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Faith Bass Darling's Last Garage Sale

Lynda Rutledge
Faith Bass Darling s Last Garage Sale Book PDF

Author : Lynda Rutledge
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2012-04-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101580608

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Faith Bass Darling's Last Garage Sale by Lynda Rutledge Pdf

SOON TO BE CLAIRE DARLING—A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING CATHERINE DENEUVE! When a wealthy woman decides to sell all of her worldly possessions, she unearths the secrets of her family’s past in this charming debut. On the last day of the millennium, sassy Faith Bass Darling, the richest old lady in Bass, Texas, decides to have a garage sale. With help from a couple of neighborhood boys, Faith lugs her priceless Louis XV elephant clock, countless Tiffany lamps, and everything else in her nineteenth-century mansion out onto her long, sloping lawn. Why is a recluse of twenty years suddenly selling off her dearest possessions? Because God told her to. As the townspeople grab up five generations of heirlooms, everyone drawn to the sale—including Faith’s long-lost daughter—finds that the antiques not only hold family secrets but also inspire some of life’s most important questions: Do our possessions possess us? What are we without our memories? Is there life after death or second chances here on earth? And is Faith really selling that Tiffany lamp for $1? READERS GUIDE INCLUDED

Baby Giraffes

Megan Borgert-Spaniol
Baby Giraffes Book PDF

Author : Megan Borgert-Spaniol
Publisher : Bellwether Media
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2015-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781681030715

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Baby Giraffes by Megan Borgert-Spaniol Pdf

Baby giraffes are able to stand and run within an hour of being born. Though clumsy, they like to run around and stretch their legs. These fast runners are also fast growers, doubling their height in the first year. Run along with these playful babies in this fun title.

Giraffe and Bird

Rebecca Bender
Giraffe and Bird Book PDF

Author : Rebecca Bender
Publisher : Pajama Press Inc.
Page : 37 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2017-04-17
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781772780253

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Giraffe and Bird by Rebecca Bender Pdf

Rebecca Bender's hilarious Giraffe and Bird was an instant classic when it was first published in 2011, selling 10,000 copies in Canada alone. Since then children and their parents have giggled their way through a sequel, Don't Laugh at Giraffe (2012), and a prequel for younger readers, Giraffe Meets Bird (2015). Now, after several years out of print, the original story is rejoining its partners on the shelf in a sturdy, new trade edition with a padded cover. Giraffe and Bird are not friends. Not even a little bit. The bird pesters the giraffe with his face-making, feather-pruning, and disgusting eating habits. The giraffe annoys the bird with his bad breath, ear-swatting, and lack of respect for personal space. Of course they are always fighting. Of course they would be better off without each other. Except, it turns out, maybe they wouldn't be. With bold acrylic illustrations and laugh-out-loud storytelling, Rebecca Bender's bestselling debut will continue to delight children, adults, and friends of all kinds.

Giraffe

J M Ledgard
Giraffe Book PDF

Author : J M Ledgard
Publisher : Random House
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2012-09-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781448105892

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Giraffe by J M Ledgard Pdf

In 1975, on the eve of May Day, secret police sealed off a zoo in a small Czechoslovakian town and ordered the destruction of the largest captive herd of giraffes in the world. Ledgard tells the story of the giraffes from the moment of their capture in Africa to their deaths behind the Iron Curtain. We see them first through the eyes of Emil, a haemodynamicist (he studies blood flow in vertical creatures) who is chosen to accompany them from Hamburg into Czechoslovakia. There Amina, a sleepwalker, a factory girl, glimpses their arrival and goes each day to gaze up at them. She is with them at the end, blinding them with a torch, as Jiri, a sharpshooter, brings them down one by one. Giraffe is a story about strangeness, about creatures that are alien. It is also a story about captivity, about Czechoslovakia, a middling totalitarian state in the middle of Europe that is itself asleep, under a spell, a nation of sleepwalkers.

Giraffe Reflections

Dale Peterson
Giraffe Reflections Book PDF

Author : Dale Peterson
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2013-09-09
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780520266858

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Giraffe Reflections by Dale Peterson Pdf

Presents a cultural, historical, and pictorial history of giraffes, describing their biology and behavior and demonstrating their grace and elegance through over one hundred photographs.

