Boys In The Trees

Author : Carly Simon
Publisher : Flatiron Books
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2015-11-24
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781250095909

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Boys in the Trees by Carly Simon Pdf

Carly Simon's New York Times bestselling memoir, Boys in the Trees, reveals her remarkable life, beginning with her storied childhood as the third daughter of Richard L. Simon, the co-founder of publishing giant Simon & Schuster, her musical debut as half of The Simon Sisters performing folk songs with her sister Lucy in Greenwich Village, to a meteoric solo career that would result in 13 top 40 hits, including the #1 song "You're So Vain." She was the first artist in history to win a Grammy Award, an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award, for her song "Let the River Run" from the movie Working Girl. The memoir recalls a childhood enriched by music and culture, but also one shrouded in secrets that would eventually tear her family apart. Simon brilliantly captures moments of creative inspiration, the sparks of songs, and the stories behind writing "Anticipation" and "We Have No Secrets" among many others. Romantic entanglements with some of the most famous men of the day fueled her confessional lyrics, as well as the unraveling of her storybook marriage to James Taylor.

Author : Mary Swan
Publisher : Vintage Canada
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2013-08-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780345808042

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The Boys in the Trees by Mary Swan Pdf

A tragic event sends a small town reeling in Mary Swan's brilliant, Scotiabank Giller-nominated The Boys in the Trees, a haunting exploration of one family's desperation. For the first time in Vintage Canada. William, his wife and 2 daughters, new immigrants to a small town in southern Ontario, are the picture of a devoted family. But when he is accused of embezzlement, William commits an unthinkable crime, and those who believed him to be an affectionate, attentive father are brought up short. Mary Swan examines the intricate and unexpected connections between the people in this close-knit community that continue to echo into the future. In her nuanced, evocative descriptions, a locket contains immeasurable sorrow, trees provide refuge for lost souls and grief clicks into place when a man cocks the cold-steel hammer of a revolver. A supreme literary achievement, The Boys in the Trees offers a chilling story that swells with acutely observed emotion and humanity.

Author : Shel Silverstein
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2014-02-18
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780061965104

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The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein Pdf

As The Giving Tree turns fifty, this timeless classic is available for the first time ever in ebook format. This digital edition allows young readers and lifelong fans to continue the legacy and love of a classic that will now reach an even wider audience. "Once there was a tree...and she loved a little boy." So begins a story of unforgettable perception, beautifully written and illustrated by the gifted and versatile Shel Silverstein. This moving parable for all ages offers a touching interpretation of the gift of giving and a serene acceptance of another's capacity to love in return. Every day the boy would come to the tree to eat her apples, swing from her branches, or slide down her trunk...and the tree was happy. But as the boy grew older he began to want more from the tree, and the tree gave and gave and gave. This is a tender story, touched with sadness, aglow with consolation. Shel Silverstein's incomparable career as a bestselling children's book author and illustrator began with Lafcadio, the Lion Who Shot Back. He is also the creator of picture books including A Giraffe and a Half, Who Wants a Cheap Rhinoceros?, The Missing Piece, The Missing Piece Meets the Big O, and the perennial favorite The Giving Tree, and of classic poetry collections such as Where the Sidewalk Ends, A Light in the Attic, Falling Up, Every Thing On It, Don't Bump the Glump!, and Runny Babbit. And don't miss the other Shel Silverstein ebooks, Where the Sidewalk Ends and A Light in the Attic!

Author : Hanya Yanagihara
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 407 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2013-08-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780385536783

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The People in the Trees by Hanya Yanagihara Pdf

A thrilling anthropological adventure story with a profound and tragic vision of what happens when cultures collide—from the bestselling author of National Book Award–nominated modern classic, A Little Life “Provokes discussions about science, morality and our obsession with youth.” —Chicago Tribune It is 1950 when Norton Perina, a young doctor, embarks on an expedition to a remote Micronesian island in search of a rumored lost tribe. There he encounters a strange group of forest dwellers who appear to have attained a form of immortality that preserves the body but not the mind. Perina uncovers their secret and returns with it to America, where he soon finds great success. But his discovery has come at a terrible cost, not only for the islanders, but for Perina himself. Look for Hanya Yanagihara’s latest bestselling novel, To Paradise.

