![]() ![]() She later bought two railroads just to mess with him. ![]() Her dilly-dallying - and eventually withdrawing her "yes" vote - caused the stock to drop by $30 per share. In revenge, she bought up shares in Huntington's company and refused to vote on a major merger. Huntington was also acting like he could do whatever he wanted regardless of what the shareholders wanted. Erenow, quoting Hetty: The Genius and Madness of America's First Female Tycoon, details that Green hated how Huntington had mismanaged two railroads, causing an investment firm to fail. Hetty: The Genius and Madness of America's First Female Tycoon Author Charles Slack Edition illustrated Publisher HarperCollins, 2004 ISBN 006054256X, 9780060542566 Length 272 pages Subjects. She even went so far as to suggest that Huntington should be arrested instead of the protesters.īut at the heart of their feud was business. But Huntington disapproved of how often she loaned out money and collected interest, calling her "nothing more than a glorified pawnbroker." Plus, Green had principles that kept her from abusing the poor, and she sided with protesting railroad workers in 1895. ![]() Granted, Green invested in railroads and considered them better than similar investments of the time, such as mines and factories. However, their relationship was one of mutual disgust. ![]()
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Maria Montessori born on August 31 in Chiaravalle, Ancona province, Italy.Īttends a boys’ school in Rome, with a science/engineering emphasis.Īgainst opposition from her father, she pursues her wish to become a doctor.īecomes one of the first women to obtain a Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Rome. ![]() ![]() ![]() This book held my hand gently and firmly into adulthood. The book follows three country girls as they enter their university years and the big smoke – Carmel is an incredibly shy girl who doesn’t know where she fits in, Jude is struggling with the legacy of her father’s death in South America, and Kat … well, she’s used to getting her own way. ![]() ![]() I am a staunch supporter of about 75% of the books listed here (the others simply because I haven’t read them), but there is one notable book missing from the list, in my opinion: Maureen McCarthy’s Queen Kat, Carmel and St Jude Get a Life. 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In a vivid nightmare sequence, audiences see Gloria years earlier when the cult members tied her up, slit their own throats, and bathed her in their flowing blood. ![]() Joan, too, has had her own share of suffering and the two seem to have bonded over their tragic pasts. While not necessarily breaking any new cinematic ground, The Heretics tells the captivating story of Gloria (Nina Kiri), the former victim of a mask-wearing cult, who is now struggling to live a normal life with her partner Joan (Jorja Cadence). ![]() Occult, fantasy, and body horror come together in “The Heretics”, Chad Archibald’s stylish film of demonic transformation.įrom Black Fawn films and director Chad Archibald comes a stylish, well-made horror film about a fiendish cult and its horrible plans for a young woman in distress. ![]() ![]() ![]() Available in used condition with free US shipping on orders over 10. It was a town where almost everyone knew each other like a big family. Buy Dandelion Wine: A Novel By Ray Bradbury. ![]() Summers in Green Town were very hot and winters cold. Every summer, Douglas, Tom, and their grandfather would pick the dandelions and bottle them for wine. In Green Town, the Spauldings owned a patch of land that they grew dandelions on. Tom took every day slowly, writing most everything down, the first day of summer, the first this, his first that.ĭandelion wine took place in a small town called Green Town, Illinois. He was never in the way of his older brother in fact, they liked being together. Tom Spaulding, age ten, did what other little brothers like to do, tag along with his older brother. He was a happy boy and not many problems, till now, and he had a younger brother named Tom. 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These occasional allies and perpetual rivals fought over a new structure for Europe, the Middle East and even the New World that kept its shape for five centuries more until it just recently started to come unraveled.Īt the beginning, England laid claim to territory inside France, the French kings had seized parts of Italy, and the Holy Roman Empire was divided between Spain, Austria and the Lowlands now known as Belgium and Holland. For 10 centuries after the fall of the Roman Empire the people of Europe and the Middle East struggled to regain control over their separated destinies and find a stability despite the surge in populations, the birth of new technologies, the expansion of trade and the need for a unifying religious faith.īut then came these four remarkable princes, all born within 10 years of each other. ![]() ![]() ![]() Norwich is a master of bringing his characters to life as part of the larger canvass of the great events they brought into being. ![]() ![]() This nuanced graphic memoir portrays a whole family and tells a story of finding identity among a life’s complications. Krosoczka is a New York Times bestselling author, a two-time winner of the Childrens Choice Book Award for the Third to Fourth Grade Book of the Year, an Eisner award nominee, and the author and/or illustrator of more than 30 books for young readers. Photographed family artifacts appear throughout the grayscale-and-burnt-orange panels, marking moments significant and everyday: his early art (all saved by his grandparents), letters from his mother, a comics class taken at the Worcester Art Museum. ![]() His father is absent, until, at 17, Krosoczka writes him to ask about possible half-siblings, and a relationship develops. ![]() ![]() Krosoczka portrays his mother empathically, showing her affection for him even as she struggles to be a reliable presence (in one scene, she takes him and his friends to celebrate a missed birthday). Evoking a great sense of people and place, Krosoczka (the Jedi Academy series) conveys the joys and complications of his young life in Worcester, Mass.-his childhood nightmares, his relationship with his mother through letters and sporadic visits, his grandparents’ tense relationships with one another and their children, and their great care in fostering Jarrett’s talent for art. Jarrett’s mother, Leslie, is a heroin addict-though he doesn’t know it until later in his childhood-so Jarrett’s grandparents, Joe and Shirl, step in to raise him. ![]() ![]() ![]() And it's up to Molly to catch the culprit-before she winds up in a tight knot. But while Molly's fending off a detective with a grudge and navigating crochet group politics, the real killer is at large. Granny squares don't look that hard to make. Never mind that she doesn't know how to crochet. Her complicated past with Ellen has made her a prime suspect, and after being cuffed and questioned, she could use a little diversion. ![]() Then she stumbled across the body of group leader Ellen Sheridan. For Molly, the weekly crochet group at Shedd & Royal Books and More was just another event to manage. Original.īook Synopsis Croteching has become Molly Pink's relaxing escape from her hectic life as a bookstore event manager and from the stress of being Tarzana, California's latest murder suspect. This first title in a new series includes a recipe and a crochet pattern. About the Book After bookstore event coordinator Molly Pink stumbles across the dead body of a crochet group's leader, her complicated past with the woman makes her a prime suspect. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() But does he need the heartache of another man's baby, another wife? Neither does. a woman he really loves, a real family again. And the very sight of her suddenly makes him want more in his life. Bill Thigpen and Adrian Townshed collided in a supermarket. The question was: did he mean it? He did. In as enviable life they'd worked hard for - the American Dream. Adrian Townshed thought she had everything: a job she liked as a TV production assistant and a handsome husband who was a rising star in his own field. ![]() His life is in perfect balance, he thinks. Top-of-the-chart ratings, good-natured casual affairs, and special vacations with his two young sons. Now, nine years later, living alone in Hollywood, even without his wife and kids, his life and success are still reasonably sweet. Read full overviewīill Thigpen, writer producer of the No.1 daytime TV drama was so busy watching his career soar that he never noticed his marriage collapse. Now, nine years later, living alone in Hollywood, even without his wife and kids, his life and success are st. ![]() Bill Thigpen, writer producer of the No.1 daytime TV drama was so busy watching his career soar that he never noticed his marriage collapse. ![]() |