Joan of Rainbow Springs
Author: Frances Marian Mitchell
Publisher:
Published: 1911
Total Pages: 504
ISBN-13:
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Joan of Rainbow Springs (Classic Reprint)
Author: Frances Marian Mitchell
Publisher:
Published: 2015-07-13
Total Pages: 490
ISBN-13: 9781331326496
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExcerpt from Joan of Rainbow Springs It was Christmas Eve. The Snow King was abroad that night with a great, wild wind. As the night grew old, the wind gradually strengthened to a gale and turned the steady downfall of white snowflakes into a lashing scourge. It whipped the soft mantle of white from the earth and sent it swirling through the frigid air as if it regretted the moments spent in gentle drifting. Shrieking and howling, it rattled windows and tore at the roofs of the sedate white houses that flanked the main streets of the little town of Orion, Vermont, even as it rattled windows and tore at the roofs of other houses in many other towns, for the wind was on mischief bent that night. It swept up the tracks of the one car line Orion boasted, and took a fiendish joy in burying the cold rails under an icy shroud of white. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Joan of Rainbow Springs
Author: Frances Marian Mitchell
Publisher: Palala Press
Published: 2016-05-08
Total Pages: 492
ISBN-13: 9781356032891
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Round the Year with Rosie & Jim
Author: John Cunliffe
Publisher:
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 64
ISBN-13: 9780590540582
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRosie and Jim are two puppet dolls who travel with John in his narrowboat, Ragdoll. When he's not looking they are up to mischief.
Pope Joan
Author: Donna Woolfolk Cross
Publisher: Crown
Published: 2009-06-09
Total Pages: 434
ISBN-13: 0307453197
DOWNLOAD EBOOK“Pope Joan has all the elements one wants in a historical drama—love, sex, violence, duplicity, and long-buried secrets. Cross has written an engaging book.”—Los Angeles Times Book Review In this international bestseller and basis for the 2009 movie of the same name, Donna Woolfolk Cross brings the Dark Ages to life in all their brutal splendor and shares the dramatic story of a woman whose strength of vision led her to defy the social restrictions of her day. For a thousand years her existence has been denied. She is the legend that will not die—Pope Joan, the ninth-century woman who disguised herself as a man and rose to become the only female ever to sit on the throne of St. Peter. Now in this riveting novel, Cross paints a sweeping portrait of an unforgettable heroine who struggles against restrictions her soul cannot accept. Brilliant and talented, young Joan rebels against medieval social strictures forbidding women to learn. When her brother is brutally killed during a Viking attack, Joan takes up his cloak—and his identity—and enters the monastery of Fulda. As Brother John Anglicus, Joan distinguishes herself as a great scholar and healer. Eventually, she is drawn to Rome, where she becomes enmeshed in a dangerous web of love, passion, and politics. Triumphing over appalling odds, she finally attains the highest office in Christendom—wielding a power greater than any woman before or since. But such power always comes at a price . . . “Brings the savage ninth century vividly to life in all its alien richness. An enthralling, scholarly historical novel.”—Rebecca Fraser, author of The Brontës
The United States Catalog
Author: Mary Burnham
Publisher:
Published: 1928
Total Pages: 1612
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKMama's Child
Author: Joan Steinau Lester
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2013-05-07
Total Pages: 307
ISBN-13: 1451693184
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"A novel about deeply entrenched conflicts between a white mother and her biracial daughter"--Provided by publisher.
The Penderwicks at Last
Author: Jeanne Birdsall
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Published: 2018-05-15
Total Pages: 305
ISBN-13: 0385755686
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe finale you've all been waiting for: The Penderwicks at Last is the final, flawless installment in the modern classic series from National Book Award winner and New York Times bestselling author Jeanne Birdsall! Nine years, five older siblings, a few beloved dogs, and an endless array of adventures--these are the things that have shaped Lydia's journey since readers first met her in The Penderwicks in Spring. Now it's summertime, and eleven-year-old Lydia is dancing at the bus stop, waiting for big sister Batty to get home from college. This is a very important dance and a very important wait because the two youngest sisters are about to arrive home to find out that the Penderwicks will all be returning to Arundel this summer, the place where it all began. And better still is the occasion: a good old-fashioned, homemade-by-Penderwicks wedding. Bursting with heart and brimming with charm, this is a joyful, hilarious ode to the family we love best. And oh my MOPS--Meeting of Penderwick Siblings--does Jeanne Birdsall's The Penderwicks at Last crescendo to one perfect Penderwick finale.
Evolution's Rainbow
Author: Joan Roughgarden
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 2013-09-14
Total Pages: 491
ISBN-13: 0520957970
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this innovative celebration of diversity and affirmation of individuality in animals and humans, Joan Roughgarden challenges accepted wisdom about gender identity and sexual orientation. A distinguished evolutionary biologist, Roughgarden takes on the medical establishment, the Bible, social science—and even Darwin himself. She leads the reader through a fascinating discussion of diversity in gender and sexuality among fish, reptiles, amphibians, birds, and mammals, including primates. Evolution's Rainbow explains how this diversity develops from the action of genes and hormones and how people come to differ from each other in all aspects of body and behavior. Roughgarden reconstructs primary science in light of feminist, gay, and transgender criticism and redefines our understanding of sex, gender, and sexuality. Witty, playful, and daring, this book will revolutionize our understanding of sexuality. Roughgarden argues that principal elements of Darwinian sexual selection theory are false and suggests a new theory that emphasizes social inclusion and control of access to resources and mating opportunity. She disputes a range of scientific and medical concepts, including Wilson's genetic determinism of behavior, evolutionary psychology, the existence of a gay gene, the role of parenting in determining gender identity, and Dawkins's "selfish gene" as the driver of natural selection. She dares social science to respect the agency and rationality of diverse people; shows that many cultures across the world and throughout history accommodate people we label today as lesbian, gay, and transgendered; and calls on the Christian religion to acknowledge the Bible's many passages endorsing diversity in gender and sexuality. Evolution's Rainbow concludes with bold recommendations for improving education in biology, psychology, and medicine; for democratizing genetic engineering and medical practice; and for building a public monument to affirm diversity as one of our nation's defining principles.
