![]() ![]() ![]() I’m going to include a part of the blurb that enticed me to listen to this wonderful audiobook: Part adventure, part historical saga, and part coming-of-age love story, West with Giraffes explores what it means to be changed by the grace of animals, the kindness of strangers, the passing of time, and a story told before it’s too late. Inspired by true events, the tale weaves real-life figures with fictional ones, including the world’s first female zoo director, a crusty old man with a past, a young female photographer with a secret, and assorted reprobates as spotty as the giraffes. Behind the wheel is the young Dust Bowl rowdy Woodrow. What follows is a twelve-day road trip in a custom truck to deliver Southern California’s first giraffes to the San Diego Zoo. They find it in two giraffes who miraculously survive a hurricane while crossing the Atlantic. ![]() Hitler is threatening Europe, and world-weary Americans long for wonder. But when he learns giraffes are going extinct, he finds himself recalling the unforgettable experience he cannot take to his grave. ![]() Woodrow Wilson Nickel, age 105, feels his life ebbing away. “Few true friends have I known and two were giraffes…” An emotional, rousing novel inspired by the incredible true story of two giraffes who made headlines and won the hearts of Depression-era America. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Can Peter find a way to beat the forces working against them, or will he lose all that he holds dear? The sequel to Jourdan Lane's popular novel Soul Mates: Bound by Blood, Deceptions is bound to keep you turning the pages! Soak this one in today! Then Lucien disappears, and Peter knows he has to call on every ally, every power he has, to get Lucien back before he's gone forever. Fearing for his very life, and working hard to keep Lucien's increasingly uncertain temper from hurting his friends, Peter's doing all he can to prove that he belongs at Lucien's side, not just as a master, but as an equal. And after a night watching werewolf Xander hunt, a night that sees Peter attacked, that might not be all he's losing. Their relationship has become purely physical, with Lucien pushing Peter away at every turn. Desperate to be turned and baffled by Lucien's continuing refusal, Peter is starting to feel that he's losing his vampire lover. 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It’s chilly enough out for her mink coat and Manhattan is grittier now-her son keeps warning her about a subway vigilante on the prowl-but the quick-tongued poetess has never been one to scare easily. Now it’s the last night of 1984 and Lillian, 85 years old but just as sharp and savvy as ever, is on her way to a party. 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Summary: Offering remembrances and remedies-as well as 75 all-new recipes by Sallie Ann Robinson from the unique Gullah islands off the South Carolina. ![]() Publication date 2007 Topics African American cookery, Gullahs Publisher Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press. noon, and night by Robinson, Sallie Ann Underwood, Gloria J. Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement (updated as of 1/1/21) and Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement (updated as of 1/1/21). Cooking the Gullah way, morning, noon, and night Item Preview remove-circle Share or Embed This Item. Legal Notice Do Not Sell My Personal Information. © 2007, published by University of North Carolina Press Epicurious Links Connect with Epicurious In her spirited introduction and chapter openings, Robinson describes how cooking the Gullah way has enriched her life, from her childhood on the island to her adulthood on the nearby mainland. ![]() |