Author: John A. Rowe
Publisher: Michael Neugebauer Books
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Jasper the dragon creates problems for his animal friends because he keeps sneezing and setting fire to things.
Jasper the Terror
Author: John A. Rowe
Publisher: Michael Neugebauer Books
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Jasper the dragon creates problems for his animal friends because he keeps sneezing and setting fire to things.
Publisher: Michael Neugebauer Books
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Jasper the dragon creates problems for his animal friends because he keeps sneezing and setting fire to things.
Shades of Grey
Author: Jasper Fforde
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101159650
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 419
Book Description
From the New York Times bestselling author of the Thursday Next series comes a “laugh-out-loud funny” (Los Angeles Times) and “brilliantly original” (Booklist, starred review) novel of a man attempting to navigate a color-coded world. “A rich brew of dystopic fantasy and deadpan goofiness.”—The Washington Post Welcome to Chromatacia, where the Colortocracy rules society through a social hierarchy based on one’s limited color perception. In this world, you are what you can see. Eddie Russet wants to move up. When he and his father relocate to the backwater village of East Carmine, his carefully cultivated plans to leverage his better-than-average red perception and marry into a powerful family are quickly upended. Eddie must content with lethal swans, sneaky Yellows, inviolable rules, an enforced marriage to the hideous Violet deMauve, and a risky friendship with an intriguing Grey named Jane who shows Eddie that the apparent peace of his world is as much an illusion as color itself. Will Eddie be able to tread the fine line between total conformity—accepting the path, partner, and career delineated by his hue—and his instinctive curiosity that is bound to get him into trouble?
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101159650
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 419
Book Description
From the New York Times bestselling author of the Thursday Next series comes a “laugh-out-loud funny” (Los Angeles Times) and “brilliantly original” (Booklist, starred review) novel of a man attempting to navigate a color-coded world. “A rich brew of dystopic fantasy and deadpan goofiness.”—The Washington Post Welcome to Chromatacia, where the Colortocracy rules society through a social hierarchy based on one’s limited color perception. In this world, you are what you can see. Eddie Russet wants to move up. When he and his father relocate to the backwater village of East Carmine, his carefully cultivated plans to leverage his better-than-average red perception and marry into a powerful family are quickly upended. Eddie must content with lethal swans, sneaky Yellows, inviolable rules, an enforced marriage to the hideous Violet deMauve, and a risky friendship with an intriguing Grey named Jane who shows Eddie that the apparent peace of his world is as much an illusion as color itself. Will Eddie be able to tread the fine line between total conformity—accepting the path, partner, and career delineated by his hue—and his instinctive curiosity that is bound to get him into trouble?
Bloody Mary's Martyrs
Author: Jasper Ridley
Publisher: Constable
ISBN: 9781841195353
Category : Christian martyrs
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Mary was crowned queen in 1553. In the space of just five years, her brutal methods earned her the macabre nickname she has carried ever since. Men such as Nicholas Ridley and Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, were burned at the stake, as were some 300 others who refused to renounce their Protestantism and accept Papal supremacy. This lucid and expert account sheds light on a dreadful episode in English history.
Publisher: Constable
ISBN: 9781841195353
Category : Christian martyrs
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Mary was crowned queen in 1553. In the space of just five years, her brutal methods earned her the macabre nickname she has carried ever since. Men such as Nicholas Ridley and Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, were burned at the stake, as were some 300 others who refused to renounce their Protestantism and accept Papal supremacy. This lucid and expert account sheds light on a dreadful episode in English history.
Ghost Doll and Jasper
Author: Fiona McDonald
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
ISBN: 1620871742
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 113
Book Description
In search of a loving home, a ghost doll, accompanied by her cat companion, tries to navigate the modern city and avoid capture by an evil scientist.
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
ISBN: 1620871742
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 113
Book Description
In search of a loving home, a ghost doll, accompanied by her cat companion, tries to navigate the modern city and avoid capture by an evil scientist.
Hungry Ghosts
Author: C J Barker
Publisher: Book Guild Publishing
ISBN: 1835740685
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 251
Book Description
The lives of Vic Woods and Ruth Wolfe, working-class teenagers from Liverpool and London, are profoundly disrupted by the arrival of World War II. Ruth’s journey leads her to aerial photographic interpretation, though her aspirations for advancement are denied, while Vic’s wartime experiences with bomber command haunt him long after the war is over. Their post-war marriage and tumultuous relationship with their son, James, make for a gripping narrative of trauma, conflict and, ultimately, love. Set against the backdrop of World War II and the social upheaval of the late 1960s, Hungry Ghosts transports readers into the drama of two pivotal eras in history, exploring the intergenerational impact of war, particularly on the intricate relationships between fathers and sons. Hungry Ghosts is not just a war story; it’s a timeless exploration of family bonds and the indelible scars left by war.
