The Ghost and Mrs. Mewer: Paws & Claws Mystery Series #2 (Audiobook) Holly Miller doesn't believe in spirits, but the Sugar Maple Inn is filled with guests who do. The TV series in development, Apparition Apprehenders, has descended on Wagtail's annual Halloween festivities to investigate supernatural local legends, and Holly has her hands full showing the ghost hunters a scary-fun time.
The Little Hands Library is a set of ten board books that correspond to the ten themes of Houghton Mifflin PRE-K. These books are designed to be in children's hands: they are made of thick, sturdy cardboard and contain bright and colorful real-life photographs. The books are designed so that children will see themselves, their families, and their communities reflected in the pages.
They are sometimes called the people who died twice, once at the hands of the Spaniards and their brutal process of civilization, then at the hands of Anglos, practicing a subtler exploitation. They are Latinos, the fastest-growing minority in the United States. Earl Shorris's deeply moving narrative—enlivened by biographical sketches of Mexican Americans, Cuban Americans, Puerto Ricans, and many others struggling with the burden of a rich and terrible history—illuminates every aspect of the Latino experience in America, from language to education to social and political organization.
After the battle in which the men of the destroyer Walker and their Lemurian allies repelled the savage Grik, Lieutenant Commander Matthew Reddy is shocked by the arrival of a strange ship captained by one Commodore Jenks of the New Britain Imperial Navy-an island-nation populated by the descendants of British East Indiamen swept through the rift centuries before. With the Walker undergoing repairs, Reddy already has a great deal on his hands. For the Grik will return, and Reddy will need all hands on deck to fight them off when they next attack. But Jenks' uncertain loyalties make Reddy question whether he can trust the man.
Praise for Georgia Beers's <I>96 Hours</I>:"<I>96 Hours</I> is a page-turner. . . . It is a riveting story rich with detail."—<I>EDGE Boston</I>What happens to lovers after the happy-ever-after moment? What goes on behind the closed doors of a relationship once the commitment is made? What does romance turn into when the hands of time keep turning? <I>Olive Oil and White Bread</I> is a novel that dares to answer those questions.
