The Talented Wench
Author: Buena Vista Stine
Publisher:
Published: 1950
Total Pages: 268
ISBN-13:
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Wench
Author: Dolen Perkins-Valdez
Publisher: Harper Collins
Published: 2010-01-05
Total Pages: 308
ISBN-13: 0061966355
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDolen Perkins-Valdez’s enchanting and unforgettable novel, based on little-known fact, combines the narrative allure of Cane River by Lalita Tademy and the moral complexities of Edward P. Jones’s The Known World as it tells the story of four black enslaved women in the years preceding the Civil War. wench \'wench\ n. from Middle English “wenchel,”1 a: a girl, maid, young woman; a female child. Situated in Ohio, a free territory before the Civil War, Tawawa House is an idyllic retreat for Southern white men who vacation there every summer with their enslaved black mistresses. It’s their open secret. Lizzie, Reenie, and Sweet are regulars at the resort, building strong friendships over the years. But when Mawu, as fearless as she is assured, comes along and starts talking of running away, things change. To run is to leave everything behind, and for some it also means escaping from the emotional and psychological bonds that bind them to their masters. When a fire on the resort sets off a string of tragedies, the women of Tawawa House soon learn that triumph and dehumanization are inseparable and that love exists even in the most inhuman, brutal of circumstances—all while they bear witness to the end of an era. An engaging, page-turning, and wholly original novel, Wench explores, with an unflinching eye, the moral complexities of slavery. “Readers entranced by The Help will be equally riveted by Wench. A deeply moving, beautifully written novel told from the heart.”—USA Today
Wench
Author: Maxine Kaplan
Publisher: Abrams
Published: 2021-01-19
Total Pages: 388
ISBN-13: 1683359860
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA funny, fiercely feminist YA epic fantasy—following the adventures of a tavern wench Tanya has worked at her tavern since she was able to see over the bar. She broke up her first fight at 11. By the time she was a teenager she knew everything about the place, and she could run it with her eyes closed. She’d never let anyone—whether it be a drunkard or a captain of the queen’s guard—take advantage of her. But when her guardian dies, she might lose it all: the bar, her home, her purpose in life. So she heads out on a quest to petition the queen to keep the tavern in her name—dodging unscrupulous guards, a band of thieves, and a powerful, enchanted feather that seems drawn to her. Fast-paced, magical, and unapologetically feminist, Wench is epic fantasy like you’ve never seen it before.
The Beer Wench's Guide to Beer
Author: Ashley Routson
Publisher: Voyageur Press (MN)
Published: 2015-06
Total Pages: 259
ISBN-13: 0760347301
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Leveraging her love and knowledge of fine beer, Ashley Routson's book highlights how and why craft beer is such a popular (and growing) industry"--
Threads
Author: Gloria Waldron Hukle
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Published: 2009-05
Total Pages: 354
ISBN-13: 1438974167
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWell researched and chuck full of early eighteenth century colonial people, places and events cleverly woven amid fictional characters-'Threads - An American Tapestry (ISBN 9781438974156) is a third novel for author Gloria Waldron Hukle. The story chronologically follows 'Manhattan: Seeds of the Big Apple', the l7th century saga set in New Amsterdam that becomes New York City. ( visit www.authorgloriawaldronhukle.com ) In the opening scene Margaret Vandenberg, wealthy, strong-minded, intelligent (sole daughter of a Dutch immigrant and Native American) watches the departure of the census taker's carriage, fearful that the provincial official has made a few dangerous discoveries while visiting her vast 'northern plantation'. Margaret's main concern--one that she has trouble believing herself-- is that one of her beloved Negro slaves is helping runaways. Later an attack is the catalyst for a horrific discovery from which Margaret and her people struggle to recover. Margaret, despite her wealth and position, is no stranger to prejudice. Well into her thirties, as she prepares to marry for the first time she faces many issues. She vows that she will leave all of this in God's hands--but can she? ***************************************** Greenbush Life News (edited) Published January l7, 2009 Gloria Waldron Hukle...Bringing New York History to Life Julie Rigg wirtes "Hukle brings real historical figures together with fictional characters to tell the stories of the first settlers of Manhattan and the Hudson River Valley Region. The stories revolve around early settlers including the Dutch and reaching beyond delving into the lives of African Americans, American Indians and Colonial European settlers." Historians and genealogists may be interested in this partial list of surnames, New York Colonials who are a part of "Threads An American Tapestry"... Waldron, Bradt, Collins, Vandenberg, Karski, Schuyler, Stuyvesant, Schermerhoorn, Leisler, Vermilye, Jensen, Hitchcock, Meyndert, Wendell, LaCroix, Vandeusen, Vrooman, Lansing, Yates, Penn, Altemouse, Brant, Ryckman, Partridge, Verelst, Kidd.
