Katie Hart is thrilled about her future with Hollywood's Dayne Matthews. But as she plans a wedding and looks for a house on the shores of Lake Monroe, she receives tragic news. Now she and the members of the Baxter family must travel to Los Angeles and sort through their options.
An injured motocross star has pins, screws, and a metal rod inserted into broken bones in his legs and feet to help them heal. A softball pitcher has her face rebuilt after being hit with a ball. A cancer patient receives a hip joint graft when his own joint gives out.That's powerful medicine!
Added by: Kahena | Karma: 11524.33 | Fiction literature | 7 December 2010
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The Anonymous Venetian
Commissario Brunetti's hopes of a refreshing holiday with his family are dashed when a body is found in Marghera so badly beaten that the face is unrecognizable. Brunetti searches in vain for someone who can identify the body. Then he receives a call promising some tantalizing information.
The little settlement that weathered the long, hard winter of 1880-81 is now a growing town. Laura is growing up, and she goes to her first evening social. Mary is at last able to go to a college for the blind. Best of all, Almanzo Wilder asks permission to walk home from church with Laura. And Laura, now fifteen years old, receives her certificate to teach school. And so continues Laura Ingalls Wilder's beloved story of a pioneer girl and her family. The nine Little House books have been cherished by generations of readers as both a unique glimpse into America's frontier past and a heartwarming, unforgettable story. The little settlement of The Long Winter becomes a frontier town and Laura, at 15, receives a certificate to teach school.
