Author: HarperCollins Canada, Limited
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 9780062957177
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32
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Business leader, actor, and Baby2Baby ambassador Jessica Alba and Baby2Baby co-CEOs Kelly Sawyer Patricof and Norah Weinstein deliver the important message of giving back from an early age through this tender and delightful story. Tiana loves her teddy bear, Bach. She doesn't mind that he's a little worn and somewhat torn. So when her mother suggests she make room for a new bear, Tiana can't believe her ears! Will Tiana have to lose the one bear she really loves? Or will she find room in her heart for two? Find out in this endearing tale--brought to life by Alicia Más's imaginative illustrations--about a young girl who learns the importance of letting go and giving back.
Author: Patrick Sean Kelley
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1645848922
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 580
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Charles Albert MacDonald, born of Scottish descent in 1902, father of three, husband to one, WWII war-hero and grandfather—claimed to be many things that he was not. His true birth name was Carlos Alberto Roder, of Trujillo, Peru. Born to a large family of generational cane farmers where on a scorched slice of dusty earth, he grew up hard. And in the year of 1916, our young tough Carlos, a.k.a. Carlito, fell in love with perhaps the right girl, but most certainly the wrong daughter. The daughter to one Rafael Morales Torres, chief commissioner of the Peruvian Civil Guard, and in more intimate circles, known as just “El Jefe.” Carlito’s life was set to end well before he’d reached his seventeenth year. His flaunted love affair with El Jefe’s one precious daughter landing him in a black cell, cut deep beneath the great Inca Citadel of Machu Picchu. Until his father, four brothers, and a family burro named Sid, changed his life’s course forever. Once freed, Carlito was stowed aboard a tattered fishing schooner bound for the Republic of Costa Rica. Hidden away from the prying eyes of those who sought to take his fledgling life. Or so they’d thought. From Central America he traveled on across the sultry Caribbean Sea and into the vast cerulean bluster of the Atlantic Ocean. To stand upon Liberty Island in America’s New York Harbor. Huddled, tired and poor, yet free. Free to gaze upon Auguste Bartholdi’s Lady Liberty in all her glory. Where he’d step from a rusted, Irish-made steamer to start a new life under the name, Charles Albert MacDonald. His Peruvian roots and family all but forgotten. Left behind to become the bloodied prey of a new Peruvian order and El Jefe’s brutal rise to power. The girl that would one day be the mother of his child, left behind to perish in agony. To pay for their indiscretions from this life to the next within the callous hands of true evil—the hands of her adopted father—El Jefe. Charles discovered the many horrifying truths late in life, hollowing his soul, rendering him a broken man. Left to ponder endlessly over a myriad of “what if’s.” The demons of his past roaming freely within him, pulling and pushing at his sanity. But what if he could go back in time to right the wrongs he unwittingly set to motion? To rewrite his life’s tortured story? On the morning of August 28th, 1982, Charles Albert MacDonald passes on. But in an aberrant turn of events, well beyond the natural course of things, he’s given an “option.” A chance at the redemption he’d pleaded and begged for throughout his life. But as he’ll soon find out, true redemption has its price. You see, old scores never really die, they lie in wait, lurking hungerly in the shadow.
Author: L.D. Valentine
Publisher: Beaten Track Publishing
ISBN: 1786453762
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 373
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When Xavier arrives home on the last day of school, he walks into a horrifying scene of his uncle being consumed by a demon. After being rescued by a vampire named Serea, he finds himself thrust into a dark reality as a fledgling witch. Now Xavier must chart a new life while within the confines of the mysterious organization known as Zora. Can Xavier and his fellow witches protect themselves and humanity from a plot that threatens their nation?
Author: Isaiyan Morrison
Publisher: Isaiyan Morrison
ISBN:
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 349
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The Deamhan world is in chaos as the once feared and Ancient Lugat, Lucius, is freed from Limbo and embarks on a bloody killing spree to eradicate any remaining traitors in the city of Minneapolis. But Lucius is not alone in his quest for power. The Brotherhood has returned, and a growing population of vampires is stirring up the remaining Deamhan who have chosen to stay behind. As the body count rises, tensions escalate between Deamhan, humans and vampires, forcing them to choose sides. Will they allow Lucius to free the Pure Ones - the first living Deamhan from Limbo - or will they take him out and risk crippling their already-fragile presence in the city? But when a shocking twist is revealed, alliances are shattered, and the true intentions of each faction are exposed. As they learn the tropes of their world and face the consequences of their actions, Deamhan must decide whether to fight for their survival or succumb to the machinations of those who seek to control them.
