Kate Evans
1) Wanderland
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From a Malaysian penthouse overlooking the turquoise Strait of Malacca, to a miniscule, under-furnished apartment in West Hollywood, Kate and her husband Dave travel the world living in other people's houses. They tend to their gardens, sleep in their beds, and care for their pets. Along the way, other opportunities appear, and they follow: working and living in China, attending a wedding in Vietnam, and tracking wild animals in Indonesia. Eventually...
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Sylvia Bolfe sits in her nursing home, criticizes the food and the staff-all but her trusted confidant and registered nurse, Eleanor-and with humour and feistiness recounts her turbulent life. From an upper-class Irish family, Sylvia marries a young medical student beneath her station and leaves Ireland for Newfoundland. When her husband unexpectedly dies, she is left with the children to make her own way. As in Atwood's The Blind Assassin, Evans...
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Who hasn't dreamed of chucking it all to live a traveling life? Yet two months after Kate and her husband Dave leave home to live on the road, she awakes in the grips of a seizure. The diagnosis of a brain tumor comes at a terrible time: It is their first-year wedding anniversary, and they have no home. Soon, though, this medical adventure becomes integral to their journey. Paralleling this story are Kate's painful and often humorous exploits of body,...
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What happens when a 31-year-old straight woman falls in love with a lesbian? It's 1993, and Gwen Sullivan is agitated. She's been married and divorced and is now living with her scientist boyfriend who loses himself in dark moods. Her job at a tutoring center and her work on the Bill Clinton-for-President campaign leave her vaguely dissatisfied. She hopes taking a night class in poetry might help. In the poetry class, the allure of two lesbians takes...
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It's 1981 and 17-year-old Norma Rogers' parents drop her off at the college dorms. Soon, Norma finds herself drunk and nearly naked with three strangers. The strip poker event is the first of many experiences that prompt Norma to question who she is and who she wants to be. Norma's relationships with an array of characters induce her to grapple with society's messages about women, sex, and freedom. Many tumultuous events take Norma through an array...
6) Crossed Oars
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English
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TC looks forward to a lazy summer at Semaphore's beach. Only problem, her mother has taken a job in the Hills and moved TC into an academically demanding high school. Signed up for rowing, TC is plunged into the harrowing sport, where she must quickly bond with the rowing quad if they are to have any chance of beating the favored private college team. As pressures mount at school and on the river, TC must find the courage to juggle old friends and...
7) Walt Whitman
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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An illustrated collection of twenty-six poems and excerpts from longer poems by the renowned nineteenth-century poet
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Laurence King Publishing
Pub. Date
2016
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English
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An enthralling journey through 40,000 years of art, from prehistoric cave paintings right up to the present day. Discover artists and their art around the world, in exciting and imaginative tales about artists and the way they created their work. Written by educator and art historian Michael Bird, and illustrated by Kate Evans, the book also features reproductions of the famous artworks discussed, a comprehensive timeline of events, and extra feature...
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Artisan Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004
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English
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17-year-old Griet must work to support her family, so she becomes a maid in the house of Johannes Vermeer, where she attracts the master painter's attention. He is commissioned to paint Griet, and the result is one of the greatest paintings ever created. But at what cost to their relationship?
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MoonDance Press
Pub. Date
2017
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English
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A 2018 Notable Poetry Book for Children (National Council of Teachers of English)
Introduce your children to the beautiful words of classic American poet, Walt Whitman. Poetry for Kids: Walt Whitman makes the work engaging and easy to understand.
Walt Whitman is considered by many to be one of the most prolific poets in American history. What better time to introduce your children to the written word than now?
11) Birthday Girl
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A lonely bank employee desperately wants to meet the right girl. Through a Russian mail-order bride service, he meets quiet, attractive Nadia. John soon falls for Nadia but when her mysterious cousins show up, he realizes he is in over his head.