Mary Connors's Books

To Catch a Fish

By: Mary S. Palmer,David V. Wilton

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Davey Simpson, a fisherman, is charged with the murder of a powerful Alabama politician's son. His childhood friend, Ben Johnson, is well-qualified to act as his attorney, but Ben would have to resign as the first black lieutenant governor of Alabama to take the case. Davey does not want Ben to make such a sacrifice. While in the Mobile County Jail awaiting trial, Davey has a unique method of surviving confinement. Since he can't endure living in the present, he lives in the past, recalling memories of his two childhood friends --his lost love, Pokey, and his best friend, Ben. Even though those memories are also a reminder that Ben and Pokey both moved away from Mobile, they allow Davey to escape the unbearable loneliness of incarceration. Years before, when Ben was shunned and mistreated because of his race, Davey stood up for him. Now, despite Davey's protests, Ben insists on representing Davey. Though they had been separated by time and space, loyalty prevails. However, it is Davey's plight that causes childhood friends to reunite and renew their relationships. Unexpected twists reveal the many complications involved in the case and in Davey's personal life as well. This book was awarded Second Place in the Sandhill Writer's Conference for Novels in 2009. One of the judges, Milam McGraw Propst, author of Adventures of Ociee Nash (also a movie), expressed her "high regard for this manuscript." She compared it to The Help saying, "It is writing from the same heart." Calling the work amazing, she said she "loves these three characters; most especially Pokey and her triumph" adding that "these beautifully drawn, rich memories of the South bring back a place and time we all need to remember.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

286

Publisher

AuthorHouse

Published Date

ISBN 10

1452035202

ISBN 13

9781452035208

Nighttime Is My Time

By: Mary Higgins Clark

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Nighttime Is My Time

By: Mary Higgins Clark

The disappearance of several apparently unrelated young women all over the country is the beginning of Mary Higgins Clark's chilling new novel, as one person begins to suspect that the young women may have all been murdered or abducted by the same man--and he may be somebody she knows.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

430

Publisher

Simon and Schuster

Published Date

ISBN 10

0731808878

ISBN 13

9780731808878

To Work for the Whole People

John Ireland's Seminary in St. Paul

By: Mary Christine Athans

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

To Work for the Whole People

John Ireland's Seminary in St. Paul

By: Mary Christine Athans

An in-depth history of the seminary of the Archdiocese of St. Paul/Minneapolis, from the time of its founding by Archbishop John Ireland.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

574

Publisher

Paulist Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0809105454

ISBN 13

9780809105458

Stealing Time

Stories

By: Mary Grimm

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Stealing Time

Stories

By: Mary Grimm

Fourteen stories, many of which appeared in the New Yorker. In "Buying a Pumpkin," a father struggles with three children after his wife leaves him, in "Research, " college girls draw up a list of boys with whom to lose their virginity.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

188

Publisher

Random House

Published Date

ISBN 10

030780156X

ISBN 13

9780307801562

Television and National Sport

The United States and Britain

By: Joan Mary Chandler

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Television and National Sport

The United States and Britain

By: Joan Mary Chandler

Not Just Victims contains twelve oral histories based on conversations with Cambodian community leaders in eight American cities with sizable Cambodian ethnic communities. Unlike the dozens of autobiographies published by Cambodians that focus largely on their victimization and experiences during the Khmer Rouge regime before fleeing Cambodia, these narratives describe how Cambodian refugees have adapted to life in the United States. Providing insiders' views of the issues and challenges the group is encountering, Not Just Victims focuses on communities in Long Beach, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Seattle, Portland, Tacoma, and the Massachusetts towns of Fall River and Lowell. Sucheng Chan's extensive introduction provides a historical framework within which the stories of the refugees can be better understood. She discusses the civil war that brought death to half a million people (1970-75), the bloody Khmer Rouge revolution (1975-79), the border war during the Vietnamese occupation of Cambodia (1979-89), and the additional travails faced by those who escaped to holding camps in Thailand. The book also includes an essay on oral history and a substantial bibliography.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

272

Publisher

University of Illinois Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0252015169

