Books with author Mary Taylor

Come aboard the Scurvy Dog—if you dare! Captain Skull and his rascally pirate crew await you. Your job: to take the reusable stickers and get the galleon ready for battle. Equip the ship with a Jolly Roger, rigging, and guns; hide stolen booty in the treasure room, hang hammocks below deck so the crew can rest, and help the ship’s cook concoct some dodgy brew. There are coloring and puzzle activities to do, too!

Pomp and Sustenance is a celebration of one of the oldest, most varied, and best-loved cuisines of Europe, at once frugal and extravagant, robustly simple yet often handsomely ornate. For twenty-five centuries, the people of Sicily have been creating what is perhaps the basic cuisine of Europe on the beautiful island in the heart of the Meditteranean.Beginning with the oldest and most elementary components in the Sicilian diet, Mary Taylor Simeti surveys the bounty of the Sicilian table and Sicilian history. Simeti provides authentic recipes as well as evocations of the dishes' origins: from the simple glories of vine, olive, and wheat to the culinary innovations of Arab and Norman invaders; from the plain but mouth-watering dishes prepared by peasants in the Middle Ages to the ritual luxuries of Sicily's aritocracy; from the succulent delicacies made in monasteries and covents to the street-food pleasures that have become favorites all over the world.With more than 100 photographs and illustrations, this comprehensive volume is a book to cook from, a book to read, and a book to treasure as a testament to one of the finest cuisines in the world.

What is it like to be a ballerina? This delightful activity book raises the curtain on the magic world of dance. Have fun with ballet-themed puzzles, pictures, and games, and create beautiful ballet scenes with over 150 pretty stickers. Decorate costumes and slippers, complete the dressing room jigsaw, and connect the tiara dot-to-dot. Distinctive contemporary illustrations, plus information on first ballet classes, famous ballet stories, costumes, and more, put this in a class of its own.

Don't miss this gripping small-town thriller.Tim Raither knows he’s likely to die today. What he doesn’t know is where he is or how he got there. Severely injured, fading in and out of consciousness, he is unable to do anything but wait, and hope someone finds him, while the ruthless criminal who put him there roams the little town of Sycamore, Maryland in search of little girls. Tim’s daughters, Lindsey and Amanda, are working on the clues of a treasure hunt that he prepared for them. When Tim fails to come home after hiding the treasure, his wife Kate begins a frantic search of the local roads, while Lindsey and Amanda continue with the treasure hunt, but with a new goal in mind: to find their father. To Kate’s chagrin, the girls disappear into the countryside as well, unaware that they could be in even greater danger than their father.A Pebble Tossed is a suspenseful tale of relationships and redemption, a small town thriller revolving around compelling everyman characters. It takes place in a once-rural area that is rapidly becoming suburban, and contrasts the simple innocence of growing up in a bygone era with the more complex and infinitely more dangerous world of today.What are you waiting for? Scroll up and add A Pebble Tossed to your cart today!

Karl and Rosa's family watch in horror as Hitler's troops parade down the streets of their home city -- Vienna. It has become very dangerous to be a Jew in Austria, and after their uncle is sent to Dachau, Karl and Rosa's parents decide to send the children out of the country on a Kindertransport, one of the many ships carrying refugee children away from Nazi danger.Isolated and homesick, Karl ends up in Millisle, a run-down farm in Ards in Northern Ireland, which has become a Jewish refugee centre, while Rosa is fostered by a local family.Hard work on the farm keeps Karl occupied, although he still waits desperately for any news from home. Then he makes friends with locals Peewee and Wee Billy, and also with the girls from neutral Dublin who come to help on the farm, especially Judy. But Northern Ireland is in the war too, with rationing and air-raid warnings, and, in April 1941 the bombs of the Belfast Blitz bring the reality of war right to their doorstep.And for Karl and Rosa and the other refugees there is the constant fear that they may never see their parents again.Based on a true story -- there was a refugee farm at Millisle and among its occupants was a young boy called Karl.

Getting drunk homecoming night your senior year is never a good idea, but Jake Hayes never expected it all to end with a car crash and a t-post embedded in his throat. His biggest regret about it all? What he never said to Samantha Shay. He's been in love with her for years and never had the guts to tell her. Now it's too late. Because after that night, Jake will never be able to talk again. When Jake returns to his small island home, population 5,000, he'll have to learn how to deal with being mute. He also finds that his family isn't limited to his six brothers and sisters, that sometimes an entire island is watching out for you. And when he gets the chance to spend more time with Samantha, she'll help him learn that not being able to talk isn’t the worst thing that could ever happen to you. Maybe, if she'll let him, Jake will finally tell her what he didn't say before, even if he can't actually say it.

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Welcome to Jasmine Palace! Open the golden gates, and step back in time to the 18th century. Explore the royal home and, with the reusable stickers, prepare everything for a grand ball. Help the princess choose her gown, add flowers and fountains to the grounds, put food on the banquet tables, and more. Try the exciting coloring and puzzle activities at the back, too!