Two Sisters
Author: Graham Adrian
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited
Published: 2020-12-02
Total Pages: 285
ISBN-13: 1910027413
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn 18th century England, life is tough for the Auldfield farming family but they are proud, hard-working people. Nance's sorrow at her sister's death is eased a little by falling in love but this only begins a sequence of devastating events that seem to lead to one place - the gallows! Unknown to her, she is guided by her sister’s loving spirit, finding new life and love herself in the afterlife and trying desperately to avert the consequences of Nance’s recklessness. The author’s debut novel, based on a Suffolk legend, is a brilliant, historically accurate description of Georgian times including genuine dialect. But, far more than this, it is a truly exciting adventure story that also inspires us with beautiful, erudite writing to consider the possibility of an afterlife where our spiritual efforts on Earth are rewarded.
The Wench Is Dead
Author: Colin Dexter
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9780330450812
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWinner of the CWA Gold Dagger Award for Best Crime Novel - 'Dextrously ingenious' GuardianThat night he dreamed in Technicolor. He saw the ochre-skinned, scantily clad siren in her black, arrowed stockings. And in Morse's muddled computer of a mind, that siren took the name of one Joanna Franks . . . The body of Joanna Franks was found at Duke's Cut on the Oxford Canal at about 5.30 a.m. on Wednesday, 22nd June 1859. At around 10.15 a.m. on a Saturday morning in 1989 the body of Chief Inspector Morse - though very much alive - was removed to Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital. Treatment for a perforated ulcer was later pronounced successful. As Morse begins his recovery he comes across an account of the investigation and the trial that followed Joanna Franks' death . . . and becomes convinced that the two men hanged for her murder were innocent . . .
The Nightwing's Quest
Author: Stirling Davenport
Publisher: Jigsaw Press
Published: 2008-02
Total Pages: 459
ISBN-13: 1934340332
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the underground world of Alvarra, the supreme ruler is the Nightwing, whose daughters will inherit her throne. Men in this dark-elven society are admired and pampered, but since the overthrow of the Siadhin Lords long ago by the women they bred to oppress, males may not hold positions of power. And peace has reigned for centuries. But the current Nightwing has a son whose poisoned ambition is to kill his sisters one by one and reinstitute the rule of the Siadhin Lords. When the eldest sister is assassinated, the second daughter, Tiala, does not wait to be next. She escapes Alvarra to seek champions from the Upworld lands, where she faces prejudice, superstition, and the Scourge of Elves--the sunlight. Will a cadre of champions comprised of a tormented wizard, a fledgling shape-shifter, a novice monk and a couple of old enemies be enough to secure the peace in Alvarra? At what cost?
Mary Read
Author: Frank Shay
Publisher: Sicpress.com
Published: 2013-08-17
Total Pages: 194
ISBN-13: 9780615867410
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWritten in 1934, Shay based his work of the life of famed pirate Mary Read on the available histories. In this delightful novel she is depicted as a fetching pirate wench who roams the Romantic Carribees, despoiling shipping and taking lovers. Read lived disguised as a boy by her mother, from an early age, as an adult she proved herself in the military, and aboard ships. When a West Indies bound ship that she was on was taken by pirates, she was forced her to join them. In 1720 she joined pirate John "Calico Jack" Rackham and his companion, the female pirate Anne Bonny. The rest as they say, is history.
Mr. Adam
Author: Pat Frank
Publisher: DigiCat
Published: 2022-07-21
Total Pages: 186
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAfter a nuclear power plant in Mississippi exploded, a previously obscure form of radiation was released. This mishap caused worldwide male infertility and even affected boys still inside the mother's womb. But there still might be one hope for humanity to stave off extinction.
