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A Star for Mrs. Blake

Author : April Smith
Publisher : Knopf
ISBN 13 : 030795885X
Total Pages : 359 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (79 download)

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Download or read book A Star for Mrs. Blake written by April Smith and published by Knopf. This book was released on 2014-01-14 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United States Congress in 1929 passed legislation to fund travel for mothers of the fallen soldiers of World War I to visit their sons’ graves in France. Over the next three years, 6,693 Gold Star Mothers made the trip. In this emotionally charged, brilliantly realized novel, April Smith breathes life into a unique moment in American history, imagining the experience of five of these women. They are strangers at the start, but their lives will become inextricably intertwined, altered in indelible ways. These very different Gold Star Mothers travel to the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery to say final good-byes to their sons and come together along the way to face the unexpected: a death, a scandal, and a secret revealed. None of these pilgrims will be as affected as Cora Blake, who has lived almost her entire life in a small fishing village off the coast of Maine, caring for her late sister’s three daughters, hoping to fill the void left by the death of her son, Sammy, who was killed on a scouting mission during the final days of the war. Cora believes she is managing as well as can be expected in the midst of the Depression, but nothing has prepared her for what lies ahead on this unpredictable journey, including an extraordinary encounter with an expatriate American journalist, Griffin Reed, who was wounded in the trenches and hides behind a metal mask, one of hundreds of “tin noses” who became symbols of the war. With expert storytelling, memorable characters, and beautiful prose, April Smith gives us a timeless story, by turns heartwarming and heartbreaking, set against a footnote of history––little known, yet unforgettable. This ebook edition includes a Reading Group Guide.

WHY

Author : Marvin V. Blake
Publisher : Page Publishing Inc
ISBN 13 : 1634179307
Total Pages : 619 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (341 download)

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Download or read book WHY written by Marvin V. Blake and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2015-04-08 with total page 619 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “WHY”, is an epic story, 1838 – 1863, chronicling the lives of two sisters, one white, the other black, both born in 1847, three days apart, on Virginia’s wealthy Rosewood Plantation. The white sister is the child of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Billings, Master and Mistress of Rosewood, one of the richest cotton plantations in the state of Virginia. The black girl is the issue of the mating of Henry Billings, the Master of the Rosewood Plantation, and one of his female black slaves. While growing up together, one a slave the other her mistress, in the slave holding antebellum South, sharing many childhood experiences, the girls are forced to adhere to the harsh rules, and laws that separate white from black. Henry and Margaret Billings, Master and Mistress of the plantation, hire a recent college graduate, Miss Eleanor Leary, a young progressive, Irish immigrant, to tutor their children, Rebecca and her brother, Jesse Despite her fear of breaking the laws that prohibit the teaching of slaves to read and write, Eleanor, at Rebecca’s request, decides to include the black slave girl Mandy in their sessions. A whole new world is opened for Mandy. Through the teachings and the eyes of the white teacher, Mandy slowly, gradually, discards her insidious, lifelong feelings of racial inferiority, and self-loathing. Feelings and assumptions that Mandy had harbored and accepted from birth were now being replaced by developing feelings of racial pride and personal self-esteem. The novel examines three co-existing 19th century American Cultures. The privileged world of the South’s antebellum slave holding, White Planter Society; The oppressed communities of the black slaves; and the noble, nomadic hunter-gatherer society of the plains Indians. The turbulent events of this time in American History, results in the two sisters finding themselves living in, and experiencing the three cultures, and one sister is forced to choose between her life-long love for her sibling, or the love that develops between her and a Comanche Warrior.

Mrs Armitage Queen of the Road

Author : Quentin Blake
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 0099434245
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (994 download)

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Download or read book Mrs Armitage Queen of the Road written by Quentin Blake and published by Random House. This book was released on 2004 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the car her uncle gave her loses parts all over the road, Mrs. Armitage takes it in stride, but a gang of friendly motorcyclists is impressed with the results.

