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Comet's Tale

Author : Steven Wolf,Lynette Padwa
Publisher : Algonquin Books
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2012-10-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781616201869

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Comet's Tale by Steven Wolf,Lynette Padwa Pdf

Comet’s Tale is a story about a friendship between two former winners, both a little down on their luck, who together stage a remarkable comeback. A former hard-driving attorney, Steven Wolf has reluctantly left his job and family and moved to Arizona for its warm winter climate. There he is drawn to a local group that rescues abused racing greyhounds. Although he can barely take care of himself because of a spinal condition, Wolf adopts Comet, an elegant cinnamon-striped racer. Or does Comet adopt Wolf? In Comet’s Tale we follow their funny and moving journey as Wolf teaches Comet to be a service dog. With her boundless enthusiasm and regal manners, Comet attracts new friends to Wolf’s isolated world. And finally, she plays a crucial role in restoring his health, saving his marriage, and broadening his definition of success.

A Comet's Tale: Quite Tickety-boo and So True

Author : Don Densmore
Publisher : Christian Faith Publishing, Incorporated
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2021-02-24
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1098080890

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A Comet's Tale: Quite Tickety-boo and So True by Don Densmore Pdf

A Comets Tale, Quite Tickety-boo and So True It is an adventure like no other in space and time. Join Calvin for a fantastic trip through our solar system from the fall reaches in the universe beginning in the Oort Cloud careening through the vastness of the solar system planet by planet and mile by mile. Calvin paints you a magnificent mural of the planets and distance between each until the solar center, our sun, comes into view, and the battle begins as he has to overcome its gravitational strength. Will he survive or plunge toward the sun and be engulfed? If he doesn't return to the Oort Cloud, his story will not be told. How many planets did you see? Did you learn their names? Were they the same or different? Were there dangers, and is it what you expected? Let Calvin be your guide.

Tales about the Sun, Moon, Stars, and Comets

Author : Peter Parley (pseud. [i.e. Samuel Griswold Goodrich.])
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1862
Category : Astronomy
ISBN : NLS:V000651595

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Tales about the Sun, Moon, Stars, and Comets by Peter Parley (pseud. [i.e. Samuel Griswold Goodrich.]) Pdf

Tales about the Sun, Moon, Stars, and Comets

Author : Peter Parley
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2022-05-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783375017835

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Tales about the Sun, Moon, Stars, and Comets by Peter Parley Pdf

Reprint of the original, first published in 1862.

The Comet's Curse

Author : Dom Testa
Publisher : Tor Teen
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2009-01-20
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781429981606

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The Comet's Curse by Dom Testa Pdf

In the gripping start to this young adult science fiction adventure series by popular Colorado radio host Dom Testa, the teenage crew of the starship Galahad must find a new home for humanity among the stars--if they fail, it will be the end of the human race.... When the tail of the comet Bhaktul flicks through the Earth's atmosphere, deadly particles are left in its wake. Suddenly, mankind is confronted with a virus that devastates the adult population. Only those under the age of eighteen seem to be immune. Desperate to save humanity, a renowned scientist proposes a bold plan: to create a ship that will carry a crew of 251 teenagers to a home in a distant solar system. Two years later, the Galahad and its crew—none over the age of sixteen—is launched. Two years of training have prepared the crew for the challenges of space travel. But soon after departing Earth, they discover that a saboteur is hiding on the Galahad! Faced with escalating acts of vandalism and terrorized by threatening messages, sixteen-year-old Triana Martell and her council soon realize that the stowaway will do anything to ensure that the Galahad never reaches its destination. The teens must find a way to neutralize their enemy. For if their mission fails, it will mean the end of the human race.... At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Painting with a Comet's Tail

Author : Harley E. Jolley
Publisher : Longleaf Services Behalf of Unc - Osps
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2017-09-15
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1469642166

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Painting with a Comet's Tail by Harley E. Jolley Pdf

Civilized man has been prone to conjure up a maxim or saying to reflect the prevailing philosophy of the day. Two of those familiar favorites readily apply to the world famous Blue Ridge Parkway, "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder" and "A thing of beauty is a joy forever." Harley E. Jolley explores the parkway through the history if its landscape architecture.

The Tale of a Comet and Other Stories

Author : Helen McCann White
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : History
ISBN : 0873511697

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The Tale of a Comet and Other Stories by Helen McCann White Pdf

Eight extraordinary tales prove Helen White's conviction that true stories about real people can be as entertaining as fiction. Her cast of characters features forgotten (often unlikely) heroes, frustrated reformers, eccentric entrepreneurs, and everyday Minnesotans caught in strange circumstances. Each of their stories presents a slice of life from bygone days.

The Comet's Tale

Author : Jacqueline Sheehan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 098471653X

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The Comet's Tale by Jacqueline Sheehan Pdf