Author : Dawn Kurtagich
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2016-09-06
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780316298698

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And the Trees Crept In by Dawn Kurtagich Pdf

A stunning, terrifying novel about a house the color of blood and the two sisters who are trapped there, by The Dead House author Dawn Kurtagich When Silla and Nori arrive at their aunt's home, it's immediately clear that the "blood manor" is cursed. The creaking of the house and the stillness of the woods surrounding them would be enough of a sign, but there are secrets too--the questions that Silla can't ignore: Who is the beautiful boy that's appeared from the woods? Who is the man that her little sister sees, but no one else? And why does it seem that, ever since they arrived, the trees have been creeping closer? Filled with just as many twists and turns as The Dead House, and with achingly beautiful, chilling language that delivers haunting scenes, AND THE TREES CREPT IN is the perfect follow-up novel for master horror writer Dawn Kurtagich.

Author : Yolanda Ridge
Publisher : Orca Book Publishers
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2011-05-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781554693856

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Trouble in the Trees by Yolanda Ridge Pdf

When tree climbing is banned at her townhouse complex, Bree assumes the role of activist and advocate in her community.

Author : Margaret Atwood
Publisher : Groundwood Books Ltd
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780888997296

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Up in the Tree by Margaret Atwood Pdf

Two children who live in a tree don't know what to do when beavers take their ladder, and after rescue comes at the hands of a friend, they find a way to return without worry.

Author : Elif Shafak
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2021-11-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781635578607

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The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak Pdf

A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK Winner of the 2022 BookTube Silver Medal in Fiction * Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction "A wise novel of love and grief, roots and branches, displacement and home, faith and belief. Balm for our bruised times." -David Mitchell, author of Utopia Avenue A rich, magical new novel on belonging and identity, love and trauma, nature and renewal, from the Booker-shortlisted author of 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World. Two teenagers, a Greek Cypriot and a Turkish Cypriot, meet at a taverna on the island they both call home. In the taverna, hidden beneath garlands of garlic, chili peppers and creeping honeysuckle, Kostas and Defne grow in their forbidden love for each other. A fig tree stretches through a cavity in the roof, and this tree bears witness to their hushed, happy meetings and eventually, to their silent, surreptitious departures. The tree is there when war breaks out, when the capital is reduced to ashes and rubble, and when the teenagers vanish. Decades later, Kostas returns. He is a botanist looking for native species, but really, he's searching for lost love. Years later a Ficus carica grows in the back garden of a house in London where Ada Kazantzakis lives. This tree is her only connection to an island she has never visited--- her only connection to her family's troubled history and her complex identity as she seeks to untangle years of secrets to find her place in the world. A moving, beautifully written, and delicately constructed story of love, division, transcendence, history, and eco-consciousness, The Island of Missing Trees is Elif Shafak's best work yet.

Author : Iain Lawrence
Publisher : Delacorte Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2016-01-05
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780307974891

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The Skeleton Tree by Iain Lawrence Pdf

A modern-day adventure and classic in the making, in the vein of The Call of the Wild, Hatchet, and The Cay, by award-winning author Iain Lawrence. A Junior Library Guild Selection Less than forty-eight hours after twelve-year-old Chris sets off on a sailing trip down the Alaskan coast with his uncle, their boat sinks. The only survivors are Chris and a boy named Frank, who hates Chris immediately. Chris and Frank have no radio, no flares, no food. Suddenly, they’ve got to forage, fish, and scavenge the shore for supplies. Chris likes the company of a curious, friendly raven more than he likes the prickly Frank. But the boys have to get along if they want to survive. Because as the days get colder and the salmon migration ends, survival will take more than sheer force of will. Eventually, in the wilderness of Alaska, the boys discover an improbable bond—and the compassion that might truly be the path to rescue.

