Authors:Charlotte Brontë, Andrew Hook, Judith Hook,
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Keywords: classics, penguin, shirley
Number of Pages: 624
Published: 1974-07-30
List price: $7.95
ISBN-10: 0140430954
ISBN-13: 9780140430950

Struggling manufacturer, Robert Moore has introduced labour saving machinery to his Yorkshire mill, arousing a ferment of unemployment and discontent among his workers. Robert considers marriage to the wealthy and independent Shirley Keeldar to solve his financial woes, yet his heart lies with his cousin Caroline, who, bored and desperate, lives as a dependent in her uncle’s home with no prospect of a career. Shirley, meanwhile, is in love with Robert’s brother, an impoverished tutor - a match opposed by her family. As industrial unrest builds to a potentially fatal pitch, can the

Author: Ed Young
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Keywords: hook
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2009-04-27
List price: $17.95
ISBN-10: 1596433639
ISBN-13: 9781596433632

A young eagle learns to soar in Caldecott-winner Ed Young’s newest work. With beautiful, sweeping artwork and spare, lyrical text, Ed Young tells the story of a boy who finds an egg and gives it to a flock of chickens. When the egg hatches not a chick but an eaglet, the hens, the roosters, and the boy all band together to help the young bird fly. In this lovely story about friendship and dedication, the eaglet perseveres and leaves behind the dusty earth for endless pastel skies.

Author: ell hook
Publisher: Washington Square Pre
Keywords: love, masculinity, men, change
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 2004-12-21
List price: $15.95
ISBN-10: 0743456084
ISBN-13: 9780743456081

Everyone needs to love and be loved -- even men. But to know love, men must be able to look at the ways that patriarchal culture keeps them from knowing themselves, from being in touch with their feelings, from loving. In The Will to Change, bell hooks gets to the heart of the matter and shows men how to express the emotions that are a fundamental part of who they are -- whatever their age, marital status, ethnicity, or sexual orientation.With trademark candor and fierce intelligence, hooks addresses the most common concerns of men, such as fear of intimacy and loss of their patriarchal place

Author: Larry Shapiro
Publisher: MBI
Keywords: ladders, hook
Number of Pages: 96
Published: 2002-10-04
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 0760311412
ISBN-13: 9780760311417

"Code 3" coverage puts you on-scene as these amazing apparatus maneuver rescuers to extraordinary heights! Grab a hand-line and discover the popular makes and models in operation, as long-time fire buff Larry Shapiro outlines the roots of the hook and ladder and discusses when and how they are used in todays loftiest disasters. Outstanding all-color images and lively text guide you through the hero-making world of Hook and Ladders.

Author: ell hook
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: place, culture, belonging
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2008-10-20
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 041596816X
ISBN-13: 9780415968164

What does it mean to call a place home? Who is allowed to become a member of a community? When can we say that we truly belong? These are some of the questions of place and belonging that renowned cultural critic bell hooks examines in her new book, Belonging: A Culture of Place. Traversing past and present, Belonging charts a cyclical journey in which hooks moves from place to place, from country to city and back again, only to end where she began--her old Kentucky home. hooks has written provocatively about race, gender, and class; and in this book she turns her attention to focus on issue

Author: Jason Hook
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Keywords: men, apaches
Number of Pages: 48
Published: 1987-03-26
List price: $17.95
ISBN-10: 0850457386
ISBN-13: 9780850457384

The Apache culture of 1850 was a blend of influences from the peoples of the Great Plains, Great Basin and the South-West, particularly the Pueblos, and – as time progressed – from the Spanish and American settlers. This fascinating work by Jason Hook examines the Apaches, their social structure, religion and warcraft, and outlines the Apache wars and conflicts with the American, including the dramatic story of Crook and Geronimo. This absorbing volume is illustrated with a wealth contemporary photographs, museum examples and eight stunning full page colour plates by Richard Hook, making i

Author: Tina Ferraro
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Keywords: hottie, hook
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 2008-01-08
List price: $8.99
ISBN-10: 0385734387
ISBN-13: 9780385734387

At 17, Kate Delvecchio has one goal in life: to become a millionaire before the age of 20. And as far as she’s concerned, college will only slow her down. Unfortunately for Kate, the one thing her parents do agree on is that they totally disagree with her strategy. And so the deal is born. If Kate can raise five thousand big ones by graduation day, her parents will hand over the balance of her college account to invest as she pleases. No college, no degree, and no way she’ll ever be able to pull it off. But when Kate accidentally agrees to go to the sports banquet with the hottest guy at s