The Christmas Alphabet

The Christmas Alphabet
Author: Robert Sabuda
Publisher:
Total Pages: 16
Release: 2004-10-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780439672566

A unique alphabet book offers twenty-six paper sculptures that celebrate the season of Christmas from A to Z.

A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol
Author: Charles Dickens
Publisher: Everyman's Library
Total Pages: 162
Release: 1994-09-27
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0679436391

A gorgeous hardcover edition of the timeless holiday classic, featuring stunning full-color illustrations by Arthur Rackham, with a gilt-stamped cloth cover, acid-free paper, sewn bindings, and a silk ribbon marker. No holiday season is complete without Charles Dickens's dramatic and heartwarming story of the transformation of miserly Ebenezer Scrooge through the efforts of the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future. Set on a cold Christmas Eve in Victorian London, and featuring Scrooge's long-suffering and mild-mannered clerk, Bob Cratchit; Bob’s kindhearted son, Tiny Tim; and a host of colorful characters, A Christmas Carol was an instant hit and has been beloved ever since by generations of readers of all ages.

Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas

Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas
Author: Tim Burton
Publisher: Disney Electronic Content
Total Pages: 48
Release: 2013-09-17
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1423192249

Celebrate 20 years of nightmares with this picturebook version of the classic film, written and drawn by Tim Burton and now featuring word-for-word narration by Christopher Lee! In this beloved picture book that could only come from the visionary mind of author and illustrator TIM BURTON, we meet Jack Skellington-- a well-intentioned inhabitant of Halloweenland. Jack is bored of ''''the scaring, the terror, the fright....tired of being something that goes bump in the night''''. And so, in an effort to bring to joy to his town, Jack kidnaps Santa and takes his place as the jolly old elf. But instead of bringing joy to the world Jack, who is a little more than a grinning skeleton, brings fear by delivering creepy toys and riding a sleigh carried by skeletal reindeer. Only through a number of things going horribly wrong does Jack learn the true meaning of Christmas.

The 1942 Sears Christmas Book

The 1942 Sears Christmas Book
Author: Sears, Roebuck and Co.
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2019-09-18
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN: 0486843645

Faithful reprint of the retailer's Christmas catalog offers a nostalgia-inducing look at consumer goods of the 1940s, from toys to housewares, clothing, furniture, candy, and a selection of gifts for servicemen.

Christmas at Copper Mountain

Christmas at Copper Mountain
Author: Jane Porter
Publisher: Tule Publishing
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2013-11-29
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1940296072

NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author Jane Porter takes readers to the charming town of Marietta, Montana, in this feel-good holiday romance. She’s determined to make Christmas perfect… After a set-back, Harley Diekerhoff led a quiet life and kept to herself. Taking the temporary job at the Copper Mountain Ranch as widower Brock Sheenan’s housekeeper seemed perfect for her. But her calm cocoon is invaded with the arrival of Brock’s pre-teen twins, Mack and Molly, who’ve never experienced a proper Christmas. Annoyed at first by Harley’s interference, Brock is secretly pleased she’s changed his tiwns’ world. It doesn’t hurt that he finds Harley incredibly attractive, fierce, smart and passionate. It’s also an added bonus that she’s not afraid to challenge him and get his blood heated! But when sparks fly and the attractions sizzles between them, Harley’s not so sure she can handle something permanent with this dark, taciturn cowboy who doesn’t know how to let her in. Can Brock hold on to her and pray for a Christmas miracle…

Polish Your Kitchen

Polish Your Kitchen
Author: Anna Hurning
Publisher:
Total Pages: 88
Release: 2019-11-13
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 9781734248807

Polish Your Kitchen, A Book of Memories Christmas Edition contains 30 traditional Polish recipes normally served during Christmas Eve and Christmas Day in Poland. The book is divided into 3 sections: Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Desserts. Recipes include classic dishes like sauerkraut and mushroom pierogi, wild mushroom soup, red beetroot soup with mushroom dumplings and cheesecake. The author, Anna Hurning created the original recipes and the accompanying photography for the book. Anna is the creator of the popular Polish food blog: "Polish Your Kitchen". She titled the book "a book of memories", because the recipes she created are a compilation of her time spent in the kitchen with her Polish grandma, Babcia Stasia. Anna moved to the US in her mid 20s and spent almost two decades there trying to stay connected to her Polish roots through food.

Social Q's

Social Q's
Author: Philip Galanes
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 262
Release: 2012-11-27
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 145160579X

A series of whimsical essays by the New York Times "Social Q's" columnist provides modern advice on navigating today's murky moral waters, sharing recommendations for such everyday situations as texting on the bus to splitting a dinner check.

The Definitive Christmas Collection

The Definitive Christmas Collection
Author: Hal Leonard Corp. Staff
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1994-11
Genre: Carols
ISBN: 9780793533725

Over 110 classics: An Old Fashioned Christmas * Away in a Manger * Blue Christmas * The Chipmunk Song * Christmas Is * The Christmas Waltz * Do They Know It's Christmas * Feliz Navidad * The First Noel * The Greatest Gift of All * Happy Holiday * A Holly Jolly Christmas * Jingle-Bell Rock * Mister Santa * My Favorite Things * O Holy Night * Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer * Santa, Bring My Baby Back (To Me) * Silent Night * We Need a Little Christmas * more.

The Simpsons Xmas Book

The Simpsons Xmas Book
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 56
Release: 1990
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 9780060965815

When Homer receives no Christmas bonus from the nuclear power plant where he works, he moonlights as a shopping mall Santa to buy gifts for his family.

Slug

Slug
Author: Hollie McNish
Publisher: Fleet
Total Pages: 496
Release: 2021-05-13
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0349726345

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'An intoxicating mixture of poetry and prose, Slug is a taboo-busting delight' SCOTSMAN 'One of the best poets we have' MATT HAIG 'She writes with honesty, conviction, humour and love' KAE TEMPEST The new collection of poetry and prose from the Ted Hughes Award-winning author of Nobody Told Me From Finnish saunas and soppy otters to grief, grandparents and Kellogg's anti-masturbation pants, Slug is a book which holds a mirror lovingly up to the world, past and present, through Hollie's driving, funny, hopeful poetry and prose. Slug is about the human condition: of birth and death and how we manage the possibilities in between. 'The inimitable words of poet/goddess Hollie McNish once again hold up honest, damn funny and refreshing takes on the everydayness of our lives . . . Never have we needed her more' STYLIST 'Hollie always articulates exactly how I feel' CHARLY COX 'A tribute to life itself' RED