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Author: Scholastic, Inc. Staff
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 1996-12
Total Pages: 20
ISBN-13: 9780590065702
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Introduce your students to these award-winning books with these engagin teaching guides. Each guide includes an author biography, background information, summaries, thought-provoking discussion questions, as well as creative, cross-curricular activities and reproducibles that motivate students. For use with Grades 4-8.
Author: Sarah Blake
Publisher: Flatiron Books
Published: 2019-05-07
Total Pages: 497
ISBN-13: 1250110262
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Instant New York Times Bestseller Longlisted for Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence 2020 New England Society Book Award Winner for Fiction “The Guest Book is monumental in a way that few novels dare attempt.” —The Washington Post The thought-provoking new novel by New York Times bestselling author Sarah Blake An exquisitely written, poignant family saga that illuminates the great divide, the gulf that separates the rich and poor, black and white, Protestant and Jew. Spanning three generations, The Guest Book deftly examines the life and legacy of one unforgettable family as they navigate the evolving social and political landscape from Crockett’s Island, their family retreat off the coast of Maine. Blake masterfully lays bare the memories and mistakes each generation makes while coming to terms with what it means to inherit the past.
Author: Benjamin Black
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company
Published: 2020-01-14
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 1250133025
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"When you're done binge-watching The Crown, pick up this multifaceted wartime thriller." —Kirkus Reviews As London endures nightly German bombings, Britain’s secret service whisks the princesses Elizabeth and Margaret from England, seeking safety for the young royals on an old estate in Ireland. Ahead of the German Blitz during World War II, English parents from every social class sent their children to the countryside for safety, displacing more than three million young offspring. In The Secret Guests, the British royal family takes this evacuation a step further, secretly moving the princesses to the estate of the Duke of Edenmore in “neutral” Ireland. A female English secret agent, Miss Celia Nashe, and a young Irish detective, Garda Strafford, are assigned to watch over “Ellen” and “Mary” at Clonmillis Hall. But the Irish stable hand, the housemaid, the formidable housekeeper, the Duke himself, and other Irish townspeople, some of whom lost family to English gunshots during the War of Independence, go freely about their business in and around the great house. Soon suspicions about the guests’ true identities percolate, a dangerous boredom sets in for the princesses, and, within and without Clonmillis acreage, passions as well as stakes rise. Benjamin Black, who has good information that the princesses were indeed in Ireland for a time during the Blitz, draws readers into a novel as fascinating as the nascent career of Miss Nashe, as tender as the homesickness of the sisters, as intriguing as Irish-English relations during WWII, and as suspenseful and ultimately action-packed as war itself.
Author: Emma Rous
Publisher: Berkley Books
Published: 2021
Total Pages: 306
ISBN-13: 0593201604
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"1980: Beth Soames is fourteen years old when a kind couple finds her playing the violin at her orphanage's yearly fund-raiser. The Averills take her home with them to Raven Hall ... At times, Beth ... dreams she's truly part of the family--until she's asked to take part in what seems like a harmless game ... Present day: Sadie Langton is an actress struggling to make ends meet when she lands a well-paying gig attending a weekend party. Her anonymous employer sends her a suitcase of clothing, a dossier of the role she is to play, and instructions--it's strange, but she needs the money, and when she sees the stunning manor she'll be staying at she can't resist the chance"--
Author: Editors of Garden & Gun
Publisher: Clarkson Potter
Published: 2020-05-26
Total Pages: 114
ISBN-13: 1984826093
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →There's nothing like a Southern welcome. Let this guest book serve as a keepsake of the folks who've walked through your door and the good times you've shared. With a foil-stamped cloth cover, ribbon marker, and memorable quotes about gracious living, this book is a wonderful gift for a nesting homeowner, newly married couple, or anyone who loves to host. Making friends and family feel welcome in your home or at special events like weddings and birthdays just got a lot easier with this gorgeous, foil-embellished, 80-page guest book with a ribbon marker from the editors of Garden & Gun. Featuring inspiring quotes about home and ample space for writing down memories, Come On In allows you to cherish the memories you'll make with those you love.
