Author: Ryan Heshka
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0805088733
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Simple text introduces the hardworking residents of Monster Town, including Postmaster Skeleton and Frank N. Stein, an electrician.
Welcome to Monster Town
Author: Ryan Heshka
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0805088733
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Simple text introduces the hardworking residents of Monster Town, including Postmaster Skeleton and Frank N. Stein, an electrician.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0805088733
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Simple text introduces the hardworking residents of Monster Town, including Postmaster Skeleton and Frank N. Stein, an electrician.
Monster Town
Author: Bruce Golden
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN: 9781697181975
Category : Missing persons
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
Private Investigator Dirk Slade is looking for the killer of his best friend, as well as a missing teenager--the son of Dracula. Along the way he encounters the Wolfman, Frankenstein's monster and his former bride, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Leech Woman, the Invisible Man, Wasp Woman, and a host of other old horror movie characters. That's because Monster Town is set in an early sixties ghetto of Hollywood, where the monsters of black and white horror films have taken up residence, now that they're no longer in vogue. In this existence, monsters played themselves in the movies. THEY were the actors. Now most of them are just regular folk, with regular jobs.Slade's investigation leads not only to a number of murders, but a political cover-up and threat to the well-being of every citizen of Monster Town.There are plenty of dames giving this private eye the eye, but only one catches his. Star is a gorgeous torch singer with a yen for Hollywood but a dark past. Slade's attracted to her like a moth to a flame, but doesn't believe she's telling him everything she knows.Helping Slade along the way is his friend Kink, a sexy but disgraced fairy once known as "Wink"--back when she used to make movies for kids. Everyone knows about her scandal, but Tinseltown's loss was Monster Town's gain--at least according to Kink.This satire on old film noir and hard-boiled detective stories plays its mysterious plot straight, despite the bountiful list of quirky characters and its sardonic narration. Golden's Monster Town is unlike any book you've ever read . . . any place you've ever visited.(Monster Town is currently in development to become a new TV series.)
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN: 9781697181975
Category : Missing persons
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
Private Investigator Dirk Slade is looking for the killer of his best friend, as well as a missing teenager--the son of Dracula. Along the way he encounters the Wolfman, Frankenstein's monster and his former bride, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Leech Woman, the Invisible Man, Wasp Woman, and a host of other old horror movie characters. That's because Monster Town is set in an early sixties ghetto of Hollywood, where the monsters of black and white horror films have taken up residence, now that they're no longer in vogue. In this existence, monsters played themselves in the movies. THEY were the actors. Now most of them are just regular folk, with regular jobs.Slade's investigation leads not only to a number of murders, but a political cover-up and threat to the well-being of every citizen of Monster Town.There are plenty of dames giving this private eye the eye, but only one catches his. Star is a gorgeous torch singer with a yen for Hollywood but a dark past. Slade's attracted to her like a moth to a flame, but doesn't believe she's telling him everything she knows.Helping Slade along the way is his friend Kink, a sexy but disgraced fairy once known as "Wink"--back when she used to make movies for kids. Everyone knows about her scandal, but Tinseltown's loss was Monster Town's gain--at least according to Kink.This satire on old film noir and hard-boiled detective stories plays its mysterious plot straight, despite the bountiful list of quirky characters and its sardonic narration. Golden's Monster Town is unlike any book you've ever read . . . any place you've ever visited.(Monster Town is currently in development to become a new TV series.)
Don't Go There!
Author: Peter Greenberg
Publisher: Rodale Books
ISBN: 160529800X
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
We've all suffered through bad vacations: tourist traps, endless lines, rundown hotels, and the worst airports on earth. Before you book your next trip, get all of the facts--that "idyllic" beachfront hotel could really be one of the world's hellholes. In this follow-up to his New York Times bestseller, The Complete Travel Detective Bible, Peter Greenberg shares his experiences and hard-won knowledge of where not to go and why, so you can make sure your big vacation isn't to a dismal destination. From dangerous roads, crime-ridden cities, and countries overrun with disease to depressing destinations, polluted beaches, and places that (literally) stink, the ultimate travel expert leaves no stone unturned, no garbage heap unexplored, to list the locations you should forget even exist. Backed up by information he has been compiling for years, Don't Go There! unapologetically exposes misrepresented resorts, corrupt countries, and cringe-worthy cruise ships so that travelers can confidently pack their bags and avoid vacation tragedy.
