Author: Jim Kokoris
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1250036062
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
It's. Nice. Outside. explores that universal tension between being a parent and keeping true to yourself. In this laugh-out-loud, heartbreaking, generous family novel, Jim Kokoris returns to the heartfelt writing of The Rich Part of Life. Meet John Nichols. He's 50-something years old, an ex-basketball player, ex-author, ex-philanderer, ex-husband, ex-high school English teacher. And he's father to three: two overachieving adult daughters, and 19 year-old Ethan, who will never be an adult. John's oldest daughter is getting married, and as the whole family travels from their homes in New York and the Chicago area, John is secretly preparing for a life-change that will alter his family's hearts forever.
It's. Nice. Outside.
Author: Jim Kokoris
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1250036062
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
It's. Nice. Outside. explores that universal tension between being a parent and keeping true to yourself. In this laugh-out-loud, heartbreaking, generous family novel, Jim Kokoris returns to the heartfelt writing of The Rich Part of Life. Meet John Nichols. He's 50-something years old, an ex-basketball player, ex-author, ex-philanderer, ex-husband, ex-high school English teacher. And he's father to three: two overachieving adult daughters, and 19 year-old Ethan, who will never be an adult. John's oldest daughter is getting married, and as the whole family travels from their homes in New York and the Chicago area, John is secretly preparing for a life-change that will alter his family's hearts forever.
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1250036062
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
It's. Nice. Outside. explores that universal tension between being a parent and keeping true to yourself. In this laugh-out-loud, heartbreaking, generous family novel, Jim Kokoris returns to the heartfelt writing of The Rich Part of Life. Meet John Nichols. He's 50-something years old, an ex-basketball player, ex-author, ex-philanderer, ex-husband, ex-high school English teacher. And he's father to three: two overachieving adult daughters, and 19 year-old Ethan, who will never be an adult. John's oldest daughter is getting married, and as the whole family travels from their homes in New York and the Chicago area, John is secretly preparing for a life-change that will alter his family's hearts forever.
Mapping It Out
Author: Hans Ulrich Obrist
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 0500239185
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A look at our exterior and interior worlds through intriguing and imaginative maps from over 130 contributors in the fields of art, science, film, and more Maps have always been at the heart of human knowledge. Whether they chart a newly discovered land or lay out a complicated process, maps serve to improve our understanding of what surrounds us. Maps make the complex simple, and reveal the complexity behind the apparently simple. Mapping It Out invites artists, architects, writers, and designers, geographers, mathematicians, computer pioneers, scientists, and others from a host of fields to create a personal map of their own, in whatever form and showing whatever terrain they choose, whether real-world or imaginary. Over 130 contributors’ ideas are represented, including Yoko Ono, Louise Bourgeois, Damien Hirst, David Adjaye, Ed Ruscha, Alexander Kluge, and many more. Some contributors have translated scientific data into simplified visual language, while others have condensed vast social, political, or natural forms into concise diagrams. There are reworked existing maps, alternate views of reality, charted imaginary flights of fancy, and the occasional rejection of a traditional map altogether.
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 0500239185
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A look at our exterior and interior worlds through intriguing and imaginative maps from over 130 contributors in the fields of art, science, film, and more Maps have always been at the heart of human knowledge. Whether they chart a newly discovered land or lay out a complicated process, maps serve to improve our understanding of what surrounds us. Maps make the complex simple, and reveal the complexity behind the apparently simple. Mapping It Out invites artists, architects, writers, and designers, geographers, mathematicians, computer pioneers, scientists, and others from a host of fields to create a personal map of their own, in whatever form and showing whatever terrain they choose, whether real-world or imaginary. Over 130 contributors’ ideas are represented, including Yoko Ono, Louise Bourgeois, Damien Hirst, David Adjaye, Ed Ruscha, Alexander Kluge, and many more. Some contributors have translated scientific data into simplified visual language, while others have condensed vast social, political, or natural forms into concise diagrams. There are reworked existing maps, alternate views of reality, charted imaginary flights of fancy, and the occasional rejection of a traditional map altogether.