Publisher: Book Guild Publishing
ISBN: 1835740685
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 251
Book Description
The lives of Vic Woods and Ruth Wolfe, working-class teenagers from Liverpool and London, are profoundly disrupted by the arrival of World War II. Ruth’s journey leads her to aerial photographic interpretation, though her aspirations for advancement are denied, while Vic’s wartime experiences with bomber command haunt him long after the war is over. Their post-war marriage and tumultuous relationship with their son, James, make for a gripping narrative of trauma, conflict and, ultimately, love. Set against the backdrop of World War II and the social upheaval of the late 1960s, Hungry Ghosts transports readers into the drama of two pivotal eras in history, exploring the intergenerational impact of war, particularly on the intricate relationships between fathers and sons. Hungry Ghosts is not just a war story; it’s a timeless exploration of family bonds and the indelible scars left by war.
Jasper John Dooley: Left Behind
Author: Caroline Adderson
Publisher: Kids Can Press Ltd
ISBN: 1554535794
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Jasper John Dooley's beloved Nan is leaving on a cruise for a whole week! He feels so pththth. All he can think about is Nan missing out on their Wednesday card game, and whether it's raining where she is, too, and if she will ever come back. But each day something happens, from a stapling mishap to a hamster escape, and Jasper realizes that waiting for someone to return from an adventure takes forever ... unless you're having an adventure, too. Jasper John Dooley: Left BEhind is the second in a series of chapter books featuring a charismatic and funny central character. An only child with active, loving parents (and a most impressive lint collection), Jasper John Dooley is a true original. AGES: 7-10 AUTHOR: Caroline Adderson lives with her husband, her dog and the son who lied to her when he said he would always be seven. Ben Clanton is an up-and-coming author-illustrator who describes himself as a "story scribbler, picture squiggler, book aficionado, child advocate, dragon tamer and avid sock wearer." Vote for Me! is the first book he has both written and illustrated.
Publisher: Kids Can Press Ltd
ISBN: 1554535794
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Jasper John Dooley's beloved Nan is leaving on a cruise for a whole week! He feels so pththth. All he can think about is Nan missing out on their Wednesday card game, and whether it's raining where she is, too, and if she will ever come back. But each day something happens, from a stapling mishap to a hamster escape, and Jasper realizes that waiting for someone to return from an adventure takes forever ... unless you're having an adventure, too. Jasper John Dooley: Left BEhind is the second in a series of chapter books featuring a charismatic and funny central character. An only child with active, loving parents (and a most impressive lint collection), Jasper John Dooley is a true original. AGES: 7-10 AUTHOR: Caroline Adderson lives with her husband, her dog and the son who lied to her when he said he would always be seven. Ben Clanton is an up-and-coming author-illustrator who describes himself as a "story scribbler, picture squiggler, book aficionado, child advocate, dragon tamer and avid sock wearer." Vote for Me! is the first book he has both written and illustrated.
Long Dark Road
Author: Ricardo C. Ainslie
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292784422
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 349
Book Description
On a long dark road in deep East Texas, James Byrd Jr. was dragged to his death behind a pickup truck one summer night in 1998. The brutal modern-day lynching stunned people across America and left everyone at a loss to explain how such a heinous crime could possibly happen in our more racially enlightened times. Many eventually found an answer in the fact that two of the three men convicted of the murder had ties to the white supremacist Confederate Knights of America. In the ex-convict ringleader, Bill King, whose body was covered in racist and satanic tattoos, people saw the ultimate monster, someone so inhuman that his crime could be easily explained as the act of a racist psychopath. Few, if any, asked or cared what long dark road of life experiences had turned Bill King into someone capable of committing such a crime. In this gripping account of the murder and its aftermath, Ricardo Ainslie builds an unprecedented psychological profile of Bill King that provides the fullest possible explanation of how a man who was not raised in a racist family, who had African American friends in childhood, could end up on death row for viciously killing a black man. Ainslie draws on exclusive in-prison interviews with King, as well as with Shawn Berry (another of the perpetrators), King's father, Jasper residents, and law enforcement and judicial officials, to lay bare the psychological and social forces—as well as mere chance—that converged in a murder on that June night. Ainslie delves into the whole of King's life to discover how his unstable family relationships and emotional vulnerability made him especially susceptible to the white supremacist ideology he adopted while in jail for lesser crimes. With its depth of insight, Long Dark Road not only answers the question of why such a racially motivated murder happened in our time, but it also offers a frightening, cautionary tale of the urgent need to intervene in troubled young lives and to reform our violent, racist-breeding prisons. As Ainslie chillingly concludes, far from being an inhuman monster whom we can simply dismiss, "Bill King may be more like the rest of us than we care to believe."
