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In this last volume of the Cellini's Revenge trilogy, we find Peter just wanting a normal life, and yet, as a single father, it is not what he gets. Cellini's fame and fortune end with a regal funeral, and yet his final words curse the thieves of his twelve silver cups. Here is an interweaving of an old Evans' family story with a death and a newborn, along with a shattered marriage and then a newfound family. Lastly, a millionaire's dream ...

A famous 18-year-old fiddle player, Beau, is abducted from her parents' huge Sierra home at a birthday folk jam in her honor one summer in the early part of the 21st century. As a fire burns up the mountain while she is buried on the land under a pile of brush, she is found just in time. A month later, much to her horror, she is abducted again, this time from a Berkeley music jam. The culprit - a crazy but brilliant classical violinist only kn...

With her only child off to college, Sarah, a divorcée, is overwhelmed with emptiness. Her home overlooking San Francisco Bay is quiet, and her work with young children is routine. Most of all, her heart has become an excruciating vacuum. When she meets a very sexy and charming Englishman tending his sailboat, Sarah makes an impulsive decision. It takes little to persuade her to join this mysterious sailor for an around-the-world cruise as his ...

Cellini's Revenge is the story of an American woman, Catherine Evans, falsely accused (but eventually convicted) of her husband David's murder. She finds him dead in their kitchen in England in 1956 with a knife in his side. Cellini's Revenge is also the story of the 400-year history of twelve small silver astrological cups that are stolen from Benvenuto Cellini in 1527 in Italy as he is personally delivering them on horseback to the famous It...

This second volume in the Cellini's Revenge series focuses on how Peter Evans' life and the Cellini curse from over 400 years before intertwine, and how the fight between two brothers over the Cellini cups haunts the story throughout. Calamities happen, accidents continue, and Peter's existence leads to unforeseen catastrophes. Peter hunts for his father and experiences endless disappointment, while his mother, Angela, keeps her secrets. Peter...

My mother sketches me all over Paris, whether of me eating an ice cream cone under the Eiffel Tower, or washing socks in the bidet, or going on the merry-go-round. It is lots of fun being her model! It takes many turns for me on the merry-go-round for her to finish her drawing. I don't mind a bit! Paris is amazing!Great for kids who are already reading, definitely between 6 and 8, and maybe younger.

When eleven-year-old Elizabeth's parents don't come home from a community meeting one rainy night, she's left in charge of her four-year-old sister, Amanda.Morning brings a flood that fills the first floor of their house. Elizabeth must make an agonizing decision: whether to stay put where her parents can find her or go in search of them. Dangers loom in either scenario. Then Elizabeth and Amanda rescue a neighbor, seven-year-old Maya, and her...

A delightfully illustrated book about Elizabeth and her new friends in first grade, learning to read, write, listen to stories, add, subtract, paint and climb the jungle gym. They make friends and join a new world of learning, coupled with fun. This book is a wonderful companion for children starting school-a mirror of their own lives.Great to read to kids going into preschool, perhaps by an older child who can read already. Also a good book f...

First grade is a challenge with new friends, maybe a new teacher and a feeling of advancement into the world of reading and writing. It is a time of friendship, sharing, learning and playing. It is a place where children come into their own, a secure leap into the world of math and science, and the beginning of learning to spell and sound out whole sentences. It is fun!Great for kids who are already reading, definitely between 6 and 8, and may...

This easy-to-use, comprehensive guide shows how to establish a floating collection in any library-regardless of type or size.

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