I wrote these 100 letters in Broad Norfolk in honour of my dear friend, the late Sidney Grapes (author of The Boy John Letters, which were published in the Eastern Daily Press); and to celebrate the late Queen Mother's Centenary, to whom I sent the first copies.
This book is a 60-year patchwork of serious and humorous, poetry and verse, satire, clerical humour, carols and essays, good clean fun, wit, grumpy old man's articles, and odds and ends.
As seen on The Today Show! The Friends We Keep is the heartwarming and unforgettable New York Times bestselling novel from Jane Green, author of The Sunshine Sisters and The Beach House. Evvie, Maggie, and Topher have known one another since college. Their friendship was something they swore would last forever. Now years have passed, the friends have drifted apart, and they never found the lives they wanted--the lives they dreamed of when they were young and everything seemed possible. Evvie starved herself to become a supermodel but derailed her career by sleeping with a married man. Maggie married Ben, the boy she fell in love with in college, never imagining the heartbreak his drinking would cause. Topher became a successful actor, but the shame of a childhood secret shut him off from real intimacy. By their thirtieth reunion, these old friends have lost touch with one another and with the people they dreamed of becoming. Together again, they have a second chance at happiness...until a dark secret is revealed that changes everything. The Friends We Keep is about how despite disappointments we've had or mistakes we've made, it's never too late to find a place to call home.
The Secret of the Fortune Wookieeis the third case file of the New York Times bestselling Origami Yoda series from Tom Angleberger! Is it possible to have a case file without Origami Yoda? With Dwight suspended, McQuarrie Middle School is missing its most famous attendee: Origami Yoda. And no Yoda means no case file mystery to solve. But then something BIG happens. Something BIG and HAIRY. It’s a Fortune Wookiee, a paper fortune teller in the form of Chewbacca. Sara brings it to school as a gift from Dwight, and it seems to give advice that’s just as good as Yoda’s. Mysterious, it is! Tommy, Kellen, and Harvey are on the case. And when their classmates start having strange “Dwight sightings” (sightings of Dwight in which he is acting WAY too normal), the boys have TWO mysteries to solve. The closer they get, the more possible it seems that Origami Yoda will be back . . . “A chorus of spot-on middle-school voices and plenty of laughs are wrapped around this tale of friendship and seasoned with Star Wars references.” —Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review) Includes Black-and-White Illustrations and Instructions for folding your own origami Chewbacca. The Origami Yoda series The Strange Case of Origami Yoda Darth Paper Strikes Back The Secret of the Fortune Wookiee The Surprise Attack of Jabba the Puppett Princess Labelmaker to the Rescue! Emperor Pickletine Rides the Bus Art2-D2’s Guide to Folding and Doodling: An Origami Yoda Activity Book
First published in 2009. This work by S. Wells Williams is a complete look at the Chinese Empire during the mid-nineteenth century. Subjects include the divisions of the Empire, geographical descriptions, religion and art, literature, the second war between Great Britain and China and social life among the Chinese. This is Volume one of two.
Improve students' reading fluency while providing fun and purposeful practice and performance through Reader's Theater Scripts. Engage students through Reader's Theater to make learning fun while building knowledge of Texas history and the significant people, events, and places that make Texas what it is today. Improve vocabulary and comprehension with repeated practice and performance of the scripts along with TEKS-based activities in the lesson plans, which include word study, comprehension questions, and extension activities. Make your classroom a Reader's Theater classroom today!
The text offers both learning and doing: first, students read to discover how their vocal apparatus works and find ways to recognize a variety of speech patterns; then, as they practice with the interesting and varied exercises, they develop the skills needed for personal and professional success.
General study of the United Arab Emirates - covers historical aspects, demographic aspects, political aspects, geographical aspects, political problems, the role of European powers, treatys with britain and the role of UK foreign policy, the economy, the petroleum industry, economic development patterns, etc. Maps, references and statistical tables.