Author: Lucky Sunlight
Publisher: Editions Publibook
ISBN: 2342044232
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 272
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If the first volume of “Splotchy Bounces” was tracing the main stages of Splotchy character bounding life, this second part draws a deeper furrow plow in his personality and reveals more in details his life full of adventures around the world. “Splotchy Bounces - Volume 2” are ever more numerous, ever higher. Impacts therein are increasingly deep. The author reviews, by short stories, real events the first book had not given way to tell. It reveals unexpected aspects, sometimes funny, sometimes tragic, but always picturesque. Splotchy's relations and friends characters, happy or unhappy heroes of these stories, are described simply and sensitively, as they remained fixed in the memory of the hero. All with his particular humor and without any complacency.
Author: Jon Land
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1504054601
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 581
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Two knockout thrillers featuring the heroic rogue agent—from the USA Today–bestselling author and “one of the best all-out action writers in the business” (Los Angeles Review of Books). “Nobody writes action like Jon Land,” and his Blaine McCracken series blasts the thriller genre to a whole new level (John Lescroart). Collected here are the fourth and fifth adventures of the “no-holds-barred rogue agent” who nukes the rulebook to save the world (Publishers Weekly). The Omicron Legion: A mysterious league of elite assassins targets ninety-six of the most powerful people in America, and only McCracken can stop them before the murderers bring the country to its knees in Land’s “first-rate suspense thriller” (Publishers Weekly). The Vengeance of the Tau: Far beneath the sands of Alexandria in Egypt, an archaeological team digs deeper than anyone has before, seeking an ancient power older than the pyramids. What they unearth is an evil that threatens the whole world. An insidious secret organization, the Tau, attempts to harness the vicious force as part of a plan for world domination. But they didn’t count on a certain rogue American op.
Author: Madeleine L'Engle
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
ISBN: 1466814195
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 350
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In book four of the award-winning Austin Family Chronicles young adult series from Madeleine L’Engle, author of A Wrinkle in Time, Vicky Austin experiences the difficulties and joys of growing up. "This wasn't the first time that I'd come close to death, but it was the first time I'd been involved in this part of it, this strange, terrible saying goodbye to someone you've loved." These are Vicky Austin's thoughts as she stands near Commander Rodney's grave while her grandfather, who himself is dying of cancer, recites the funeral service. Watching his condition deteriorate over that long summer is almost more than she can bear. Then, in the midst of her struggle, she finds herself the center of attention for three young men. Leo, Commander Rodney's son, turns to her as an old friend seeking comfort but longing for romance. Zachary, whose attempted suicide inadvertently caused Commander Rodney's death, sees her as the one sane and normal person who can give some meaning to his life. And Adam, a serious young student working at the nearby marine-biology station, discovers Vicky, his friend's little sister, incipient telepathic powers that can help him with his experiments in dolphin communications. Vicky finds solace and brief moments of peace in her poetry, but life goes on around her, and the strain intensifies as she confronts matters of love and of death, of dependence and of responsibility, universal concerns that we all must face. The inevitable crisis comes and Vicky must rely on openness, sensitivity, and the love of others to overcome her private grief. Once again, Madeleine L'Engle has written a story that revels in the drama of vividly portrayed characters and events of the spiritual and moral dimensions of common human experiences. A Ring of Endless Light is a 1981 Newbery Honor Book. Books by Madeleine L'Engle A Wrinkle in Time Quintet A Wrinkle in Time A Wind in the Door A Swiftly Tilting Planet Many Waters An Acceptable Time A Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel by Madeleine L'Engle; adapted & illustrated by Hope Larson Intergalactic P.S. 3 by Madeleine L'Engle; illustrated by Hope Larson: A standalone story set in the world of A Wrinkle in Time. The Austin Family Chronicles Meet the Austins (Volume 1) The Moon by Night (Volume 2) The Young Unicorns (Volume 3) A Ring of Endless Light (Volume 4) A Newbery Honor book! Troubling a Star (Volume 5) The Polly O'Keefe books The Arm of the Starfish Dragons in the Waters A House Like a Lotus And Both Were Young Camilla The Joys of Love
Author: Jack M. Silverstein
Publisher: Keylog Media
ISBN: 1662939426
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 446
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Why We Root: Mad Obsessions of a Chicago Sports Fan is a collection of Jack M Silverstein's sportswriting, including pieces from 1999 to 2023 that reveal the sports-fan mindset and show readers why we root for our teams. This collection of eighty-one articles is organized based on a fan's emotional journey—from learning the game, to knowing the game, to emotional heartbreak, and eventually to celebrating championships. Included in the book are Silverstein's real-time articles on many of the best known Chicago sports events of the early 21st century, including: the White Sox, Blackhawks, and Cubs breaking winning their first championships after massive droughts; the Bears reaching, and losing, the Super Bowl; the rise and fall of saviors-to-be Derrick Rose and Jay Cutler; the Chicago Sky winning the 2021 WNBA championship; the Blackhawks' famed "17 seconds" championship; the Bears' agonizing "double doink"; and the Cubs' horrific Bartman game, retold from multiple perspectives in multiple years, including ten years later by pitcher Mark Prior and catcher Paul Bako. Also included are Silverstein's look back at the Bulls-Pistons rivalry of the 1990s, the 1995 Northwestern Wildcats Rose Bowl team, and Michael Jordan's flu game.
