Promises to the Dead
Author | : Mary Downing Hahn |
Publisher | : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages | : 210 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780547258386 |
A white boy helps a black child escape slavery in the midst of the Civil War
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Author | : Mary Downing Hahn |
Publisher | : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages | : 210 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780547258386 |
A white boy helps a black child escape slavery in the midst of the Civil War
Author | : J. D. Robb |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 354 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780399155482 |
Determined to capture whomever is responsible for murdering an experienced colleague who recently transferred to New York, Lieutenant Eve Dallas investigates the victim's life in her former precinct and uncovers unsettling links to her own painful past. 650,000 first printing.
Author | : Charles Todd |
Publisher | : Harper Collins |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 2009-08-25 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 006190550X |
“Another winner....Todd again excels at vivid atmosphere and the effects of war in this specific time and place. Grade: A.” —Cleveland Plain Dealer “Readers who can’t get enough of Maisie Dobbs, the intrepid World War I battlefield nurse in Jacqueline Winspear’s novels…are bound to be caught up in the adventures of Bess Crawford.” —New York Times Book Review Charles Todd, author of the resoundingly acclaimed Ian Rutledge crime novels (“One of the best historical series being written today” —Washington Post Book World) debuts an exceptional new protagonist, World War I nurse Bess Crawford, in A Duty to the Dead. A gripping tale of perilous obligations and dark family secrets in the shadows of a nightmarish time of global conflict, A Duty to the Dead is rich in suspense, surprise, and the impeccable period atmosphere that has become a Charles Todd trademark.
Author | : Barbara Karnes |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 14 |
Release | : 1991-01-01 |
Genre | : Bereavement |
ISBN | : |
"My Friend, I Care addresses the normalcy of grieving while offering suggestions for moving forward into living. It is often used as a sympathy card. It offers an expression of caring while giving support and guidance"--Publisher description.
Author | : Emily Austin |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2021-07-06 |
Genre | : FICTION |
ISBN | : 1982167351 |
"Gilda, a twenty-something, atheist, animal-loving lesbian, cannot stop ruminating about death. Desperate for relief from her panicky mind and alienated from her repressive family, she responds to a flyer for free therapy at a local Catholic church, and finds herself being greeted by Father Jeff, who assumes she's there for a job interview. Too embarrassed to correct him, Gilda is abruptly hired to replace the recently deceased receptionist Grace. In between trying to memorize the lines to Catholic mass, hiding the fact that she has a new girlfriend, and erecting a dirty dish tower in her crumbling apartment, Gilda strikes up an email correspondence with Grace's old friend. She can't bear to ignore the kindly old woman, who has been trying to reach her friend through the church inbox, but she also can't bring herself to break the bad news. Desperate, she begins impersonating Grace via email. But when the police discover suspicious circumstances surrounding Grace's death, Gilda may have to finally reveal the truth of her mortifying existence."--Amazon.
Author | : Monica Holloway |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 476 |
Release | : 2008-12-09 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1847396909 |
At nine years old, Monica Holloway develops a fascination with the local funeral home. Small wonder, with a father who drives his Ford pick up with a Kodak movie camera sitting shotgun just in case he sees an accident, and whose home movies feature more footage of disasters than of his children. In between her father's bouts of violence and abuse, Monica becomes fast friends with Julie Kilner, whose father is the town mortician. She and Julie preferred the casket showroom to the parks and grassy backyards in her hometown of Elk Grove, Ohio, where they would take turns lying in their favourite coffins. In time, Monica and Julie get a job driving the company hearse to pick up bodies from the airport, yet even Monica's growing independence can't protect her from her parents' irresponsibility, and from the feeling that she simply does not deserve to be safe. Little does she know, as she finally strikes out on her own, that her parents' biggest betrayal has yet to be revealed...
Author | : Jennifer McMahon |
Publisher | : Harper Collins |
Total Pages | : 289 |
Release | : 2009-03-17 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0061827487 |
“McMahon unfurls a whirlwind of suspense...Combining murder mystery and coming-of-age tale with supernatural elements, this taut novel is above all a reflection on the haunting power of memory.” –Entertainment Weekly A woman’s past and present collide in terrifying ways in this explosive debut by New York Times bestselling author Jennifer McMahon. Forty-one-year-old school nurse Kate Cypher has returned home to rural Vermont to care for her mother, who's afflicted with Alzheimer's. On the night she arrives, a young girl is murdered—a horrific crime that eerily mirrors another from Kate's childhood. Three decades earlier, her dirt-poor friend Del—shunned and derided by classmates as "Potato Girl"—was brutally slain. Del's killer was never found, while the victim has since achieved immortality in local legends and ghost stories. Now, as this new murder investigation draws Kate irresistibly in, her past and present collide in terrifying, unexpected ways. Because nothing is quite what it seems . . . and the grim specters of her youth are far from forgotten. More than just a murder mystery, Jennifer McMahon's extraordinary debut novel, Promise Not to Tell, is a story of friendship and family, devotion and betrayal—tautly written, deeply insightful, beautifully evocative, and utterly unforgettable.
Author | : Phillip Brown |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 2020-09-24 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0190644338 |
Human capital theory, or the notion that there is a direct relationship between educational investment and individual and national prosperity, has dominated public policy on education and labor for the past fifty years. In The Death of Human Capital?, Phillip Brown, Hugh Lauder, and Sin Yi Cheung argue that the human capital story is one of false promise: investing in learning isn't the road to higher earnings and national prosperity. Rather than abandoning human capital theory, however, the authors redefine human capital in an age of smart machines. They present a new human capital theory that rejects the view that automation and AI will result in the end of waged work, but see the fundamental problem as a lack of quality jobs offering interesting, worthwhile, and rewarding opportunities. A controversial challenge to the reigning ideology, The Death of Human Capital? connects with a growing sense that capitalism is in crisis, felt by students and the wider workforce, shows what's at stake in the new human capital while offering hope for the future.
Author | : David Protess |
Publisher | : Hyperion Books |
Total Pages | : 280 |
Release | : 1998-08-03 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : |
The dramatic true story of how a journalist, a professor, and three students solved a murder and helped free four wrongly convicted men after 18 years in prison.
Author | : Lorie Miseck |
Publisher | : Regina : Coteau Books |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Authors, Canadian |
ISBN | : 9781550501995 |
On a bitterly cold Edmonton day, Lorie Miseck's sister disappeared. Nearly two weeks later, a man out in the deep freeze of December on a trivial errand made a horrible discovery. "A Promise of Salt "traces these horrific events and their far-reaching effects with grace, sensitivity, and courage. But this is by no means merely the retelling of a terrible story. Instead it is a poignant journey through a dark time, interspersed with fond memories and bittersweet reflection. It is the portrait of souls badly injured, the narrative of a family pushed to the limits of human endurance "A Promise of Salt" is a unique and unforgettable experience, a graceful and compelling text, and an at once heartbreaking and uplifting testament to the power of love and family.