The Giraffe's Neck

Judith Schalansky
The Giraffe s Neck Book PDF

Author : Judith Schalansky
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2014-04-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781620403396

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The Giraffe's Neck by Judith Schalansky Pdf

Adaptation is everything. Inge Lohmark is well aware of that; after all, she's been teaching biology for more than thirty years. But nothing will change the fact that her school is going to be closed in four years: in this dwindling town in the eastern German countryside, there are fewer and fewer children. Inge's husband, who was a cattle inseminator before the reunification, is now breeding ostriches. Their daughter, Claudia, emigrated to the U.S. years ago and has no intention of having children. Everyone is resisting the course of nature the Inge teaches every day in class. When Inge finds herself experiencing intense feelings for a 9th-grade girl, her biologically determined worldview is shaken. And in increasingly outlandish ways, she tries to save what can no longer be saved.

The Last White Rose

Alison Weir
The Last White Rose Book PDF

Author : Alison Weir
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 545 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2022-05-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780593355039

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The Last White Rose by Alison Weir Pdf

New York Times bestselling author Alison Weir explores the turbulent life of Henry VIII’s mother, Elizabeth, the first queen of the Tudor dynasty, in this “superbly readable and engaging” (Historical Novels Society) novel. Elizabeth of York is the oldest daughter of King Edward IV. Flame-haired, beautiful, and sweet-natured, she is adored by her family; yet her life is suddenly disrupted when her beloved father dies in the prime of life. Her uncle, the notorious Richard III, takes advantage of King Edward’s death to grab the throne and imprison Elizabeth’s two younger brothers, the rightful royal heirs. Forever afterward known as "the Princes in the Tower," the boys are never seen again. On the heels of this tragedy, Elizabeth is subjected to Richard’s overtures to make her his wife, further legitimizing his claim to the throne. King Richard has murdered her brothers, yet she feels she must accept his proposal. As if in a fairy tale, Elizabeth is saved by Henry Tudor, who challenges Richard and defeats him at the legendary Battle of Bosworth Field. Following his victory, Henry becomes king and asks Elizabeth to be his wife, the first queen of the Tudor line. The marriage is happy and fruitful, not only uniting the warring houses of Lancaster and York—the red and white roses—but producing four surviving children, one of whom, Henry VIII, will rule the country for the next thirty-six years. As in her popular Six Tudor Queens series, Alison Weir captures the personality of one of Britain’s most important consorts, conveying Elizabeth of York’s dramatic life in a novel that is all the richer because of its firm basis in history.

Cry of the Giraffe

Judie Oron
Cry of the Giraffe Book PDF

Author : Judie Oron
Publisher : Annick Press
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2010-08-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781554513000

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Cry of the Giraffe by Judie Oron Pdf

In the early 1980s, thousands of Ethiopian Jews fled the civil unrest, famine and religious persecution of their native land in the hopes of being reunited in Yerusalem, their spiritual homeland, with its promises of a better life. Wuditu and her family risk their lives to make this journey, which leads them to a refugee camp in Sudan, where they are separated. Terrified, 15-year-old Wuditu must return to Ethiopia alone. “Don’t give up, Wuditu! Be strong!” The words of her little sister come to Wuditu in a dream and give her the courage to keep going. Wuditu must find someone to give her food and shelter or she will surely die. Finally Wuditu is offered a solution: working as a servant. However, she quickly realizes that she has become a slave. With nowhere else to go, she stays — until the villagers discover that she is a falasha, a hated Jew. Only her dream of one day being reunited with her family gives her strength — until the arrival of a stranger heralds hope and a new life in Israel. Based on real events, Wuditu’s story mirrors the experiences of thousands of Ethiopian Jews.

Giraffes

Jennifer Dussling
Giraffes Book PDF

Author : Jennifer Dussling
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2016-07-19
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780451533128

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Giraffes by Jennifer Dussling Pdf

Get to know the tallest animals on earth—giraffes!—in this Level 3 reader. Giraffes have been a source of interest for thousands of years. Some were even kept as pets in Egypt! As the tallest animals on Earth—some can be nineteen feet tall—giraffes are distinct, and their anatomy makes them only more interesting. Did you know that giraffes have the same number of neck bones that humans do? Giraffes also have tongues that are blue-black in color and more than a foot long. You can learn all about giraffes in this exciting book!

