Prissy & Pop Deck the Halls

Prissy & Pop Deck the Halls
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Publisher : HarperCollins
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 0062439960
ISBN-13 : 9780062439963
Rating : 4/5 (60 Downloads)

Synopsis Prissy & Pop Deck the Halls by : Melissa Nicholson

Deck the halls with Instagram sensations Prissy and Pop (@prissy_pig) in their second photographic picture book adventure! It's Christmastime, and Prissy and Pop are preparing for Santa’s arrival. They’re trimming the tree, baking cookies, and singing carols. But wait—they forgot to send Santa directions to their house! Will they have a merry piggie Christmas after all?

Prissy & Pop: Big Day Out

Prissy & Pop: Big Day Out
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Publisher : HarperCollins
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 0062439952
ISBN-13 : 9780062439956
Rating : 4/5 (52 Downloads)

Synopsis Prissy & Pop: Big Day Out by : Melissa Nicholson

The adorable mini-pigs and Instagram sensations Prissy and Pop (@prissy_pig) star in their very own picture book! All Pop wants to do is go to the beach. But Prissy has other plans. After a trip to the garden, a stop at the market, and a zip through the playground, will silly Pop ever get his wish? Join these two little piggies on a fun-filled adventure in this full-color photographic picture book. An author’s note is included in the back of the book along with a fun facts section about Prissy and Pop.

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
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Publisher : Random House
Total Pages : 417
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ISBN-10 : 9780679429227
ISBN-13 : 0679429220
Rating : 4/5 (27 Downloads)

Synopsis Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by : John Berendt

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A modern classic of true crime, set in a most beguiling Southern city—now in a 30th anniversary edition with a new afterword by the author “Elegant and wicked . . . might be the first true-crime book that makes the reader want to book a bed and breakfast for an extended weekend at the scene of the crime.”—The New York Times Book Review Shots rang out in Savannah’s grandest mansion in the misty, early morning hours of May 2, 1981. Was it murder or self-defense? For nearly a decade, the shooting and its aftermath reverberated throughout this hauntingly beautiful city of moss-hung oaks and shaded squares. In this sharply observed, suspenseful, and witty narrative, John Berendt skillfully interweaves a hugely entertaining first-person account of life in this isolated remnant of the Old South with the unpredictable twists and turns of a landmark murder case. It is a spellbinding story peopled by a gallery of remarkable characters: the well-bred society ladies of the Married Woman’s Card Club; the turbulent young gigolo; the hapless recluse who owns a bottle of poison so powerful it could kill every man, woman, and child in Savannah; the aging and profane Southern belle who is the “soul of pampered self-absorption”; the uproariously funny drag queen; the acerbic and arrogant antiques dealer; the sweet-talking, piano-playing con artist; young people dancing the minuet at the black debutante ball; and Minerva, the voodoo priestess who works her magic in the graveyard at midnight. These and other Savannahians act as a Greek chorus, with Berendt revealing the alliances, hostilities, and intrigues that thrive in a town where everyone knows everyone else. Brilliantly conceived and masterfully written, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil is a sublime and seductive reading experience.

The Poisonwood Bible

The Poisonwood Bible
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Publisher : Harper Collins
Total Pages : 578
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ISBN-10 : 9780061804816
ISBN-13 : 0061804819
Rating : 4/5 (16 Downloads)

Synopsis The Poisonwood Bible by : Barbara Kingsolver

New York Times Bestseller • Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize • An Oprah's Book Club Selection “Powerful . . . [Kingsolver] has with infinitely steady hands worked the prickly threads of religion, politics, race, sin and redemption into a thing of terrible beauty.” —Los Angeles Times Book Review The Poisonwood Bible, now celebrating its 25th anniversary, established Barbara Kingsolver as one of the most thoughtful and daring of modern writers. Taking its place alongside the classic works of postcolonial literature, it is a suspenseful epic of one family's tragic undoing and remarkable reconstruction over the course of three decades in Africa. The story is told by the wife and four daughters of Nathan Price, a fierce, evangelical Baptist who takes his family and mission to the Belgian Congo in 1959. They carry with them everything they believe they will need from home, but soon find that all of it—from garden seeds to Scripture—is calamitously transformed on African soil. The novel is set against one of the most dramatic political chronicles of the twentieth century: the Congo's fight for independence from Belgium, the murder of its first elected prime minister, the CIA coup to install his replacement, and the insidious progress of a world economic order that robs the fledgling African nation of its autonomy. Against this backdrop, Orleanna Price reconstructs the story of her evangelist husband's part in the Western assault on Africa, a tale indelibly darkened by her own losses and unanswerable questions about her own culpability. Also narrating the story, by turns, are her four daughters—the teenaged Rachel; adolescent twins Leah and Adah; and Ruth May, a prescient five-year-old. These sharply observant girls, who arrive in the Congo with racial preconceptions forged in 1950s Georgia, will be marked in surprisingly different ways by their father's intractable mission, and by Africa itself. Ultimately each must strike her own separate path to salvation. Their passionately intertwined stories become a compelling exploration of moral risk and personal responsibility.