The Adventures of John Blake

Author : Philip Pullman
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 133816659X
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (381 download)

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Download or read book The Adventures of John Blake written by Philip Pullman and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2017-05-30 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An unforgettable graphic novel of time travel and adventure on the high seas from the #1 international bestselling author of the His Dark Materials series. Trapped in the mists of time by a terrible research experiment gone wrong, John Blake and his mysterious ship are doomed to sail between the centuries, searching for a way home. In the ocean of the modern day, John rescues a shipwrecked young girl his own age, Serena, and promises to help. But returning Serena to her own time means traveling to the one place where the ship is in most danger of destruction. The all-powerful Dahlberg Corporation has an ambitious leader with plans far greater and more terrible than anyone has realized, and he is hot on their trail. For only John, Serena, and the crew know Dahlberg’s true intentions, and only they have the power to stop him from bending the world to his will . . . Praise for The Adventures of John Blake “With obvious affection for Tintin, Pullman threads this complicated skein of plot with customary measures of awe and menace . . . he proves an expert visual storyteller. Fordham animates with characters who have the detail and agility of a Studio Ghibli cast . . . Anything new from Pullman is big news, and his first original graphic novel won’t disappoint.” —Booklist, starred review “The various plot threads coalesce into a powerful tale, with the artwork creating a soaring, cinematic feel. A modern seafaring epic, highly recommended for all Pullman and fantasy fans and more than worthy of its author’s oeuvre.” —School Library Journal, starred review “Purloined technology, time travelers, ghost ships, and deception converge in this graphic page-turner . . . A richly imagined high-octane thriller.” —Kirkus Reviews “The graphic novel format lets Pullman’s . . . dialogue shine, and Fordham’s lucid panels are strong, legible, and charged with energy.” —Publishers Weekly

A Star for Mrs. Blake

Author : April Smith
Publisher : Alfred a Knopf Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9780307958846
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (588 download)

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Download or read book A Star for Mrs. Blake written by April Smith and published by Alfred a Knopf Incorporated. This book was released on 2014-01 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meeting for the first time for a shared pilgrimage to France to visit the graves of their World War I soldier sons, an Irish maid, a chicken farmer's wife, a Boston socialite, a former tennis star and a librarian meet a brutally scarred journalist before confronting a shocking secret set against a lesser-known historical event. By the author of the FBI Special Agent Ana Grey series.

Witness Against the Beast

Author : E. P. Thompson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521469777
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (697 download)

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Download or read book Witness Against the Beast written by E. P. Thompson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1994-10-13 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First paperback edition of one of E. P. Thompson's best and most deeply felt works.

Flirt

Author : Laurell K. Hamilton
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101184817
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Flirt written by Laurell K. Hamilton and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-02-02 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anita Blake has been asked to raise the dead-but the results aren't going to make everybody happy...

Home Sweet Home

Author : April Smith
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 1101872373
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Home Sweet Home written by April Smith and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2017-11-14 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the widely praised author of the FBI Special Agent Ana Grey series and A Star for Mrs. Blake, this riveting epic drama follows the Kusek family from New York City to America's heartland, where they are caught up in the panic of McCarthyism, a smear campaign, a sensational trial, and, ultimately, murder. In the spring of 1950, Calvin and Betsy Kusek load their family in the station wagon and head west from New York City to relocate to a close-knit town in South Dakota. They settle on a ranch and begin a life in their new state. Betsy becomes a visiting nurse, befriending a quirky assortment of rural characters, and Cal jumps at the chance to serve his community when a seat opens up in the state legislature. Their children, Jo and Lance, grow up caring for animals and riding rodeo. But things change when Cal runs for the U.S. Senate. The FBI investigates Betsy, and a youthful dalliance with the Communist Party surfaces to haunt the Kuseks. Communist hysteria takes over their small town, inflamed by Cal’s political enemies. Driven by fear and hate, their neighbors turn on them. Decades later tragedy again strikes the family as the ghosts of their past come back to haunt them.

A Potion to Die For

Author : Heather Blake
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0451416309
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (514 download)

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Download or read book A Potion to Die For written by Heather Blake and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: TROUBLE IS BREWING… As the owner of Little Shop of Potions, a magic potion shop specializing in love potions, Carly Bell Hartwell finds her product more in demand than ever. A local soothsayer has predicted that a couple in town will soon divorce—and now it seems every married person in Hitching Post, Alabama, wants a little extra matrimonial magic to make sure they stay hitched. But when Carly finds a dead man in her shop, clutching one of her potion bottles, she goes from most popular potion person to public enemy number one. In no time the murder investigation becomes a witch hunt—literally! Now Carly is going to need to brew up some serious sleuthing skills to clear her name and find the real killer—before the whole town becomes convinced her potions really are to die for!

Girl

Author : Blake Nelson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1481494988
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (814 download)

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Download or read book Girl written by Blake Nelson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-06-06 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account of three years in a teenage girl's life as she forges an identity between two contrasting worlds -- her straight-laced school and Portland's underground music scene.

