The Adventures of Zada Jane
The Adventures of Zada Jane

Author: Mari A. Potter

Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers

Published: 2024-06-21

Total Pages: 82

ISBN-13: 103584897X

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When Zada Jane brought her prized possession for show-and-tell, no one imagined the chaos that would ensue. That was typically how things unfolded around Zada Jane—one seemingly innocent act turning everything upside down. She wasn’t a bad child; quite the opposite. But her spiritedness and obliviousness to consequences often snowballed into surprising situations. You never knew what she might do next! Some of her escapades involved fires, snakes, bears, biking wrecks, search parties, and even vampires! Trouble never went looking for her, yet it always managed to arrive at her door. Perhaps it was due to her curiosity and carefree nature, but even dull days might end extraordinarily if you were in Zada Jane’s orbit.

Cecil Singer Cicada
Cecil Singer Cicada

Author: Michelle Cox

Publisher: Austin Macauley

Published: 2020-01-30

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 9781528908610

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Cecil Singer Cicada loses his colony when chased by a swooping seagull and finds refuge in a distant tree. Now lost and alone, he begins his quest to reunite with his colony. Cecil meets different kinds of cicadas on his travels who inspire him to sing his own unique song. Will Cecil Singer Cicada ever find his way back home?

No Picnic on Mount Kenya
No Picnic on Mount Kenya

Author: Felice Benuzzi

Publisher: MacLehose Press

Published: 2017-10-10

Total Pages: 283

ISBN-13: 1681440156

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In the shadow of Mount Kenya, surrounded by the forests and creatures of the savannah, life drags interminably for the inmates of POW Camp 354, captured in Africa during World War II. Confined to an endless cycle of boredom and frustration, one prisoner realizes he can bear it no longer. When the clouds covering Mount Kenya part one morning to reveal its towering peaks for the first time, Felice Benuzzi is transfixed. The tedium of camp life is broken by the beginnings of a sudden idea--an outrageous, dangerous, brilliant idea. Not many people would break out of a POW camp and trek for days across perilous terrain before climbing the north face of Mount Kenya with improvised equipment, meager rations, and a picture of the mountain on a tin of beef as their most accurate guide. Fewer still would break back into the camp on their return. This is the remarkable story of three such men--a powerful testament to the human spirit of rebellion and adventure--reissued in a deluxe edition featuring Benuzzi's own watercolor paintings of the expedition and a final chapter that has never before appeared in English.

Horse Heaven
Horse Heaven

Author: Jane Smiley

Publisher:

Published: 2001-01

Total Pages: 699

ISBN-13: 9780571205776

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#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK "A WISE, SPIRITED NOVEL . . . IN WHICH] SMILEY PLUMBS THE WONDROUSLY STRANGE WORLD OF HORSE RACING." --People "ONE OF THE PREMIER NOVELISTS OF HER GENERATION, possessed of a mastery of craft and an uncompromising vision that grow more powerful with each book . . . Racing's eclectic mix of classes and personalities provides Smiley with fertile soil . . . Expertly juggling storylines, she investigates the sexual, social, psychological, and spiritual problems of wealthy owners, working-class bettors, trainers on the edge of financial ruin, and, in a typically bold move, horses." --The Washington Post "A NOVEL OF PASSION IN EVERY SENSE . . . SHE DOES] IT ALL WITH APLOMB . . . WITH A DEMON NARRATIVE INTELLIGENCE." --The Boston Sunday Globe "WITTY, ENERGETIC . . . It's deeply satisfying to read a work of fiction so informed about its subject and so alive to every nuance and detail . . . Smiley's] final chapters have a wonderful restorative quality." --The New York Times Book Review "RICHLY DETAILED, INGENIOUSLY CONSTRUCTED . . . YOU WILL REVEL IN JANE SMILEY'S HORSE HEAVEN." --San Diego Union-Tribune Chosen by the Los Angeles Times as One of the Best Books of the Year "From the Trade Paperback edition."

Eighty Silent Film Stars
Eighty Silent Film Stars

Author: George A. Katchmer

Publisher:

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 1096

ISBN-13:

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Eighty good-sized biographies of significant silent-era players hard to find in other reference works, and almost nowhere at this length. The villains and sidekicks of two-reelers (Jim Corey, Nelson McDowell), cowboy action stars (Jack Hoxie, Art Acord, Hoot Gibson, et al.), comedians, character actors, matinee idols and other talented and reliable performers.A comprehensive filmography (compiled for this book by Richard E. Braff and listing year, studio, director, screenplay, story or author, length and cast) accompanies each entry. The biographies are revised and edited versions of a series that ran in the film periodical Classic Images.