 | The Situation and the Story: The Art of Personal Narrative
Publication Date: October 11, 2002| ISBN-10: 0374528586 | ISBN-13: 978-0374528584| Edition: 1st A guide to the art of personal writing, by the author of Fierce Attachments and The End of the Novel of LoveAll narrative writing must pull from the raw material of life a tale that will shape experience, transform event, deliver a bit of wisdom. In a story or a novel the "I" who tells this tale can be, and often is, an unreliable narrator but in nonfiction the reader must always be persuaded that the narrator is speaking truth.How does one pull from one's own boring, agitated self the truth-s...
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 | Freeman
Publication Date: May 8, 2012Freeman, the new novel by Leonard Pitts, Jr., takes place in the first few months following the Confederate surrender and the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Upon learning of Lee's surrender, Sam--a runaway slave who once worked for the Union Army--decides to leave his safe haven in Philadelphia and set out on foot to return to the war-torn South. What compels him on this almost-suicidal course is the desire to find his wife, the mother of his only child, whom he and their son left behind 15 years earlier on the Mississippi farm to which they all "belonged."At ...
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 | Time Is a River (Indie Next Pick)
Publication Date: January 20, 2009| Series: Indie Next Pick With a strong, warm voice that brings the South to life, New York Times bestselling author Mary Alice Monroe writes richly textured stories that intimately portray the complex and emotional relationships we share with families, friends, and the natural world. "Every book that Mary Alice Monroe has written has felt like a homecoming to me," writes Pat Conroy, bestselling author of The Prince of Tides. Time Is a River is an insightful novel that will sweep readers away to the seductive southern landscape, joining books by authors such...
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 | The Birth
Publication Date: December 2001"In the glorious heavenly realm, the angels eagerly strain to understand what new thing God is about to do as Gabriel passes through the Door--The forces of good and evil are about to clash." The Birth tells the tale of the incarnation as seen from both realms--heaven and earth. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title....
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 | Deadly Nightshade (Deadly Mystery #1)
Publication Date: January 3, 2009The first in a new mystery series from the legendary author of the Man From C.A.M.P. and Longhorns, Victor J. Banis. Straight cop, gay cop, and a woman who "isn't real." Tom and Stanley are on the trail of a drag queen serial killer, and along the way, they find themselves engaged in a more intimate pursuit, trying to resolve another mystery: their unexpected attraction to one another. ...
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 | The Forgotten Locket (Hourglass Door Trilogy, vol. 3)
Publication Date: June 9, 2011| Series: Hourglass Door Trilogy (Book 3) The future is uncertain. The battle to control the past has begun. The final book in the riveting Hourglass Door trilogy begins when Abby steps through the black door, and she doesn't dare look back. Though it means leaving Dante wounded, bleeding, and possibly blind she knows it is the only way to save her family and stop Zo from manipulating the river of time and throwing the future into chaos. In the end, Abby must face a final confrontation that will take her to the very origins of the hourglass door. ...
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 | Stories for Around the Campfire
Publication Date: December 1986| ISBN-10: 0961765305 | ISBN-13: 978-0961765309Complete guide to telling campfire stories.A collection of Boy Scout oriented campfire stories for telling around a campfire. Where else? There are 24 stories -- about 10 that are geared to younger children and 14 that are for older children. This book has been a best selling Boy Scout book for almost 25 years. --This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition....
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 | Skiing (All Action)
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 | Chameleon (Living Things)
Publication Date: September 1996| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up...
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 | The Gift of the Tree
Release Date: March 24, 1992| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: K and up Tresselt's classic story of The Dead Tree is given new life in this gloriously reillustrated volume. The role of an oak tree in the cycle of nature is revealed as an ancient tree, even as it dies and returns to the earth, provides nourishment for new life all around it. "Impressionistic illustrations beautifully reflect an evocative text." -- Kirkus Reviews. ...
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| Arctic Tundra (Habitats)
Publication Date: June 1997| Age Level: 5 and up...
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 | Lilly and the Snakes (Formac First Novels) (German Edition)
Publication Date: July 1, 2007| Age Level: 6 and up | Grade Level: 2 and up...
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 | Superduper Teddy (Riverside Kids)
Release Date: January 9, 2001| Age Level: 6 and up...
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 | The Gettysburg Address
Publication Date: February 2, 1998| Age Level: 10 and up | Grade Level: 5 and up The words of President Abraham Lincoln in the Gettysburg Address are as relevant and meaningful today as they were in 1863. This magnificent book is a stunning exploration of some of the most powerful words ever spoken in American history. ...
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 | Jesus Loves Me Shape Stickers: Kid-Drawn
Release Date: January 2, 2004| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up...
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 | Plow (with airport plow)
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 | A Newbery Halloween : A Dozen Scary Stories by Newbery Award-Winning Authors
Release Date: August 1, 1993| Age Level: 9 and up A collection of thirteen scary stories by Newbery Medalists Beverly Cleary, Madeleine L'Engle, Paul Fleishman, Eleanor Estes, and E. L. Konigsbury, among others, provides thrills and chills, ghosts and witches, to make any Halloween perfectly spooky. ...
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 | Do You Know Pippi Longstocking?
Publication Date: October 15, 1999| Age Level: 3 and up | Grade Level: P and up Everyone knows Pippi Longstocking. For generations, even the youngest children have immediately identified with her independent spirit. Now, for the first time in English, comes this pictorial introduction to Pippi, who is incredibly strong and lives alone in Villa Villekulla with her horse and a monkey called Mr. Nilsson. Pippi impresses her more conventional neighbors, Tommy and Annika; she bakes cookies on the floor, performs her own act at the circus, takes on two burglars single-handedly, and has a most unus...
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 | Creative Preaching on the Sacraments
Publication Date: October 1, 2003Creative preaching can help you move the sacraments to the center of your congregation's spirituality by making Scripture, personal experience, and the sacraments intersect in such a way that a wealth of meanings surfaces. Satterlee and Ruth seek to expand the range of meanings and associations people bring to the sacraments. They examine indepth how theology, scripture, context, and timing relate to effective sacramental preaching. Six sample sermons are included:1. In Whom Do You Place Your Trust? (baptismal sermon by Stephen Castleberry) 2. The Water of ...
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| Guidelines for the Design and Operation of Gasoline Vapour Emission Controls
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