Author: Des Hunt
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780994122643
Category : Farm life
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
"Set near Opotiki in the Bay of Plenty NZ. A boy grieving after the death of his father discovers a living giant gecko Hoplodactylus delcourti thought to be extinct for more than 100 years. The gecko gives birth to three babies. The family is first threatened by a 1080 drop then by a flood. Wildlife smugglers looking for kiwi find the family and steal them. GPS tracking allows the boy to follow the smugglers to White Island. While there, an earthquake triggers a lahar which traps the smugglers and allows the boy to escape. The geckos are recovered. Through his relationship with the geckos the boy comes to accept his father's death"--Publisher information.
A Friend in Paradise
Author: Des Hunt
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780994122643
Category : Farm life
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
"Set near Opotiki in the Bay of Plenty NZ. A boy grieving after the death of his father discovers a living giant gecko Hoplodactylus delcourti thought to be extinct for more than 100 years. The gecko gives birth to three babies. The family is first threatened by a 1080 drop then by a flood. Wildlife smugglers looking for kiwi find the family and steal them. GPS tracking allows the boy to follow the smugglers to White Island. While there, an earthquake triggers a lahar which traps the smugglers and allows the boy to escape. The geckos are recovered. Through his relationship with the geckos the boy comes to accept his father's death"--Publisher information.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780994122643
Category : Farm life
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
"Set near Opotiki in the Bay of Plenty NZ. A boy grieving after the death of his father discovers a living giant gecko Hoplodactylus delcourti thought to be extinct for more than 100 years. The gecko gives birth to three babies. The family is first threatened by a 1080 drop then by a flood. Wildlife smugglers looking for kiwi find the family and steal them. GPS tracking allows the boy to follow the smugglers to White Island. While there, an earthquake triggers a lahar which traps the smugglers and allows the boy to escape. The geckos are recovered. Through his relationship with the geckos the boy comes to accept his father's death"--Publisher information.
The Seller of Musk
Author: Mussab Akkari
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Build friendships that will last FOREVER!!!Like literally...forever until the life to come, God-willing.But wait...This is probably not the book that you were expecting!!!- Did you know that the average watch time for an hour-long YouTube lecture is less than 10 minutes?! - How many times have you shared our lecture to family or friends, but they really couldn't be bothered to watch and listen to this unknown speaker on YouTube? - How many times had you wished that you had at hand the references for the Quranic evidences, Hadiths (Prophetic traditions), and verdicts from the scholars mentioned in the lectures?These are some of the reasons why we decided to produce the One Way To Paradise Series of books because we wanted to make sure that the whole message is delivered by accommodating people's various learning styles and needs.So, here we are!!! The very first book in our newest series, The Seller of Musk is a classic lecture on the importance of being selective when it comes to friends in order to help achieve success in this world and in the next.Especially designed for the Muslim youth, the reader will be enlightened on how to select his circle of friends according to the divine guidance, enabling them to have the right elements to lead a happy and fulfilling social life in whatever community he/she is in.We added some relevant, fun, colorful, and comic-like illustrations, and kept the language informal in order to appeal more to the youth (and those young at heart). This does not take away from the density of the topic and the gravity of the matter.________________________________________Know the Islamic perspective on the following: - What is a good friend?- What are the qualities of a good friend?- Why pick righteous friends?- What is a bad friend?- Why should you avoid bad friends?- How to judge character?- Migration and boycotting.- The public caller vs a concealer.- What do the scholars of Islam have to say about bad companions? Learn how to appreciate and keep good companions.Learn how to deal with bad companions and how to leave respectfully when needed.Know how to avoid toxic and negative influence in your life.________________________________________Feel empowered and confident when selecting your friends.________________________________________ This is a comprehensive book that will guide you to become a better member of the society with the Quran and authentic Sunnah being your light that paves the path for your ultimate success. World-renowned speaker, Abu Mussab Wajdi Akkari is an increasingly popular and relatable teacher for many of our youth. He delivers this from his heart based on real life experiences that you will relate to in your own way. Click on the BUY button above to gift yourself (and your family and friends) this unique and innovative book that you definitely wouldn't want to miss!Also available in 2 other formats: Kindle Ebook and Grayscale Paperback.
