Books with author Buchanan

Welcome to Candid Conversations with Connie! And these conversations are going to be very candid. In this book we’re only taking questions from girls! Yep, they can ask whatever they want, and I will answer from my vast knowledge and experience. (Well . . . maybe not vast.) If I don’t know the answer, I’ll ask my friend Penny. We’ve been where you are, and we know what it’s like.You’re not a little girl anymore, but you’re still years off from adulthood. You still like to play, but you also enjoy having long conversations with friends. You sometimes want to cuddle on your mom’s lap, and other times you wish she would just leave you alone. All that’s pretty normal, and you’ll see that from the questions we’re answering.

Introduce students to the structure of the United States government with this high-interest nonfiction book. Students will build literacy skills and social studies content knowledge as they learn about the three branches of government and the purpose of this separation of powers. Primary source images, supporting text, a glossary, table of contents, and and index all work together to engage readers and help them better understand the content.

A brilliant account of the proud and ferocious American fighters who stood up to the British forces in savage battles crucial in deciding both the fate of the Carolina colonies and the outcome of the war.""A tense, exciting historical account of a little known chapter of the Revolution, displaying history writing at its best.""--Kirkus Reviews""His compelling narrative brings readers closer than ever before to the reality of Revolutionary warfare in the Carolinas.""--Raleigh News & Observer. ""Buchanan makes the subject come alive like few others I have seen."" --Dennis Conrad, Editor, The Nathanael Greene Papers.""John Buchanan offers us a lively, accurate account of a critical period in the War of Independence in the South. Based on numerous printed primary and secondary sources, it deserves a large reading audience."" --Don Higginbotham, Professor of History, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

A brilliant account of the proud and ferocious American fighters who stood up to the British forces in savage battles crucial in deciding both the fate of the Carolina colonies and the outcome of the war.""A tense, exciting historical account of a little known chapter of the Revolution, displaying history writing at its best.""--Kirkus Reviews""His compelling narrative brings readers closer than ever before to the reality of Revolutionary warfare in the Carolinas.""--Raleigh News & Observer. ""Buchanan makes the subject come alive like few others I have seen."" --Dennis Conrad, Editor, The Nathanael Greene Papers.""John Buchanan offers us a lively, accurate account of a critical period in the War of Independence in the South. Based on numerous printed primary and secondary sources, it deserves a large reading audience."" --Don Higginbotham, Professor of History, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

Acclaim for The Road to Valley Forge""Buchanan is a master of the historical narrative . . . a host of new insights into George Washington as a leader of men.""-Thomas Fleming, author of Liberty!: The American Revolution""The Road to Valley Forge is an effective operational history, clearly written, judicious in its judgments and based on a careful look at the war from both sides.""-Jeremy Black, author of War for America: The Fight for Independence, 1775--1783""John Buchanan skillfully guides us through 1776 and 1777, the two most critical years of the Revolutionary War for George Washington as commander in chief. With a gift for finding the apt quotation and the telling anecdote, the author traces the growth of Washington as a commanding general and the professional development of the Continental Army.""-Don Higginbotham, Professor of History, University of North Carolina at Chapel HillThe Road to Valley Forge tells the whole story of Washington's growth from inexperienced backwoods general to true Commander in Chief of a professional fighting force. This warts-and-all portrait of America's greatest hero reveals a courageous and intelligent man struggling desperately to learn from his mistakes, forge a motley assortment of militiamen into a real army, and demonstrate to all of his fellow Americans that they could, indeed, become masters of their own destiny.

Welcome to Candid Conversations with Connie! And these conversations are going to be very candid. In this book we’re only taking questions from girls! Yep, they can ask whatever they want, and I will answer from my vast knowledge and experience. (Well . . . maybe not vast.) If I don’t know the answer, I’ll ask my friend Penny. We’ve been where you are, and we know what it’s like.You’re not a little girl anymore, but you’re still years off from adulthood. You still like to play, but you also enjoy having long conversations with friends. You sometimes want to cuddle on your mom’s lap, and other times you wish she would just leave you alone. All that’s pretty normal, and you’ll see that from the questions we’re answering.

