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In the title story of this collection, "Tillie's Marbles," which won honors in the 2008 Kansas Voices prose competition, thirteen year old Tillie Herman struggles along with a handful of Dust Bowl survivors to escape an abandoned town. During her search for a lost key, she learns why her mother married her father and faces danger in dealing with the town bully. Other stories include: 'The Centerfold, ' 'Revelation, ' 'Father Ashley's Ghost, ' 'Emma, ' 'Sarah's Rescue, ' 'Peasant Princes, ' 'Winter Refuge, ' 'Sanctuary at St. Thomas Abbey, ' and 'A Question of Fate.' Review: "Tillie's Marbles & Other Stories by Kansas writer Reaona Hemmingway is a collection of short stories that will intrigue the reader. Where will you find a ghost, a princess, a kidnapping and a man who renounces his religious calling to marry for love and all the while you are drawn into the lives of many people during the Dust Bowl? A must read for fans of Hemmingway's other writings: 'Home for Christmas, ' 'Harmony's Left Wing, ' and 'The Little Shephard Girl.'" - Kathrine Fapp, Collection Development, Topeka and Shawnee County Public Libr
In 1941 in occupied Paris, brothers Maurice and Joseph play a last game of marbles before running home to their father's barbershop. This is the day that will change their lives forever. With the German occupation threatening their family's safety, the boys' parents decide Maurice and Joseph must disguise themselves and flee to their older brothers in the free zone. Surviving the long journey will take every scrap of ingenuity and courage they can muster. And if they hope to elude the Nazis, they must never, under any circumstances, admit to being Jewish. The boys travel by train, by ferry, and on foot, facing threats from strangers and receiving help from unexpected quarters. Along the way they must adapt to the unfamiliar world beyond their city--and find a way to be true to themselves even as they conceal their identities. Based on an autobiographical novel by Joseph Joffo and adapted with the author's input, this true story offers a harrowing but inspiring glimpse of a childhood cut short.
Under the Maples - The Last Portrait of John Burroughs
Charles F Lummis; John Burroughs
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2016
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The Science of Marbles: Data & Graphs for Science Lab: Volume 1
M. Schottenbauer
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2013
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The Science of Marbles: Data & Graphs for Science Lab: Volume 2
M. Schottenbauer
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2014
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Four White Marbles: A "CC" Giovani Thriller
Camille H. Padula
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2014
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The Science of Marbles: Data & Graphs for Science Lab: Volume 3
M. Schottenbauer
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2015
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Why are we still arguing over the Parthenon Marbles? This book offers a fresh take on the history of those famous pieces of ancient sculpture removed from the Acropolis in Athens by Lord Elgin’s men in the early 19th century. It explains how they became the cause célèbre of the larger debates around cultural heritage and restitution now taking place. The subject is one that is currently embroiling museums, governments, universities and the public at large. Herman provides a balanced, thorough and critical account of the history of the Marbles, while considering the legalities of their initial removal and the ethics of their retention by the British Museum. It incorporates the views of curators, museum directors, lawyers, archaeologists, politicians and others in both London and Athens. It explains why this particular dispute has not been satisfactorily resolved, and suggests new ways of seeking resolution – for the Parthenon Marbles and for the many other cultural treasures held in museum collections outside their countries of origin. The book sets out a way forward for this famously intractable dispute, one based on evidence of past practice, legal rules around the transfer of cultural objects and the role of museums in negotiating international exchanges.
Why are we still arguing over the Parthenon Marbles? This book offers a fresh take on the history of those famous pieces of ancient sculpture removed from the Acropolis in Athens by Lord Elgin’s men in the early 19th century. It explains how they became the cause célèbre of the larger debates around cultural heritage and restitution now taking place. The subject is one that is currently embroiling museums, governments, universities and the public at large. Herman provides a balanced, thorough and critical account of the history of the Marbles, while considering the legalities of their initial removal and the ethics of their retention by the British Museum. It incorporates the views of curators, museum directors, lawyers, archaeologists, politicians and others in both London and Athens. It explains why this particular dispute has not been satisfactorily resolved, and suggests new ways of seeking resolution – for the Parthenon Marbles and for the many other cultural treasures held in museum collections outside their countries of origin. The book sets out a way forward for this famously intractable dispute, one based on evidence of past practice, legal rules around the transfer of cultural objects and the role of museums in negotiating international exchanges.