![]() ![]() ![]() Now she includes animals in most of her books and, when she isn't writing, she helps animal rescue groups. As a child she wanted to be a writer or a veterinarian. Almost a half-century later, this lovely book refocuses attention on what matters most: health, love of family, friends, determination, generosity, and compassion." - Kirkus Reviews A simple, direct, and sometimes self-deprecating style of writing tenderly draws readers into Kehret's experiences and the effects of the disease firsthand. "From a writer known for her fiction, a moving memoir about a 12-year-old who got polio in 1949 in Austin, Minnesota, Kehret describes the disease, the diagnosis, the severe symptoms, treatments, physical therapy, slow recovery, and return home with walking sticks-and how she was forever changed. It also includes twelve pages of new photos and a lengthy section about polio, past and present. ![]() This anniversary edition includes an updated and extended epilogue about the author's experiences since the original publication. The book deeply touched readers of all ages and received many awards and honors. Almost twenty years ago, in a riveting story of courage and hope, Peg Kehret wrote of months spent in a hospital when she was twelve, first struggling to survive a severe case of polio, then slowly learning to walk again. ![]()
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Approaching a text as ancient and as fascinating as. Full of profundity as well as tricks, knaves, sages, jokers, unbelievably named people, and uptight Confucians, The Book of Chuang Tzu perceives the Tao-the Way of Nature- not as a term to be explained but as a path to walk. A masterpiece of ancient Chinese philosophy, second in influence only to the Tao Te Ching One of the founders of Taoism, Chuang Tzu was firmly opposed to Confucian values of order, control, and hierarchy, believing the perfect state to be one where primal, innate nature rules. ![]() ![]() She laughingly remembered that she felt as if she would drown in the unwieldy and heavy wet gown and train, but she persevered and the water wedding was a success. Another year, in a camp skit she played the bride, complete with wedding gown and long train, trying to swim in the frigid waters of the Middle Prong of the Little River at the camp. One night a horse came into her tent and snuffled into her face, terrifying all the girls in the tent. Among many childhood activities, she was a camper at Camp Margaret Townsend (now Tremont Environmental Center) in the pre-National Park days. ![]() Her baby brother Lloyd, born when Betty was 19, was and has always been a delight to the entire family. She and her brother Bud and sister Lynn grew up in Fort Sanders during its glory days. ![]() ![]() Betty was born in Knoxville to Lynn and Ralph A. Elizabeth (Betty) Johnston Davidson Frierson, 95, died at Lifecare of Blount County with her daughter Lynn and longtime companion-helper Linda Lennon by her side. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A missing baby? Unreliable characters? Deceit, lies and blackmail? More twists and turns than a rollercoaster? Yes please!Īnne and Marco decide to leave their infant daughter at home while they attend a neighbors dinner party. This blurb is the thing my reading dreams are made of. What follows is the nerve-racking unraveling of a family-a chilling tale of deception, duplicity, and unfaithfulness that will keep you breathless until the final shocking twist. Both Anne and Marco soon discover that the other is keeping secrets, secrets they’ve kept for years. Detective Rasbach knows that the panicked couple is hiding something. Inside the curtained house, an unsettling account of what actually happened unfolds. But the truth is a much more complicated story. Suspicion immediately focuses on the parents. But one night when they are at a dinner party next door, a terrible crime is committed. People are capable of almost anything.Īnne and Marco Conti seem to have it all-a loving relationship, a wonderful home, and their beautiful baby, Cora. How well do you know the couple next door? Or your husband? Or even-yourself? ![]() ![]() ![]() Will a war and a cache of regrets keep them apart, or can their shared vision and dedication to the colonial cause heal the wounds of the past? Bestselling and award-winning author Laura Frantz whisks you away to a time fraught with peril-on the sea and in the heart-in this redemptive, romantic story. But when the colonial government asks him to lead a secret naval expedition against the French, his future is plunged into uncertainty. ![]() Captain Henri Lennox has returned to port after a lengthy absence, intent on completing the lighthouse in the dangerous Chesapeake Bay, a dream he once shared with Esmée. But she longs to find something worthwhile to do with her life. Having reached her twenty-eighth birthday, she is reconciled to life alone after a decade-old failed love affair from which she's never quite recovered. Chocolatier Esmée Shaw is fighting her own battle of the heart. "Full of rich historical detail, this title is rooted in its time yet filled with issues that resonate today such as racial inequalities, economic injustice, and a pandemic."- Library Journal starred review "A redemptive story of war, regrets, romance, and an attempt to heal old wounds."- Woman's World *** It is 1755, and the threat of war with France looms over colonial York, Virginia. Bestselling and award-winning author Laura Frantz whisks you away to a time fraught with peril-on the sea and in the heart-in this redemptive, romantic story. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Twisty, poignant, and redemptive, The Night Shift is a story about the legacy of trauma and how the broken can come out on the other side, and it solidifies Alex Finlay as one of the new leading voices in the world of thrillers. It was also a trip down memory lane for me in regard to the Blockbuster Video store. This was an edge of my seat thriller, that kept me guessing until the very end. ![]() On a collision course toward the truth, all three lives will forever be changed, and not everyone will make it out alive. Alex Finlay’s latest book The Night Shift, was everything I was hoping it would be. In the aftermath, three lives intersect: the survivor of the Blockbuster massacre who’s forced to relive her tragedy the brother of the original suspect, who’s convinced the police have it wrong and the FBI agent, who’s determined to solve both cases. Police quickly identify a suspect who flees and is never seen again.įifteen years later, in the same town, four teenage employees working late at an ice cream store are attacked, and again only one makes it out alive.īoth surviving victims recall the killer speaking only a few final words… “Goodnight, pretty girl.” But at a Blockbuster Video in Linden, New Jersey, four teenage girls working the night shift are attacked. Y2K is expected to end in chaos: planes falling from the sky, elevators plunging to earth, world markets collapsing. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Nimue and Gawain have been separated by a secret so dark there is no hope. ![]() Please note prices and menus are subject to change. New dangers, new enemies, and an old love that is in desperate need of rekindling. Newly Added: 15 East at Tocqueville, 53, Caviar Russe, Essential by Christophe, HAGS, HOUSE Brooklyn, Luthun, The Chef’s Counter at Manhatta, The Musket Room, and Torrisi Bar & Restaurant. ![]() These kinds of meals don’t always have to come with a hefty price tag (see here for our list of great tasting menus under $100, for example) but for those times when you’re open to splurging - let’s say, $125 or more per person for dinner - these restaurants certainly fit the bill, in more ways than one.įrom exceptional sushi omakase and fine dining institutions, to critically acclaimed Korean American tasting menus and restaurants transforming classic European fare, here are more than 50 of the city’s most exciting splurge-worthy meals. James M Essig, Left-handed SewingSally Cowan, The World Market for Womens and. The kind of meal where you can treat yourself and your loved ones, and maybe even feel a bit fancy doing it. The kind of dining experience that goes the extra distance to make you feel special. Sometimes, you simply want a blowout meal. I actually did want to touch on the Charred Walls Of The Damned album, I was able to pick that up today so Im pretty stoked. ![]() ![]() ![]() Step into Magic is a fun YA portal fantasy adventure. To make matters worse, as much as the princess is fierce, determined, and brave, she'll jeopardize everything just to reconnect with her boyfriend, almost boyfriend, or whatever. Before saving anyone, she'd better save herself-if she figures out how. Karina finds herself stuck in a kingdom she doesn't understand, with no clue on who to trust. Karina has heard and seen enough weird stuff for this request to sound legit. ![]() There's that little "let's destroy the shoes" detail she's not crazy about, but hey, free trip, alternate world.īut Whyland is nothing like she expected. When a princess invites her to go to Whyland and save her kingdom, of course she accepts. ![]() On the upside, they do bring cool visitors. Fascinating, dangerous, and potentially evil. She's got the fate of a kingdom in her hands-or rather, in her shoes.ġ4-year old Karina doesn't know what she wants, but knows what she's found-fascinating silver shoes. ![]() ![]() He has such a hard time that he becomes surly and contentious, and eventually gets into a fight at school that gets him suspended. Jeffrey is very close to his grandmother, and when she dies he has a really hard time dealing with. ![]() One of the other students in Amy Anne’s class is, like me, a die-hard Trek fan. I later got to write a young adult Star Trek novel that I actually got paid for- Starfleet Academy: The Assassination Game-but it’s not often that my Trek fandom crosses over with my books for young readers. The first novel I ever tried to get published was a Star Trek novel (Pocket Books didn’t buy it) and before I became a published kids book author, I wrote Star Trek fan fiction. There’s a lot I love about this book, but there’s one bit I especially love, because I got to work in a bit of my own fandom into the story. Amy Anne and her lieutenants wage a battle for the books that will make you laugh and pump your fists as they start a secret banned books locker library, make up ridiculous reasons to ban every single book in the library to make a point, and take a stand against censorship. Amy Anne is shy and soft-spoken, but don’t mess with her when it comes to her favorite book in the whole world. ![]() ![]() Konigsburg is challenged by a well-meaning parent and taken off the shelves of her school library. Here’s the publisher’s description:Ī fourth grader fights back when From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. ![]() Alan Gratz is joining us today with his novel Ban This Book. ![]() |