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Stories from Chickadee 1984
Par Chickadee. 1984
Stories from Chickadee 1984
Par Chickadee. 1984
Guys read: True stories (Guys Read #5)
Par Jim Murphy, Jon Scieszka, Douglas Florian, Sy Montgomery, Candace Fleming, Elizabeth Partridge, Nathan Hale, Steve Sheinkin, James Sturm, T. Edward Nickens, Thanhhà Lai. 2014
Award-winning authors and journalists provide a collection of essays, biographies, travelogues, and more--all geared to males. In "Sahara Shipwreck," author…
Steve Sheinkin tells the true story of capture, enslavement in the desert, and urine consumption in order to survive. For grades 5-8. 2014Welding with children: Stories
Par Tim Gautreaux. 1999
Eleven stories about life in rural Louisiana depicting a bibulous priest, a Creole princess, and a one-armed feminist hitchhiker, among…
others. In the title piece, an aging welder baby-sits for his unmarried daughters' four young children. During the day the befuddled granddad learns all about modern amoral lifestyles. Some strong language. 1999Time machines: the greatest time travel stories ever written
Par Bill Jr. Adler, Bill Adler. 1998
Anthology of twenty-two time travel short stories. Personal favorites of the editor ranging from Edgar Allan Poe's "Three Sundays in…
a Week" written in 1850 to Derryl Murphy's "What Goes Around" from 1997. For senior high and older readersLife in the iron mills, and other stories: Second Edition
Par Rebecca Harding Davis, Tillie Olsen. 1985
The title piece, first published in the Atlantic Monthly in April 1861, tells the story of an artist living in…
one of the early industrial towns of America and portrays the deprivation of the mill hands and their families. Also included are "The Wife's Story," "Anne," and a biographical sketch of Rebecca Harding Davis. These describe the lives of women constrained by society and by their own senses of dutyHighway 99: a literary journey through California's Great Central Valley
Par Stan Yogi. 1996
This multicultural anthology contains essays, fiction, poetry and drama showcasing seventy writers living along the length of Highway 99--the main…
artery through California's Central Valley. Explores how the agricultural opportunities of the region attract people from many walks of life: African American migrants, Oklahoma refugees, Filipino laborers, Chinese pioneers, Mexican workers, and Laotian immigrantsGiants in the earth: the California redwoods
Par Peter Johnstone, Peter E. Palmquist. 2001
Literary anthology of stories, poems, natural history compositions, and articles selected from three hundred years of writing about the California…
redwoods. Authors Walt Whitman, John Muir, Jack London, Tom Wolfe, Armistead Maupin, and others who visited the groves felt inspired to write about their experiences and feelingsSnowfire
Par Dana James. 2013
When Beth married glaciologist Allan Bryce she believed nothing would ever come between them. But something did – another wife.…
Without waiting for explanations Beth fled, burying herself in work and determined to replace her shattered memories of their love with award-winning photographs. Two years on, meeting unexpectedly on an expedition in Iceland, Beth can't understand why his eyes are as cold as the landscape and his fury so bitter – for she had done nothing wrong.Face the Wind and Fly (The Heartlands Series)
Par Jenny Harper. 2014
She builds wind farms, he detests them. Can they ever generate love?After fifteen happy years of marriage, Kate Courtenay discovers…
that her charismatic novelist husband is spending more and more of his time with a young fan. She throws herself into her work, a controversial wind farm that's stirring up tempers in the local community. Sparks fly when she goes head to head against its most outspoken opponent, local gardener Ibsen Brown - a man with a past of his own. But a scheme for a local community garden brings the sparring-partners together, producing the sort of electricity that threatens to short-circuit the whole system.Trespassing: Dirt Stories and Field Notes
Par Janet Kauffman. 2008
The Most Important Comic Book on Earth: Stories to Save the World
Par Cara Delevingne, Ricky Gervais, Jane Goodall, Scott Snyder, Taika Waititi. 2001
120 inspiring visual stories on environmentalism from key figures, charities, activists, and artists. The Most Important Comic Book On Earth…
is a global collaboration for planetary change, bringing together a diverse team of 300 leading environmentalists, artists, authors, actors, filmmakers, musicians, and more to present over 120 stories to save the world. Whether it&’s inspirational tales from celebrity names such as Cara Delevingne and Andy Serkis, hilarious webcomics from War and Peas and Ricky Gervais, artworks by leading illustrators David Mack and Tula Lotay, calls to action from activists George Monbiot and Jane Goodall, or powerful stories by Brian Azzarello and Amy Chu, each of the comics in this anthology will support projects and organizations fighting to save the planet and Rewrite Extinction.