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Author
Publisher
Globe Pequot
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Lighthouse of the Great Lakes combines the fascinating history and lore of approximately forty-one lighthouses with stunning color and black-and-white photographs. Focusing on the lighthouses of Lake Michigan and Lake Superior, this beautifully illustrated book provides stirring descriptions of the lighthouses as well as directions and details on visiting these memorable Great Lakes landmarks"--
Author
Publisher
Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Thirty miles off the coast of San Francisco lie the Farallon Islands, known to sailors as the Devil's Teeth. Despite their fearsome reputation, their remote nature appeals to young Lucy Riley, who in 1859 seeks a new start as a teacher to the lighthouse keepers' children. But Lucy brings treacherous secrets with her, including a name that isn't hers and a past she can't escape. On the island she meets Will Sisson, a mysterious man who seems to recognize...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In an isolated lighthouse on the California coast, Rowan Winterbourne lives a solitary life with only her secrets for company. For she has a mission that drives her--to avenge herself against Gregory Torval, the powerful drug and arms dealer who murdered her mother and vowed to eliminate everyone in her family. Then Joe Grantham arrives at her door and, for the first time, Rowan lets her guard down--a dangerous mistake when he blackmails her to go...
Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Inspired by Robert Louis Stevenson's letters and life, this book imagines the author as a child with dreams of becoming a writer. As he and his father visit one of the many lighthouses along the Scottish coast that were built by their family, young Louis begins composing a story in his head--one with storms, shipwrecks, and pirates--that will one day be published as Treasure Island."--
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"This Christmas, Mia Broadhurst returns to the snow-covered seaside village of Winsted Cape. It's the magical place where Grandma Ruth ran the lighthouse on the edge of the coast, the place where Mia's fondest childhood memories lie. Forced to sell it after her grandmother passes away, Mia can't bear to part with the house she holds most dear. But with her life back in New York, and her mother and sister unable to afford the upkeep, she has no choice...
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"It's 1945, the final year of World War II. Yukie Kimura is eight years old. She lives on a tiny island with a lighthouse in the north of Japan with her family, and she knows that the fighting that once felt so far away is getting closer. Mornings spent helping her father tend to the lighthouse and adventuring with her brother are replaced by weeks spent inside, waiting. At some point, Yukie knows, they may be bombed. Then, it happens. One Sunday,...
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