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292784422
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 349
Book Description
On a long dark road in deep East Texas, James Byrd Jr. was dragged to his death behind a pickup truck one summer night in 1998. The brutal modern-day lynching stunned people across America and left everyone at a loss to explain how such a heinous crime could possibly happen in our more racially enlightened times. Many eventually found an answer in the fact that two of the three men convicted of the murder had ties to the white supremacist Confederate Knights of America. In the ex-convict ringleader, Bill King, whose body was covered in racist and satanic tattoos, people saw the ultimate monster, someone so inhuman that his crime could be easily explained as the act of a racist psychopath. Few, if any, asked or cared what long dark road of life experiences had turned Bill King into someone capable of committing such a crime. In this gripping account of the murder and its aftermath, Ricardo Ainslie builds an unprecedented psychological profile of Bill King that provides the fullest possible explanation of how a man who was not raised in a racist family, who had African American friends in childhood, could end up on death row for viciously killing a black man. Ainslie draws on exclusive in-prison interviews with King, as well as with Shawn Berry (another of the perpetrators), King's father, Jasper residents, and law enforcement and judicial officials, to lay bare the psychological and social forces—as well as mere chance—that converged in a murder on that June night. Ainslie delves into the whole of King's life to discover how his unstable family relationships and emotional vulnerability made him especially susceptible to the white supremacist ideology he adopted while in jail for lesser crimes. With its depth of insight, Long Dark Road not only answers the question of why such a racially motivated murder happened in our time, but it also offers a frightening, cautionary tale of the urgent need to intervene in troubled young lives and to reform our violent, racist-breeding prisons. As Ainslie chillingly concludes, far from being an inhuman monster whom we can simply dismiss, "Bill King may be more like the rest of us than we care to believe."
Jasper's Runaway Bride
Author: Margery Scott
Publisher: Margery Scott
ISBN: 1988191165
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 113
Book Description
Life is what happens when you’re busy making plans! When Lynna Spiers impulsively runs away from her wedding, she soon realizes she should have made a plan. Arriving in Colorado penniless and starving, she doesn’t expect to faint in the arms of a stranger. Jasper Morrison has a plan. Now that his ranch is prosperous and he can support a family, he’s ready to settle down and get married. He has the letter with the marriage proposal to a woman he’s been corresponding with in his pocket, ready to mail. But when a woman he’s never met faints in his arms and then begs him for help, he can’t refuse. Convinced her fiancé will come after her, Lynna needs a place to hide until she can earn enough money to go further west. As the days go by, Lynna becomes more attracted to Jasper, and she suspects he’s developing feelings for her as well. Lynna can’t live with herself if she brings danger to Jasper’s door. Jasper can’t live with himself if he lets her go. But before they can make a plan together, her fiancé arrives – and he has revenge on his mind.
Publisher: Margery Scott
ISBN: 1988191165
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 113
Book Description
Life is what happens when you’re busy making plans! When Lynna Spiers impulsively runs away from her wedding, she soon realizes she should have made a plan. Arriving in Colorado penniless and starving, she doesn’t expect to faint in the arms of a stranger. Jasper Morrison has a plan. Now that his ranch is prosperous and he can support a family, he’s ready to settle down and get married. He has the letter with the marriage proposal to a woman he’s been corresponding with in his pocket, ready to mail. But when a woman he’s never met faints in his arms and then begs him for help, he can’t refuse. Convinced her fiancé will come after her, Lynna needs a place to hide until she can earn enough money to go further west. As the days go by, Lynna becomes more attracted to Jasper, and she suspects he’s developing feelings for her as well. Lynna can’t live with herself if she brings danger to Jasper’s door. Jasper can’t live with himself if he lets her go. But before they can make a plan together, her fiancé arrives – and he has revenge on his mind.
