Author: Diana Wynne Jones
Publisher: HarperCollins Children's Books
ISBN: 9780007501595
Category : Children's stories, English
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Two hilarious stories from the bestselling and well-loved author Diana Wynne Jones, about the worst visitors in the world coming to stay. In Vile Visitors, we meet Angus Flint and Chair Person - the worst guests in the world. In Who Got Rid of Angus Flint? We meet a man so mean, he even insults the furniture! Despite the children's best pranks, he just won't leave. But when the furniture has had enough, it's time to rise up and get rid of this most vile of visitors... In Chair Person, that old armchair with the broken crystal ball spilled on it has been locked in the shed. But then the children find a mysterious visitor... Transformed into the most annoying visitor ever, they are desperate to get rid of him. But can they turn him back into a chair before he ruins them forever?
Vile Visitors
Author: Diana Wynne Jones
Publisher: HarperCollins Children's Books
ISBN: 9780007501595
Category : Children's stories, English
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Two hilarious stories from the bestselling and well-loved author Diana Wynne Jones, about the worst visitors in the world coming to stay. In Vile Visitors, we meet Angus Flint and Chair Person - the worst guests in the world. In Who Got Rid of Angus Flint? We meet a man so mean, he even insults the furniture! Despite the children's best pranks, he just won't leave. But when the furniture has had enough, it's time to rise up and get rid of this most vile of visitors... In Chair Person, that old armchair with the broken crystal ball spilled on it has been locked in the shed. But then the children find a mysterious visitor... Transformed into the most annoying visitor ever, they are desperate to get rid of him. But can they turn him back into a chair before he ruins them forever?
Publisher: HarperCollins Children's Books
ISBN: 9780007501595
Category : Children's stories, English
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Two hilarious stories from the bestselling and well-loved author Diana Wynne Jones, about the worst visitors in the world coming to stay. In Vile Visitors, we meet Angus Flint and Chair Person - the worst guests in the world. In Who Got Rid of Angus Flint? We meet a man so mean, he even insults the furniture! Despite the children's best pranks, he just won't leave. But when the furniture has had enough, it's time to rise up and get rid of this most vile of visitors... In Chair Person, that old armchair with the broken crystal ball spilled on it has been locked in the shed. But then the children find a mysterious visitor... Transformed into the most annoying visitor ever, they are desperate to get rid of him. But can they turn him back into a chair before he ruins them forever?
The Splendid and the Vile
Author: Erik Larson
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 038534872X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 609
Book Description
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The author of The Devil in the White City and Dead Wake delivers an intimate chronicle of Winston Churchill and London during the Blitz—an inspiring portrait of courage and leadership in a time of unprecedented crisis “One of [Erik Larson’s] best books yet . . . perfectly timed for the moment.”—Time • “A bravura performance by one of America’s greatest storytellers.”—NPR NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review • Time • Vogue • NPR • The Washington Post • Chicago Tribune • The Globe & Mail • Fortune • Bloomberg • New York Post • The New York Public Library • Kirkus Reviews • LibraryReads • PopMatters On Winston Churchill’s first day as prime minister, Adolf Hitler invaded Holland and Belgium. Poland and Czechoslovakia had already fallen, and the Dunkirk evacuation was just two weeks away. For the next twelve months, Hitler would wage a relentless bombing campaign, killing 45,000 Britons. It was up to Churchill to hold his country together and persuade President Franklin Roosevelt that Britain was a worthy ally—and willing to fight to the end. In The Splendid and the Vile, Erik Larson shows, in cinematic detail, how Churchill taught the British people “the art of being fearless.” It is a story of political brinkmanship, but it’s also an intimate domestic drama, set against the backdrop of Churchill’s prime-ministerial country home, Chequers; his wartime retreat, Ditchley, where he and his entourage go when the moon is brightest and the bombing threat is highest; and of course 10 Downing Street in London. Drawing on diaries, original archival documents, and once-secret intelligence reports—some released only recently—Larson provides a new lens on London’s darkest year through the day-to-day experience of Churchill and his family: his wife, Clementine; their youngest daughter, Mary, who chafes against her parents’ wartime protectiveness; their son, Randolph, and his beautiful, unhappy wife, Pamela; Pamela’s illicit lover, a dashing American emissary; and the advisers in Churchill’s “Secret Circle,” to whom he turns in the hardest moments. The Splendid and the Vile takes readers out of today’s political dysfunction and back to a time of true leadership, when, in the face of unrelenting horror, Churchill’s eloquence, courage, and perseverance bound a country, and a family, together.
