Author: Doris B. Smith
Publisher: Puffin
ISBN: 9780140319286
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Abused by his grandfather and neglected by his mother, a "tough" thirteen-year-old sees running away as the only solution to changing his life until a friend open his eyes to an alternative.
Tough Chauncey
Author: Doris B. Smith
Publisher: Puffin
ISBN: 9780140319286
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Abused by his grandfather and neglected by his mother, a "tough" thirteen-year-old sees running away as the only solution to changing his life until a friend open his eyes to an alternative.
Publisher: Puffin
ISBN: 9780140319286
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Abused by his grandfather and neglected by his mother, a "tough" thirteen-year-old sees running away as the only solution to changing his life until a friend open his eyes to an alternative.
Chauncey
Author: Rick Hoey
Publisher: Archway Publishing
ISBN: 1480854751
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 119
Book Description
After little Chauncey is born during a snowstorm in December 1947, he grows up in New England where he dutifully carries out his chores, acts sick to avoid school, and watches science fiction and monster movies on his familys only black and white television. As Chaunceys coming-of-age journey continues, he matures into a teen always searching for independence. After he decides to camp with his best friend, an unpredictable chain of events soon leads him to spend the night alone at a campsite located entirely too close to an anthill and too many scary noises. As his path leads him into the military and marriage during the 1980s, Chauncey sees the world through the eyes of a young GI. Finally as he settles down with his wife on the outskirts of a New Mexico town, Chauncey soon realizes that his worries will never endonly change with his experiences. Chauncey shares a compilation of short stories, with a humorous twist, about the life of a baby boomer growing up in America during a time of great change and progress.
Publisher: Archway Publishing
ISBN: 1480854751
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 119
Book Description
After little Chauncey is born during a snowstorm in December 1947, he grows up in New England where he dutifully carries out his chores, acts sick to avoid school, and watches science fiction and monster movies on his familys only black and white television. As Chaunceys coming-of-age journey continues, he matures into a teen always searching for independence. After he decides to camp with his best friend, an unpredictable chain of events soon leads him to spend the night alone at a campsite located entirely too close to an anthill and too many scary noises. As his path leads him into the military and marriage during the 1980s, Chauncey sees the world through the eyes of a young GI. Finally as he settles down with his wife on the outskirts of a New Mexico town, Chauncey soon realizes that his worries will never endonly change with his experiences. Chauncey shares a compilation of short stories, with a humorous twist, about the life of a baby boomer growing up in America during a time of great change and progress.
Manton's World
Author: John Russell Fearn
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 0966896831
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 0966896831
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Images of the Child
Author: Harry Edwin Eiss
Publisher: Popular Press
ISBN: 9780879726546
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Contributors offer different perspectives on advertising, girls' book series, rap music, realistic fiction, dolls, and movies, and demonstrate how images of the child reflect the entire culture. Subjects include female and male sex roles in teen romances, images of children in horror novels, and board games and the socialization of young adolescents. Paper edition (unseen), $25.95. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Publisher: Popular Press
ISBN: 9780879726546
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Contributors offer different perspectives on advertising, girls' book series, rap music, realistic fiction, dolls, and movies, and demonstrate how images of the child reflect the entire culture. Subjects include female and male sex roles in teen romances, images of children in horror novels, and board games and the socialization of young adolescents. Paper edition (unseen), $25.95. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Tinsley's Magazine
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 732
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 732
Book Description
The Complete Roderick
Author: John Sladek
Publisher: Abrams
ISBN: 159020932X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 530
Book Description
Two novels about the education of a young machine: “In a properly run universe Sladek’s Roderick would be considered a major American novel. Which it is.” —Michael Dirda, The Washington Post Roderick is a robot who learns. He begins life looking like a toy tank, thinking like a child, and knowing nothing about human ways. But as he will discover, growing up and becoming fully human is no easy task in a world where many people seem to have little trouble giving up their humanity. The Complete Roderick—consisting of the Philip K. Dick Award nominee Roderick and Roderick at Random—is widely considered to be the most ambitious and genius work of a novelist described by The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction as “the most formally inventive, the funniest, and very nearly the most melancholy of modern US science fiction writers.” “A major comic talent . . . hilarious and serious.” —Sunday Times “Superb . . . comparable with early Kurt Vonnegut.” —Time Out “To the small band of science-fiction humorists who can actually make you laugh—my own list features, in alphabetical order, Douglas Adams and Robert Sheckley—please add the name of John Sladek.” —The New York Times Book Review
Publisher: Abrams
ISBN: 159020932X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 530
Book Description