Publisher: Rodale Books
ISBN: 160529800X
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
We've all suffered through bad vacations: tourist traps, endless lines, rundown hotels, and the worst airports on earth. Before you book your next trip, get all of the facts--that "idyllic" beachfront hotel could really be one of the world's hellholes. In this follow-up to his New York Times bestseller, The Complete Travel Detective Bible, Peter Greenberg shares his experiences and hard-won knowledge of where not to go and why, so you can make sure your big vacation isn't to a dismal destination. From dangerous roads, crime-ridden cities, and countries overrun with disease to depressing destinations, polluted beaches, and places that (literally) stink, the ultimate travel expert leaves no stone unturned, no garbage heap unexplored, to list the locations you should forget even exist. Backed up by information he has been compiling for years, Don't Go There! unapologetically exposes misrepresented resorts, corrupt countries, and cringe-worthy cruise ships so that travelers can confidently pack their bags and avoid vacation tragedy.
Cucumbers the Rabbit
Author: Anthony W. Grillo
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1499069995
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 389
Book Description
Meet the rabbit with green fur and is as cool as his name. Cucumbers the Rabbit is his name. Adventure is his game. In this collection of twenty stories, Cucumbers, with his friends, Blaze, Sunny, Drooler, Bouncy-Bounce, Spinner, Henry, Knock Knock, Flirty, and Mudflap, face monsters, UFOs, an evil circus owner, a magical island, a powerful rabbit witch, a tyrannical alien general, an Alaskan farmer, a vicious fox, and a "spooky" computer. Along the way, Cucumbers manages to star in a Hollywood movie and help his friend's lonely father find a wife. Discover how Cucumbers friends get even with a prankster ghost. Find out what happens when Flirty falls in love with two human sisters. Discover why the frogs are angry with the rabbits. Learn why Cucumbers fur is green and who he takes on his first date. Who is Princess Cleo supposed to marry? What surprise awaits Cucumbers at Foggy Island? How does a part of Bunny Town get destroyed after something that happens at Sunny's birthday party? And, what is Cucumbers big secret? Come and explore Cucumbers world. There is danger and mysteries to be solved, but there is also friendship and love. Escape into this world of fantasy and enjoy a laugh along the way.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1499069995
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 389
Book Description
Meet the rabbit with green fur and is as cool as his name. Cucumbers the Rabbit is his name. Adventure is his game. In this collection of twenty stories, Cucumbers, with his friends, Blaze, Sunny, Drooler, Bouncy-Bounce, Spinner, Henry, Knock Knock, Flirty, and Mudflap, face monsters, UFOs, an evil circus owner, a magical island, a powerful rabbit witch, a tyrannical alien general, an Alaskan farmer, a vicious fox, and a "spooky" computer. Along the way, Cucumbers manages to star in a Hollywood movie and help his friend's lonely father find a wife. Discover how Cucumbers friends get even with a prankster ghost. Find out what happens when Flirty falls in love with two human sisters. Discover why the frogs are angry with the rabbits. Learn why Cucumbers fur is green and who he takes on his first date. Who is Princess Cleo supposed to marry? What surprise awaits Cucumbers at Foggy Island? How does a part of Bunny Town get destroyed after something that happens at Sunny's birthday party? And, what is Cucumbers big secret? Come and explore Cucumbers world. There is danger and mysteries to be solved, but there is also friendship and love. Escape into this world of fantasy and enjoy a laugh along the way.
Snappsy the Alligator (Did Not Ask to Be in This Book)
Author: Julie Falatko
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0698154940
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Snappsy the alligator is having a normal day when a pesky narrator steps in to spice up the story. Is Snappsy reading a book ... or is he making CRAFTY plans? Is Snappsy on his way to the grocery store ... or is he PROWLING the forest for defenseless birds and fuzzy bunnies? Is Snappsy innocently shopping for a party ... or is he OBSESSED with snack foods that start with the letter P? What's the truth? Snappsy the Alligator (Did Not Ask to Be in This Book) is an irreverent look at storytelling, friendship, and creative differences, perfect for fans of Mo Willems.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0698154940
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Snappsy the alligator is having a normal day when a pesky narrator steps in to spice up the story. Is Snappsy reading a book ... or is he making CRAFTY plans? Is Snappsy on his way to the grocery store ... or is he PROWLING the forest for defenseless birds and fuzzy bunnies? Is Snappsy innocently shopping for a party ... or is he OBSESSED with snack foods that start with the letter P? What's the truth? Snappsy the Alligator (Did Not Ask to Be in This Book) is an irreverent look at storytelling, friendship, and creative differences, perfect for fans of Mo Willems.
Jack and the Giant Tantrum
Author: Louis Growell
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0241439698
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
A story about dealing with temper tantrums when tiny monsters don't get their way. Welcome to Monster Town! The monsters here are perfectly friendly, but they're not always very well-behaved . . . Jack is sweet and kind most of the time, but throws the BIGGEST tantrums Monster Town has ever seen when he gets upset. Will he ever learn how to keep his temper? With playful illustrations and reassuring text, this picture book series is perfect for adults and children to enjoy together, and provides practical tips to help manage tricky toddler behaviours.
