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David Copperfield / by Dickens, Charles,1812-1870.;

I am born -- I observe -- I have a change -- I fall into disgrace -- I am sent away from home -- I enlarge my circle of acquaintance -- My "first half" at Salem House -- My holidays, especially one happy afternoon -- I have a memorable birthday -- I become neglected, and am provided for -- I begin life on my own account, and don't like it -- Liking life on my own account no better, I form a great resolution -- Sequel of my resolution -- My aunt makes up her mind about me -- I make another beginning -- I am a new boy in more senses than one -- Somebody turns up -- Retrospect -- I look about me, and make a discovery -- Steerforth's home -- Little Em'ly -- Some old scenes, and some new people -- I corroborate Mr. Dick, and choose a profession -- My first dissipation -- Good and bad angels -- I fall into captivity -- Tommy Traddles -- Mr. Micawber's gauntlet -- I visit Steerforth at his home, again -- Loss -- Greater loss -- Beginning of a long journey -- Blissful -- My aunt astonishes me -- Depression -- Enthusiasm -- Little cold water -- Dissolution of partnership -- Wickfield and Heep -- Wanderer -- Dora's aunts -- Mischief -- Another retrospect -- Our housekeeping -- Mr. Dick fulfills my aunt's predictions -- Intelligence -- Martha -- Domestic -- I am involved in a mystery -- Mr. Peggotty's dream comes true -- Beginning of a longer journey -- I assist at an explosion -- Another retrospect -- Mr. Micawber's transactions -- Tempest -- New wound, and the old -- Emigrants -- Absence -- Return -- Agnes -- I am shown two interesting penitents -- Light shines on my way -- Visitor -- Last retrospect.The story of an abandoned waif who discovers life and love in an indifferent world, this classic tale of childhood is populated with a cast of eccentrics, innocents, and villains who number among the author's greatest creation.

Subjects: Boys; Orphans; Young men; Stepfathers; Child labor;

© 2000., Modern Library,

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Fatherhood : evolution and human paternal behavior / by Gray, Peter B.,1972-; Anderson, Kermyt G.;

Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-294) and index.Our founding fathers -- A world of diversity: cross-cultural variation in paternal care -- Men and marriage -- Fathers and fertility -- Who's the dad? -- Father involvement, father absence, and children's outcomes -- The makings of a stepfather -- Having it all? Fatherhood, male social relationships, and work -- The descent of dad's sexuality -- Babies on his brain -- Health and the human father -- Rewriting the manual."We've all heard that a father's involvement enriches the lives of children. But how much have we heard about how having a child affects a father's life? As Peter Gray and Kermyt Anderson reveal, fatherhood actually alters a man's sexuality, rewires his brain, and changes his hormonal profile. His very health may suffer - in the short run - and improve in the long. These are just a few aspects of the scientific side of fatherhood explored in this book, which deciphers the findings of myriad studies and makes them accessible to the interested general reader." "Since the mid-1990s Anderson and Gray, themselves fathers of young children, have been studying paternal behavior in places as diverse as Boston, Albuquerque, Cape Town, Kenya, and Jamaica. Their work combines the insights of evolutionary and comparative biology, cross-cultural analysis, and neural physiology to deepen and expand our understanding of fatherhood - from the intense involvement in childcare seen in male hunter-gatherers, to the prodigality of a Genghis Khan leaving millions of descendants, to the anonymous sperm donor in a fertility clinic." "Looking at every kind of fatherhood - being a father in and out of marriage, fathering from a distance, stepfathering, and parenting by gay males - this book presents a uniquely detailed picture of how being a parent fits with men's broader social and work lives, how fatherhood evolved, and how it differs across cultures and through time."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects: Human evolution.; Fossil hominids.; Fatherhood.; Paternity.; Paternal Behavior.; Cross-Cultural Comparison.; Cultural Evolution.; Hominidae.; Parenting.; Family and Relationships.;

© 2010., Harvard University Press,

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Elizabeth : the struggle for the throne / by Starkey, David.;

Includes bibliographical references (p. [325]-351) and index.Introduction: Struggle for the throne -- Birth -- Family -- Infancy and mother's death -- Childhood and education -- Rehabilitation -- Stepmother; Catherine Parr -- Reformed religion -- Royal father -- Father's death -- Brother; King Edward VI -- Stepfather; Thomas Seymour -- Adulthood -- Hatfield; further education -- Dudleys -- Property -- Rival sisters -- Exclusion; Edward VI's will and death -- Queen Mary -- Spanish marriage -- Rebellion -- Retribution -- Tower -- Prisoner's progress -- Imprisonment; the politics of protest -- Imprisonment; personal resistance -- New dynasty? -- New England? -- Royal pregnancy? -- Parliamentary revolt -- Elizabeth's first adventures -- Honourable imprisonment -- Marriage with menaces -- Two portraits; Mary and Elizabeth -- Power ebbs -- Power flows -- Enemy; Cardinal Pole -- Two deaths -- Accession; a new government -- Between old and new -- Coronation -- Religion reformed -- Limits of religious reform; practice -- Limits of religious reform; persons -- Promise fulfilled.

