My Bag Was Always Packed

My Bag Was Always Packed

Author: Claudine Curry Smith

Publisher:

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 9781403375322

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In this novel of action and ideas, Rose Smith wants to live among the "the oldest things in the world." While working in Los Angeles, a photo of Peru's Machu Picchu attracts her attention. "Stone city, blue sky. Home," she ruminates. Impulsively, she goes. There she meets a university professor, Carlos Urbina Delgado. They fall in love during a long trip down the dry Peruvian coast into the ancient mountain city of Cuzco. Through Carlos, Rose sees the poverty of the once-proud Inca, ponders the endurance of these and other indigenous peoples and wonders if the world can survive without them. Rose sees Los Angeles differently when she returns as a city without a soul, divorced from its roots in early native people. Overcome by loneliness, Rose retreats into work. Slowly she moves forward in her quest. She rediscovers her passion for painting and joins in fighting for the rights of indigenous people. Carlos visits, but she has one more journey she must make: to Guatemala where the indigenous Maya have survived three decades of war. There, in the cities' markets and the country's highlands, in violence that pits Indian against European and nearly ends her life, Rose looks for her answers.


Roadmap to 8th Grade Reading, Virginia Edition

Roadmap to 8th Grade Reading, Virginia Edition

Author: Michael Segretto

Publisher: The Princeton Review

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 0375756027

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If Students Need to Know It, It's in This Book This book develops the English and reading comprehension skills of eighth-graders. It builds skills that will help them succeed in school and on the Virginia Standards of Learning Assessments. Why The Princeton Review? We have more than twenty years of experience helping students master the skills needed to excel on standardized tests. Each year we help more than 2 million students score higher and earn better grades. We Know the Virginia Standards of Learning (SOL) Assessments Our experts at The Princeton Review have analyzed the Virginia SOL English: Reading/Literature and Research Assessment, and this book provides the most up-to-date, thoroughly researched practice possible. We break down the test into individual skills to familiarize students with the test's structure, while increasing their overall skill level. We Get Results We know what it takes to succeed in the classroom and on tests. This book includes strategies that are proven to improve student performance. We provide -content review based on Virginia standards and objectives -detailed lessons, complete with skill-specific activities -two complete practice Virginia SOL English: Reading/Literature and Research Assessments For more information about our other test-preparation products for school and home, call 1-800-REVIEW-2 or visit k12.princetonreview.com,


The Big Book of West Virginia Ghost Stories

The Big Book of West Virginia Ghost Stories

Author: Rosemary Ellen Guiley

Publisher: Stackpole Books

Published: 2014-03-01

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 0811711153

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More than 100 of the best, most thrilling accounts of hauntings from the Mountain State from one of the nation's leading experts, including... • Headless ghosts and wandering soldiers at Droop Mountain • The Weeping Woman tombstone at Riverview Cemetery in Parkersburg • John Brown's restless spirit in Harpers Ferry and Charles Town • The violent ghosts at the Western State Penitentiary in Moundsville • Hauntings of the murdered Mamie Thurman • Tortured spirits of the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum in Weston


Virginia Law Books

Virginia Law Books

Author: William Hamilton Bryson

Publisher: American Philosophical Society

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 650

ISBN-13: 9780871692399

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Contents: State codes; Municipal & County Codes; Rules of Court; Reports of Cases; Official Court Records in Print; Accounts of Trials; Indexes, Digests, & Encyclopedias; Form Books; Law Treatises Printed Before 1950; Criminal Law Books; 19th-Century Law Journals; 20th-Century Legal Periodicals; Legal Education; Academic Law Libraries; William & Mary Law Library; Public Law Librarians; The Norfolk Law Library; Private Law Libraries Before 1776; Private Law Libraries After 1776; Public Printers; J.W. Randolph; The Michie Company; General Virginia Bibliography; Index of Authors & Editors; & Subject Index.