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Annie Glover is Not a Tree Lover
by Darleen Bailey BeardAnnie Glover's grandma is always protesting something, but she goes too far when she chains herself to a century-old tree and names it Elmer. Elmer is scheduled to be cut down to make way for a new swimming-pool complex and Grandma is trying to save him, but Annie wants that swimming pool—and so do all her classmates. Now she must endure all the other fourth graders asking her embarrassing questions and that pesky Leroy Kirk calling her a "tree lover." However, as Annie considers what Elmer means to her town and to herself, she begins to think that maybe Grandma's not so crazy after all. Adorable illustrations perfectly capture Annie's scheme to save Elmer—with the help of her teacher, her best friend, a zany trio of parachuting Elvis impersonators, and, yes, even Grandma.
Annie Howells and Achille Fréchette
by James DoylePost-Confederation Ottawa sets the scene for this fascinating biography of a literary couple. The marriage of Annie Howells and Achille Fréchette in 1877 brought together two literary families and two cultural traditions. Annie was the daughter of the US consul in Quebec, William Cooper Howells, and sister of the American novelist William Dean Howells. Achille, a translator for the Canadian House of Commons, was the brother of the French-Canadian poet Louis Fréchette. Both Annie and Achille were authors themselves, and their lives and careers touched frequently Ottawa's political, cultural, and religious life. In Ottawa the Fréchettes established themselves at the centre of a distinguished bilingual circle of politicians, poets, and scholars. Their friends included Wilfrid Laurier, Alphonse Lusignan, and, in later years, Archibald Lampman. Both Fréchettes continued to pursue the literary careers they had begun before their marriage. Annie published a serialized novel and many short stories and articles; Achille's poems continued to appear in various periodicals. Achille also took part as writer and trustee in a bitter debate over separate schools. The many surviving letters between Annie and her brother William cover various topics of mutual interest to Canadians and Americans, reflecting both Canadian and American cultural experience in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Annie John
by Jamaica KincaidUna de las novelas de iniciación más celebradas de todos los tiempos, premiada con la Center for Fiction’s Clifton Fadiman Medal, que consagró a la candidata al Nobel Jamaica Kincaid. «Una de las pocas escritoras angloparlantes actuales a las que nunca querría dejar de leer».Susan Sontag En la apacible isla tropical de Antigua, Annie John vive su infancia en un entorno paradisiaco, al amparo de sus padres y educada en un buen colegio. Pero, como en la mayoría de los paraísos, en algún oscuro rincón acecha la serpiente. A medida que Annie deja atrás la niñez, las inevitables transformaciones físicas y emocionales anuncian una nueva etapa, marcada por la rebeldía, el cuestionamiento de su pequeño universo y, para su disgusto, los cambios en su progenitora, quien sustituye su amor incondicional por una repentina rivalidad femenina.Al término de la etapa escolar, Annie deja atrás Antigua y su familia, pero arrastra consigo el duelo por la madre a la que antaño amó. Con su estilo lúcido y esencial y una voz urgente, desgarradora y universalmente familiar, Jamaica Kincaid desarrolla el tema que está en el corazón de su obra: la ambivalencia de los vínculos maternos y la difícil transición de la niñez a la adolescencia. La crítica ha dicho:«Fuentes bien informadas de Estocolmo llevan unos cuantos años susurrando el nombre de Jamaica Kincaid como seria candidata al Premio Nobel de Literatura».Xavi Ayén, La Vanguardia «Una escritora irresistible, sobrecogedora, espléndida en su sencillez».Susan Sontag «Una historia tan conmovedora y familiar que cualquiera puede verse reflejadoen ella, y esa es la mayor fuerza de la novela, su sabiduría, su autenticidad».The New York Times Book Review «Una novela de iniciación mágica, poética e intensamente emotiva».Booklist «Una novela cuya poesía sesustenta en los detalles, en la cuidadosa representación de la vida de esta heroína adolescente».The Washington Post «La tradicional historia del paso de la niñez a la adolescencia adquiere aquí un intenso y extraño brillo».Los Angeles Times «No se me ocurre ningún otro escritor cuya voz contenga tal intensidad de rabia y amor. Es un sonido mágico, bíblico y lleno de música».Mona Simpson, The Paris Review «Una de las narradoras más intensas y explosivas del momento».Fernanda Eberstadt, The New York Times Book Review «Una de las [escritoras] más respetadas de las letras estadounidenses. [...] Fundamental».Elena Hevia, El Periódico«Sus libros son crudos, excesivos y sobre todo hermosos, porque obedecen al deseo antiguo y crucial de trajinar largamente hasta conseguir un poco de belleza entre las ruinas».Alejandro Zambra, Letras Libres «Cuando escribe una frase [...], esta parece descubrirse a sí misma y cómo se siente [el narrador]. Y esto es asombroso, porque una cosa es ser capaz de enunciar bien y otra muy distinta captar la temperatura del narrador, sus emociones».Derek Walcott, Premio Nobel de Literatura «La fuerza arrolladora de las historias de Kincaid reside en su capacidad de resistirse a todos los cánones. Se mueven al ritmo de un tambor y al ritmo del jazz».Giovanna Covi«Una prosa precisa, irónica y evocadora. [...] La soberbia concisión de su estilo la convierte en un modelo de cómo esquivar muchas trampas novelísticas».Jane Smiley, The Guardian
