Thank You, Aunt Tallulah!

Thank You, Aunt Tallulah!

Author: Carmela LaVigna Coyle

Publisher: Cooper Square Pub

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780873588911

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The many mishaps of Bettina, who is attending summer camp, and her Aunt Tallulah, who is living at the South Pole, are described in the letters they exchange.


The Picture Book Almanac

The Picture Book Almanac

Author: Nancy J. Polette

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2015-11-10

Total Pages: 175

ISBN-13:

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This essential guide has exactly the right books to help you celebrate special days throughout the year—even "holidays" you've never heard of—and provides hundreds of fun titles and activities that could inspire your students to become life-long readers. Young students need to continually be presented with a vast variety of types of books, authors, illustrators, and subject matter in order to find the perfect concept or image that sparks their imagination, takes their comprehension to a new level, or helps them turn the corner to becoming a book lover. Nancy J. Polette's The Picture Book Almanac: Picture Books and Activities to Celebrate 365 Familiar and Unusual Holidays can be used year-round as a key to open that great literary treasure vault. The books Polette has painstakingly selected for their value as learning opportunities tie into both familiar and unusual holidays, ranging from official, nationally recognized holidays to obscure ones such as Milk Day and Thesaurus Day. The daily featured book titles cover the classics, such as books in the Paddington Bear series and Cinderella to outstanding current and just-published titles, collectively representing the best choices for collection building over time. This book is an excellent tool for collection development as well as an indispensable resource for reading teachers and classroom teachers.


The Darling Dahlias and the Silver Dollar Bush

The Darling Dahlias and the Silver Dollar Bush

Author: Susan Wittig Albert

Publisher: Berkley

Published: 2015-09

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 0425260615

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When the first batch of Darling Dollars, a temporary currency approved by the town leaders to help the struggling town of Darling survive, disappears, the Darling Dahlias investigate.


Tallulah!

Tallulah!

Author: Joel Lobenthal

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2004-10-26

Total Pages: 595

ISBN-13: 0060394358

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The author of "Radical Rags: Fashions of the Sixties" now pens the essential biography of the scandalously seductive--and seductively scandalous--leading lady, Tallulah Bankhead. 16-page photo insert.


Aishling

Aishling

Author: John R. Morrow

Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.

Published: 2021-08-04

Total Pages: 363

ISBN-13: 1098059158

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In 1955, eleven-year-old Stephanie O'Brian moves with her family to Clarkstown, Mississippi. In her loneliness, she meets and becomes BFF with a black girl her age named Ay'isha Hendricks. Her love of adventure is fueled when Ay'isha introduces her to an abandoned antebellum mansion. But her childish fantasies are shattered when she sees the injustice of poverty and segregation her new friend and others living in Frog Bottom must endure. The ancient question "If not now, when? If not me, who?" drives her and her family to become involved with unintended consequences. Freedom Riders, freedom schools, public protests, dangerous mobs, and a nearly fatal church bombing teach her the true meaning of courage, loyalty, faith, and love. And a dusty old ledger, a faded photo, and a house servant's diary alter Stephanie's and Ay'isha's lives in ways they could never have imagined.


The Artificial Anatomy of Parks

The Artificial Anatomy of Parks

Author: Kat Gordon

Publisher: Legend Press Ltd

Published: 2015-07-01

Total Pages: 469

ISBN-13: 1785079875

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A young woman is thrust back into the midst of the dysfunctional, secretive family she escaped in this“heart-piercing psychological drama…a stunner” (Carol Cassella, author of Oxygen). At twenty-one, Tallulah Park lives alone. There's a sink in her bedroom and a strange damp smell that means she wakes up wheezing. It’s far from luxurious, but it’s far away from her difficult family. Then she gets the call that her father has had a heart attack. Now she’s returning to the root of her bad memories: a world of sniping aunts, precocious cousins, emigrant pianists, and lots of gin, all presided over by an unconventional grandmother. A world where no one will answer Tallie’s questions: Why did Aunt Vivienne loathe Tallie’s mother? Why is everyone making excuses for her absent father? Who was Uncle Jack and why would no one talk about him? As Tallie struggles to grow into independence, she will learn the hard way about damage and betrayal, that in the end, the worst betrayals are those we inflict on ourselves. “With heartbreakingly understated prose, Kat Gordon lays out the terrible loneliness of a child at the center of an exploded, secretive family. It is an autopsy of how we love and an exploration of forgiveness.” —Liza Klaussmann, author of Tigers in Red Weather “A genuine and sincere expression of a troubled young soul.”—The Guardian “A compulsive family drama…an excellent read.”—Emma Chapman, author of How To Be a Good Wife


Dark Lily

Dark Lily

Author: Jenna Ryan

Publisher: Entangled: Ignite

Published: 2017-08-21

Total Pages: 170

ISBN-13: 1640632964

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Gaby Jordan has never been normal. Seeing and talking to ghosts is an everyday occurrence for her. And while it’s creepy sometimes, it’s never been dangerous. Now that her voodoo queen grandmother has placed a curse on a serial killer, Gaby is squarely in danger’s path. The killer’s not pleased with being cursed, and he’s convinced Gaby can remove it. Helping Gaby isn’t at the top of former cop Mitchell Stone’s list, but after meeting the fiery beauty, he’ll do anything to keep her safe. The attraction between Mitchell and Gaby is fast and intense, but amid the ghosts, voodoo spells, and murder, they’re racing to escape a deadly, deranged madman. Each book in The Shadow Sisters Series is a standalone story that can be enjoyed in any order. Book #1: Black Rose Book #2: Blood Orchid Book #3: Scarlet Bells Book #4: Dark Lily


