The Girl From Number 7, Windsor Avenue

The Girl From Number 7, Windsor Avenue
Author: Vivienne Grilliot Worthington
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2023-01-12
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 166324877X

While growing up in a post-World War II English village, Vivienne Worthington believed she lived in the most wonderful place on Earth: with her loving maternal grandparents on a street named for the Royal Family and the newly crowned queen. But when she was six years old, Vivienne's idyllic life was uprooted when she was summoned to America to live with her parents. Her father, an American airman, was being transferred from Patrick Air Force Base in Florida to Ball State Teacher's College in Muncie, Indiana to teach ROTC, and her mother thought it was time that Vivienne joined them. In a fascinating retelling of her life, the author shares insight into her personal experiences as a military dependent who resided in England, France, and America during the fifties and sixties. While detailing the traumatic death of her younger brother (Eisenhower's biggest fan), the tumultuous years of living in Mississippi during the Kennedy administration, and then, ultimately witnessing the loss of friends to military service during the Viet Nam War, Worthington provides a rare glimpse into a world populated by the men, women, and families who live to serve. The Girl from Number 7, Windsor Avenue is the humorous and poignant account of an English-American girl growing up as an Air Force brat in a post-World War II world.

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Author: C.S. Lewis
Publisher: Wyatt North Publishing, LLC
Total Pages: 156
Release: 2018
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

C. S. Lewis was a British author, lay theologian, and contemporary of J.R.R. Tolkien. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe is the first book in The Chronicles of Narnia.

The Gardener's Year

The Gardener's Year
Author: Karel Capek
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
Total Pages: 115
Release: 2017-09-13
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 0486817245

A lighthearted mock-treatise reflects upon the pains and rewards of tending a small garden plot. "This very entertaining volume with its delightfully humorous pictures should be read by all gardeners." — Nature.

Westward Ho!

Westward Ho!
Author: Charles Kingsley
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 466
Release: 1920
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN:

Kingsley's historical romance of the Spanish Main, first published in 1855. From the coral reefs of the Barbados to the jungles and fabled cities of the Orinoco and on to the great sea battle with the Spanish Armada, this vibrant novel captures the daring spirit of Elizabethan adventurers who sailed with Sir Francis Drake. Contains a table of contents and listing of illustrations.

Cold Service

Cold Service
Author: Robert B. Parker
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 310
Release: 2006-03-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780425204283

When his closest ally, Hawk, is beaten and left for dead while protecting a bookie, Spenser embarks on an epic journey to rehabilitate his best pal, body and soul. But that means infiltrating a ruthless mob—and redefining his friendship with Hawk in the name of vengeance... “Cold Service moves with the speed of light.”—Orlando Sentinel