Lucy, a spirited French-Ojibwe orphan, is sent to the stormy waters of Lake Superior to live with a mysterious family of lighthouse-keepers—and, she hopes, to find the legendary necklace her father spent his life seeking…Selena Lucy La...Loe edasi...
A non-fiction picture book chronicles the amazing feats of four intrepid and diverse women of history who watched over lighthouses and battled weather and waves to save sailors at sea. Illustrations. The derring-do of Shark Lad...Loe edasi...
Two young girls and their father move next to an abandoned lighthouse, where the girls meet a strange new friend and work together to try to solve the mysteries of Wreckers Cove.Eisner award-winning cartoonist Liniers and writer Angeli...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 11-Feb-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: G P Putnam's Sons, ISBN-13: 9780593852545)
On the isolated island of Eilean Eadar, two Glasgow detective inspectors, Georgina “George” Lennox and her partner Richie, investigate the mysterious death of a young man near a lighthouse, uncovering hostility from locals and dark secrets tied to th...Loe edasi...
AN AMAZON TOP 5 BESTSELLER!Who am I?Ive forgotten the answer to that question long ago. Ever since I ran from that house, so desperate to escape, I left with only the clothes on my back and sock...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 05-Mar-2024, Hardback, Kirjastus: Canary Street Press, ISBN-13: 9781335008503)
A woman lives alone in an isolated lighthouse on the coast of California ... until a man appears on her doorstep who knows every single secret shes kept since one fateful night. In an isolated lighthouse on the California coast, Rowan Winter...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 05-Mar-2024, Hardback, Kirjastus: Holiday House Inc, ISBN-13: 9780823453634)
After losing her father at sea, spirited French-Ojibwe orphan Lucy is sent to live with the Martins, a large Anishinaabe family living on a lighthouse in the middle of stormy Lake Superior, where she hopes to find the legendary necklace her father sp...Loe edasi...
The Acclaimed International Bestseller “It is impossible to do justice to the beauty of Returning Light. The whole book is a poem.” — New York Times Book Review...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 01-Nov-2022, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: Down East Books,U.S., ISBN-13: 9781684750634)
The poems in A Fixed White Light enter the lives of six of these courageous and mostly forgotten women, giving readers the opportunity to experience their heroism as well as their trials in a time when they were often met with skepticism and discrim...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 16-Aug-2022, Hardback, Kirjastus: Random House Inc, ISBN-13: 9780593373408)
This empowering picture book biography recounts the true story of a 12-year-old lighthouse keeper in the 19th century who kept the flame lit to guide ships to safety, listened for cries of help and, time and again, pulled men to safety. Simultaneous...Loe edasi...
Once there was a lighthouse keeper called Mr Grinling... Mr Grinling LOVES his food, but - oh no! - hes not the only onewho likes a snack and the local seagulls have started stealing MrsGrinlings tasty treats...!Can Mr and Mrs Grinling come up wi...Loe edasi...
A cosy story filled with enlightening facts about how lighthouses work for children who are fascinated by the wonder of the sea. On a rocky island in the middle of the sea, Evas Grandad is the keeper of the lighthouse. When storms brew a...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 15-Mar-2022, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: Penguin USA, ISBN-13: 9781984882172)
“Transported me effortlessly…Haunting, harrowing and heartbreaking, this is a novel that will stay with you.” --Ashley Audrain, New York Times bestselling author of The Push&am...Loe edasi...
In 1982, Lee Radzak and his wife Jane moved into the middle keepers house at Split Rock Lighthouse on Lake Superiors North Shore, launching Lees career as the resident site manager for the Minnesota Historical Society. Over the next 36 years, the...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 29-Mar-2021, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: History Press, ISBN-13: 9781467145060)
Since 1893, a light has been shining from Patos Island, the northernmost island in Puget Sound. Built to guide ships through treacherous waters, the lighthouse was also a happy home for many, including Edward Durgan and his family in the early 1900s....Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 12-Jan-2021, Hardback, Kirjastus: Holiday House Inc, ISBN-13: 9780823443482)
A biography of Kate Walker, one of the first woman on the Eastern seaboard to be put in charge of an offshore lighthouse.-- Illustrated by a Caldecott Medalist, Kates Light shares the exciting true story of Katherine Walker and her long...Loe edasi...
A new addition this modern classic series! Someone is dumping rubbish into the sea! Mr Grinlings nephew George thinks it could be pirates ... or could the culprit be someone closer to home? A charming new story in this beloved series, with an import...Loe edasi...