Annie John (SparkNotes Literature Guide Series)
by SparkNotesAnnie John (SparkNotes Literature Guide) by Jamaica Kincaid Making the reading experience fun! Created by Harvard students for students everywhere, SparkNotes is a new breed of study guide: smarter, better, faster. Geared to what today's students need to know, SparkNotes provides: chapter-by-chapter analysis explanations of key themes, motifs, and symbols a review quiz and essay topics Lively and accessible, these guides are perfect for late-night studying and writing papers.
Annie John: A Novel
by Jamaica KincaidThe story is about the sorrow of a young girl Annie, who is getting disconnected with her family as she enters in puberty and how she transforms from an affectionate, obedient child to a defiant one.
Annie Jordan: A Novel of Seattle
by Mary Brinker PostAnnie married Ed Bauer, reliable and stable, knowing that she would always love Hugh.Annie was a fighter. If she couldn’t have Hugh, she could be his neighbour and social equal. So she fought her way up—up in the world of business, up First Hill—until she made Seattle’s first families stand aside for her. Then tragedy struck, and in her grief Annie returned to the waterfront.When Deming’s business began to slide he went to Annie for help. She gave him all of her savings and the same sort of reckless love she had given him years before. Hugh never forgot what he owed to this gallant woman.Mary Brinker Post has created in Annie Jordan, a girl from Skid Road who knew what she wanted, an unforgettable character, and she has done a superb job in depicting all the color, glitter, and lawlessness of early Seattle.
Annie Kilburn: A Novel
by William Dean HowellsWilliam Dean Howells (March 1, 1837 - May 11, 1920) was an American realist author and literary critic... In 1858, he began to work at the Ohio State Journal where he wrote poetry, short stories, and also translated pieces from French, Spanish, and German. He avidly studied German and other languages and was greatly interested in Heinrich Heine. In 1860, he visited Boston and met with American writers James Thomas Fields, James Russell Lowell, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry David Thoreau, and Ralph Waldo Emerson. Said to be rewarded for a biography of Abraham Lincoln used during the election of 1860, he gained a consulship in Venice. On Christmas Eve 1862, he married Elinor Mead at the American embassy in Paris. Upon returning to the U.S., he wrote for various magazines, including Atlantic Monthly and Harper's Magazine. From 1866, he became an assistant editor for the Atlantic Monthly and was made editor in 1871, remaining in the position until 1881. In 1869, he first met Mark Twain, which sparked a longtime friendship. Even more important for the development of his literary style--his advocacy of Realism--was his relationship with the journalist Jonathan Baxter Harrison, who in the 1870s wrote a series of articles for the Atlantic Monthly on the lives of ordinary Americans. He wrote his first novel, Their Wedding Journey, in 1872, but his literary reputation took off with the realist novel A Modern Instance, published in 1882, which described the decay of a marriage. His 1885 novel The Rise of Silas Lapham is perhaps his best known, describing the rise and fall of an American entrepreneur in the paint business. His socialviews were also strongly reflected in the novels Annie Kilburn (1888) and A Hazard of New Fortunes (1890). He was particularly outraged by the trials resulting from the Haymarket Riot
Annie Lash (Annie Lash #2)
by Dorothy GarlockWhen her parents died, lovely Annie Lash was left alone in old St. Louis--a prize catch for the elderly suitors lined up at her door. But, yearning for a man who could love her completely--and whom she could love in return, Annie refused them all. Then a young frontiersman named Jefferson Merrick offered her the chance to love in a distant settlement. Dreaming of a future by the wide Missouri, she accepted--never realizing that she would have to face hostile Indians, river bandits, and Jefferson's political enemies. Even more dangerous were the storms of her own heart. For the rugged man who dared to tame the wild country around them was now starting to tame the wild Annie Lash.
