Cinderella Boys

Author : Leo McKinstry
Publisher : John Murray
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2023-06-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781529319385

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Cinderella Boys by Leo McKinstry Pdf

The remarkable story of the unsung RAF wing who rescued Britain from Hitler's U-boats and made Allied victory possible. In early 1943 Britain was engaged in an epic struggle for survival. As the deadly wolf packs of German U-boats roamed the Atlantic, supply lines and shipping losses fell victim to the carnage. In desperation, Churchill turned to the RAF's maritime wing - an overlooked, underfunded force known as "The Cinderella Service". But the ascendancy of the U-boat forced a change in attitude. Provided with the long-range planes, depth charges, rocket projectiles and radar equipment with which to challenge the enemy. The Cinderella boys provided vital air defence the whole way across the Atlantic. The German hunters were now the hunted, and - in a stunning defeat - had fully retreated by the summer of 1943. The transformation of Coastal Command from a ramshackle outfit into a vast, formidable organisation provided one of the turning points of the war, keeping Britain in the war and opening the way to D-Day in 1944. But they never received the credit they deserved. Based on a wealth of new sources, including from diaries, log books, official records, archives and interviews, Leo McKinstry shines a new light the courageous pilots, ingenious scientists and political risktakers - many of them outsiders - who defended the freezing Atlantic from Nazi rule.

Author : Kristina Meister
Publisher : Riptide Publishing
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2018-07-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781626497986

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Cinderella Boy by Kristina Meister Pdf

Being perfect isn't all it's cracked up to be. Sixteen-year-old Declan is the perfect son . . . except for one tiny issue. When his sister Delia comes home to find him trying on her clothes, he fears her judgment, but she only fears his fashion choices. One quick makeover later, Declan is transformed into Delia's mysterious cousin Layla and dragged to the party of the year, hosted by Carter, the most popular boy in school. When Carter meets Layla, he fumbles to charm her. He adores her sense of humor and her poise. But when she vanishes in the middle of the night, he's left confused and determined to solve the mystery of who she is. As their school year begins, their high school embraces a policy of intolerance, and both Declan and Carter know they must stand up. Carter is tired of being a coward and wants to prove he can be a knight in shining armor. Declan is sick of being bullied and wants desperately to be himself. If they team up, it could be a fairy-tale ending, or a very unhappy ever after.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Yellowbrick Publications
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2024-05-19
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780955302428

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Cinderella, E Script with Site Licence to Copy by Anonim Pdf

Author : Vivian Gussin Paley
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Education
ISBN : 0226644928

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Boys and Girls by Vivian Gussin Paley Pdf

In Boys and Girls, Vivian Paley has re-created a year of kindergarten teaching in which she explored the differences in the ways children play and fantasize.

Author : Martine Hennard Dutheil de la Rochère
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2016-06-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780814341568

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Cinderella across Cultures by Martine Hennard Dutheil de la Rochère Pdf

The Cinderella story is retold continuously in literature, illustration, music, theatre, ballet, opera, film, and other media, and folklorists have recognized hundreds of distinct forms of Cinderella plots worldwide. The focus of this volume, however, is neither Cinderella as an item of folklore nor its alleged universal meaning. In Cinderella across Cultures, editors Martine Hennard Dutheil de la Rochère, Gillian Lathey, and Monika Wozniak analyze the Cinderella tale as a fascinating, multilayered, and ever-changing story constantly reinvented in different media and traditions. The collection highlights the tale’s reception and adaptation in cultural and national contexts across the globe, including those of Italy, France, Germany, Britain, the Netherlands, Poland, and Russia. Contributors shed new light on classic versions of Cinderella by examining the material contexts that shaped them (such as the development of glass artifacts and print techniques), or by analyzing their reception in popular culture (through cheap print and mass media). The first section, “Contextualizing Cinderella,” investigates the historical and cultural contexts of literary versions of the tale and their diachronic transformations. The second section, “Regendering Cinderella,” tackles innovative and daring literary rewritings of the tale in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, in particular modern feminist and queer takes on the classic plot. Finally, the third section, “Visualising Cinderella,” concerns symbolic transformations of the tale, especially the interaction between text and image and the renewal of the tale’s iconographic tradition. The volume offers an invaluable contribution to the study of this particular tale and also to fairy-tale studies overall. Readers interested in the visual arts, in translation studies, or in popular culture, as well as a wider audience wishing to discover the tale anew will delight in this collection.