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 038534872X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 609
Book Description
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The author of The Devil in the White City and Dead Wake delivers an intimate chronicle of Winston Churchill and London during the Blitz—an inspiring portrait of courage and leadership in a time of unprecedented crisis “One of [Erik Larson’s] best books yet . . . perfectly timed for the moment.”—Time • “A bravura performance by one of America’s greatest storytellers.”—NPR NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review • Time • Vogue • NPR • The Washington Post • Chicago Tribune • The Globe & Mail • Fortune • Bloomberg • New York Post • The New York Public Library • Kirkus Reviews • LibraryReads • PopMatters On Winston Churchill’s first day as prime minister, Adolf Hitler invaded Holland and Belgium. Poland and Czechoslovakia had already fallen, and the Dunkirk evacuation was just two weeks away. For the next twelve months, Hitler would wage a relentless bombing campaign, killing 45,000 Britons. It was up to Churchill to hold his country together and persuade President Franklin Roosevelt that Britain was a worthy ally—and willing to fight to the end. In The Splendid and the Vile, Erik Larson shows, in cinematic detail, how Churchill taught the British people “the art of being fearless.” It is a story of political brinkmanship, but it’s also an intimate domestic drama, set against the backdrop of Churchill’s prime-ministerial country home, Chequers; his wartime retreat, Ditchley, where he and his entourage go when the moon is brightest and the bombing threat is highest; and of course 10 Downing Street in London. Drawing on diaries, original archival documents, and once-secret intelligence reports—some released only recently—Larson provides a new lens on London’s darkest year through the day-to-day experience of Churchill and his family: his wife, Clementine; their youngest daughter, Mary, who chafes against her parents’ wartime protectiveness; their son, Randolph, and his beautiful, unhappy wife, Pamela; Pamela’s illicit lover, a dashing American emissary; and the advisers in Churchill’s “Secret Circle,” to whom he turns in the hardest moments. The Splendid and the Vile takes readers out of today’s political dysfunction and back to a time of true leadership, when, in the face of unrelenting horror, Churchill’s eloquence, courage, and perseverance bound a country, and a family, together.
Exploring People of the Old Testament
Author: John Phillips
Publisher: Kregel Academic
ISBN: 0825433843
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 151
Book Description
This inaugural volume in the John Phillips Bible Characters series provides a rich exposition of the lives of twenty-seven significant--and sometimes overlooked--people in the Old Testament. An excellent resource for pastors and teachers.
Publisher: Kregel Academic
ISBN: 0825433843
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 151
Book Description
This inaugural volume in the John Phillips Bible Characters series provides a rich exposition of the lives of twenty-seven significant--and sometimes overlooked--people in the Old Testament. An excellent resource for pastors and teachers.
Terrorism, 9/11, and Freedom
Author: Russell Madden
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1312746556
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Thirty-six essays from 2000 to 2009 chronicling America's struggles with terrorism and freedom. The first of these essays was written over a year before the events of 9/11/01. The last was written in 2009. The second was written the day of 9/11 and published the next week. These essays and articles are a kind of chronological examination of U.S. involvement in Afghanistan and Iraq and the consequences for life here in the United States post 9/11. You may judge for yourself with the hindsight of history how accurate were my analyses, predictions, and descriptions of these events of the past decade and a half. Those who forget the lessons of history...
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1312746556
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Thirty-six essays from 2000 to 2009 chronicling America's struggles with terrorism and freedom. The first of these essays was written over a year before the events of 9/11/01. The last was written in 2009. The second was written the day of 9/11 and published the next week. These essays and articles are a kind of chronological examination of U.S. involvement in Afghanistan and Iraq and the consequences for life here in the United States post 9/11. You may judge for yourself with the hindsight of history how accurate were my analyses, predictions, and descriptions of these events of the past decade and a half. Those who forget the lessons of history...
Daughters of Men
Author: Marti Pulliam
Publisher: WestBow Press
ISBN: 1449749828
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
In a postTechnology War world, Analie has lost herself in the bitterness that encompasses her past. The elements of power that surround her have labeled her a Daughter of Men, a term passed from generation to generation of women in her family that grants her the ability to end time or allow it to continue. Analie cannot begin to fathom the responsibility of this title because she cannot unravel the searing question of why she is still here. She now only sees the world in black and white. She has run away from everyone and everything she has ever loved. With the help of a new found acquaintance, a dragon named Alien, she discovers that the only way to find answers is to stop dwelling on the past and start living her destiny. In making this realization, she champions the first of many battles coined for the Daughters of Men.
Publisher: WestBow Press
ISBN: 1449749828
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
In a postTechnology War world, Analie has lost herself in the bitterness that encompasses her past. The elements of power that surround her have labeled her a Daughter of Men, a term passed from generation to generation of women in her family that grants her the ability to end time or allow it to continue. Analie cannot begin to fathom the responsibility of this title because she cannot unravel the searing question of why she is still here. She now only sees the world in black and white. She has run away from everyone and everything she has ever loved. With the help of a new found acquaintance, a dragon named Alien, she discovers that the only way to find answers is to stop dwelling on the past and start living her destiny. In making this realization, she champions the first of many battles coined for the Daughters of Men.
Growing in Wisdom and Faith
Author: Elizabeth George
Publisher: Harvest House Publishers
ISBN: 0736931090
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
Where can women get the wisdom that will help them make the right choices in the many decisions of life? How can they develop a faith that won't waver or crumble when they're overwhelmed by life's trials and temptations? The book of James answers these questions and more and provides practical guidance on many issues that affect Christian women daily, such as: persevering through life's troubles putting on a heart of patience planning the future with God in mind An encouraging resource for women who yearn to experience real spiritual growth!