Annie LeBlanc Is Not Dead Yet: A Novel
by Molly MorrisEvery ten years in the strange little town of Lennon, California, one person is chosen to return from the dead…Wilson Moss entered the town’s top-secret contest in the hopes of resurrecting her ex-best friend Annie LeBlanc, but that doesn’t mean she thought she’d actually win. Now Annie’s back and Wil’s ecstatic—does it even really matter that Annie ghosted her a year before she died…? But like any contest, there are rules, and the town’s resurrected dead can only return for thirty days. When Wil discovers a loophole that means Annie might be able to stay for good, she’s desperate to keep her alive. The potential key? Their third best friend, Ryan. Forget the fact that Ryan openly hates them both, or that she and Wilson have barely spoken since that awkward time they kissed. Wil can put it aside for one month; she just needs to stop thinking about it first.Because Wil has one summer to permanently put an end to her loneliness—it’s that, or lose her only friends…again. But along the way, she might have to face some difficult truths about Annie’s past and their friendship that, so far, she’s left buried.
Annie Mae's Movement
by Yvette NolanAnnie Mae’s Movement explores what it must have been like to be Anna Mae Pictou Aquash, a woman in a man’s movement, a Canadian in America, an Aboriginal in a white-dominant culture at a time when it felt like we could really change the world. Dying under mysterious circumstances, it is still unclear what really happened to Anna Mae back in the late 70s. Instead of recounting cold facts, this play looks for the truth in examining the life and death of this remarkable Aboriginal woman; that we cannot know the consequences of our actions; that we live on in the work that we do and the people we affect long after we have passed from this world.
Annie Oakley's Girl
by Rebecca BrownPublished in 1993 by City Lights, this collection includes seven stories: "Annie," "The Joy of Marriage," "Folie a Deux," "Love Poem," "The Death of Napoleon: Its Influence on History," "A Good Man," and "Grief. " "One of the freshest, most memorable story collections of my lifetime. And 'A Good Man,' one of the most important. Rarer than the newness, the wit, the vivid readability, is the deep caring understanding, the wholeness, the truth which this astonishing, haunting writer creates her people. 'A Good Man' will be a revelation, an epiphany to many a reader. "--Tillie Olsen "InAnnie Oakley's Girl, people are so much larger, their motives, dreams and mysteries so much more complex than you ever imagined. Love is so much more dangerous, grief so much more powerful, hope so much more tenuous and necessary. I read everything Rebecca Brown writes, watch for her books and hunt down her short stories. She is simply one of the best contemporary lesbian writers around, andAnnie Oakley's Girl is stunning. "--Dorothy Allison Rebecca Brown is the author of a dozen books of prose includingThe Last Time I Saw You,The End of Youth,The Dogs,The Terrible Girls (City Lights) andThe Gifts of the Body (HarperCollins). "Brown's fourth (The Terrible Girls, 1992, etc. ) mixes fantasy, conjecture, and some realism in seven stories that feature atmospheric neo-feminist allegories and fables. The two longest pieces are the most striking: "Annie" (originally published in Adam Mars-Jones'sMae West is Dead: Recent Lesbian & Gay Fiction) is about the narrator's love affair with Annie Oakley--it's part historical pastiche, part touching daydream, and part biting satire. Juxtaposing the narrator's western daydreams with grittier realism, Brown manages to force upon her narrator the kind of rude awakening best displayed by Tim O'Brien inGoing after Cacciato. She also has a good deal of fun along the way: in one instance, Annie Oakley signs autographs at Saks--"the release of her authorized biography coincides with the arrival of the special line of new fall fashions--Annie Oakley Western Wear. " "A Good Man" (which first appeared in Joan Nestle and Naomi Holoch'sWomen on Women II) is a tribute to a decent man dying of AIDS, nursed off and on by his lesbian friend; the striking "Folie a Deux" posits a couple who deliberately cripple themselves--one deaf, one blind--so that "Each of us had something the other didn't have"; and the remaining four stories, published in Britain in 1984, are dreamlike fables. In the best, "Love Poem," the narrator and "you," an artist (the second person becomes a tic in several of these), sneak into the Tate and destroy the artist's work; "The Joy of Marriage" is a touching but ideological look at a honeymoon; "Grief" is about a woman sent off by her clique to a foreign country--she never returns. Occasionally moving, the story's too obliquely personal to make enough sense to a wider audience. Imagistic, edgy fictions about postmodern longing in a world off its screws--and where sadness seems to be a woman's only fate. "--Kirkus Reviews
Annie Pat and Eddie
by Carolyn HaywoodThis is Annie Pat's story, but Eddie is in it too. When Annie Pat (short for Anna Patricia) announces that she is going to be an actress in a summer theater by the sea, Eddie is skeptical. In fact, he shows no interest in her vacation plans at all. But when he is invited to the seashore with Annie Pat and her family he is delighted. Surprisingly enough, the Children's Theater has a special attraction for Eddie, because he likes to print tickets and paint scenery. Annie Pat gives up on acting as a career but becomes interested in painting for a while. Lacking any real paints, she uses jams, in three flavors, and tooth paste, in three colors. But not until the children set up a museum, known as the "you-see-'em," does Annie Pat really come into her own. Both children have a wonderful summer, and thousands of others will have a wonderful time reading this book. In it Miss Haywood, with ease and grace, exhibits once more her extraordinary gift of invention, which seems to flow forth like the sparkling water from a clear spring.
