Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781570541698
Category : Games
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A "book-a-ma-thing" is the Swiss army knife of books--a hands-on book that kids can push, pull, write on, puzzle over, and even twang over a little bit (the front cover is a sliding block puzzle and the back cover is a pinball machine). Perfect for restless passengers, the book-a-ma-thing is certain to warrant all-quiet-on-the-backseat miles. Full color.
The Amazing Booka-Ma-Thing for the Backseat
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781570541698
Category : Games
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A "book-a-ma-thing" is the Swiss army knife of books--a hands-on book that kids can push, pull, write on, puzzle over, and even twang over a little bit (the front cover is a sliding block puzzle and the back cover is a pinball machine). Perfect for restless passengers, the book-a-ma-thing is certain to warrant all-quiet-on-the-backseat miles. Full color.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781570541698
Category : Games
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A "book-a-ma-thing" is the Swiss army knife of books--a hands-on book that kids can push, pull, write on, puzzle over, and even twang over a little bit (the front cover is a sliding block puzzle and the back cover is a pinball machine). Perfect for restless passengers, the book-a-ma-thing is certain to warrant all-quiet-on-the-backseat miles. Full color.
Alone in the Backseat
Author: Jennifer Lourie
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780692977026
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Growing up in Maine, alone in the backseat of my parents' car, I dreamed of replicating my idyllic childhood when I was older with a family of my own. But, a revolving door of Craigslist roommates and Tinder/Bumble dates following my divorce at age 35 resulted in my adult life turning out to be the opposite of what I expected, manifested by the fact that I still find myself alone in the backseat. Faced with the challenge of making my mortgage payments after my husband left, I posted an ad to rent out my living room. Over the past eight years, I have shared my one bedroom apartment with 71 people from sixteen countries, sometimes four at a time! Thanks to my resourcefulness and perseverance, I avoided financial ruin and made friends from all over the world. Although I have experienced the lows of loneliness and divorce, I am grateful for the many times in my life I have felt like the luckiest girl in the world. Cross cultural experiences living with wonderful families in four different countries and exciting international love affairs have often made my life feel like a movie.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780692977026
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Growing up in Maine, alone in the backseat of my parents' car, I dreamed of replicating my idyllic childhood when I was older with a family of my own. But, a revolving door of Craigslist roommates and Tinder/Bumble dates following my divorce at age 35 resulted in my adult life turning out to be the opposite of what I expected, manifested by the fact that I still find myself alone in the backseat. Faced with the challenge of making my mortgage payments after my husband left, I posted an ad to rent out my living room. Over the past eight years, I have shared my one bedroom apartment with 71 people from sixteen countries, sometimes four at a time! Thanks to my resourcefulness and perseverance, I avoided financial ruin and made friends from all over the world. Although I have experienced the lows of loneliness and divorce, I am grateful for the many times in my life I have felt like the luckiest girl in the world. Cross cultural experiences living with wonderful families in four different countries and exciting international love affairs have often made my life feel like a movie.
Backseat A-B-See
Author: Maria van Lieshout
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 1452114005
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 23
Book Description
“Just when you thought there couldn’t possibly be another idea for an alphabet book—buckle up for this one! . . . Clever [and] fun.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review). Vroom! Vroom! Whether on a cross-country road trip or a quick jaunt across town, there’s no end to what a child can see from the backseat of a car. Using familiar road signs, this striking book introduces little ones not just to the alphabet but also to the world around them. Equally perfect for transportation-obsessed children and those just learning to read, this fresh and dynamic picture book will entertain and educate at home, in the classroom, and on the go. “Backseat drivers will enjoy learning the language of the road along with their ABCs.” —Publishers Weekly “The alphabet. In road signs. Genius.” —Wired
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 1452114005
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 23
Book Description
“Just when you thought there couldn’t possibly be another idea for an alphabet book—buckle up for this one! . . . Clever [and] fun.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review). Vroom! Vroom! Whether on a cross-country road trip or a quick jaunt across town, there’s no end to what a child can see from the backseat of a car. Using familiar road signs, this striking book introduces little ones not just to the alphabet but also to the world around them. Equally perfect for transportation-obsessed children and those just learning to read, this fresh and dynamic picture book will entertain and educate at home, in the classroom, and on the go. “Backseat drivers will enjoy learning the language of the road along with their ABCs.” —Publishers Weekly “The alphabet. In road signs. Genius.” —Wired
Barfing in the Backseat #12
Author: Henry Winkler
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780448443287
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Hank's dad has decided to enter a crossword-puzzle tournament, and he wants to make a family road trip of it! So the family piles into the car—along with Frankie and Katherine the iguana (Hank and Emily each get to bring a "friend"). When they reach their destination, they'll get to spend the day at a roller-coaster park during Hank's dad's tournament! The only caveat is that Hank has a homework packet to finish before they get there . . . which he somehow manages to lose at a stop along the way. Suddenly, Hank doesn't feel so good . . . Can Hank and Frankie rescue the lost packet and get Hank on a roller coaster?