Author : Peggy Orenstein
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2011-01-25
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9780062041630

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Cinderella Ate My Daughter by Peggy Orenstein Pdf

Peggy Orenstein, acclaimed author of the groundbreaking New York Times bestsellers Girls & Sex and Schoolgirls, offers a radical, timely wake-up call for parents, revealing the dark side of a pretty and pink culture confronting girls at every turn as they grow into adults. Sweet and sassy or predatory and hardened, sexualized girlhood influences our daughters from infancy onward, telling them that how a girl looks matters more than who she is. Somewhere between the exhilarating rise of Girl Power in the 1990s and today, the pursuit of physical perfection has been recast as the source of female empowerment. And commercialization has spread the message faster and farther, reaching girls at ever-younger ages. But how dangerous is pink and pretty, anyway? Being a princess is just make-believe; eventually they grow out of it . . . or do they? In search of answers, Peggy Orenstein visited Disneyland, trolled American Girl Place, and met parents of beauty-pageant preschoolers tricked out like Vegas showgirls. The stakes turn out to be higher than she ever imagined. From premature sexualization to the risk of depression to rising rates of narcissism, the potential negative impact of this new girlie-girl culture is undeniable—yet armed with awareness and recognition, parents can effectively counterbalance its influence in their daughters' lives.

Author : Richard Worth
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2013-02-21
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780786491247

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Baseball Team Names by Richard Worth Pdf

Professional baseball is full of arcane team names. The Los Angeles Dodgers, for instance, owe their nickname to the trolley tracks that honeycombed Brooklyn in the early 1880s. (Residents were "trolley dodgers.") From the Negro Leagues, there were the Pittsburgh Crawfords (sponsored early by the Crawford Bath House and Recreation Center); from the minors, the Tucson Waddies (slang for cowboy) and, later, the Montgomery Biscuits (for the would-be concessions staple); from overseas, the Adelaide, Australia, Bite (a shark reference but also a pun for bight) and the Bussum, Netherlands, Mr. Cocker HCAW (the sponsoring restaurant chain, followed by the acronym for the official team name, Honkbalclub Allan Weerbaar). This comprehensive reference book explains the nicknames of thousands of major and minor league franchises, Negro League and early independent black clubs, and international teams--from 1869 through 2011.

Author : Deborah Underwood
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 41 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2015-05-05
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781452137841

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Interstellar Cinderella by Deborah Underwood Pdf

Once upon a planetoid, amid her tools and sprockets, a girl named Cinderella dreamed of fixing fancy rockets. With a little help from her fairy godrobot, Cinderella is going to the ball. But when the prince's ship has mechanical trouble, someone will have to zoom to the rescue! Readers will thank their lucky stars for this irrepressible fairy tale retelling, its independent heroine, and its stellar happy ending. Plus, this is the fixed format version, which will look almost identical to the print version. Additionally for devices that support audio, this ebook includes a read-along setting.

Author : Rick Vanes
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2011-11-17
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781136666124

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Tricks of the Writer's Trade by Rick Vanes Pdf

What links Cinderella to Harry Potter? What can The Simpsons teach us about character creation? What is the False Horizon moment? What are the two classic openings and five effective endings of a newspaper story? Aimed at primary and early secondary school teachers, Tricks of the Writer’s Trade uses a simple, straightforward and highly-entertaining method to reveal a myriad of writing approaches, from basic story structure through to advanced scriptwriting, and the techniques used by professional writers and journalists. Covering fiction and non-fiction writing, chapters include guidance on: Story structure Creating characters Persuasive writing Informative writing Scriptwriting Writing techniques By following its step-by-step approach and using the resources and materials provided, teachers can engage their pupils, improve their writing skills dramatically – and have fun while they’re doing it. Writing lessons will never be the same again! Tricks of the Writer’s Trade is an invaluable resource for all Primary Teachers, Key Stage Three English teachers and literacy coordinators as well as PGCE students.

Author : Alison Lurie
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2002-12-31
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781440650109

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Boys and Girls Forever by Alison Lurie Pdf

Are some of the world's most talented children's book authors essentially children themselves? In this engaging series of essays, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alison Lurie considers this theory, exploring children's classics from many eras and relating them to the authors who wrote them, including Little Women author Louisa May Alcott and Wizard of Oz author Frank Baum, as well as Dr. Seuss and Salman Rushdie. Analyzing these and many others, Lurie shows how these gifted writers have used children's literature to transfigure sorrow, nostalgia, and the struggles of their own experiences.

Author : J. Lori Morgan
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2012-10-11
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781479709663

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Letters from a Woman Who Loved the Wrong Man by J. Lori Morgan Pdf

Searching for Mr. Right can lead you through a path of a whole lot of Mr. Wrongs! But, don't be discouraged! Sometimes those wrongs can help you get ready to receive the right one or at least make one hell of a good book! Letters from a Woman, from infancy was a blog that not only displayed the creative talent of author J. Lori Morgan but depicted short stories that entertained countless viewers worldwide! We are proud to offer this genuine portrayal of literary creativity to all readers of fiction in book form so that you may enjoy them forever! Relationship drama filled with Love & Hate, Commitment & Betrayal, Wisdom & Naivety, and Tragedy & Triumph this book has it all! Maybe you are looking for some encouragement. Or maybe its drama you are looking for. Whatever it is Letters from a Woman Who Loved the Wrong Man has it!

