The Birthday Lunch

Author : Joan Clark
Publisher : Knopf Canada
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2015-06-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780345809568

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The Birthday Lunch by Joan Clark Pdf

From the bestselling author of Latitudes of Melt and An Audience of Chairs: The Birthday Lunch is the story of one pivotal week in the life of a family facing a tragic loss, rich with dramatic tension and beautifully rendered. Free-spirited Lily has always played the peacemaker between her fierce, doting sister, Laverne, and her own loving, garrulous husband, Hal, as they competed for her attention. The competition has only grown worse since the three of them moved into a large house in the town of Sussex, New Brunswick. On Lily’s 58th birthday, a steamy day in late June, Laverne feels she has bested Hal by winning her sister’s company for a gourmet lunch, but it becomes a bitter and short-lived victory when the day’s events take an unexpected and tragic turn. In The Birthday Lunch, Joan Clark explores the different ways each member of Lily's family confronts her shocking death: Hal's open sorrow, her daughter Claudia's reappraisal of her own life, her son Matt's determination to assign blame. And unforgettably, Laverne's eccentricity and isolation, her intensifying conflict with Hal, illuminates the brutal territory of accusation and regret. Compassionate and engrossing with a powerful sense of place, The Birthday Lunch is an extraordinary new novel from one of our most gifted storytellers.

Author : Martin Walker
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 25 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2019-03-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781984897640

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A Birthday Lunch by Martin Walker Pdf

When not solving mysteries in his beloved little town of St. Denis, Bruno, the chief of police, likes to cook and share his meals with local guests and dear friends. For his friend Florence’s birthday, Bruno is preparing a surprise. But, like much else in St. Denis, it’s a communal effort, and one that Bruno pulls off with a little help from the countryside and the town. He finds an ancient hand axe in the ground during his morning run with his dog Balzac—it will make a spectacular gift—picks up newspapers for wrapping by the medical center, and gathers fresh nettles from by his chicken coop and thyme from his garden for soup and garnish. It’ll be the perfect day for Bruno and his guests to celebrate their collective history. A Vintage Shorts original. An ebook short.

Author : Clair Baker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : English language
ISBN : 1783692847

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Birthday Lunch by Clair Baker Pdf

Author : Robert Munsch
Publisher : Annick Press
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2019-10-21
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781773211879

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Moira's Birthday by Robert Munsch Pdf

Moira’s afraid her parents might get upset if they find out she invited the whole school to her birthday party... so she just doesn’t tell them. The big day arrives, and grades 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, annnnd kindergarten all come knocking down her door. Before long, the house is a total disaster and Moira’s parents are going crazy trying to figure out how to get enough pizzas and birthday cake to feed everyone. Just leave it to Moira—she’ll figure it all out, and even get the house cleaned up in the process! A newly designed Classic Munsch picture book introduces this charming tale of the world’s most boisterous birthday to a new generation of young readers.

Author : Anna Humphrey
Publisher : Tundra Books
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2020-04-07
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780735266957

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Megabat by Anna Humphrey Pdf

A sweet and hilarious chapter book about a boy and a bat, two unlikely friends who bond over loneliness, jellyrolls and Darth Vader. Daniel Misumi has just moved to a new house. It's big and old and far away from his friends and his life before. AND it's haunted . . . or is it? Megabat was just napping on a papaya one day when he was stuffed in a box and shipped halfway across the world. Now he's living in an old house far from home, feeling sorry for himself and accidentally scaring the people who live there. Daniel realizes it's not a ghost in his new house. It's a bat. And he can talk. And he's actually kind of cute. Megabat realizes that not every human wants to whack him with a broom. This one shares his smooshfruit. Add some buttermelon, juice boxes, a lightsaber and a common enemy and you've got a new friendship in the making! This charming, funny story is brought to life by Kass Reich's warm and adorable illustrations. There's never been a bat this cute -- readers will be rooting for Megabat and Daniel from page one!

Author : Robert N. Munsch
Publisher : Scholastic Canada
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2021-04-06
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781443128377

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Swamp Water by Robert N. Munsch Pdf

Victoria's grandma takes her out for a special, fancy birthday lunch. But how special can a restaurant be if it doesn't serve hamburgers or tacos or PB & J? Victoria is about to find out!

Author : Pat Skene
Publisher : Orca Book Publishers
Page : 65 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2008-11
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781551439419

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Monster Lunch by Pat Skene Pdf

Yummy, yucky, messy and hot rhyming stories and fascinating facts about food.

Author : Tonia Buxton
Publisher : Bonnier Publishing Ltd.
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2016-07-14
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9781910536964

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The Real Greek by Tonia Buxton Pdf

A stunning collaboration between the team of experienced chefs at The Real Greek and the restaurant's consultant Tonia Buxton, this is a comprehensive guide to creating restaurant-standard food in the comfort of your own home. From delicious meze dishes to scrumptious feasts of lamb kleftiko and loukaniko this book will be the perfect companion for the restaurant's loyal customers, as well as for those looking to explore the wonders of Greek food. Providing a brief glimpse into the fascinating history of The Real Greek, its suppliers of authentic ingredients and the ideology at the very heart of its menu these recipes will leave you salivating over the page.

