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Heal Me Gently

A New Adult Contemporary Romance Novel

By: Kelly Violet

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Heal Me Gently

A New Adult Contemporary Romance Novel

By: Kelly Violet

A year he wanted to erase… Zion Wallace was slowly wasting away. An accident left him a broken and powerless man, proving just how much things were truly out of his control. When his well-meaning parents took a decision out of his hands, he came face to face with the one person he couldn’t turn his back on. The two of them were like fire and ice. She pushed him, and he pushed right back. And apparently, it was exactly what he’d been waiting for. Too bad she would never want to be with a man like him. A lesson she learned the hard way... Abigail Suarez was getting her life back on track. A recent break-up proved that she couldn’t give her trust to just anyone. She left that life behind in order to reclaim herself. Now, she had a job she loved and new motivation to pursue her dreams. But someone from her past had other ideas. With her newest client doing everything to knock her off her game, she needed to think outside the box. Most importantly, she had to protect her heart because, when his defenses were down, he was quite irresistible. Can they get their acts together before it’s too late? Because love creeps in with little notice and after you’ve written it off for good... Heal Me Gently is the third book in the Reawakening Series. This is a full-length contemporary new adult romance novel with all the angst. Get ready to follow this group of friends as they tackle tough issues and love, all at the same time.

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Pump Up the Violet Publishing

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0999704893

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The Secret Prince

A Knightley Academy Book

By: Violet Haberdasher

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The Secret Prince

A Knightley Academy Book

By: Violet Haberdasher

Fourteen-year-old orphan Henry Grim's schooling at the prestigious Knightley Academy continues, as he and some friends discover an old classroom filled with forgotten weapons which lead them into a dangerous adventure.

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Simon and Schuster

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1416991468

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9781416991465

Dasha

By: Violet J. Weiner

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Dasha

By: Violet J. Weiner

History has proven that the poor fight the battles for the wealthy. The wealthy finance the wars to protect their property and lifestyle, but little is written about the real warriors of time who were the families left behind to survive on their own. This is the basis behind creating Dasha and her family, for they are all of us. Dasha was a fourteen-year-old Russian immigrant when she came to America in the 1930s. She marries and has six children before throwing her husband out. The story of her life as a single mother is told by Leni, her youngest daughter, who describes her childhood growing up in Brooklyn during the Depression and World War II. This astounding novel looks at the life of an immigrant who came to America during some of the hardest times in our history, how she faced her demons, and how her children survived. About the Author Violet J. Weiner pursued a creative life after her grandchild was born. She registered in UCLA's creative writing program and was probably the oldest person in her classes. She was also the most insecure, for everyone was on a computer, while she was still using a pen and notebook. Born in Brooklyn, she lived most of her adult life in upstate New York, "but I carried Brooklyn with me wherever I went, for its character and defined street smarts." She worked in an elementary school in upstate New York as an assistant to the principal with 750 children to educate, which was a great time in my life. Publisher's website: http: //sbprabooks.com/VioletJWeiner

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Strategic Book Publishing

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1628572485

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9781628572483

A Fish Has No Word For Water

A punk homeless San Francisco

By: Violet Blue

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A Fish Has No Word For Water

A punk homeless San Francisco

By: Violet Blue

Her mother was a hacker-for-hire and drug dealer to Silicon Valley's elite; after everything went wrong she was homeless and alone on San Francisco streets at the age of thirteen. Fleeing her mother's life on the run from a double-crossed cartel and fresh out of witness protection, she joined Silicon Valley's children foraging food from San Francisco's trash cans and sleeping in abandoned cars -- while tech's earliest generations of workers partied, broke laws, and spat on homeless kids begging for spare change under the glow of tech's latest creations. A Fish Has No Word For Water is a memoir about what it's really like for homeless kids, the strength of chosen family, and a hard love letter to San Francisco. This memoir of survival unflinchingly shows Silicon Valley's children begging in the shadows of tech's shining towers, the surprising care circles formed by adults in San Francisco's LGBTQ community, and a city that is a mosaic of technologies and peoples that should not be together, but are. It upends stereotypes about children who survive abuse, young sex workers, LGBTQ youth, resilience in the face of immense grief and trauma, and how communities form to overcome some of the deadliest forms of discrimination. It reveals to readers that there was never a case for tech's shine in the first place. Most of all, it is a story of tremendous resilience and how we can remake trauma into an invitation to be part of a larger world.

