The Story Of Beryl

Author : Paula McLain
Publisher : Bond Street Books
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2015-07-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780385677226

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Circling the Sun by Paula McLain Pdf

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR, BOOKPAGE, AND SHELF AWARENESS • “Paula McLain is considered the new star of historical fiction, and for good reason. Fans of The Paris Wife will be captivated by Circling the Sun, which . . . is both beautifully written and utterly engrossing.”—Ann Patchett, Country Living This powerful novel transports readers to the breathtaking world of Out of Africa—1920s Kenya—and reveals the extraordinary adventures of Beryl Markham, a woman before her time. Brought to Kenya from England by pioneering parents dreaming of a new life on an African farm, Beryl is raised unconventionally, developing a fierce will and a love of all things wild. But after everything she knows and trusts dissolves, headstrong young Beryl is flung into a string of disastrous relationships, then becomes caught up in a passionate love triangle with the irresistible safari hunter Denys Finch Hatton and the writer Baroness Karen Blixen. Brave and audacious and contradictory, Beryl will risk everything to have Denys’s love, but it’s ultimately her own heart she must conquer to embrace her true calling and her destiny: to fly.

Author : Charles Woodward Hutson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1888
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NYPL:33433074874219

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The Story of Beryl by Charles Woodward Hutson Pdf

Author : Andy Russell Bowen
Publisher : Millbrook Press
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2011-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780761382607

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Flying Against the Wind by Andy Russell Bowen Pdf

Born in England and raised in the bush of East Africa, Beryl Markham was an extraordinary child--and lived an extraordinary life. She learned how to train racehorses from her father and became the first woman to succeed in Kenya's competitive racing circuit. When an airplane came to Africa, Beryl learned to fly. After a few years of carrying mail and passengers, she decided to take on the Atlantic Ocean. As the first person to fly non-stop from England to North America, Beryl Markham proved that no matter what the challenge, she was not afraid to fly against the wind.

Author : Beryl Young
Publisher : Heritage House Publishing Co
Page : 149 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2018-10-26
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781772032659

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Miles To Go by Beryl Young Pdf

Gold Medal Winner, 2019 Moonbeam Children's Book Awards, Pre-Teen Fiction E-Book Finalist, 2019 Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People A powerful and poignant story of two young girls' friendship, family, loss, and loyalty, set in 1940s Saskatchewan. “Beryl Young's novel Miles to Go is sparse, poetic and, at times, perfectly heart wrenching. It subtly captures the coming of age of two young prairie girls. The beauty of this story is in the little things, the life things. In short: it’s wonderful.”—Arthur Slade, Governor General’s Award–winning author of Dust “This is a tender story about two friends dealing with tragic personal loss. Beryl Young captures a snapshot of small town life in the 1940s. Lovingly told, realistic, sad, and, like life, often very funny.”—Harriet Zaidman, teacher-librarian and writer, Winnipeg, Manitoba Miles to Go is the story of a friendship between two twelve-year-old girls in a small Saskatchewan town. In the spring of 1948, each girl faces a heavy personal loss and challenges that threaten their friendship. Through a hard few months the girls learn the meaning of loyalty and the value of keeping a promise. Loosely based on the author's own experiences of growing up in rural Saskatchewan, this book's timeless themes and authentic emotion will speak to young readers.

Author : Beryl Markham
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0865471185

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West with the Night by Beryl Markham Pdf

Autobiography detailing the author's life in Africa and career as a pilot.

Author : Beryl Young
Publisher : Raincoast Books
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1551924501

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Wishing Star Summer by Beryl Young Pdf

Jillian Nelson, 11 years old and newly moved to Vancouver, has struck upon an ingenious solution to her friendless existence in grade six: Tanya, a Belarus girl exposed to Chernobyl radiation, will stay with the Nelsons on a summer exchange. But language barriers, poor health and culture shock strain the nascent friendship, and Jillian's jealousy and selfishness threaten to alienate Tanya in the very place she is meant to feel safe. Can Jillian put aside her anger and earn the friendship she has wished for? With a glossary of Russian words, this debut novel both inspires and instructs.

Author : Jane Simmons
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Page : 133 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2010-03-10
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780316072304

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Beryl: A Pig's Tale by Jane Simmons Pdf

When Beryl decides to look for a family that will love her just the way she is, from her pig nose to her curly tail, she bravely sets off on a journey that will ultimately change her life forever. Away from the cruel and ill-tempered pigs on the farm where she grew up, Beryl finds her preconceived notions of wild pigs-- and everything else--put to the test. And with the help of the many unlikely friends she meets, Beryl discovers, at the cost of some heartache, that there just might be a place she could call home after all. If she could only get there . . .

Author : Beryl Young
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2009-08-26
Category : Home children (Canadian immigrants)
ISBN : 1554702003

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Charlie by Beryl Young Pdf

The story of the 100,000 British children who came to Canada as child immigrants between 1870 and 1938 is not well known. Yet the descendants of these "Home Children" number over four million people in Canada today. The author is one of them. Charlie was her father. "Charlie" is a compelling account of a poor English boy who works his way out of poverty to eventually become a high-ranking member of the RCMP. Charlie's story, like many others, is an inspiring part of our Canadian heritage, and will fascinate adults as well as children.

