Love Among the Walnuts
Love Among the Walnuts

Author: Jean Ferris

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 2008-03-01

Total Pages: 231

ISBN-13: 0547541759

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Sandy Huntington-Ackerman's life becomes increasingly complicated when his bungling, moneygrubbing uncles try to shanghai the family fortune by poisoning a birthday cake. Luckily, those conniving uncles prove yet again that they can't do anything right. Instead of bumping off the whole family, they put Sandy's mom and dad and their pet chicken into mysterious comas. Sandy joins forces with his loyal butler and a wise and wacky nurse to save his parents and squelch his uncles' felonious high jinks.

Love Among the Walnuts
Love Among the Walnuts

Author: Jean Ferris

Publisher: Turtleback

Published: 2001-01-01

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9780606207768

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Born and raised in isolation in a wealthy, eccentric family, Sandy is shocked when he, his parents, and their servants become victims of a vicious plot by his greedy uncles to incapacitate them and take their money.

All from a Walnut
All from a Walnut

Author: Ammi-Joan Paquette

Publisher: Abrams

Published: 2022-03-22

Total Pages: 40

ISBN-13: 1647000866

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A moving, multigenerational story about love, family roots, and the cycle of life When Emilia finds a walnut one morning, Grandpa tells her the story behind it: of his journey across the ocean to a new home, with only one small bag and a nut in his pocket. “I planted my little tree in good brown soil, so it would grow strong here forever.” “In this house? In this yard?” “Shall we go see?” Step by step, Grandpa teaches Emilia how to cultivate her own seed. But as her little nut grows, Grandpa begins to slow down—until one sad day, Emilia has to say goodbye. Emilia’s sapling looks as droopy as she feels . . . but she knows just what to do. From acclaimed author and illustrator Ammi-Joan Paquette and Felicita Sala, this tender story is a poignant reminder that the best things grow with time—and that even when they are no longer here, the ones we love are always a part of us.

Walking on Walnuts
Walking on Walnuts

Author: Nancy Ring

Publisher: Bantam

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 9780553375169

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When Nancy Ring answered a newspaper ad seeking an assistant pastry chef, she thought she'd found the ideal way to exercise her baking skills while supporting her first love, painting. Little did she realize that the kitchens of New York City's restaurants are places where only the most talented and tenacious survive. This rich, life-affirming journey is infused with walnut lore, art, and tasty recipes from the kitchens of Nancy and her grandmothers.

When a Man Loves a Walnut
When a Man Loves a Walnut

Author: Gavin Edwards

Publisher: Touchstone

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13:

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From the author who brought us "'Scuse Me While I Kiss This Guy" and "He's Got the Whole World in His Pants" comes another hilarious collection of misunderstood lyrics. Mishearing the words of such classic rock artists as the Beatles and Bruce Springsteen, as well as alternative bands like Nine Inch Nails and Pearl Jam, Gavin Edwards provides an assemblage of more than 250 misconstrued song lyrics. 90 line drawings.

The Walnut Trees of Altenburg
The Walnut Trees of Altenburg

Author: André Malraux

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 1992-03

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13: 9780226502892

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"One of the key texts of Malraux's work . . . [its] pages must be counted among the most haunting in all of twentieth century literature."—Victor Brombert "The description of the gas attack on the Russian front in 1915 will never be forgotten by anyone who has read it. . . . [Malraux] writes with the precision, the certitude and the authority of an obsessed person who knows that he has found the essence of what he has been looking for."—Conor Cruise O'Brien, from the Foreword Malraux's greatest novel, Man's Fate, gave a grim, lurid picture of human suffering. [The Walnut Trees of Altenburg], written by a life-long observer of violent upheaval and within the shadows of World War II, gives a calm, thoughtful vision of humanistic endeavor that can transcend the absurdity of existence. Mature readers will find this a rewarding visit to one of the most accomplished writers of our time."—Choice

Nuts
Nuts

Author: Alice Clayton

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2015-10-20

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 1501118145

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The New York Times bestselling author of Wallbanger and Rusty Nailed is back with Nuts, the first in a series set in New York’s beautiful Hudson Valley. Roxie Callahan is a private chef to some of Hollywood’s wealthiest, and nastiest, calorie-counting wives. After a dairy disaster implodes her carefully crafted career in one fell ploop, she finds herself back home in upstate New York, bailing out her hippie mother and running the family diner. When gorgeous local farmer Leo Maxwell delivers her a lovely bunch of organic walnuts, Roxie wonders if a summer back home isn’t such a bad idea after all. Leo is heavily involved in the sustainable slow food movement, and he likes to take his time. In all things. Roxie is determined to head back to the west coast as soon as summer ends, but will the pull of lazy fireflies and her very own Almanzo Wilder be enough to keep her home for good? Salty. Spicy. Sweet. Nuts. Go on, grab a handful.

Once Upon a Marigold
Once Upon a Marigold

Author: Jean Ferris

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 9780152050849

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In this witty spoof of fairy tales, Christian, a commoner, falls for Princess Marigold, and it's up to him to untwist an odd love triangle and foil a scheming queen who wants to take over the kingdom.

The Walnut Mansion
The Walnut Mansion

Author: Miljenko Jergovic

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2015-10-27

Total Pages: 450

ISBN-13: 0300184816

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This grand novel encompasses nearly all of Yugoslavia’s tumultuous twentieth century, from the decline of the Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman Empires through two world wars, the rise and fall of communism, the breakup of the nation, and the terror of the shelling of Dubrovnik. Tackling universal themes on a human scale, master storyteller Miljenko Jergovic traces one Yugoslavian family’s tale as history irresistibly casts the fates of five generations. What is it to live a life whose circumstances are driven by history? Jergovic investigates the experiences of a compelling heroine, Regina Delavale, and her many family members and neighbors. Telling Regina’s story in reverse chronology, the author proceeds from her final days in 2002 to her birth in 1905, encountering along the way such traumas as atrocities committed by Nazi Ustashe Croats and the death of Tito. Lyrically written and unhesitatingly told, The Walnut Mansion may be read as an allegory of the tragedy of Yugoslavia’s tormented twentieth century.