Author: Shelley Swanson Sateren
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1515802205
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 73
Book Description
When the Hound Hotel welcomes its first English bulldog guest, Alfie gets a quick lesson in slobber clean-up and makes a new friend in the process.
Drooling Dudley
Author: Shelley Swanson Sateren
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1515802205
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 73
Book Description
When the Hound Hotel welcomes its first English bulldog guest, Alfie gets a quick lesson in slobber clean-up and makes a new friend in the process.
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1515802205
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 73
Book Description
When the Hound Hotel welcomes its first English bulldog guest, Alfie gets a quick lesson in slobber clean-up and makes a new friend in the process.
Drooling Dudley
Author: Shelley Swanson Sateren
Publisher: Capstone Classroom
ISBN: 1515802221
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 73
Book Description
When the Hound Hotel welcomes its first English bulldog guest, Alfie gets a quick lesson in slobber clean-up and makes a new friend in the process.
Publisher: Capstone Classroom
ISBN: 1515802221
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 73
Book Description
When the Hound Hotel welcomes its first English bulldog guest, Alfie gets a quick lesson in slobber clean-up and makes a new friend in the process.
Perfidia
Author: James Ellroy
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307946673
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 721
Book Description
NATIONAL BESTSELLER AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR Los Angeles. December, 1941. America stands at the brink of World War II. War fever and racial hatred grip the city. The hellish murder of a Japanese family summons three men and one woman. LAPD captain William H. Parker is superbly gifted, corrosively ambitious, liquored-up, and consumed by dubious ideology. He is bitterly at odds with Sergeant Dudley Smith—Irish émigré, ex-IRA killer, fledgling war profiteer. Hideo Ashida is a police chemist and the only Japanese on the L.A. cop payroll. Kay Lake is a twenty-one-year-old dilettante looking for adventure. The investigation throws them together and rips them apart. The crime becomes a political storm center that brilliantly illuminates these four driven souls—comrades, rivals, lovers, history’s pawns. Here, Ellroy gives us the party at the edge of the abyss and the precipice of America’s ascendance. Perfidia is that moment, spellbindingly captured.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307946673
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 721
Book Description
NATIONAL BESTSELLER AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR Los Angeles. December, 1941. America stands at the brink of World War II. War fever and racial hatred grip the city. The hellish murder of a Japanese family summons three men and one woman. LAPD captain William H. Parker is superbly gifted, corrosively ambitious, liquored-up, and consumed by dubious ideology. He is bitterly at odds with Sergeant Dudley Smith—Irish émigré, ex-IRA killer, fledgling war profiteer. Hideo Ashida is a police chemist and the only Japanese on the L.A. cop payroll. Kay Lake is a twenty-one-year-old dilettante looking for adventure. The investigation throws them together and rips them apart. The crime becomes a political storm center that brilliantly illuminates these four driven souls—comrades, rivals, lovers, history’s pawns. Here, Ellroy gives us the party at the edge of the abyss and the precipice of America’s ascendance. Perfidia is that moment, spellbindingly captured.
Breana’s Full Circle
Author: J. Elaine Cottrell
Publisher: Archway Publishing
ISBN: 1480823074
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
Sometimes life presents predicaments so difficult and worrisome it seems we’ll never see our way through them. We may even feel like giving up. But when we persevere through it all, we eventually realize all those obstacles, all those trials, are only stepping-stones to get us where we need to be. That’s why we must hold on and pray for strength and patience. Author J. Elaine Cottrell’s Breana’s Full Circle is the story of a little girl whose life began on the rough side of the mountain. Abandoned at eight months by her mother, Breana is placed in foster care, where she is abused and bullied. Her situation finally brightens when Ambassador Henry Noble and his wife, Penelope, adopt the young girl. Breana thrives in her loving, happy home—it’s her dream come true. The family’s joy is short-lived. Breana, the love of her family’s life, is kidnapped, severely beaten, and left for dead. Breana’s Full Circle is the remarkable story of overcoming adversity. Despite all she suffers through, she fights back to win the hearts of many, including the love of her life, and discovers a secret that will change her forever. We can all learn from Breana’s strength and faith.
Publisher: Archway Publishing
ISBN: 1480823074
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
Sometimes life presents predicaments so difficult and worrisome it seems we’ll never see our way through them. We may even feel like giving up. But when we persevere through it all, we eventually realize all those obstacles, all those trials, are only stepping-stones to get us where we need to be. That’s why we must hold on and pray for strength and patience. Author J. Elaine Cottrell’s Breana’s Full Circle is the story of a little girl whose life began on the rough side of the mountain. Abandoned at eight months by her mother, Breana is placed in foster care, where she is abused and bullied. Her situation finally brightens when Ambassador Henry Noble and his wife, Penelope, adopt the young girl. Breana thrives in her loving, happy home—it’s her dream come true. The family’s joy is short-lived. Breana, the love of her family’s life, is kidnapped, severely beaten, and left for dead. Breana’s Full Circle is the remarkable story of overcoming adversity. Despite all she suffers through, she fights back to win the hearts of many, including the love of her life, and discovers a secret that will change her forever. We can all learn from Breana’s strength and faith.
