Ben and Pearl are tasked with retrieving the runaway creature, and what started out as an ordinary summer becomes the story of a lifetime. Woo's isn't a worm hospital at all - it's actually a secret hospital for imaginary creatures.Īfter Ben accidentally leaves the hospital's front door unlocked, a rather large, rather stinky, and very hairy beast escapes into Buttonville. But as Ben and Pearl discover once they are inside, Dr. They take the wounded dragon to the only veterinarian's office in town - Dr. a baby dragon?Īmazed, Ben enlists the help of Pearl Petal, a local girl with an eye for adventure. That is, until his grandfather's cat brings home what looks like. When Ben Silverstein is sent to the rundown town of Buttonville to spend the summer with his grandfather, he's certain it will be the most boring vacation ever.
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It is set amid the battle for women's suffrage, the Spiritualist movement that swept across the nation in the age of Radical Reconstruction following the Civil War, and the bitter fight that pitted black men against white women in the struggle for the right to vote. Barbara Goldsmith's portrait of suffragette Victoria Woodhull and her times was hailed by George Plimpton as "a beautifully written biography of a remarkable woman" and by Gloria Steinem as "more memorable than a dozen histories." A highly readable combination of history and biography, Other Powers interviews the stories of some of the most colorful social, political, and religious figures of America's Victorian era with the courageous and notorious life of Victoria Woodhull-psychic, suffragette, publisher, presidential candidate, and self-confessed practitioner of free love. It tells the story of a pilot, stranded in the Sahara, who encounters the Little Prince, visiting our world for a brief time before returning to his home planet. “The Little Prince” is the best-selling French language book of all time, beloved around the world. The dust jacket is original to the book as seen in the matching spine number, but has been price-clipped and is chipped at the spine ends. Previous owner's name written on the half-title and "first edition, autographed" helpfully written on the front end paper. Book Very Good + on account of two clippings affixed to the final blank leaf, with offsetting to the adjacent pages. One of 525 copies of the signed first edition, this copy number 272, as numbered on the colophon and the jacket spine. The Little Prince (Signed Limited Edition) Agent: Janet Kobobel Grant, Books & Such (Jan. But the story rewards patience, unfolding with precision and action, showcasing the triumph of the human heart and spirit in the face of seemingly overwhelming odds. /rebates/2fbook2f3340286352fA-Moonbow-Night&. At times, the sheer scope of the intricate detail and the illuminating details of Daniel Boone lore can become overwhelming. Both Sion and Tempe are haunted by past tragedy and drawn together by the drive to survive and protect what pieces of comfort they have left-whether it’s family, work, or career status. Steeping in imagery thick with the mountains and hollows of frontier Appalachia, Laura introduces us, not only to riveting characters as alive to history as the famous Daniel Boone, but also to a culture, faith, and setting that breathes off the page. Sion is a surveyor for the British Loyal Land Company sent out with a small coterie of men, dogs, and horses to mark the wild land for the crown. Still, the tenuous tie they are forming is put to the test as they encounter danger after danger and must rely on each other. While her outlaw father is forced to keep a low profile, Tempe, her mother, and brother operate the Moonbow Inn just off the Warrior’s Path located deep in Indian country. After being forced to leave Virginia and take to the trail in one of the first pushes westward, Temperance, also known as Tempe, and her family settle along the Shawnee River on the cusp where Virginia becomes Kentucky. Frantz’s ( The Mistress of Tall Acre) atmospheric historical romance lovingly explores American history circa 1777 with grace. (And, just to head off objections, it does not good to claim that one can believe only in a decree of election and not reprobation unless one is some kind of universalist. (Luther took this position in response to Erasmus but I don’t claim this was his consistent position throughout his life.) I don’t think Calvinism is inherently voluntaristic, but voluntarism suddenly appears when the challenge to explain God’s goodness in light of the decree of reprobation appears. When I push this “button” on Calvinism to a Calvinist he or she usually retreats into voluntarism-the idea promoted by Duns Scotus and Ulrich Zwingli (among others) that God is above all law, meaning our intuitions about “the good” do not apply to God at all, and whatever God does is good simply because God does it. His father had been set in his ways, but Gayel had never doubted that the man had loved his mate, Gayel’s mother. That deep connection between the couples. Yes, he envied his warriors and their mates. But he’d always envied his people the simple things of life. As a young prince growing up, he’d had a lot of lavish extravagances, always known that one day he would be king. He was glad he’d managed this short visit to Earth.