[PDF] Lightning Mary eBook

Author : Anthea Simmons
Publisher : Random House
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 25,66 MB
Release : 2019-04-04
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1787611779

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Ordinary is what most people are and I am not. I am not ordinary at all. I am a scientist. One stormy night, a group of villagers are struck by lightning. The only survivor is a baby - Mary Anning. From that moment on, a spark is lit within her. Growing up poor but proud on the windswept Dorset coast, Mary follows after her father, hunting for fossils uncovered by waves and landslips: ancient creatures, turned to stone. Ignoring other people's taunts, Mary faces danger to bring back valuable treasures to help feed her family. But tragedy and despair is never far away. Mary must depend upon her unique courage and knowledge to fulfil her dream of becoming a scientist in a time when girls have no opportunities for such ambitions. What will happen when she makes her greatest discovery of all...? With a factual section about Mary Anning, her life, and the discoveries she made.

Author : Ron Smith & Mary O. Boyle
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 42,27 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 1626196060

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After the Civil War, state and national Prohibition galvanized in Atlanta the issues of classism, racism and anti-immigrant sentiment. While many consider flappers and gangsters the iconic images of the era, in reality, it was marked with temperance zealotry, blind tigers and white lightning. Georgia's protracted and intense battle changed the industrial and social landscapes of its capital city and unleashed a flood of illegal liquor that continually flowed in the wettest city in the South. Moonshine was the toast of the town from mill houses to the state capitol. The state eventually repealed prohibition, but the social, moral and legal repercussions still linger seventy years later. Join authors Ron Smith and Mary O. Boyle as they recount the colorful history of Atlanta's struggle to freely enjoy a drink.

Author : Anthea Simmons
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 17,51 MB
Release : 2019-04-04
Category : Children's stories
ISBN : 9781783448296

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Ordinary is what most people are and I am not. I am not ordinary at all. I am a scientist. One stormy night, a group of villagers are struck by lightning. The only survivor is a baby--Mary Anning. From that moment on, a spark is lit within her. Growing up poor but proud on the windswept Dorset coast, Mary follows after her father, hunting for fossils uncovered by waves and landslips: ancient creatures, turned to stone. Ignoring other people's taunts, Mary faces danger to bring back valuable treasures to help feed her family. But tragedy and despair is never far away. Mary must depend upon her unique courage and knowledge to fulfill her dream of becoming a scientist in a time when girls have no opportunities for such ambitions. What will happen when she makes her greatest discovery of all? With a factual section about Mary Anning, her life, and the discoveries she made.

Author : Molly Gartland
Publisher : Eye & Lightning Books
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 38,79 MB
Release : 2020-04-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1785631896

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Galina was born into a world of horrors. So why does she mourn its passing? SHORTLISTED: Impress Prize LONGLISTED: Bath Novel Award LONGLISTED: Grindstone Novel Award It is December 1941, and eight-year-old Galina and her friend Vera are caught in the siege of Leningrad, eating soup made of wallpaper, with the occasional luxury of a dead rat. Galina's artist father Mikhail has been kept away from the front to help save the treasures of the Hermitage. Its cellars could now provide a safe haven, provided Mikhail can navigate the perils of a portrait commission from one of Stalin's colonels. Nearly forty years later, Galina herself is a teacher at the Leningrad Art Institute. What ought to be a celebratory weekend at her forest dacha turns sour when she makes an unwelcome discovery. The painting she embarks upon that day will hold a grim significance for the rest of her life, as the old Soviet Union makes way for the new Russia and Galina's familiar world changes out of all recognition. Warm, wise and utterly enthralling, Molly Gartland's debut novel guides us from the old communist world, with its obvious terrors and its more surprising comforts, into the glitz and bling of 21st-century St Petersburg. Galina's story is at once a compelling page-turner and an insightful meditation on ageing and nostalgia. 'A beautifully written book that takes you right into the characters' world. Highly recommended' LUCINDA HAWKSLEY

Author : Don Brown
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 44,23 MB
Release : 2003-06-16
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0547349106

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Before the word dinosaur was even invented, an English girl discovered a remarkable skeleton on the rocky beach at Lyme Regis. Thus began a lifelong passion for the woman who became one of the first commercial fossil collectors. Mary Anning (1799–1847) spent her lifetime teaching herself about fossils and combing the rugged shore for ancient treasures. Her collection thrilled the public, excited the scientific community, and proved that a woman could overcome danger and social limitations to accomplish great things.