Stinky Stanley
Author: Shelley Swanson Sateren
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1515802272
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 99
Book Description
Alfie Wolfe's feet stink! And they may cost the Hound Hotel a client, namely Ms. Snoot and her energic Labrador retriever, Stanley. But after gleefully rolling in dead fish, Stanley may give Aflie's feet a run for their money. Stinky fun awaits!
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1515802272
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 99
Book Description
Alfie Wolfe's feet stink! And they may cost the Hound Hotel a client, namely Ms. Snoot and her energic Labrador retriever, Stanley. But after gleefully rolling in dead fish, Stanley may give Aflie's feet a run for their money. Stinky fun awaits!
Mighty Murphy
Author: Shelley Swanson Sateren
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1515800733
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
The last time Murphy, a strong but sweet Rottweiler, visited the Hound Hotel, he got into trouble. This time, twins Alfie and Alfreeda Wolfe use brains and their own brawn to try to keep things under control, with hilariously mixed results. Hold tight to the leash!
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1515800733
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
The last time Murphy, a strong but sweet Rottweiler, visited the Hound Hotel, he got into trouble. This time, twins Alfie and Alfreeda Wolfe use brains and their own brawn to try to keep things under control, with hilariously mixed results. Hold tight to the leash!
Life, Love, & Laughter
Author: S.L. Menear
Publisher: ePublishing Works!
ISBN: 1644570491
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
“Brilliant short stories by two talented authors—kept me on the edge of my seat anxiously awaiting the imaginative surprise endings.” ~Richard Brumer, author of The Chemist’s Shop, Meeting Max, and The Last Sunrise Humor, Drama, Suspense, Romance and a Touch of the Supernatural in Life, Love and Laughter, a Bag Full of Entertaining Stories by S.L. Menear and D.M. Littlefield Enjoy exciting and hilarious true stories involving the authors’ adventurous exploits and fictitious stories involving crime-solving dogs, murder mysteries, a creepy story about a haunted house, interesting flight attendant and pilot stories, aerobatic lessons leading to divorce, a terrifying first solo flight, soaring in a glider, hang-gliding over Biscayne Bay, hot-air ballooning, an airliner stranded by an earthquake, a dangerous airline evacuation of Saigon, an emergency landing after total engine failure, flight training in a jet airliner; a thrilling first ocean dive, a terrifying shark attack, diving to 800 feet in a submarine, an exciting ride on a horse named Satan, funny stories about naughty seniors, an endearing love story between two antique cars, an unusual love story based on supernatural events, a murder mystery based on an ancient weapon invented by Merlin, a murder mystery involving disgruntled authors and snotty literary agents, and many stories involving humorous situations. Like a vacation in a book, enjoy this clean and wholesome collection of 50 engaging adult stories. Sure to spirit you away whenever you need an escape and send you home with a smile. “These two women have written a bag full of entertaining short stories, mostly filled with wry humor reminiscent of O. Henry. Very well done, filled with fun characters, and the best part is, you can fill any short waiting period with entertaining reading that ends in just a few pages. Definitely a book worth having close at all times.” —George A. Bernstein, Amazon Top 100 Author of Trapped, A 3rd Time to Die, Death’s Angel, and Born to Die “A fresh and exciting collection of short stories. Humorous and surprising, a real whodunit treat.” —Fred Lichtenberg, author of Deadly Heat at The Cottages: Sex, Murder, and Mayhem, Hunter’s World, Double Trouble, and Retired, Now What? “Authors Littlefield and Menear have once again woven their unique abilities to combine humor and suspense into stories that are sure to please the most discriminating readers. Every minute is a worthwhile investment in reading pleasure.” —Frank E. Lamca, author of The Gypsies and the Devil Hound “The 50 Short Stories are wonderfully creative writings for adult readers of any age. Littlefield’s and Menear’s plots and characters are at times laugh-out-loud funny and goosebumpy at others. Perfect for readers who want to read a short story in one sitting or enjoy hours of entertainment.” —Tina Nicholas, author of Condo Crazies and Affair in Athens Sharon Littlefield Menear is a retired airline pilot. US Airways hired Sharon in 1980 as their first female pilot, bypassing the flight engineer position. The men in her new-hire class gave her the nickname Bombshell. She flew Boeing 727s and 737s, DC-9s, and BAC 1-11 jet airliners and was promoted to captain in her seventh year. Before her pilot career, Sharon worked as a water-sports model and then traveled the world as a flight attendant with Pan American World Airways. Sharon also enjoyed flying antique airplanes, experimental aircraft, and Third World fighter airplanes. Her