ISBN 13

9780252015168

Woeful Afflictions

Disability and Sentimentality in Victorian America

By: Mary Klages

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Woeful Afflictions

Disability and Sentimentality in Victorian America

By: Mary Klages

From Tiny Tim to Helen Keller, disabled people in the nineteenth century were portrayed in sentimental terms, as afflicted beings whose sufferings afforded ablebodied people opportunities to practice empathy and compassion. In all kinds of representations of disability, from popular fiction to the reports of institutions established for the education and rehabilitation of disabled people, the equation of disability and sentimentality served a variety of social functions, from ensuring the continued existence of a sympathetic sensibility in a hard-hearted, market-driven world, to asserting the selfhood and equality of disabled adults. Unique in its focus on blindness and its examination of the interplay between institutional discourse and popular literature, Woeful Afflictions offers a detailed historical analysis of the types of cultural work performed by sentimental representations of disability in public reports and lectures, exhibitions, novels, stories, poems, autobiographical writings, and popular media portrayals from the 1830s through the 1890s in the United States. Woeful Afflictions combines contemporary scholarship on sentimentalism with the most recent works on the cultural meanings of disability to argue that sentimentalism, with its emphasis on creating emotional identifications between texts and readers, both reinforces existing associations between disability and otherness and works to rewrite those associations in portraying disabled people, in their emotional capacities, as no different from the ablebodied. This book will interest anyone concerned with disability studies and the social construction of the body, with the history of education and of public institutional care in the United States, and with autobiographical writings.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

260

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1512807893

ISBN 13

9781512807899

Franco-Irish Relations, 1500-1610

Politics, Migration and Trade

By: Mary Ann Lyons

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Franco-Irish Relations, 1500-1610

Politics, Migration and Trade

By: Mary Ann Lyons

An examination of the various dimensions - political, social and economic - to the evolution of Franco-Irish relations in the early modern period. The period 1500 to 1610 witnessed a fundamental transformation in the nature of Franco-Irish relations. In 1500 contact was exclusively based on trade and small-scale migration. However, from the early 1520s to the early 1580s, the dynamics of 'normal' relations were significantly altered as unprecedented political contacts between Ireland and France were cultivated. These ties were abandoned when, after decades of unsuccessful approaches to the French crown for military and financial support for their opposition to the Tudor régime in Ireland, Irish dissidents redirected their pleas to the court of Philip II of Spain. Trade and migration, which had continued at a modest level throughout the sixteenth century, re-emerged in the early 1600s as the most important and enduring channels of contact between the France and Ireland, though the scale of both had increased dramatically since the early sixteenth century. In particular, the unprecedented influx of several thousand Irish migrants into France in the later stages and in the aftermath of the Nine Years' War in Ireland (1594-1603) represented a watershed in Franco-Irishrelations in the early modern period. By 1610 Ireland and Irish people were known to a significantly larger section of French society than had been the case a hundred years before. The intensification of this contact notwithstanding, the intricacies of Irish domestic political, religious and ideological conflicts continued to elude the vast majority of educated Frenchmen, including those at the highest rank in government and diplomatic circles. In their minds, Ireland remained an exotic country. They viewed the Irish in the streets of their cities and towns as offensive, slothful, dirty, prolific and uncouth, just as they were depicted in the French scholarly tracts read by the French elite. This study explores the various dimensions to this important chapter in the evolution of Franco-Irish relations in the early modern period. MARY ANN LYONS is Professor of History at Maynooth University, Republic of Ireland.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

258

Publisher

Boydell & Brewer Ltd

Published Date

ISBN 10

0861933338

ISBN 13

9780861933334

The Chinatown Trunk Mystery

Murder, Miscegenation, and Other Dangerous Encounters in Turn-of-the-Century New York City

By: Mary Ting Yi Lui

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Chinatown Trunk Mystery

Murder, Miscegenation, and Other Dangerous Encounters in Turn-of-the-Century New York City

By: Mary Ting Yi Lui

In the summer of 1909, the gruesome murder of nineteen-year-old Elsie Sigel sent shock waves through New York City and the nation at large. The young woman's strangled corpse was discovered inside a trunk in the midtown Manhattan apartment of her reputed former Sunday school student and lover, a Chinese man named Leon Ling. Through the lens of this unsolved murder, Mary Ting Yi Lui offers a fascinating snapshot of social and sexual relations between Chinese and non-Chinese populations in turn-of-the-century New York City. Sigel's murder was more than a notorious crime, Lui contends. It was a clear signal that attempts to maintain geographical and social boundaries between the city's Chinese male and white female populations had failed. When police discovered Sigel and Leon Ling's love letters, giving rise to the theory that Leon Ling killed his lover in a fit of jealous rage, this idea became even more embedded in the public consciousness. New Yorkers condemned the work of Chinese missions and eagerly participated in the massive national and international manhunt to locate the vanished Leon Ling. Lui explores how the narratives of racial and sexual danger that arose from the Sigel murder revealed widespread concerns about interracial social and sexual mixing during the era. She also examines how they provoked far-reaching skepticism about regulatory efforts to limit the social and physical mobility of Chinese immigrants and white working-class and middle-class women. Through her thorough re-examination of this notorious murder, Lui reveals in unprecedented detail how contemporary politics of race, gender, and sexuality shaped public responses to the presence of Chinese immigrants during the Chinese exclusion era.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

