Author: Michael Moore
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
ISBN: 1455508578
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 286
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#1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Moore returns with his first major book in eight years -- a blend of memoir, history, and politics that only he could write. "I had an unusually large-sized head, though this was not uncommon for a baby in the Midwest. The craniums in our part of the country were designed to leave a little extra room for the brain to grow in case one day we found ourselves exposed to something we didn't understand, like a foreign language, or a salad." Michael Moore-Oscar-winning filmmaker, bestselling author, the nation's unofficial provocateur laureate-is back, this time taking on an entirely new role, that of his own meta-Forest Gump. Breaking the autobiographical mode, he presents twenty-four far-ranging, irreverent, and stranger-than-fiction vignettes from his own early life. One moment he's an eleven-year-old boy lost in the Senate and found by Bobby Kennedy; and in the next, he's inside the Bitburg cemetery with a dazed and confused Ronald Reagan. Fast-forwarding to 2003, he stuns the world by uttering the words "We live in fictitious times . . . with a fictitious president" in place of the expected "I'd like to thank the Academy." And none of that even comes close to the night the friendly priest at the seminary decides to show him how to perform his own exorcism. Capturing the zeitgeist of the past fifty years, yet deeply personal and unflinchingly honest, Here Comes Trouble takes readers on an unforgettable, take-no-prisoners ride through the life and times of Michael Moore. No one will come away from this book without a sense of surprise about the Michael Moore most of us didn't know. Alternately funny, eye-opening, and moving, it's a book he has been writing-and living-his entire life.
Author: Corinne Demas
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780545359061
Category : Cats
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Toby from "Always in Trouble" causes all sorts of trouble againNthis time with the cat from next door! Full color.
Author: Tessa Krailing
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780199185726
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 47
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This story has been specially written for children who need the support of carefully-monitored language levels. It aims to be accessible, motivating and humorous. The book is part of the Oxford Reading Tree series of fiction with built-in progression for pupils aged seven to 11. The series is organized into Oxford Reading Tree stages (from stage 10 to stage 14), with each stage introducing more complex narrative forms, including flashbacks and changes in viewpoint; descriptive writing; extended reading vocabulary; and more pages, more text, and fewer illustrations.
Author: Janet Breuer
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780578848891
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Ridge and Tucker, two happy dogs, live a peaceful life with their people in the mountains of Washington state. The two dogs are therapy dogs and often visit hospitals and nursing homes to comfort people where they receive lots of pats and praise. Then after a long day, they get to rest at home by the warm fireplace. Life is good.Until . . . Trouble comes to live with the family. Trouble the Cat, that is. She is mean and rude and most certainly does not want to be friends with two large dogs. The dogs try to be friendly, but Trouble only terrorizes them in return. Will Ridge and Tuckers' lives ever be peaceful again?Comical artwork accompanies this charming story based on author Janet Breuer's real-life pets.
