A vow made on one night of unspeakable horror binds four women decades later as they become the targets of justice—or revenge. Bertie Dunnigan, a seasoned criminal defense attorney in Louisville, Kentucky, receives an anonymous email with the subject heading “Fireflies.” She knows even before opening it that the worst night of her life has come back to haunt her. It was 1975 in Estill County, Kentucky, when Bertie and three of her closest friends set out on a sweltering July night for a little excitement and spirited fun. What began as an evening of teenage laughter and adventure would end with terror, forever changing the course of their lives. Read on in The Fireflies of Estill County to learn more about the night that transformed Bertie’s life.
Pssst! It's true! This is the best book on Everest you'll ever read! Get the low-down on Earth's highest mountain! What's it like at the summit of Mount Everest? It's so cold that your skin sticks to metal, your breath comes out in crackling ice crystals and your eyes freeze shut. Battle blinding blizzards, run the risk of avalanches and sniff out the elusive hairy yeti. Find out who won the race to the top of the world, and what happened to Mad Maurice's body after he disappeared on the snowy slopes. Join our expedition up the planet's highest mountain... if you dare! Chill out with frostbitten facts and extreme expeditions.
Pssst! It's true! This is the best book on Everest you'll ever read! Get the low-down on Earth's highest mountain! What's it like at the summit of Mount Everest? It's so cold that your skin sticks to metal, your breath comes out in crackling ice crystals and your eyes freeze shut. Battle blinding blizzards, run the risk of avalanches and sniff out the elusive hairy yeti. Find out who won the race to the top of the world, and what happened to Mad Maurice's body after he disappeared on the snowy slopes. Join our expedition up the planet's highest mountain... if you dare! Chill out with frostbitten facts and extreme expeditions.
Explore the homes which shaped our best-loved novelist. Jane Austen is among the most widely read and beloved authors in English literature. Her novels vividly depict the society and world in which she lived with humour and sharp social commentary. Jane’s own life and emotional experiences, deeply influenced by where she lived in southern England and her travels to other parts of the country, are reflected in her works and in the importance of house and home to her characters. With newly commissioned photographs of Chawton House and Steventon Church and village in Hampshire, and a wide range of contemporary illustration, Kim Wilson explores the homes which shaped this best-loved novelist, bringing to life the domestic settings of her great works.
This study is concerned with how readers are positioned to interpret the past in historical fiction for children and young adults. Looking at literature published within the last thirty to forty years, Wilson identifies and explores a prevalent trend for re-visioning and rewriting the past according to modern social and political ideological assumptions. Fiction within this genre, while concerned with the past at the level of content, is additionally concerned with present views of that historical past because of the future to which it is moving. Specific areas of discussion include the identification of a new sub-genre: Living history fiction, stories of Joan of Arc, historical fiction featuring agentic females, the very popular Scholastic Press historical journal series, fictions of war, and historical fiction featuring multicultural discourses. Wilson observes specific traits in historical fiction written for children — most notably how the notion of positive progress into the future is nuanced differently in this literature in which the concept of progress from the past is inextricably linked to the protagonist’s potential for agency and the realization of subjectivity. The genre consistently manifests a concern with identity construction that in turn informs and influences how a metanarrative of positive progress is played out. This book engages in a discussion of the functionality of the past within the genre and offers an interpretative frame for the sifting out of the present from the past in historical fiction for young readers.
Jake McMullen is an eighteen-year-old boy just starting out in life and already on the wrong track! One night fuelled by too much bourbon and rebellion he makes a disastrous decision that will see him spending a life-saving week in jail with an enigmatic cellmate – Danny. Through Danny’s obsession with history and his thoroughly unique way of teaching it, Jake will learn the most important lesson of his young life so far which will hopefully put him back on track to lead the happy and fulfilling life he was always destined to live.
In this critical study of four plays by Pulitzer Prize-winner August Wilson-- Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Fences, Joe Turner's Come and Gone, and The Piano Lesson--Pereira show how Wilson uses the themes of separation, migration, and reunion to depict the physical and psychological journeys of African Americans in the 20th century.
