When the raging Mississippi threatens their secret cache of hard-earned nickels and pennies, Molly and her white friend Garrett risk their lives to retrieve the money.
against a flat rock the size of a bedstead, then pulled his slender skinning knife from its scabbard. “Yes, sir.” Will propped his rifle beside his father's and laid the rabbits on the rock. Then he headed toward the brush.
Of course I'd have to tell you about the clothes before anything else . ... She had that gold belt tight as could be about that incredible waist , and the green silk flared very free above and below , and I was quite sure there wasn't a ...
The Thames catches fire and the wall of fire and water thunders towards Britain's capital. This is the story of what happens next, and the desperate attempts to save the capital from destruction.
A rushing river with rapidly rising waters threatens the lives—and life savings—of two resourceful kids in this thrilling tale of historical fiction, part of the Survivors series.
It rained and it rained, water poured down from the sky. Out in a field, Old Sloger the Ox kept his head down, eyes to the ground and, close by, Fussy Hen squawked and looked this way and that for the Hungry Fox.
European travellers, including Anna Jameson and Lady Dufferin, and adventurers like Mina Hubbard and Mary Warren, were intrigued and delighted by the majesty and expanse of the land. Marie de l'Incarnation drew fantastic images as she ...
"Originally published in 1963, this powerful novel spools a rewarding, dramatic storyline while it probes the deeper philosophical search for self-definition in modern life and the symbolic demise of the agrarian South from technological ...
The American avantgarde painter Arthur B. Davies often tackled mythological subjects, and his work The Flood from 1903 was seen by some as a metaphor for humankind's confrontation with the daunting challenges of the dawning twentieth ...
Private detective Burke is called on to help a woman named Flood, a martial arts expert, find and take vengeance on the man who raped and murdered her best friend's child
In this cauterizing thriller, Andrew Vachss's renegade investigator teams up with a lethally gifted avenger to follow a child's murderer through the catacombs of New York, where every alley is blind and the penthouses are as dangerous as ...
There is a flood in the town. Dave, Stringer, Linda and Mag want to help with the rescue work. But it is not as easy as it looks because some people don't want to be rescued!
Adding to the picture is the fact that during the long months of Flood Farley has grown an enormous beard. Bearded, soaked to the skin, beset by his own creations: David Farley has become the King Lear of theatre designers. I'm not ...
Four hostages are rescued from a group of religious extremists in Barcelona.
In this book without words, a family experiences the destruction and rebuilding of their home and community after a flood.
What became of all the water when the Flood subsided? Did the Flood waters rise to an elevation to cover such lofty heights as Pike's Peak, Mount Everest, Mount McKinley? When did the Flood begin? How long did it last?
As the waters of the Mississippi River rise with each and every moment, Molly and Garrett risk their lives to save their collection of nickles and pennies as it is their only hope of getting out of their poverty-stricken world. Original.
A catastrophic flood destroys a farm that has been in a family for three generations. Follow the story of this family and the impact the flood has on the land and the wildlife that live on it.
... soldiers will enable us to redeem justice this day at last.' 'Most were here before me Jamshid, such is the devotion ... fever pitch. Pausing to look, they too were on their knees but now slapping chests and waving their weapons firing ...
A beautiful wordless picture book about the effects of a flood on a family and their home.