Pollyanne

Author: Eleanor H. Porter
Publisher: Modernista
ISBN: 9180948677
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 196

Book Description
In a small New England town, a young orphan named Pollyanna arrives to live with her strict and austere Aunt Polly. Despite the challenges she faces, Pollyanna brings her optimistic outlook on life, teaching the townspeople the power of positivity through her »Glad Game«, where she finds something to be glad about in every situation. Through Pollyanna's unwavering belief in finding the good in every circumstance, the novel inspires readers to adopt a similar mindset and approach to life's challenges. ELEANOR H. PORTER [1868-1920] was an American novelist. She garnered great success with her children’s books about the ever optimistic Pollyanna, the first of which was the second best selling novel in the United States in 1914.

Pollyanne

Author: Sarah Oliver
Publisher: Sphere
ISBN: 1405511575
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 110

Book Description
John McLaren has dedicated his life to rescuing mistreated donkeys. When he finds Pollyanne at a livestock auction - unloved and horribly frail - he knows immediately that if he doesn't take her home to the sanctuary he has made his life's work, she stands little chance of surviving. John soon discovers that despite her terrible start in life, Pollyanne has the X factor: she is destined for more than the local nativity play. The bright lights of the West End beckon and before long, Pollyanne is appearing onstage with opera's biggest stars. She may have hit the animal A-list, but Pollyanne's no diva. When the curtain comes down, there's nowhere she'd rather be than at home with John and her four-legged friends. Sarah Oliver's Pollyanne is a heart-warming true story of unconditional love - and a Little Donkey with star quality.

Following the Sun

Author: Roberta Edwards
Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers
ISBN: 1528983734
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 286

Book Description
In this delightful tale, we follow the journey of Rolley, a young man who contentedly tends to his market garden alongside his quirky group of animal friends. There’s old Tom, the wise companion, and Fisse, the cat with a crooked zig-zag tail, a unique feature she’s had since birth. Hess, the loyal dog, sports a torn ear from a puppy mishap with a briar and proudly wears a sky-blue scarf. Abigail, the resilient chicken, has lost a toe to infection, while Crunch, the goat, stands tall with a single horn. One fateful morning, they awaken to a world devoid of warmth and light, as the Sun has decided to relocate to the other side of the globe, fed up with the clouds’ constant taunting and obstruction of his rays. Determined to bring back the Sun, Rolley and his eclectic group of friends embark on a quest to follow it. Along their whimsical journey, they encounter mischievous witches, dastardly knights, and even a fearsome dragon.

Bitzy's Story

Author: JessieMay Kessler
Publisher: Gatekeeper Press
ISBN: 1662921306
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 283

Book Description
Imagine sitting in a doctor's office, your sick five-year-old child or grandchild is wiggling in the chair beside you. The doctor says, "I'm sorry to inform you, but the only cure for this little heart is six months of total bed rest, no getting up for toys or the toilet." Your first thought flashes: 'Is she going to die? How on earth can I keep a five-year-old that quiet?' 'How sick is sick?' And then, the lighter questions; 'Can he run and play again?' 'Will she ever get well? Open Bitzy's Story and read how Bitzy tells you she heard this conversation. Like many cancer children of today, she absorbed the doctor's fears and your parental fears. She tells you what she went through to get better. Bitzy recovered from the physical illness, but the emotional legacy has haunted her for a lifetime. This simple tale achieves its depth from the therapist's notes accompanying most chapters. At the end of each chapter, the adult and trained therapist, Bitzy, explains the emotional damage that evolved from her family's heritage and the handling of her illness. Bitzy's Story demonstrates a fascinating method of healing wounds from childhood trauma and gives insights into how to handle your sick child, help a friend struggling with their child's illness, or why your family environment changed drastically when your sibling became very ill.

Outlander 8-Book Bundle

Author: Diana Gabaldon
Publisher: Anchor Canada
ISBN: 038568021X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 4595

Book Description
Diana Gabaldon’s acclaimed Outlander series blends rich historical fiction with riveting adventure and a truly epic love story. Now, with this convenient eight-volume eBook bundle, discover the novels that have won Gabaldon millions of fans and introduced readers to the brilliant Claire Randall and valiant Highlander Jamie Fraser. “Great fun . . . marvelous and fantastic adventures, romance, sex . . . perfect escape reading.” —San Francisco Chronicle, on Outlander The year is 1946. Claire Randall is a British ex-combat nurse on a postwar second honeymoon with her husband in the Scottish Highlands. Walking alone one afternoon, she passes through a circle of standing stones and is hurled back in time to a Scotland simmering with war in the year of our Lord 1743. Catapulted into an intrigue of rival clans and rising armies that threatens her life, she’s obliged to wed James Fraser, a gallant young Scots warrior, as the only way to survive. Thus begins a series of unrivaled storytelling that has become a modern classic. This bundle includes: OUTLANDER DRAGONFLY IN AMBER VOYAGER DRUMS OF AUTUMN THE FIERY CROSS A BREATH OF SNOW AND ASHES AN ECHO IN THE BONE THE CUSTOM OF THE ARMY (E-NOVELLA) “Diana Gabaldon is a born storyteller . . . the pages practically turn themselves.” —The Arizona Republic, on Dragonfly in Amber “A feast for ravenous readers of eighteenth-century Scottish history, heroism, and romance.” —Kirkus Reviews, on Outlander

Die Laughing

Author: Jerry Rannow
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1453599096
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 183

Book Description
"Hollywood comedy writer Springer McKay is summoned to serve as jokewriter for the President of the United States, hes President King Morgans Secretary of Schtick. When someone slips strychnine in Vice President Dakin Hinchs drink everyone in the White House is suspectall had motive and opportunity, but who was unhinged enough to commit murder? Springer investigates while fingers of guilt point at President Morgan due to his sudden erratic behavior. At the annual Gridiron Dinner the President goes totally haywire and, doing a dead-on impression of Groucho Marx, hurls insults at the whistle-asses in Congress and the media. The FBI concludes the President went mad and is responsible for the murdercase closed. Springers not so sure. Jokes and intrigue follow in this hilarious tale of Murder, Washington-Style."