Fully Coherent Plan
Author: David Shrigley
Publisher: Canongate Books
ISBN: 1786893851
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
CLOSE YOUR EYES I invite you to imagine a plan for a new and better society where everything is very coherent and makes a lot of sense and nothing is confusing or awful OPEN YOUR EYES No need to imagine. Here is the plan. The plan is illustrated. The plan is quite complicated. But not too complicated. I think you will be thrilled by it. I am certain you will be thrilled by it. No need to read massive volumes or use the internet JUST READ THIS ONLY THIS
Publisher: Canongate Books
ISBN: 1786893851
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
CLOSE YOUR EYES I invite you to imagine a plan for a new and better society where everything is very coherent and makes a lot of sense and nothing is confusing or awful OPEN YOUR EYES No need to imagine. Here is the plan. The plan is illustrated. The plan is quite complicated. But not too complicated. I think you will be thrilled by it. I am certain you will be thrilled by it. No need to read massive volumes or use the internet JUST READ THIS ONLY THIS
Out There
Author: Kate Folk
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0593231465
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
A thrilling new voice in fiction injects the absurd into the everyday to present a startling vision of modern life, “[as] if Kafka and Camus and Bradbury were penning episodes of Black Mirror” (Chang-Rae Lee, author of My Year Abroad). “Stories so sharp and ingenious you may cut yourself on them while reading.”—Kelly Link, author of Get In Trouble With a focus on the weird and eerie forces that lurk beneath the surface of ordinary experience, Kate Folk’s debut collection is perfectly pitched to the madness of our current moment. A medical ward for a mysterious bone-melting disorder is the setting of a perilous love triangle. A curtain of void obliterates the globe at a steady pace, forcing Earth’s remaining inhabitants to decide with whom they want to spend eternity. A man fleeing personal scandal enters a codependent relationship with a house that requires a particularly demanding level of care. And in the title story, originally published in The New Yorker, a woman in San Francisco uses dating apps to find a partner despite the threat posed by “blots,” preternaturally handsome artificial men dispatched by Russian hackers to steal data. Meanwhile, in a poignant companion piece, a woman and a blot forge a genuine, albeit doomed, connection. Prescient and wildly imaginative, Out There depicts an uncanny landscape that holds a mirror to our subconscious fears and desires. Each story beats with its own fierce heart, and together they herald an exciting new arrival in the tradition of speculative literary fiction.
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0593231465
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
A thrilling new voice in fiction injects the absurd into the everyday to present a startling vision of modern life, “[as] if Kafka and Camus and Bradbury were penning episodes of Black Mirror” (Chang-Rae Lee, author of My Year Abroad). “Stories so sharp and ingenious you may cut yourself on them while reading.”—Kelly Link, author of Get In Trouble With a focus on the weird and eerie forces that lurk beneath the surface of ordinary experience, Kate Folk’s debut collection is perfectly pitched to the madness of our current moment. A medical ward for a mysterious bone-melting disorder is the setting of a perilous love triangle. A curtain of void obliterates the globe at a steady pace, forcing Earth’s remaining inhabitants to decide with whom they want to spend eternity. A man fleeing personal scandal enters a codependent relationship with a house that requires a particularly demanding level of care. And in the title story, originally published in The New Yorker, a woman in San Francisco uses dating apps to find a partner despite the threat posed by “blots,” preternaturally handsome artificial men dispatched by Russian hackers to steal data. Meanwhile, in a poignant companion piece, a woman and a blot forge a genuine, albeit doomed, connection. Prescient and wildly imaginative, Out There depicts an uncanny landscape that holds a mirror to our subconscious fears and desires. Each story beats with its own fierce heart, and together they herald an exciting new arrival in the tradition of speculative literary fiction.
