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(0)Kate Taylor
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English
Description
The life and times of a Wakefield woman in the late twentieth century with substantial local historical information. The book aims to echo Henry Clarkson's memories of Merry Wakefield (1887) but with more sombre overtones reflecting experiences of single parenthood, time in the local mental hospital and the trauma of a fatal car accident, but with good times too.
Author
Language
English
Description
How the body of a Wakefield murder victim was exhibited for a fee in 1853, the odd story of a Normanton miner attacked by a prosperous Crofton gentleman in 1875, the tragic death of a 21-year old woman on what should have been her wedding day in 1909, and the case of the Sandal dental lecturer who killed his adopted daughter in 1966 are among the many foul deeds recounted in More Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in Wakefield. In a companion volume...
Author
Publisher
Crown
Language
English
Formats
Description
At the height of the Belle Epoque, François Dubon leads a well-ordered life in the bourgeois quarters of Paris’ eighth arrondissement. When not busy with his prosperous legal practice, he enjoys both a contented marriage to his aristocratic wife, Geneviève, and satisfying afternoon encounters with his mistress, Madeleine. He is never late for those five o’clock appointments nor for family dinner at seven—until a mysterious...
7) Animal talk
Author
Publisher
Barron's
Pub. Date
c1991
Language
English
Description
Introduces the many different ways in which animals communicate with each other, including different sounds, scents, movement, and color, in a question and answer format.
Author
Language
English
Description
The Dutch East India Company is in the throes of expansion. They are seeking gold, treasure, land to conquer and an easy passage to South America. Still in thrall to the invisible Hand of his Overlord, the long lived vampire entity is compelled to find new skin. And he does exactly that. This is another chapter in the entitys evolution toward the light. And he finds himself suddenly in the guise of Abel Tasman, Master Commander and brave explorer,...
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
What a whatchamacallit is. Discover where the sun goes at night. Figure out how to un-flip a turtle. Learn why a step, a squirm, and a hop are very different measurements. Then join real kids as they experiment and play in their own big wide world. Build bridges. Make shadow puppets and track shadows. Find funny ways to measure yourself. It's all part of your scientific research.