Author: J. K. Huegel
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3710884160
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
In the summer of 1978, there was one thing they were certain of: Wendy loves Jacob and Jacob loves Wendy. But this is the thing with being seventeen, being in love feels strong and infinite - as if it could never end. Wendy departs and something tender and sweet develops between Jacob and a boy named August. None of the three has any idea yet that the summer marks the end of their youth.
The Summer of August. Life is a Story - story.one
Author: J. K. Huegel
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3710884160
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
In the summer of 1978, there was one thing they were certain of: Wendy loves Jacob and Jacob loves Wendy. But this is the thing with being seventeen, being in love feels strong and infinite - as if it could never end. Wendy departs and something tender and sweet develops between Jacob and a boy named August. None of the three has any idea yet that the summer marks the end of their youth.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3710884160
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
In the summer of 1978, there was one thing they were certain of: Wendy loves Jacob and Jacob loves Wendy. But this is the thing with being seventeen, being in love feels strong and infinite - as if it could never end. Wendy departs and something tender and sweet develops between Jacob and a boy named August. None of the three has any idea yet that the summer marks the end of their youth.
Between August and October. Life is a Story - story.one
Author: Angelina Sunisa
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3710884764
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 62
Book Description
A collection of raw poetry, reflecting the story of a teenage girl. A journey of letting go in order to find her eudemonia. Memories that can never be forgotten but need to be retold. Chapter one of a story that has only been told for a quarter of her life, because it is time for her to write her own.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3710884764
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 62
Book Description
A collection of raw poetry, reflecting the story of a teenage girl. A journey of letting go in order to find her eudemonia. Memories that can never be forgotten but need to be retold. Chapter one of a story that has only been told for a quarter of her life, because it is time for her to write her own.
Embassy Wife
Author: Katie Crouch
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 0374711364
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
"A smart, sparkling novel that is one part social satire, one part travelogue . . . Comical and cool.” —Oprah Daily In Katie Crouch's thrilling novel Embassy Wife, two women abroad search for the truth about their husbands—and their country. Meet Persephone Wilder, a displaced genius posing as the wife of an American diplomat in Namibia. Persephone takes her job as a representative of her country seriously, coming up with an intricate set of rules to survive the problems she encounters: how to dress in hundred-degree weather without showing too much skin, how not to look drunk at embassy functions, and how to eat roasted oryx with grace. She also suspects her husband is not actually the ambassador’s legal counsel but a secret agent in the CIA. The consummate embassy wife, she takes the newest trailing spouse, Amanda Evans, under her wing. Amanda arrives in Namibia mere weeks after giving up her Silicon Valley job so her husband, Mark, can have his family close by as he works on his Fulbright project. But once they’re settled in the sub-Saharan desert, Amanda sees clearly that Mark, who lived in Namibia two decades earlier, has other reasons for returning. Back in the safety of home, the marriage had seemed solid; in the glaring heat of the Kalahari, it feels tenuous. And the situation grows even more fraught when their daughter becomes involved in an international conflict and their own government won’t stand up for her. How far will Amanda go to keep her family intact? How much corruption can Persephone ignore? And what, exactly, does it mean to be an American abroad when you’re not sure you understand your country anymore? Propulsive and provocative, Embassy Wife asks what it means to be a human in this world, even as it helps us laugh in the face of our own absurd, seemingly impossible states of affairs.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 0374711364
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
"A smart, sparkling novel that is one part social satire, one part travelogue . . . Comical and cool.” —Oprah Daily In Katie Crouch's thrilling novel Embassy Wife, two women abroad search for the truth about their husbands—and their country. Meet Persephone Wilder, a displaced genius posing as the wife of an American diplomat in Namibia. Persephone takes her job as a representative of her country seriously, coming up with an intricate set of rules to survive the problems she encounters: how to dress in hundred-degree weather without showing too much skin, how not to look drunk at embassy functions, and how to eat roasted oryx with grace. She also suspects her husband is not actually the ambassador’s legal counsel but a secret agent in the CIA. The consummate embassy wife, she takes the newest trailing spouse, Amanda Evans, under her wing. Amanda arrives in Namibia mere weeks after giving up her Silicon Valley job so her husband, Mark, can have his family close by as he works on his Fulbright project. But once they’re settled in the sub-Saharan desert, Amanda sees clearly that Mark, who lived in Namibia two decades earlier, has other reasons for returning. Back in the safety of home, the marriage had seemed solid; in the glaring heat of the Kalahari, it feels tenuous. And the situation grows even more fraught when their daughter becomes involved in an international conflict and their own government won’t stand up for her. How far will Amanda go to keep her family intact? How much corruption can Persephone ignore? And what, exactly, does it mean to be an American abroad when you’re not sure you understand your country anymore? Propulsive and provocative, Embassy Wife asks what it means to be a human in this world, even as it helps us laugh in the face of our own absurd, seemingly impossible states of affairs.