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Build friendships that will last FOREVER!!!Like literally...forever until the life to come, God-willing.But wait...This is probably not the book that you were expecting!!!- Did you know that the average watch time for an hour-long YouTube lecture is less than 10 minutes?! - How many times have you shared our lecture to family or friends, but they really couldn't be bothered to watch and listen to this unknown speaker on YouTube? - How many times had you wished that you had at hand the references for the Quranic evidences, Hadiths (Prophetic traditions), and verdicts from the scholars mentioned in the lectures?These are some of the reasons why we decided to produce the One Way To Paradise Series of books because we wanted to make sure that the whole message is delivered by accommodating people's various learning styles and needs.So, here we are!!! The very first book in our newest series, The Seller of Musk is a classic lecture on the importance of being selective when it comes to friends in order to help achieve success in this world and in the next.Especially designed for the Muslim youth, the reader will be enlightened on how to select his circle of friends according to the divine guidance, enabling them to have the right elements to lead a happy and fulfilling social life in whatever community he/she is in.We added some relevant, fun, colorful, and comic-like illustrations, and kept the language informal in order to appeal more to the youth (and those young at heart). This does not take away from the density of the topic and the gravity of the matter.________________________________________Know the Islamic perspective on the following: - What is a good friend?- What are the qualities of a good friend?- Why pick righteous friends?- What is a bad friend?- Why should you avoid bad friends?- How to judge character?- Migration and boycotting.- The public caller vs a concealer.- What do the scholars of Islam have to say about bad companions? Learn how to appreciate and keep good companions.Learn how to deal with bad companions and how to leave respectfully when needed.Know how to avoid toxic and negative influence in your life.________________________________________Feel empowered and confident when selecting your friends.________________________________________ This is a comprehensive book that will guide you to become a better member of the society with the Quran and authentic Sunnah being your light that paves the path for your ultimate success. World-renowned speaker, Abu Mussab Wajdi Akkari is an increasingly popular and relatable teacher for many of our youth. He delivers this from his heart based on real life experiences that you will relate to in your own way. Click on the BUY button above to gift yourself (and your family and friends) this unique and innovative book that you definitely wouldn't want to miss!Also available in 2 other formats: Kindle Ebook and Grayscale Paperback.
Friends Forever
Author: Shannon Hale
Publisher: First Second
ISBN: 1250849861
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
Following up their mega-bestselling Real Friends and Best Friends graphic memoirs, Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham are back with Friends Forever, a story about learning to love yourself exactly as you are. Shannon is in eighth grade, and life is more complicated than ever. Everything keeps changing, her classmates are starting to date each other (but nobody wants to date her!), and no matter how hard she tries, Shannon can never seem to just be happy. As she works through her insecurities and undiagnosed depression, she worries about disappointing all the people who care about her. Is something wrong with her? Can she be the person everyone expects her to be? And who does she actually want to be? With their signature humor, warmth, and insight, Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham have crafted another incredible love letter to their younger selves and to readers everywhere, a reminder to us all that we are enough.
Publisher: First Second
ISBN: 1250849861
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
Following up their mega-bestselling Real Friends and Best Friends graphic memoirs, Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham are back with Friends Forever, a story about learning to love yourself exactly as you are. Shannon is in eighth grade, and life is more complicated than ever. Everything keeps changing, her classmates are starting to date each other (but nobody wants to date her!), and no matter how hard she tries, Shannon can never seem to just be happy. As she works through her insecurities and undiagnosed depression, she worries about disappointing all the people who care about her. Is something wrong with her? Can she be the person everyone expects her to be? And who does she actually want to be? With their signature humor, warmth, and insight, Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham have crafted another incredible love letter to their younger selves and to readers everywhere, a reminder to us all that we are enough.
