Author: Jared Dillian
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439181276
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Erroneously states "1st Touchstone hardcover edition" in paperback copy.
Street Freak
Author: Jared Dillian
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439181276
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Erroneously states "1st Touchstone hardcover edition" in paperback copy.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439181276
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Erroneously states "1st Touchstone hardcover edition" in paperback copy.
Street Freaks
Author: Terry Brooks
Publisher: Grim Oak Press
ISBN: 1944145214
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 409
Book Description
It begins with a dire call-right before his father disappears and his skyscraper home's doors explode inward. Street Freaks is the kind of thrilling futuristic story only New York Times bestselling author Terry Brooks can tell. "Go into the Red Zone. Go to Street Freaks." his father directs Ashton Collins before the vid feed goes suddenly silent. The Red Zone is the dangerous heart of mega-city Los Angeles; it is a world Ash is forbidden from and one he knows little about. But if he can find Street Freaks, the strangest of aid awaits―human and barely human alike. As Ash is hunted, he must unravel the mystery left behind by his father and discover his role in this new world. Brooks has long been the grandmaster of fantasy. Now he turns his hand to science fiction filled with what his readers love best: complex characters, extraordinary settings, exciting action, and a page-turning story. Through it, Brooks reimagines his bestselling career yet again.
Publisher: Grim Oak Press
ISBN: 1944145214
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 409
Book Description
It begins with a dire call-right before his father disappears and his skyscraper home's doors explode inward. Street Freaks is the kind of thrilling futuristic story only New York Times bestselling author Terry Brooks can tell. "Go into the Red Zone. Go to Street Freaks." his father directs Ashton Collins before the vid feed goes suddenly silent. The Red Zone is the dangerous heart of mega-city Los Angeles; it is a world Ash is forbidden from and one he knows little about. But if he can find Street Freaks, the strangest of aid awaits―human and barely human alike. As Ash is hunted, he must unravel the mystery left behind by his father and discover his role in this new world. Brooks has long been the grandmaster of fantasy. Now he turns his hand to science fiction filled with what his readers love best: complex characters, extraordinary settings, exciting action, and a page-turning story. Through it, Brooks reimagines his bestselling career yet again.
Word Freak
Author: Stefan Fatsis
Publisher: HMH
ISBN: 0547524315
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 427
Book Description
This “marvelously absorbing” book is “a walk on the wild side of words and ventures into the zone where language and mathematics intersect” (San Jose Mercury News). A former Wall Street Journal reporter and NPR regular, Stefan Fatsis recounts his remarkable rise through the ranks of elite Scrabble players while exploring the game’s strange, potent hold over them—and him. At least thirty million American homes have a Scrabble set—but the game’s most talented competitors inhabit a sphere far removed from the masses of “living room players.” Theirs is a surprisingly diverse subculture whose stars include a vitamin-popping standup comic; a former bank teller whose intestinal troubles earned him the nickname “G.I. Joel”; a burly, unemployed African American from Baltimore’s inner city; the three-time national champion who plays according to Zen principles; and the author himself, who over the course of the book is transformed from a curious reporter to a confirmed Scrabble nut. Fatsis begins by haunting the gritty corner of a Greenwich Village park where pickup Scrabble games can be found whenever weather permits. His curiosity soon morphs into compulsion, as he sets about memorizing thousands of obscure words and fills his evenings with solo Scrabble played on his living room floor. Before long he finds himself at tournaments, socializing—and competing—with Scrabble’s elite. But this book is about more than hardcore Scrabblers, for the game yields insights into realms as disparate as linguistics, psychology, and mathematics. Word Freak extends its reach even farther, pondering the light Scrabble throws on such notions as brilliance, memory, competition, failure, and hope. It is a geography of obsession that celebrates the uncanny powers locked in all of us, “a can’t-put-it-down narrative that dances between memoir and reportage” (Los Angeles Times). “Funny, thoughtful, character-rich, unchallengeably winning writing.” —The Atlantic Monthly This edition includes a new afterword by the author.
Publisher: HMH
ISBN: 0547524315
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 427
Book Description
This “marvelously absorbing” book is “a walk on the wild side of words and ventures into the zone where language and mathematics intersect” (San Jose Mercury News). A former Wall Street Journal reporter and NPR regular, Stefan Fatsis recounts his remarkable rise through the ranks of elite Scrabble players while exploring the game’s strange, potent hold over them—and him. At least thirty million American homes have a Scrabble set—but the game’s most talented competitors inhabit a sphere far removed from the masses of “living room players.” Theirs is a surprisingly diverse subculture whose stars include a vitamin-popping standup comic; a former bank teller whose intestinal troubles earned him the nickname “G.I. Joel”; a burly, unemployed African American from Baltimore’s inner city; the three-time national champion who plays according to Zen principles; and the author himself, who over the course of the book is transformed from a curious reporter to a confirmed Scrabble nut. Fatsis begins by haunting the gritty corner of a Greenwich Village park where pickup Scrabble games can be found whenever weather permits. His curiosity soon morphs into compulsion, as he sets about memorizing thousands of obscure words and fills his evenings with solo Scrabble played on his living room floor. Before long he finds himself at tournaments, socializing—and competing—with Scrabble’s elite. But this book is about more than hardcore Scrabblers, for the game yields insights into realms as disparate as linguistics, psychology, and mathematics. Word Freak extends its reach even farther, pondering the light Scrabble throws on such notions as brilliance, memory, competition, failure, and hope. It is a geography of obsession that celebrates the uncanny powers locked in all of us, “a can’t-put-it-down narrative that dances between memoir and reportage” (Los Angeles Times). “Funny, thoughtful, character-rich, unchallengeably winning writing.” —The Atlantic Monthly This edition includes a new afterword by the author.
