Author: Kim Addonizio
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0743274563
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
Diana McBride, a thirty-four-year-old former child pageant contender, now works in a baby store in Long Beach. Between dealing with a catastrophic haircut, the failure of her marriage, and phone calls from her alcoholic mother, Diana has gone off her OCD medication and is trying to cope via washing and cleaning rituals. When pregnant teenager Jamie Ramirez enters the store, Diana's already chaotic world is sent spinning. Jamie can't stand being pregnant. She can't wait to get on with her normal life and give the baby up for adoption. But her yet-to-be-born daughter, Stella, has a fierce will and a destiny to fulfill. And as the magical plot of Little Beauties unfolds, these three characters' lives become linked in ever more surprising ways.
Little Beauties
Author: Kim Addonizio
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0743274563
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
Diana McBride, a thirty-four-year-old former child pageant contender, now works in a baby store in Long Beach. Between dealing with a catastrophic haircut, the failure of her marriage, and phone calls from her alcoholic mother, Diana has gone off her OCD medication and is trying to cope via washing and cleaning rituals. When pregnant teenager Jamie Ramirez enters the store, Diana's already chaotic world is sent spinning. Jamie can't stand being pregnant. She can't wait to get on with her normal life and give the baby up for adoption. But her yet-to-be-born daughter, Stella, has a fierce will and a destiny to fulfill. And as the magical plot of Little Beauties unfolds, these three characters' lives become linked in ever more surprising ways.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0743274563
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
Diana McBride, a thirty-four-year-old former child pageant contender, now works in a baby store in Long Beach. Between dealing with a catastrophic haircut, the failure of her marriage, and phone calls from her alcoholic mother, Diana has gone off her OCD medication and is trying to cope via washing and cleaning rituals. When pregnant teenager Jamie Ramirez enters the store, Diana's already chaotic world is sent spinning. Jamie can't stand being pregnant. She can't wait to get on with her normal life and give the baby up for adoption. But her yet-to-be-born daughter, Stella, has a fierce will and a destiny to fulfill. And as the magical plot of Little Beauties unfolds, these three characters' lives become linked in ever more surprising ways.
Small Beauties
Author: Elvira Woodruff
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0307546705
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
"One day this child shall hold the very heart of our family in the palm of her hand," predicts Granny on the day Darcy Heart O'Hara is born in a cottage on Derry Lane, in the town of Pobble O'Keefe, in County Kerry, Ireland. Darcy grows up to be a noticer, delighting in the small beauties all around her: a dew-covered spider web, castles in the clouds, a shiny wooden rosary bead. Life is simple but sweet in Pobble O'Keefe, with her family gathered round the hearth in the evenings while Granddad's voice fills the small room with stories. But in 1845, a blight strikes the land, the potatoes turn rotten, and Darcy and her family must leave Ireland forever. How will Darcy ever find a way to to bring the small beauties of home across the sea to America? Elvira Woodruff's story of emigration, heartbreak, and hope is vividly illustrated with the warm, evocative oil paintings of Adam Rex.
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0307546705
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
"One day this child shall hold the very heart of our family in the palm of her hand," predicts Granny on the day Darcy Heart O'Hara is born in a cottage on Derry Lane, in the town of Pobble O'Keefe, in County Kerry, Ireland. Darcy grows up to be a noticer, delighting in the small beauties all around her: a dew-covered spider web, castles in the clouds, a shiny wooden rosary bead. Life is simple but sweet in Pobble O'Keefe, with her family gathered round the hearth in the evenings while Granddad's voice fills the small room with stories. But in 1845, a blight strikes the land, the potatoes turn rotten, and Darcy and her family must leave Ireland forever. How will Darcy ever find a way to to bring the small beauties of home across the sea to America? Elvira Woodruff's story of emigration, heartbreak, and hope is vividly illustrated with the warm, evocative oil paintings of Adam Rex.
The Contractors
Author: Dennis de Nardo
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1481780352
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 283
Book Description
Matt Doyle belongs to a relatively unknown government department which specialises in setting up surveillance operations and of course the odd breaking and entering. The field operatives have seen active service in post-Berlin and Northern Ireland and are collectively known as The Contractors. Matt Doyle was on a routine undercover operation but one in which he was told to take with him a civilian expert to help recover stolen data. However, the operation takes a turn for the worst as both the civilian expert and the stolen data disappear. Matt is also attracting a lot of attention from his masters. When another surveillance operation goes wrong, Matt decides that this is more than just a coincidence.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1481780352
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 283
Book Description
Matt Doyle belongs to a relatively unknown government department which specialises in setting up surveillance operations and of course the odd breaking and entering. The field operatives have seen active service in post-Berlin and Northern Ireland and are collectively known as The Contractors. Matt Doyle was on a routine undercover operation but one in which he was told to take with him a civilian expert to help recover stolen data. However, the operation takes a turn for the worst as both the civilian expert and the stolen data disappear. Matt is also attracting a lot of attention from his masters. When another surveillance operation goes wrong, Matt decides that this is more than just a coincidence.
