FPI
Title | FPI PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 344 |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | Angiosperms |
ISBN |
Indexes literature on flowering plants that include color photographs or illustrations.
Prominent Families of New York
Title | Prominent Families of New York PDF eBook |
Author | Lyman Horace Weeks |
Publisher | |
Pages | 64 |
Release | 1898 |
Genre | New York (N.Y.) |
ISBN |
The Secret Garden on 81st Street
Title | The Secret Garden on 81st Street PDF eBook |
Author | Ivy Noelle Weir |
Publisher | Little, Brown Ink |
Pages | 259 |
Release | 2021-10-19 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0316459682 |
The Secret Garden with a twist: in this follow-up to Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy, this full-color graphic novel moves Mary Lennox to a New York City brownstone, where she and her very first group of friends restore an abandoned rooftop garden...and her uncle's heart. Mary Lennox is a loner living in Silicon Valley. With her parents always working, video game and tech become her main source of entertainment and "friends." When her parents pass away in a tragic accident, she moves to New York City to live with her uncle who she barely knows, and to her surprise, keeps a gadget free home. Looking for comfort in this strange, new reality, Mary discovers an abandoned rooftop garden and an even bigger secret...her cousin who suffers from anxiety. With the help of her new friends, Colin and Dickon, Mary works to restore the garden to its former glory while also learning to grieve, build real friendships, and grow. This title will be simultaneously available in paperback.
Bill Veeck
Title | Bill Veeck PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Dickson |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Pages | 601 |
Release | 2012-04-24 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0802778313 |
William Louis "Bill" Veeck, Jr. (1914-1986) is legendary in many ways-baseball impresario and innovator, independent spirit, champion of civil rights in a time of great change. Paul Dickson has written the first full biography of this towering figure, in the process rewriting many aspects of his life and bringing alive the history of America's pastime. In his late 20s, Veeck bought into his first team, the American Association Milwaukee Brewers. After serving and losing a leg in WWII, he bought the Cleveland Indians in 1946, and a year later broke the color barrier in the American League by signing Larry Doby, a few months after Jackie Robinson-showing the deep commitment he held to integration and equal rights. Cleveland won the World Series in 1948, but Veeck sold the team for financial reasons the next year. He bought a majority of the St. Louis Browns in 1951, sold it three years later, then returned in 1959 to buy the other Chicago team, the White Sox, winning the American League pennant his first year. Ill health led him to sell two years later, only to gain ownership again, 1975-1981. Veeck's promotional spirit-the likes of clown prince Max Patkin and midget Eddie Gaedel are inextricably connected with him-and passion endeared him to fans, while his feel for the game led him to propose innovations way ahead of their time, and his deep sense of morality not only integrated the sport but helped usher in the free agency that broke the stranglehold owners had on players. (Veeck was the only owner to testify in support of Curt Flood during his landmark free agency case). Bill Veeck: Baseball's Greatest Maverick is a deeply insightful, powerful biography of a fascinating figure. It will take its place beside the recent bestselling biographies of Satchel Paige and Mickey Mantle, and will be the baseball book of the season in Spring 2012.
AB Bookman's Weekly
Title | AB Bookman's Weekly PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 292 |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | Antiquarian booksellers |
ISBN |
Harper's New Monthly Magazine
Title | Harper's New Monthly Magazine PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 250 |
Release | 1897 |
Genre | American literature |
ISBN |
The Two-Family House
Title | The Two-Family House PDF eBook |
Author | Lynda Cohen Loigman |
Publisher | Macmillan |
Pages | 301 |
Release | 2016-03-08 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1250076927 |
A moving and evocative debut set in a two-family brownstone in 1950s Brooklyn, unraveling a multigenerational story woven around a deeply buried family secret.