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"One summer morning, twelve-year-old Edward Adler, his beloved older brother, his parents, and 183 other passengers board a flight in Newark headed for Los Angeles. Among them are a Wall Street wunderkind, a young woman coming to terms with an unexpected pregnancy, an injured veteran returning from Afghanistan, a business tycoon, and a free-spirited woman running away from her controlling husband. Halfway across the country, the plane crashes. Edward...
2) Edward Albee
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Publisher
Twayne Publishers
Pub. Date
1982.
Language
English
Description
Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of Edward Albee.
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Language
English
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"In 1954, after the passing of Brown v Board, one county in southern Virginia chose to close its public schools rather than integrate. Those public schools stayed closed for five years. This was the reality of the people of Prince Edward County. When the affluent white population of Prince Edward County built a private school--for white children only--they left Black children and their families with very few options. Some Black children were home...
7) Something must be done about Prince Edward County: a family, a Virginia town, a civil rights battle
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English
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A journalist and native of Prince Edward County reveals how the county defied the law after the Brown v. Board of Education decision by refusing to integrate and closing its public schools for five years, and describes her own family's role in the county's shameful history.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Edward O. Wilson, the Pelligrino University Professor and Honorary Curator of Entomology at Harvard University, is one of the world's most distinguished and controversial scientists. Through his books and lectures, Wilson has changed the way scientists and nonscientists alike view the natural world by fueling their enthusiasm for science and showing them its immediacy for their everyday lives.
Publisher
Lonely Planet Global Limited
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Lonely Planet's Nova Scotia, New Brunswick & Prince Edward Island is our most comprehensive guide that extensively covers all that the region has to offer, with recommendations for both popular and lesser-known experiences. Explore the Bay of Fundy's mud flats, walk around Halifax and follow The Viking Trail; all with your trusted travel companion."--from Amazon.com.
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"Once, in a house on Egypt Street there lived a china rabbit named Edward Tulane. The rabbit was very pleased with himself, and for good reason: he was owned by a girl named Abilene, who treated him with the utmost care and adored him completely. And then, one day, he was lost. Kate DiCamillo takes us on an extraordinary journey, from the depths of the ocean to the net of a fisherman, from the top of a garbage heap to the fireside of a hoboes' camp,...
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Publisher
Harlequin
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
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Will helping him at Christmas
have her wishing for more?
After being left at the altar, Kirsten Petersheim needs a fresh start. This means making a success of her new cleaning business and definitely not falling in love. But when her handsome client Mark Yutzy asks for her help with his troubled teenage brother, Kirsten's resolve is tested. As romance blossoms over the holidays, can Kirsten put her fear of heartbreak behind her and give love...
have her wishing for more?
After being left at the altar, Kirsten Petersheim needs a fresh start. This means making a success of her new cleaning business and definitely not falling in love. But when her handsome client Mark Yutzy asks for her help with his troubled teenage brother, Kirsten's resolve is tested. As romance blossoms over the holidays, can Kirsten put her fear of heartbreak behind her and give love...
16) Edward II
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
1991.
Language
English
Description
In this new restoration of the iconic New Queer Cinema classic, Derek Jarman offers a postmodern take on Christopher Marlowe’s Elizabethan drama. Pleasure-seeking King Edward II sets the stage for a palace revolt by taking as a lover the ambitious Piers Gaveston - who uses his favor in bed to wield political influence - sending the gay pair from the throne to a terminal torture dungeon. This landmark of gay cinema features an incredible performance...
18) Anne of Avonlea
Author
Series
Anne of Green Gables volume 2
Language
English
Description
Anne has matured and now teaches at the little school that she attended.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
"Once upon a time in a castle high on a hill lived an inventor whose greatest creation was named Edward. Although Edward had an irresistible charm, he wasn't quite perfect. The inventor's sudden death left him unfinished, with sharp shears of metal for hands. Edward lived alone in the darkness until one day a kind Avon lady took him home to live with her family. So began Edward's fantastical adventures in a pastel paradise known as Suburbia" -- Container....
20) Edward's Eyes
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster Audio
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Jake is a part of an extraordinary family.
He has a life filled with art, music, and long summer nights on the Cape. He has hours and days and months of baseball. But, more than anything in this world, Jake knows he has Edward. From the moment he was born, Jake knew Edward was destined for something. Edward could make anyone laugh and everyone think. During one special year, he became the only one in the neighborhood who could throw a perfect...
He has a life filled with art, music, and long summer nights on the Cape. He has hours and days and months of baseball. But, more than anything in this world, Jake knows he has Edward. From the moment he was born, Jake knew Edward was destined for something. Edward could make anyone laugh and everyone think. During one special year, he became the only one in the neighborhood who could throw a perfect...
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