Bobos in Paradise
Author: David Brooks
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416561730
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
In his bestselling work of “comic sociology,” David Brooks coins a new word, Bobo, to describe today’s upper class—those who have wed the bourgeois world of capitalist enterprise to the hippie values of the bohemian counterculture. Their hybrid lifestyle is the atmosphere we breathe, and in this witty and serious look at the cultural consequences of the information age, Brooks has defined a new generation. Do you believe that spending $15,000 on a media center is vulgar, but that spending $15,000 on a slate shower stall is a sign that you are at one with the Zenlike rhythms of nature? Do you work for one of those visionary software companies where people come to work wearing hiking boots and glacier glasses, as if a wall of ice were about to come sliding through the parking lot? If so, you might be a Bobo.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416561730
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
In his bestselling work of “comic sociology,” David Brooks coins a new word, Bobo, to describe today’s upper class—those who have wed the bourgeois world of capitalist enterprise to the hippie values of the bohemian counterculture. Their hybrid lifestyle is the atmosphere we breathe, and in this witty and serious look at the cultural consequences of the information age, Brooks has defined a new generation. Do you believe that spending $15,000 on a media center is vulgar, but that spending $15,000 on a slate shower stall is a sign that you are at one with the Zenlike rhythms of nature? Do you work for one of those visionary software companies where people come to work wearing hiking boots and glacier glasses, as if a wall of ice were about to come sliding through the parking lot? If so, you might be a Bobo.
Strangers in Paradise Book 2
Author:
Publisher: Abstract Studio Incorporated
ISBN: 9781892597014
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Chronicles the relationship between three friends--Katchoo, Francine, and David--and the people they fall in and out of love with, in a story of dark pasts, hopeful futures, double-crosses, and true friendship.
Publisher: Abstract Studio Incorporated
ISBN: 9781892597014
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Chronicles the relationship between three friends--Katchoo, Francine, and David--and the people they fall in and out of love with, in a story of dark pasts, hopeful futures, double-crosses, and true friendship.
A Devil in Paradise
Author: Henry Miller
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
ISBN: 9780811212441
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
"A perfect expression of Miller's moral perspective as well as one of his outstanding demonstrations of narrative skill. It provides a wonderful cinematic view of two indomitable egotists in deadly conflict." --The Nation
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
ISBN: 9780811212441
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
"A perfect expression of Miller's moral perspective as well as one of his outstanding demonstrations of narrative skill. It provides a wonderful cinematic view of two indomitable egotists in deadly conflict." --The Nation
Paradise
Author: Mark Cahill
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780989106504
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Josh expects to find paradise as he sets out for a relaxing trip to Hawaii to join three of his old friends from college, but what if their week in paradise is interrupted in a way that few of us can imagine?
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780989106504
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Josh expects to find paradise as he sets out for a relaxing trip to Hawaii to join three of his old friends from college, but what if their week in paradise is interrupted in a way that few of us can imagine?
Our Own Little Paradise
Author: Marianne Kaurin
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1646906187
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 127
Book Description
Could summer in your neighborhood turn out to be better than an exotic holiday overseas? Ina and her new neighbor Vilmer are about to find out… na has no plans for the summer. Suddenly, she finds herself lying in front of the entire class, telling them she is going to the Mediterranean for three weeks. And then the lie keeps growing and growing via social media. The only problem is that the new boy in class has moved to Ina’s neighborhood and he will easily find out that she is not in the Mediterranean. Perhaps the best summer holiday is the one you thought would be the worst? A warm, believable story about friendship, first love, and social media from Norwegian author Marianne Kaurin.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1646906187
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 127
Book Description
Could summer in your neighborhood turn out to be better than an exotic holiday overseas? Ina and her new neighbor Vilmer are about to find out… na has no plans for the summer. Suddenly, she finds herself lying in front of the entire class, telling them she is going to the Mediterranean for three weeks. And then the lie keeps growing and growing via social media. The only problem is that the new boy in class has moved to Ina’s neighborhood and he will easily find out that she is not in the Mediterranean. Perhaps the best summer holiday is the one you thought would be the worst? A warm, believable story about friendship, first love, and social media from Norwegian author Marianne Kaurin.
