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The Cracker Queen

Author : Lauretta Hannon
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2009-04-16
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781101032633

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The Cracker Queen by Lauretta Hannon Pdf

A poignant memoir of life on the wrong side of the tracks-which was a SIBA bestseller in hardcover-with a colorful cast of misfits, plenty of belly laughs, and lessons for finding joy in spite of hardship Move over, Sweet Potato Queens. Thanks to Lauretta Hannon, the Cracker Queens are finally having their say. From her wildly popular NPR segments to her colorful one-woman show, Hannon is showing the world a different kind of Southern girl-a strong, authentic, fearless, flawed, resourceful, and sometimes outrageous woman-the anti-Southern Belle. The Cracker Queen takes readers from backwater Georgia to Savannah's most eccentric neighborhoods for a wild ride featuring a distinctly dysfunctional family and a lively crew of hellions, heroines, bad seeds, and renegades. Full of warmth, outrageous wit, and world-class storytelling, The Cracker Queen is a celebration of living out loud, finding humor in desperate situations, and loving life to death.

Ecology of a Cracker Childhood

Author : Janisse Ray
Publisher : Milkweed Editions
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2023-07
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781571317957

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Ecology of a Cracker Childhood by Janisse Ray Pdf

From the memories of a childhood marked by extreme poverty, mental illness, and restrictive fundamentalist Christian rules, Janisse Ray crafted a “heartfelt and refreshing” (New York Times) memoir that has inspired thousands to embrace their beginnings, no matter how humble, and to fight for the places they love. This new edition updates and contextualizes the story for a new generation and a wider audience desperately searching for stories of empowerment and hope. Ray grew up in a junkyard along U.S. Highway 1, hidden from Florida-bound travelers by hulks of old cars. In language at once colloquial, elegiac, and informative, Ray redeems her home and her people, while also cataloging the source of her childhood hope: the Edenic longleaf pine forests, where orchids grow amid wiregrass at the feet of widely spaced, lofty trees. Today, the forests exist in fragments, cherished and threatened, and the South of her youth is gradually being overtaken by golf courses and suburban development. A contemporary classic, Ecology of a Cracker Childhood is a clarion call to protect the cultures and ecologies of every childhood.

Cleopatra

Author : Joyce Tyldesley
Publisher : Profile Books
Page : 483 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2011-05-26
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781847650443

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Cleopatra by Joyce Tyldesley Pdf

She was the last ruler of the Macedonian dynasty of Ptolemies who had ruled Egypt for three centuries. Highly educated (she was the only one of the Ptolemies to read and speak ancient Egyptian as well as the court Greek) and very clever (her famous liaisons with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony were as much to do with politics as the heart), she steered her kingdom through impossibly taxing internal problems and railed against greedy Roman imperialism. Stripping away preconceptions as old as her Roman enemies, Joyce Tyldesley uses all her skills as an Egyptologist to give us this magnificent biography.

Heaven's Queen

Author : Rachel Bach
Publisher : Orbit
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2014-04-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780316221139

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Heaven's Queen by Rachel Bach Pdf

Badass heroine Devi Morris returns for another action-packed space adventure in the thrilling conclusion to Rachel Bach's Paradox trilogy. From the moment she took a job on Captain Caldswell's doomed ship, Devi Morris's life has been one disaster after another: government conspiracies, two alien races out for her blood, an incurable virus that's eating her alive. Now, with the captain missing and everyone-even her own government-determined to hunt her down, things are going from bad to impossible. The sensible plan would be to hide and wait for things to blow over, but Devi's never been one to shy from a fight, and she's getting mighty sick of running. It's time to put this crisis on her terms and do what she knows is right. But with all human life hanging on her actions, the price of taking a stand might be more than she can pay.

The Queen's Gambit

Author : Walter Tevis
Publisher : Rosetta Books
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2014-09-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780795343063

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The Queen's Gambit by Walter Tevis Pdf

Netflix’s most watched limited series to date! The thrilling novel of one young woman’s journey through the worlds of chess and drug addiction.​ When eight-year-old Beth Harmon’s parents are killed in an automobile accident, she’s placed in an orphanage in Mount Sterling, Kentucky. Plain and shy, Beth learns to play chess from the janitor in the basement and discovers she is a prodigy. Though penniless, she is desperate to learn more—and steals a chess magazine and enough money to enter a tournament. Beth also steals some of her foster mother’s tranquilizers to which she is becoming addicted. At thirteen, Beth wins the chess tournament. By the age of sixteen she is competing in the US Open Championship and, like Fast Eddie in The Hustler, she hates to lose. By eighteen she is the US champion—and Russia awaits . . . Fast-paced and elegantly written, The Queen’s Gambit is a thriller masquerading as a chess novel—one that’s sure to keep you on the edge of your seat. “The Queen’s Gambit is sheer entertainment. It is a book I reread every few years—for the pure pleasure and skill of it.” —Michael Ondaatje, Man Booker Prize–winning author of The English Patient

