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| Author | : Tim Grove |
| Publisher | : U of Nebraska Press |
| Total Pages | : 256 |
| Release | : 2014-05-01 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0803249721 |
For more than twenty years, Tim Grove has worked at the most popular history museums in the United States, helping millions of people get acquainted with the past. This book translates that experience into an insider’s tour of some of the most interesting moments in American history. Grove’s stories are populated with well-known historical figures such as John Brown, Charles Lindbergh, Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, and Sacagawea—as well as the not-so-famous. Have you heard of Mary Pickersgill, seamstress of the Star-Spangled Banner flag? Grove also has something to say about a few of our cherished myths, for instance, the lore surrounding Betsy Ross and Eli Whitney. Grove takes readers to historic sites such as Harpers Ferry, Fort McHenry, the Ulm Pishkun buffalo jump, and the Lemhi Pass on the Lewis and Clark Trail and traverses time and space from eighteenth-century Williamsburg to the twenty-first-century Kennedy Space Center. En route from Cape Canaveral on the Atlantic to Cape Disappointment on the Pacific, we learn about planting a cotton patch on the National Mall, riding a high wheel bicycle, flying the transcontinental airmail route, and harnessing a mule. Is history relevant? This book answers with a resounding yes and, in the most entertaining fashion, shows us why.
| Author | : Dana Lehman |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 32 |
| Release | : 2007-01-01 |
| Genre | : Conduct of life |
| ISBN | : 9780979268601 |
Sammy's feelings are hurt when his friends start teasing him.
| Author | : Tim Grove |
| Publisher | : Abrams |
| Total Pages | : 333 |
| Release | : 2022-04-12 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 1647001021 |
A dramatic, gripping history of the Siege of Yorktown, the last major battle of the American Revolution, told through vastly different perspectives In October 1781, American, French, and British forces converged on a small village named Yorktown—a place that the British would try to forget and Americans would forever remember. In his riveting, balanced, and thoroughly researched account of the Revolutionary War’s last pivotal conflict, author–historian Tim Grove follows the true stories of American, French, and British players, whose lives intersected at Yorktown. Through very different viewpoints—from General George Washington to the notorious traitor Benedict Arnold, from young French hero Lafayette to British General Lord Cornwallis, and an enslaved man named James who became a spy, The World Turned Upside Down tells the story of bold decisions made by famous military leaders, as well as the everyday courage shown by civilians. For every side involved, the world forever turned upside down at Yorktown. Profusely illustrated with archival images, broadsides, and letters, the book includes a timeline, endnotes, bibliography and index.
| Author | : Tanya Huff |
| Publisher | : Penguin |
| Total Pages | : 378 |
| Release | : 2016-03-01 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0756411416 |
Now available in one volume, the novels which began Tanya Huff's career. Child of the Grove and The Last Wizard form a powerful fantasy duology about the last wizard ever to be born into the world. It is the saga of Crystal, a daughter of Power whose destiny is to put an end to the war between wizards and the mortal world. Now this magical tale is collected in one volume as Wizard of the Grove, featuring new cover art by Yvonne Gilbert.
| Author | : John Rector |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 243 |
| Release | : 2012-12-20 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1849830711 |
A gripping and compulsive thriller from the author of The Couple in Room 13 Dexter McCray is a farmer with a dark past that continues to haunt him. As a man struggling with alcoholism, he's used to being looked at with pity and suspicion in his community. So, after waking from a blackout to discover the body of a teenage girl in the nearby cottonwood grove, he can't be entirely sure he's innocent. With no memory of the previous night, he sees no choice but to investigate the crime himself. Fortunately he's not alone. He has some help…in the shape of the dead girl herself. In The Grove, readers are treated to more than a warped and imaginative mystery. With plot twists on every page, Rector breathes life into a story that pits reality against hallucination, truth against improbability. Is Dexter motivated by guilt or insanity, reason or folly? And how will the young victim provide the help he desperately needs? This is a novel about one man haunted by the reality of his failed life. Praise for John Rector: 'A well-crafted, tightly plotted thriller which steadily cranks up the sense of menace page by page. You know something bad's going to happen and just have to keep reading…' Simon Kernick, Sunday Times bestselling author of Die Alone 'Clean, lean writing. Pure story with no padding. The pace was cracking and the tension cranked up with each chapter. I inhaled it! Allie Reynolds, author of Shiver 'Portents of disaster accumulate like wind-driven snow... A sly and very accomplished first novel' Booklist 'Highly rewarding... I just couldn't stop reading... There's no better place to spend a few imaginative hours these days than Rector's snowbound motel' National Review 'Highly suspenseful, highly provocative... has elements of the teen horror film I Know What You Did Last Summer and the classic, groundbreaking Psycho... highly recommended' Gumshoe Review 'One of the most violent, frightening and gripping books I have ever read. The phrase "I could not put it down" fits here -- and the ending stopped me COLD. An outstanding read -- don't miss this one!' Beyond her Book, Publisher's Weekly 'A novel that compels you to read on - even though there are times you are too scared to. Brilliant' Sun 'Rector is the best find I've made all year' Tony Black 'Wonderfully compelling. Could almost see the film racing across my eyes' Maxim Jakubowski 'Tense, taut, throat-grabbing. John Rector is far more accomplished than his years. Reads like a cross between No Country for Old Men and Deliverance. Terrific' Eric Van Lustbader 'One of the best debuts I've read in a very long time' Scott Phillips
