Author: Daniel Handler
Publisher: Museum of Modern Art
ISBN: 9780870709081
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Combines vintage photographs from the Museum of Modern Art's collection, original paintings by Kalman inspired by these photographs, and text by Handler
Author: Janice Woffinden Tyrrell
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1504900928
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 569
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I was somewhat apprehensive to return to work after a five-day vacation at the Ritz-Carlton Psychiatric Convention Center. After taking a deep breath, I prepared myself to be greeted by true friends who would tease me about playing checkers with the likes of Mrs. Coca-Cola and the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man. Marie asked me how my vacation was. I nodded to the affirmative. We all had a good laugh at their loving insane insinuations. Party time was soon over, and my thoughts were back in the real world. I went to the floral department and thought, I wonder if Id remember how to make an arrangement? Instead, I started off slow and made a boutonniere. Easy enough, I thought to myself. With pride in my heart, I smiled because I still had the touch of doing them both Thankfully, soon it was break time. I ordered an Apple Fritter and a diet Dr Pepper. (Youre rightit makes no sense. But Ive been eating that combination for the past twenty-four years in the grocery business, and I have a waistline to prove it!) I was heading for the break room, as usual, when a familiar feeling came over me, and I saw myself in the eyes of another. I dont know why I slipped into their isolated booth in the stores small dining area. Across me was a very young and frightened woman sipping on a cup of coffee. She had tears streaming down her cheeks and looked rather startled at my appearance. But I had the feeling she was waiting for me. Although we were not formally introduced, words came freely between us. She spoke of her fears and frustrations. As she spoke, I listened, and my own struggles flashed before my eyes. We spoke candidly of her darkest secretone of sanity. I smiled as I told my new friend that the healing comes when you start believing in yourself. As I watched her, I recognized myself and was somewhat frightened for her. You see, its sad to lose yourself and your family and blame God for an illness you have no control over. To my surprise, I felt something brush up against my feet. I peeked under the tablecloth and discovered a fair-haired boy who was three years old. The young woman reached down and scooped him up. She cradled him in her arms, and he sucked on his thumb, then he quickly disappeared as he appeared. I smiled as I peeked under the table and saw an all-too familiar world of childhood imagination. I thought back to a time when my girls were very young. Like this boy, they too were victims of this cruel illness. We sat at the corner booth for a long time. Then the young woman began to weep again. Why would God do this to me? My mind flashed back in time once more to an unsettling time in my life. She took another sip of her coffee, and we spoke of her son. As she spoke of him, she smiled with her eyes, and a calm feeling came over her. We spoke of our lives and the roads we chose to take. As one living with mental illness, my advice to her that day was, Healing begins when you believe in yourself. To this very day, our paths have never crossed again. I have no idea what struggles this young woman had. All I know for sure is when we talked, she eased my troubles for a while by focusing on her own. I guess thats what life is all about. John, my husband of forty-five years, has been there with me every step of the way. If not for him, things couldve turned out very differently. I could have lost my life, my family, my sanity, and my faith in God. Through it all, there has been one constant thing in my life. When we spoke our marriage vows, nothing was said of until death do we part. What we said was for time and all eternity. On my darkest days, John would say, Honey, you just have to get better soon because we vowed to love each other forever, and forever is a very long time.
Author: L. T Meade
Publisher: Outlook Verlag
ISBN: 3752412194
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 238
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Reproduction of the original: Girls of the Forest by L.T Meade
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Category : Children's literature
Languages : en
Pages : 496
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Author: Jack Canfield
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1453277013
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 203
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Chicken Soup for the Girlfriend's Soul celebrates all that is special about the warm, nurturing relationships that women have with their best friends - the unique spirit of female friendship. With stories of old friends, new friends, laughter and tears, this is a book that every woman will appreciate.
Author: KJ Erickson
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1429973625
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 318
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Set against the black backdrop of a ruthless Minnesota winter, KJ Erickson's debut novel is bursting with masterfully plotted suspense and intricately rendered characters. Prickly but gifted Minneapolis Special Detective Marshall "Mars" Bahr is a man whose devotion to his eight-year-old son is eclipsed only by his love of the hunt. Mars hasn't won any popularity contests among his fellow officers, but his commitment to his job and his investigative talents have gotten him a plumb assignment: Special Detective in charge of the First Response Unit, reporting directly to the chief. On a winter morning, when Mars is called to the scene of a homicide near the outskirts of town, his first thought is that a homeless drunk passed out in the wrong place on a freezing cold night. What he finds turns out to be much more menacing, a nightmare case involving a teenage girl from the right side of the tracks. With few clues and increasing pressure from the mayor on down to apprehend the killer, Mars is forced to turn away from the details of the crime on the bluffs and instead focus on the victim herself. Mary Pat Fitzgerald seemed to have a storybook lifestyle, at least from the outside. With a little digging, however, it becomes clear that appearances can be deceiving. Mars and his partner, Nettie Frisch, turn up some provocative clues in the search to uncover the truth about the young woman's lonely death-- but can they trust them? Third Person Singular is a multilayered screamer of a debut that will have readers breathlessly awaiting KJ Erickson's next effort.
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Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 892
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Author: Wendy Heard
Publisher: Christy Ottaviano Books
ISBN: 0316417882
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 270
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Determined to escape menacing families, two desperate teens fake their own deaths in this queer contemporary thriller perfect for fans of Natasha Preston and Karen McManus. In one week Maude will be dead. At least, that’s what she wants everyone to think. After years of research, Maude has decided to fake her own death. She’s figured out the how, the when, the where, and who will help her unsuspectingly. The why is complex: revenge, partly. Her terrible parents deserve this. But there’s also 'l’appel du vide,' the call of the void, that beckons her toward a new life where she will be tied to no one, free and adrift. Then Frankie, a step-cousin she barely knows, figures out what she’s plotting, and the plan seems like it’s ruined. Except Frankie doesn’t want to rat her out—Frankie wants in. The girls vault into the unknown, risking everything for a new and limitless life. But there are some things you can never run away from. What if the poison is not in the soil, but in the roots? This pulse-pounding thriller offers a nuanced exploration of identity, freedom, and falling in love while your world falls apart. "A clever page-turner that I couldn’t put down." —Natasha Preston, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author A Rainbow Book List Selection A YALSA Amazing Audiobook for Young Adults A YALSA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers
Author: Ma Jian
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780374110178
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 604
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At once a powerful allegory of a rising China, racked by contradictions, and a seminal examination of the Tiananmen Square protests, "Beijing Coma" is a novel spiked with dark wit, poetic beauty, and a deep rage.
Author: Brett A. Contreras
Publisher: Author House
ISBN: 1467031577
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 858
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TELL YOUR FRIENDS! PARENT-FREE PARTYING IN MASSAPEQUA! It is August of 1989, and Mike Aufiero has just graduated high school. The annual summer escape to the Adirondacks is not the thrill he had hoped it would be, and he soon arranges to return to Long Island. There, he and his sister have run of the family’s house, and the freedom to live it up in his last summer before college! Unfortunately, a seemingly-harmless errand has brought a dark presence back to Massapequa, and Mike is not the only one with plans for the summer. It is not long before Mike and his friends find themselves embroiled in a vampire’s plot to found a new coven on Long Island, and it will suffer no interference. Finding little or no support from parents or the police, the teenagers are now forced to confront the vampire and his rapidly-growing group of followers, which now even include several of their own friends. Can they prevail? Will anyone survive? Will Freshman College Orientation have been in vain?
