Books with author Linda Murray

Liz Murray was born to loving but drug-addicted parents in the Bronx. In school she was taunted for her dirty clothing and lice-infested hair, eventually skipping so many classes that she was put into a girls' home. At age fifteen, Liz found herself on the streets when her family finally unraveled. She learned to scrape by, foraging for food and riding subways all night to have a warm place to sleep.When Liz's mother died of AIDS, she decided to take control of her own destiny and go back to high school, often completing her assignments in the hallways and subway stations where she slept. Liz squeezed four years of high school into two, while homeless; won a New York Times scholarship; and made it into the Ivy League. Breaking Night is an unforgettable and beautifully written story of one woman's indomitable spirit to survive and prevail, against all odds.

Stolen Puppy! Chip was so cute and cuddly and irresistible. He was smuggled out of the Des Moines County Humane Society, the only home he had ever known. His theft rocked the town of Burlington, Iowa located on the shores of the Mississippi river. Stealing a helpless three pound pup tore at the heart of pet lovers nationwide. This true story highlights the cost of pet ownership and stresses the importance of micro-chipping. A must-read for first time dog owners. A portion of each book sold goes to the Des Moines County Animal Shelter

Excerpt from Introduction to the English Reader, or a Selection of Pieces, in Prose and Poetry: Calculated to Improve the Younger Classes of Learners in Reading, and to Imbue Their Minds With the Love of VirtueIntroduction to the English Reader, and other publica tions of that nature; and also a preper book for those schools, in which, from their circumscribed plan of educa tion, larger works of the kind cannot be admitted.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from English Grammar, Adapted to the Different Classes of Learners: With an Appendix, Containing Rules and Observations, for Assisting the More Advanced Students to Write With Perspicuity and AccuracyHen the number and variety of English Grammars already published, and the ability with which some of them are written, are considered, little can be expected from a new compilation, be sides a careful selection of the most useful matter, and some degree of improvement in the mode of adapting it to the under standing, and the gradual progress of learners. It these respects something, perhaps, may yet be done, for the ease and advantage of oung persons.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Introduction to the English Reader: Or a Selection of Pieces in Prose and Poetry: Calculated to Improve the Younger Classes of Learners, in Reading and to Imbue Their Minds With the Love of VirtueThe English Reader, and The Sequel to that performance, having met with a favourable recep tion from the public, the compiler has'been induced to prepare a small volume, on a similar plan, for the use of children who have made but little progress m read ing. It has been his aim to form a compilation, which would properly conduct the young learner from the spelling-book to the English Reader: and in prose cuting this design, he has been particularly careful to select such pieces as are adapted to the understand ing, and pleasing to the taste, of children.A work calculated for different classes of young readers, should contain pieces suited in point of'ian guage and matter, to their various ages and capaci ties. The compiler, in conformity with this idea, has, in several of the chapters, particularly in' the chapters of promiscuous pieces, endeavoured to ar range the materials so as to form an easy gradation, adapted to the different progress of the learners. Judicious teachers will know how to apply this ar rangement to the years and abilities of their pupils.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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