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The definitive gift book, packed with over one hundred of the very best Walker bedtime stories and rhymes. This irresistible tome contains a wealth of stories and rhymes perfect for reading aloud at bedtime. Tucked up in this delightful book are award-winning titles, bestsellers and consistent favourites by some of the most acclaimed writers and illustrators of their time. Amongst the titles included are: Five Minutes' Peace by Jill Murphy; Tell Us a Story by Allan Ahlberg, illustrated by Colin McNaughton; Bathwater's Hot by Shirley Hughes; My Mum and Dad Make Me Laugh by Nick Sharratt; Sally and the Limpet by Simon James; Beaky by Jez Alborough; Can't You Sleep, Little Bear? by Martin Wadde...
A Walker Trilogy: Three to Read on Walker Mountain is a compilation of stories set in different times during the lives of the Walker families the 1900s, 1949, and 2013. They recount the Walkers' struggles to raise children, find happiness, and keep their faith. The Walker women prevailed over losses and challenges while their men served God and America, through inventions, music, and the sacrifices of military service. The stirring stories rekindle memories of harmonicas, poetry, and circle letters. Recently found decades-old recordings of family music have been preserved and recorded for current generations to enjoy. As for their letters, they were the electronic mail of nearly a century of...
RGB ~ Represents three colours: Red, Green and Blue. This is a single volume comic book which compiled Dream Walkers and their individual stories… The three characters’ stories who are Yuu Ying ( Yume’s father) , Ken ( Yume’s classmate and teammate ) and Muca ( Yume’s mentor).
This anthology of Christmas stories has been collected from many different Walker fiction titles, and each story has its original illustrations. Authors include Anne Fine, Dick King-Smith, Colin McNaughton, Martin Waddell, Judy Allen, Jean Ure, Jamie Rix, Susan Hill and Jon Blake.
Businessman, politician, broadcasting personality, and newspaper publisher, Cas Walker (1902–1998) was, by his own estimation, a “living legend” in Knoxville for much of the twentieth century. Renowned for his gravelly voice and country-boy persona, he rose from blue-collar beginnings to make a fortune as a grocer whose chain of supermarkets extended from East Tennessee into Virginia and Kentucky. To promote his stores, he hosted a local variety show, first on radio and then TV, that advanced the careers of many famed country music artists from a young Dolly Parton to Roy Acuff, Chet Atkins, and Bill Monroe. As a member of the Knoxville city council, he championed the “little man” ...
Twenty-five stories, most with a natural setting, ranging from the northern mountains, and streams of England, Ireland, and Wales, to the Mediterranean coast of France.
Catapulted to fame in 1982 with the publication of her third novel—the Pulitzer Prize–winning The Color Purple—Alice Walker has become one of America’s most celebrated and divisive authors. With books such as Meridian and The Third Life of Grange Copeland, Walker’s writing has frequently been cited for messages in support of civil rights and feminism. Above all, however, Walker is a spiritual seeker. Her works are dominated by the search for truth, wholeness, and the spirit that connects everyone and everything. In Alice Walker’s Metaphysics: Literature of Spirit, Nagueyalti Warren examines the philosophy and worldview present in all of Walker’s writing. Warren contends that Wa...
Well-known to those who devour ghost stories, the North of England has a rich tapestry of tales relating to the paranormal and many are well known; Lady Gerrard of Darlington, the Screaming Skull of Burton Agnes Hall and so on. But some are not so well known and have languished in obscurity for decades. Now rescued from oblivion, these stories are a compilation of tales from long neglected volumes dating back to the 1970s and 1980s describing some of the region's rarer and unknown cases. Many will startle. Many will alarm. All with thrill...
A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for selected works by Alice Walker, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Award in 1983. Titles in this study guide include The Color Purple, You Can’t Keep a Good Woman Down, The Third Life of Grange, Revolutionary Petunias, Once, Meridian, and In Love & Trouble: Stories of Black Women, Good Night Willie Lee, and I'll See You in the Morning. As a world renowned author of African American literature, Walker established her reputation in poetry, short stories, essays, novels, and even children's stories. Moreover, she coined the term “womanist” to describe feminist women of color, fi...