Mary Miller
Author
Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Acerbic and ruefully funny, [this book] weaves tales of young women-- deeply flawed and intensely real-- who struggle to get out of their own way. They love to drink and have sex; they make bad decisions with men who either love them too much or too little; and they haunt a Southern terrain of gas stations, public pools, and dive bars. Though each character shoulders the weight of her own baggage-- whether it's a string of horrible exes, a boyfriend...
Author
Language
English
Description
A farmer's daughter from Scotland, Jane Haining went to work at the Scottish Jewish Mission School in Budapest in 1932, where she was a boarding school matron in charge of around fifty orphan girls. Jane was back in the UK on holiday when war broke out in 1939, but she immediately went back to Hungary to do all she could to protect the four hundred children at the school, most of them Jewish. She refused to leave in 1940, and again ignored orders...
3) Big World
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Language
English
Description
A short story collection full of powerful prose and remarkably genuine characters from the author of The Last Days of California
The characters in Mary Miller's debut short story collection, Big World, are at once autonomous and lonesome, possessing both a longing to connect with those around them and a cynicism regarding their ability to do so, whether they're holed up in a motel room in Pigeon Forge with an air-gun-shooting boyfriend, as in "Fast...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Mary Miller seizes the mantle of southern literature with this wry tale of middle age and the unexpected turns a life can take. Like her predecessors Ann Beattie and Raymond Carver, Mary Miller brings an essential voice to her generation. Building on her critically acclaimed novel, The Last Days of California, and her biting collection, Always Happy Hour, Miller slyly transports readers to her unapologetic corner of the South--this time, Biloxi,...
Author
Series
Jhonni Laurent ; 1
Publisher
Oceanview Publishing
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Two days after a blizzard hits Field{u2019}s Crossing, Indiana, Sheriff Jhonni Laurent discovers the frozen body of a high school senior under a fifteen-foot pile of snow and ice. Murder is rare in farm country, and this death marks the beginning of Jhonni{u2019} s first homicide case. Just as the investigation gets underway, Jhonni{u2019} s opponent for sheriff from four years ago wages a bitter reelection battle to oust her. Then, Jhonni finds...
Author
Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old Jess' beliefs falter when her evangelical father packs up the family, including her secretly pregnant older sister and her long-suffering mother, to travel across the country and save souls ahead of the anticipated end of the world.
Author
Language
English
Description
Belle W. Baruch (1899–1964) could outride, outshoot, outhunt, and outsail most of the young men of her elite social circle-abilities that distanced her from other debutantes of 1917. Unapologetic for her athleticism and interests in traditionally masculine pursuits, Baruch towered above male and female counterparts in height and daring. While she is known today for the wildlife conservation and biological research center on the South Carolina coast...
Author
Language
English
Description
How did the French Revolutionaries explain, justify, and understand the extraordinary violence of their revolution? In debating this question, historians have looked to a variety of eighteenth-century sources, from Rousseau's writings to Old Regime protest tactics. A Natural History of Revolution suggests that it is perhaps on a different shelf of the Enlightenment library that we might find the best clues for understanding the French Revolution:...
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Series
Language
English
Description
Please select the ONE BEST answer:
1. You are a medical student preparing to take the USMLE Step 1 exam. Which of the following best expresses your innermost thoughts?
(A) I hate multiple-choice exams.
(B) I wish there were a better way to prepare for the test.
(C) I know the material, but I don't do well on standardized exams.
(D) I worry about the consequences of not passing.
(E) All of the above.
Answer: E
The multiple-choice question...
Author
Language
English
Description
Using Life Insurance as a Wealth Planning Tool: A Comprehensive Guide" unveils the transformative potential of life insurance in building and safeguarding financial prosperity. This comprehensive guide is a roadmap crafted by seasoned financial experts to empower readers in harnessing the full spectrum of benefits that life insurance offers.Within these pages, readers embark on a transformative journey exploring various facets of life insurance as...
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Series
Language
English
Description
"Expanded and revised in its sixth edition, The Art of Mesoamerica surveys the artistic achievements of the high prehispanic civilizations of Central America--Olmec, Maya, Teotihuacan, Toltec, and Aztec--as well as those of their lesser-known contemporaries. Providing an in-depth examination of central works, this book guides readers through the most iconic palaces, pyramids, sculptures, and paintings. From the Olmec colossal head 5 recovered from...
15) Aimee
Author
Publisher
Dutton Books
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
After she is accused of playing a role in her best friend's death, a young woman battles depression, anger, guilt, loneliness, and the problems of her own family as well as those of the families of her old friends.
Author
Publisher
West Washington Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"This is the stranger-than-fiction saga of what my friend, bookseller Ben Arnold of Turnrow Books, calls "that crazy ass boat." He's encouraged me for a long time to write the whole story and my mother would certainly agree with him that it's a tale that needs to be told, with all its twists and turns and outrageous irony. I hope you'll find it as riveting and entertaining as I did on those long-gone days at Fort Pemberton." --
19) Upside down
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
1992.
Language
English
Description
When her mother starts dating the father of the local nerd, Sarah seeks the courage to accept the inevitable changes in her family and her life.
20) Handtalk school
Author
Publisher
Four Winds Press
Pub. Date
[1991]
Language
English
Description
Words and sign language depict a group of students involved in putting on a Thanksgiving play at a school for deaf children.