Īnd it was good to see his warriors and their mates.Ī sensation moved through his gut. He was heading to Space Corps Headquarters in Houston tomorrow, before traveling back to Eon to prepare for the Earth delegation to arrive. Red, pink and gold streaked across the vast sky. The sunset outside the window of the testing facility was impressive. The kitchen of the Woomera Range Complex had worked hard to prepare a feast they believed was worthy for a king. The senior warriors from the Rengard and Desteron, and their mates, talked and laughed and ate. King Gayel Solann-Eon sat at the head of the long dining table. To provide our Users with ongoing customer assistance and technical support We collect such Non-personal and Personal Information for the following purposes: Your personal information will be used for the specific reasons stated above only. 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When they come looking for me, they’ll probably check the closest houses, won’t they? Or have I traveled far enough? The place where I’ve been living for two years seemed like it could only exist at the ends of the earth, so I expected to be running for another couple of hours until I got anywhere. The forest ends and I stumble to a stop, my breath wheezing in and out of my lungs. The utter loneliness and monotony and sadness. The howls of misery haunt my ears even now. Blisters have long since formed on the backs of my heels and fatigue plagues every one of my limbs. My lungs are burning and the tree branches are leaving scrapes on my face, my arms. When it does, will their passion be put to the test? Or does an obsession like theirs overcome all? With no choice but to go along with his misconception, the two tumble headlong into a wild obsession with one another that can’t be tamed.īut the truth about Juno’s real identity lurks, waiting to jump out and bite them. The owner, Caleb, is a young, former military man with tortured grey eyes-and he believes Juno is the summer intern he was expecting to help him with research on his novel. While dashing through the forest, she comes upon a cabin. Juno has been locked away for two years, but has finally escaped and is now on the run. The Brights have unique challenges that any “modern-day” American could never wrap their head around: problems transition from finding space to dry tobacco leaves to roll cigars in Quakertown, to suppressing dangerous curiosity of a new home–in a mortuary. A curious Maggie who becomes engulfed in her neighbors’ lives, and an intelligent Evelyn “Evie” who pours over books and aspires to become a doctor. A young Willa who hardly sees the world beyond the tip of her nose and toys. A mother grieving the loss of her infant son, developing a mindset and relationship with death while managing a household with three daughters. Meissner manages to tie together a story told from multiple perspectives. Who wants to listen to their mother’s recommendation? Well, I’m glad I did.Īs Bright as Heaven follows the Bright family: Thomas, Pauline, Evelyn, Maggie, and Willa, as they transition their lives from the small town of Quakerville, PA, to the city of Philadelphia during World War I. Unbeknownst to her, the story would become relevant in 2020 readers’ lives.Īs a historical fiction devotee myself, I picked up this book expecting a well-written war story, and while that desire was fulfilled, I had no idea that I would end up relating so closely to the events and characters.Īctually my mother, a librarian at the Walkersville Public Library, urged me to read it. In 2018, author Susan Meissner released a fictional story about a small family that comes face to face with the Spanish Flu in 1918. In many ways, JUICY is a page turner fueled by its own oddness. Pace has a strange sense of humor, and this makes for a very fresh novel. Pace managed to make a homeless white hero with mental issues not only sexy, but appealing. Loved this book-this author has magic a homeless man? I thought how can she make a homeless man sexy. So cleaver and so, so, GOOD! Had me cry, laugh and swoon! Karen Green-Berry, Building Relationship Around Books Online Club As usual I was not disappointed and cannot wait to read my next Pepper Pace novel You cannot help but fall in love with these characters, no matter how flawed they are. For reprint or excerpt permission inquiries, please contact the author by e-mail or Reviews For Juicy All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form whatsoever, except for short excerpts appearing in book reviews. 4th Edition.įirst published in the United States 2011 on. Any similarity from this book to events occurring in real life – including locations, or persons living or dead is wholly coincidental.Ĭopyright © 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 Pepper Pace. Characters – including their names, places and incidents are products of the author’s imagination or are otherwise used fictitiously. |