314

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0691216282

ISBN 13

9780691216287

Community/Public Health Nursing - E-Book

By: Mary A. Nies,Melanie McEwen

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Community/Public Health Nursing - E-Book

By: Mary A. Nies,Melanie McEwen

Covering the nurse’s role in promoting community health, Community/Public Health Nursing, 6th Edition provides a unique ‘upstream’ preventive focus and a strong social justice approach in a concise, easy-to-read text. It shows how you, as a nurse, can take an active role in social action and health policy – especially in caring for diverse and vulnerable population groups. Written by community health nursing experts Mary A. Nies and Melanie McEwen, this book offers clinical examples and photo novellas showing how concepts apply to the real world, and describes the issues and responsibilities of today’s community and public health nursing. UNIQUE! ‘Upstream’ preventive focus addresses factors that are the precursors to poor health in the community, addressing potential health problems before they occur. UNIQUE! Emphasis on community aspects in all steps of the nursing process highlights the community perspective in all health situations. UNIQUE! A ‘social justice’ approach promotes health for all people, including vulnerable populations. UNIQUE! Photo novellas use photographs to tell stories showing real-life clinical scenarios and applications of important community health nursing roles. Research Highlights boxes show the application of research studies to the practice of community nursing. Clinical examples offer snippets of real-life client situations. Case Study: Application of the Nursing Process feature presents practical and manageable examples for the theory, concepts, and application of the nursing process. Ethical Insights boxes highlight ethical issues and concerns that the community/public health nurse may encounter. Objectives, key terms, and chapter outlines at the beginning of every chapter introduce important concepts and terminology. NEW and UNIQUE! Veterans' Health boxes present situations and considerations related to the care of veterans. UPDATED Economics of Health Care chapter addresses the latest changes related to health care reform. UPDATED Healthy People 2020 boxes include the most current national health care objectives. UPDATED Communicable Disease chapter covers current public health surveillance and outbreaks of emerging health threats, including emerging infections (e.g., H1N1, SARS, West Nile virus).

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

711

Publisher

Elsevier Health Sciences

Published Date

ISBN 10

0323293875

ISBN 13

9780323293877

Five Dollars and a Pork Chop Sandwich

Vote Buying and the Corruption of Democracy

By: Mary Frances Berry

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Five Dollars and a Pork Chop Sandwich

Vote Buying and the Corruption of Democracy

By: Mary Frances Berry

A timely and nonpartisan book on voter manipulation and electoral corruption—and the importance of stimulating voter turnout and participation Though voting rights are fundamental to American democracy, felon disfranchisement, voter identification laws, and hard-to-access polling locations with limited hours are a few of the ways voter turnout is suppressed. These methods of voter suppression are pernicious, but in Five Dollars and a Pork Chop Sandwich, Dr. Mary Frances Berry focuses on forms of corruption including vote buying, vote hauling, the abuse of absentee ballots, and other illegal practices by candidates and their middlemen, often in collusion with local election officials. Vote buying—whether it’s for a few dollars, a beer, or a pack of cigarettes—is offered to individual citizens in order to ensure votes for a particular candidate, and Dr. Berry notes it occurs across party lines, with Republicans, Democrats, and independents all participating. Dr. Berry shares the compelling story of Greg Malveaux, former director of Louisiana’s Vote Fraud Division, and how this “everyman” tried to clean up elections in a state notorious for corruption. Malveaux discovered virtually every type of electoral fraud during his tenure and saw firsthand how abuses occurred in local communities—from city councils to coroners’ offices. In spite of Sisyphean persistence, he found it virtually impossible to challenge the status quo. Dr. Berry reveals how this type of electoral abuse is rampant across the country and includes myriad examples from other states, including Illinois, Texas, Florida, Kentucky, and Mississippi. Voter manipulation is rarely exposed and may be perceived as relatively innocuous, however; Dr. Berry observes that in addition to undermining basic democracy, it also leads to a profound lack of accountability and a total disconnect between politicians and their constituents, and that those in poor and minority communities are the most vulnerable. While reforming campaign finance laws are undeniably important to our democracy, being attuned to issues of structural powerlessness and poverty, and to the cycles that perpetuate them, is no less crucial. In Five Dollars and a Pork Chop Sandwich, Dr. Berry shares specific successful voting strategies that other countries have adopted and urges creativity in rewarding people for voting. She also underscores the continued importance of grassroots education, so that citizens see voting as desirable and empowering—as a tool to help create the kind of environment they deserve.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

