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Across the Pond

2022-03 Juvenile Fiction
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Release : 2022-03
Genre : Juvenile Fiction
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Book Rating : 227/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Across the Pond by : Joy McCullough

Download or read book Across the Pond written by Joy McCullough. This book was released on 2022-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Moving to a Scottish castle allows seventh-grader Callie to escape friendship problems in San Diego, but finding new friends, even in the birding club an old journal inspires her to join, proves challenging.

Across the Pond: An Englishman's View of America

2013-06-24 History
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Release : 2013-06-24
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 339/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Across the Pond: An Englishman's View of America by : Terry Eagleton

Download or read book Across the Pond: An Englishman's View of America written by Terry Eagleton. This book was released on 2013-06-24. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An irreverent trip through American culture by a critic who “cracks jokes as easily as one would crack walnut shells” (Washington Post). Americans have long been fascinated with the oddness of the British, but the English, says literary critic Terry Eagleton, find their transatlantic neighbors just as strange. Only an alien race would admiringly refer to a colleague as “aggressive,” use superlatives to describe everything from one’s pet dog to one’s rock collection, or speak frequently of being “empowered.” Why, asks Eagleton, must we broadcast our children’s school grades with bumper stickers announcing “My Child Made the Honor Roll”? Why don’t we appreciate the indispensability of the teapot? And why must we remain so irritatingly optimistic, even when all signs point to failure? On his quirky journey through the language, geography, and national character of the United States, Eagleton proves to be at once an informal and utterly idiosyncratic guide to our peculiar race. He answers the questions his compatriots have always had but (being British) dare not ask, like why Americans willingly rise at the crack of dawn, even on Sundays, or why we publicly chastise cigarette smokers as if we’re all spokespeople for the surgeon general. In this pithy, warmhearted, and very funny book, Eagleton melds a good old-fashioned roast with genuine admiration for his neighbors “across the pond.”

Around the Pond

1996-09-16 Juvenile Nonfiction
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Release : 1996-09-16
Genre : Juvenile Nonfiction
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Book Rating : 768/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Around the Pond by : Lindsay Barrett George

Download or read book Around the Pond written by Lindsay Barrett George. This book was released on 1996-09-16. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cammy and William follow an old deer path around the pond in search of blueberries. But unexpectedly they find a lot more. Clue after clue tells them what kind of animal has been there before and left its trace behind. Share their adventure in this handsome and informative companion toIn the Woods: Who's Been Here?andIn the Snow: Who's Been Here?

Rocks Across the Pond

2012 Biography & Autobiography
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Release : 2012
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 505/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Rocks Across the Pond by : Richard Verlander

Download or read book Rocks Across the Pond written by Richard Verlander. This book was released on 2012. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perspectives on the journey of a Baseball Parent - From Little League, to the World Series, and everything in-between. From the start in 1989 as parents of then 6 year old Justin Verlander and later his younger brother Ben, and with little background or experience in any type of organised sports ourselves, we had no idea about the turn our lives were about to take when a neighbour from across the street suggested that our son Justin should sign up for Little League Baseball. In our wildest dreams we never would have imagined that 20 years later we would be receiving the Little League Parents of the Year Award in Willamsport, Pennsylvania. This is an honour bestowed annually on the parents of major league stars that played Little League Baseball. After over two decades spent raising two sons who have experienced great success both on and off the field, the term Baseball is Life has become much more than a cliche for the Verlander family. We have been touched by many life changing events that we were fortunate to experience, but often unprepared to handle.Looking back we were often blessed to be surrounded by many people who helped us by providing valuable insight in making decisions and dealing with situations that enabled us to put our boys in the best possible atmosphere to grow and develop their potential; both as athletes and young men. Other times we were just lucky. It was not always clear, that's for sure. This book was written in hopes that other parents raising young athletes can gain something from our experience and look back as we have, knowing that Baseball is a great metaphor for life and that lessons learned last a lifetime.

A Walk around the Pond

2008-04-15 Nature
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Release : 2008-04-15
Genre : Nature
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Book Rating : 119/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis A Walk around the Pond by : Gilbert Waldbauer

Download or read book A Walk around the Pond written by Gilbert Waldbauer. This book was released on 2008-04-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A water strider darts across a pond, its feet dimpling the surface tension; a giant water bug dives below, carrying his mate’s eggs on his back; hidden among plant roots on the silty bottom, a dragonfly larva stalks unwary minnows. Barely skimming the surface, in the air above the pond, swarm mayflies with diaphanous wings. Take this walk around the pond with Gilbert Waldbauer and discover the most amazingly diverse inhabitants of the freshwater world. In his hallmark companionable style, Waldbauer introduces us to the aquatic insects that have colonized ponds, lakes, streams, and rivers, especially those in North America. Along the way we learn about the diverse forms these arthropods take, as well as their remarkable modes of life—how they have radiated into every imaginable niche in the water environment, and how they cope with the challenges such an environment poses to respiration, vision, thermoregulation, and reproduction. We encounter the caddis fly larva building its protective case and camouflaging it with stream detritus; green darner dragonflies mating midair in an acrobatic wheel formation; ants that have adapted to the tiny water environment within a pitcher plant; and insects whose adaptations to the aquatic lifestyle are furnishing biomaterials engineers with ideas for future applications in industry and consumer goods. While learning about the evolution, natural history, and ecology of these insects, readers also discover more than a little about the scientists who study them.

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