Two novels about the education of a young machine: “In a properly run universe Sladek’s Roderick would be considered a major American novel. Which it is.” —Michael Dirda, The Washington Post Roderick is a robot who learns. He begins life looking like a toy tank, thinking like a child, and knowing nothing about human ways. But as he will discover, growing up and becoming fully human is no easy task in a world where many people seem to have little trouble giving up their humanity. The Complete Roderick—consisting of the Philip K. Dick Award nominee Roderick and Roderick at Random—is widely considered to be the most ambitious and genius work of a novelist described by The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction as “the most formally inventive, the funniest, and very nearly the most melancholy of modern US science fiction writers.” “A major comic talent . . . hilarious and serious.” —Sunday Times “Superb . . . comparable with early Kurt Vonnegut.” —Time Out “To the small band of science-fiction humorists who can actually make you laugh—my own list features, in alphabetical order, Douglas Adams and Robert Sheckley—please add the name of John Sladek.” —The New York Times Book Review
Choices
Author: Carolyn Sherwood Flemming
Publisher: Evanston, Ill. : J.G. Burke Pub. Incorporated
ISBN:
Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 570
Book Description
Publisher: Evanston, Ill. : J.G. Burke Pub. Incorporated
ISBN:
Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 570
Book Description
Dragonfrigate Wizard Halcyon Blithe
Author: James M. Ward
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1466806427
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 355
Book Description
His yeoman voyage now behind him, Blithe must now accept new responsibilities as he ascends to the rank of DRAGONFRIGATE WIZARD HALCYON BLITHE. In the latest chapter of the young wizard's nautical education he finds himself second in command of a captured enemy vessel that must engage a demonship in combat before returning to port. Upon his return he is assigned duty on a dwarven dragonship where he and his shipmates encounter the deceit of politics and diplomacy before they can regain the security of their Arcanian dragonship and the company of their trusted crewmates. Combining elements of Hornblower with Harry Potter, and Robert Louis Stevenson with Robin Hobb, the Halcyon Blithe are nautical tales rich in magic and intrigue set against a panorama of fantastic naval battles as we follow the career of a young midshipwizard as he moves up through the ranks of His Majesty's Navy. At the publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management software (DRM) applied.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1466806427
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 355
Book Description
His yeoman voyage now behind him, Blithe must now accept new responsibilities as he ascends to the rank of DRAGONFRIGATE WIZARD HALCYON BLITHE. In the latest chapter of the young wizard's nautical education he finds himself second in command of a captured enemy vessel that must engage a demonship in combat before returning to port. Upon his return he is assigned duty on a dwarven dragonship where he and his shipmates encounter the deceit of politics and diplomacy before they can regain the security of their Arcanian dragonship and the company of their trusted crewmates. Combining elements of Hornblower with Harry Potter, and Robert Louis Stevenson with Robin Hobb, the Halcyon Blithe are nautical tales rich in magic and intrigue set against a panorama of fantastic naval battles as we follow the career of a young midshipwizard as he moves up through the ranks of His Majesty's Navy. At the publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management software (DRM) applied.
Hear My Eyes
Author: Gary Todd
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1663213674
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
Hear My Eyes is a story of a young man growing up in Harlem, New York City as an only child, being raised by a single father. The Author provides an intimate revelation of young man struggling to find the right combination for his life’s journey. His father is a strict Caribbean man who governs his household with an iron fist of rules and regulations that stifle his son’s potential, causing emotional and psychological scars. The effects of those scars are manifested primarily during his college years and process. The tumultuous relationship with his dad, leads to an estranged relationship with his mother and siblings. His need to reconcile with his family leads to some unhealthy roads to where he tries to find the best way towards peace and balance.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1663213674
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
Hear My Eyes is a story of a young man growing up in Harlem, New York City as an only child, being raised by a single father. The Author provides an intimate revelation of young man struggling to find the right combination for his life’s journey. His father is a strict Caribbean man who governs his household with an iron fist of rules and regulations that stifle his son’s potential, causing emotional and psychological scars. The effects of those scars are manifested primarily during his college years and process. The tumultuous relationship with his dad, leads to an estranged relationship with his mother and siblings. His need to reconcile with his family leads to some unhealthy roads to where he tries to find the best way towards peace and balance.
Retief of the CDT
Author: Keith Laumer
Publisher: Gateway
ISBN: 1473215609
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Against a raging backdrop of interplanetary intrigue. This time the resourceful officer of the Corps Diplomatique Terrestrienne must deal with horrors unknown as he hunts the universe for a stolen ballet theatre. The courageous Terran must fight the five-eyed Groaci, outwit the ferocious Tsuggs, and reason with the talking flowers he finds in the midst of his dangerous mission. But in spite of all this, in the face of the vagaries of alien plots and the wild ambitions of his superiors, Retief remains strong and unshakable - and in peaceful and just control of the galaxy!
Publisher: Gateway
ISBN: 1473215609
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Against a raging backdrop of interplanetary intrigue. This time the resourceful officer of the Corps Diplomatique Terrestrienne must deal with horrors unknown as he hunts the universe for a stolen ballet theatre. The courageous Terran must fight the five-eyed Groaci, outwit the ferocious Tsuggs, and reason with the talking flowers he finds in the midst of his dangerous mission. But in spite of all this, in the face of the vagaries of alien plots and the wild ambitions of his superiors, Retief remains strong and unshakable - and in peaceful and just control of the galaxy!