Author: Carol Snow
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
ISBN: 0805098097
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 354
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In Bubble World by Carol Snow, Freesia's perfect bubble is about to pop. Freesia's life is perfect. She lives on the beautiful tropical island of Agalinas, surrounded by idyllic weather, fancy dress shops, and peacocks who sing her favorite song to wake her up in the morning. She has so many outfits she could wear a different one every day for a year and not run out. Lately things on the island may have been a bit flippy: sudden blackouts, students disappearing, even Freesia's reflection looking slightly . . . off. But in Freesia's experience, it's better not to think about things like that too much. Unfortunately for her, these signs are more than random blips in the universe.
Author: Demo Sa'moss
Publisher: Balboa Press
ISBN: 1982291834
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 93
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This is inspired by a story of an underground coal miner that drills a world record exploration hole with a undercover cops husband and gains valuable insight. When his father destroys his mining career he becomes a drug dealer to fund a multi million dollar lawsuit against the mining companies. There is love story’s and highspeed pursuits along with a jewellery heist involving two times Australia’s most wanted Tony Bent and Ibrah as seen on the Australian television series “ underbelly “
Author: Axelle Lenoir
Publisher: Top Shelf Productions
ISBN: 1649360258
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 204
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Ever since my cosmic twin disappeared, nothing makes sense anymore. Friends, work, life—well, you get the picture. For all of five minutes I thought therapy might be the answer. But then I remembered: I’m a cartoonist. Why waste a skilled professional’s time when I could just spend 10 years of my life making an autobiographical comic and call it a “voyage of self-discovery”? So here it is: the opening chapter of my life. It’s 1985 in a small Quebec town called Notre-Dame du Lac. We’re going to get to know a little girl who enjoys chatting with the forest (that’s me!), a younger brother with demonic tendencies, a tyrannical older brother, and two marvelous parents who may or may not be aliens. And please, PLEASE, take my advice, dear reader. If you ever find yourself in the midst of an existential crisis, don’t make a comic about it. See a therapist instead. Much love!
Author: Amanda Panitch
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0553507508
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 240
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"In the vein of E. Lockhart’s We Were Liars and Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl, Panitch’s novel delivers a heart-pounding, emotionally charged story." --SLJ 22 minutes separate Julia Vann's before and after. Before: Julia had a twin brother, a boyfriend, and a best friend. After: She has a new identity, a new hometown, and memories of those twenty-two minutes that refuse to come into focus. At least, that's what she tells the police. Now that she's Lucy Black, she's able to begin again. And her fresh start has attracted the attention of one of the hottest guys in school, a boy who will do anything to protect her. But when someone much more dangerous also takes notice, Lucy's forced to confront the dark secrets she thought were safely left behind. One thing is clear: The damage done can never be erased. It's only just beginning. . . . In this deliciously twisted contemporary thriller, family can be a real killer. For fans of We Were Liars and readers who love unique multiple perspectives that leave clues like breadcrumbs until they reach the stunning conclusion. "The closest we're going to get to a YA Gone Girl. . . . I was shocked and delightfully appalled by the twist and what followed. (Just read it; it's disturbingly wonderful, especially for YA.)" --Entertainment Weekly "Teen fans of Gillian Flynn and James Patterson will embrace Damage Done and clamor for more." --Booklist "Exceedingly clever and surprisingly unsettling, Damage Done is an unforgettable read." --Melissa Marr, New York Times bestselling author of Made for You "In her incredible debut novel, Amanda Panitch leaves you on the edge of your seat. Prepare to be stunned. Prepare to be torn apart." --Roxane Gay, New York Times bestselling author of Bad Feminist "A real page-turner. . . . Nothing can prepare readers for its bombshell ending." --New York Daily News "A brilliant thriller. Gillian Flynn for the YA set." --Amy Christine Parker, author of Gated "If you're a fan of shows like Pretty Little Liars or Revenge, give this book a try." --Bustle.com
Author: Dan Dye
Publisher: Workman Publishing
ISBN: 0761129758
Category : Pets
Languages : en
Pages : 257
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The co-founders of Three Dog Bakery describe how the rescue of Gracie, a deaf, partially blind, albino Great Dane pup, and her relationship with her owner, Dan Dye, led to the founding of their successful enterprise.
Author: Kisetsu Morita
Publisher: Yen Press LLC
ISBN: 1975305655
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 205
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Nothing like a little sibling rivalry! Women want him! Men want to beat him! And Ryouta just wants two minutes to himself...But there's little chance of that happening while he's cursed to be irresistible to the opposite sex-especially when two of the girls fighting over him are Ouka, the ruler of the Sacred Blood Empire, and her little sister, Shiren! What ever happened to the Sacred Blooded being immune to the curse?! ...And why is Shiren such a terrible student? While she's busy trying to improve her grades, Ouka has no trouble swooping in and snatching Ryouta away! Is Shiren in danger of losing her minion to his childhood crush?!
