Wilhelmina Goes Wandering and Finds Herself

Wilhelmina Goes Wandering and Finds Herself
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Total Pages : 42
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ISBN-10 : 1628902582
ISBN-13 : 9781628902587
Rating : 4/5 (82 Downloads)

Synopsis Wilhelmina Goes Wandering and Finds Herself by : John-Manuel Andriote

Wilhelmina Goes Wandering is based on the true story of a runaway cow in Connecticut. For five months in 2011, the 800-pound Black Angus was seen around Milford, Orange, and New Haven, hanging out and traveling with a herd of deer. When she is eventually captured and relocated to an animal sanctuary in Oxford, Wilhelmina finds that her urge for adventures has been curbed by knowing she is finally accepted and loved by her new farmer friend Betty. Five- to nine-year-old readers (grownups, too ) will fall in love with Wilhelmina and her animal and human friends, brought to colorful life in the book's beautiful original illustrations.

The Gunniwolf

The Gunniwolf
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Total Pages : 32
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ISBN-10 : 0525311394
ISBN-13 : 9780525311393
Rating : 4/5 (94 Downloads)

Synopsis The Gunniwolf by : Wilhelmina Harper

A little girl cautioned never to go into the jungle, wanders in deeper and deeper while searching for flowers --and is suddenly confronted by the gunniwolf.

Tumbling

Tumbling
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 434
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ISBN-10 : 9780698183360
ISBN-13 : 0698183363
Rating : 4/5 (60 Downloads)

Synopsis Tumbling by : Caela Carter

For fans of Make It Or Break It, a novel about the road to Olympics for the world's most elite gymnasts. Work harder than anyone. Be the most talented. Sacrifice everything. And if you’re lucky, maybe you will go to the Olympics. Grace lives and breathes gymnastics—but no matter how hard she pushes herself, she can never be perfect enough. Leigh, Grace’s best friend, has it all: a gymnastics career, a normal high-school life... and a secret that could ruin everything. Camille wants to please her mom, wants to please her boyfriend, and most of all, wants to walk away. Wilhelmina was denied her Olympic dream four years ago, and she won’t let anything stop her again. No matter what. Monica is terrified. Nobody believes in her—and why should they? By the end of the two days of the U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Trials, some of these girls will be stars. Some will be going home with nothing. And all will have their lives changed forever.

Cheap Diamonds

Cheap Diamonds
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Publisher : Random House Digital, Inc.
Total Pages : 386
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ISBN-10 : 9780812972702
ISBN-13 : 0812972708
Rating : 4/5 (02 Downloads)

Synopsis Cheap Diamonds by : Norris Church Mailer

With only a few pictures in her portfolio and enough money to last a couple of months, Cherry, a beautiful, six-foot, platinum blonde from Arkansas, arrives in early 1970s New York City, hoping to successfully navigate the cutthroat world of agents, photographers, makeup artists, executives, and gorgeous models to take the fashion world by storm. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.

The Wandering Goose

The Wandering Goose
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Publisher : National Geographic Books
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 9781570618819
ISBN-13 : 157061881X
Rating : 4/5 (19 Downloads)

Synopsis The Wandering Goose by : Heather L. Earnhardt

"This is the perfect gift for anyone going through a breakup or other heartache. It is wonderful." Rose City Reader With its timeless story about love and the cycle of life, this beautiful little book will capture the hearts of readers young and old. A bug's life is suddenly changed when a wandering goose finds his way to her garden. They become close friends, exploring and playing in the lush garden, exchanging poems, hopes, and dreams, and eventually confessions of love. When goose begins to feel his instinct to wander, Bug's life changes again, but she comes to learn that she is surrounded by enduring love, even in loss. With charming illustrations by Frida Clements in a style reminiscent of Beatrix Potter, this beautiful little hardcover book is a beautiful gift for anyone who's ever loved and lost love.

Stonewall Strong

Stonewall Strong
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Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages : 327
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ISBN-10 : 9781442258242
ISBN-13 : 1442258241
Rating : 4/5 (42 Downloads)