The Patient
Author: Jasper DeWitt
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
ISBN: 0358181763
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
The Silent Patient by way of Stephen King: Parker, a young, overconfident psychiatrist new to his job at a mental asylum, miscalculates catastrophically when he undertakes curing a mysterious and profoundly dangerous patient. In a series of online posts, Parker H., a young psychiatrist, chronicles the harrowing account of his time working at a dreary mental hospital in New England. Through this internet message board, Parker hopes to communicate with the world his effort to cure one bewildering patient. We learn, as Parker did on his first day at the hospital, of the facility's most difficult, profoundly dangerous case--a forty-year-old man who was originally admitted to the hospital at age six. This patient has no known diagnosis. His symptoms seem to evolve over time. Every person who has attempted to treat him has been driven to madness or suicide. Desperate and fearful, the hospital's directors keep him strictly confined and allow minimal contact with staff for their own safety, convinced that releasing him would unleash catastrophe on the outside world. Parker, brilliant and overconfident, takes it upon himself to discover what ails this mystery patient and finally cure him. But from his first encounter with the mystery patient, things spiral out of control, and, facing a possibility beyond his wildest imaginings, Parker is forced to question everything he thought he knew. Fans of Sarah Pinborough's Behind Her Eyes and Paul Tremblay's The Cabin at the End of the World will be riveted by Jasper DeWitt's astonishing debut.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
ISBN: 0358181763
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
The Silent Patient by way of Stephen King: Parker, a young, overconfident psychiatrist new to his job at a mental asylum, miscalculates catastrophically when he undertakes curing a mysterious and profoundly dangerous patient. In a series of online posts, Parker H., a young psychiatrist, chronicles the harrowing account of his time working at a dreary mental hospital in New England. Through this internet message board, Parker hopes to communicate with the world his effort to cure one bewildering patient. We learn, as Parker did on his first day at the hospital, of the facility's most difficult, profoundly dangerous case--a forty-year-old man who was originally admitted to the hospital at age six. This patient has no known diagnosis. His symptoms seem to evolve over time. Every person who has attempted to treat him has been driven to madness or suicide. Desperate and fearful, the hospital's directors keep him strictly confined and allow minimal contact with staff for their own safety, convinced that releasing him would unleash catastrophe on the outside world. Parker, brilliant and overconfident, takes it upon himself to discover what ails this mystery patient and finally cure him. But from his first encounter with the mystery patient, things spiral out of control, and, facing a possibility beyond his wildest imaginings, Parker is forced to question everything he thought he knew. Fans of Sarah Pinborough's Behind Her Eyes and Paul Tremblay's The Cabin at the End of the World will be riveted by Jasper DeWitt's astonishing debut.
Jasper the flying horse
Author: Siobhan Hughes
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1326855867
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
Jasper the Flying Horse opens with a young girl dreaming of winning a gold medal at the Rio Olympics. This first book sets the scene for a further two more novels exploring El's young life and dreams until she reaches adulthood. Eleanor Joy (nickname El ) and her mother Patience live in a high rise flat in Blackpool. El's father is missing in action in Afghanistan and her mother is struggling to keep everything together. She decides to move to Ireland and live with her mother in law on her small farm. El is given a small terrier dog by an eccentric neighbour and on her arrival to Ireland a beautiful tri- coloured horse from her grandmother. His name is Jasper. Jasper is a magic horse. He takes El and Roxy on a journey of fun, folklore, espionage and reconciliation. They travel across the stormy Irish seas, through the fertile fields of Europe until they finally reach the war torn country of Afghanistan. It is here that she attempts to find her father and bring him home.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1326855867
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
Jasper the Flying Horse opens with a young girl dreaming of winning a gold medal at the Rio Olympics. This first book sets the scene for a further two more novels exploring El's young life and dreams until she reaches adulthood. Eleanor Joy (nickname El ) and her mother Patience live in a high rise flat in Blackpool. El's father is missing in action in Afghanistan and her mother is struggling to keep everything together. She decides to move to Ireland and live with her mother in law on her small farm. El is given a small terrier dog by an eccentric neighbour and on her arrival to Ireland a beautiful tri- coloured horse from her grandmother. His name is Jasper. Jasper is a magic horse. He takes El and Roxy on a journey of fun, folklore, espionage and reconciliation. They travel across the stormy Irish seas, through the fertile fields of Europe until they finally reach the war torn country of Afghanistan. It is here that she attempts to find her father and bring him home.