Author: Allen Cohen
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780440843009
Category : Wit and humor, Juvenile
Languages : en
Pages : 68

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Author: Christopher Noxon
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 0307351777
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 290

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Once upon a time, boys and girls grew up and set aside childish things. Nowadays, moms and dads skateboard alongside their kids and download the latest pop-song ringtones. Captains of industry pose for the cover of BusinessWeek holding Super Soakers. The average age of video game players is twenty-nine and rising. Top chefs develop recipes for Easy-Bake Ovens. Disney World is the world’s top adult vacation destination (that’s adults without kids). And young people delay marriage and childbirth longer than ever in part to keep family obligations from interfering with their fun fun fun. Christopher Noxon has coined a word for this new breed of grown-up: rejuveniles. And as a self-confessed rejuvenile, he’s a sympathetic yet critical guide to this bright and shiny world of people who see growing up as “winding down”—exchanging a life of playful flexibility for anxious days tending lawns and mutual funds. In Rejuvenile, Noxon explores the historical roots of today’s rejuveniles (hint: all roads lead to Peter Pan), the “toyification” of practical devices (car cuteness is at an all-time high), and the new gospel of play. He talks to parents who love cartoons more than their children do, twenty-somethings who live happily with their parents, and grown-ups who evangelize on behalf of all-ages tag and Legos. And he takes on the “Harrumphing Codgers,” who see the rejuvenile as a threat to the social order. Noxon tempers stories of his and others’ rejuvenile tendencies with cautionary notes about “lost souls whose taste for childish things is creepy at best.” (Exhibit A: Michael Jackson.) On balance, though, he sees rejuveniles as optimists and capital-R Romantics, people driven by a desire “to hold on to the part of ourselves that feels the most genuinely human. We believe in play, in make believe, in learning, in naps. And in a time of deep uncertainty, we trust that this deeper, more adaptable part of ourselves is our best tool of survival.” Fresh and delightfully contrarian, Rejuvenile makes hilarious sense of this seismic culture change. It’s essential reading not only for grown-ups who refuse to “act their age,” but for those who wish they would just grow up.

Author: Christian Burch
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439136181
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 270

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Manny /ma·ne/ n A male nanny or babysitter, known to be handsome, fabulous, and a lover of eighties music. "Be interesting." That's what the manny tells Keats Dalinger the first time he packs Keats's school lunch, but for Keats that's not always the easiest thing to do. Even though he's the only boy at home, it always feels like no one ever remembers him. His sisters are everywhere! Lulu is the smart one, India is the creative one, and Belly...well, Belly is the naked one. And the baby. School isn't much better. There, he's the shortest kid in the entire class. But now the manny is the Dalinger's new babysitter, and things are starting to look up. It seems as though the manny always knows the right thing to do. Not everyone likes the manny as much as Keats does, however. Lulu finds the manny embarrassing, and she's started to make a list of all the crazy things that he does, such as serenading the kids with "La Cucaracha" from the front yard or wearing underwear on his head or meeting the school bus with Belly, dressed as limo drivers. Keats is worried. What if Lulu's "Manny Files" makes his parents fire the manny? Who will teach him how to be interesting then?

Author: Andy Spearman
Publisher: Yearling
ISBN: 0307513777
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 244

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This is the story of a boy named Barry. Some stuff happens, and overnight like magic he turns into a boyhound. Not a hound, but a boyhound—which means while he may still look like a boy, he is, in fact, a dog. And even in his boyhound brain, Barry knows there are lots of advantages to being a dog. You don't have to clean your room or use dental floss, for example. But things get crazy. He eats something too disgusting to mention. He's attacked by telepathic squirrels. An innocent squashed frog gets involved. Plus, his mother's pretty mad. And that's all before the really bad thing happens. . . .

Author: John Baldwin Large
Publisher: Dorrance Publishing
ISBN: 1638673179
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 362

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The Witch and the Priest of Lies By: John Baldwin Large In a quiet, old New England town, a Native American holy site becomes the home for a satanic ritual. But when things go horribly wrong, worshippers are butchered, and an inexplicable horror is unleashed on the town. High school psychologist Julie Bernard witnesses the whole event in her dreams. Unsure of what she saw and even more confused as to why she witnessed it, Julie is thrown into an ancient struggle between good and evil. As she works to uncover the truth about the night’s events, she uncovers more secrets about the town and her own life than she could have possibly imagined.