The crowd erupts as Isaac introduces the first number, and again when he starts to sing. Intense harmonies fill the tent and saturate the crowd. Strobe lights by the stage echo the music. Jess stands in the audience and watches him. Isaac Coleman, with the smoke grey eyes she knows so well, and a reputation for walking away if anyone gets too close. “Go, have fun,’ her mother had said. Her brother had agreed. “Isaac will be busy.” So she’d come. What could go wrong? Then she sees the slight start, hears the slip, the falter, the pause. Isaac has seen her. She watches him watching her as he finishes the set. The music fades, the lights dim, and Elwood goes to the break. Isaac settles in the wings. He leans against a crate, relaxing until he has to go on again. Miles offers him a joint. He takes it, has a puff and hands it to Toby, perching on a packing case too, boots crossed.Toby holds the joint like a piece of fine china. “What happened out there, Zac?” He gives a slight nod at the stage. “You forget the lyrics?” Smoke trickles out between his lips. Isaac folds his arms and crosses his boots. “A pause for effect.” He doesn’t expect to be believed, he’s been with Elwood for three years and never stopped in the middle of a number before. “Unlikely, something happened.” Miles moves enough to see out into the audience. He points to the side of the crowd about two thirds down the marquee. “Over there. Tall, blonde, long hair, high heels, short lace dress.” Toby leans forward and watches for a moment. He settles back onto his crate. “Not bad.” He looks across at Isaac. “So, why are you still up here?” He takes another puff. Isaac grins. Good question, Jess had caught the flash of awareness. He figured, now she knew she’d been seen, she’d leave. Couldn’t believe she’d come in the first place. Isaac, a successful musician, based in London has come back to the Coromandel to play the summer season at the beaches. Five years ago, he walked out on Jess to go to Australia and hasn’t been back since. Part of the reason he is back is to quiet some echoes from his past and also to make peace with Jess. At first, she rejects his overtures, but eventually, drawn in by the memories of the shared past he weaves around her she agrees to be friends and to spend a month with him. They have both changed a lot. Jess is more assertive and critical of some of the things Isaac does. And Isaac is wary of relationships and avoids any commitment. He makes it really clear their time together is temporary and after summer is he is going back to his life in London. Isaac’s bandmates, Miles and Toby, point out that if Jess is going to spend the summer with them, she is going to hear the lyrics of the new songs he’s written. The songs are about their lifestyle, an endless catalogue of drinking, partying, sex and drugs. Isaac plays the songs to her, she accepts that is the way he has been living and eventually, they achieve something like peace and start to enjoy their time together. But Isaac’s resentment of Jess’s relationship with her boss and Jess’s anger at the way he left, create a minefield. Butterfly Kisses is a standalone book in the Trainwreck series. If you like second chances, alpha males and strong females, then you’ll love this contemporary romance.

What was the nude, recently slain body of Kaithlin Jordan doing spoiling the pristine turquoise waters of Miami Beach -- especially when the dead socialite's convicted killer husband is sitting on Death Row for having murdered her...ten years ago! Reporter Britt Montero lives for this kind of story. But she may die for this one as well. Because each question raises many others -- and every hard-won answer reveals secret passions and explosive truths that could doom an overly inquisitive journalist with a tendency to leap before she looks.

Welcome to Candid Conversations with Connie, Volume 2! And these conversations are going to be very candid. In this book we’re only taking questions from girls! Yep, they can ask whatever they want, and I will answer from my vast knowledge and experience. (Well . . . maybe not vast.) If I don’t know the answer, I’ll ask my friend Penny. We’ve been where you are, and we know what it’s like.You’re not a little girl anymore, but you’re still years off from adulthood. You still like to play, but you also enjoy having long conversations with friends. You sometimes want to cuddle on your mom’s lap, and other times you wish she would just leave you alone. All that’s pretty normal, and you’ll see that from the questions we’re answering.

Everlast (Chronicles of Nerissette) by Andria Buchanan:Allie Munroe has only ever wanted to belong, maybe even be well liked. But even though she's nice and smart and has a couple of friends, she's still pretty much the invisible girl at school. So when the chance to work with her friends and some of the popular kids on an English project comes up, Allie jumps at the chance to be noticed. And her plan would have worked out just fine…if they hadn't been sucked into a magical realm through a dusty old book of fairy tales in the middle of the library. Now, Allie and her classmates are stuck in Nerissette, a world where karma rules and your social status is determined by what you deserve. Which makes a misfit like Allie the Crown Princess, and her archrival the scullery maid. And the only way out is for Allie to rally and lead the people of Nerissette against the evil forces that threaten their very existence.

In 1933, Hattie is sent to Nebraska after her parents die in a New York tenement fire. Once there, she lives on a farm with Henry and Elizabeth Jansen who are dealing with the deaths of their two children. While Elizabeth has trouble getting out of bed, Hattie feels unwanted and isolated. Together, they try to build a new life and come to terms with their personal losses.