Pop Freak!
Author: Smith Street Books
Publisher: Rizzoli Publications
ISBN: 1922417491
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Get ready for charades like you’ve never played it before. You can play Pop Freak! with as many people as you can find. Divide yourselves into teams then randomly pull out about 40 cards (more for a longer game, fewer for a quick one) – but no peeking! Set the cards in a pile in the middle. This is the playing deck. Each game has three rounds. Teams take 60 second turns to collect as many cards as they can by correctly guessing exactly what’s written on each of them. One person in the team does the talking (or not talking) to the rest of the team, who do the guessing. For every correct guess, your team gets to keep the card. A round is over when there are no cards left in the playing deck. Tally the scores and shuffle all the cards back together for the next round. The winning team is the one who has accumulated the most cards over the three rounds. Round 1 You can say anything you want besides the words or phrases on the card. If you say any of these, the card is returned randomly to the playing deck, and you lose five seconds from that turn. There’s no skipping of cards that you get stuck on. Sorry. And no spelling out words or rhyming! Round 2 The same as round one, but you can only say one word. Use it wisely. Round 3 No words or sounds.
Publisher: Rizzoli Publications
ISBN: 1922417491
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Get ready for charades like you’ve never played it before. You can play Pop Freak! with as many people as you can find. Divide yourselves into teams then randomly pull out about 40 cards (more for a longer game, fewer for a quick one) – but no peeking! Set the cards in a pile in the middle. This is the playing deck. Each game has three rounds. Teams take 60 second turns to collect as many cards as they can by correctly guessing exactly what’s written on each of them. One person in the team does the talking (or not talking) to the rest of the team, who do the guessing. For every correct guess, your team gets to keep the card. A round is over when there are no cards left in the playing deck. Tally the scores and shuffle all the cards back together for the next round. The winning team is the one who has accumulated the most cards over the three rounds. Round 1 You can say anything you want besides the words or phrases on the card. If you say any of these, the card is returned randomly to the playing deck, and you lose five seconds from that turn. There’s no skipping of cards that you get stuck on. Sorry. And no spelling out words or rhyming! Round 2 The same as round one, but you can only say one word. Use it wisely. Round 3 No words or sounds.
Benson's Big Book of Freak-Outs
Author: Max Brallier
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0698181417
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
GET FIRED UP about Benson’s Big Book of Freak-Outs! See the trouble Mordecai and Rigby have been getting into in this compilation of Benson’s funniest freak-out moments. Shaped like Benson’s head, this novelty book will have you laughing your own head off for hours.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0698181417
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
GET FIRED UP about Benson’s Big Book of Freak-Outs! See the trouble Mordecai and Rigby have been getting into in this compilation of Benson’s funniest freak-out moments. Shaped like Benson’s head, this novelty book will have you laughing your own head off for hours.
Lady in the Streets Freak in the Sheets
Author: Playboi Nitty
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781502479372
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Camille Le'Gres, is definitely wifey material. She's sophisticated, eloquent and drop dead gorgeous. Her only flaw is that she's celibate, because she's married to her career. But that doesn't stop men from challenging her innocence, or making her their imaginary playmate. Ms. Le'Gres is “Irresistible!”Devon Sinclaire is a femme fatale at its finest. One you wouldn't bring home to momma. Her mysterious, seductive appearance is breath taking but deceiving. She's promptly promiscuous and whatever her heart and greedy pussy desires, she gets at any cost.Ms. Sinclaire is the epitome of “Devious!”
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781502479372
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Camille Le'Gres, is definitely wifey material. She's sophisticated, eloquent and drop dead gorgeous. Her only flaw is that she's celibate, because she's married to her career. But that doesn't stop men from challenging her innocence, or making her their imaginary playmate. Ms. Le'Gres is “Irresistible!”Devon Sinclaire is a femme fatale at its finest. One you wouldn't bring home to momma. Her mysterious, seductive appearance is breath taking but deceiving. She's promptly promiscuous and whatever her heart and greedy pussy desires, she gets at any cost.Ms. Sinclaire is the epitome of “Devious!”
Candyfreak
Author: Steve Almond
Publisher: Algonquin Books
ISBN: 1565124219
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 279
Book Description
A self-proclaimed candy fanatic and lifelong chocoholic traces the history of some of the much-loved candies from his youth, describing the business practices and creative candy-making techniques of some of the small companies.