Author: Thomas Joseph Beck
Publisher: Balboa Press
ISBN: 1504352629
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 126

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In a mob hit gone wrong, notorious gangster Nicky Vocci takes a bullet to save an innocent mother and child. The next thing he knows, he wakes up in an auditorium with six female angels. Impressed with his dying act of sacrifice they offer him the opportunity to save his wretched soul. He must help the good angels fight the demon angels, by helping troubled humans. They send him back to earth with a new body and a new name: Daniel Peter. His mission: to save Lily Flowers. The demon angel named Insecurity is tormenting Lily, pushing her down a dark path filled with alcohol, drugs, and all the wrong men. Daniel must help get her back on track, and convince her she is worthy of a good man namely Liam Patrick, a childhood friend of Lilys, philanthropist, and all-around good guy. Their falling in love will save her. There is one small problem: Liam cant stand Lilys new lifestyle or the company shes been keeping. For her own part, Lily thinks Liam has grown self-righteous and boring. Not to mention that if the demon angel Insecurity discovers who Daniel really is, he will destroy him. Other than that, its is a piece of cake.

Author: Kate Walbert
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416594981
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 257

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Inspired by a suffragist ancestor who starved herself to promote the integration of Cambridge University, Evie refuses to marry and Dorothy defies a ban on photographing the bodies of her dead Iraq War soldier sons, a choice that embarrasses Dorothy's daughters.

Author: Keith Ryan
Publisher: Keith Ryan Pub
ISBN: 9780968392218
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 292

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Write About Dogs is not just another guy and his dog book. No, this novel is about science and love and spiritual understanding and yes, a beautiful dog, unfortunately deceased, a beautiful woman, gone too, a crabby school teacher, multiple breaches of faith, this guy, another guy who hates this guy, oh, and both their fathers as well, the whole lot of them, all mixed up and personally involved. This book has ideas about marriage, large animals, and inner peace. Woven through and bound up with lies and deceit, the story is first forgotten, then recounted, then changed, and finally a brand new completely made up story put in its place. Along the way there is some frank discussion, room for error, and more than a few laughs. In the end, everyone lives happily ever after.

Author: Wayne Kyle Spitzer
Publisher: Hobb's End Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 242

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dark horse /ˈdärk ˈˌhôrs/ noun 1. a candidate or competitor about whom little is known but who unexpectedly wins or succeeds. "a dark-horse candidate" Join us for a monthly tour of writers who give as good as they get. From hard science-fiction to stark, melancholic apocalypses; from Lovecraftian horror to zombies and horror comedy; from whimsical interludes to tales of unlikely compassion--whatever it is, if it's weird, it's here. So grab a seat before the starting gun fires, pour yourself a glass of strange wine, and get ready for the running of the dark horses. In this issue: THE SEEING TONGUE J. Boyett A RANDOM ACT OF KINDNESS Stephen W. Chappell BERLIN BUNKER 1/BRING ME HIS HEAD Douglas Kolacki OSRIC, FRIEND OF THE SHEEP Isabella Boyd X-RAY RIDER (PART ONE) Wayne Kyle Spitzer IN THE SPIRIT OF THE WENDIGO Bill Link PIONEER Nicholas Woods TIME AND THEN Mary Jo Rabe SOS Raelyn Giansanti TIME SLINKY Bob Freeman

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Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
ISBN: 1459806700
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 239

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Malou has just turned sixteen—hardly old enough to be out in the world on her own—and all she knows for sure is that she’s of mixed race and that she was left at an orphanage as a newborn. When the orphanage burns to the ground, she finds out that she may have been born in a small town in Ontario’s cottage country. Much to her surprise, Parry Sound turns out to have quite a few young brown faces, but Malou can’t believe they might be related to her. After she finds work as a cleaner in the local hospital, an Aboriginal boy named Jimmy helps her find answers to her questions about her parents. The answers are as stunning—and life-changing—as anything Malou could have imagined back at the orphanage. Part of the SECRETS—a series of seven linked novels that can be read in any order.