Author : Jim Harrison
Publisher : Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2017-03-24
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780802189448

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A Really Big Lunch by Jim Harrison Pdf

An essay collection from “the Henry Miller of food writing” and New York Times–bestselling author of The Raw and the Cooked (The Wall Street Journal). Jim Harrison was beloved for his untamed prose and larger-than-life appetite. Collecting many of his most entertaining and inspired food pieces for the first time, A Really Big Lunch “brings him roaring to the page again in all his unapologetic immoderacy, with spicy bon mots and salty language augmented by family photographs” (NPR). From the titular New Yorker article about a French lunch that went to thirty-seven courses, to essays on the relationship between hunter and prey, or the obscure language of wine reviews, A Really Big Lunch is shot through with Harrison’s aperçus and delight in the pleasures of the senses. Between the lines the pieces give glimpses of Harrison’s life over the last three decades. Including articles that first appeared in Brick, Playboy, Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant, and more, as well as an introduction by Mario Batali, A Really Big Lunch offers “sage and succulent essays” for the literary gourmand (Shelf Awareness, starred review).

Author : Panos Karnezis
Publisher : Vintage Canada
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2010-09-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307369703

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The Birthday Party by Panos Karnezis Pdf

Knopf Canada is proud to welcome an internationally acclaimed, award-winning writer with his brilliant novel that tells the story of one of world’s richest and most infamous tycoons. As dawn breaks on a small island late in the summer of 1975, a tycoon wakes up to oversee the final preparations for his daughter’s birthday party. Finding out that she is pregnant by someone he does not approve of, he tries to persuade her to end the pregnancy: his private doctor – and oldest friend – is standing by to perform the procedure. Among the other guests is the tycoon’s ambitious biographer. The story intersperses the riveting events that unfold during the day of the party with the tycoon’s rise to wealth and fame, from childhood in Asia Minor to old age, via Buenos Aires, New York, London and Paris, and the attempts of his young biographer to bring his subject’s true personality to light. The Birthday Party is at once fascinating, revealing and hilarious – a gripping novel that comments upon the art of biography and the invention of a human life.

Author : Hannah Eliot
Publisher : Little Simon
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2018-07-03
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1534415947

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What's Inside My Lunch Box? by Hannah Eliot Pdf

Discover what lunchtime looks like around the world with this fun lift-the-flap book that’s shaped like a lunch box! What’s inside my lunch box? Go ahead and take a peek! We eat diverse foods around the world. So every lunch is unique! Shaped like a lunch box, with lift-the-flaps throughout, What’s Inside My Lunch Box? is the perfect introduction to what kids eat for lunch around the world! This sturdy novelty board book features lunchtime meals from eight different countries (USA, Brazil, China, France, South Korea, Russia, India, and Italy). From dal (lentil stew) in India to Ma-po tofu in China to cheese and jam in France, young foodies will love lifting the flaps to reveal tasty treats underneath!

Author : Charles Reasoner
Publisher : Just for Kids Press
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2009-07
Category : Food
ISBN : 1934650161

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Shapes for Lunch! by Charles Reasoner Pdf

Tasty shapes to crunch and munch. Let's all eat some shapes for lunch!

Author : Mark Northeast
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2013-03-07
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9781408196748

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Funky Lunch by Mark Northeast Pdf

Funky Lunch started out from a very simple place - the desire of a loving father to turn an ordinary lunchtime sandwich into something a bit different in order to encourage his children to eat a varied and healthy lunch. Its creator, Mark Northeast, thought it would be fun to post a few pics on the web and start a blog. But then he got spotted by the PR for the Metro group of newspapers and then the Daily Mail, and then the rest of the world's press and then came an appearance on ITV's This Morning and then commissions for BBC's Children in Need and even an appearance on Blue Peter. Every parent knows how stressful meal times can be. Young minds need inspiring and this is exactly what Funky Lunch sets out to do. The book features many of the very best Funky Lunch sandwich ideas, from simple farmyard creatures and cucumber crocodiles to favourite characters from the world of children's TV, as well as some fun and creative interactive spreads to help get the little ones involved in choosing and making their own lunch.

Author : Joan Clark
Publisher : Vintage Canada
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2011-04-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307375353

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Latitudes of Melt by Joan Clark Pdf

This bountiful, magical novel opens with the discovery by two fishermen of a baby floating in a cradle on an ice pan in the North Atlantic off the coast of Newfoundland in 1912. To the small fishing community into which the foundling is adopted, Aurora, as they name her – with her shock of white hair, one blue eye and one brown – is clearly enchanted. But it is not until Aurora is herself an old woman that she learns the heart-wrenching story behind her miraculous survival on the ice.

Author : Daniela Drescher
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 12 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2019-06-13
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1782506179

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Pippa and Pelle by Daniela Drescher Pdf

Enchanting nature and magical little folk brought to life in a style reminiscent of Janet Ahlberg and Beatrix Potter.