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Digita Publications

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098622667X

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9780986226670

What We Can't Have: Hollywood Hot Shots

By: Selina Violet

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What We Can't Have: Hollywood Hot Shots

By: Selina Violet

The right song can touch your soul… Becoming a songwriter was never on Sydney Campbell’s radar. No; she chose a music major to one day inspire children as an educator. But all that changed when she met him… Paired together on an important assignment, Austin Mitchell—the country star wannabe—quickly becomes the bane of her existence. Majoring in partying, his carefree attitude causes the duo to clash at every turn. Despite the tension, they make beautiful music together, creating a song powerful enough to change the trajectory of their lives… Forced together, the two battle to cope with their budding attraction as they struggle to navigate the pitfalls of the Los Angeles music industry. Working as a team allows them to grow closer, however, outside forces keep them from fully committing to the partnership. And Austin’s carousing, along with his revolving door of one-night stands, doesn’t help Sydney trust his dedication. The opportunity of a lifetime hangs in the balance. Will they finally sync to become stars? Or will Austin’s actions make them just a one-hit wonder? Hollywood Hot Shots is the first installment in the What We Can’t Have Trilogy. This story is a spicy, contemporary, opposites-attract novel featuring a curvy heroine and tortured hero that you can’t help but fall for. If you like compelling characters, light drama, and spicy scenes, then you’ll adore Selina Violet’s coming-of-age adventure.

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Violet Publishing, Inc.

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1735580449

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9781735580449

Mountain Blossoms

By: Violet June Richardson

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Mountain Blossoms

By: Violet June Richardson

Katie and Dolly are two lively girls in Tumbling Creek in the mountains of Virginia. A story of a time and place long gone that will bring joy and a sense of nostalgia.

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AuthorHouse

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1434318788

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Build Your House Around My Body

A Novel

By: Violet Kupersmith

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Build Your House Around My Body

A Novel

By: Violet Kupersmith

Part puzzle, part revenge tale, part ghost story, this ingenious novel spins half a century of Vietnamese history and folklore into “a thrilling read, acrobatic and filled with verve” (The New York Times Editors’ Choice). FINALIST FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION’S FIRST NOVEL PRIZE • LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION • ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review, NPR, Good Housekeeping, Kirkus Reviews “Fiction as daring and accomplished as Violet Kupersmith’s first novel reignites my love of the form and its kaleidoscopic possibilities.”—David Mitchell, author of Cloud Atlas Two young women go missing decades apart. Both are fearless, both are lost. And both will have their revenge. 1986: The teenage daughter of a wealthy Vietnamese family loses her way in an abandoned rubber plantation while fleeing her angry father and is forever changed. 2011: A young, unhappy Vietnamese American woman disappears from her new home in Saigon without a trace. The fates of these two women are inescapably linked, bound together by past generations, by ghosts and ancestors, by the history of possessed bodies and possessed lands. Alongside them, we meet a young boy who is sent to a boarding school for the métis children of French expatriates, just before Vietnam declares its independence from colonial rule; two Frenchmen who are trying to start a business with the Vietnam War on the horizon; and the employees of the Saigon Spirit Eradication Co., who find themselves investigating strange occurrences in a farmhouse on the edge of a forest. Each new character and timeline brings us one step closer to understanding what binds them all. Build Your House Around My Body takes us from colonial mansions to ramshackle zoos, from sweaty nightclubs to the jostling seats of motorbikes, from ex-pat flats to sizzling back-alley street carts. Spanning more than fifty years of Vietnamese history and barreling toward an unforgettable conclusion, this is a time-traveling, heart-pounding, border-crossing fever dream of a novel that will haunt you long after the last page.