Annie Quinn in America (Adventures In Time Ser.)
by Mical SchneiderAnnie Quinn knows that a new life in America is her only chance. In 1847, the only sure way to survive the potato famine is to leave Ireland. With her younger brother Thomas, twelve-year-old Annie must leave her mother and home behind. She'll join her big sister Bridget, a maid in a New York mansion. At least Annie has her father's fiddle to play. But Annie's fiddle is stolen by smooth-talker Finnbarr O'Halloran as soon as she steps foot in New York. And Bridget likes being a lady's maid, but Annie's stuck polishing gleaming tabletops and washing perfectly clean steps under the housekeeper's eagle eye. She has it better off than Thomas, who sleeps in a cellar and works as a stable boy under the greedy Mr. Belzer. Then Bridget goes to Ohio, Thomas runs away, and Annie is fired! And Annie's adventures are only beginning...
Annie Quinn in America (Adventures In Time Ser.)
by Mical SchneiderAnnie Quinn knows that a new life in America is her only chance. In 1847, the only sure way to survive the potato famine is to leave Ireland. With her younger brother Thomas, twelve-year-old Annie must leave her mother and home behind. She'll join her big sister Bridget, a maid in a New York mansion. At least Annie has her father's fiddle to play. But Annie's fiddle is stolen by smooth-talker Finnbarr O'Halloran as soon as she steps foot in New York. And Bridget likes being a lady's maid, but Annie's stuck polishing gleaming tabletops and washing perfectly clean steps under the housekeeper's eagle eye. She has it better off than Thomas, who sleeps in a cellar and works as a stable boy under the greedy Mr. Belzer. Then Bridget goes to Ohio, Thomas runs away, and Annie is fired! And Annie's adventures are only beginning...
Annie Says I Do
by Carole BuckSingle Guy's Proposal When Matt Powell asked Annie Martin to help him get back into the "singles scene," she figured he needed some advice about women. But Matt's suggestion that they share a few practice dates threw Annie for a loop. Could she really "date" her best friend? Single Gal's Reply The answer was a resounding yes! Matt was sexier-and a better kisser-than Annie could have imagined. Suddenly, marriage-shy Annie was considering saying "I do." But first she'd have to convince her reluctant would-be groom to do the same....
Annie and Fia: A Mind Games Short Story
by Kiersten WhiteThis thrilling short story from bestselling author Kiersten White is a prequel to the psychological thriller Mind Games. Annie has been blind since she was four.Suddenly--for an instant--she can see. And what she sees will change her life forever.Fia will do anything for Annie.But she never realized how far she would have to go to protect her sister.And now she can never go back. Also available in the Mind Games paperback and ebook (as of 12/3/13).
Annie and Snowball and the Dress-up Birthday
by Cynthia RylantAnnie and her pet bunny, Snowball, love living next door to Annie's favorite cousin, Henry and his dog, Mudge. Whether it's playing Frisbee or watching old movies, there's no shortage of fun to be had when these four are together. Annie's birthday is coming up, and she can't wait to invite Henry and Mudge over for a dress-up party. But when the guests arrive, it's Annie who gets the big surprise! Picture descriptions present.