Zarafa

Michael Allin
Zarafa Book PDF

Author : Michael Allin
Publisher : Delta
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1999-08-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780385334112

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Zarafa by Michael Allin Pdf

In October 1826, a ship arrived at Marseille carrying the first giraffe ever seen in France. A royal offering from Muhammad Ali, Ottoman Viceroy of Egypt, to King Charles X, she had already traveled 2,000 miles down the Nile to Alexandria, from where she had sailed across the Mediterranean standing in the hold, her long neck and head protruding through a hole cut in the deck. In the spring of 1827, after wintering in Marseille, she was carefully walked 550 miles to Paris to the delight of thousands of onlookers. The viceroy's tribute was politically motivated: He commanded the Turkish forces then fighting the Greeks in their war of independence, and hoped his gift would persuade the French not to intervene against him. But the viceroy and his intentions were quickly forgotten as France fell in love with its "beautiful stranger." Zarafa chronicles the full story of this remarkable animal, revealing a kaleidoscope of history, science, and culture that opens an exotic window on the early nineteenth century. From the Enlightenment's blossoming fascination with science to Napoleon's ill-fated invasion of Egypt in 1798–from the eminent French naturalist Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire to Bernardino Drovetti, French consul general in Egypt and tomb robber extraordinaire–the era was full of memorable events and characters. Michael Allin deftly weaves them into the story with an appreciation for detail and an uncommon affection. The giraffe's strange and wonderful journey linked Africa and Europe in mutual discovery. Although her arrival did not keep the French out of Ali's war, she became an instant celebrity in Paris and over the next eighteen years she fascinated all of Europe. Through Michael Allin's narrative skill, Zarafa stirs the imagination as it provides a new context for the history of a distant age.

Baby Giraffes

Bobbie Kalman
Baby Giraffes Book PDF

Author : Bobbie Kalman
Publisher : It's Fun to Learn about Baby A
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0778739805

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Baby Giraffes by Bobbie Kalman Pdf

Young children will love this introduction to the tallest land animal in the world! Simple text and captivating photos feature calves, or babies, being cared for by their mothers and learning how to survive in woodlands and on savannas. Children will also learn about the parts of the giraffe's body, from its extraordinary neck and spotted coat to its long blue tongue!

The Short Giraffe

Neil Flory
The Short Giraffe Book PDF

Author : Neil Flory
Publisher : Av2 Fiction Readalong 2016
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2015-03
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1489638857

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The Short Giraffe by Neil Flory Pdf

When baboon comes to take a photo of the tallest animals in the world, there is just one small problem-- Geri is the shortest giraffe in the world!.

Learning to See

Elise Hooper
Learning to See Book PDF

Author : Elise Hooper
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2019-01-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780062686541

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Learning to See by Elise Hooper Pdf

If you liked Sold on a Monday and Beautiful Exiles, you'll love this novel about strong-willed trailblazing photographer, Dorothea Lange, whose fame grew during World War II and the Great Depression. “Hooper excels at humanizing giants....seamlessly weaving together the time, places and people in Lange’s life...For photo buffs and others familiar with her vast body of work, reading the book will be like discovering the secret backstory of someone they thought they knew.” —The Washington Post In 1918, a fearless twenty-two-year old arrives in bohemian San Francisco from the Northeast, determined to make her own way as an independent woman. Renaming herself Dorothea Lange she is soon the celebrated owner of the city’s most prestigious and stylish portrait studio and wife of the talented but volatile painter, Maynard Dixon. By the early 1930s, as America’s economy collapses, her marriage founders and Dorothea must find ways to support her two young sons single-handedly. Determined to expose the horrific conditions of the nation’s poor, she takes to the road with her camera, creating images that inspire, reform, and define the era. And when the United States enters World War II, Dorothea chooses to confront another injustice—the incarceration of thousands of innocent Japanese Americans. At a time when women were supposed to keep the home fires burning, Dorothea Lange, creator of the most iconic photographs of the 20th century, dares to be different. But her choices came at a steep price…

The White Giraffe

Lauren St John
The White Giraffe Book PDF

Author : Lauren St John
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 137 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2010-05-14
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781444002102

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The White Giraffe by Lauren St John Pdf

The first book in the heart-warming White Giraffe series by Lauren St John, featuring the African adventures of Martine and her magical white giraffe. When tragedy strikes on a winter's night in England, Martine is sent to live with her grandmother on a game reserve in South Africa. Her wild, beautiful new home is riddled with secrets, but lonely Martine finds comfort in the legend of a white giraffe and in mysterious Grace, who believes Martine has a powerful gift. Defying her grandmother by entering the reserve alone, Martine is plunged into a world of danger, mystery and adventure. Who can she trust? And how far will she go to save the only friend she has ever known?

Pardon? Said the Giraffe

Colin West
Pardon Said the Giraffe Book PDF

Author : Colin West
Publisher : Walker
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2009-03
Category : Animals
ISBN : 1406321044

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Pardon? Said the Giraffe by Colin West Pdf

The frog wants to know what it's like up where the giraffe is, but the giraffe can't hear what the frog is saying. So the frog jumps higher and higher and higher... onto the lion, the hippo, and the elephant.