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Greek Revival from the Garden
Growing and Cooking for Life
Inbunden, 2013
350 kr
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Take eighty-seven ambrosial recipes designed for the needs and appetites of everyday cooks, leaven with delectable anecdotes about the Greek lifestyle, then pepper with revealing scientific insight, and the result is Greek Revival: Cooking for Life—an appetising introduction to wonderful flavours …
Last Sister
A Novel
Inbunden, 2014
700 kr
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Set during the Anglo-Cherokee War (1758-61), The Last Sister, by Courtney McKinney-Whitaker, traces a young woman's journey through grief, vengeance, guilt, and love in the unpredictable world of the early American frontier. After a band of fellow settlers fakes a Cherokee raid to conceal their …
Shark's Tooth
Av Ron Rash
Häftad, 2015
163 kr
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The Shark’s Tooth is a poetic tale of imagination and conservation in which a young girl visiting her grandparents’ beach house finds friendship with the ocean’s creatures. Sharks’ teeth are given to her by her new aquatic friends as gifts, symbolic of her connections to nature and the sea. As the …
Crabbing
A Lowcountry Family Tradition
Inbunden, 2016
262 kr
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Crabbing is a story about young boys learning from their grandfather about the coastal tradition of catching crabs during an eventful day on a saltwater creek. Tilda Balsley's realistic yet poetic depictions coupled with Monica Wyrick's beautiful watercolor illustrations provide a glimpse into the …
H. L. Hunley Submarine
History and Mystery from the Civil War
Av Fran Hawk
Inbunden, 2017
272 kr
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The story of the H. L. Hunley submarine is about American ingenuity and real people who were inventive, loyal, brave, resilient, persistent, and adventurous. The Hunley, built by the Confederate Army during the Civil War, was the first submarine to sink an enemy ship during wartime. After that …
Freedom Ship of Robert Smalls
Inbunden, 2018
394 kr
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Robert Smalls, born a slave in 1839 in Beaufort, South Carolina, gained fame as an African American hero of the American Civil War. The Freedom Ship of Robert Smalls tells the inspirational story of Small’s life as a slave, his boyhood dream of freedom, and his bold and daring plan as a young man …
Writing South Carolina
Selections from the Third High School Writing Contest, Volume 3
Av Carolina Fund, Aïda Rogers m. fl.
Häftad, 2018
232 kr
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South Carolina teens share their stories and ideas about how to make their home state better.How can we make South Carolina better? Normally this question is reserved for lawmakers and voters, but Writing South Carolina, volume 3, gives voice to 50 high school juniors and seniors from across the …
Art Smart, Science Detective
The Case of the Sliding Spaceship
Av Melinda Long
Häftad, 2018
169 kr
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Three friends prepare for an alien invasion with aluminum foil, peanut butter, and science.When Art and his friends—Robbie, Jason, and Amy—are having a sleepover, they decide to use Art’s telescope for some stargazing. They are shocked to see a purple spaceship hurtling toward Earth. While his …
Sea Island's Secret
A Delta & Jax Mystery
Av Susan Diamond Riley, Kim Shealy Jeffcoat
Inbunden, 2019
444 kr
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A fistful of bones and a mysterious treasure hunt--not quite what twelve-year-old Chicagoan Delta Wells is expecting when she arrives on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, to visit her grandparents for the summer! But when Pops tells her that his beloved Island History Museum may be demolished to …
Sea Island's Secret
A Delta & Jax Mystery
Av Susan Diamond Riley, Kim Shealy Jeffcoat
Häftad, 2019
210 kr
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A fistful of bones and a mysterious treasure hunt--not quite what twelve-year-old Chicagoan Delta Wells is expecting when she arrives on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, to visit her grandparents for the summer! But when Pops tells her that his beloved Island History Museum may be demolished to …
Lady of Cofitachequi
A South Carolina Native American Folktale
Inbunden, 2019
262 kr
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More than 500 years ago, a tribe of Native Americans lived peacefully next to a river in an area called Cofitachequi, near what is now Camden, South Carolina. A kind and generous woman, who was a member of the Otter Clan, ruled this tribe. She became known as the Lady of Cofitachequi. All the …
First, You Explore
The Story of Young Charles Townes
Häftad, 2014
195 kr
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Do exploration. Do things that are new and different."" This is the philosophy that Charles H. Townes has lived by since he was a young boy growing up on a small farm in Greenville, South Carolina. While tending to chores, exploring the outdoors, and tinkering with broken tools and equipment, …
AIDS in the End Zone
Av Kendra S. Albright, Karen W. Gavigan
Häftad, 2014
163 kr
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Marcus Johnson has just been named star quarterback for the Marina High School Pirates. Former quarterback Brad Timmerman will do anything to depose this new rival and regain his position and popularity--including setting up Marcus with Maria Cruz, who is HIV positive. As secrets are exposed, this …
Katie’s Cabbage
Inbunden, 2014
257 kr