Subjects: Elizabeth, I, Queen of England, 1533-1603;

© 2001, c2000., Perennial,

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The wicked city / by Williams, Beatriz.;

Moving into the building that once hid a speakeasy, Ella Hawthorne uncovers the Jazz Age story of a scandalous love triangle involving redheaded flapper Gin Kelly, a rugged Prohibition agent, and a wealthy debonair Princetonian.1998: Discovering her banker husband has a secret life, Ella Gilbert escapes to Greenwich Village. Her musician neighbor, Hector, warns her to stay out of the basement after midnight, when noise strikes up-- laughter, clinking glasses, jazz piano, the occasional bloodcurdling scream. Back in the Roaring Twenties, the building hosted one of the city's most notorious speakeasies. 1924: Flapper Geneva "Gin" Kelly is a regular at the Christopher Club. Caught up in a raid, Gin strikes a bargain with Revenue agent Oliver Anson to catch her stepfather, Duke Kelly, one of Appalachia's most notorious bootleggers.

Subjects: Romance fiction.; Novels.; Triangles (Interpersonal relations); Socialites; Nineteen twenties; Haunted places;

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David Copperfield / [electronic resource]. by Dickens, Charles.; Vance, Simon.;

Narrator: Simon Vance.David Copperfield is the story of a young man's adventures on his journey from an unhappy and impoverished childhood to the discovery of his vocation as a successful novelist. Among the gloriously vivid cast of characters he encounters are his tyrannical stepfather, Mr Murdstone; his brilliant, but ultimately unworthy school-friend James Steerforth; his formidable aunt, Betsey Trotwood; the eternally humble, yet treacherous Uriah Heep; frivolous, enchanting Dora Spenlow; and the magnificently impecunious Wilkins Micawber, one of literature's great comic creations. In David Copperfield - the novel he described as his 'favourite child' - Dickens drew revealingly on his own experiences to create one of the most exuberant and enduringly popular works, filled with tragedy and comedy in equal measure.-- provided by Amazon.com.Text Difficulty 4 - Text Difficulty 5830Requires OverDrive Listen (file size: N/A KB) or OverDrive app (file size: 955429 KB).

Subjects: Electronic books.; Fiction.; Classic Literature.; Historical Fiction.; Literature.;

© 2009., Tantor Audio,

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David Copperfield / [electronic resource]. by Dickens, Charles.;

David Copperfield is the story of a young man's adventures on his journey from an unhappy and impoverished childhood to the discovery of his vocation as a successful novelist. Among the gloriously vivid cast of characters he encounters are his tyrannical stepfather, Mr Murdstone; his brilliant, but ultimately unworthy school-friend James Steerforth; his formidable aunt, Betsey Trotwood; the eternally humble, yet treacherous Uriah Heep; frivolous, enchanting Dora Spenlow; and the magnificently impecunious Wilkins Micawber, one of literature's great comic creations. In David Copperfield - the novel he described as his 'favourite child' - Dickens drew revealingly on his own experiences to create one of the most exuberant and enduringly popular works, filled with tragedy and comedy in equal measure. -- provided by Amazon.com.Requires OverDrive Read (file size: N/A KB) or Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 3972 KB) or Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 968 KB) or Amazon Kindle (file size: N/A KB) or Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 3969 KB) or Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 954 KB).

Subjects: Electronic books.; Fiction.; Classic Literature.;

© 2012., Duke Classics,

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Romantic comedy / [electronic resource]. by Sittenfeld, Curtis.; Sieh, Kristen.;

Narrator: Kristen Sieh.Sally Milz is a sketch writer for The Night Owls, a late-night live comedy show that airs every Saturday . With a couple of heartbreaks under her belt, she's long abandoned the search for love, settling instead for the occasional hook-up, career success, and a close relationship with her stepfather to round out a satisfying life. But when Sally's friend and fellow writer Danny Horst begins dating Annabel, a glamorous actress who guest-hosted the show, he joins the not-so-exclusive group of talented but average-looking and even dorky men at the show -- and in society at large -- who've gotten romantically involved with incredibly beautiful and accomplished women. Sally channels her annoyance into a sketch called The Danny Horst Rule, poking fun at this phenomenon while underscoring how unlikely it is that the reverse would ever happen for a woman. Enter Noah Brewster, a pop music sensation with a reputation for dating models, who signed on as both host and musical guest for this week's show. Dazzled by his charms, Sally hits it off with Noah instantly, and as they collaborate on one sketch after another, she begins to wonder if there might actually be sparks flying. But this isn't a romantic comedy -- it's real life. And in real life, someone like him would never date someone like her . . . right?Requires the Libby app or a modern web browser.