Josie Day Is Coming Home

Josie Day Is Coming Home

Author: Lisa Plumley

Publisher: Lisa Plumley

Published: 2012-06-01

Total Pages: 183

ISBN-13: 1476161984

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"Lisa Plumley creates charming characters. Her books are a delight!" -- USA Today best-selling author Rachel Gibson USA Today bestselling author Lisa Plumley does it again with another sparkling, sexy novel of crazy coincidences—and crazier love... About the book...Her name was Josie, she was a showgirl......until the night she Heimliched a martini olive out of fabulously wealthy and eccentric casino owner Tallulah Carlyle. Now Josie Day—proud new owner of one of Tallulah's spare estates—is leaving Vegas behind for...Donovan's Corner, Arizona? Ironically, her "reward" has brought her right back to the dusty hometown she thought she'd left behind forever. Still, Josie's ready to prove there's more to her than feathers and a wicked rumba. She plans to sell the old mansion and use the profits to open a dance school. But first, she'll have to figure out some fancy footwork to avoid knocking heads—and other things—with caretaker and local bad boy Luke Donovan... It isn't every day a woman like Josie comes strutting into town—which is fortunate, since her presence on the estate has Luke hotter and more bothered than he's been since, well, ever. He's a little annoyed with his Aunt Tallulah, though. This was supposed to be his property to renovate and sell—an opportunity to make good after being cut off from the family fortune. But Josie doesn't have to know that...at least not until Luke figures out a way to make both their dreams come true—and prove that Vegas isn't the only place where taking a chance can change everything... What people are saying..."In this heartwarming, often humorous story, the feisty Josie proves that you can go home again --if you've got the right stuff. And once again, the talented Plumley, whose books include Perfect Switch, proves that when it comes to writing romantic comedy, few do it better." --Booklist (starred review) "Secrets, misunderstandings, and miscommunications complicate this bright, amusing story, which takes a pair of protagonists with opposing goals, adds a host of family upheavals, and lets the off-beat tale unfold. For readers who like their contemporaries with up-front humor, sassy dialog, and small-town settings." --Library Journal "Turning not-so-perfect, unlikely characters into romance heroes and heroines is Lisa Plumley's forte, and she once again delivers a zany cast who will make you laugh. If you want a light romance that will have you chuckling every few pages, Josie Day Is Coming Home won't disappoint you." --The State newspaper "Plumley's story is lighthearted, with some serious tug-at-the-heart moments. Josie is upbeat and unbeatable, while Luke is determined and just the sort of guy Josie needs to make that happily ever after ending." --The Oakland Press "Josie Day is a delight. Plumley writes her lead character using determination, beauty, and notorious appeal. Luke Donovan is simply: sexy, dangerous and fun. They are a wonderful couple." --Contemporary Romance Writers


Tallulah

Tallulah

Author: Tallulah Bankhead

Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi

Published: 2023-11-15

Total Pages: 191

ISBN-13: 149685375X

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Her father and her uncle were U.S. congressmen. Her grandfather was a U.S. senator. Although born to privilege in Alabama and groomed in a convent school, Tallulah Bankhead resolved not to be just another southern belle. Quickly she rose to the top and became an acclaimed actress of London's West End and on the Broadway stage. Her performances in many plays of the 1920s brought her to the notice of Hollywood. She starred in such Paramount films as My Sin, Faithless, The Devil and the Deep, and Thunder Below. Even though she won a New York Film Critics Circle Award for her leading role in Alfred Hitchcock's Lifeboat (1944), she never achieved the prominence in movies that she enjoyed in the theater and on radio. On the New York stage she originated the starring roles of Regina Giddens in Lillian Hellman's The Little Foxes and of Sabina in Thornton Wilder's The Skin of Our Teeth. Tallulah, like Eudora, Flannery, and Coretta, was a southern woman identifiable by her first name. Her flamboyant public personality may be the most fully realized and memorable character Bankhead ever played. She became famous for her snappy repartee, candid quotes, and scandalous lifestyle. She was disposed to remove her clothes and chat in the nude. Overfond of Kentucky bourbon and wild parties, she was a lady baritone who called everybody “Dahling.” In Tallulah, first published in 1952 and a New York Times bestseller for twenty-six weeks, Bankhead's literary voice is as lively and forthright as her public persona. She details her childhood and adolescence, discusses her dedication to the theater, and presents amusing anecdotes about her life in Hollywood, New York, and London. Along with a searing defense of her lifestyle and rambunctious habits, she provides a fiercely opinionated, wildly funny account of American stage at a time when the movies were beginning to cast theater into eclipse. This is not only a memoir of an independent woman but also an inside look at American entertainment during a golden age.