The Jacqueline Wilson Christmas Cracker

Author : Jacqueline Wilson
Publisher : Random House
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2014-09-25
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781448195725

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The Jacqueline Wilson Christmas Cracker by Jacqueline Wilson Pdf

The Jacqueline Wilson Christmas Cracker is packed with brilliant Christmas stories, including a brand-new tale from Jacqueline, and classic favourite Starring Tracy Beaker, in which Jacqueline's most famous heroine gets the lead part in her Christmas play! There are tasty Christmas recipes, perfect present tips, and fun facts all about Christmas. Plus, there's a special letter from Jacqueline herself, so you can find out all about her own Christmas memories and traditions! Merry Christmas from Jacqueline Wilson!

My New Roots

Author : Sarah Britton
Publisher : Appetite by Random House
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2015-03-31
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9780449016459

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My New Roots by Sarah Britton Pdf

Holistic nutritionist and highly-regarded blogger Sarah Britton presents a refreshing, straight-forward approach to balancing mind, body, and spirit through a diet made up of whole foods. Sarah Britton's approach to plant-based cuisine is about satisfaction--foods that satiate on a physical, emotional, and spiritual level. Based on her knowledge of nutrition and her love of cooking, Sarah Britton crafts recipes made from organic vegetables, fruits, whole grains, beans, lentils, nuts, and seeds. She explains how a diet based on whole foods allows the body to regulate itself, eliminating the need to count calories. My New Roots draws on the enormous appeal of Sarah Britton's blog, which strikes the perfect balance between healthy and delicious food. She is a "whole food lover," a cook who makes simple accessible plant-based meals that are a pleasure to eat and a joy to make. This book takes its cues from the rhythms of the earth, showcasing 100 seasonal recipes. Sarah simmers thinly sliced celery root until it mimics pasta for Butternut Squash Lasagna, and whips up easy raw chocolate to make homemade chocolate-nut butter candy cups. Her recipes are not about sacrifice, deprivation, or labels--they are about enjoying delicious food that's also good for you.

The Sweet Potato Queens' Field Guide to Men

Author : Jill Conner Browne
Publisher : Crown
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2004-10-05
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9781400049684

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The Sweet Potato Queens' Field Guide to Men by Jill Conner Browne Pdf

If the Nobel committee offered awards in Gender Relations, the Sweet Potato Queens would have the prize all locked up. These fine ladies have devoted an absolutely inordinate amount of time to the pursuit of love, marriage, and great sex, and they’re just bursting to share their stories. Now their royal ringleader, bestselling author Jill Conner Browne, brings you The Sweet Potato Queens’ Field Guide to Men, a hilarious (and highly instructive) handbook about the men we love to hate, and the ones we love to love, with special revelations about: Why he didn’t call The sweetest revenge ever The downright crazy things we will do for romance Plus, memorable tales of Queenly dating adventures, the shameless lowdown on looking as young as you feel, and more royal recipes that are guaranteed to bring him home each and every night.

Queen Victoria's Book of Spells

Author : Ellen Datlow,Terri Windling
Publisher : Tor Books
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2013-03-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781429960915

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Queen Victoria's Book of Spells by Ellen Datlow,Terri Windling Pdf

A Kirkus Reviews Best Fiction Book of the Year An anthology featuring all-original tales of gaslamp fantasy from bestselling and award-winning authors including Gregory Maguire, author of Wicked. "Gaslamp Fantasy," or historical fantasy set in a magical version of the nineteenth century, has long been popular with readers and writers alike. A number of wonderful fantasy novels owe their inspiration to works by nineteenth-century writers ranging from Jane Austen, the Brontës, and George Meredith to Charles Dickens, Anthony Trollope, and William Morris. And, of course, the entire steampunk genre and subculture owes more than a little to literature inspired by this period. Queen Victoria's Book of Spells is an anthology for everyone who loves these works of neo-Victorian fiction, and wishes to explore the wide variety of ways that modern fantasists are using nineteenth-century settings, characters, and themes. These approaches stretch from steampunk fiction to the Austen-and-Trollope inspired works that some critics call Fantasy of Manners, all of which fit under the larger umbrella of Gaslamp Fantasy. The result is eighteen stories by experts from the fantasy, horror, mainstream, and young adult fields, including both bestselling writers and exciting new talents, who present a bewitching vision of a nineteenth century invested (or cursed!) with magic. Includes short stories by Delia Sherman, Jeffrey Ford, Genevieve Valentine, Maureen McHugh, Kathe Koja, Elizabeth Wein, Elizabeth Bear, James P. Blaylock, Kaaron Warren, Leanna Renee Hieber, Dale Bailey, Veronica Schanoes, Catherynne M. Valente, Ellen Kushner and Caroline Stevermer, Jane Yolen, Gregory Maguire, Tanith Lee, Theodora Goss. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Powder Springs

