When Kristen, a high school teacher from Florida receives an urgent request to visit her sick, frail, and very much estranged grandfather, she takes a leave of absence and with great trepidation, embarks on a journey to upstate New York. Once she arrives at Lakeview Manor in the bone-chilling dark of night, Kristen abruptly has the feeling that she is not welcome. As she attempts to get to know her grandfather, she struggles between her strong dislike of him and an overwhelming curiosity as to the real reason why she has been summoned. After being taken in under the wings of the housekeeper and her grandfather's Amazon nurse, Kristen sees and hears things that can't be real worst of all, she fears she is falling in love with a figment of her imagination a ghost who prowls the manor's halls. Meanwhile, the down-to-earth and incredibly handsome physician who cares for her grandfather makes it known he would like to be her suitor, but her infatuation with the phantom keeps her disinterested. When her grandfather dies before she has a chance to follow through with his wishes, the two worlds she has been juggling soon collide, bringing her journey to a surprising conclusion.
When Kristen, a high school teacher from Florida receives an urgent request to visit her sick, frail, and very much estranged grandfather, she takes a leave of absence and with great trepidation, embarks on a journey to upstate New York. Once she arrives at Lakeview Manor in the bone-chilling dark of night, Kristen abruptly has the feeling that she is not welcome. As she attempts to get to know her grandfather, she struggles between her strong dislike of him and an overwhelming curiosity as to the real reason why she has been summoned. After being taken in under the wings of the housekeeper and her grandfather's Amazon nurse, Kristen sees and hears things that can't be real worst of all, she fears she is falling in love with a figment of her imagination a ghost who prowls the manor's halls. Meanwhile, the down-to-earth and incredibly handsome physician who cares for her grandfather makes it known he would like to be her suitor, but her infatuation with the phantom keeps her disinterested. When her grandfather dies before she has a chance to follow through with his wishes, the two worlds she has been juggling soon collide, bringing her journey to a surprising conclusion.
After her parents died, Julie Jacobs left her small hometown and the safety and security her sister provided to take a job as a nurse companion to an elderly woman at luxurious Bigelow Manor on the outskirts of Buffalo, New York. Julie soon found herself in a maze of mystery and intrigue. The young nurse couldn't help wondering why Brad, her patient's stern, terse son had insisted on seeing her photo before summoning her to Buffalo. It was as if he deliberately hired her because she resembled a mystery woman in the portrait that hung in his library a woman he hated. And then terrible accidents suddenly befell Julie. Was there any connection between them and brooding, attractive Brad Bigelow? Julie only found comfort with Mrs. Bigelow, her plump amiable patient and with Pekos, Mrs. Bigelow's tiny white Pekinese, as she tried to determine just who she could trust. Surrounded by several men, who professed an interest in her only made her more nervous and uncomfortable. Just who was trying to harm her?
Nancy Moran, a journalist and former hostess at the Pink Pussycat Club, becomes both a bride and a widow in the same week. On the last day of her honeymoon in Las Vegas, her husband Greg meets his friends for a drink. After hours of waiting for Greg to return, and going from angry to panicked, Nancy finally receives a call. Greg has been taken to the hospital for alcohol poisoning-and is pronounced dead on arrival. When she arrives at Morania, her husband's family home, Nancy is surrounded by hostility, suspicion, and a web of secrets. Many members of the family have never heard of her. Then she's introduced to Greg's supposed fiance. As one disturbing event follows another, Nancy doesn't know who to trust. Unraveling what is going on at Morania and deciphering her feelings for the family's lawyer keep Nancy's nerves on edge. Even the neighbors seem to be up to something. As she gets acquainted with Greg's family and friends, more questions spring up than she can answer. But Nancy only wants the answer to one question: why doesn't Greg's family know anything about his life-or about her?
Wanting to be like her teenaged idols on TV, Polly, still in middle school, embarks on a path that takes her and her potbellied pet pig to a place that isnt as much fun as she had anticipated. Her faithful little pet tries to go along with Pollys new ideas but finds it hard to fit into her lifestyle. As the two of them struggle to be more and more sophisticated, they find they are having less and less fun. Eventually, they reach a conclusion that works for them. Such a conclusion may well work for many young girls who cant wait to be a grown-up, but in the process, they miss out on some of the perks of being a kid.
Wanting to be like her teenaged idols on TV, Polly, still in middle school, embarks on a path that takes her and her potbellied pet pig to a place that isnt as much fun as she had anticipated. Her faithful little pet tries to go along with Pollys new ideas but finds it hard to fit into her lifestyle. As the two of them struggle to be more and more sophisticated, they find they are having less and less fun. Eventually, they reach a conclusion that works for them. Such a conclusion may well work for many young girls who cant wait to be a grown-up, but in the process, they miss out on some of the perks of being a kid.
Designed to provide students with a basic understanding of paragraph and essay writing, this rhetorically arranged reader contains paragraphs and short essays by professional and student writers alike. Patterns is organized around eight rhetorical methods, with additional chapters on fundamental writing skills and combining the modes. Each chapter offers a substantial introduction to the pattern, and extensive apparatus surrounds every selection.
The American Past emphasizes political history, yet provides balanced coverage of social, economic, and cultural events. Conlins lively, literary narrative captures and keeps student interest. This textbook is appropriate for the American History survey course at both two-year and four-year schools.
For over three decades Bill Conlin has anchored one of America's best sports sections: the back pages of thePhiladelphia Daily News.Conlin has spent his entire career in Philadelphia, starting with thePhiladelphia Bulletinbut he is probably best known for his tremendous contribution to thePhiladelphia Daily News.This sassy tabloid combines sharp reporting with lively opinion writing, provocative headlines, and its irreverent voice as a self-styled "People Paper." Its sports section, in particular, bristles with what Philadelphians call "atty-tude.""Batting Cleanup, Bill Conlin"is a collection of his best sports writing. From behind the scenes, Conlin presents athletes as all too human but his descriptions of game action convey the magnitude of the athletes' talent, and the demands of the sport itself. His writing is widely appreciated for the way it captures an intricate moment of baseball time through a series of sharp images and dynamic verbs. In making the selections for this volume, editor Kevin Kerrane reveals how Conlin's playfulness with language and ideas led to creative nicknames —like "The Jowly Grim Giant" for Georgetown basketball coach John Thompson—and to entire stories based on outrageous premises. Who else would report a baseball game from the viewpoint of a space alien? Who else would interview God to find out what He really thinks about Randall Cunningham? Conlin's columns deal with just about everything. Or maybe it just seems that way because he brings just about everything to bear on a topic that interests him: lessons from military history, characters from Shakespeare, personal experiences, persistent reporting, amusing one-liners, and laugh-out-loud jokes. His "King of the World" columns offer a fantasy of poetic justice in which fools and knaves are skewered, but with humor rather than heavy-handed moralizing. This humor, insight, keen intelligence, and a true love of sport has made Conlin a cult figure among sports fans. Kerrane explains such admiration this way: "It's not just because of Conlin's fierce honesty, or broad curiosity, or Irish wit, it's also because of his deep feeling for the values of sport—which baseball, in his telling, crystallizes so beautifully." Author note:Kevin Kerraneis Professor of English at the University of Delaware, Newark.
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