Mrs Maybrick

Author : Victoria Blake
Publisher : A&C Black Business Information and Development
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mrs Maybrick written by Victoria Blake and published by A&C Black Business Information and Development. This book was released on 2008-02-28 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Florence Maybrick was a 19-year-old Alabama belle when she married cotton-broker James Maybrick in 1881. She was convicted of his murder in 1889 after arsenic was found in his corpse. However, it was never established whether she administered the poison, or whether Maybrick himself, a hypochondriac who used arsenic and other tonics, took the fatal dose. Her death sentence was commuted to imprisonment and she served 15 years before her reprieve in 1903. This 'bloody history' tells the compelling tale of a ruined marriage and its infidelities, examining the murder, trial and controversy through Home Office files held at the National Archives and features new photographs of Mrs. Maybrick. It concludes with a bizarre twist: James Maybrick became a Jack the Ripper suspect in 1992.

Mrs Armitage and the Big Wave

Author : Quentin Blake
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 0099407825
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (994 download)

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Download or read book Mrs Armitage and the Big Wave written by Quentin Blake and published by Random House. This book was released on 2000 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: MINI TREASURES: delightful mini picture books to treasure forever. ONE STORMY NIGHT 'One Stormy night, the wind was howling, the iron gate creaked and the black cat hissed. ' So begins Ruth Brown's spine-chilling ghost story of a night where not everything is as it seems. . .

The Quentin Blake Treasury

Author : Quentin Blake
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 0857550470
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (575 download)

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Download or read book The Quentin Blake Treasury written by Quentin Blake and published by Random House. This book was released on 2012 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Quentins very first picture book to his most recent adventures, this collection spans and celebrates his astonishing career. There's inspiration and exuberance, wit and wonder, joy and jollity to be found within these pages.

Amber Blake: The Complete Collection

Author : Jade Lagardère
Publisher : Magma
ISBN 13 : 9781736817995
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (179 download)

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Download or read book Amber Blake: The Complete Collection written by Jade Lagardère and published by Magma. This book was released on 2021-11-23 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Action and intrigue abound in this modern sci-fi thriller from supermodel/writer Jade Lagardère and legendary comics artist Butch Guice (Captain America) that shines a light on the dark corner of international human trafficking. Action and intrigue abound in this modern sci-fi thriller from supermodel/writer Jade Lagardère and legendary comics artist Butch Guice (Captain America) that shines a light on the dark corner of international human trafficking. Orphaned at the age of 5, Amber was enrolled at the Cleverland Institute, a school for gifted children, where she was promised a bright future. But predators hide in the school's administration and, on the verge of exposing them, Amber finds herself fleeing for her life from the very man who took her in. Now a top recruit of a covert agency dead-set on ending slavery in all its forms, she's going to destroy everone who's ever hurt the people she loves. Collects all three volumes of the Amber Blake saga for the very first time!

William Blake

Author :
Publisher : Flame Tree Illustrated
ISBN 13 : 9781787553033
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book William Blake written by and published by Flame Tree Illustrated. This book was released on 2019-09-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Visionary poet, artist and engraver William Blake is now recognised among the greatest contributors to English literature and art. His writing, often accompanied by illustrations featuring characters from his own mythology, is a multi-layered exploration of the power of the human spirit. This anthology features Blake’s most popular poems, from the exquisitely lyrical Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience, the prophetic Marriage of Heaven and Hell to the rousing Jerusalem. This collection is a celebration of this master of the imagination.

Warship

Author : Peter Anghelides
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781781780312
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (83 download)

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Download or read book Warship written by Peter Anghelides and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Star for Mrs. Blake

Author : April Smith
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307948803
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (79 download)

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Download or read book A Star for Mrs. Blake written by April Smith and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2014-09-23 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An emotionally charged historical novel based on the Gold Star Mothers. Cora Blake never dreamed she’d go to Paris. She’s hardly ever left the small fishing village where she grew up. Yet in the summer of 1931, she is invited to travel to France with hundreds of other Gold Star Mothers, courtesy of the U.S. government, to say goodbye to their fallen sons, American casualties of World War I who were buried overseas. Chaperoned by a dashing West Point officer, Cora’s group includes the wife of an immigrant chicken farmer; a housemaid; a socialite; a former tennis star in precarious mental health; and dozens of other women from all over the country. Along the way, the women will forge lifelong friendships as they face a death, a scandal, and a secret revealed.