Annie and Snowball and the Teacup Club
by Cynthia RylantAnnie loves teacups. She loves their pretty shapes. She loves their painted flowers. She loves their dainty little saucers. Her cousin and best friend, Henry, doesn't love teacups. Henry isn't interested in dainty things. Henry's dog, Mudge, weighs almost two hundred pounds, which is definitely not dainty!Can Henry help Annie find friends who love teacups as much as she does?
Annie and Snowball and the Thankful Friends
by Cynthia Rylant Suie StevensonIn Annie and Snowball and the Thankful Friends, Annie loves fall and she especially loves Thanksgiving. There is a big table at Annie's house, and she wants lots of people around it for a yummy dinner. But Annie lives with just her dad and her bunny, Snowball. She doesn't have a big family of her own. Who can she invite to share Thanksgiving? In Annie and Snowball and the Wintry Freeze, Annie loves winter. She loves her earmuffs, her hand muff, and her polka-dot boots--all pink, of course. But most of all Annie loves playing in the snow with her cousin Henry and his big dog, Mudge. So when Annie's dad wakes her up with news of a snow day, Annie is excited. She can't wait to go on a wintry adventure with Henry and Mudge!
Annie and Willie’s Prayer
by Sophia P. SnowThis beautifully illustrated book containing a Christmas poem written by Massachusetts author Sophia P. Snow, which was first published in 1884, tells the delightful story of two young children on Christmas Eve who had lost their mother and whose father had lost Christmas in his heart.
Annie and the Confirmed Bachelor
by Patricia KayWAS SHE TRYING TO REMEMBER? OR LONGING TO FORGET?Though self-made millionaire Kevin Callahan knew her only as Jane Doe, he still realized that this could be the woman to make him forget his past and let him love again. So he was ready to get involved with her, no questions asked. Unfortunately, she had a lot of questions-starting with "Who am I?"And once "Jane" was able to answer that, she knew that her days with Kevin were numbered. For he was falling fast for a woman with no memory of her past. But what would he do when he learned how long she'd been running, and from whom? Would he wish her bon voyage-or welcome her home...?
Annie and the Old One
by Miska MilesAnnie is a young Navajo girl who refuses to believe that her grandmother, the Old One, will die. Sadly, Annie learns that she cannot change the course of life. <P><P> Newbery Medal Honor book
Annie and the Outlaw
by Sharon SalaHarley-riding hellion Gabriel Donner had broken every rule, sinning enough for at least two lifetimes. And it would take just as long to right all his wrongs and earn his way to heaven. But his time was running out .... Then Gabriel rode to the rescue of an old-fashioned damsel in distress. Sweet Annie O'Brien desperately needed a guardian angel, and in her innocent eyes, his biker shades and outlaw leather shone like a halo and wings. Clearly Annie offered him salvation. Or did she? Loving her would be heaven, losing her, pure hell. And lose her he must. Unless time somehow stood still, erasing his past ...and rewriting Annie's future.
Annie and the Outlaw
by Sharon SalaRevisit a heartwarming and thrilling romance from New York Times best-selling author Sharon Sala.Harley-riding Gabriel Donner had broken every rule and committed enough crimes to be sent to hell for at least two lifetimes. But, through an act of kindness, he was given a second chance to earn his way to heaven. Although his time is running out, he finds this chance when he meets schoolteacher, Annie O&’Brien.Annie is in desperate need of a guardian angel. Little does she know, angels come in may shapes, and this particular one comes riding a motorcycle and wearing a leather jacket.Annie and Gabriel&’s love can save them and open the iron gates of Gabriel&’s heart, but the possibility of losing each other would be worst than a sentence to hell. Unless they can a find a way to erase his past and rewrite their future.Previously published.
Annie and the Outlaw & Her Cowboy Distraction: Annie and the Outlaw
by Sharon Sala Carla CassidyRevisit a fan-favorite romance from New York Times best-selling author Sharon SalaHarley-riding hellion Gabriel Donner had broken every rule, sinning enough for at least two lifetimes. It would take just as long to right all his wrongs and earn his way to heaven, but his time is running out.Then Gabriel rides to the rescue of an old-fashioned damsel in distress. Sweet Annie O’Brien desperately needs a guardian angel, and in her innocent eyes, Gabriel’s biker shades and outlaw leather shines like a halo and wings. Clearly Annie offers him salvation. Or does she? Loving her would be heaven, losing her, pure hell. And lose her he must. Unless time somehow stands still, erasing his past …and rewriting Annie’s future.Originally published in 1994