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Random House

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0679645152

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The Celebrity at Home

By: Violet Hunt

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The Celebrity at Home

By: Violet Hunt

This early work by Violet Hunt was originally published in 1904 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'The Celebrity at Home' is a novel by the author of 'A Hard Woman'. Isobel Violet Hunt was born on 28th September 1862 in Durham, England. Hunt covered several literary forms, including short stories, novels, memoirs, and biographies. Her first published work was her novel 'The Maiden's Progress' (1894) which fell into the New Woman genre and represented her ideals as an active feminist. These political views led to her founding the Women Writer's Suffrage League in 1908. Feminism however, was by no means her only subject matter, with works like 'Tales of the Uneasy' (1911) being a collection of supernatural fiction short stories. Although Hunt produced many works, her reputation is as much for the literary salons she held at her home in Campden Hill as it is for her writing. She would entertain guests such as Rebecca West, Ezra Pound, Joseph Conrad, D. H. Lawrence, and other important writers of the time.

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Read Books Ltd

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1473374162

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9781473374164

Four White Horses and a Brass Band

True Confessions from the World of Medicine Shows, Pitchmen, Chumps, Suckers, Fixers, and Shills

By: Violet McNeal

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Four White Horses and a Brass Band

True Confessions from the World of Medicine Shows, Pitchmen, Chumps, Suckers, Fixers, and Shills

By: Violet McNeal

Violet McNeal ran away from her family’s rural Minnesota farm in the late 1880s and fell under the spell of conman and patent medicine “doctor” Will Archimbauld who hooked her on opium and promises of fame and fortune. Violet soon learned to become Princess Lotus Blossom and was the best pitchman, nostrum seller, and conwoman to roam the west in a torch-lit wagon. Four White Horses and a Brass Band is Violet’s story of life on the road with the medicine show and reveal the secrets of conman’s trade. Sick and nearly dead with addiction by age 30, she submits to the tortures of withdrawal and the “cure” to create a new life. First published in 1947, the Feral House edition features an extensive afterword on the history of the patent medicine trade and evolution of the lure of miracle cures and healers. Also included are a glossary of the grifter’s cant and samples of scripts used by Violet and other infamous “doctors”.

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Feral House

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1627310932

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9781627310932

Christmas Kisses

A sweet holiday story

By: Judith Keim,Ev Bishop,Tammy L. Grace,Violet Howe,Tess Thompson

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Christmas Kisses

A sweet holiday story

By: Judith Keim,Ev Bishop,Tammy L. Grace,Violet Howe,Tess Thompson

Random circumstances brought them together. Love made them family. Hailey Kirby plans to spend a wonderful Christmas holiday at the Cedar Mountain Lodge with her family, celebrating her sister’s wedding as Maid of Honor. Things go awry when the wedding is called off. Hoping to comfort her sister, her mother and three sisters decide to go ahead with their winter vacation plans at the Lodge. Hailey works in town as the children’s librarian, and under the pen name of Lee Merriweather is secretly the author and illustrator of picture books. Young children adore the stories of Charlie and his dog, Zeke, including Regan, the niece of Nick Hensley, a rock star musician who’s recently moved back to Granite Ridge. When he reaches out to the author to seek permission to write songs to go with the stories, Hailey is forced to confess who she is and the painful reason why she’s been hiding behind a pseudonym. As Hailey and Nick put their creative minds together, they form a friendship that quickly grows to much more. Hailey learns to trust and discovers some chances in life are worth taking. If you’re a fan of small towns, heartwarming holiday stories, and second chances, along with a few furry friends, you’ll fall in love with Hailey and her soul sisters in CHRISTMAS KISSES, Book 2 of Soul Sisters at Cedar Mountain Lodge, from bestselling author Judith Keim. Don’t miss a Soul Sisters book - download them all today! Book 1: Christmas Sisters – perma-FREE prologue book Book 2: Christmas Kisses by Judith Keim Book 3: Christmas Wishes by Tammy L. Grace Book 4: Christmas Hope by Violet Howe Book 5: Christmas Dreams by Ev Bishop Book 6: Christmas Rings by Tess Thompson More Books by Judith Keim The Beach House Hotel Series, The Salty Key Inn Series, The Hartwell Women, The Seashell Cottage Books and more… Holiday Fiction, Christmas Fiction, Contemporary Romance, Contemporary Women's romance, Sweet and wholesome fiction, Family Fiction, Sisters Fiction, Foster children, Dachshund puppy

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Wild Quail Publishing

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1732749493

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9781732749498

All Her Steps

By: Violet Brady-Moore

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All Her Steps

By: Violet Brady-Moore

This is a novel that chronicles Sydney's steps and missteps in this odyssey called life.

