The four winds

Texas, 1921. A time of abundance. The Great War is over, the bounty of the land is plentiful, and America is on the brink of a new and optimistic era. But for Elsa Wolcott, deemed too old to marry in a time when marriage is a woman’s only option, the future seems bleak. Until the night she meets Rafe Martinelli and decides to change the direction of her life. With her reputation in ruin, ther…

More days at the morisaki bookshop

I wonder if this love of books is hereditary. I sometimes think that might be why I'm still coming so often to the shop on my days off from work

Anti-bullying book for girls

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9781638079118

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117 p. ; ill. ; 23 cm

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302 WOO a

Apa pesan Al-Qadr untuk kita?

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297 DIV a

Middle school: how i survived bullies, broccoli, and snake hill

LET'S GET ONE THING STRAIGHT: This camp's "fun and games" do not include singing campfire songs and eating s'mores all night long... But at least at Camp Wannamorra, I, Rafe Khatchadorian, actually have friends for the first time in my life! Introducing just a few of my partners in crime: (TERRIFIES me) My sister, ORCIA (can't get RID of her) BOOGER LATER (my BUNK MATE!) So what do you…

RIchard III

Richard III is one of the finest of Shakespeare's historical dramas. Although it has a huge cast, Richard himself, gleefully wicked, charismatically Machiavellian, always dominates the play: a role to gratify such leading actors as David Garrick, Laurence Olivier, Anthony Sher, Ian McKellen and Al Pacino. Since, in real life, political Machiavellianism is never out of date, Richard III remains …

Middle school: the worst years of my life

THIS IS THE TOTALLY INSANE STORY OF HOW I, RAFE KHATCHADORIAN, fought and overcame a diabolical teacher called the Dragon Lady, sold my soul to the school bully, a dollar at a time, wrestled with a real live bear, repeatedly, went into the soda business and went bust, and fell kind of in "like" with the most popular girl in school. The worst days of my life were good sometimes Bad someti…

The whole-brain child: 12 proven strategies to nurture your child's developin…

Your toddler throws a tantrum in the middle of a store. Your preschooler refuses to get dressed. Your fifth-grader sulks on the bench instead of playing on the field. Do children conspire to make their parents’ lives endlessly challenging? No—it’s just their developing brain calling the shots! In this pioneering, practical book, Daniel J. Siegel, neuropsychiatrist and author of the bes…

Claudia and the phantom phone

Kristy, Claudia, Mary Anne, and Stacey try to be prepared for anything when they baby-sit. So when they hear about the Phantom Caller, a jewel thief who's been breaking into nearby homes, they come up with a plan to keep their kids safe. But when Claudia and the other girls start receiving creepy phone calls while they're out on jobs, they start to get really spooked. Will the mystery caller…

The crucible: a play in four acts

"I believe that the reader will discover here the essential nature of one of the strangest and most awful chapters in human history," Arthur Miller wrote in an introduction to The Crucible, his classic play about the witch-hunts and trials in seventeenth-century Salem, Massachusetts. Based on historical people and real events, Miller's drama is a searing portrait of a community engulfed by hyst…