Down and Out in Paradise
Author: Charles Leerhsen
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1982140461
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 189
Book Description
The bestselling, “unvarnished” (The New York Times), “engrossing” (The Guardian), “gritty, well-researched” (The Economist)—and definitely unauthorized—biography of the celebrity chef and TV star Anthony Bourdain, based on extensive interviews with those who knew the real story. Anthony Bourdain’s death by suicide in June 2018 shocked people around the world. Bourdain seemed to have it all: an irresistible personality, a dream job, a beautiful family, and international fame. The reality, though, was more complicated than it seemed. Bourdain became a celebrity with his bestselling book Kitchen Confidential. He parlayed it into a series of hit television shows, including the Food Channel’s Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations and CNN’s Parts Unknown. But his bad boy charisma belied a troubled spirit. Addiction and an obsession with perfection and personal integrity ruined two marriages and turned him into a boss from hell, even as millions of fans became enamored of the quick-witted and genuinely empathetic traveler they saw on TV. At the height of his success Bourdain was already running out of steam, physically and emotionally, when he fell hard for an Italian actress who could be even colder to him than he sometimes was to others, and who effectively drove a wedge between him and his young daughter. Down and Out in Paradise is the first book to tell the full Bourdain story, and to show how Bourdain’s never-before-reported childhood traumas fueled both the creativity and insecurities that would lead him to a place of despair. “Filled with fresh, intimate details” (The New York Times), this is the real story behind an extraordinary life.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1982140461
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 189
Book Description
The bestselling, “unvarnished” (The New York Times), “engrossing” (The Guardian), “gritty, well-researched” (The Economist)—and definitely unauthorized—biography of the celebrity chef and TV star Anthony Bourdain, based on extensive interviews with those who knew the real story. Anthony Bourdain’s death by suicide in June 2018 shocked people around the world. Bourdain seemed to have it all: an irresistible personality, a dream job, a beautiful family, and international fame. The reality, though, was more complicated than it seemed. Bourdain became a celebrity with his bestselling book Kitchen Confidential. He parlayed it into a series of hit television shows, including the Food Channel’s Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations and CNN’s Parts Unknown. But his bad boy charisma belied a troubled spirit. Addiction and an obsession with perfection and personal integrity ruined two marriages and turned him into a boss from hell, even as millions of fans became enamored of the quick-witted and genuinely empathetic traveler they saw on TV. At the height of his success Bourdain was already running out of steam, physically and emotionally, when he fell hard for an Italian actress who could be even colder to him than he sometimes was to others, and who effectively drove a wedge between him and his young daughter. Down and Out in Paradise is the first book to tell the full Bourdain story, and to show how Bourdain’s never-before-reported childhood traumas fueled both the creativity and insecurities that would lead him to a place of despair. “Filled with fresh, intimate details” (The New York Times), this is the real story behind an extraordinary life.
Strangers in Paradise
Author: Terry Moore (comics.)
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781892597779
Category : Comic books, strips, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The greatest love story ever told is finally available in an affordable, softcover omnibus edition! This two-book package contains all 2,128 pages of Terry Moore's epic tale featuring Katchoo, Francine, David, and Casey as they face life's biggest challenges by facing them together. All 107 issues of the Strangers In Paradise series are here, including the spin-offs Molly & Poo, Princess Warrior, When World's Collide, and David's Story.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781892597779
Category : Comic books, strips, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The greatest love story ever told is finally available in an affordable, softcover omnibus edition! This two-book package contains all 2,128 pages of Terry Moore's epic tale featuring Katchoo, Francine, David, and Casey as they face life's biggest challenges by facing them together. All 107 issues of the Strangers In Paradise series are here, including the spin-offs Molly & Poo, Princess Warrior, When World's Collide, and David's Story.