Mr Briggs' Hat

Mr Briggs' Hat PDF

Author: Kate Colquhoun

Publisher: Abacus Software

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780349123592

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In July 1864, Thomas Briggs was travelling home after visiting his niece and her husband for dinner. He entered a First Class carriage on the 9.45pm Hackney service of the North London railway. At Hackney, two bank clerks entered the carriage and discovered blood in the seat cushions; also on the floor, windows and sides of the carriage. A bloodstained hat was found on the seat along with a broken link from a watch chain. The race to identify the killer and catch him as he flees on a boat to America was eagerly followed by citizens both sides of the Atlantic. Kate Colquhoun tells a gripping tale of a crime that shocked the nation. .

Farmer Will Allen and the Growing Table

Farmer Will Allen and the Growing Table PDF

Author: Jacqueline Briggs Martin

Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group

Published: 2018-01-01

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 1430130016

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A former basketball star, Farmer Will Allen is an innovator, educator, and community builder. When he looked at an abandoned city lot he saw a huge table, big enough to feed the whole world. This is the inspiring story of his determination to bring good food to every table.

Monster

Monster PDF

Author: Walter Dean Myers

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2009-10-06

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 0061975028

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This New York Times bestselling novel from acclaimed author Walter Dean Myers tells the story of Steve Harmon, a teenage boy in juvenile detention and on trial. Presented as a screenplay of Steve's own imagination, and peppered with journal entries, the book shows how one single decision can change our whole lives. Monster is a multi-award-winning, provocative coming-of-age story that was the first-ever Michael L. Printz Award recipient, an ALA Best Book, a Coretta Scott King Honor selection, and a National Book Award finalist. Monster is now a major motion picture called All Rise and starring Jennifer Hudson, Kelvin Harrison, Jr., Nas, and A$AP Rocky. The late Walter Dean Myers was a National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, who was known for his commitment to realistically depicting kids from his hometown of Harlem.

Our Day Out

Our Day Out PDF

Author: Willy Russell

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2013-06-06

Total Pages: 96

ISBN-13: 1472536568

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Mrs Kay's 'Progress Class' are unleashed for a day's coach trip to Conway Castle in Wales - in an exuberant celebration of the joys and agonies of growing up and being footloose, fourteen and free from school. 'The skill and zest of the show . . . derive from its success in following the adult argument through while preserving all the fun of a story mainly played by children . . . I have rarely seen a show that combined such warmth and such bleakness.' The Times This edition contains the music to the play.

Victorian People

Victorian People PDF

Author: Asa Briggs

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 1965

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13:

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This text looks at the people, ideas and events between the Great Exhibition of 1851 and the Second Reform Act of 1867. From John Arthur Roebuck and the Crimean War, and Samuel Smiles and the Gospel of Work to Thomas Hughes and the Public Schools and Benjanmin Disraeli and the Leap in the Dark, Asa Briggs provides an assessment of Victorian achievements; and in doing so conjures up an enviable picture of the progress and independence of the last century. For expounding this theme, this interaction of event and personality, Mr. Briggs is abundantly and happily endowed. He is always readable, often amusing, never facetious. He is widely read and widely interested. He has a sound historic judgment, and an unfailing sense for what is significant in the historic sequence and what is merely topical. . . . Above all, he is in sympathy with the age of which he is writing.--Times Literary Supplement

Did She Kill Him?

Did She Kill Him? PDF

Author: Kate Colquhoun

Publisher: Harry N. Abrams

Published: 2015-08-11

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781468311198

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Kate Colquhoun, author of Murder in the First-Class Carriage, follows up with the sensational murder trial that captivated Victorian Society.

Under My Hat

Under My Hat PDF

Author: Jonathan Strahan

Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers

Published: 2012-08-28

Total Pages: 434

ISBN-13: 0375898816

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Neil Gaiman, Holly Black, Diana Peterfreund, Margo Lanagan, Peter S. Beagle, and Garth Nix are just a few of the authors who have toiled over their cauldrons and conjured up bewitching new creations inspired by and celebrating the might and mystery of the witch. Assembled by one of the most well-regarded anthologists in the science fiction/fantasy world, this rich, intelligent collection will enchant readers of all ages.

Snowflake Bentley

Snowflake Bentley PDF

Author: Jacqueline Briggs Martin

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 2020-10-20

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 0547530838

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In this Caldecott Medal–winning picture book, the true story of Wilson Bentley and his singular fascination with snowflakes is rendered in rich prose and gorgeous artwork, perfect for the holidays, snow days, and everyday. Wilson Bentley was always fascinated by snow. In childhood and adulthood, he saw each tiny crystal of a snowflake as a little miracle and wanted to understand them. His parents supported his curiosity and saved until they could give him his own camera and microscope. At the time, his enthusiasm was misunderstood. But with patience and determination, Wilson catalogued hundreds of snowflake photographs, gave slideshows of his findings and, when he was 66, published a book of his photos. His work became the basis for all we know about beautiful, unique snowflakes today. This biographical tribute to a very special farmer is the perfect holiday gift or snow day read.

Austin Briggs

Austin Briggs PDF

Author: Manuel Auad

Publisher:

Published: 2020-02

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780989014748

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This book is the latest volume in our series highlighting the great American Magazine Illustrators. This handsome book is a 9x12 hardcover with dust jacket and features 160 pages of some of his best black and white art and a great selection of color illustrations. There is comprehensive biography of Austin Briggs by David Atoff and a foreword by his son, Austin Briggs, Jr.

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