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This ghost memoir tells the life of Catharine Maber, from her harsh beginnings as a child in Ireland, to her eventual marriage and transportation to a penal colony in Australia. A skilled embroiderer, which often helped her to survive, Catharine tells her story through the making of a patchwork quilt.
Catharine's story is told from family research and written from Catharine's point of view, outlining how she survived in a harsh environment, with a...
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Catharine Keir chose her family well. At the time of her birth there was little support for families to raise a child with Down syndrome at home, either within most families, or from the community at large. The strength, warmth and moral courage of the Keir family was just what Catharine needed. I found Edna's story to be a delightfully warm account of family life in rural Australia, striking in its frank discussion of how her family responded to...
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Gale Researcher Guide for: Catharine Maria Sedgwick and Republican Motherhood is selected from Gale's academic platform Gale Researcher. These study guides provide peer-reviewed articles that allow students early success in finding scholarly materials and to gain the confidence and vocabulary needed to pursue deeper research.
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As a pioneer in Canada in the early 1800s, Catharine Parr Traill was one of the first writers to record the Ontario wilderness in literary and scientific detail, and her stories for young people became part of a new focus on young people. Her books on emigration encouraged other pioneers who struggled with life in a new country. Catharine was a natural storyteller who loved to write. As an adult in Canada, she wrote while she was hungry and fearful...
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Today's domestic-advice writers--women such as Martha Stewart, Cheryl Mendelson, and B. Smith--are part of a long tradition, notes Sarah Leavitt. Their success rests on a legacy of literature that has focused on the home as an expression of ideals. Here, Leavitt crafts a fascinating genealogy of domestic advice, based on her readings of hundreds of manuals spanning 150 years of history.Over the years, domestic advisors have educated women about everything...
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One of the most popular Dear America diaries of all time, bestselling author Mary Pope Osborne's STANDING IN THE LIGHT is now back in print with a gorgeous new cover!Catharine Carey Logan and her family have enjoyed a peaceful and prosperous life as the Quakers and Delaware Indians share a mutually trusting relationship. Recently, however, this friendship has been threatened by violence against the Indians. Then, Catharine and her brother are taken...
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Fairy Bell sisters volume 6
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"There are only ten days left until Christmas, and the Fairy Bell Sisters couldn't be more excited: this year, their big sister Tinker Bell is coming home to visit. Tink says she's going to treat her sisters to the very best Christmas by bringing presents and decorations from Neverland. Then she makes her sisters promise not to do anything to prepare for the holiday--they work hard enough already!"--Publisher's website.
8) Hope Leslie
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Catharine Maria Sedgwick was a prominent American novelist of the 19th century whose work did a great deal to bring women's issues into the public sphere. Her progressive narratives, set against the Puritanical morally conservative values of her time, advocated for greater female equality. Set in 17th century New England, "Hope Leslie" tells the tale of a young New England Puritan woman and her dynamic experiences in recently founded America. The...
9) Por Siempre
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Cuando a su mejor amiga y socia comercial, Laura, le diagnostican un cáncer terminal, Storm Renoir se dirige a Boston y se reúne con su ex, el Dr. Hunter Caveat.
A pesar de no haber visto al ilustre doctor durante 20 años, Storm sabe que, el ahora mundialmente reconocido oncólogo, podría ser su última oportunidad para salvar a su amiga y espera poder también reavivar la pasión que alguna vez tuvieron el uno por el otro.
Pero la vida de Hunter...
10) Hope Leslie
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Set in 17th century New England, "Hope Leslie" (1827) tells the tale of a young New England Puritan woman and her dynamic experiences in recently founded America. The novel is noted for its groundbreaking and sympathetic treatment of Native Americans. Hope Leslie, the protagonist, works her way through romance and cultural conflict in this intense historical drama. The work has become central to scholarship of early gender studies and race relations...
11) Play Your Hand
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We all want a good life, a comfortable life, a peaceful life. So, we try to make wise choices; we eat right, respect and help others, work hard, yet, there are no guarantees. In one day our world can be turned upside down? Then what? How do we cope when our heart, which was once filled with joy, happiness and peace now, feels hollow and empty? What do we do when if feels like life has dealt us a bad hand? Answer: WE PLAY IT!!
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Hosanna: Bible Stories Retold offers readers a fresh perspective on various stories from the Bible. The book covers a wide range of narratives, from the Old Testament to the New Testament, providing an overview of significant events, characters, and moral lessons. The retelling of these Bible stories is designed to be engaging and informative, catering to readers of different ages. The language is simplified and modernized to ensure easy comprehension...
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The poems in Signs of a Poetic Life have been randomly, selected from those written between 2014 and 2016. Most of the poems have arisen from associations between memories and emotions. But, a few poems have arisen spontaneously and feel inspirational because, like some abstract paintings, they seem to come from an original place in my mind. I have discovered that when I paint with an open mind, images arise that feel similar to poetry in that they...
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1846 gem gives recipes for rice griddle cakes, royal crumpets, sassafras jelly, pickled nasturtiums, codfish relish, mutton hash, mock turtle soup, much more. Readers also learn how to cut up a hog, make "crayons" for blackboards, prepare tables for dinner parties. New Introduction by cookbook authority Jan Longone. 40 black-and-white figures.
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For me, poetry is a symbolic form of language that embodies a multitude of meanings that are deeply sensed in the mind and body and require expression. Reading, writing and speaking poems out loud are all ways of connecting with our selves and expressing this emotional self to others. Therefore, poetry is both a solitary occupation and a social communication that defies logic and the intellect.
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Learning to speak, read and write with my mother are happy childhood memories. From that time, I developed a lifelong passion for words and reading. More recently, I have discovered an intense desire to write poetry. It's as if I am learning to speak again, but this time from the Cradle of Dreams. These poems have been, selected from those written between 2014 and 2018.
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The author understands that discipline is vital to a child's development. Just as children need food, clothes,shelter, love, support, they need to be taught to respect boundaries, She knows that parents are the children first teachers and they have a responsibility to train them to be people of character. It's not the father or mother's job. IT'S BOTH.
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Today animals need protecting more than ever: those bred for laboratories, zoos, and hunting, and also those reared intensively on farms. And out in the wild, animals are losing their habitats to environmental exploitation. Dispelling the myth that the protection of animals' rights is a modern, Western concern, this No-Nonsense Guide to Animal Rights explains the key issues, charts the growth of the animal rights movement, and looks at the welfare...
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A volume "packed" with insight and ideas! The packaging industry is more competitive every day so creating a new package that is innovative, adds value, and makes a connection with the consumer is a challenge often met with limited success. Dynamic and unusual package designs can really make a statement in overcrowded markets. What makes a package successful? How do designers find the inspiration and execute the designs that really work? This compendium...
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Beginning with an atmospheric account of Tyburn, we are set up for a grisly excursion through London as a city of ne'er do wells, taking in beheadings and brutality at the Tower, Elizabethan street crime, cutpurses and con-men, through to the Gordon Riots and Highway robbery of the 18thcentury and the rise of prisons, the police and the Victorian era of incarceration. As well as the crimes, Arnold also looks at the grotesque punishments meted out...
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