Author : Beryl Young
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Grandmothers
ISBN : 1553800982

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Follow the Elephant by Beryl Young Pdf

What thirteen-year-old boy wants to travel on a hopeless quest to India with his grandmother? Not Ben Leeson, whose anger about his father's recent death has led him to escape into the isolated world of computer games. India is the last place Ben ever thought of visiting and his grandmother is the last person he'd ever dreamed of travelling with, but the ticket is already bought and Ben finds himself in India on a search for Gran's long lost pen pal, Shanti. In the midst of insufferableheat, strange food and the constant haggling of street beggars, Ben and Gran meet magicians and snake charmers and see bodies burning on funeral pyres. As they search for clues across the huge continent, Ben finds himself strangely compelled to follow the magnificent elephants and the elephant boy-god Ganesh. The challenges of the journey teach Ben that real life can be more exciting than any computer game and that by accepting the dark mysteries of India, he can come to terms with his father'sdeath. This adventure quest for children ten and up takes its place among the many captivating adult books about India, and is an invaluable resource for school curriculum studies on world religions.

Author : Timothy Schaffert
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2022-07-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781984899231

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The Perfume Thief by Timothy Schaffert Pdf

A stylish, sexy page-turner set in Paris on the eve of World War II, where Clementine, a queer American ex-pat and notorious thief, is drawn out of retirement and into one last scam when the Nazis invade. "A hint of Moulin Rouge, a whiff of Kristin Hannah’s The Nightingale, a little spritz of Hitchcock’s To Catch a Thief...The Perfume Thief is a pulse-pounding thriller and a sensuous experience you’ll want to savor."—Oprah Daily Clementine is a seventy-two-year-old reformed con artist with a penchant for impeccably tailored suits. Her life of crime has led her from the uber-wealthy perfume junkies of belle epoque Manhattan, to the scented butterflies of Costa Rica, to the spice markets of Marrakech, and finally the bordellos of Paris, where she settles down in 1930 and opens a shop bottling her favorite extracts for the ladies of the cabarets. Now it's 1941 and Clem's favorite haunt, Madame Boulette's, is crawling with Nazis, while Clem's people—the outsiders, the artists, and the hustlers who used to call it home—are disappearing. Clem's first instinct is to go to ground—it's a frigid Paris winter and she's too old to put up a fight. But when the cabaret's prize songbird, Zoe St. Angel, recruits Clem to steal the recipe book of a now-missing famous Parisian perfumer, she can't say no. Her mark is Oskar Voss, a Francophile Nazi bureaucrat, who wants the book and Clem's expertise to himself. Hoping to buy the time and trust she needs to pull off her scheme, Clem settles on a novel strategy: Telling Voss the truth about the life and loves she came to Paris to escape. Complete with romance, espionage, champagne towers, and haute couture, this full-tilt sensory experience is a dazzling portrait of the underground resistance of twentieth-century Paris and a passionate love letter to the power of beauty and community in the face of insidious hate.

Author : Beryl Bainbridge
Publisher : Abacus
Page : 147 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2010-08-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780748125258

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The Birthday Boys by Beryl Bainbridge Pdf

A brilliantly realized evocation of the thoughts and voices of Captain Scott and the four men with him, who suffered extraordinary hardships before finally dying during their 1912 attempt to be the first to reach the South Pole. 'A whole lost era of fantastic courage, determination, idealism, curiosity, boyish foolishness and class mores is brought brilliantly and touchingly back by Bainbridge's penetrating psychological acumen and her superb scene and action painting...A masterly achievement, not to be missed by anyone who cherishes a strong, meaningful story beautifully told' Publishers Weekly The Birthday Boys is one of Beryl Bainbridge's most acclaimed novels, telling the story of Scott's doomed expedition through the voices of five men on the voyage. As Scott, Petty Officer Taff Evans, ship's doctor Dr Edward Wilson, Lieutenant Henry Bowers and Captain Lawrence Oates step forward for their place in the narrative, the reader is gripped by the the characters themselves alongside the vividly evoked period.

Author : Catherine Gourley
Publisher : Conari Press
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1997-03-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781609252250

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Beryl Markham by Catherine Gourley Pdf

Markham, an early pioneer in aviation, was a passionate, free-spirited girl struggling to come to terms with her identity and her place in the world. This biography tells of the obstacles she faced and how she overcame adversity to follow her dreams of flying.

Author : Beryl Bainbridge
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2010-09-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780748125746

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The Bottle Factory Outing by Beryl Bainbridge Pdf

Short-listed for the Booker Prize and named 'one of the greatest novels of all time' by The Observer, this riveting novel shows Beryl Bainbridge at her darkly comic best. Freda and Brenda spend their days working in an Italian-run wine-bottling factory. A work outing offers promise for Freda and terror from Brenda; passions run high on that chilly day of freedom, and life after the outing never returns to normal. Inspired by author Beryl Bainbridge's own experiences working at a London wine-factory in the 1970s, The Bottle Factory Outing examines issues of friendship and consent, making the novel timelier than ever. Readers will be dazzled by this offbeat, haunting yet hilarious Guardian fiction prize-winning novel. 'An outrageously funny and horrifying story' Graham Greene (Observer)

Author : Beryl Henwood
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 137 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0473412098

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Battle Cry by Beryl Henwood Pdf

Battle Cry is the remarkable true story of one woman's trust in God. A passionate missionary, intercessor, evangelist, teacher, YWAM Zion ministry leader, and pro-life advocate, Beryl is powerfully anointed with the Holy Spirit to minister to other broken lives, the healing and freedom she has found in Jesus.

Author : Miles Clark
Publisher : Douglas & McIntyre
Page : 447 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2002-05-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1550540580

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High Endeavours by Miles Clark Pdf

Miles Clarke's moving and exhilarating biography establishes Miles and Beryl Smeeton as the most accomplished traveling and adventuring couple of the 20th century. It is both a love story and an adventure story beyond compare.