Pretty Amy Curran was just eighteen years old when she met Barney Patterson, the love of her life, on Southport Pier in 1939. Their romantic, passionate marriage was made in heaven - but with the outbreak of war, Barney volunteered to fight, and the couple were separated for five long years. When h[...]
The moving and powerfully engaging story of three sisters, marked by a family tragedy. In 1920s' rural Ireland, Pearl Somers lives happily with her parents, her sisters Opal and Ruby, and her little brother Willie, in the gate lodge of Kilnashone Castle, where her father is chauffeur to Lord and Lad[...]
Describes the military attack in Pearl Harbor by Japan on December 7, 1941, and when the United States entered World War II.[...]
Provides detailed information on the events leading up to and taking place on December 7, 1941, the day that thousands of Americans were killed by the Empire of Japan in Hawaii's Pearl Harbor Naval Base, ultimately resulting in the United States joining World War II. Includes source notes and timeli[...]
At school, Pearl is a group of one, and at home her beloved granny is fading. A poignant gem of a tale about independence, grief, and finding your place.
Pearl likes to write poems, but despite the insistence of her teacher, Ms. Bruff, Pearl's poems don't rhyme, and neither does she. She wishes [...]
Frank Pearl is chasing a prize in this Judy Moody(r) story for newly independent readers.
Just once, Frank Pearl would like to "win" at something He is going to win a prize if it s the last thing he does. Could an amazing yo-yo trick or Cookie the parrot land him a prize? Could a blue ribbon be[...]
In prose as magical and intricate as the tale it tells, Timothee de Fombelle delivers an unforgettable story of a first love that defines a lifetime. Joshua Pearl comes from a world that we no longer believe in -- a world of fairy tale. He knows that his great love waits for him there, but he is stu[...]
Haly is a Libyrarian, one of a group of people dedicated to preserving and protecting the knowledge passed down from the Ancients and stored in the endless maze of books known as the Libyrinth. But Haly has a secret: the books speak to her. When an attack by the hostile Eradicants drives her from he[...]
Kundala is Miina's world, created by that Goddess with the help of the dragons. But Miina is missing, and her people have been enslaved by the alien V'ornn. Now a savior has come, the Dar Sala-at, a messiah promised by prophecy yet unlike anyone's expectations: within the body of a beautiful young w[...]
Moving beyond the traditional regulatory sphere and its preoccupations with deregulation and efficiency, the authors trace the complex relationships between instrument choices and governance. Designing Government encourages the reader to consider factors in the design of complex mixes, such as issue[...]
(Guitar Recorded Versions). This revised edition features new note-for-note transcriptions with tab for all 11 songs off the lauded breakthrough debut from Pearl Jam: Alive * Black * Deep * Even Flow * Garden * Jeremy * Oceans * Once * Porch * Release * Why Go.[...]
(Bass Recorded Versions). Matching folio to their break-through album including 11 songs. Includes: Alive * Black * Deep * Even Flow * Garden * Jeremy * Oceans * Once * Porch * Release * Why Go. Also features photos.[...]
Pearl dreads leaving her favorite teacher in the latest addition to the Geisel Honor-winning series
Pearl and Wagner have only five days left in the school year with their awesome teacher, Ms. Star. And when Pearl catches a glimpse of next year's teacher, Ms. Bean, she looks "mean." Pearl imagin[...]
This account of the Pearl Harbor attack denies that the lack of preparation resulted from military negligence or a political plot[...]
A special 60th anniversary edition of the bestselling re-creation of the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, by the author of "A Night to Remember."Sunday, December 7, 1941, was, as President Roosevelt said, "a date which will live in infamy." "Day of Infamy" is a fascinating account of that unforgetta[...]
In 1865 Boston, the literary geniuses of the Dante Club are finishing America's first translation of "The Divine Comedy" and preparing to unveil Dante's remarkable visions to the New World. This is a magnificent blend of fact and fiction, a brilliantly realized paean to Dante's continued grip on ima[...]
Historians of the Enlightenment have studied the period's substantial advances in world cartography, as well as the decline of utopia imagined in geographic terms. Literary critics, meanwhile, have assessed the emerging novel's realism and in particular the genre's awareness of the wider world beyon[...]
A book of great beauty and simplicity, The Pearl can be appreciated on an aesthetic, ecological, or sociological vein. This is a story about a great pearl, a Mexican community, and great dreams and powers in a novel of largesse and quiet profundity. [...]
In this book Almaas demonstrates that healthy ego development is part of the continuum of spiritual development. He also establishes the possibility of attaining inner realization and developing our essential being"e;the pearl beyond price"e;in the context of living a normal human life.[...]