Christmas in Austin
Christmas in Austin

Author: Benjamin Markovits

Publisher: Faber & Faber

Published: 2019-11-05

Total Pages: 480

ISBN-13: 0571363180

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'A novel that everyone should read before they face their own family Christmas.' The Times When the four Essinger children gather in Austin for Christmas, they all bring their news. Nathan wants to become a federal judge. Susie's husband has taken a job in England. Jean has asked her boyfriend and (once-married) boss to meet her family. Paul has broken up with Dana, mother of their son Cal. But their parents have plans, too, and Liesel, the materfamilias, has invited Dana and Cal to stay, hoping to bring them back together. As the week unfolds, each of the Essingers has to confront the tensions and conflicts between old families and new.

The Wish Book Christmas
The Wish Book Christmas

Author: Lynn Austin

Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

Published: 2021

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 1496452526

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From the bestselling author of If I Were You comes a nostalgic and endearing holiday story that reminds us that sometimes the most meaningful gifts are the ones we least expect and don't deserve. Best friends Audrey Barrett and Eve Dawson are looking forward to celebrating Christmas in postwar America, thrilled at the prospect of starting new traditions with their five-year-old sons. But when the 1951 Sears Christmas Wish Book arrives and the boys start obsessing over every toy in it, Audrey and Eve realize they must first teach them the true significance of the holiday. They begin by helping Bobby and Harry plan gifts of encouragement and service for those in their community, starting by walking an elderly neighbor's yellow Lab--since a dog topped the boys' wish list for Santa. In the charming tale that follows, Audrey and Eve are surprised to find their own hearts healing from the tragedies of war and opening to the possibility of forgiveness and new love.

The Twenty-four Days Before Christmas
The Twenty-four Days Before Christmas

Author: Madeleine L'Engle

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)

Published: 2011-11-04

Total Pages: 81

ISBN-13: 1429945648

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Madeleine L'Engle's beloved Austin family stars in a cozy Christmas story, "The Twenty-four Days Before Christmas." Vicky Austin's family does one special thing each day of December to prepare for Christmas. This year, they're also preparing for the birth of a new brother or sister, due after the New Year. Vicky is worried that the baby will come early—what kind of Christmas Eve would it be without Mother to help them hang up stockings and sing everyone to sleep with carols? This classic story of an old-fashioned Christmas is accompanied by merry illustrations by Jill Weber. This special eBook edition includes bonus content not available in the print edition: · Christmas in New York essay by Madeleine L'Engle · Reproductions of 7 unique L'Engle family Christmas cards created and illustrated by Madeleine L'Engle· First chapter of the Newbery Award–winning A Wrinkle in Time

A Weekend in New York
A Weekend in New York

Author: Benjamin Markovits

Publisher: Faber & Faber

Published: 2018-06-05

Total Pages: 347

ISBN-13: 0571338070

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'Elegant and absorbing.' Guardian'A book to be savoured.' Observer'Intimate, funny . . . Masterfully done.' Daily Mail'Sophisticated and engrossing.' Literary ReviewPaul is a mid-ranking tennis professional on the ATP tour. His girlfriend Dana is an ex-model and photographer, and together with their two-year-old son they form a tableau of the contented upper-middle-class New York family. But Paul's parents and siblings have come to stay in the build-up to the US Open, and with summer storms brewing, several generations of domestic tension are brought to boiling point . . .

Austin Entertains
Austin Entertains

Author: Texas Junior League Of Austin

Publisher: Junior League of Austin Texas

Published: 2001-01-01

Total Pages: 255

ISBN-13: 9780960590605

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This menu-driven cookbook for entertaining is filled with recipes to please any crowd. Rally before a football game; dish up dessert after a theater performance; arrange a formal tea using fabulous menu combinations. Beautiful photographs and a little Austin history also make this book an interesting read. A 2002 Southwest Regional Winner of the Tabasco Community Cookbook Award.

Santa Is Coming to Austin
Santa Is Coming to Austin

Author: Steve Smallman

Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.

Published: 2013-10-01

Total Pages: 33

ISBN-13: 1402289758

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It's Christmas Eve, Have you been good? Santa's packed up all the presents and is headed your way! With the help of a certain red-nosed reindeer, Santa flies over: •University of Texas Tower •State Capitol •360 Bridge •Stevie Ray Vaughan Statue •Texas State History Museum •One Congress Plaza •Austin Music Hall •Caswell House •Cathedral of St. Mary •Governor's Mansion •Austin City Hall •Frost Bank Tower "Ho, ho ho!" laughs Santa. "Merry Christmas, Austin!"

The Twenty-four Days Before Christmas
The Twenty-four Days Before Christmas

Author: Madeleine L'Engle

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)

Published: 2011-11-04

Total Pages: 56

ISBN-13: 1466803371

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Vicky Austin's family does one special thing each day of December to prepare for Christmas. This year, they're also preparing for the birth of a new brother or sister, due after the New Year. Vicky is worried that the baby will come early—what kind of Christmas Eve would it be without Mother to help them hang up stockings and sing everyone to sleep with carols? This classic story of an old-fashioned Christmas is accompanied by merry illustrations by Jill Weber. This special eBook edition includes bonus content not available in the print edition: · Christmas in New York essay by Madeleine L'Engle · Reproductions of 7 unique L'Engle family Christmas cards created and illustrated by Madeleine L'Engle · First chapter of the Newbery Award–winning A Wrinkle in Time · Audio recording of Madeleine L'Engle reading chapter one of A Wrinkle in Time

A Full House
A Full House

Author: Madeleine L'Engle

Publisher: Shaw

Published: 2000-03-07

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780877880202

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The Austins have a full house on Christmas Eve when fate brings them a new mother and a young woman who is expecting.

Christmas Stories
Christmas Stories

Author: Pf Farraday

Publisher: Austin Macauley

Published: 2017-11

Total Pages: 267

ISBN-13: 9781787107625

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A collection of twelve short, wonderful and magical stories to warm your heart this Christmas.

Lacey Loo's Christmas Adventure
Lacey Loo's Christmas Adventure

Author: Terri Lamberton

Publisher:

Published: 2019-11-12

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 9781528938181

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Lacey Loo is a little elf who loves adventure. She decides to stow away on Santa's sleigh on Christmas Eve. She discovers some of the most amazing wonders of the world; however, she falls asleep with all of the excitement and awakes in a place called Derry. It is here she discovers just how magical Christmas really is.