Records one woman's attempt to understand the complexities of human nature and life Author: L'Engle, Madeleine Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0374123748 ISBN-13: 9780374123741..
When Hannah MacLeod, established independently in Paris, the secrets of her past well hidden, takes pity on an Englishman who has been assaulted, a sinister train of events is set into motion Author: Brent, Madeleine Publisher: Fawcett Binding: mass_market Language: English ISBN-10: 0449206432 ISBN-..
After a tumultuous year in New York City, the Austins are spending the summer on the small island where their grandfather lives. Heâs very sick, and watching his condition deteriorate as the summer passes is almost more than Vicky can bear. To complicate matters, she finds herself as the center of a..
Flip feels miserable when she first arrives at boarding school in Switzerland. Then she finds a true friend in Paul. But as the two become more and more close, Flip learns that Paul has a mystery in his past and to help him discover the truth, she must put herself into serious danger.This new editio..
Madeleine Roux's New York Times bestselling Asylum is a thrilling and creepy photo-illustrated novel that Publishers Weekly called "a strong YA debut that reveals the enduring impact of buried trauma on a place."For sixteen-year-old Dan Crawford, the New Hampshire College Prep program is the chance ..
Product DescriptionFrom Barbie to the Internet, the Simpsons to the malls, this engaging book on pop culture can help readers develop writing skills while reading and thinking about subjects they find inherently interesting. It contains essays addressing pop culture topics along with suggestions for..
From the front flap of this 167 page book: "Seen in relation to the art of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot can be called a traditional Romantic, but he was also a vital force in the development of Impressionism. A painter of Claudesque landscapes, he was also a pr..
Describes an encounter in the desert when the animals came to a caravan campfire and danced with a child because fear was absent. Author: Madeleine L'Engle Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux Binding: Paperback Language: English ISBN-10: 0374416842 ISBN-13: 9780374416843..
"This is truly an exquisite book! story and words combine tocreate a mood that is wonderful, exotic, and magical, and which is memorable. ...The writing is tender, exciting, and dramatically moving. The artist has doe a superb job of capturing the gentled beasts of the desert as they appear in the g..
Assists academic staff to develop their effectiveness as teachers and improve their students' learning by giving practical guidelines and suggestions for teaching and a series of activities. Author: Atkins, Madeleine Publisher: Routledge Binding: Paperback Language: English ISBN-10: 0415036755 ISBN-..
Explores every aspect of medieval life as reflected in the food and the eating habits of the Middle Ages, at peasant's board and King's table, and provides recipes for medieval dishes Author: Cosman, Madeleine Pelner Publisher: George Braziller Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 080760832..
Meg, an Irish heiress kidnapped from her parents at a young age and raised by a tribe of aborigines in the Australian outback, enters the world of Victorian England and discovers a legacy of danger Author: Brent, Madeleine Publisher: Fawcett Binding: Paperback Language: English ISBN-10: 0449213897 I..
Mitji lived with the Aboriginal tribe for as long as she could remember, but with her white skin, thin nose, and red hair, she does not look like the rest of the tribe. As she nears womanhood, her oddness has made her an outcast and she must leave her people. She goes on a walkabout, in search of th..
“Richly detailed. . . an intimate portrait of a diplomat.” -New YorkerFrom the seven-time New York Times bestselling author and former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright-among history's most admired and tireless public servants-a revealing, funny, and inspiring reflection on the challenge of cont..
Written by successful career coach Lily Whiteman, who herself has climbed the federal career ladder and served as a hiring manager, this indispensable book is the ultimate guide to securing a job in government work. How to Land a Top-Paying Federal Job steers federal applicants through every stage o..
Emma, a young English orphan living in Jamaica, is married off to a local aristocrat, but disappointed and terrified by her marriage, she runs away to become a sea gypsy in the Caribbean Author: Brent, Madeleine Publisher: Doubleday Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0385145977 ISBN-13: 9..
“One of the most diverting political bios in recent memory.” -- Entertainment WeeklyRevised and updated with a new epilogue, Madam Secretary is the moving and inspiring memoir of one of the most distinguished public figures in American history, seven-time New York Times bestselling author and former..
Profiles the people and the cuisine of the mountainous southeastern region of France, discussing history and geography, as well as providing a full collection of recipes Author: Kamman, Madeleine Publisher: Atheneum Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0689119690 ISBN-13: 9780689119699..
This book was prepared to help nurses learn about the nature, purposes, and different kinds of approaches to qualitative research. The reader will be exposed in this book to several different kinds of qualitative research methods and modes of analysis that should stimulate further study, interest in..
“Jewelry isn’t ordinarily a tool of political persuasion, but in this beautiful book, Madeleine Albright, American ambassador to the United Nations and then the nation’s first female secretary of state, tells the compelling story of how these small objects became part of her ‘personal diplomatic ars..
Reading Popular Culture is an economical Penguin Academics thematic reader exploring a full range of topics in the field of contemporary popular culture from a variety of theoretical perspectives.This book takes up the most important general questions that arise from our immersion in the culture of ..
A poignant and insightful anthology of short fiction explores the lives and feelings of families torn apart by conflict between generations, cultures, and values in which characters desperately struggle to reconcile family loyalty with individual dreams and desires, in such works as "House," "Dispat..
Stranger at Wildings by Madeleine Brent. From the inside jacket cover: Here is a tale of charm and adventure-set in Europe around the turn of the century-whose colorful action ranges from a touring circus in Hungary to the fox-hunting society of the English countryside to the elegant circles of weal..
An accident at the Delany's annual swimming party results in a legal battle that threatens to destroy the small English village, and sets off an incendiary contest of blame between Louise Kember and her estranged husband Author: Wickham, Madeleine Publisher: St Martins Pr Binding: Hardcover Language..