Wealthy and leisured Roger Lawrence adopts an orphaned twelve-year-old girl, Nora Lambert, and raises her as his eventual bride-to-be, but once Nora matures into a beautiful young woman, she is attracted to two other men. Henry James later disowned the book and spoke of "Roderick Hudson" as his first novel

This updated second edition now includes over 575 brands, as opposed to the only 170 brands presented in the first book. Once again this full-color guide will include popular contemporary brands such as Majorette, Tomica, Hot Wheels, Matchbox, Siku, Maisto, Bburago, Johnny Lightnings, and many others featured together in detail, showing the different models and thousands of variations. This extraordinary book is arranged alphabetically by brand name with hundreds of color photographs, manufacturers, model numbers, descriptions, scales, colors, distinguishing marks, and current market values. It provides a helpful bibliography and guide to resources for finding more diecast toys on the secondary market. 1998 values.

(Guitar Educational). The complete guide to playing lead guitar in the styles of Pete Anderson, Ray Flacke, Danny Gatton, Albert Lee, Brent Mason, and more! This book and CD pack will take your country guitar playing to the next level with loads of red-hot licks, techniques, solos, theory, and more! You'll learn: hybrid picking, single-note soloing, open chord licks, double stops, bending, open-string licks, licks in the style of the masters, CAGED system, chord and scale diagrams, and more.

You done lived a tough life, boy, and I know I m part responsible for that. I ain t askin you to excuse me or forgive me. Just know I did the best I knew to do. I was just tryin to make you tough enough to deal with the world. To stand tall among men, I knew you had to be strong and have yo own mind. You were preparing me for war, Grandfather. Guy Johnson, the author of the critically acclaimed debut Standing at the Scratch Line, continues the Tremain family saga. Jackson St. Clair Tremain hasn t spoken to his grandfather King in nearly twenty years. Disgusted by the violence and bloodlust that seemed to be his grandfather s way of life, Jackson chose to distance himself from King and live a simpler life. But now King is gravely ill, and his impending death places Jackson s life as well as those of his family and friends in jeopardy. Reluctantly, Jackson travels to Mexico to see King. But after a brief reconciliation, his grandfather is assassinated, and Jackson suspects that his grandmother Serena may have had a hand in it. Jackson takes control of King s organization, and as he does, he reflects on the summers he spent in Mexico as a child and the lessons he learned there at the knee of his strong-willed, complex grandfather. In Echoes of a Distant Summer, Guy Johnson introduces us to a new hero, Jackson St. Clair Tremain, who learns that, like his grandfather, he must be willing to protect those he loves at all costs.

Shows how changes in work, family structure, women's roles, and other factors have caused people to become increasingly disconnected from family, friends, neighbors, and democratic structures--and how they may reconnect.

Peppe becomes a lamplighter to help support his immigrant family in turn-of-the-century New York City, despite his papa's disapproval. But when Peppe's job helps save his little sister, he earns the respect of his entire family.