A Little Fruitcake, A Childhood in Holidays - 6 Angebote vergleichen

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Social Science, The Rhinestone Sisterhood, Ride a bull. Chat up a Senator. And get your homework in on time. It's all in a day's work for a festival queen. If you assume all pageant queens are airheads who can't handle geography, or vain girls who like to parade around in bathing suits, then welcome to the alternative universe of America's festival queens. With titles like Catfish Queen and Swine Queen, and royal duties ranging from leading parades to kissing frogs to doing PR for local industries, these hardworking girls represent the best of what America has to offer: local cultures, unique traditions, and the kind of can-do community spirit that makes Main Street sparkle with promise. The Rhinestone Sisterhood takes us deep into the world of small-town festival queens to capture the true story of four sisters of the sashthe Frog, Fur, Cotton, and Cattle Queens of Louisianaand their quest to win the ultimate crown, Queen of Queens. Traveling across the state, David Valdes Greenwood introduces us to local queens with lives full of public speaking, pig chases, and pageant politics. We ride with the girls during their one-year reign, where families and boyfriends can be as complicated as judge's panels, and a queen's dreams may be at the mercy of a Category 4 hurricane. High-spirited yet down-home, suspenseful and genuinely moving , The Rhinestone Sisterhood is, at heart, a story of female friendship and rivalry, of triumph and disappointmentnot to mention a Frog Queen who just wouldn't quit. Anyone who has ever wanted to be a princess will feel right at home. From the Hardcover edition. eBook.

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Ah, the sweet memories of Christmas. Gifts under the tree. Cookies for Santa. And, of course, the annual fruitcake. For young David Valdes Greenwood, the indomitable little fruitcake” at the center of these tales, nothing is sweeter than the promise of the holidays. A modern-day Tiny Tim, he holds fast to his ideal of what Christmas should be, despite the huge odds against him: Sub-zero Maine winters. A host of eccentric relatives. And his constant foil: a frugal, God-fearing Grammy who seems det... Ah, the sweet memories of Christmas. Gifts under the tree. Cookies for Santa. And, of course, the annual fruitcake. For young David Valdes Greenwood, the indomitable little fruitcake” at the center of these tales, nothing is sweeter than the promise of the holidays. A modern-day Tiny Tim, he holds fast to his ideal of what Christmas should be, despite the huge odds against him: Sub-zero Maine winters. A host of eccentric relatives. And his constant foil: a frugal, God-fearing Grammy who seems determined to bring an end to all his fun. A book that’s fa-la-la-licious” (Louisville Courier Journal) and filled with funny, charming Yuletide memories (from building a Lego® manger to hunting for the perfect Christmas tree), A Little Fruitcake will inspire even the biggest Grinches around. Productinformatie:Taal: Engels;Formaat: ePub met kopieerbeveiliging (DRM) van Adobe;Bestandsgrootte: 0.66 MB;Kopieerrechten: Het kopiëren van (delen van) de pagina's is niet toegestaan ;Printrechten: Het printen van de pagina's is niet toegestaan;Voorleesfunctie: De voorleesfunctie is uitgeschakeld;Geschikt voor: Alle e-readers te koop bij bol.com (of compatible met Adobe DRM). Telefoons/tablets met Google Android (1.6 of hoger) voorzien van bol.com boekenbol app. PC en Mac met Adobe reader software;ISBN10: 0306817268;ISBN13: 9780306817267; Engels | Ebook | 2007.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, hippo_books.
Ride a bull. Chat up a Senator. And get your homework in on time. It’s all in a day’s work for a festival queen. If you assume all pageant queens are airheads who can’t handle geography, or vain girls who like to parade around in bathing suits, then welcome to the alternative universe of America’s festival queens. With titles like Catfish Queen and Swine Queen, and royal duties ranging from leading parades to kissing frogs to doing PR for local industries, these hardworking girls represent the best of what America has to offer: local cultures, unique traditions, and the kind of can-do community spirit that makes Main Street sparkle with promise. The Rhinestone Sisterhood takes us deep into the world of small-town festival queens to capture the true story of four “sisters of the sash”—the Frog, Fur, Cotton, and Cattle Queens of Louisiana—and their quest to win the ultimate crown, Queen of Queens. Traveling across the state, David Valdes Greenwood introduces us to local queens with lives full of public speaking, pig chases, and pageant politics. We ride with the girls during their one-year reign, where families and boyfriends can be as complicated as judge’s panels, and a queen’s dreams may be at the mercy of a Category 4 hurricane. High-spirited yet down-home, suspenseful and genuinely moving, The Rhinestone Sisterhood is, at heart, a story of female friendship and rivalry, of triumph and disappointment—not to mention a Frog Queen who just wouldn’t quit. Anyone who has ever wanted to be a princess will feel right at home. Hardcover, Ausgabe: 1, Label: Crown, Crown, Produktgruppe: Book, Publiziert: 2010-04-27, Freigegeben: 2010-04-27, Studio: Crown, Verkaufsrang: 2326112.

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arts music and photography,commercial,customs and traditions,fashion design,graphic design,politics and social sciences,popular culture,social sciences,sociology, Ride a bull. Chat up a Senator. And get your homework in on time. It's all in a day's work for a festival queen.If you assume all pageant queens are airheads who can't handle geography, or vain girls who like to parade around in bathing suits, then welcome to the alternative universe of America's festival queens. With titles like Catfish Queen and Swine Queen, and royal duties ranging from leading parades to kissing frogs to doing PR for local industries, these hardworking girls represent the best of what America has to offer: local cultures, unique traditions, and the kind of can-do community spirit that makes Main Street sparkle with promise.The Rhinestone Sisterhood takes us deep into the world of small-town festival queens to capture the true story of four "sisters of the sash"-the Frog, Fur, Cotton, and Cattle Queens of Louisiana-and their quest to win the ultimate crown, Queen of Queens. Traveling across the state, David Valdes Greenwood introduces us to local queens with lives full of public speaking, pig chases, and pageant politics. We ride with the girls during their one-year reign, where families and boyfriends can be as complicated as judge's panels, and a queen's dreams may be at the mercy of a Category 4 hurricane. High-spirited yet down-home, suspenseful and genuinely moving, The Rhinestone Sisterhood is, at heart, a story of female friendship and rivalry, of triumph and disappointment-not to mention a Frog Queen who just w.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Discover Books.
Crown. Hardcover. GOOD. Gently used may contain ex-library markings, possibly has some light highlighting, textual notations, and or underlining. Text is still easily readable.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Your Online Bookstore.
Crown. Hardcover. 0307465276 Unbeatable customer service, and we usually ship the same or next day. Over one million satisfied customers! . Fine.