| Author | : Karin Kaufman |
| Publisher | : Createspace Independent Pub |
| Total Pages | : 142 |
| Release | : 2015-03-03 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9781508557623 |
Young Geraldine longs to have adventures as thrilling as those in the Book of Tales, the book her papa reads to her and her brother Button at night. More than that, she wants to be brave--a seemingly impossible task in a world where ravens throw black shadows over the earth and wolves prowl barren lands in search of their prey. But Geraldine is a mouse. The weakest of ground things. Why was she, who wants so much to be brave, created by God to be small and quivering? The book's ten stories follow the Woolkins family--Papa, Mama, Geraldine, and Button--from October to December, as they face their rather human trials and tribulations and Geraldine struggles to understand Very Very Big Hands, the creator of all, including ravens and wolves. Suitable for readers of most ages. Parents will want to read the book to younger children, preferably after making them a cup of cocoa.
| Author | : Keith Mock |
| Publisher | : Page Publishing Inc |
| Total Pages | : 188 |
| Release | : 2024-06-19 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : |
Imagine going to sleep and waking up as a squirrel in the grove next to your granddad's farm! Join Pibby as he finds his way through swamps, rivers, and canyons of this small Georgia town. Read along as he fights snakes, hawks, and all the dangers of living in the wild. Hold on while he rides wild rivers, gets trapped in snake dens, and is swallowed by giant fish. Pibby and his friends are on a mission to save the most important animal from the grove, and nothing better gets in their way! Meet Squeaky, the baddest squirrel with a bow and arrow, and Pesco, the smartest fish in the river. Read as they try to survive it all! Imagination at its finest.
| Author | : Mike Graf |
| Publisher | : ReadHowYouWant.com |
| Total Pages | : 182 |
| Release | : 2009-12 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1458748715 |
This is James Parker reporting. Yosemite is amazing! The rock walls here are thousands of feet high. The Parkers hit the trail once again, this time in Yosemite, one of the country's most popular parks. Ten-year-old twins James and Morgan take in the beauty of the sequoia trees and attempt an ascent of the cables. Will they make it to the top of the infamous Half Dome? Harrowing Ascent of Half Dome is the third book in the Adventures with the Parkers series for kids. Each book explores a popular national park and is packed with adventure as well as interesting facts about nature, outdoor safety, and much more.
| Author | : James Josiah Webb |
| Publisher | : U of Nebraska Press |
| Total Pages | : 308 |
| Release | : 1995-01-01 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780803297722 |
James Josiah Webb left Independence, Missouri, in the summer of 1844 and headed down the Santa Fe Trail with goods bought in St. Louis. Although his first venture as a trader was a failure, he eventually made a fortune as a merchant in Santa Fe. Webb recorded his youthful experiences in 1888, and Ralph P. Bieber, a respected scholar and researcher on western expansion, edited and annotated his journal for publication more than forty years later. Long out of print, Adventures in the Santa Fe Trade is an entertaining and important source of first-hand information about the Santa Fe Trail and trade; trappers, Mexicans, and Indian tribes of the Old Southwest; and the impact of the Mexican War on southwestern trade.
| Author | : Hseham Amrahs |
| Publisher | : Mahesh Dutt Sharma |
| Total Pages | : 185 |
| Release | : 2023-12-31 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : |
The stories encapsulated in this anthology are windows into the nomadic world—a realm where every step is a dance with the unpredictable, every encounter is a brush with the extraordinary, and every horizon is an invitation to explore the unknown. Each tale is a thread in the grand tapestry of nomadic lore, weaving together the experiences of those who have roamed the earth in search of freedom, wisdom, and the thrill of the undiscovered. As you delve into these narratives, you will traverse scorching deserts with Mirage Nomads, witness audacious archery challenges with Thunder striders, and join the rebellion with Liberation Nomads in the Unbridled Wastes. The nomads you encounter will be both familiar and foreign, embodying the diversity of cultures, landscapes, and challenges that define the nomadic way of life. The allure of nomadism lies not only in the physical landscapes explored but also in the internal odysseys undertaken by these wanderers. Nomads navigate not only the external terrains of mountains, jungles, and oceans but also the vast landscapes within themselves—their fears, aspirations, and the eternal pursuit of freedom.
