Anna Maria's Gift
Anna Maria's Gift

Author: Janice Shefelman

Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers

Published: 2010-04-27

Total Pages: 114

ISBN-13: 037589828X

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Reissued with a fresh look and added content, the Stepping Stones History series is kid-friendly and Common Core ready! When Anna Maria’s father dies, she moves to an orphanage in Venice. Though she misses her father, she knows he will always be with her, as long as she has his beautiful violin. Luckily, the orphanage is also a renowned music school, with a teacher who is none other than composer Antonio Vivaldi. But when her violin is stolen, Anna Maria must search Venice’s bridges, streets, and canals. Will she ever find it—and can she ever be happy in Venice without it? This lyrical historical-fiction story captures Venice, the joy of music, and how kindness can make a scary new place feel like home. History Stepping Stones now feature updated content that emphasizes Common Core and today’s renewed interest in nonfiction. Perfect for home, school, and library bookshelves!

Offal: Rejected and Reclaimed Food
Offal: Rejected and Reclaimed Food

Author: Mark McWilliams

Publisher: Oxford Symposium

Published: 2017-06-30

Total Pages: 400

ISBN-13: 190924855X

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Contains the proceedings from the 2016 Oxford Symposium on Food & Cookery focusing on offal.

Stepping Stones
Stepping Stones

Author: Sofia Adams

Publisher: FriesenPress

Published: 2020-11-30

Total Pages: 363

ISBN-13: 1525580035

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SOFIA ADAMS' Stepping Stones is the shocking conclusion of The Legs Trilogy. The ugly truths that have plagued Suzanne Thompson and Robert LeClure in Adams' previous books, Legs and She, Who Kissed His Feet, are finally exposed! The saga novel continues with Suzy awaiting the acquittal of the murder charge filed against her for killing her husband, Sam, and the miraculous birth of her deceased stepson’s baby! With a large inheritance left to the baby heir, appointed guardian, Chloe Sprangers, must take drastic measures to ensure the baby’s safety. But are her actions enough to detain a vengeful drug supplier from reclaiming the money he thought to be his own? These Traverse City families have turned their backs on each other with lies and deceit, starting with a suicide that rocked Robby’s world. Darkness has plagued their lives with mental illness, abuse, murder, and revenge... can their raw emotions ever result in forgiveness and survival? Stepping Stones unfolds the long awaited truths and reveals some of life’s greatest lessons along the way.

Stepping-Stones to Happiness
Stepping-Stones to Happiness

Author: Harriet Prescott Spofford

Publisher: Read Books Ltd

Published: 2017-09-06

Total Pages: 709

ISBN-13: 1473340691

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This volume contains a charming guide to happiness by early feminist author Harriet Spofford. Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford (1835 - 1921) was an American writer famous for her novels, poems and detective fiction. Other notable works by this author include: "Azarian: An Episode" (1864), "New England Legends" (1871), and "The Thief in the Night" (1872). Contents include: "The Use of the Present", "On a Texas Prairie", "A Mirage", "The Present Time", "The Uses of This World", "Advancing Years", "Looking Backward", "Disenchantment", "Illusions", "Idle Regrets", "Going Over Dry Shod", "Perpetual Hope", "An Ideal World", "A Child's Discovery", et cetera. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly rare and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.