Synopsis Stonewall Strong by : John-Manuel Andriote

Longtime Washington, D.C. health journalist John-Manuel Andriote didn’t expect to mark the twenty-fifth year of the HIV-AIDS epidemic in 2006 by coming out in the Washington Post about his own recent HIV diagnosis. For twenty years he had reported on the epidemic as an HIV-negative gay man, as AIDS killed many of his friends and roused gay Americans to action against a government that preferred to ignore their existence. Eight little words from his doctor, "I have bad news on the HIV test," turned Andriote's world upside down. Over time Andriote came to understand that his choice, each and every day, to take the powerful medication he needs to stay healthy, to stay alive, came from his own resilience. When and how had he become resilient? He searched his journals for answers in his own life story. The reporter then set out to learn more about resilience. Stonewall Strong is the result. Drawing from leading-edge research and nearly one hundred original interviews, the book makes it abundantly clear: most gay men are astonishingly resilient. Andriote deftly weaves together research data and lived experience to show that supporting gay men's resilience is the key to helping them avoid the snares that await too many who lack the emotional tools they need to face the traumas that disproportionately afflict gay men, including childhood sexual abuse, substance abuse, risky sexual behavior, depression, and suicide. Andriote writes with searing honesty about the choices and forces that brought him to his own 'before-and-after' moment, teasing out what he learned along the way about resilience, surviving, and thriving. He frames pivotal moments in recent history as manifestations of gay men's resilience, from the years of secrecy and subversion before the 1969 Stonewall riots; through the coming of age, heartbreak, and politically emboldening AIDS years; and pushing onward to legal marriage equality. Andriote gives us an inside look at family relationships that support resilient sons, the nation's largest organizations' efforts to build on the resilience of marginalized LGBTQ youth, drag houses, and community centers. We go inside individuals’ hearts and groups’ missions to see a community that works, plays, and even prays together. Finally, Andriote presents the inspiring stories of gay men who have moved beyond the traumas and stereotypes, claiming their resilience and right to good health, and working to build a community that will be "Stonewall Strong."

Victory Deferred

Victory Deferred
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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Total Pages : 516
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ISBN-10 : 0226020495
ISBN-13 : 9780226020495
Rating : 4/5 (95 Downloads)

Synopsis Victory Deferred by : John-Manuel Andriote

John-Manuel Andriote chronicles the impact of the disease from the coming-out revelry of the 1970s to the post-AIDS gay community of the 1990s, showing how it has changed both individual lives and national organizations. He tells the truly remarkable story of how a health crisis pushed a disjointed jumble of local activists to become a nationally visible and politically powerful civil rights movement, a full-fledged minority group challenging the authority of some of the nations most powerful institutions. Based on hundreds of interviews with those at the forefront of the medical, political, and cultural responses to the disease. Victory Deferred blends personal narratives with institutional histories and organizational politics to show how AIDS forced gay men from their closets and ghettos into the hallways of power to lobby and into the streets to protest.

At Your Request (Apart From the Crowd)

At Your Request (Apart From the Crowd)
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Publisher : Baker Books
Total Pages : 123
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ISBN-10 : 9781441229953
ISBN-13 : 1441229957
Rating : 4/5 (53 Downloads)

Synopsis At Your Request (Apart From the Crowd) by : Jen Turano

After her father lost the family's fortune, Wilhelmina was cast out of the fashionable set and banished to the wallflower section. Taking a position as a social secretary to help support her family, she's mostly come to terms with her new status. But when her old friend Edgar returns to New York society for the first time since she rejected his marriage proposal, she's newly ashamed at how far she's fallen--and how hastily she dismissed him years ago. Her strategy is to avoid a face-to-face encounter at all costs, but he seems to have other plans. Will Edgar take advantage of their now reversed positions and make her regret her refusal, or is there still hope for a friendship between them--or something more? At Your Request is an e-only novella that gives an exciting introduction to Jen Turano's new Gilded Age historical romance series, Apart From the Crowd! Includes an extended excerpt of the first full-length novel in the series, Behind the Scenes.

The Black Rose

The Black Rose
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Publisher : Booktango
Total Pages : 110
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ISBN-10 : 9781468930702
ISBN-13 : 1468930702
Rating : 4/5 (02 Downloads)

Synopsis The Black Rose by : Diana Sweeney

Princess Wilhelmina Diamante, by birthright, should be the next queen of Aridale, but instead her younger sister, Edolie, has been chosen as queen for reasons unknown to anyone but the king and queen. When Edolie's engagement to Prince Jerome of a neighboring kingdom is announced, Wilhelmina soon finds herself in a mist of secrets and lies. Things only get more complicated when Wilhelmina finds out that she is part of a curse and the only way to end it may cost her life.

The Orphan Queen

The Orphan Queen
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Publisher : Harper Collins
Total Pages : 262
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ISBN-10 : 9780062317407
ISBN-13 : 0062317407
Rating : 4/5 (07 Downloads)

Synopsis The Orphan Queen by : Jodi Meadows

An epic fantasy filled with adventure, intrigue, and romance from the New York Times bestselling coauthor of My Plain Jane, perfect for fans of Graceling by Kristin Cashore, The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson, and Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo. When Princess Wilhelmina was a child, the Indigo Kingdom invaded her homeland. Ten years later, Wil and the other noble children who escaped are ready to fight back and reclaim Wil’s throne. To do so, Wil and her best friend, Melanie, infiltrate the Indigo Kingdom palace with hopes of gathering information that will help them succeed. But Wil has a secret—one that could change everything. Although magic has been illegal for a century, she knows her ability could help her save her kingdom. But magic creates wraith, and the deadly stuff is moving closer and destroying the land. And if the vigilante Black Knife catches her using magic, she may disappear like all the others....