Christmas in the Manger Board Book

Christmas in the Manger Board Book
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Publisher : Harper Collins
Total Pages : 18
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ISBN-10 : 9780694012275
ISBN-13 : 0694012270
Rating : 4/5 (75 Downloads)

Synopsis Christmas in the Manger Board Book by : Nola Buck

The gentle beauty of the story of the first Christmas is now available as a board book. With a simple, lyrical text and radiant artwork, this book is perfect for the youngest child to be a part of the wonder of the Nativity.

Christmas in the Barn

Christmas in the Barn
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Publisher : Zondervan
Total Pages : 34
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ISBN-10 : 9780060526368
ISBN-13 : 006052636X
Rating : 4/5 (68 Downloads)

Synopsis Christmas in the Barn by : Margaret Wise Brown

What child is this Who is born here Where the oxen Stomp and peer . . . When Christmas in the Barn was first published in 1952, it demonstrated all of Margaret Wise Brown's mastery at skillfully fashioning a truly childlike interpretation of the Nativity story. For this larger, full-color edition, Caldecott Honor artist Diane Goode has created a new tableau of visitors to the barn that will delight generations of new readers.

Not This August

Not This August
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Publisher : Rare Treasure Editions
Total Pages : 202
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ISBN-10 : 9781774643150
ISBN-13 : 1774643154
Rating : 4/5 (50 Downloads)

Synopsis Not This August by : C. M. Kornbluth

Defeated in battle, will the United States be forced to surrender to the armies of China and Russia?

Born to Run

Born to Run
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Publisher : Profile Books
Total Pages : 296
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ISBN-10 : 9781847652287
ISBN-13 : 184765228X
Rating : 4/5 (87 Downloads)

Synopsis Born to Run by : Christopher McDougall

A New York Times bestseller 'A sensation ... a rollicking tale well told' - The Times At the heart of Born to Run lies a mysterious tribe of Mexican Indians, the Tarahumara, who live quietly in canyons and are reputed to be the best distance runners in the world; in 1993, one of them, aged 57, came first in a prestigious 100-mile race wearing a toga and sandals. A small group of the world's top ultra-runners (and the awe-inspiring author) make the treacherous journey into the canyons to try to learn the tribe's secrets and then take them on over a course 50 miles long. With incredible energy and smart observation, McDougall tells this story while asking what the secrets are to being an incredible runner. Travelling to labs at Harvard, Nike, and elsewhere, he comes across an incredible cast of characters, including the woman who recently broke the world record for 100 miles and for her encore ran a 2:50 marathon in a bikini, pausing to down a beer at the 20 mile mark.

SHOW BOAT

SHOW BOAT
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 410
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Rating : 4/5 ( Downloads)

Synopsis SHOW BOAT by : EDNA FERBER

Watching the English

Watching the English
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Publisher : Nicholas Brealey
Total Pages : 455
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ISBN-10 : 9781857889178
ISBN-13 : 1857889177
Rating : 4/5 (78 Downloads)

Synopsis Watching the English by : Kate Fox

Updated, with new research and over 100 revisions Ten years later, they're still talking about the weather! Kate Fox, the social anthropologist who put the quirks and hidden conditions of the English under a microscope, is back with more biting insights about the nature of Englishness. This updated and revised edition of Watching the English - which over the last decade has become the unofficial guidebook to the English national character - features new and fresh insights on the unwritten rules and foibles of "squaddies," bikers, horse-riders, and more. Fox revisits a strange and fascinating culture, governed by complex sets of unspoken rules and bizarre codes of behavior. She demystifies the peculiar cultural rules that baffle us: the rules of weather-speak. The ironic-gnome rule. The reflex apology rule. The paranoid pantomime rule. Class anxiety tests. The roots of English self-mockery and many more. An international bestseller, Watching the English is a biting, affectionate, insightful and often hilarious look at the English and their society.