202

Publisher

Beacon Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0807061980

ISBN 13

9780807061985

Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Adult ADHD

Targeting Executive Dysfunction

By: Mary V. Solanto

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Adult ADHD

Targeting Executive Dysfunction

By: Mary V. Solanto

This highly practical book provides evidence-based strategies for helping adults with ADHD build essential skills for time management, organization, planning, and coping. Each of the 12 group sessions--which can also be adapted for individual therapy--is reviewed in step-by-step detail. Handy features include quick-reference Leader Notes for therapists, engaging in-session exercises, and reproducible take-home notes and homework assignments. The paperback edition includes the adult ADHD criteria from DSM-5. The treatment program presented in this book received the Innovative Program of the Year Award from CHADD (Children and Adults with ADHD).

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

225

Publisher

Guilford Publications

Published Date

ISBN 10

1462509630

ISBN 13

9781462509638

Agency in Teacher Supervision and Mentoring

Reinvigorating the Practice

By: Alisa Bates,Mary D. Burbank

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Agency in Teacher Supervision and Mentoring

Reinvigorating the Practice

By: Alisa Bates,Mary D. Burbank

Offering an in-depth examination of field supervision and the role of the university supervisors in preparing teachers, this book addresses the challenges of providing novice teachers with quality supervision through the support and guidance of teacher education programs. Through a research-based lens, Bates and Burbank discuss the role, responsibilities, and opportunities of the university supervisor. Critically examining the supervisor as an agent of change who is positioned to empower early career teachers, the authors dissect the necessary preparation and support new teachers need in contemporary K-12 classrooms.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

204

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1351847058

ISBN 13

9781351847056

From Beaver Rock to Mystery

By: Mary Thorogood

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

From Beaver Rock to Mystery

By: Mary Thorogood

In this account of life in Australia during the extraordinary years of ‘The Great Depression’ and World War II, Mary Thorogood has depicted the extremely harsh conditions her family endured, as they struggled to put food on the table, with little or no money or regular income. This book exemplifies how love can keep families together despite such hardships. They derive pleasure from the simple things in life: wildflowers; sunsets; the antics of children and animals; storytelling at the campfire. They are Professional Fishermen; Dinkum Ausie Battlers, who strived to keep their families fed during hard times. Always short of money, they are honest, hardworking, industrious, and innovative people who persevere despite horrendous problems that are no fault of their own.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

530

Publisher

Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency

Published Date

ISBN 10

1628575271

ISBN 13

9781628575279

Lacey

By: Mary Selvick

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Lacey

By: Mary Selvick

Bouncing along on the hard wagon seat, Lacey is veraciously giddy as she and her Uncle Robert travel to London for new farm machinery. After all, Leicester, the small farming community of her birth, is a completely different world. London in the 1790s awakens Lacey's senses, her graceful deportment, her unquenchable thirst for knowledge, and her fascination with fashions. When Robert thwarts a ruffian stealing a necklace from the Duchess of Richmond, Lacey plunges into the world of London's aristocracy, acutely aware, though, that she must return to the farm. Months later, Lacey returns to London in a posh coach when the Duchess offers to educate Lacey and develop her talents as a seamstress. Despite her love for her family, Lacey's heart longs to go. As Lacey settles in, she encounters those who snub her humble background. Determined to prove she can change the fashion world, Lacey becomes a top courtier. Finally successful, she struggles with the horrific war that's raging and her conflicting feelings for the brutally handsome Charles and the warm Edmund. Lacey provides a fascinating peek into late eighteenth-century England, when fashion was coming into its own. Wrap yourself in the rich tapestry of Lacey's story from beginning to end!