Author : David Duchovny
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 22,42 MB
Release : 2021-02-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0374722455

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From the New York Times–bestselling author David Duchovny, an epic adventure that asks how we make sense of right and wrong in a world of extremes For the past twenty years, Bronson Powers, former Hollywood stuntman and converted Mormon, has been homesteading deep in the uninhabited desert outside Joshua Tree with his three wives and ten children. Bronson and his wives, Yalulah, Mary, and Jackie, have been raising their family away from the corruption and evil of the modern world. Their insular existence—controversial, difficult, but Edenic—is upended when the ambitious young developer Maya Abbadessa stumbles upon their land. Hoping to make a profit, she crafts a wager with the family that sets in motion a deadly chain of events. Maya, threatening to report the family to social services, convinces them to enter three of their children into a nearby public school. Bronson and his wives agree that if Maya can prove that the kids do better in town than in their desert oasis, they will sell her a chunk of their priceless plot of land. Suddenly confronted with all the complications of the twenty-first century that they tried to keep out of their lives, the Powerses must reckon with their lifestyle as they try to save it. Truly Like Lightning, David Duchovny’s fourth novel, is a heartbreaking meditation on family, religion, sex, greed, human nature, and the vanishing environment of an ancient desert.

Author : Mary H. Herbert
Publisher : TSR
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 35,1 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781560760788

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Gabria, a young woman with unusual magical powers, is awarded the chance to teach in a male-dominated world, but first she must lead her future students into battle against a creature with supernatural abilities

Author : Mary Kay Zuravleff
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 16,83 MB
Release : 2013-09-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0374202311

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After being struck by lightning, pediatric psychiatrist Dr. Owen Lerner only wants to barbecue, and his patients and family, who rely on him to make sense of their world, must find a way to deal with this life-changing event.

Author : Mary H. Herbert
Publisher : TSR
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 34,36 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780880389167

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When her entire clan is destroyed by the sorceror Lord Medh, Gabria disguises herself as her twin brother Gabran, and, joined by the telepathic Hunnuli mare, Nara, seeks revenge

Author : Lori Mitchell
Publisher : Cross Books Pub
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 16,12 MB
Release : 2011-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781615077885

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In a dark corner of a neglected old house huddles the shadowy figure of a young girl. Painful memories and loneliness consume her thoughts as tears flow from despondent eyes. Oh, how she longs for the joy and peace that others seem to possess yet these joys never invade her reality. Instead she is left alone to fend for herself and meet her own needs as best she can. "This is a book that anyone can understand but the message is powerful and life changing. I've used it with many people in my practice and found it to be extremely helpful." Dr. Sallee DeGarmo, clinical psychologist and director of Family Life and Christian Women's Center, Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111 "After reading Lighting Mary’s House I was overwhelmed with the possibilities for healing. Many doors can be opened to the brokenhearted with this book. I recommend it to all my Post-Abortion Groups." Joan Phillips, Facilitator of PACE support groups and former Coordinator of Focus on the Family's Crisis Pregnancy Center Ministry "Lighting Mary's House has become a very important tool in my ministry for those who have been broken or abused. It is truly a walk through the innermost being of the wounded heart. It's been deeply enlightening to everyone I have given it to in my practice." LuAnn Finnegan, pastoral counselor and former Director of Women's Ministries for New Life Church, Colorado Springs, Colorado