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Language
English
Description
"Nuri is a beekeeper; his wife, Afra, an artist. They live a simple life, rich in family and friends, in the beautiful Syrian city of Aleppo--until the unthinkable happens. When all they care for is destroyed by war, they are forced to escape. But what Afra has seen is so terrible she has gone blind, and so they must embark on a perilous journey through Turkey and Greece towards an uncertain future in Britain. As Nuri and Afra travel through a broken...
Author
Publisher
Good Books, an imprint of Skyhorse Publishing, Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
In recent years, there has been a surge of folks struck with the desire to build and nurture beehives of their own. Beekeeping has become the passion of farmers in rural Vermont, urbanites with rooftops in LA, and thousands of people in between. This book is for beginners and experts alike, with all the basic information you need to get started, as well as stories and tips that will inspire and instruct the most seasoned beekeeper.
3) Chalice
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
A beekeeper by trade, Mirasol's life changes completely when she is named the new Chalice, the most important advisor to the new Master, a former priest of fire.
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Honeybee rescuer Mr. Nelson relocates a colony of 35,000 bees from Mr. Connery's barn back to a hive"--
Bzzzz! When Mr. Connery hears a sound coming from his old barn, he discovers that a colony of honeybees has moved in. The bees have already made honeycomb. Can Mr. Nelson, a bee rescuer, move them to a new, safer location? Burns explains the steps involved in relocating a hive, and the importance of rescuing bee colonies rather than exterminating...
Author
Publisher
The Experiment
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Despite being stung twice at his first hands-on beekeeping class, Turnbull found himself falling in love with the fascinating, infuriating honeybee. He chronicles his misadventures, and highlights the current threats to our bee population.
8) The Beeman
Author
Publisher
Barefoot Books
Pub. Date
©2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In rhyming text, a child describes the work Grandpa does to take care of honeybees and harvest the honey they make.
Author
Publisher
Amazon Crossing
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Sidi lives a hermetic life as a bee whisperer, tending to his beloved 'girls' on the outskirts of the desolate North African village of Nawa. He wakes one morning to find that something has attacked one of his beehives, brutally killing every inhabitant. Heartbroken, he soon learns that a mysterious swarm of vicious hornets committed the mass murder--but where did they come from, and how can he stop them? If he is going to unravel this mystery and...
Author
Publisher
Park Row Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Meredith May recalls the first time a honeybee crawled on her arm. She was five years old, her parents had recently split and suddenly she found herself in the care of her grandfather, an eccentric beekeeper who made honey in a rusty old military bus in the yard. That first close encounter was at once terrifying and exhilarating for May, and in that moment she discovered that everything she needed to know about life and family was right before her...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
The multi-million bestselling novel about a young girl's journey towards healing and the transforming power of love, from the award-winning author of The Invention of Wings and The Book of Longings
Set in South Carolina in 1964, The Secret Life of Bees tells the story of Lily Owens, whose life has been shaped around the blurred memory of the afternoon her mother was killed. When Lily's fierce-hearted Black "stand-in...
Set in South Carolina in 1964, The Secret Life of Bees tells the story of Lily Owens, whose life has been shaped around the blurred memory of the afternoon her mother was killed. When Lily's fierce-hearted Black "stand-in...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Dorothea Benton Frank revisits the enchanted landscape of South Carolina's Lowcountry and New York Times bestseller Sullivans Island in her latest novel which follows a young woman as she recovers from the pain of her past and makes a change for the future"--
13) Honeyland
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Türkçe
Description
"Hatidze lives with her ailing mother in the mountains of Macedonia, making a living cultivating honey using ancient beekeeping traditions. When an unruly family moves in next door, what at first seems like a balm for her solitude becomes a source of tension as they, too, want to practice beekeeping, while disregarding her advice"--Container.
14) The beekeeper
Publisher
MGM
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
One man's brutal campaign for vengeance takes on national dangers after he is revealed to be a former operative of a powerful and cover organization known as "Beekeepers".
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Español
Description
"Kaia is the brave type. Like hottest-hot-pepper brave. But there is one thing that scares her: BEES! And right now, thousands of bees live on her roof because Kaia's dad is a beekeeper. But only he goes on the roof, not Kaia--unless she can find a way to be the brave girl she always says she is."--
¡Ahora mismo, miles de abejas viven en nuestra azotea! Abejas. Abejas. ¡Tantas abejas!--Page 4 of cover.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Lily Owens is a young girl who lives on the peach farm that her abusive father owns. Rosaleen is a black woman hired by Lily's father to be a stand in mother for Lilly. Rosaleen insults some of the biggest racists in their town. Lily and Rosaleen run away to a town Lily believes that her mother once lived in. They go to live with the three Boatwright sisters on their honey farm. She finds solace in their mesmerizing world of beekeeping.
Author
Language
Español
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Description
This New York Times bestseller is now available as a Spanish-language audio book. Set in South Carolina in 1964, The Secret Life of Bees is the history of Lily Owens, whose life has been shaped by her confused memory of her mother's death when Lily was just a small child. This is a notable novel about female power-divine and human-and a story that women will share and pass from mother to daughter for generations. Ambientada en Carolina del Sur en...
Author
Publisher
HighBridge
Pub. Date
p2005
Language
Español
Description
Fourteen-year-old Lily Owens lost her beloved mother when she was only four under tragic circumstances clouded by time and secrecy. Later, she found a fiercely protective surrogate in her abusive father's outspoken housekeeper, Rosaleen. Ignoring differences in age and color as well as the racial hatred that seethed during the summer of 1964 in rural South Carolina, these two unlikely companions set off on a seemingly aimless pilgrimage.
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