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A blisteringly funny, heart-scorching tale of remarkable kids shattered by tragedy and finally brought back together by love."—People Somehow, between their father’s mysterious death, their glamorous soap-opera-star mother’s cancer diagnosis, and a phalanx of lawyers intent on bankruptcy proceedings, the four Welch siblings managed to handle each new heartbreaking misfortune together. All that changed with the death of their mother. While nineteen-year-old Amanda was legally on her own, the three younger siblings–Liz, sixteen; Dan, fourteen; and Diana, eight–were each dispatched to a different set of family friends. Quick-witted and sharp-tongued, Amanda headed for college in New Y...
The Little Book of Diana shows the warm and human side to the world's most famous woman. Hers should have been a long and golden life filled with riches and acclaim when she married the most eligible of bachelors - Charles, the Prince of Wales, heir to the British throne. On August 31st 1997, the country came together in shock, grief and mourning following the tragic and untimely death of the much loved Princess Diana. Diana was much more than a Princess, she was an icon, and her hands-ons approach to people in need endeared her to everyone. Her loss was felt not only by the British people who loved her, but also by the rest of the world.
A blisteringly funny, heart-scorching tale of remarkable kids shattered by tragedy and finally brought back together by love."—People Somehow, between their father’s mysterious death, their glamorous soap-opera-star mother’s cancer diagnosis, and a phalanx of lawyers intent on bankruptcy proceedings, the four Welch siblings managed to handle each new heartbreaking misfortune together. All that changed with the death of their mother. While nineteen-year-old Amanda was legally on her own, the three younger siblings–Liz, sixteen; Dan, fourteen; and Diana, eight–were each dispatched to a different set of family friends. Quick-witted and sharp-tongued, Amanda headed for college in New Y...
Basic background for every reader seeking a better understanding of the stateAAA1/2s political system.
Karleen Hammer Anderson grew up in Lincoln, MT during its busy, early years in the 1950s and 1960s. She is credited for having a special gift for spiritual hospitality, which she believes came from those formative years in Lincoln, and its many wonderful people who helped one another and were able to make a party out of any event. This book is the first in a series of books that pays tribute to the history, people and places of Lincoln, Montana. Contains over 250 recipes. Illustrated throughout.
Examines the pervasive presence of surveillance and how surveillance technologies alter the performance of everyday life
Young adults are actively looking for anything that connects them with the changes happening in their lives, and the books discussed throughout Literature for Young Adults have the potential to make that connection and motivate them to read. It explores a great variety of works, genres, and formats, but it places special emphasis on contemporary works whose nontraditional themes, protagonists, and literary conventions make them well suited to young adult readers. It also looks at the ways in which contemporary readers access and share the works they're reading, and it shows teachers ways to incorporate nontraditional ways of accessing and sharing books throughout their literature programs. I...
An esteemed memoirist and one of the great editors in British publishing examines aging with the grace of Elegy for Iris and the wry irreverence of I Feel Bad About My Neck.
An exceptional and eloquent story of courage, survival, and unconditional love, "The Kids Are All Right" celebrates with openness, candor, and humor the fierce power of sibling love.
Someone is making choices, it's all about money. 21st Century slavery U.S. for profit prisons, locking away minorities forever. A dead baby sends Marsh over the edge. ""Another great Marsh mystery, despicable U.S. prison system, no one is safe."" DLF Review ""Enjoyed it, Marsh lifts up the rug to find all the dirt. It's good fiction with the cases having the ring of truth,"" Reviews by Edgar