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

326

Publisher

iUniverse

Published Date

ISBN 10

0595469698

ISBN 13

9780595469697

Savannah Scores

By: Mary Charles

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Savannah Scores

By: Mary Charles

Savannah Scores is a suspense thriller set in Savannah Georgia. It is the fourth book in the series featuring Casey Forbes. The authorities are baffled by the rise in the use of hard drugs in Savannah, until they make the correlation with a series of 'suicides' and gangland killings. What is Colonel Bob up to deep in the woods, and who is the enigmatic Carlos Montoya? Meanwhile, at Carter University the football team comes under pressure as a ruthless gang will stop at nothing to fix the spread betting in their favour, and huge sums are at stake. Casey herself becomes the unwitting suitor of amorous advances. Is she finally to find love again? Maybe, except that somehow everything seems to revolve around the nefarious new activities that have come to town. Will Casey manage to steer clear this time as the pressure builds, ready to blow? Or will she find herself in the wrong place, at the wrong time of night, with exactly the wrong people? Curiosity killed the .

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

242

Publisher

Twenty First Century Publishers Ltd

Published Date

ISBN 10

1904433251

ISBN 13

9781904433255

Big Book of Best Short Stories: Volume 15

By: Anthony Hope Hawkins,E. Pauline Johnson,Harvey Jerrold O'Higgins,John Fox Jr.,Mary Roberts Rinehart,Neith Boyce,Owen Wister,Rabindranath Tagore,W.C. Morrow,WILHELM HAUFF

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Big Book of Best Short Stories: Volume 15

By: Anthony Hope Hawkins,E. Pauline Johnson,Harvey Jerrold O'Higgins,John Fox Jr.,Mary Roberts Rinehart,Neith Boyce,Owen Wister,Rabindranath Tagore,W.C. Morrow,WILHELM HAUFF

This book contains 70 short stories from 10 classic, prize-winning and noteworthy authors. The stories were carefully selected by the critic August Nemo, in a collection that will please the literature lovers. For more exciting titles, be sure to check out our 7 Best Short Stories and Essential Novelists collections. This book contains: W. C. Morrow: - His Unconquerable Enemy. - A Game Of Honor. - The Resurrection Of Little Wang Tai. - Two Singular Men. - The Faithful Amulet. - Over An Absinthe Bottle. - The Hero Of The Plague.Wilhelm Hauff: - The Severed Hand. - The Cold Heart. - The Little Glass Man. - The Story Of The Caliph Stork. - The Story Of Little Muck. - Nose, The Dwarf. - How The Stories Were Found.Rabindranath Tagore: - The Cabuliwallah. - The Home-Coming. - Onde There Was A King. - The Child's Return. - Master Mashai. - Subha. - The Postmaster.Owen Wister: - The Jimmyjohn Boss. - A Kinsman of Red Cloud. - Sharon's Choice. - Napoleon Shave-Tail. - Twenty Minutes for Refreshments. - The Promised Land. - Hank's Woman.Neith Boyce: - Two Women. - Sophia. - Molly. - The Blue Hood. - Love in a Dutch Garden. - Navidad. - The Mother.Mary Roberts Rinehart: - Affinities. - The Family Friend. - Clara's Little Escapade. - The Borrowed House. - Sauce For The Gander. - Twenty-Two. - Jane.John Fox Jr: - On Hell-Fer-Sartain Creek. - Through The Gap. - A Trick O' Trade. - Grayson's Baby. - Courtin' On Cutshin. - The Message In The Sand. - The Senator's Last Trade.Harvey Jerrold O'Higgins: - Silent Sam. - His Mother. - In The Matter Of Art. - Tammany's Tithes. - The Devil's Doings. - The Hired Man. - Larkin.E. Pauline Johnson: - The Shagganappi. - A Red Girl's Reasoning. - The King's Coin. - The Derelict. - Little Wolf-Willow. - Her Majesty's Guest. - The Brotherhood.Anthony Hope: - The Adventure of Lady Ursula. - Aspirations—Explanations. - A Cut and a Kiss. - Promising. - Imagination. - Uncle John and the Rubies. - Lucifera.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