On Gold Mountain

Author: Lisa See
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 1101910089
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 466

Book Description
From the bestselling author of The Island of Sea Women, here is the true story of the one-hundred-year-odyssey of the author’s Chinese-American family, combining years of research with “fascinating family anecdotes, imaginative details, and the historical details of immigrant life” (Amy Tan, bestselling author of The Joy Luck Club). "As engagingly readable as any novel." —Los Angeles Times Book Review In 1867, Lisa See's great-great-grandfather arrived in America, where he prescribed herbal remedies to immigrant laborers who were treated little better than slaves. His son Fong See later built a mercantile empire and married a Caucasian woman, in spite of laws prohibiting interracial marriage. Lisa herself grew up playing in her family's antiques store in Los Angeles's Chinatown, listening to stories of missionaries and prostitutes, movie stars and Chinese baseball teams. See’s family history encompasses secret marriages, entrepreneurial genius, romance, racism, and much more, as two distinctly different cultures meet in a new world in this “lovingly rendered…vivid tableau of a family and an era” (People).

The Outlander Series 7-Book Bundle

Author: Diana Gabaldon
Publisher: Dell
ISBN: 0345541103
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 4519

Book Description
Diana Gabaldon’s acclaimed Outlander series blends rich historical fiction with riveting adventure and a truly epic love story. Now, with this convenient seven-volume eBook bundle, discover the novels that have won Gabaldon millions of fans and introduced readers to the brilliant Claire Randall and valiant Highlander Jamie Fraser. “Great fun . . . marvelous and fantastic adventures, romance, sex . . . perfect escape reading.”—San Francisco Chronicle, on Outlander The year is 1946. Claire Randall is a British ex-combat nurse on a postwar second honeymoon with her husband in the Scottish Highlands. Walking alone one afternoon, she passes through a circle of standing stones and is hurled back in time to a Scotland simmering with war in the year of our Lord 1743. Catapulted into an intrigue of rival clans and rising armies that threatens her life, she’s obliged to wed Jamie Fraser, a gallant young Scots warrior, as the only way to survive. Thus begins a series of unrivaled storytelling that has become a modern classic. This bundle includes: OUTLANDER DRAGONFLY IN AMBER VOYAGER DRUMS OF AUTUMN THE FIERY CROSS A BREATH OF SNOW AND ASHES AN ECHO IN THE BONE “Diana Gabaldon is a born storyteller . . . the pages practically turn themselves.”—The Arizona Republic, on Dragonfly in Amber “A feast for ravenous readers of eighteenth-century Scottish history, heroism, and romance.”—Kirkus Reviews, on Outlander

Drums of Autumn

Author: Diana Gabaldon
Publisher: Dell
ISBN: 0440335175
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1230

Book Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The fourth book in Diana Gabaldon’s acclaimed Outlander saga, the basis for the Starz original series. “Unforgettable characters . . . richly embroidered with historical detail.”—The Cincinnati Post What if you knew someone you loved was going to die? What if you thought you could save them? How much would you risk to try? Claire Randall has gone to find Jamie Fraser, the man she loved more than life, and has left half her heart behind with their daughter, Brianna. Claire gave up Jamie to save Brianna, and now Bree has sent her mother back to the mysterious Scottish warrior who was willing to give his life to save them both. But a chilling discovery in the pages of history suggests that Jamie and Claire’s story doesn’t have a happy ending. Brianna dares a terrifying leap into the unknown in search of her mother and the father she has never met, risking her own future to try to change history . . . and to save their lives. But as Brianna plunges into an uncharted wilderness, a heartbreaking encounter may strand her forever in the past . . . or root her in the place she should be, where her heart and soul belong.

The Outlandish Companion (Revised and Updated)

Author: Diana Gabaldon
Publisher: Delacorte Press
ISBN: 1101887281
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 608

Book Description
Perfect for readers of the bestselling Outlander novels—and don’t miss The Outlandish Companion Volume Two! #1 New York Times bestselling author Diana Gabaldon has captivated millions of readers with her critically acclaimed Outlander novels, the inspiration for the Starz original series. From the moment Claire Randall stepped through a standing stone circle and was thrown back in time to the year 1743—and into a world that threatens life, limb, loyalty, heart, soul, and everything else Claire has—readers have been hungry to know everything about this world and its inhabitants, particularly a Scottish soldier named Jamie Fraser. In this beautifully illustrated compendium of all things Outlandish, Gabaldon covers the first four novels of the main series, including: • full synopses of Outlander, Dragonfly in Amber, Voyager, and Drums of Autumn • a complete listing of the characters (fictional and historical) in the first four novels in the series, as well as family trees and genealogical notes • a comprehensive glossary and pronunciation guide to Gaelic terms and usage • The Gabaldon Theory of Time Travel, explained • frequently asked questions to the author and her (sometimes surprising) answers • an annotated bibliography • essays about medicine and magic in the eighteenth century, researching historical fiction, creating characters, and more • professionally cast horoscopes for Jamie and Claire • the making of the TV series: how we got there from here, and what happened next (including “My Brief Career as a TV Actor”) • behind-the-scenes photos from the Outlander TV series set For anyone who wants to spend more time with the Outlander characters and the world they inhabit, Diana Gabaldon here opens a door through the standing stones and offers a guided tour of what lies within.