Hope's Gift

Hope's Gift

Author: Kelly Starling Lyons

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2012-12-27

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 1101648155

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A poignant story celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation It’s 1862 and the Civil War has turned out to be a long, deadly conflict. Hope’s father can’t stand the waiting a minute longer and decides to join the Union army to fight for freedom. He slips away one tearful night, leaving Hope, who knows she may never see her father again, with only a conch shell for comfort. Its sound, Papa says, echoes the promised song of freedom. It’s a long wait for freedom and on the nights when the cannons roar, Papa seems farther away than ever. But then Lincoln finally does it: on January 1, 1863, he issues the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing the slaves, and a joyful Hope finally spies the outline of a familiar man standing on the horizon. Affectingly written and gorgeously illustrated, Hope’s Gift captures a significant moment in American history with deep emotion and a lot of charm.


The Gift Moves

The Gift Moves

Author: Steve Lyon

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 246

ISBN-13: 9780618391288

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In a futuristic United States devoid of wealth and material things, a teenage baker befriends a talented weaver's apprentice who holds a dark secret.


Lyon's Gift

Lyon's Gift

Author: Tanya A. Crosby

Publisher: Avon

Published: 1997-06-01

Total Pages: 388

ISBN-13: 9780380785711

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Lyon's Pride Piers de Montgomerie, known as "Lyon" for his fierceness in combat, accepts the challenge of the Scottish king, agreeing to quell a troublesome highland feud and to accept the disputed lands as payment But his battle skills are no match for the flashing eyes and barbed tongue of "Mad" Meghan Brodie--the spirited wench he now holds hostage, who fires his blood with her heart-stirring beauty. Lyon's Gift Distrustful of men and feigning madness, in truth Meghan is cunning as a fox--and far too loyal to her clan to be swayed by her arrogant captor's honeyed words and virile charms. She will make the Lyon pay dearly for the "gift" he has so brazenly stolen--even as her own traitorous heart begs her to surrender gladly to the one great love that can heal an injured land.


Emotion

Emotion

Author: William Lyons

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1985-05-16

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 9780521316392

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William Lyons presents a survey of psychological and physiological theories on emotions. Once the background is established, Lyons analyses his own theory, which throws light on the motivating role of emotions in our lives, our attitudes towards our emotions and our responsibility for them.


Dangerous Gifts

Dangerous Gifts

Author: Deborah Lyons

Publisher: University of Texas Press

Published: 2012-06-01

Total Pages: 183

ISBN-13: 0292742762

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Deianeira sends her husband Herakles a poisoned robe. Eriphyle trades the life of her husband Amphiaraos for a golden necklace. Atreus’s wife Aerope gives away the token of his sovereignty, a lamb with a golden fleece, to his brother Thyestes, who has seduced her. Gifts and exchanges always involve a certain risk in any culture, but in the ancient Greek imagination, women and gifts appear to be a particularly deadly combination. This book explores the role of gender in exchange as represented in ancient Greek culture, including Homeric epic and tragedy, non-literary texts, and iconographic and historical evidence of various kinds. Using extensive insights from anthropological work on marriage, kinship, and exchange, as well as ethnographic parallels from other traditional societies, Deborah Lyons probes the gendered division of labor among both gods and mortals, the role of marriage (and its failure) in transforming women from objects to agents of exchange, the equivocal nature of women as exchange-partners, and the importance of the sister-brother bond in understanding the economic and social place of women in ancient Greece. Her findings not only enlarge our understanding of social attitudes and practices in Greek antiquity but also demonstrate the applicability of ethnographic techniques and anthropological theory to the study of ancient societies.


Between Friends

Between Friends

Author: Charlotte Lyons

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2002-04-30

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13: 0743214099

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Provides instructions for forty handmade craft projects which can be shared with a close friend or a group of friends.


Circular Knitting Essentials

Circular Knitting Essentials

Author: Patty Lyons

Publisher: Annies Attic Llc

Published: 2015-03-01

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781573676533

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Learn four fantastic methods for working in the round! Lessons include how to use one circular needle, use double pointed needles, work the magic loop, and use two circular needles at the same time. With this class DVD, learn how to make His & Her Headbands, Morning Coffee Mitts, a Double Magic Phone Cozy, and a Slinky Hat. Patterns are included on a CD-ROM.


Malaysian Children's Favourite Stories

Malaysian Children's Favourite Stories

Author: Kay Lyons

Publisher: Tuttle Publishing

Published: 2012-11-27

Total Pages: 141

ISBN-13: 1462908608

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This colorfully illustrated multicultural children's book presents Malaysian fairy tales and other folk stories--providing insight into a rich literary culture. Malaysian Children's Favourite Stories is collection of folk tales drawn from the rich treasure trove of legends and historical stories in the lush Southeast Asian nation of Malaysia. This story book contains a fascinating collection of tales of brash animals, brave villagers and of course handsome princes and beautiful princesses, all set in strange and exotic locations. These stories are widely retold and much beloved by children and adults throughout Malaysia to this day. Retold for the first time here for an international audience, the beautifully illustrated tales in this story book will give children insights into the traditional culture and rich natural environment of Malaysia. Malaysian children's tales include: The Princess of Mount Ledang Badang, the Strongest Man below the Wind How the Tapir Got Its Colours The King of the Crocodiles The Dragon of Kinabalu And more! The Children's Favorite Stories series was created to share the folktales and legends most beloved by children in the East with young readers of all backgrounds in the West. Other multicultural children's books in this series include: Asian Children's Favorite Stories, Indian Children's Favorite Stories, Japanese Children's Favorite Stories, Indonesian Children's Favorite Stories, Singapore Children's Favorite Stories, Filipino Favorite Children's Stories, Favorite Children's Stories from China & Tibet, Chinese Children's Favorite Stories, Korean Children's Favorite Stories, Balinese Children's Favorite Stories, and Vietnamese Children's Favorite Stories.


The Gift of Trout

The Gift of Trout

Author: Ted Leeson

Publisher: Lyons Press

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13:

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Features such celebrated writers as David Quammen, Roderick Haig-Brown, and Thomas McGuane.