Penguin Readers Level 3: Wonder (ELT Graded Reader)
Author: R J Palacio
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 024148281X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 75
Book Description
This ELT Graded Reader is made for people learning English as an additional language. The short, simple text is also perfect for anyone looking for an easier read. In this story, August "Auggie" Pullman has been home-schooled all his life. Now he is starting fifth grade at a school in New York City. He doesn't want other students to look at him, but that isn't easy when he looks like he does. Our Penguin Readers books include: Simple text (CEFR-levelled) Pictures to help you understand the story Fun exercises to help you learn and practise English With the print book, you can get even more help online: Read the book online Listen to the book being read out loud Get lesson plans for teachers Find answers to check your understanding Note: online resources not available with the eBook.
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 024148281X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 75
Book Description
This ELT Graded Reader is made for people learning English as an additional language. The short, simple text is also perfect for anyone looking for an easier read. In this story, August "Auggie" Pullman has been home-schooled all his life. Now he is starting fifth grade at a school in New York City. He doesn't want other students to look at him, but that isn't easy when he looks like he does. Our Penguin Readers books include: Simple text (CEFR-levelled) Pictures to help you understand the story Fun exercises to help you learn and practise English With the print book, you can get even more help online: Read the book online Listen to the book being read out loud Get lesson plans for teachers Find answers to check your understanding Note: online resources not available with the eBook.
The Girls of August
Author: Anne Rivers Siddons
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
ISBN: 0446565849
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 169
Book Description
Anne Rivers Siddons's New York Times bestselling novel about four friends whose lives are forever changed by the events of one summer. For fifteen years, four "girls of August" would gather together to spend a week at the beach, until tragedy interrupts their ritual. Now they reunite for a startling week of discoveries. The ritual began when they were in their twenties and their husbands were in medical school, and became a mainstay of every summer thereafter. Their only criteria was oceanfront and isolation, their only desire to strengthen their far-flung friendships. They called themselves the Girls of August. But when one of the Girls dies tragically, the group slowly drifts apart and their vacations together are brought to a halt. Years later, a new marriage reunites them and they decide to come together once again on a remote barrier island off the South Carolina coast. There, far from civilization, the women uncover secrets that will change them in ways they never expected.
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
ISBN: 0446565849
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 169
Book Description
Anne Rivers Siddons's New York Times bestselling novel about four friends whose lives are forever changed by the events of one summer. For fifteen years, four "girls of August" would gather together to spend a week at the beach, until tragedy interrupts their ritual. Now they reunite for a startling week of discoveries. The ritual began when they were in their twenties and their husbands were in medical school, and became a mainstay of every summer thereafter. Their only criteria was oceanfront and isolation, their only desire to strengthen their far-flung friendships. They called themselves the Girls of August. But when one of the Girls dies tragically, the group slowly drifts apart and their vacations together are brought to a halt. Years later, a new marriage reunites them and they decide to come together once again on a remote barrier island off the South Carolina coast. There, far from civilization, the women uncover secrets that will change them in ways they never expected.
Just Us. Life is a Story - story.one
Author: Iryna Nahorniak
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3710892058
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
Liz joins her husband on a business trip as he travels to her hometown. Walking through the familiar streets, she is confronted with a past she swore she would leave behind. As memories of her nomadic life and her mother's belief in running away from problems resurface, Liz begins to question whether she can make up for her past mistakes.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3710892058
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
Liz joins her husband on a business trip as he travels to her hometown. Walking through the familiar streets, she is confronted with a past she swore she would leave behind. As memories of her nomadic life and her mother's belief in running away from problems resurface, Liz begins to question whether she can make up for her past mistakes.