1240

Publisher

Tacet Books

Published Date

ISBN 10

8577777006

ISBN 13

9788577777006

Sand Lake

By: Mary D. French,Robert J. Lilly

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Sand Lake

By: Mary D. French,Robert J. Lilly

Sand Lake Township lies just south of Troy and east of Albany. This community was a center of water-powered industry in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Dams on Crystal, Glass, and Burden Lakes provided waterpower for mills along the Wynantskill and finally for the largest waterwheel in North America at Burden Iron Works in Troy. When the railway arrived, the township with its seven lakes and numerous hotels blossomed into a tourist destination. In Sand Lake you will find Dr. Smith Boughton as "Big Thunder" in the Anti-Rent Wars of the mid-1800s, coded messages issued from church pulpits for transporting slaves via the Underground Railroad, Uline's Infallible Remedy cure-all, the Park Pharmacy soda fountain manned by teenager (later comedian) Jerry Lewis, and Gov. Theodore Roosevelt at Brown's Crooked Lake House.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

134

Publisher

Arcadia Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

0738505404

ISBN 13

9780738505404

Flannery O'Connor

A Girl Who Knew Her Own Mind

By: Mary Carpenter

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Flannery O'Connor

A Girl Who Knew Her Own Mind

By: Mary Carpenter

In her biography of writer Flannery O’Connor (1925–1964, née Mary Flannery), Mary Carpenter introduces young readers to one of the most renowned American authors. With an accessible style of writing, Flannery O’Connor gives younger readers an overview of O’Connor’s life and examines the influences, such as her family, region, and education, that helped her become one of the most respected fiction writers of the twentieth century. In a frank but age-appropriate manner, Carpenter discusses the writer’s rural southern upbringing, her relationship to race, her chronic lupus, and her Catholic faith. The book will appeal to younger (nine- to ten-year-old) readers with sophisticated interests along with, and maybe more importantly, those older middle-school students who are not yet skillful readers and who thus often search with difficulty for interesting topics presented in books of a shorter length than most written for that age group. Mary Flannery’s life is inspirational. Her childhood in Savannah, Georgia, was both difficult and privileged. During the Great Depression, her father had to leave home to find work and then became very ill. Later in small-town Milledgeville, Georgia, Flannery lived with her mother and an extended family of strong women. Flannery’s ability to know her mind at an early age helped her build an artistic reputation starting in high school. Through her fiction, she went on to become a role model for unconventional girls everywhere and for anyone who dreams of becoming a writer.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

106

Publisher

University of Georgia Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

082036049X

ISBN 13

9780820360492

Edwidge Danticat

A Companion to the Young Adult Literature

By: Mary Ellen Snodgrass

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Edwidge Danticat

A Companion to the Young Adult Literature

By: Mary Ellen Snodgrass

A comet in the mounting firmament of third-world, non-white, female writers, Edwidge Danticat stands apart. An accomplished trilingual children's and YA author, she is also an activist, op-ed and cinema writer, and keynote speaker. Much of her work introduces the world to the cultural uniqueness of Haiti, the first black republic, and the elements of African heritage, language, and Vodou that continue to color all aspects of the island's art and self-expression. This companion provides an in-depth look into the world and writings of Danticat through A-Z entries. These entries cover both her works and the prevalent themes of her writing, including colonialism, slavery, superstition, adaptation, dreams and coming of age. It also provides a biography of Danticat, a list of 32 aphorisms from her fiction, a guide to the names and histories of the real places in her fiction, lesson planning aids, and a robust glossary offering translations and definitions for the many Creole, French, Japanese, Latin, Spanish, and Taino terms in Danticat's writing.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

282

Publisher

McFarland

Published Date

ISBN 10

1476687153

ISBN 13

9781476687155

The Blue Ridge Tunnel

A Remarkable Engineering Feat in Antebellum Virginia

By: Mary E. Lyons

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Blue Ridge Tunnel

A Remarkable Engineering Feat in Antebellum Virginia

By: Mary E. Lyons

The true story of the construction of the historic Crozet railroad tunnel—as seen through the eyes of three Irish immigrant families who helped build it. In one of the greatest engineering feats of the time, Claudius Crozet led the completion of Virginia’s Blue Ridge Tunnel in 1858. More than a century and a half later, the tunnel stands as a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark, but the stories and lives of those who built it are the true lasting triumph. Irish immigrants fleeing the Great Hunger poured into America resolved to find something to call their own. They would persevere through life in overcrowded shanties and years of blasting through rock to see the tunnel to completion. In this intriguing history, Mary E. Lyons follows three Irish families in their struggle to build Crozet’s famed tunnel—and their American dream. Includes photos and illustrations

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

247

Publisher

Arcadia Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

1625849524

ISBN 13

9781625849526

Book's by Mary Connors

Username

Password

Password again

Birthday

Email