Author: Charles de Lint
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1429911344
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 608
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The renowned urban fantasy author returns to the magical world of Newford, where fairies and spirits meddle in a long overdue romance. Ever since Jilly Coppercorn and Geordie Riddell were introduced in “Timeskip,” Charles de Lint’s first Newford story, their friends and readers alike have been waiting for them to realize that they belong together. Now, in Widdershins, a stand-alone novel of fairy courts set in shopping malls and the Bohemian street scene of Newford’s Crowsea area, Jilly and Geordie’s story is finally told. Before it’s over, we’ll find ourselves plunged into the rancorous and sometimes violent conflict between the magical North American animal people and the more newly-arrived fairy folk. We’ll watch as Jilly is held captive in a sinister world based on her own worst memories and Geordie, attempting to help, is sent someplace even worse. And we’ll be captivated by the power of love and determination to redeem ancient hatreds and heal old magics gone sour. To walk “widdershins” is to walk counterclockwise or backwards around something. It’s a classic pathway into the fairy realm. It’s also the way people often back slowly into the relationships that matter, the real ones that make for a life.
Author: Vithal Agrawal
Publisher: Educreation Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 83
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This is a book that tells the life story of two young children who lived on the streets of Delhi. These two poor children Raghu and Disha found their way out of extreme poverty to the helm of extreme success. They not only betrayed their own destiny but also listened to the whispers of the deprived and helped them. It is a story about how a small act of humanity can lead to a big change in society.
Author: Klaus Kinski
Publisher: Random House (NY)
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 280
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International film star Klaus Kinski (Dr. Zhivago) writes a memoir that defies the genre of the conventional autobiography. His story is nothing less than an explicit, sometimes shocking and disturbing history of his own sexual obsession.
Author: Anastasiia Marsiz
Publisher: Glagoslav Publications
ISBN: 1804841005
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 259
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This powerfully-written first novel from Ukrainian author Anastasiia Marsiz is set in and around Cupra Marittima, a small seaside town on Italy’s Adriatic coast. So closely is the area described, the reader could find their way around without difficulty. They might easily go there expecting to find the Chalet Martina, a seafront restaurant opening onto the beach. To enter the restaurant is to step into the territory of fiction, but in Marsiz’s expert hands the boundary is crossed unconsciously. At the Chalet, we meet Martina Marino, her husband Adriano, their two sons and two daughters – about each of whom there is a story to be lovingly told. Even before our first encounter with Martina, we have met Ernesto Bruno and his grandmother, Cecilia. Ernesto, Italian but with a Gambian father, was orphaned at birth. A naïve eighteen-year-old when we first meet him, he is to become the Big Fellow of the book’s title as he simultaneously becomes a champion boxer and seeks to uncover the truth of how both his parents died within a short time of each other. He is big in spirit too, providing aid and support for several of those around him when they run into difficulties of their own – and for the unforgettable “Dog,” an abandoned stray when she first wanders into his life. The novel also has its villains ... and a surprising – even shocking – denouement.
Author: Thomas Jenkins
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1643508911
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 35
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Author: Rebecca Godfrey
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061909157
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 228
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“The Torn Skirt is a hot book, a thrilling romance of teen rage and longing—like S. E. Hinton’s The Outsiders, except about girls.” —Mary Gaitskill, author of Two Girls, Fat and Thin At Mt. Douglas (a.k.a. Mt. Drug) High, all the girls have feathered hair, and the sweet scent of Love’s Baby Soft can’t hide the musk of raw teenage anger, apathy, and desire. Sara Shaw is a girl full of fever and longing, a girl looking for something risky, something real. Her only possible salvation comes in the willowy form of the mysterious Justine, the outlaw girl in the torn skirt. The search for Justine will lead Sara on a daring odyssey into an underworld of hookers and johns, junkies and thieves, runaway girls and skater boys, and, ultimately, into a violent tragedy. “I loved and believed the narrative of a sixteen-year-old mind—immature, abandoned, and yet exploding. It came from a heartfelt and true perception, an authentic writer’s desire. Which made it rock.” —Thurston Moore, Sonic Youth “Imagine William S. Burroughs with a social conscience . . . An exhilarating, surreal, and dreamlike trip through the passionate teenage heart.” —The Globe and Mail “Teenage angst gets a surprisingly honest and effective rendering from a bright new voice . . . Giving witness yet again to the self-created drama of adolescence: a serious bullet of a book.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “Godfrey’s prose is atmospheric, rhythmic, and filled with spot-on details . . . This first novel is at its best when sharply observing teenage disgust with adult behavior and the roots of young women’s rage.” —Booklist