Author : Chuck Lanehart
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2022-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781467152808

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Marvels of the Texas Plains: Historic Chronicles from the Courthouse to the Caprock by Chuck Lanehart Pdf

Assemble a composite portrait of the Texas plains through these historic tales. Many thousands of years ago, Clovis Man hunted huge mammoths here. More recently, Waylon Jennings drew his musical inspiration here. In the intervening time, the Texas prairie has been the backdrop for the wildest of Wild West shootouts, landmark legal battles and epic achievements in sports, music and medicine. Familiar icons like Roy Orbison and Dan Blocker, as well as forgotten characters like Charlie "Squirrel-Eye" Emory and John "the Catfish Kid" Gough all helped shape the colorful history of the Texas Plains. Who shot the sheriff? Who was the earliest American? Who invented the slam dunk? Author Chuck Lanehart answers these questions and many more in a wide-ranging collection of stories.

Author : Sharon Kendrick
Publisher : Harlequin
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2021-06-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780369706836

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Secrets of Cinderella's Awakening by Sharon Kendrick Pdf

USA TODAY bestselling author Sharon Kendrick brings scandalous secrets and tantalizing seduction under the stars for this Cinderella virgin! A night under the Greek sky… with a seriously sexy stranger! Marnie Porter craves an escape from the long hours at the luxury spa in Greece where she's working to help support her sister. And she may just have found it with one devastatingly handsome man—unaware he’s billionaire businessman Leonidas Kanonidou! Cynical Leon believes it’s better to keep his distance from innocent Marnie, yet discovering that his Cinderella needs urgent financial help prompts him to make a proposition. One with mutual benefits, including exploring her unleashed passion even as it threatens to incinerate his barriers… From Harlequin Presents: Escape to exotic locations where passion knows no bounds.

Author : Bob Sehlinger,Liliane J. Opsomer,Len Testa
Publisher : The Unofficial Guides
Page : 513 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2022-12-06
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781628091328

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The Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World with Kids 2023 by Bob Sehlinger,Liliane J. Opsomer,Len Testa Pdf

Save time and money with in-depth reviews, ratings, and details from the trusted source for a successful Walt Disney World family vacation. How do some guests get on the big, new attraction in less than 20 minutes while others wait for longer than 2 hours—on the same day? Why do some families pay full price for their visit when others can save hundreds of dollars? In a theme park, every minute and every dollar count. Your vacation is too important to be left to chance, so put the best-selling independent guide to Walt Disney World in your hands and take control of your trip. The Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World with Kids 2023 explains how Walt Disney World works and how to use that knowledge to stay ahead of the crowd. Authors Bob Sehlinger, Liliane J. Opsomer, and Len Testa know that you want your vacation to be anything but average, so they employ an expert team of researchers to find the secrets, the shortcuts, and the bargains that are sure to make your vacation exceptional! Find out what’s available in every category, ranked from best to worst, and get detailed plans to make the most of your time at Walt Disney World. Stay at a top-rated hotel, eat at the best restaurants, and experience all the most popular attractions. Keep in the know on the latest updates and changes at Walt Disney World. Here’s what’s NEW in the 2023 book: Learn when to visit Walt Disney World to get lower crowds and bigger hotel discounts Find insider coverage of EPCOT’s new Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure and the Guardians of the Galaxy roller coaster—the longest indoor roller coaster in the world Read reviews or each attraction—including TRON Lightcycle Coaster—rated by age group based on a survey of almost 72,000 families Take in the latest on new Disney programs such as Early Theme Park Entry Utilize Disney’s new Genie+ ride reservation system to cut down on waits in line Get fright-potential warnings for rides that are scary, rough, and/or will get you wet Save more with information on discounted stroller rentals, car rentals, and vacation homes Seek out the best places in each park to see Disney’s nighttime spectaculars Enchantment and Harmonious Discover field-tested Touring Plans, developed especially for families, that can save 4 hours of standing in line a day Make the right choices to give your family a vacation they’ll never forget. The Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World with Kids 2023 is your key to planning a perfect stay. Whether you’re putting together your annual trip or preparing for your first visit, this book gives you the insider scoop on hotels, restaurants, attractions, and more.

Author : Florence Eilau Bamberger
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1922
Category : Child development
ISBN : UOM:39015043776437

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The Effect of the Physical Make-up of a Book Upon Children's Selection by Florence Eilau Bamberger Pdf