age ~74
from Punta Gorda, FL
A Brooklyn family buys a stone cottage beside a loch in Scotland and summers in the lonely hills. Witty and passionate...the little society scattered across the lonely hills is rightly set against its ancient and recent history...this wise book...entertainingly observant...Perthshire winds, voices, ...
Author
Sheila Gordon
Binding
Paperback
Pages
288
Publisher
iUniverse
ISBN #
1440181381
EAN Code
9781440181382
ISBN #
6
When the government threatens to send bulldozers to destroy the homes in her village to make way for a new white settlement, Rebecca, along with the other villagers, decides to take a stand and save her home. Reprint. PW. SLJ.
Author
Sheila Gordon
Binding
Paperback
Publisher
Skylark
ISBN #
0553159917
EAN Code
9780553159912
ISBN #
13
Author
Sheila Gordon
Binding
Paperback
Pages
96
Publisher
Skyware Ltd
ISBN #
095599876X
EAN Code
9780955998768
ISBN #
16
Miriam Haskell began selling beautiful costume jewelry in 1926, and her company continues to the present. The jewelry that bears her name is highly sought after and the prices keep spiraling up. Claims abound that this is a Miriam Haskell, but is it a Miriam Haskell? This important new book gives co...
Author
Cathy Gordon, Sheila Pamfiloff
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
256
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing
ISBN #
0764333313
EAN Code
9780764333316
ISBN #
3
Frikkie and Tengo have been friends since childhood. Frikkie is a white, landowner's nephew. Tengo is black and works on Frikkie's uncle's farm. Tengo hasdreams of freedom, and soon the two friends are torn by the dictates of SouthAfrican apartheid.
Author
Sheila Gordon
Binding
Paperback
Pages
214
Publisher
Starfire
ISBN #
0553279114
EAN Code
9780553279115
ISBN #
11
The disappointment Julius experiences when he buys a mail-order monster with his self-earned money is not repeated when he buys a book of monster fairy tales from a used book store.
Author
Sheila Gordon
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
71
Publisher
Dutton Books for Young Readers
ISBN #
0525351507
EAN Code
9780525351504
ISBN #
12
This study guide includes the following sections: Plot Summary, Chapter Summaries & Analysis, Characters, Objects/Places, Themes, Style, Quotes, and Topics for Discussion.
Author
BookRags
Binding
Kindle Edition
Pages
53
ISBN #
2
This is a novel about Rebecca, a nine-year-old girl who lives with her family in a South African village for black people. When the land is suddenly wanted for a white suburb, the government threatens to demolish the village. Rebecca's father is jailed for speaking out at a protest meeting, plunging...
Author
Sheila Gordon
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
154
Publisher
Orchard Books
ISBN #
0531059081
EAN Code
9780531059081
ISBN #
4
Sheila Gordon was born in Johannesburg, South Africa on January 22, 1927. She wrote, among various other publications, Waiting for the Rain, The Middle of...
ISBN #
1