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0241439698
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
A story about dealing with temper tantrums when tiny monsters don't get their way. Welcome to Monster Town! The monsters here are perfectly friendly, but they're not always very well-behaved . . . Jack is sweet and kind most of the time, but throws the BIGGEST tantrums Monster Town has ever seen when he gets upset. Will he ever learn how to keep his temper? With playful illustrations and reassuring text, this picture book series is perfect for adults and children to enjoy together, and provides practical tips to help manage tricky toddler behaviours.
Brave Chef Brianna
Author: Sam Sykes
Publisher: Boom! Studios
ISBN: 1613987277
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Brianna Jakobsson has big cooking dreams, and when her ailing restaurateur father poses a challenge to his only daughter and fifteen sons, she seizes the opportunity. She’s going to have the best restaurant around and earn the family empire. Thing is, the only place she can afford to set up shop is in Monster City. Her menu is full of weird delicacies, her kitchen is run by a half-bird harpy, and her dining room is filled with skeleton businessmen. Add on the nefarious Madame Cron, some highly competitive siblings and Brianna’s plate is literally . . . full. Brave Chef Brianna from writer Sam Sykes (Munchkin) and artist Selina Espiritu explores one woman’s incredible journey to realize her dreams in the unlikeliest of places. Welcome to Monster City!
Publisher: Boom! Studios
ISBN: 1613987277
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Brianna Jakobsson has big cooking dreams, and when her ailing restaurateur father poses a challenge to his only daughter and fifteen sons, she seizes the opportunity. She’s going to have the best restaurant around and earn the family empire. Thing is, the only place she can afford to set up shop is in Monster City. Her menu is full of weird delicacies, her kitchen is run by a half-bird harpy, and her dining room is filled with skeleton businessmen. Add on the nefarious Madame Cron, some highly competitive siblings and Brianna’s plate is literally . . . full. Brave Chef Brianna from writer Sam Sykes (Munchkin) and artist Selina Espiritu explores one woman’s incredible journey to realize her dreams in the unlikeliest of places. Welcome to Monster City!
Dakota Series Complete Collection
Author: Linda Ford
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1488099235
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 746
Book Description
Enjoy these heartwarming, romantic favorites set in Dakota Territory from Linda Ford! Dakota Child Trapped in a North Dakota blizzard, single mother Vivian Halliday’s prayer for herself and her child is answered. Rescue comes in the seemingly terrifying form of Billy Black, the hulk of a man feared by all the townsfolk. Yet in the home he shares with his ailing mother, the handsome, gentle giant warms her baby’s bottles and sings sweet lullabies that lull even Vivian to peaceful sleep. When the storm abates and it is safe to leave, will she seek the life that led her back to the village…or stay where she’s found an unexpected family for herself and her Dakota child? Dakota Cowboy Surely the handsome cowboy can’t be serious. Lucy Hall’s father wants to see her? Now? After years of being brushed aside, Lucy’s in no hurry to rush to the man’s deathbed. And just as Wade Miller rode into town to bring her father’s message, he can ride right back out with hers. But before Wade can leave, Lucy finds herself witness to a terrible crime, with a killer on her trail. In this storm of trouble, she’ll take any shelter she can find—even if it means going to her father, after all. Yet safety comes at a high price when time with the Dakota cowboy puts at risk the one thing Lucy’s always protected—her heart. Dakota Father It broke Jenny Archibald’s heart to lose her best friend, Lena, to a fever—Jenny’s not about to let any harm come to two-year-old Maggie, Lena’s orphaned daughter. Jenny will take Meggie to the girl’s uncle in Dakota Territory. And if Jenny’s parents won’t let her leave without her promise to marry a man of their choosing on her return, then that’s a trade Jenny’s willing to make. But she never expected to lose her heart to Meggie, to the wild beauty of the frontier…or to Burke Edwards, Meggie’s handsome uncle. Torn between her obligation to her parents and her own dreams of happiness, which will yield—her promise…or her heart?
