Headin' for the Rhubarb!

Headin' for the Rhubarb!
Author: Rebecca Rule
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 9781934031445

Hilarious New Hampshire storyteller Rebecca Rule performs in every nook and cranny of the state, so you can bet she knows how to speak and understand the local language. In Headin' for the Rhubarb, she shares that knowledge to help visitors, transplants, and natives alike make sense of the state's unique vernacular and pronunciations. And she has a good time doing it!

Good to a Fault

Good to a Fault
Author: Marina Endicott
Publisher: Anchor Canada
Total Pages: 395
Release: 2013-06-04
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0385680201

In a moment of self-absorption, Clara Purdy's life takes a sharp left turn when she crashes into a beat-up car carrying an itinerant family of six. The Gage family had been travelling to a new life in Fort McMurray, but bruises on the mother, Lorraine, prove to be late-stage cancer rather than remnants of the accident. Recognizing their need as her responsibility, Clara tries to do the right thing and moves the children, husband, and horrible grandmother into her own house--then has to cope with the consequences of practical goodness. What, exactly, does it mean to be good? When is sacrifice merely selfishness? What do we owe in this life and what do we deserve? Marina Endicott looks at life and death through the compassionate lens of a born novelist: being good, being at fault, and finding some balance on the precipice.

Fragments of a Shattered Soul Made Whole

Fragments of a Shattered Soul Made Whole
Author: Lyn E. Ayre
Publisher: FriesenPress
Total Pages: 236
Release: 2018-11-26
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1525534424

Lyn’s story begins in 1951 in western Canada. Though her early years are filled with music and love, she is lonely. Her beloved father, a musician, is often on tour living his own unimpeded life while the rest of his family struggles daily with poverty and dodging the rent collectors. This chaos causes Lyn, a very sensitive young girl, to begin to fragment. Nowhere can she find solid ground. The main characters in her life either leave or die. Then, in 1964, while walking home from school, she is brutally raped, causing a severe break in her spirit. With her inner being shattered, she over-indulges in food, alcohol, and drugs to dull the pain. Over time, she withstands a string of abusive experiences and relationships that always end in heartbreak. Read about the tragedy of the four miscarriages she endures, the attempts at suicide, and several devastating medical diagnoses. Then, read on to find out how her inner strength, determination, and a deep spiritual belief in a Divine Force she simply calls LOVE, helps her to heal. Though faced with the on-going challenges of her systemic illnesses, Lyn ultimately triumphs to live a life of joy, peace, and service to others. The keys of faith and willingness unlock the door and ultimately make her whole.

How to Take a Drink From a Cactus

How to Take a Drink From a Cactus
Author: Wendy V
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 379
Release: 2019-05-11
Genre: History
ISBN: 0991509382

Have you ever wondered how to strategically avoid seafood in a region that offers little else to eat? Do you tear up at Stonewall Jackson's final words? Does the term 'vertical heterophoria' paint images of concerts you attended in the late 60s? No matter how you answered these questions, if you have stuck with them this far, you are ready once again to join Senator and Wendy V for some of their most unusual adventures yet in How to Take a Drink From a Cactus.

Bert and I

Bert and I
Author: Marshall Dodge
Publisher: Bert and I, Incorporated
Total Pages: 148
Release: 1981
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780960754601

Frog Town

Frog Town
Author: Laurence Armand French
Publisher: University Press of America
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2014-07-08
Genre: History
ISBN: 0761863842

Frog Towndescribes in detail a French Canadian parish that was unique due to the high density of both Acadian and Quebecois settlers that were situated in a Yankee stronghold of Puritan stock. This demography provided for a volatile history that accentuated the inter-ethnic/sectarian conflicts of the time. In this book, Laurence Armand French discusses the work, language, and social activities of the working-class French Canadians during the changing times that transformed them from French Canadians to Franco Americans. French also articulates the current double-standard of justice within New Hampshire with details of actual cases, presented alongside their circumstances and judicial outcomes, to offer a thorough depiction of the community of Frog Town.

An Illustrated Journey

An Illustrated Journey
Author: Danny Gregory
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2013-02-28
Genre: Art
ISBN: 144032025X

Collects excerpts from the personal travel journal sketchbooks of forty-three artists, illustrators, and designers.

Salad Freak

Salad Freak
Author: Jess Damuck
Publisher: Abrams
Total Pages: 496
Release: 2022-03-29
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 1647006910

One of TIME’s most anticipated cookbooks of Spring 2022 One of Food & Wine’s best cookbooks of Spring 2022 A USA TODAY and PUBLISHERS WEEKLY bestseller! Delicious and beautiful recipes from Martha Stewart’s personal salad chef and the self-proclaimed “Bob Ross of salads.” Offering more than 100 inspired recipes, recipe developer and food stylist Jess Damuck shares her passion for making truly delicious salads. Salad Freak encourages readers to discover and embrace their own salad obsessions. With the right recipes, you will want to eat salad for every meal and never get bored. By playfully combining color, texture, shape, and, of course, flavor, Damuck demonstrates how a little extra effort in the kitchen can be meditative, delicious, and fun. The recipes—such as her Citrus Breakfast Salad; Tea-Smoked Chicken and Bitter Greens Salad; Caesar Salad Pizza Salad; and Roasted Grapes, Ricotta, Croutons, and Endive Salad—are meant to be hearty enough for a meal all year round but versatile enough to be incorporated into a larger menu. For Damuck, the perfect salad balances each bite, with something tart enough to twinge your cheeks, something sweet to balance out the bitter, and something with a little salty crunch to finish. Salad Freak is not just about eating to feel good; it’s about confidently combining flavors to create fresh, bright, and satisfying meals that you will want to make again and again.

Foster

Foster
Author: Claire Keegan
Publisher: Grove Press
Total Pages: 73
Release: 2022-11-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0802160158

An international bestseller and one of The Times’ “Top 50 Novels Published in the 21st Century,” Claire Keegan’s piercing contemporary classic Foster is a heartbreaking story of childhood, loss, and love; now released as a standalone book for the first time ever in the US It is a hot summer in rural Ireland. A child is taken by her father to live with relatives on a farm, not knowing when or if she will be brought home again. In the Kinsellas’ house, she finds an affection and warmth she has not known and slowly, in their care, begins to blossom. But there is something unspoken in this new household—where everything is so well tended to—and this summer must soon come to an end. Winner of the prestigious Davy Byrnes Award and published in an abridged version in the New Yorker, this internationally bestselling contemporary classic is now available for the first time in the US in a full, standalone edition. A story of astonishing emotional depth, Foster showcases Claire Keegan’s great talent and secures her reputation as one of our most important storytellers.