Author: Mary Engelbreit
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Published: 2000-04-01
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780740706820
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →When Mary visited longtime friend Terry Lee Bilsky, she was delighted by a cross-stitch that was hanging in Terry's guest room. It was a gift from Terry's Aunt Gladys. The poem on the cross-stitch (now eighty years old) reads: Guest: You are welcome here, be at your ease. Get up when you're ready, go to bed when you please. Happy to share with you, such as we got: The leaks in the roof, the soup in the pot. You don't have to thank us or laugh at our jokes, Sit deep and come often, you're one of the folks. Mary's heartwarming illustrations team up with Terry's comforting words to re-create her family's heirloom cross-stitch on the pages of this unique guest book. Every Mary fan will want to keep it close at hand!
Author: Harold S. Wechsler
Publisher: JHU Press
Published: 2022-02
Total Pages: 224
ISBN-13: 1421441314
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"This book examines how American colleges and universities since the mid-nineteenth century have used students' race, religion, and ethnicity in deciding whom to admit and how to shape enrolled students' campus social life"--
Author: Sadie Jones
Publisher: Knopf Canada
Published: 2012-04-17
Total Pages: 233
ISBN-13: 030740255X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →It's rural England, just after the turn of the last century. Charlotte married Edward Shift after the sudden death of her first husband, Horace Torrington. They live at Sterne, the home they are in danger of losing due to a financial crisis, with Charlotte's 3 children: Emerald, Clovis and Smudge. On the day of Emerald's birthday party, a terrible train wreck occurs on a branch line and the stranded passengers seek refuge at Sterne. Among these passengers is Charlie Traversham-Beechers, a sketchy figure from Charlotte's past. This unusual guest list makes for an unforgettable birthday celebration for Emerald and an evening of the past literally coming back to haunt Charlotte.
Author: Shari Lapena
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2018-08-07
Total Pages: 280
ISBN-13: 0525557636
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! Another thrilling domestic suspense novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Couple Next Door and Not a Happy Family “A gripping mystery perfect for fans of Agatha Christie.” –Good Housekeeping “Another nail-biter perfect for an all-nighter.” –Entertainment Weekly A weekend retreat at a cozy mountain lodge is supposed to be the perfect getaway . . . but when the storm hits, no one is getting away It's winter in the Catskills and Mitchell's Inn, nestled deep in the woods, is the perfect setting for a relaxing--maybe even romantic--weekend away. It boasts spacious old rooms with huge woodburning fireplaces, a well-stocked wine cellar, and opportunities for cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, or just curling up with a good murder mystery. So when the weather takes a turn for the worse, and a blizzard cuts off the electricity--and all contact with the outside world--the guests settle in and try to make the best of it. Soon, though, one of the guests turns up dead--it looks like an accident. But when a second guest dies, they start to panic. Within the snowed-in paradise, something--or someone--is picking off the guests one by one. And there's nothing they can do but hunker down and hope they can survive the storm--and one another.
Author: Steve Difillippo
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2013-10-15
Total Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 1493001108
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →When’s the last time you picked up a business book that was so engaging you couldn’t put it down? Steve Difillippo was only 24 when he opened his first Davio’s restaurant. Since then, he’s wowed Julia Child with his pomodoro, overlooked some triple-X rated shenanigans at Table 7, taken on American Express, gotten himself into Time and Newsweek (for taking on American Express), cooked a rabbit for Stevie Ray Vaughn, inadvertently gotten a guest divorced, whipped up some tasty eats at the Super Bowl--and that’s just the beginning. The money hasn’t been bad, either: that first restaurant is now the hub of a rapidly growing $50 million restaurant brand group and a $10 million Davio’s brand food line. With guests constantly asking how he did it, Steve has written the ultimate guide to starting a restaurant, running a successful business, enjoying food, and living life. The 5.9 million restaurant workers who say they want to open their own restaurant will go nuts over this book, but so will anybody who loves food and the restaurant world--heck, anybody who wants to make money and have a blast doing it. As a special bonus, Steve includes twelve classic Davio’s recipes.