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1488099235
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 746
Book Description
Enjoy these heartwarming, romantic favorites set in Dakota Territory from Linda Ford! Dakota Child Trapped in a North Dakota blizzard, single mother Vivian Halliday’s prayer for herself and her child is answered. Rescue comes in the seemingly terrifying form of Billy Black, the hulk of a man feared by all the townsfolk. Yet in the home he shares with his ailing mother, the handsome, gentle giant warms her baby’s bottles and sings sweet lullabies that lull even Vivian to peaceful sleep. When the storm abates and it is safe to leave, will she seek the life that led her back to the village…or stay where she’s found an unexpected family for herself and her Dakota child? Dakota Cowboy Surely the handsome cowboy can’t be serious. Lucy Hall’s father wants to see her? Now? After years of being brushed aside, Lucy’s in no hurry to rush to the man’s deathbed. And just as Wade Miller rode into town to bring her father’s message, he can ride right back out with hers. But before Wade can leave, Lucy finds herself witness to a terrible crime, with a killer on her trail. In this storm of trouble, she’ll take any shelter she can find—even if it means going to her father, after all. Yet safety comes at a high price when time with the Dakota cowboy puts at risk the one thing Lucy’s always protected—her heart. Dakota Father It broke Jenny Archibald’s heart to lose her best friend, Lena, to a fever—Jenny’s not about to let any harm come to two-year-old Maggie, Lena’s orphaned daughter. Jenny will take Meggie to the girl’s uncle in Dakota Territory. And if Jenny’s parents won’t let her leave without her promise to marry a man of their choosing on her return, then that’s a trade Jenny’s willing to make. But she never expected to lose her heart to Meggie, to the wild beauty of the frontier…or to Burke Edwards, Meggie’s handsome uncle. Torn between her obligation to her parents and her own dreams of happiness, which will yield—her promise…or her heart?
What It Takes
Author: Richard Ben Cramer
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1453219641
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1712
Book Description
Before Game Change there was What It Takes, a ride along the 1988 campaign trail and “possibly the best [book] ever written about an American election” (NPR). Written by Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and New York Times–bestselling author Richard Ben Cramer, What It Takes is “a perfect-pitch rendering of the emotions, the intensity, the anguish, and the emptiness of what may have been the last normal two-party campaign in American history” (Time). An up-close, in-depth look at six candidates—George H. W. “Poppy” Bush, Bob Dole, Joe Biden, Michael Dukakis, Richard Gephardt, and Gary Hart—this account of the 1988 US presidential campaign explores a unique moment in history, with details on everything from Bush at the Astrodome to Hart’s Donna Rice scandal. Cramer also addresses the question we find ourselves pondering every four years: How do presumably ordinary people acquire that mixture of ambition, stamina, and pure shamelessness that allows them to throw their hat in the ring as a candidate for leadership of the free world? Exhaustively researched from thousands of hours of interviews, What It Takes creates powerful portraits of these Republican and Democratic contenders, and the consultants, donors, journalists, handlers, and hangers-on who surround them, as they meet, greet, and strategize their way through primary season chasing the nomination, resulting in “a hipped-up amalgam of Teddy White, Tom Wolfe, and Norman Mailer” (Los Angeles Times Book Review). With timeless insight that helps us understand the current state of the nation, this “ultimate insider’s book on presidential politics” explores what helps these people survive, what makes them prosper, what drives them, and ultimately, what drives our government—human beings, in all their flawed glory (San Francisco Chronicle).
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1453219641
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1712
Book Description
Before Game Change there was What It Takes, a ride along the 1988 campaign trail and “possibly the best [book] ever written about an American election” (NPR). Written by Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and New York Times–bestselling author Richard Ben Cramer, What It Takes is “a perfect-pitch rendering of the emotions, the intensity, the anguish, and the emptiness of what may have been the last normal two-party campaign in American history” (Time). An up-close, in-depth look at six candidates—George H. W. “Poppy” Bush, Bob Dole, Joe Biden, Michael Dukakis, Richard Gephardt, and Gary Hart—this account of the 1988 US presidential campaign explores a unique moment in history, with details on everything from Bush at the Astrodome to Hart’s Donna Rice scandal. Cramer also addresses the question we find ourselves pondering every four years: How do presumably ordinary people acquire that mixture of ambition, stamina, and pure shamelessness that allows them to throw their hat in the ring as a candidate for leadership of the free world? Exhaustively researched from thousands of hours of interviews, What It Takes creates powerful portraits of these Republican and Democratic contenders, and the consultants, donors, journalists, handlers, and hangers-on who surround them, as they meet, greet, and strategize their way through primary season chasing the nomination, resulting in “a hipped-up amalgam of Teddy White, Tom Wolfe, and Norman Mailer” (Los Angeles Times Book Review). With timeless insight that helps us understand the current state of the nation, this “ultimate insider’s book on presidential politics” explores what helps these people survive, what makes them prosper, what drives them, and ultimately, what drives our government—human beings, in all their flawed glory (San Francisco Chronicle).
Chariton Review 38.2
Author: Truman State University Press
Publisher: Truman State University Press
ISBN:
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
Chariton Review Fall 2015
Publisher: Truman State University Press
ISBN:
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
Chariton Review Fall 2015