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Katie’s Cabbage is the inspirational true story of how Katie Stagliano, a third grader from Summerville, South Carolina, grew a forty-pound cabbage in her backyard and donated it to help feed 275 people at a local soup kitchen. In her own words, Katie shares the story of the little cabbage seedling …
Katie’s Cabbage
Häftad, 2014
179 kr
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Katie’s Cabbage is the inspirational true story of how Katie Stagliano, a third grader from Summerville, South Carolina, grew a forty-pound cabbage in her backyard and donated it to help feed 275 people at a local soup kitchen. In her own words, Katie shares the story of the little cabbage seedling …
Writing the State
Winning Entries from the First Annual South Carolina High School Writing Contest
Häftad, 2015
179 kr
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How should we improve the state of South Carolina?" That invitingly open-ended question served as the basis for the first annual South Carolina High School Writing Contest as the call went out in fall 2013 to juniors and seniors across the Palmetto State, encouraging them to take a stance through …
Kirby’s Journal
Backyard Butterfly Magic
Häftad, 2015
273 kr
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On an eventful summer spent in Charleston, South Carolina, eleven-year-old Kirby, Grandma, and Grandpa plant a butterfly garden, and Kirby documents the wondrous adventures in learning that follow. Their observations, excitement, and curiosity are vividly captured through Kirby’s journal and newly …
Amadeus
The Leghorn Rooster
Inbunden, 2016
257 kr
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Lowcountry storyteller Delores B. Nevils and acclaimed artist Jonathan Green collaborate to share the story of Amadeus, a loud and proud leghorn rooster who comes to live with a widow lady in the Corners community of St. Helena Island on the South Carolina coast. The widow lady's dogs--Kane and …
Nipper of Drayton Hall
Inbunden, 2015
257 kr
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Nipper of Drayton Halla is the just-about-true story of real-life characters who loved a grand old house and the natural beauty of its surroundings on the Ashley River of Charleston, South Carolina. Join Nipper, an energetic little dog, and his beloved Charlotta Drayton as they travel from …
Nipper of Drayton Hall
Häftad, 2015
179 kr
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Nipper of Drayton Halla is the just-about-true story of real-life characters who loved a grand old house and the natural beauty of its surroundings on the Ashley River of Charleston, South Carolina. Join Nipper, an energetic little dog, and his beloved Charlotta Drayton as they travel from …
Writing South Carolina, Volume 2
Selections from the Second Annual High School Writing Contest
Häftad, 2017
217 kr
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“All of you who contributed to this book write much better than I did in high school.” That remarkable observation was made by Pat Conroy in the foreword to the first collection of student writing generated by the South Carolina High School Writing Contest, and it embodies the contest’s goals: to …
Dreaming with Animals
Anna Hyatt Huntington and Brookgreen Gardens
Av L. Kerr Dunn
Inbunden, 2017
223 kr
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Dreaming with Animals is the first children’s biography of celebrated sculptor and Brookgreen Gardens cofounder Anna Hyatt Huntington. Her remarkable life serves as an inspiration not only because of the greatness of her art but also because of her courage and perseverance. L. Kerr Dunn highlights …
Little Orange Honey Hood
A Carolina Folktale
Inbunden, 2018
249 kr
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A young girl encounters danger in a Southern swampland on her journey to grandma's houseLittle Orange Honey Hood brings a Carolinian spin to the classic Little Red Cap of the Brothers Grimm and Charles Perrault’s Little Red Riding Hood. Illustrated and written by Lisa Anne Cullen, this story …
Poppy's Pants
Inbunden, 2018
257 kr
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A colorful story about using creativity to find solutions to life’s everyday challenges.Penelope's Poppy always wears khaki pants. When he finds a hole in one pair, he asks Penelope to patch it. Penelope likes to sew, but she soon realizes that mending the hole is more complicated than she first …
Three Wild Pigs
A Carolina Folktale
Inbunden, 2018
241 kr
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Three Wild Pigs: A Carolina Folktale, written and illustrated by Lisa Anne Cullen, is an adaptation of James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps’s The Story of the Three Little Pigs. Set on Bird Island along the Carolina Coast, this creative retelling of the timeless tale features three generations of a …
Fire and Forgiveness
A Nun’s Truce with General Sherman
Inbunden, 2019
241 kr
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Making peace with her spiteful classmate, Clara, seems impossible to Jane. Despite encouragement from Mother Baptista, the mother superior at their convent school, Jane and Clara dig in their heels. As the girls brood they hear the cannons of the Civil War explode outside their school as General …
Writing South Carolina
Selections from the Fourth Annual High School Writing Contest
Av Aida Rogers, Steven Lynn m. fl.
Häftad, 2019
241 kr
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Founded in 2013 by Steven Lynn, dean of the South Carolina Honors College, this annual writing contest was designed to engage the state's future leaders and thinkers. Each year the Honors College invited South Carolina high school juniors and seniors to respond to the question "How can we make …