Twenty-two engrossing stories of babies born prematurely, written by those who felt the agony and the elation the most--their parents. In painstaking and heartfelt detail, these parents shore their ordeals: their fears, their joys, the stories of where they turned for help, their tips and most important, their triumphs. Meet babies like: Samuel Warren, who was born at 1 pound 8 ounces when his mother went into preterm labor Bo Smith, the miracle baby born at only 8 inches long after his mother suffered an antibody disorder Sara Stomseth, born at 1 pound 15 ounces before modern advances in meonatology and giving no chance of living Ryan White, the ultimate proof that parents should never give up hope Living Miracles includes a complete glossary of premature-baby medical terms and is organized by the weeks of gestation of the baby at birth from 23 to 36.
A mysterious inheritance sends a woman searching through secrets past and present in this compelling novel from the author of Fireflies of Estill County. Ellen Williams journeys to a place she’s never been, hoping to find answers. Why did a deceased stranger leave her a multimillion-dollar mansion? She has inherited the Caldwell Estate, a Georgia property so breathtakingly beautiful that a gift of this magnitude is beyond her understanding. This fortuitous event has come at a time when Ellen is struggling with her own direction in life; getting out of Louisville for a while is just what she needs. She soon discovers that Mrs. Caldwell was an enigma to many who knew her. With each step closer to untangling the mystery, Ellen is haunted by painful childhood memories: of her sister Jenny, a horrifying night in the past, and of Bird. It turns out that finding the truth has a price.
Based on AMC’s hit series, this post-apocalyptic cookbook features tips on hunting and foraging plus recipes inspired by or featured on the show. The Walking Dead: The Official Cookbook and Survival Guide details the skills and recipes you need to eat—while avoiding being eaten—should you find yourself caught in a walker apocalypse. The book features recipes for meals featured on the show, plus food and drinks inspired by key characters and locations. It also shares expert information on foraging, hunting wild game, food preservation, and outdoor cooking. Featuring familiar treats like Carl’s pudding, Carol Peletier’s baked goods, and Hershel’s spaghetti, this is the ultimate gift for fans and walker-wary survivalists alike.
Bertie Dunnigan, a seasoned criminal defense attorney in Louisville, Kentucky, receives an anonymous email with the subject heading "Fireflies." She knows even before opening it that the worst night of her life has come back to haunt her. It was 1975 in Estill County, Kentucky, when Bertie and three of her closest friends set out on a sweltering July night for a little excitement and spirited fun. What began as an evening of teenage laughter and adventure would end with terror, forever changing the course of their lives. Read on in The Fireflies of Estill County to learn more about the night that transformed Bertie's life. Critical acclaim for Wilson's book, Bird ★★★★★ "This book grabbed me from the very beginning! " "LOVED the book! Great visual descriptions...felt immersed in the story during it's entirety....both physically and emotionally. " "I really liked the story with the flip flopping timelines." "Very sweet book. " "A must-read for the summer.
Father God, I thank you for the manifestation of this poetry book; I thank you for giving me the gift of your resurrection that through one man I may live. I pray that those who receive this book are blessed, happy, and healed. I thank you for deliverance, protection, and guidance. I thank you for Your Son, Jesus Christ. I thank you that NO WEAPON THAT WAS FORMED AGAINST ME PROSPERED. I thank you for my church home and church family. I thank you that for what I have is mine no matter where, no matter what. I humbly thank you for the presence of PublishAmerica and their willingness to take this chance with my manuscript; they are the midst of my blessing. I graciously thank you for lending me Klassic, from where my strength stems. For all the fervent screams and stifled yells, silent weeping and effectual praying. May You add blessings to the hearers and especially the doers of Your word. Amen, amen.
Gerald Wainwright is a self-obsessed narcissist, but never-the-less a world-renowned author who is murdered — and that’s just the beginning of his problems! Waking in a celestial half-way station, he needs to complete a series of tasks. These are designed to teach him some serious life lessons while at the same time helping others to find solutions for their own current crises thereby setting them on the road to fulfilling and happy lives. Helped along the way by his supervisor, Mr Smith, Jerry learns things he never knew about himself — nor wanted to know— but will it be enough for him to finally become the man he was always meant to be and in turn to earn his own ‘Write of Passage’?
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