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Lulu.com

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1105209695

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9781105209697

The Frangipani Hotel

Fiction

By: Violet Kupersmith

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The Frangipani Hotel

Fiction

By: Violet Kupersmith

An extraordinarily compelling debut—ghost stories that grapple with the legacy of the Vietnam War A beautiful young woman appears fully dressed in an overflowing bathtub at the Frangipani Hotel in Hanoi. A jaded teenage girl in Houston befriends an older Vietnamese gentleman she discovers naked behind a dumpster. A trucker in Saigon is asked to drive a dying young man home to his village. A plump Vietnamese-American teenager is sent to her elderly grandmother in Ho Chi Minh City to lose weight, only to be lured out of the house by the wafting aroma of freshly baked bread. In these evocative and always surprising stories, the supernatural coexists with the mundane lives of characters who struggle against the burdens of the past. Based on traditional Vietnamese folk tales told to Kupersmith by her grandmother, these fantastical, chilling, and thoroughly contemporary stories are a boldly original exploration of Vietnamese culture, addressing both the immigrant experience and the lives of those who remained behind. Lurking in the background of them all is a larger ghost—that of the Vietnam War, whose legacy continues to haunt us. Violet Kupersmith’s voice is an exciting addition to the landscape of American fiction. With tremendous depth and range, her stories transcend their genre to make a wholly original statement about the postwar experience. Praise for The Frangipani Hotel “[A] subversively clever debut collection . . . These stories—playful, angry, at times legitimately scary—demonstrate a subtlety of purpose that belies [Kupersmith’s] youth.”—The New York Times Book Review “Magical, beautiful, modern stories, all based on traditional Vietnamese folktales, [The Frangipani Hotel] invokes the ghosts of the land that was left behind.”—San Francisco Chronicle “[A] sparkling debut . . . playful and wise, an astonishing feat for a young writer.”—Chicago Tribune “A series of short stories that are as fresh as they are mesmerizing, The Frangipani Hotel will haunt you long after the last words have drifted off the page.”—Lisa See “Auspicious . . . wildly energetic.”—Elle “Enthralling stories . . . teeming with detail and personality.”—Asian Review of Books “Chilling and lovely . . . Kupersmith has combined traditional storytelling with a post-modern sense of anxiety and darkness, and the result is captivating.”—Bookreporter “The stories shimmer with life. . . . Kupersmith [is] one to watch.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

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Random House

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0679645144

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9780679645146

The Presence of Mind

By: Rosalina Violet Accrosience

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The Presence of Mind

By: Rosalina Violet Accrosience

I am not absentminded. It is the presence of mind that makes me unaware of everything else.' G.K. Chesterton The Presence of Mind follows the delightfully dysfunctional and thoroughly creepy Rosalina. Here was a little girl with only her x-rated Mind for company; her not-so-imaginary imaginary friend. A donation of 75p from the sale of every book and e-book will go to charities working with children with mental health problems.

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147166080X

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If You Only Believe

A Blessed Collection of Spiritual Tales

By: Violet E. Holland

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If You Only Believe

A Blessed Collection of Spiritual Tales

By: Violet E. Holland

If You Only Believe, a collection of fourteen spiritual tales, traces the personal journeys of men and women, young and old, through life changing experiences that test and confirm their faith. These stories take place in what author Violet Holland calls the "Land of Believe," an era of innocence where men, women and children face what seem to be insurmountable obstacles, but who ultimately find their way and learn powerful lessons about life and the human spirit. Join a host of memorable characters whose personalities will win your heart, who will inspire and teach you that even the most hopeless circumstance can be overcome with love, faith, courage and understanding. These characters and stories also encourage us to live life fully and joyfully, and celebrate the richness of biblical teachings, regardless of our age, life situation or belief.