Publisher: Algonquin Books
ISBN: 1565124219
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 279
Book Description
A self-proclaimed candy fanatic and lifelong chocoholic traces the history of some of the much-loved candies from his youth, describing the business practices and creative candy-making techniques of some of the small companies.
Freak the Mighty
Author: Rodman Philbrick
Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1409591050
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Max is used to being called Stupid. And he is used to everyone being scared of him. On account of his size and looking like his dad. Kevin is used to being called Dwarf. And he is used to everyone laughing at him. On account of his size and being some cripple kid. But greatness comes in all sizes, and together Max and Kevin become Freak The Mighty and walk high above the world. An inspiring, heartbreaking, multi-award winning international bestseller.
Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1409591050
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Max is used to being called Stupid. And he is used to everyone being scared of him. On account of his size and looking like his dad. Kevin is used to being called Dwarf. And he is used to everyone laughing at him. On account of his size and being some cripple kid. But greatness comes in all sizes, and together Max and Kevin become Freak The Mighty and walk high above the world. An inspiring, heartbreaking, multi-award winning international bestseller.
Freak Street
Author: Knife
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781741695205
Category : Families
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
The Aliensons, the Humansons, the Wizardsons and the Zombiesons are just your average, everyday families ... The Aliensons' robot housekeeper-the Butloid 8000-is completely out of control, the Humansons are busy trying to buy a new pet ... from the zoo, the Wizardsons are looking for a new dragon to fire-up their annual BBQ, and Granny Zombieson' s brain has gone missing! But that's nothing out of the ordinary, right? Meet all four Freak Street families in this freaky-funny collection! Includes: Meet the Aliensons Meet the Wizardsons Meet the Zombiesons Meet the Humansons.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781741695205
Category : Families
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
The Aliensons, the Humansons, the Wizardsons and the Zombiesons are just your average, everyday families ... The Aliensons' robot housekeeper-the Butloid 8000-is completely out of control, the Humansons are busy trying to buy a new pet ... from the zoo, the Wizardsons are looking for a new dragon to fire-up their annual BBQ, and Granny Zombieson' s brain has gone missing! But that's nothing out of the ordinary, right? Meet all four Freak Street families in this freaky-funny collection! Includes: Meet the Aliensons Meet the Wizardsons Meet the Zombiesons Meet the Humansons.
All the Evil in the World
Author: Jared Dillian
Publisher: 30 West 26th Street Press
ISBN: 9781630640088
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
There are humans behind the big, bad vilified banks, there are humans behind the calculations of Wall Street, there are humans behind all the legal and illegal financial machinations in the news--they are not always the best humans, and they are not always the worst humans, but All The Evil Of This World tells their stories with abundant curiosity, sympathy, and honesty. On March 2nd, 2000, the technology company 3Com spun off its insanely profitable hand-held computer subsidiary, Palm. It was one of the most fascinatingly high profile and complex and bungled trades in history, but All The Evil Of This World isn't about the millions and millions of dollars that instantly came into play, it's about seven separate voices from seven separate individuals (an ambitious low-level clerk fresh out of school, a drug-addicted, party-throwing broker with bad taste and gross amounts of money, a seemingly infallible hedge fund manager tortured by his own good luck, to name a few) and the 3Com/Palm trade is what weaves their stories together. They all collide into it and out of it, and it sometimes unites them, implodes them, saves them, or destroys them. This book is not for the faint of heart--these characters are just as troubled and intense and volatile as their surroundings, and the writing pulls not a single punch--but it's an unrelenting examination into a cast of characters that I think we rarely examine fairly or patiently, and who we often find it easy to dehumanize. The people who inhabit this world aren't cartoon heroes or villains--as it turns out, people who happen to handle large amounts of money for a living--are just people, with shortcomings, just like you and I.
Publisher: 30 West 26th Street Press
ISBN: 9781630640088
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
There are humans behind the big, bad vilified banks, there are humans behind the calculations of Wall Street, there are humans behind all the legal and illegal financial machinations in the news--they are not always the best humans, and they are not always the worst humans, but All The Evil Of This World tells their stories with abundant curiosity, sympathy, and honesty. On March 2nd, 2000, the technology company 3Com spun off its insanely profitable hand-held computer subsidiary, Palm. It was one of the most fascinatingly high profile and complex and bungled trades in history, but All The Evil Of This World isn't about the millions and millions of dollars that instantly came into play, it's about seven separate voices from seven separate individuals (an ambitious low-level clerk fresh out of school, a drug-addicted, party-throwing broker with bad taste and gross amounts of money, a seemingly infallible hedge fund manager tortured by his own good luck, to name a few) and the 3Com/Palm trade is what weaves their stories together. They all collide into it and out of it, and it sometimes unites them, implodes them, saves them, or destroys them. This book is not for the faint of heart--these characters are just as troubled and intense and volatile as their surroundings, and the writing pulls not a single punch--but it's an unrelenting examination into a cast of characters that I think we rarely examine fairly or patiently, and who we often find it easy to dehumanize. The people who inhabit this world aren't cartoon heroes or villains--as it turns out, people who happen to handle large amounts of money for a living--are just people, with shortcomings, just like you and I.