Publisher: Harvest House Publishers
ISBN: 0736931090
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
Where can women get the wisdom that will help them make the right choices in the many decisions of life? How can they develop a faith that won't waver or crumble when they're overwhelmed by life's trials and temptations? The book of James answers these questions and more and provides practical guidance on many issues that affect Christian women daily, such as: persevering through life's troubles putting on a heart of patience planning the future with God in mind An encouraging resource for women who yearn to experience real spiritual growth!
Prince Rescue Me's Ride to Ruin
Author: Lynne Tapper
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1780885334
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
It Is What It Is…Someone once said, ‘All the world’s a stage’, and never was a truer word spoken than in the squiffy Kingdom of It Is What It Is, where happily-ever-after has become nothing more than a fictional tale. Looking for love in all the wrong places, the fairy tale has turned into a nightmare for a charmless prince, named Rescue Me, who seeks ‘happily-ever-after’ within his crummy cracker addiction. As he battles his crummy cravings the law of addled attraction ensures that he encounters other desperados dealing with their own addictions- from the sublime to the ridiculous. Join us for a riotous ride you’re not likely to forget and laugh with us as we observe that in the Kingdom of It Is What It Is, people have definitely lost the plot!
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1780885334
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
It Is What It Is…Someone once said, ‘All the world’s a stage’, and never was a truer word spoken than in the squiffy Kingdom of It Is What It Is, where happily-ever-after has become nothing more than a fictional tale. Looking for love in all the wrong places, the fairy tale has turned into a nightmare for a charmless prince, named Rescue Me, who seeks ‘happily-ever-after’ within his crummy cracker addiction. As he battles his crummy cravings the law of addled attraction ensures that he encounters other desperados dealing with their own addictions- from the sublime to the ridiculous. Join us for a riotous ride you’re not likely to forget and laugh with us as we observe that in the Kingdom of It Is What It Is, people have definitely lost the plot!
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Category : Asia
Languages : en
Pages : 494
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The Top Secret Women's Prison
Author: Marian Wilder
Publisher: Marian Wilder
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
An unauthorized women's prison with a dark secret. At a top secret tropical location, businessman Oliver Wilson and his associates are running a very unusual women's prison. It is themed on the stockade style penitentiaries that were common in the old 'Women In Prison' B-Movies of the Sixties and Seventies, and it is run in a similar fashion. The female inmates are all between eighteen and thirty years old, and are all extremely beautiful. They have been carefully selected and vetted, and are serving time here for one very specific reason: the entertainment of the paying clients, ardent fans of the old W.I.P. Movie Genre, who have come to observe their incarceration. Dee Nolan has eagerly accepted an invitation to live out her submissive fantasies as a prisoner in Wilson's strange prison, but, as the old saying goes, 'Be careful what you wish for'. Just like in the movies themselves, Dee encounters sadistic prison guards, a warped and wicked warden, and harsh, whip-wielding taskmasters, who oversee the inmates. Will Dee's submissive nature help her through her sentence, or will she falter within the harsh environment of Oliver Wilson's Top Secret Women's Prison? ----- Author's Note: This story contains themes of an adult (18+) nature. If the topics listed below offend, then you are advised to pass this title by. If not, then please purchase and enjoy. (Specific key topics: kink, fetish, bdsm, D/s, bondage, dominance, female submission, women in prison, hard labour, M/f, slave girl, corporal punishment, erotic discipline, spanking, whip, roleplay, forbidden desire, adult humour, erotic adventure, SSC.)
Publisher: Marian Wilder
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
An unauthorized women's prison with a dark secret. At a top secret tropical location, businessman Oliver Wilson and his associates are running a very unusual women's prison. It is themed on the stockade style penitentiaries that were common in the old 'Women In Prison' B-Movies of the Sixties and Seventies, and it is run in a similar fashion. The female inmates are all between eighteen and thirty years old, and are all extremely beautiful. They have been carefully selected and vetted, and are serving time here for one very specific reason: the entertainment of the paying clients, ardent fans of the old W.I.P. Movie Genre, who have come to observe their incarceration. Dee Nolan has eagerly accepted an invitation to live out her submissive fantasies as a prisoner in Wilson's strange prison, but, as the old saying goes, 'Be careful what you wish for'. Just like in the movies themselves, Dee encounters sadistic prison guards, a warped and wicked warden, and harsh, whip-wielding taskmasters, who oversee the inmates. Will Dee's submissive nature help her through her sentence, or will she falter within the harsh environment of Oliver Wilson's Top Secret Women's Prison? ----- Author's Note: This story contains themes of an adult (18+) nature. If the topics listed below offend, then you are advised to pass this title by. If not, then please purchase and enjoy. (Specific key topics: kink, fetish, bdsm, D/s, bondage, dominance, female submission, women in prison, hard labour, M/f, slave girl, corporal punishment, erotic discipline, spanking, whip, roleplay, forbidden desire, adult humour, erotic adventure, SSC.)