leisure activities included scuba diving, powered paragliding, snow skiing, surfing, horseback riding, aerobatic flying, sailing, and driving fast cars and motorcycles. Sharon has flown many of the airplanes in her debut novel, Deadstick Dawn, winner of the Royal Palm Literary Award, Poseidon’s Sword, Blaze, and Stranded, Books One, Two, Three, and Four in the Samantha Starr Series featuring a woman pilot in fantasy action thrillers. Dorothy Metz Littlefield has been writing for over fifty years. Her first story, When Time Stood Still, was published in magazines and in another short-stories anthology. Dorothy is currently writing mystery and romance novels as well as short stories. She draws on experiences from her world travels with her daughter, aerobatic flying, soaring, diving, hang gliding, horseback riding, and hot-air ballooning with her children. Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, she moved to Diamond Lake, Michigan after marrying her husband, Ken. They raised their two children, Sharon and Larry, in Michigan and later in Bradenton, Florida. Dorothy was a long-time resident of Kilgore, Texas, where she raised horses on her ranch until she moved to West Palm Beach, Florida in 2002 to be near her children. Silent Thrills When Time Stood Still Deadly Rejections Surprised Delivery The Golden Years Sky Gods Winter Wonderland The Magic Button My First Solo Flight Secrets by DML Sleuth Hounds My First Ocean Dive Sleep Deprived Aerobatic Lessons Meadow Muffins Flowers Holiday Greetings Stuck in an Elevator Catatonic Snifferitis Sibling Insanity Girl Talk The First Pilot Eavesdropping Mall Critics Virtual Sex Flight Instruction Chili and Hugo Expensive Mistake Betrayed Once Upon A Time Killer Scots and Hot Cubans Ouch! The Boys Guinevere’s Lance Clem’s General Store Side Effects Sink or Swim Unbelievable What’s Going On Here? Cruise Capades Melanie Wife Wanted Semper Fi The Rattled Hunter Monsters My Unconscious Muse Stressed Out The Fairies’ Godmother Dumpster Diving The Word Artist Lunar Madness
Publisher: ePublishing Works!
ISBN: 1644570491
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
“Brilliant short stories by two talented authors—kept me on the edge of my seat anxiously awaiting the imaginative surprise endings.” ~Richard Brumer, author of The Chemist’s Shop, Meeting Max, and The Last Sunrise Humor, Drama, Suspense, Romance and a Touch of the Supernatural in Life, Love and Laughter, a Bag Full of Entertaining Stories by S.L. Menear and D.M. Littlefield Enjoy exciting and hilarious true stories involving the authors’ adventurous exploits and fictitious stories involving crime-solving dogs, murder mysteries, a creepy story about a haunted house, interesting flight attendant and pilot stories, aerobatic lessons leading to divorce, a terrifying first solo flight, soaring in a glider, hang-gliding over Biscayne Bay, hot-air ballooning, an airliner stranded by an earthquake, a dangerous airline evacuation of Saigon, an emergency landing after total engine failure, flight training in a jet airliner; a thrilling first ocean dive, a terrifying shark attack, diving to 800 feet in a submarine, an exciting ride on a horse named Satan, funny stories about naughty seniors, an endearing love story between two antique cars, an unusual love story based on supernatural events, a murder mystery based on an ancient weapon invented by Merlin, a murder mystery involving disgruntled authors and snotty literary agents, and many stories involving humorous situations. Like a vacation in a book, enjoy this clean and wholesome collection of 50 engaging adult stories. Sure to spirit you away whenever you need an escape and send you home with a smile. “These two women have written a bag full of entertaining short stories, mostly filled with wry humor reminiscent of O. Henry. Very well done, filled with fun characters, and the best part is, you can fill any short waiting period with entertaining reading that ends in just a few pages. Definitely a book worth having close at all times.” —George A. Bernstein, Amazon Top 100 Author of Trapped, A 3rd Time to Die, Death’s Angel, and Born to Die “A fresh and exciting collection of short stories. Humorous and surprising, a real whodunit treat.” —Fred Lichtenberg, author of Deadly Heat at The Cottages: Sex, Murder, and Mayhem, Hunter’s World, Double Trouble, and Retired, Now What? “Authors Littlefield and Menear have once again woven their unique abilities to combine humor and suspense into stories that are sure to please the most discriminating readers. Every minute is a worthwhile investment in reading pleasure.” —Frank E. Lamca, author of The Gypsies and the Devil Hound “The 50 Short Stories are wonderfully creative writings for adult readers of any age. Littlefield’s and Menear’s plots and characters are at times laugh-out-loud funny and goosebumpy at others. Perfect for readers who want to read a short story in one sitting or enjoy hours of entertainment.” —Tina Nicholas, author of Condo Crazies and Affair in Athens Sharon Littlefield Menear is a retired airline pilot. US Airways hired Sharon in 1980 as their first female pilot, bypassing the flight engineer position. The men in her new-hire class gave her the nickname