I Never Told You. Life is a Story - story.one
Author: Riga Violina
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3711545610
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
What happens when a dreamer, swept into love's tide, meets a lover seeking stability on life's undertow? Simon Balzano and June McKenna's journey begins in 2007, when they first meet at the verge of death. They grow up as next-door neighbors and classmates with grand ambitions, but after a sudden loss, Simon struggles with the weight of responsibilities that drown out his dreams. Meanwhile, June, fueled by a burning desire to become a successful screenwriter, grapples with balancing her career aspirations against a future with Simon. Their story, a heart-wrenching experience of fragile love tested by fate and their relentless attempts to rewrite it - a gripping and devastating page-turner. Well-intended secrets and unspoken sacrifices, nurtured over a decade, threaten to flood everything they've built. Can their love endure the opposing currents that threaten to pull them apart, or will it suffocate along with their dreams?
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3711545610
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
What happens when a dreamer, swept into love's tide, meets a lover seeking stability on life's undertow? Simon Balzano and June McKenna's journey begins in 2007, when they first meet at the verge of death. They grow up as next-door neighbors and classmates with grand ambitions, but after a sudden loss, Simon struggles with the weight of responsibilities that drown out his dreams. Meanwhile, June, fueled by a burning desire to become a successful screenwriter, grapples with balancing her career aspirations against a future with Simon. Their story, a heart-wrenching experience of fragile love tested by fate and their relentless attempts to rewrite it - a gripping and devastating page-turner. Well-intended secrets and unspoken sacrifices, nurtured over a decade, threaten to flood everything they've built. Can their love endure the opposing currents that threaten to pull them apart, or will it suffocate along with their dreams?
The sweetest Girl on this Earth. Life is a Story - story.one
Author: Ninni J. Leahy
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3711568246
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
Jessie wanted a love like in the movies. She has a degree and she has a job and she has friends. But after waiting for years, the one thing she is missing, is to fall in love and to be loved for the first time. A romantic at heart but almost ready to give up on love she finds a love that feels like it was taken from a screen or the pages of a teenage novel. The man who convinces her that love exists is as sweet as she always dreamed, a musician and therefore as interesting as she always hoped and from a different country so falling in love feels even more dramatic. She gets to live the illusion of the fairytale for a year before it all starts to crumble. The man she loved never really existed and she does not know how to pick up the pieces. One half of this book reads like a teenage dream... the other like a nightmare.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3711568246
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
Jessie wanted a love like in the movies. She has a degree and she has a job and she has friends. But after waiting for years, the one thing she is missing, is to fall in love and to be loved for the first time. A romantic at heart but almost ready to give up on love she finds a love that feels like it was taken from a screen or the pages of a teenage novel. The man who convinces her that love exists is as sweet as she always dreamed, a musician and therefore as interesting as she always hoped and from a different country so falling in love feels even more dramatic. She gets to live the illusion of the fairytale for a year before it all starts to crumble. The man she loved never really existed and she does not know how to pick up the pieces. One half of this book reads like a teenage dream... the other like a nightmare.
Moments in the Sun. Life is a Story - story.one
Author: Eva Lewin
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3710837960
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 62
Book Description
12 texts that evoke the feeling of summer, and tell the story of a family.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3710837960
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 62
Book Description
12 texts that evoke the feeling of summer, and tell the story of a family.
New Endings, Old Beginnings. Life is a Story - story.one
Author: Victoria Kalvari
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3710893100
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
Left with no memory of the past decade of her life, Eliza Bennett is on a journey of rediscovering herself after the terrible car accident that turned her world upside down. Quite literally, in fact. Overwhelmed with the life she can't remember choosing, Eliza moves back to her hometown in middle-of-nowhere North Carolina, where she inevitably stumbles on the ghosts of her past. Will she find back to her old self? Or might the key to recovery be hidden in a life long left behind?
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3710893100
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
Left with no memory of the past decade of her life, Eliza Bennett is on a journey of rediscovering herself after the terrible car accident that turned her world upside down. Quite literally, in fact. Overwhelmed with the life she can't remember choosing, Eliza moves back to her hometown in middle-of-nowhere North Carolina, where she inevitably stumbles on the ghosts of her past. Will she find back to her old self? Or might the key to recovery be hidden in a life long left behind?