From Publishers Weekly First-timer Sheehan offers an uneven but emotionally and lyrically powerful novelization of the life of Sojourner Truth. Born Isabella at the beginning of the 19th century, the future crusader for equality and justice spends nine years on a New York State farm with her wise mother and kind father before being sold-as a lot, along with sheep, at auction. Whipped for speaking her native Dutch, she begins to talk to God: "God is big to us, and we should speak to him under the biggest sky," her mother always said. So begin years of masters both kind and cruel, but none able to see her as a human-a blindness Isabella describes as one of the damages slavery inflicts on both slave and master. Though Isabella experiences indescribable horrors, she also finds love and desire; she even meets with rare self-sacrifice and aid from abolitionist whites, some helping her sue to get her son back from an illegal master. After she acquires her freedom and becomes a preacher, she falls in with a "house of seekers" led by a false prophet, Matthias, whom at first she stands by ("I did not survive slavery and see two husbands die of broken spirits to be put off so easily"), and from whose thrall she barely escapes. Isabella's strong, warm, distinctive voice is a genuine accomplishment, able to render tortures and prayers alike. Though the pacing is inconsistent, this is a disturbing and robust work, offering a new way of looking at one of history's greatest champions of freedom. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Booklist Psychologist Sheehan offers a fictionalized account of the life of Sojourner Truth, relating the incredible saga of a woman who survived slavery and cruelty to become a fiery abolitionist orator. Sheehan's story is based on five years of research of public documents, including Truth's own Narrative of Sojourner Truth, which Sheehan's character describes as "weak tea." The novel is graphic in describing the cruelty and suffering inflicted on slave women as it explores the mental and emotional development of a young girl who is sold away from a loving family at the age of nine and thrown into the hands of a succession of cruel masters. Truth, who took her name from a divine inspiration, suffered the loss of the man she loved and later separation from her children, all the time receiving guidance from her conversations with God. Following Emancipation, she takes up with spiritualists before settling into a lifelong crusade for reparations for slaves and women's right to vote. Historical fiction fans will enjoy this sensitive portrayal of a slave woman's survival and triumph. Vanessa Bush Copyright (c) American Library Association. All rights reserv

The Comet

Author : W. E. B. Du Bois
Publisher : Graphic Arts Books
Page : 19 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2021-06-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781513298344

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The Comet by W. E. B. Du Bois Pdf

The Comet (1920) is a science fiction story by W. E. B. Du Bois. Written while the author was using his role at The Crisis, the official magazine of the NAACP, to publish emerging black artists of the Harlem Renaissance, The Comet is a pioneering work of speculative fiction which imagines a catastrophic event not only decimating New York City, but bringing an abrupt end to white supremacy. “How silent the street was! Not a soul was stirring, and yet it was high-noon—Wall Street? Broadway? He glanced almost wildly up and down, then across the street, and as he looked, a sickening horror froze in his limbs.” Sent to the vault to retrieve some old records, bank messenger Jim Davis emerges to find a city descended into chaos. A comet has passed overhead, spewing toxic fumes into the atmosphere. All of lower Manhattan seems frozen in time. It takes him a few moments to see the bodies, piled into doorways and strewn about the eerily quiet streets. When he comes to his senses, he finds a wealthy woman asking for help. Soon, it becomes clear that they could very well be the last living people in the planet, that the fate of civilization depends on their ability to come together, not as black and white, but as two human beings. But how far will this acknowledgment take them? With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of W. E. B. Du Bois’ The Comet is a classic work of African American literature reimagined for modern readers.

Journey Around the Sun

Author : James Gladstone
Publisher : Owlkids
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2021-03-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1771473711

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Journey Around the Sun by James Gladstone Pdf

Halley's Comet tells its own history in this unique STEM book Halley's Comet, visible from Earth only once every 75 years, tells its own story in this unique informational picture book. With each return of the comet, the book highlights human life at that time, and how science has advanced toward a greater understanding of our universe. Told in minimal, poetic text paired with detailed captions for context, the book begins with sightings in ancient civilizations, where for centuries, the comet was a mystery recorded in art and writing. From Edmond Halley's successful prediction of the comet's return in 1758, through the advent of technologies like cameras and eventually a spacecraft that photographed its ice core, Halley's Comet tells an inspiring and wide-reaching story of scientific advancement and cultural history. The book closes by inviting readers to wonder what our world might look like the next time Halley's Comet is visible from earth, expected in 2061. What will the comet "see," next time it passes by on its journey?

The Story of the Comets

Author : George Frederick Chambers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1910
Category : Comets
ISBN : NYPL:33433084026941

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In the Days of the Comet

Author : Herbert George Wells
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Comets
ISBN : OCLC:842982063

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In the Days of the Comet by Herbert George Wells Pdf

A comet rushes toward the earth, a deadly, glowing orb that soon fills the sky and promises doom. But mankind is too busy hating, stealing, scheming, and killing to care. As luminous green trails of cosmic dust and vapor stream across the heavens, blood flows beneath: nations wage all-out war, bitter strikes erupt, and jealous lovers plot revenge and murder. The earth slips past the comet by the narrowest of margins, but all succumb to the gases in its tail. When mankind wakes up, everyone is completely and profoundly different. In the Days of the Comet is H.G. Wells's classic tale of the last days of the old earth and the extraterrestrial Change that becomes the salvation of the human race. An ill-fated romance between Willie Leadford and Nettie Stuart unfolds in a world buried in misery and bent on its own destruction. After the earth passes through the comet's tail, suffering, pettiness, and injustice melt away. Willie, Nettie, and everyone around them are reborn. They now see themselves and their world in a dramatically new and wonderful way.

Tale of the Comet

Author : Roland Green
Publisher : Wizards of the Coast
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0786906545

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Worlds collide when a comet crashes into the mountain village of Aston Point. When the comet is revealed to be a starship, the townsfolk are dragged into a deadly battle between the alien Rael and a sinister artificial intelligence.

Comet's Tale

Author : Sue Ann Alderson,Georgia Pow Graham
Publisher : Tree Frog Press
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1983-01-01
Category : Comets
ISBN : 0889670471

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Comet's Tale by Sue Ann Alderson,Georgia Pow Graham Pdf