Swimming With Dolphins
Author: Jessie Paddock
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 1338633716
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
When 12-year-old KT Wynn learns that she has to move from Iowa City to Florida, she's distraught. Not only does she have to leave behind her best friends and the only home she's ever known, she also has to deal with being the new kid in school. And she's especially worried about how her wheelchair, Sprinkles, will affect things.On the bright side, she'll still have her big sister, Lucy, with her, and she'll even get to see a dolphin-her favorite animal!-for the very first time. In fact, KT has always dreamed of swimming with a dolphin, and with the help of her sister, she's determined to make it happen.But when she meets Cola for the first time, he's not what she expected. KT is suddenly afraid, and she's unsure if she can swim with Cola given her disability. Will KT be able to overcome her fear and gain the confidence to take the plunge?
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 1338633716
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
When 12-year-old KT Wynn learns that she has to move from Iowa City to Florida, she's distraught. Not only does she have to leave behind her best friends and the only home she's ever known, she also has to deal with being the new kid in school. And she's especially worried about how her wheelchair, Sprinkles, will affect things.On the bright side, she'll still have her big sister, Lucy, with her, and she'll even get to see a dolphin-her favorite animal!-for the very first time. In fact, KT has always dreamed of swimming with a dolphin, and with the help of her sister, she's determined to make it happen.But when she meets Cola for the first time, he's not what she expected. KT is suddenly afraid, and she's unsure if she can swim with Cola given her disability. Will KT be able to overcome her fear and gain the confidence to take the plunge?
Death On The Rocks
Author: C. Thomas Lafollette
Publisher: Broken World Publishing
ISBN: 1960766201
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 301
Book Description
Death is a beast better left sleeping. After surviving the latest attempt on his life by werewolf bikers, Dax isn’t waiting for the next hammer to fall. Getting shot sucks. And he’s tired of pulling magical bullets from his body. His enemies may have awakened a power they can’t handle. Nazi werewolf bikers are flooding into Red City. Despite building a crew, Dax is massively outnumbered. He’s going to have to take the fight directly to the bikers. If he waits, he’ll be overwhelmed, and what’s left of his quiet life will be destroyed. But as Dax reaches for his old powers, the death gods who banished him are taking notice. He walks a tight rope between defeating the bikers and being obliterated by his watchers…
Publisher: Broken World Publishing
ISBN: 1960766201
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 301
Book Description
Death is a beast better left sleeping. After surviving the latest attempt on his life by werewolf bikers, Dax isn’t waiting for the next hammer to fall. Getting shot sucks. And he’s tired of pulling magical bullets from his body. His enemies may have awakened a power they can’t handle. Nazi werewolf bikers are flooding into Red City. Despite building a crew, Dax is massively outnumbered. He’s going to have to take the fight directly to the bikers. If he waits, he’ll be overwhelmed, and what’s left of his quiet life will be destroyed. But as Dax reaches for his old powers, the death gods who banished him are taking notice. He walks a tight rope between defeating the bikers and being obliterated by his watchers…
Adventures with Sherlock
Author: Cynthia Gregory Thomas
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 149171025X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
When Sherlock, a fun, lovable, and energetic beagle pup, is adopted from a shelter in the city, he doesn't know what kind of life awaits him. His new family lives out in the country. As he settles into country living, daily life becomes one grand adventure after another. There are so many new things and places to explore. Sherlock learns about his new home and gets to meet all of his new neighbors, which include everything from squirrels to porcupines! But Sherlock's adventures don't end there. As spring break approaches, Sherlock's family decides it's the perfect time to take an exciting camping trip. They'll ride trains and camp out near a historic lumber mill. With Sherlock's amazing sense of smell, they may even find buried treasure! In this collection of short stories, you can join Sherlock and his family for fun, mystery, and adventure as they explore the world around them.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 149171025X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
When Sherlock, a fun, lovable, and energetic beagle pup, is adopted from a shelter in the city, he doesn't know what kind of life awaits him. His new family lives out in the country. As he settles into country living, daily life becomes one grand adventure after another. There are so many new things and places to explore. Sherlock learns about his new home and gets to meet all of his new neighbors, which include everything from squirrels to porcupines! But Sherlock's adventures don't end there. As spring break approaches, Sherlock's family decides it's the perfect time to take an exciting camping trip. They'll ride trains and camp out near a historic lumber mill. With Sherlock's amazing sense of smell, they may even find buried treasure! In this collection of short stories, you can join Sherlock and his family for fun, mystery, and adventure as they explore the world around them.
