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Author
Pub. Date
2013
Description
In this autobiography, local author Glenda Lee Vollmecke shares her story of growing up in Britain after WWII. She was present during Rock-n-Roll's most memorable events when the Beatles took Liverpool and the world by storm. Amazing vivid descriptions of this era, her associations with the Beatles and other Liverpool musicians bring to life an incredible period. This is the story of her life from age six to sixteen. You will not put this book...
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Description
"Alice is fifteen, with hair as red as fire and skin as pale as bone. Something inside Alice is broken: she remembers words but struggles to speak them. Still, Alice knows words are for sharing, so she pins them to posters in tucked-away places: railway waiting rooms, fish-and-chip shops, quiet corners. Manny is sixteen, with a scar from shoulder to elbow. Something inside Manny is broken: he was once a child soldier, forced to do terrible, violent...
Author
Pub. Date
©1988
Description
Until the mid 1970s, frontierswomen appeared in histories of the American West only as one-dimensional stereotypes or not at all. The intention of this study is to demonstrate not only that women did play highly significant and multifaceted roles in the development of the American West but also that their lives as settlers displayed fairly consistent patterns which transcended geographic sections of the frontier. Further, the author maintains that...
13) Once a shepherd
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
Enjoying a peaceful life tending lambs and preparing wool with his sweetheart, a gentle shepherd must leave his family to fight in World War I, during which he endures heartbreaking violence and losses.
Author
Pub. Date
2002.
Description
Twenty popular Celtic designs--based on surviving stone-carved and iron-engraved versions of knotwork, borders, overlays, and other intricacies--appear in patterns just for woodworkers. Use your regular hand or power tools to fashion a Celt-inspired Mirrored Candle Sconce, Tree of Life Seedkeeper, Dragon Trinket Box, and Celtic Cross, along with a variety of picture frames, message boards, and hand mirrors. Instructions show how to transfer designs...
Author
Pub. Date
c2022.
Description
"While visiting her grandma in Louisiana, nine-year-old Frances is excited to help prepare the New Year’s Day meal. She listens as Grandma tells stories—dating back to the Atlantic Slave Trade—about the food for their feast. Through these stories, Frances learns not only about the ingredients and the dishes they are making but about her ancestors and their history as well....A celebration of African American cuisine and identity, Black-Eyed...