A true story of an almost unimaginable experience that has at its heart what it means to be human, also that what unites us is far more significant than what divides us....Loe edasi...
`Exquisite... a clear head and shoulders above the rest Sunday Independent `Compelling... I cant recommend this one highly enough. Gill Paul...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 12-May-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: University of Minnesota Press, ISBN-13: 9781517920654)
On the rocky shores of Lake Superior, a piercing story of selfhood and determinism develops: is the future what were handed or what we make of it? Its 1910, and Theodulf Sauer has finally achieved a position befitting his ego: master li...Loe edasi...
Lucy, a spirited French-Ojibwe orphan, is sent to the stormy waters of Lake Superior to live with a mysterious family of lighthouse-keepers—and, she hopes, to find the legendary necklace her father spent his life seeking…Selena Lucy La...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 02-Apr-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: John Donald, ISBN-13: 9780859767439)
Lighthouses are enduring symbols of resilience, hope and safety. The human stories of the keepers’ lives, and the scale of the human effort that went into lighthouse keeping before automation, are fascinating.This book tells the stories of th...Loe edasi...
A non-fiction picture book chronicles the amazing feats of four intrepid and diverse women of history who watched over lighthouses and battled weather and waves to save sailors at sea. Illustrations. The derring-do of Shark Lad...Loe edasi...
In June of 1837, as a teenaged Queen Victoria assumed the throne, an Irish Catholic peasant laboured from dawn to dusk farming land owned by the Marquess of Ely, a powerful peer of the Queen’s realm. Alexander, Alec, Power, a lowly estate worker, wou...Loe edasi...
Two young girls and their father move next to an abandoned lighthouse, where the girls meet a strange new friend and work together to try to solve the mysteries of Wreckers Cove.Eisner award-winning cartoonist Liniers and writer Angeli...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 11-Feb-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: G P Putnam's Sons, ISBN-13: 9780593852545)
On the isolated island of Eilean Eadar, two Glasgow detective inspectors, Georgina “George” Lennox and her partner Richie, investigate the mysterious death of a young man near a lighthouse, uncovering hostility from locals and dark secrets tied to th...Loe edasi...
A captivating exercise in intriguing symbolism. John Taylor, Times Literary Supplement When Jean Maleux, a young sailor, is appointed assistant keeper of the Ar-Men lighthouse off the coast of Brittany, he is drawn into a dark world of ph...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 24-Sep-2024, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group, ISBN-13: 9780800742744)
Her family name tarnished, Josephina escapes to a remote North Carolina island to oversee the restoration of a lighthouse--one complete with ghost stories, rumors, and notes tucked into the old stone walls. Perhaps if she can untangle the secrets of...Loe edasi...
AN AMAZON TOP 5 BESTSELLER!Who am I?Ive forgotten the answer to that question long ago. Ever since I ran from that house, so desperate to escape, I left with only the clothes on my back and sock...Loe edasi...
Womenhave a long history of keeping the lights burning, from tending ancient altarflames or bonfires to modern-day lighthouse keeping. Yet most of their storiesare little known. Now in paperback, GuidingLights includes stories from around the world s...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 06-Aug-2024, Hardback, Kirjastus: Fleming H. Revell Company, ISBN-13: 9780800745837)
Her family name tarnished, Josephina escapes to a remote North Carolina island to oversee the restoration of a lighthouse--one complete with ghost stories, rumors, and notes tucked into the old stone walls. Perhaps if she can untangle the secrets of...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 06-Mar-2024, Hardback, Kirjastus: Thorndike Press Large Print, ISBN-13: 9798885797818)
Rowan Winterbourne, a California fixer working exclusively online or by phone, has her life disrupted and her safety jeopardized when a man aware of her past uses her younger sister to coerce her into helping him. (suspense). Simultaneous....Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 05-Mar-2024, Hardback, Kirjastus: Canary Street Press, ISBN-13: 9781335008503)
A woman lives alone in an isolated lighthouse on the coast of California ... until a man appears on her doorstep who knows every single secret shes kept since one fateful night. In an isolated lighthouse on the California coast, Rowan Winter...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 05-Mar-2024, Hardback, Kirjastus: Holiday House Inc, ISBN-13: 9780823453634)
After losing her father at sea, spirited French-Ojibwe orphan Lucy is sent to live with the Martins, a large Anishinaabe family living on a lighthouse in the middle of stormy Lake Superior, where she hopes to find the legendary necklace her father sp...Loe edasi...
The Acclaimed International Bestseller “It is impossible to do justice to the beauty of Returning Light. The whole book is a poem.” — New York Times Book Review...Loe edasi...