Author : William Golding
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2012-09-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780571290581

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Lord of the Flies by William Golding Pdf

A plane crashes on a desert island and the only survivors, a group of schoolboys, assemble on the beach and wait to be rescued. By day they inhabit a land of bright fantastic birds and dark blue seas, but at night their dreams are haunted by the image of a terrifying beast. As the boys' delicate sense of order fades, so their childish dreams are transformed into something more primitive, and their behaviour starts to take on a murderous, savage significance. First published in 1954, Lord of the Flies is one of the most celebrated and widely read of modern classics. Now fully revised and updated, this educational edition includes chapter summaries, comprehension questions, discussion points, classroom activities, a biographical profile of Golding, historical context relevant to the novel and an essay on Lord of the Flies by William Golding entitled 'Fable'. Aimed at Key Stage 3 and 4 students, it also includes a section on literary theory for advanced or A-level students. The educational edition encourages original and independent thinking while guiding the student through the text - ideal for use in the classroom and at home.

Author : Ray Bradbury
Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2015-08-04
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780553512724

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The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury Pdf

Make storytime a little spookier this fall with fantasy master Ray Bradbury as he takes readers on a riveting trip though space and time to discover the true origins of Halloween. Join the shadowy Carapace Clavicle Moundshroud as he takes eight trick-or-treaters on an unforgettable journey to find their missing friend, Pip. Travel through space and time, from the tombs of ancient Egypt to the gargoyles of Notre-Dame Cathedral, all the way to the cemeteries of Mexico on el Día de Los Muertos, the Day of the Dead. Is Pip still alive? And if so, can his friends save him from a ghastly fate before it’s too late? "If you want to know what Halloween is, or if you simply want an eerie adventure, take this mystery history trip. You couldn't ask for better than master fantasizer Ray Bradbury." --The Boston Globe

Author : Everest Media,
Publisher : Everest Media LLC
Page : 51 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2022-06-21T22:59:00Z
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9798822536333

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Summary of Carly Simon's Boys in the Trees by Everest Media, Pdf

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 The day I was born, I was tested to see if I was right about being special. I was not only barefoot but also had not changed out of my nightgown. The woman who came to take me home was so tall and regal that we all thought she was auditioning for the job. #2 I was the youngest of the four siblings, and I was very shy. When I was introduced to Helen Gaspard, I tapped into a new, unfamiliar part of my personality: I wanted to be noticed. #3 My parents’ house at 133 West Eleventh Street in Greenwich Village was my first home. It was an eclectic mix of Victoriana and Wormser-family stuff. The residents moved up and down from floor to floor thanks to Jimmy, the elevator man. #4 I had a lot of memories of my mother and her sister, Allie, who was my nanny and cook. I would steal jewelry from my mother’s jewelry box and give it to Allie, who had many fewer bracelets and necklaces than my mother did.

Author : Andrew Solomon
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 976 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9780743236720

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Far From the Tree by Andrew Solomon Pdf

The National Book Award-winning author of The Noonday Demon explores the consequences of extreme personal differences between parents and children, describing his own experiences as a gay child of straight parents while evaluating the circumstances of people affected by physical, developmental or cultural factors that divide families. 150,000 first printing.

Author : Srividhya Venkat
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9352678141

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The Tree Boy by Srividhya Venkat Pdf

Author : David de Rothschild
Publisher : Fal Enterprises
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2010-04-01
Category : Conservation of natural resources
ISBN : 0984304703

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The Boy, the Girl & the Tree by David de Rothschild Pdf

With a combination of David's fully energized plot and Simon's stunning visuals we are introduced to a vibrant story that takes an environmental approach to a classic comic book theme; making saving Earth the greatest adventure. As we are taken on a journey through a world completely deprived of nature, the boy and the girl team up to sow the seeds of change and against all adversity, they show that every little action can really make a big difference.t