Bombshell. She flew Boeing 727s and 737s, DC-9s, and BAC 1-11 jet airliners and was promoted to captain in her seventh year. Before her pilot career, Sharon worked as a water-sports model and then traveled the world as a flight attendant with Pan American World Airways. Sharon also enjoyed flying antique airplanes, experimental aircraft, and Third World fighter airplanes. Her leisure activities included scuba diving, powered paragliding, snow skiing, surfing, horseback riding, aerobatic flying, sailing, and driving fast cars and motorcycles. Sharon has flown many of the airplanes in her debut novel, Deadstick Dawn, winner of the Royal Palm Literary Award, Poseidon’s Sword, Blaze, and Stranded, Books One, Two, Three, and Four in the Samantha Starr Series featuring a woman pilot in fantasy action thrillers. Dorothy Metz Littlefield has been writing for over fifty years. Her first story, When Time Stood Still, was published in magazines and in another short-stories anthology. Dorothy is currently writing mystery and romance novels as well as short stories. She draws on experiences from her world travels with her daughter, aerobatic flying, soaring, diving, hang gliding, horseback riding, and hot-air ballooning with her children. Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, she moved to Diamond Lake, Michigan after marrying her husband, Ken. They raised their two children, Sharon and Larry, in Michigan and later in Bradenton, Florida. Dorothy was a long-time resident of Kilgore, Texas, where she raised horses on her ranch until she moved to West Palm Beach, Florida in 2002 to be near her children. Silent Thrills When Time Stood Still Deadly Rejections Surprised Delivery The Golden Years Sky Gods Winter Wonderland The Magic Button My First Solo Flight Secrets by DML Sleuth Hounds My First Ocean Dive Sleep Deprived Aerobatic Lessons Meadow Muffins Flowers Holiday Greetings Stuck in an Elevator Catatonic Snifferitis Sibling Insanity Girl Talk The First Pilot Eavesdropping Mall Critics Virtual Sex Flight Instruction Chili and Hugo Expensive Mistake Betrayed Once Upon A Time Killer Scots and Hot Cubans Ouch! The Boys Guinevere’s Lance Clem’s General Store Side Effects Sink or Swim Unbelievable What’s Going On Here? Cruise Capades Melanie Wife Wanted Semper Fi The Rattled Hunter Monsters My Unconscious Muse Stressed Out The Fairies’ Godmother Dumpster Diving The Word Artist Lunar Madness
The Drool Room
Author: Ira Socol
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0615165443
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Angry, frustrated, and certain that nothing around him makes sense - the narrator of this uniquely conceived book forces you to look at the world through his eyes: as a dyslexic student in the earliest days of Special Education, as a self-destructive teenager fighting his way through life, as a New York City cop trying to survive The Bronx streets during the 1980s - as a child, a lover, a parent. --- Ira David Socol's debut novel brings you to the sharpest edges of our society through a sequence of compelling and remarkable stories - stories as fascinating and entertaining as they are painful and disturbing.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0615165443
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Angry, frustrated, and certain that nothing around him makes sense - the narrator of this uniquely conceived book forces you to look at the world through his eyes: as a dyslexic student in the earliest days of Special Education, as a self-destructive teenager fighting his way through life, as a New York City cop trying to survive The Bronx streets during the 1980s - as a child, a lover, a parent. --- Ira David Socol's debut novel brings you to the sharpest edges of our society through a sequence of compelling and remarkable stories - stories as fascinating and entertaining as they are painful and disturbing.
Your Uncle Dudley
Author: Edward Antonio Paulton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Dudley's Day at Home
Author: Karen Kaufman Orloff
Publisher: Flashlight Press
ISBN: 1947277286
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
"What does Dudley do all day while we're away?" Sam wonders. Mom explains that Dudley does ordinary dog things: he eats, naps, guards the house, and plays. But in Sam's mind, Dudley's day at home is anything but ordinary. Delightful digital paintings depict the human activities Sam imagines Dudley is doing – which don't quite match Mom's explanations. Dudley's Day at Home is a funny, fetching picture book that uses minimal text and maximal visual storytelling to share a day in a dog's life.
Publisher: Flashlight Press
ISBN: 1947277286
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
"What does Dudley do all day while we're away?" Sam wonders. Mom explains that Dudley does ordinary dog things: he eats, naps, guards the house, and plays. But in Sam's mind, Dudley's day at home is anything but ordinary. Delightful digital paintings depict the human activities Sam imagines Dudley is doing – which don't quite match Mom's explanations. Dudley's Day at Home is a funny, fetching picture book that uses minimal text and maximal visual storytelling to share a day in a dog's life.