Author : Lauretta Hannon
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 0738517232

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Powder Springs by Lauretta Hannon Pdf

The City of Powder Springs, Georgia, was originally incorporated as Springville in 1838 in the lands of two Cherokee Indian chiefs. The town's name was changed to Powder Springs in 1859, and it has known many roles since then: resort and health spa, Civil War encampment, railroad town, and agricultural center. Past residents include a lively cast of characters including Confederate spies, businessmen, school children, ladies of leisure, ministers, and moonshiners. Celebrating the everyday folk as well as the gentry, the photographs within this volume--depicting families, churches, sports teams, and downtown businesses--reveal a close-knit town of hard-working.

Play the Red Queen

Author : Juris Jurjevics
Publisher : Soho Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2020-02-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781641291385

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Play the Red Queen by Juris Jurjevics Pdf

The posthumous masterwork by critically acclaimed author, storied publisher, and Viet Nam veteran Juris Jurjevics—the story of two American GI cops caught in the corrupt cauldron of a Vietnamese civil war stoked red hot by revolution. Viet Nam, 1963. A female Viet Cong assassin is trawling the boulevards of Saigon, catching US Army officers off-guard with a single pistol shot, then riding off on the back of a scooter. Although the US military is not officially in combat, sixteen thousand American servicemen are stationed in Viet Nam “advising” the military and government. Among them are Ellsworth Miser and Clovis Robeson, two army investigators who have been tasked with tracking down the daring killer. Set in the besieged capital of a new nation on the eve of the coup that would bring down the Diem regime and launch the Americans into the Viet Nam War, Play the Red Queen is Juris Jurjevics’s capstone contribution to a lifelong literary legacy: a tour-de-force mystery-cum-social history, breathtakingly atmospheric and heartbreakingly alive with the laws and lawlessness of war.

Queen Elizabeth II and the Royal Family

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2021-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0241487439

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Queen Elizabeth II and the Royal Family by Anonim Pdf

A magnificent tribute to the life and reign of Queen Elizabeth II, and a celebration of the British royal family. This book is a stunning visual guide to the world's most famous royals, from the Queen's Norman predecessors to her great-grandchildren. It features events such as the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, and profiles on key people such as Princess Diana and Prince Harry. This new edition is revised to include the most recent events and milestones, such as the retirement of the Duke of Edinburgh, the birth of Charlotte, Louis, Archie, and other new family members, Harry and Meghan's wedding, and their decision to step back as senior members of the royal family. Including rare, restricted, and exclusive photos, this book examines the Queen's life in detail from her childhood to today, but also goes back through more than 1,000 years of history to tell the story of the House of Windsor and the entire succession of kings and queens of England and Scotland. With dazzling galleries of royal artefacts and photographic tours of sumptuous royal residences, this is the perfect book for fans of the Queen and royal family, fans of the Netflix series The Crown, or anyone interested in the history of the British monarchy.

Because I Am A Queen

Author : Jaydria Taylor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2020-09-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798689305622

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Because I Am A Queen by Jaydria Taylor Pdf

Jaydria Taylor brings an inspiring and empowering message to young girls in her debut children's book. This day in the life of a little girl is brought to life with vibrant color illustrations and is designed to promote positive values, etiquette, kindness, and gratitude.

The Illustrated Christmas Cracker

Author : John Julius Norwich
Publisher : Atlantic Books (UK)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Art
ISBN : 1782392513

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The Illustrated Christmas Cracker by John Julius Norwich Pdf

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Sheru

Author : Sudhansu Mohanty
Publisher : Hay House, Inc
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2018-01-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9789386832887

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Sheru by Sudhansu Mohanty Pdf

The Mohantys were beginning a new phase of their life in a new city when they stumbled upon Sheru, a frisky pup with a pure heart and beguiling looks. Little did they know that this stray would end up becoming not only a part of their household but also a loving family member! Sudhansu Mohanty, who has authored several books, paints a rich portrait of their adopted dog’s remarkable journey filled with moments of camaraderie, affection, and pure entertainment. The book poignantly captures the blessings and heartbreaks of what it means to share an unbreakable and ineffable bond with a dog. Adding to the mirth and poignancy is Sheru’s Tale—his inner thoughts and feelings captured in ‘his’ own words. Playful and moving at the same time, Sheru: A Story of a Loving Dog is a book that no dog-lover will be able to put down." "The Buddha and the Bitch is an inspiring, autobiographical story of a unique friendship between two women from different cultures, generations and world views, presenting two different approaches to life and art.