Author: Rikito Nakamura
Publisher: Seven Seas Entertainment
ISBN: 1638583307
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 218
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The God of Love makes a clerical error that dooms ordinary high school boy, Aijo Rentaro, with a grand total of a hundred potential girlfriends! But this is no problem for Rentaro, who has plenty of love to go around! This time, the girlfriends try their hand--or perhaps their legs--at spoiling their boyfriend. Blue sky, warm sun, and a cool breeze. All he needs now is a soft place to rest his head upon. It's time to find out which of his girlfriends has the comfiest lap!
Author: Mary Gaitskill
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 1101870621
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 492
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Following her National Book Award–nominated Veronica, here is Mary Gaitskill’s most poignant and powerful work yet—the story of a Dominican girl, the Anglo woman who introduces her to riding, and the horse who changes everything for her. Velveteen Vargas is eleven years old, a Fresh Air Fund kid from Brooklyn. Her host family is a couple in upstate New York: Ginger, a failed artist and shakily recovered alcoholic, and her academic husband, Paul, who wonder what it will mean to “make a difference” in such a contrived situation. Gaitskill illuminates their shifting relationship with Velvet over several years, as well as Velvet’s encounter with the horses at the stable down the road—especially with an abused, unruly mare called Fugly Girl. With strong supporting characters—Velvet’s abusive mother, an eccentric horse trainer, a charismatic older boy who awakens Velvet’s nascent passion—The Mare traces Velvet’s journey between the vital, violent world of the inner city and the world of the small-town stable. In Gaitskill’s hands, the timeless story of a girl and a horse is joined with a timely story of people from different races and classes trying to meet one another honestly. The Mare is raw, heart-stirring, and original.
Author: Jeff Vogel
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN: 9780740750458
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 278
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Author Jeff Vogel did not go into parenthood with any delusions. He knew that he would love his daughter, and that was terrifying. What if he screwed up? And he knew that life with a baby would be different, that it would be filled with an endless stream of filthy diapers, unexplained wailing, and sleepless nights. Not to mention no sex. The parenting books painted a picture of smart, communicative babies and mindless, limitless joy, but he knew they were lying to him. So he wrote his own book. The Poo Bomb: True Tales of Parental Terror recounts, in a no-punches-pulled style, the first year of life of Cordelia, Jeff's freshly hatched, gooey human girl. The first year of parenthood isn't about joy or fulfillment. It is about menial labor, wiping up human waste, and marking time until the kid is old enough to run and play and thank you for its life. Jeff chronicles the journey through the morass of year one week by week. Rich with irreverent honesty and humor, The Poo Bomb is the reality show of parenting books: It reflects what most parents have sometimes guiltily felt about their not-so-delightful bundles of joy.
Author: David Pryce-Jones
Publisher: Encounter Books
ISBN: 1641770910
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 235
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David Pryce-Jones weaves a vivid life story through vignettes of the many famous authors—friends, acquaintances, interview subjects—who gave him personally inscribed books. In Signatures he offers a window onto the lives and work of these extraordinary people. As a child, Pryce-Jones spent time at Isaiah Berlin’s house. As a teenager, lunching with Bernard Berenson at I Tatti, he prompted an outburst about Parisian anti-Semitism. W. H. Auden found him at Oxford to praise his competition poem, and he later visited Auden in his loft studio in Austria. Svetlana Alliluyeva reminisced about her father, Joseph Stalin, while staying at the Pryce-Jones house in Wales. A highbrow salon gathered in the home of Arthur Koestler, who strove to be an English gentleman and who was with Pryce-Jones in Reykjavik covering the Fischer-Spassky chess match. Saul Bellow spoke of an old friend, now a capo famiglia, promising to deal with student rioters in 1968 Chicago. After swapping houses with Pryce-Jones one summer, Jessica Mitford insisted that he would have been a Communist in the 1930s. Robert Graves challenged a quotation from Virgil, and told the Queen that she was a descendant of Muhammad. We meet V. S. Naipaul, a free spirit who understood that “the world is what it is.” Muriel Spark would come round for lunch with the Pryce-Joneses in Florence, enjoying conspiratorial stories about Italian politics. At his sepulchral home in Heidelberg, Albert Speer demonstrated his way of “admitting a little to deny a great deal.” In Isaac Singer we see generosity, candor, and mischievous humor. This is only a small sampling of the remarkable personalities who have left their signatures on a fascinating life.