Get off The Bus
Author: Peter Logan
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1499049498
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1499049498
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Salvation in Death
Author: J. D. Robb
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 042522693X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
Ancient church rituals meet cutting-edge crime-solving in this thriller in the #1 New York Times bestselling series featuring NYPSD Lieutenant Eve Dallas. Seconds after partaking of wine during a Catholic funeral mass, Father Miguel Flores is dead on the altar. Detective Lieutenant Eve Dallas confirms that the consecrated wine contained enough potassium cyanide to kill a rhino. And though the East Harlem neighborhood is a long way from the stone mansion she shares with her billionaire husband Roarke, it’s the holiness flying around St. Christobal’s that makes her uneasy. The autopsy reveals faint scars of knife wounds, a removed tattoo—and evidence of plastic surgery suggesting “Father Flores” may not be the man his parishioners thought. Now, as Eve pieces together clues that suggest identity theft, gang connections, and a deeply personal act of revenge, she hopes to track down whoever committed this unholy act. Until a second murder—in front of an even larger crowd of worshippers—knocks the whole investigation sideways...
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 042522693X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
Ancient church rituals meet cutting-edge crime-solving in this thriller in the #1 New York Times bestselling series featuring NYPSD Lieutenant Eve Dallas. Seconds after partaking of wine during a Catholic funeral mass, Father Miguel Flores is dead on the altar. Detective Lieutenant Eve Dallas confirms that the consecrated wine contained enough potassium cyanide to kill a rhino. And though the East Harlem neighborhood is a long way from the stone mansion she shares with her billionaire husband Roarke, it’s the holiness flying around St. Christobal’s that makes her uneasy. The autopsy reveals faint scars of knife wounds, a removed tattoo—and evidence of plastic surgery suggesting “Father Flores” may not be the man his parishioners thought. Now, as Eve pieces together clues that suggest identity theft, gang connections, and a deeply personal act of revenge, she hopes to track down whoever committed this unholy act. Until a second murder—in front of an even larger crowd of worshippers—knocks the whole investigation sideways...
Thirteen Months
Author: Don Brobst
Publisher: WestBow Press
ISBN: 1449726798
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
In a society where love has been tainted and marriage destroyed by the ways of this world, Thirteen Months is the depiction of the ultimate love between a man and a woman, the way God intends it to be. In the face of unspeakable tragedy, every aspect of one couples adventures, both past and present, has forged the bond between them that will carry them into the center of Gods plan. As a physician finding himself in the heart-wrenching position of being totally and utterly helpless to save the love of his life, Don has no power to overcome this foe, save for his faith in God and the power of prayer. A romantic and deeply touching story, Thirteen Months seeks to inspire on every level. It reaches out not only to those finding themselves fighting for their lives, but for couples everywhere who desire more in their marriages and who need to see the fullness of love and depth of romance God desires for them.
Publisher: WestBow Press
ISBN: 1449726798
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
In a society where love has been tainted and marriage destroyed by the ways of this world, Thirteen Months is the depiction of the ultimate love between a man and a woman, the way God intends it to be. In the face of unspeakable tragedy, every aspect of one couples adventures, both past and present, has forged the bond between them that will carry them into the center of Gods plan. As a physician finding himself in the heart-wrenching position of being totally and utterly helpless to save the love of his life, Don has no power to overcome this foe, save for his faith in God and the power of prayer. A romantic and deeply touching story, Thirteen Months seeks to inspire on every level. It reaches out not only to those finding themselves fighting for their lives, but for couples everywhere who desire more in their marriages and who need to see the fullness of love and depth of romance God desires for them.