April Smith
Author
Language
English
Description
"An emotionally-charged, brilliantly realized novel set in the l930's about five American women--Gold Star Mothers--who travel to France to visit the graves of their WWI soldier sons: a pilgrimage that will change their lives in unforeseeable and indelible ways. The women meet for the first time just before their journey begins: Katie, an Irish maid from Dorchester, Massachusetts; Minnie, wife of an immigrant Russian Jewish chicken farmer; Bobbie,...
Author
Publisher
Ulysses Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Project based learning is the fun and engaging way to teach 21st-century competencies including problem solving, critical thinking, collaboration, communication and creativity. This straight-forward book makes it easier than ever to bring this innovative technique into your classroom with 100 ready-to-use- projects in a range of topics"--Back cover.
Author
Language
English
Description
[A] riveting epic drama [which] follows the Kusek family from New York City to America's heartland, where they are caught up in the panic of McCarthyism, a smear campaign, a sensational trial, and, ultimately, murder. Calvin Kusek, a WWII pilot and attorney, and his wife, Betsy, escape the 1950s conformity of New York City to relocate to a close-knit town in South Dakota. They settle on a ranch and Betsy becomes a visiting nurse, befriending a quirky...
4) Be the one
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
From the author of North of Montana ("The writing has the taut, perfect tone of a well-tuned string"—Scott Turow), a spellbinding new thriller about ambition taken to unexpected, and deadly, extremes.
Cassidy Sanderson is a scout for the Los Angeles Dodgers—the only female scout in the major leagues. Hard-living and hard-drinking, a gifted athlete herself, she takes pride in successfully competing in a male world. But recently...
Cassidy Sanderson is a scout for the Los Angeles Dodgers—the only female scout in the major leagues. Hard-living and hard-drinking, a gifted athlete herself, she takes pride in successfully competing in a male world. But recently...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
When multimillionaire cattleman Jack Mercy dies, he leaves his Montana ranch to his three daughters. The women are half-sisters and complete strangers to one another. But according to his will, the three women will only receive their inheritance under one condition: they must live together at the ranch for a full year. The sisters are challenged by a mysterious saboteur who is determined to see them fail and must solve some mysteries their father...
