Books with author Elisabeth May

"Oh, Danny Boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling......"Annie sang quietly, holding Derek's baby blue cardigan and trying to detect a familiar smell. The same cardigan he was supposed to wear at his christening.Annie and her friends leave Ireland in 1926 young and optimistic, hoping to find a better life in Liverpool. Only things do not turn out the way they had imagined. Annie falls in love, marries and starts a family of her own. But with the onset of World War Two comes tragedy and loss. testing Annie's strength to the limit.Little does she realise that salvation of her loved ones lies with a German woman named Hilde, whose life and situation mirrors Annie's own.'Liverpool Connection' is the second book of a trilogy and is based on a true story. The first book 'The Night I danced with Rommel', tells Hilde's story. The third book 'Cuckoo Clock-New York' is Esther's story. a young doctor, fleeing Germany after the Kristallnacht 1938. The books are historical novels based on facts and tell the writer's family history.Liverpool Connection has been awarded The B.R.A.G medallion, a readers award

Kristallnacht 9th November 1938. Doctor Esther Rosenthal's husband has just enough time to whisper to her before the SA pulls him out of the door and slams it shut behind him.Esther has to leave Germany in a hurry and embarks on a journey taking her through Holland, England, and ultimately to the USA. In Holland, she meets a group of children from a Berlin orphanage, the first children to go to England on the Kindertransport. Together with her father, Mordechai, she joins them on their crossing and accompanies them to Harwich.The Kindertransport comes to an abrupt end on the outbreak of World War II. What will happen to the children still at Dovercourt Bay without a new permanent or foster home?'Cuckoo Clock - New York: Esther's story, s the third book in the Unbroken Bonds series.The Book has been awarded a B.A.R.G medallion, a readers award

This book is Volume 2 of First German Reader for Beginners. There are simple and funny German texts for easy reading. The book consists of Elementary course with parallel German-English texts. The author maintains learners' motivation with funny stories about real life situations such as meeting people, studying, job searches, working etc. The ALARM method utilize natural human ability to remember words used in texts repeatedly and systematically. The audio tracks are available inclusive on www.lppbooks.com/German/FirstGermanReaderV2_audio/

The second book in the Falconer trilogy is packed with surprises and suspense. Aileana Kameron, the Falconer, disappeared through the portal that she was trying to close forever. Now she wakes up in the fae world, trapped and tortured by the evil Lonnrach. With the help of an unexpected ally, Aileana re-enters the human world, only to find everything irrevocably changed. Edinburgh has been destroyed, and the few human survivors are living in an uneasy truce with the fae, while both worlds are in danger of disappearing altogether. Aileana holds the key to saving both worlds, but in order to do so she must awaken her latent Falconer powers. And the price of doing that might be her life. Rich with imaginative detail, action, fae lore, and romance, The Vanishing Throne is a thrilling sequel to The Falconer.

This fun-filled Q&A book is packed with answers to questions that curious children want to know--and parents are only too happy to give them the means to discover on their own. It contains more than 180 answers to questions about history, nature, the human body, animals, plants, the Earth, and more. In Tell Me What Is That?, kids can find the answers to questions such as: "What's a cramp?", "What is the belly button for?", and "What do the rings on a tree mean?" Organized according to different topics and tabbed for easy reference, this book also features a hidden spiral binding that makes it easy to flip back and forth. Entertaining illustrations, cool stickers, and activity sections make learning more fun than ever.

A private detective is following the girl he is in love with. A former air force pilot, he is discovering some sides in the human nature he can't deal with. Second German Reader is a graded reader for Elementary and Pre-intermediate level. The method utilizes natural human ability to remember words used in texts repeatedly and systematically. The audio tracks are available inclusive online.

Debutante by day. Murderess by night. Edinburgh's only hope.Edinburgh, 1844. Beautiful Aileana Kameron only looks the part of an aristocratic young lady. In fact, she's spent the year since her mother died developing her ability to sense the presence of Sithichean, a faery race bent on slaughtering humans. She has a secret mission: to destroy the faery who murdered her mother. But when she learns she's a Falconer, the last in a line of female warriors and the sole hope of preventing a powerful faery population from massacring all of humanity, her quest for revenge gets a whole lot more complicated. The first volume of a trilogy from an exciting new voice in young adult fantasy, this electrifying thriller blends romance and action with steampunk technology and Scottish lore in a deliciously addictive read.

Lady Aileana Kameron, the only daughter of the Marquess of Douglas, was destined for a life carefully planned around Edinburgh's social events - right up until a faery killed her mother. Now it's the 1844 winter season and Aileana slaughters faeries in secret, in between the endless round of parties, tea and balls. Armed with modified percussion pistols and explosives, she sheds her aristocratic facade every night to go hunting. She's determined to track down the faery who murdered her mother, and to destroy any who prey on humans in the city's many dark alleyways.But the balance between high society and her private war is a delicate one, and as the fae infiltrate the ballroom and Aileana's father returns home, she has decisions to make. How much is she willing to lose - and just how far will Aileana go for revenge?

My name is Lady Aileana Kameron. First the fae murdered my mother. Then they destroyed my world.Then one of them killed me.Now I'm fighting for more than revenge.The long-awaited final book in the Falconer trilogy is an imaginative tour-de-force that will thrill fans of the series.Aileana Kameron, resurrected by ancient fae magic, returns to the world she once knew with no memory of her past and with dangerous powers she struggles to control. Desperate to break the curse that pits two factions of the fae against, her only hope is hidden in an ancient book guarded by the legendary Morrigan, a faery of immense power and cruelty. To save the world and the people she loves, Aileana must learn to harness her dark new powers even as they are slowly destroying her.Packed with immersive detail, action, romance, and fae lore, The Fallen Kingdom brings the Falconer's story to an epic and unforgettable conclusion.

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