Author: Kate Hattemer
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 1524718483
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 266
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The hilarious story of a wannabe-reformed-prankster perfect for readers who loved Dead End in Norvelt and Better Nate Than Never. Soren Skaar is a notorious prankster. After his partner-in-pranking-crime moves away, Soren's ready to leave his life of causing trouble behind. But when his hipster Brooklynite cousin comes to "study abroad" with his family in small-town Minnesota, Soren's plans for reform fall by the wayside. Soon all Soren can see are opportunities to prank, and his shenanigans have done nothing to win over his cousin. It isn't long before he's in over his head, and Soren can't help but wonder who he'll be if he loses this part of himself. Can he give up his life as a jokester, or is the joke on him? "Give this to fans of the "Wimpy Kid" series who are looking for longer novels."--SLJ "A fast, engaging read."--Booklist
Author: Debbie Macomber
Publisher: MIRA
ISBN: 1488025320
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 130
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Available for the first time on its own in ebook, a fun, sweet, classic romance from favorite author Debbie Macomber. Maryanne Simpson is working hard to make it as a journalist; it’s not her fault that her father happens to own the newspaper! After rival columnist Nolan Adams writes an unflattering piece about her, she’s furious. But Maryanne decides the tough, streetwise newsman is right about one thing: her life has been too easy. So she quits her job, leaves her luxury apartment and swears not to touch her trust fund. She needs to prove to Nolan—and to herself—that she’s got what it takes to make it on her own. She wants Nolan’s respect…and maybe more. When they end up as neighbors, Maryann discovers that she can’t resist Nolan’s gruff charm, and although he doesn’t seem to be an appropriate match for a socialite, Maryanne has other ideas! Originally published in 1992
Author: Alex Head
Publisher:
ISBN: 9783945659045
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 172
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Author: Colleen O'Shaughnessy McKenna
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
ISBN: 9780590417341
Category : Entertaining
Languages : en
Pages : 148
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In this humorous follow-up to Fourth Grade Is a Jinx and Too Many Murphys, Collette is horrified that her friend Marsha is going to invite boys to her 11th birthday party. Then Collette learns that the other girls like the idea. Even the boys don't mind. Isn't there anyone who feels the same way as Collette?
Author: A E Via
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781082546204
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 296
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Detectives Mark Ruxsberg and Chris Green are very good at their jobs. Being the enforcers for God and Day's notorious Atlanta PD Narcotics Task Force causes the crazy duo to get into more trouble than they can often get out of. The pair never misses out on an opportunity to drive their Lieutenants crazy with their dangerous, reckless, and costly stunts, landing them in the hot seat in front God... often.Ruxs and Green love their jobs and they don't mind the very demanding schedule that leaves them little time for socializing or dating. It was fine with them, they enjoyed hanging out with each other anyway. However, most of the men in their close circle of friends and colleagues are pairing off and settling down. God has Day, Ro has Johnson, and their Sergeant Syn has Furious. For the past several years, Ruxs has only sought out the advice and company of one person, his partner and best friend Green, and vice versa. Both of these alpha males are presumed straight, but neither can deny the heat that's building in their once 'just friends' relationship.
Author: Taffy Brodesser-Akner
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0525510877
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 386
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD LONGLIST • “A masterpiece” (NPR) about marriage, divorce, and the bewildering dynamics of ambition Coming soon as an FX limited series on Hulu, starring Claire Danes, Jesse Eisenberg, Lizzy Caplan, and Adam Brody ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR—Entertainment Weekly, The New York Public Library ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR—The New York Times Book Review, Time, The Washington Post, USA Today Vanity Fair, Vogue, NPR, Chicago Tribune, GQ, Vox, Refinery29, Elle, The Guardian, Real Simple, Financial Times, Parade, Good Housekeeping, New Statesman, Marie Claire, Town & Country, Evening Standard, Thrillist, Booklist, Kirkus Reviews, BookPage, BookRiot, Shelf Awareness Toby Fleishman thought he knew what to expect when he and his wife of almost fifteen years separated: weekends and every other holiday with the kids, some residual bitterness, the occasional moment of tension in their co-parenting negotiations. He could not have predicted that one day, in the middle of his summer of sexual emancipation, Rachel would just drop their two children off at his place and simply not return. He had been working so hard to find equilibrium in his single life. The winds of his optimism, long dormant, had finally begun to pick up. Now this. As Toby tries to figure out where Rachel went, all while juggling his patients at the hospital, his never-ending parental duties, and his new app-assisted sexual popularity, his tidy narrative of the spurned husband with the too-ambitious wife is his sole consolation. But if Toby ever wants to truly understand what happened to Rachel and what happened to his marriage, he is going to have to consider that he might not have seen things all that clearly in the first place. A searing, utterly unvarnished debut, Fleishman Is in Trouble is an insightful, unsettling, often hilarious exploration of a culture trying to navigate the fault lines of an institution that has proven to be worthy of our great wariness and our great hope. Alma’s Best Jewish Novel of the Year • Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle’s John Leonard Prize for Best First Book