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iUniverse

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0595256562

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9780595256563

A Gossamer Cord

A Medley of Short Stories

By: Violet Grayson

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A Gossamer Cord

A Medley of Short Stories

By: Violet Grayson

Love is a gossamer cord that links humanity and inspires us to care for each other and for the animals entrusted to us. It's fragile but if true may be stretched to the limit and become frayed but won't break. Ordinary people sometimes live through extraordinary events that change their lives. A Gossamer Cord isn't about caricatures or superhumans but persons who are simply trying to live and love, be happy and be loved.

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Trafford Publishing

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1426949154

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9781426949159

What We Can't Have: Lessons in Life and Love

By: Selina Violet

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What We Can't Have: Lessons in Life and Love

By: Selina Violet

Austin and Sydney made beautiful music together once. Now they are living separate lives. Austin continues to work as a songwriter, but he branches out into the restaurant industry with his own special brand of BBQ. Sydney spends some time traveling with Samson and settles in Indiana with her friend Micky's family. She also faces the reality of being a single mom. They experience the ups and downs of life without the support of each other. Will they find a way to reconnect?

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Violet Publishing, Inc.

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1735580465

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9781735580463

The Phantom in the Footlights

By: Violet Howe

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The Phantom in the Footlights

By: Violet Howe

The starring role in this production goes to the phantom, and he may close the curtains for good… When film star Sloane Reid decides to audition for Cedar Creek’s new community theater, she hopes to recapture her love for the stage and connect with her local community. But before the first rehearsal can even begin, a series of strange occurrences threatens to shut down the show. As Sloane becomes more deeply entangled in a web of deception, betrayal, and criminal activity, it doesn’t take her long to realize the supernatural being she’s battling may not be the only threat she’s up against. Can the former Spectral Slayer figure out how to appease The Phantom in the Footlights before the secrets of the past bring about a deadly curtain call? This third volume in Cedar Creek Mysteries continues Sloane’s transformation from globe-trotting celebrity to small-town heroine. The Phantom in the Footlights offers romance, mystery, danger, and intrigue, all with the help of a ghost or two!

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Charbar Productions LLC

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1732121575

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9781732121577

One Story a Day for Science

Book 3 for March

By: Kara Cybanski,Margaret Hoogeveen,Violet Hughes,Leonard Judge

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One Story a Day for Science

Book 3 for March

By: Kara Cybanski,Margaret Hoogeveen,Violet Hughes,Leonard Judge

Where science meets storytelling, you'll find One Story a Day for Science, a collection of 365 stories each focused on a different scientific concept ranging from the wonders of nature to diseases, historical figures to tech advances, endangered animals to human DNA. Complete with thought-provoking questions and activities, this illustrated series is bound to inspire young readers to develop a keen interest in science while also practicing reading and comprehension abilities!

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DC Canada Education Publishing

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1772057746

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9781772057744

Flemington And Tales From Angus

By: Violet Jacob

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Flemington And Tales From Angus

By: Violet Jacob

Edited and introduced by Carol Anderson. ‘I think it is the best Scots romance since The Master of Ballantrae,’ said John Buchan when Flemington was first published in 1911. Violet Jacob’s fifth and finest novel is a tragic drama of the 1745 Jacobite Rising, tightly written, poetic in its symbolic intensity, lit by flashes of humour and informed by the author’s own family history as one of the Erskines of the House of Dun near Montrose. Drawn back to these roots in her later years, Violet Jacob also wrote many unforgettable short stories about the people, the landscapes and the language of the North-east. In this volume fourteen of these stories are re-collected and re-edited as Tales from Angus.

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Canongate Books

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1847675425

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9781847675422

Bunkie

By: Violet Brooke

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Bunkie

By: Violet Brooke

I wrote the book about my childhood; so that others may learn that it is not what you have but what you do with what is given in life to you and that God will bless you only if you ask.

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