The Diamond in the Window
Title | The Diamond in the Window PDF eBook |
Author | Jane Langton |
Publisher | Harper Collins |
Pages | 274 |
Release | 1973-10-31 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 9780064400428 |
Eddy and Eleanor discover a secret attic room in their extraordinary house.
The Fledgling
Title | The Fledgling PDF eBook |
Author | Jane Langton |
Publisher | Harper Collins |
Pages | 228 |
Release | 1994-12-16 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0064401219 |
If there's one thing Georgie Hall has always been, it's determined. So when her stepcousins Eleanor and Eddy tell her that she can't fly, Georgie doesn't get discouraged -- she just tries harder She feels a peculiar lightness when she leaps from the top of the staircase, and is even more certain of her seemingly impossible ability when she jumps from the porch and soars to the rooftop before landing safely on the ground. And now that a mysterious Canada goose is visiting Georgie's window on a nightly basis, the Hall family begins to wonder just what Georgie is capable of....
The Astonishing Stereoscope
Title | The Astonishing Stereoscope PDF eBook |
Author | Jane Langton |
Publisher | HarperCollins |
Pages | 256 |
Release | 1971 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 9780064401333 |
When Eddy Hall receives five cards for his stereoscope, he and his sister, Eleanor, can't wait to see what exotic places they reveal maybe Stonehenge, or a centuries-old European cathedral. But instead, when they look through the stereoscope, Eddy and Eleanor see some very strange things. An odd-looking rope hangs from the sky down into every picture. A marmalade coloured cat that looks suspiciously like Herm, the family cat, also appears. And one picture looks like the front hall of their very own house! The images seem to be almost real, not just three-dimensional illusions. All it will take is one little tug on that rope to find out for sure ....
Three of Diamonds
Title | Three of Diamonds PDF eBook |
Author | Anthony Horowitz |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 200 |
Release | 2005-05-05 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1101664053 |
What would Tim Diamond, the world's worst private detective, dowithout his quick-thinking brother Nick? The bumbling detective and his kid brother are at it again in these three hilarious, fast-paced mysteries. Whether it's finding out who flattened a philanthropist with a steamroller in The Blurred Man, outsmarting Parisian drug smugglers on a vacation gone miserably wrong in The French Confection, or catching the murderer behind a deadly class reunion in I Know What You Did Last Wednesday, there's never a dull moment with this crimesolving duo around. Find out if Nick can get to the bottom of these mysteries before Tim messes everything up, or worse, gets them both killed.
Windows at Tiffany & Co.
Title | Windows at Tiffany & Co. PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | Assouline Publishing |
Pages | 6 |
Release | 2018-11-01 |
Genre | Travel |
ISBN | 1614286930 |
They are astonishing, wonderful, and always, invariably modern: the windows at Tiffany’s Fifth Avenue flagship are the stuff dreams are made of. Their appeal is universal, inviting passersby, old and young, to vanish through the looking glass and into a spellbinding world of robin’s egg blue where even the most elusive of fantasies may come true. This hand-bound oversize Ultimate Collection edition presents a well-curated tour of the intricately crafted displays that continue to serve as references of the zeitgeist, from the legendary designer Gene Moore’s Christmas and Valentine’s displays to the neon creations of the current Tiffany & Co. creative team. Along with never-before-seen concept sketches, historical manuscripts, behind the scenes imagery and insights by cultural influencers and devotees of the world’s global arbiter of design and style, Windows at Tiffany’s revisits the whimsy and spirit of one of the world’s most recognized brands, and elicits nostalgia for each reader’s first blue box moment.
The Diamond Lane
Title | The Diamond Lane PDF eBook |
Author | Karen Karbo |
Publisher | Hawthorne Books & Literary Arts |
Pages | 431 |
Release | 2014 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9780989360449 |
Filmmaker Mouse FitzHenry reluctantly returns to Los Angeles with her fiancâe after sixteen years in Africa, as they each pursue secret projects; he is writing a screenplay set in the city, while she is making a documentary about her bethrothal.
My Life as a Diamond
Title | My Life as a Diamond PDF eBook |
Author | Jenny Manzer |
Publisher | Orca Book Publishers |
Pages | 135 |
Release | 2018-09-25 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1459818334 |
A heartwarming, funny, fast-paced story about the bravery it takes to live as your true self, no matter the cost. Ten-year-old Caspar "Caz" Cadman loves baseball and has a great arm. He loves the sounds, the smells, the stats. When his family moves from Toronto to a suburb of Seattle, the first thing he does is try out for the local summer team, the Redburn Ravens. Even though Caz is thrilled when he makes the team, he worries because he has a big secret. No one in this city knows that before Caz told his parents he was a boy, he lived a very different life. It's nobody's business. Caz will tell his new friends when he's ready. But when a player on a rival team starts snooping around, Caz's past is revealed, and Caz worries it will be Toronto all over again. Will Caz's teammates rally behind their star pitcher? Or will Caz be betrayed once more? The epub edition of this title is fully accessible.