Author: Douglas Florian
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780152163358
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
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Florian's elegant poems and watercolor collages are a treat -- Los Angeles Times.
Author: Kevan Dale
Publisher: Kevan Dale Fiction
ISBN: 0983688745
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 326
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To fulfill her oath, she must enter a world of evil. To serve her mentor, she must help him release its power. Massachusetts, 1737. Kate Finch is determined to keep her word. But between secretly teaching magic to the governor’s daughter, juggling her mentor’s increasingly urgent demands, and the bold pledge she gave to the rebels, the young witch isn’t certain how many vows she can honor. And with the missing girl she seeks speaking to her through a dead body, Kate worries she’s in over her head when the corpse coughs up a murdered man’s ring. As she races to access the dark realm to attempt a rescue, she discovers the truth about her sorcerous heritage. And with her master’s grand plans to control the demonic forces polluting Salem about to come to fruition, Kate fears he may unleash a catastrophe that could destroy the entire world. Can she balance saving an innocent trapped in a hellish domain and protecting the colony from disaster? The Grave Raven is the riveting second volume in The Books of Conjury historical fantasy series. If you like earth-shattering magic, breathtaking twists and turns, and heroines battling impossible odds, then you’ll love Kevan Dale’s nail-biting adventure. Buy The Grave Raven to put loyalty to the test today!
Author: Dayna Lorentz
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101592281
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 336
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The sequel to No Safety in Numbers; a modern day Lord of the Flies for fans of apocalyptic thrillers It's Day 7 in the quarantined mall. The riot is over and the senator trapped inside is determined to end the chaos. Even with new rules, assigned jobs, and heightened security, she still needs to get the teen population under control. So she enlists Marco's help--allowing him to keep his stolen universal card key in exchange for spying on the very football players who are protecting him. But someone is working against the new systems, targeting the teens, and putting the entire mall in even more danger. Lexi, Marco, Ryan, and Shay believe their new alliances are sound. They are wrong. Who can be trusted? And who will be left to trust? The virus was just the beginning.
Author: Reader's Digest Association
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780895770233
Category : Dictionaries, English
Languages : en
Pages : 900
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Author: Dayna Lorentz
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101585595
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 239
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"Think of the heart-racing chase of The Hunger Games, but a giant mall is your arena."--Seventeen.com A suspenseful survival story and modern day Lord of the Flies set in a mall that looks just like yours. A biological bomb has just been discovered in the air ducts of a busy suburban mall. At first nobody knows if it's even life threatening, but then the entire complex is quarantined, people start getting sick, supplies start running low, and there's no way out. Among the hundreds of trapped shoppers are four teens. These four different narrators, each with their own stories, must cope in unique, surprising manners, changing in ways they wouldn't have predicted, trying to find solace, safety, and escape at a time when the adults are behaving badly. This is a gripping look at people and how they can—and must—change under the most dire of circumstances. And not always for the better.
Author: Anthony Doerr
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439190054
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 256
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In this astonishingly assured, exquisitely crafted debut collection, Anthony Doerr takes readers from the African coast to the suburbs of Ohio, from sideshow pageantry to harsh wilderness survival, charting a vast and varied emotional landscape. Like the best storytellers, Doerr explores the human condition in all its manifestations: metamorphosis, grief, fractured relationships, and slowly mending hearts. Most dazzling is Doerr's gift for conjuring nature in both its beautiful abundance and crushing power. Some of his characters contend with tremendous hardship; some discover unique gifts; all are united by their ultimate deference to the mysteries of their respective landscapes.