Subjects: Electronic books.; Fiction.; Humor (Fiction).; Literature.; Romance.;

© 2023., Books on Tape,

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Safe and sound / [electronic resource]. by Michaels, Fern.;

The Sisterhood: a group of women from all walks of life bound by friendship and a quest for justice. Armed with vast resources, top-notch expertise, and a loyal network of allies around the globe, the Sisterhood will not rest until every wrong is made right. Isabelle Flanders Tookus isn't expecting to involve the Sisterhood in a new mission when she strikes up a friendship with a curly-haired boy in her local park. Ben Ryan is an eight-year-old child genius, the grandson of millionaire Eleanor Lymen, who hired Izzy years ago to design an institute for gifted children. Ben's mother passed away and Ben now lives with his stepfather, Connor, and Connor's wife, Natalie. They've been using Ben's trust fund to support their lavish lifestyle while shamefully neglecting Ben. And with Natalie getting greedy, Ben's safety is now in jeopardy. Izzy's first step: call in the Sisterhood. The second: track down Eleanor, who has mysteriously vanished on a secret mission of her own. Izzy, Annie, Myra, and the rest of the Sisters come together at Pinewood, thrilled to be united once more. Together they'll lay a trap for Natalie and Connor, one that will protect Eleanor's beloved grandson, get him into the happy home he deserves, and provide the kind of creative, satisfying payback the Sisters dish out so well . . .Electronic reproduction.

Subjects: Electronic books.; Fiction.; Literature.; Suspense.; Thriller.;

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The sound of gravel : a memoir / by Wariner, Ruth.;

The true story of one girl's coming-of-age in a polygamist family. Ruth Wariner was the thirty-ninth of her father's forty-two children. Growing up on a farm in rural Mexico, where authorities turn a blind eye to the practices of her community, Ruth lives in a ramshackle house without indoor plumbing or electricity. At church, preachers teach that God will punish the wicked by destroying the world and that women can only ascend to Heaven by entering into polygamous marriages and giving birth to as many children as possible. After Ruth's father--the founding prophet of the colony--is brutally murdered by his brother in a bid for church power, her mother remarries, becoming the second wife of another faithful congregant. In need of government assistance and supplemental income, Ruth and her siblings are carted back and forth between Mexico and the United States, where Ruth's mother collects welfare and her stepfather works a variety of odd jobs. Ruth comes to love the time she spends in the States, realizing that perhaps the community into which she was born is not the right one for her. As she begins to doubt her family's beliefs and question her mother's choices, she struggles to balance her fierce love for her siblings with her determination to forge a better life for herself. Recounted from the innocent and hopeful perspective of a child, this is the memoir of one girl's fight for peace and love.--Adapted from book jacket.The promised land -- Babylon -- Alone -- Breaking.

Subjects: Autobiographies.; Wariner, Ruth.; Mormons; Polygamy; Mormons;

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The summer wives : [electronic resource] : A novel. by Williams, Beatriz.;

In the summer of 1951, Miranda Schuyler arrives on elite, secretive Winthrop Island as a schoolgirl from the margins of high society, still reeling from the loss of her father in the Second World War. When her beautiful mother marries Hugh Fisher, whose summer house on Winthrop overlooks the famous lighthouse, Miranda's catapulted into a heady new world of pedigrees and cocktails, status and swimming pools. Isobel Fisher, Miranda's new stepsister -- all long legs and world-weary bravado, engaged to a wealthy Island scion -- is eager to draw Miranda into the arcane customs of Winthrop society. But beneath the island's patrician surface, there are really two clans: the summer families with their steadfast ways and quiet obsessions, and the working class of Portuguese fishermen and domestic workers who earn their living on the water and in the laundries of the summer houses. Uneasy among Isobel's privileged friends, Miranda finds herself drawn to Joseph Vargas, whose father keeps the lighthouse with his mysterious wife. In summer, Joseph helps his father in the lobster boats, but in the autumn he returns to Brown University, where he's determined to make something of himself. Since childhood, Joseph's enjoyed an intense, complex friendship with Isobel Fisher, and as the summer winds to its end, Miranda's caught in a catastrophe that will shatter Winthrop's hard-won tranquility and banish Miranda from the island for nearly two decades. Now, in the landmark summer of 1969, Miranda returns at last, as a renowned Shakespearean actress hiding a terrible heartbreak. On its surface, the Island remains the same -- determined to keep the outside world from its shores, fiercely loyal to those who belong. But the formerly powerful Fisher family is a shadow of itself, and Joseph Vargas has recently escaped the prison where he was incarcerated for the murder of Miranda's stepfather eighteen years earlier. What's more, Miranda herself is no longer a naïve teenager, and she begins a fierce, inexorable quest for justice for the man she once loved . . . even if it means uncovering every last one of the secrets that bind together the families of Winthrop Island.Electronic reproduction.

Subjects: Electronic books.; Fiction.; Historical Fiction.; Romance.;

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