the backcountry of colonial South Carolina in this novel. ![]() ![]() ![]() She will use Connor and Gwen to bring about a bloody end as she's done before. She is a living force, bent on manipulating her inhabitants to her twisted will. She knows Amity is evil and she must get her family out, but who would ever believe her? Amity isn't just a house. Gwen has lurid visions of corpses that aren't there and bleeding blisters that disappear in the blink of an eye. Connor's nights are plagued with gore-filled dreams of demons and destruction. But something is not right about this secluded house. Ten years later, Gwen's family moves to Amity for a fresh start after she's recovered from a psychotic break. For fans of Stephen King and American Horror Story, a gruesome thriller suggested by the events of the Amityville Horror.Connor's family moves to Amity to escape shady business deals. ![]() ![]() "Black Rednecks and White Liberals" is the capstone of decades of outstanding research and writing on racial and cultural issues by Thomas Sowell. So too are the inspiring achievements and painful tragedies of black education in the United States. The reasons for the venomous hatred of Jews, and of other groups like them in countries around the world, are explored in an essay that asks, "Are Jews Generic?" Misconceptions of German history in general, and of the Nazi era in particular, are also re-examined. An essay titled "The Real History of Slavery" presents a jolting re-examination of that tragic institution and the narrow and distorted way it is too often seen today. ![]() It presents eye-opening insights into the historical development of the ghetto culture that is today wrongly seen as a unique black identity-a culture cheered on toward self-destruction by white liberals who consider themselves "friends" of blacks. In a series of long essays, this book presents an in-depth look at key beliefs behind many mistaken and dangerous actions, policies, and trends. ![]() Plainly written, powerfully reasoned, and backed with a startling array of documented facts, Black Rednecks and White Liberals takes on not only the trendy intellectuals of our times but also such historic interpreters of American life as Alexis de Tocqueville and Frederick Law Olmsted. ![]() ![]() This explosive new book challenges many of the long-prevailing assumptions about blacks, about Jews, about Germans, about slavery, and about education. ![]() ![]() ![]() 1 Book is not for reading online or for free download in PDF or eBook format. 1 Published On :Ĭomics & Mangas, Comics Books for Students, Teachers, Graudates, Professionals and all others Get ready to give Scooby Snacks a whole new meaning! SCOOBY APOCALYPSE VOLUME 1 collects issues #1-6. DeMatteis (JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK) and Howard Porter (JLA) comes SCOOBY APOCALYPSE, a whole new spin on the most beloved paranormal investigators in history. And only five peoplewell, four people and one mangy mutthave the smarts, the skills and the sheer crazy courage to stare down doomsday.Can these pesky kids and their canine companionusing every incredible contraption in their arsenaldefeat the evil that has overwhelmed planet Earth? Weve got only one thing to say about that: ZOINKS! From comics mastermind Jim Lee and the superstar creative team of Keith Giffen (JUSTICE LEAGUE 3001), J.M. But what if the horror was real? Something terrible has transformed our world, turning millions of people into mindless zombie hordes. Roaming the globe in their lime-green Mystery Machine, theyve solved countless crimes and debunked dozens of sketchy supernatural shenanigans. ![]() |