First & Then
Author: Emma Mills
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1627795219
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Recommended in John Green's Book Giving Guide for the Holidays 2015 Devon Tennyson wouldn't change a thing. She's happy silently crushing on best friend Cas, and blissfully ignoring the future after high school. But the universe has other plans. It delivers Devon's cousin Foster, an unrepentant social outlier with a surprising talent, and the obnoxiously superior and maddeningly attractive jock, Ezra, right where she doesn't want them--first into her P.E. class and then into every other aspect of her life. With wit, heart, and humor to spare, First & Then is a contemporary novel about falling in love--with the unexpected boy, with a new brother, and with yourself.
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1627795219
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Recommended in John Green's Book Giving Guide for the Holidays 2015 Devon Tennyson wouldn't change a thing. She's happy silently crushing on best friend Cas, and blissfully ignoring the future after high school. But the universe has other plans. It delivers Devon's cousin Foster, an unrepentant social outlier with a surprising talent, and the obnoxiously superior and maddeningly attractive jock, Ezra, right where she doesn't want them--first into her P.E. class and then into every other aspect of her life. With wit, heart, and humor to spare, First & Then is a contemporary novel about falling in love--with the unexpected boy, with a new brother, and with yourself.
Folio
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Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 608
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Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description
Super Clairvoyant Farmer Immortal
Author: Huan ShouDao
Publisher: Funstory
ISBN: 1648467768
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 629
Book Description
His life was turned upside down by his sudden acquisition of martial arts skills and clairvoyance. After Li Tianyi's blood accidentally touched a stone, the stone turned into a shining white light and entered his forehead. At this moment, a lot of knowledge about practicing martial arts appeared in Li Tianyi's mind, and at the same time, he also found that his eyes actually had a perspective function! As long as he looks at the plants with his divine eyes, the plants that were seedlings the day before will become fruitful the next day. Some men who were jealous of him in the village succumbed under his mighty force. With excellent martial arts and perspective eyes, Li Tianyi's life in the countryside is flourishing. ☆About the Author☆ Huan Shou Dao, a well-known online novelist, has authored many urban fantasy novels. He has rich imagination and creative skills, which loved by many readers.
Publisher: Funstory
ISBN: 1648467768
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 629
Book Description
His life was turned upside down by his sudden acquisition of martial arts skills and clairvoyance. After Li Tianyi's blood accidentally touched a stone, the stone turned into a shining white light and entered his forehead. At this moment, a lot of knowledge about practicing martial arts appeared in Li Tianyi's mind, and at the same time, he also found that his eyes actually had a perspective function! As long as he looks at the plants with his divine eyes, the plants that were seedlings the day before will become fruitful the next day. Some men who were jealous of him in the village succumbed under his mighty force. With excellent martial arts and perspective eyes, Li Tianyi's life in the countryside is flourishing. ☆About the Author☆ Huan Shou Dao, a well-known online novelist, has authored many urban fantasy novels. He has rich imagination and creative skills, which loved by many readers.
Beauty's Devil Guard
Author: Ni GuLaSiZhaoSi
Publisher: Funstory
ISBN: 1649911866
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 824
Book Description
A talented bodyguard entering the city, facing the flirtatious young miss of the Wealthy Class, he says that if I don't go to hell, whoever goes to hell, I will take this seductress! In the face of such an overbearing opponent, he used his hot-blooded iron fist to trample his opponent beneath his feet. A dragon is a dragon, he said.
Publisher: Funstory
ISBN: 1649911866
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 824
Book Description
A talented bodyguard entering the city, facing the flirtatious young miss of the Wealthy Class, he says that if I don't go to hell, whoever goes to hell, I will take this seductress! In the face of such an overbearing opponent, he used his hot-blooded iron fist to trample his opponent beneath his feet. A dragon is a dragon, he said.
The Argosy
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1082
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1082
Book Description
A Card Shark's World
Author: Weng Chenglaoliu
Publisher: Funstory
ISBN: 1648577385
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 743
Book Description
As the saying goes, nine losses in ten bets, everything depends on fate. However, this was not the case. In reality, many of the 'victorious generals' did not rely on so-called 'luck', but rather had mastered some unknown and absolutely unfair 'gambling techniques'. To put it bluntly, they were called 'Thousand Arts'. "Qian" was a person who knew how to use a thousand techniques, and an organized group was known as the Qian Sect! As for me, I'm an idiot.
Publisher: Funstory
ISBN: 1648577385
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 743
Book Description
As the saying goes, nine losses in ten bets, everything depends on fate. However, this was not the case. In reality, many of the 'victorious generals' did not rely on so-called 'luck', but rather had mastered some unknown and absolutely unfair 'gambling techniques'. To put it bluntly, they were called 'Thousand Arts'. "Qian" was a person who knew how to use a thousand techniques, and an organized group was known as the Qian Sect! As for me, I'm an idiot.
Poultry Craftsman
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Category : Poultry
Languages : en
Pages : 630
Book Description
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Category : Poultry
Languages : en
Pages : 630
Book Description