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780448443287
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Hank's dad has decided to enter a crossword-puzzle tournament, and he wants to make a family road trip of it! So the family piles into the car—along with Frankie and Katherine the iguana (Hank and Emily each get to bring a "friend"). When they reach their destination, they'll get to spend the day at a roller-coaster park during Hank's dad's tournament! The only caveat is that Hank has a homework packet to finish before they get there . . . which he somehow manages to lose at a stop along the way. Suddenly, Hank doesn't feel so good . . . Can Hank and Frankie rescue the lost packet and get Hank on a roller coaster?
Elvis Takes a Back Seat
Author: Leanna Ellis
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
ISBN: 1433669668
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Elvis Takes a Back Seatby award-winning novelist Leanna Ellis is the endearing story of Claudia, a young widow determined to fulfill her husband’s last request by hauling a three-foot bust of Elvis Presley in the backseat of a vintage Cadillac from Dallas to Memphis to return it to its rightful owner. The road trip—taken with an eccentric aunt who actually knew the “King of Rock ’n’ Roll,” and a temperamental teen with a suspicious mind of her own—hits some royal roadblocks and detours as these women uncover pieces of their past along with the bust’s mysterious history. What they find along the way changes their lives forever, inspiring readers to also step out in faith. Endorsements: Brilliant! Charming! I absolutely adored it! With memorable characters, Elvis Takes a Back Seat is an emotional journey well worth taking. I laughed, I cried, I sighed in contentment. Leanna Ellis is a gifted writer and a must-read. - Lorraine Heath "Leanna Ellis takes a back seat to no one, so put on your blue suede shoes and come along for a most entertaining ride to Memphis—and to the healing place closest to the heart." Debbie Macomber, New York Times #1 bestselling author
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
ISBN: 1433669668
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Elvis Takes a Back Seatby award-winning novelist Leanna Ellis is the endearing story of Claudia, a young widow determined to fulfill her husband’s last request by hauling a three-foot bust of Elvis Presley in the backseat of a vintage Cadillac from Dallas to Memphis to return it to its rightful owner. The road trip—taken with an eccentric aunt who actually knew the “King of Rock ’n’ Roll,” and a temperamental teen with a suspicious mind of her own—hits some royal roadblocks and detours as these women uncover pieces of their past along with the bust’s mysterious history. What they find along the way changes their lives forever, inspiring readers to also step out in faith. Endorsements: Brilliant! Charming! I absolutely adored it! With memorable characters, Elvis Takes a Back Seat is an emotional journey well worth taking. I laughed, I cried, I sighed in contentment. Leanna Ellis is a gifted writer and a must-read. - Lorraine Heath "Leanna Ellis takes a back seat to no one, so put on your blue suede shoes and come along for a most entertaining ride to Memphis—and to the healing place closest to the heart." Debbie Macomber, New York Times #1 bestselling author
Backseat Quarterback
Author: Perian Conerly
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 1496853725
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 205
Book Description
Before cable television and mega-contracts, professional jocks' lives were little different from those of the fans in the stands. Back then, the game they played was much simpler but far rougher than anything seen today. Ever cheering from the sidelines, Perian Conerly, wife of the New York Giants’ star quarterback Charlie Conerly, and the first female sportswriter in the National Sportswriters’ Association, wrote this lighthearted account of pro football during its heyday (1948–1961). Her husband led the Giants for fourteen seasons. As she describes the glory games, the players, and life on the road, she delivers from the inside the kind of personal reportage that fans adore. Her story begins with the hilarious misadventures of her wedding day in Clarksdale, Mississippi, “the Golden Buckle on the Cotton Belt.” It ends thirteen years later with Charlie's retirement at the age of forty. In between, there are vignettes of the closely knit cadre of Giants' wives, most of whom resided in the same Bronx hotel near Yankee Stadium. She also reports locker-room gossip and recounts amusing pro-ball anecdotes of a time before TV made athletes' images familiar in all households. Although their deeds on the gridiron were notable, their faces were not. Back then, players were so anonymous in public that many times they fell prey to imitators who stole their identities to mooch drinks and dinners from unsuspecting fans only for the thrill of passing as “somebody.” Along with her scoop reports on winning games, Mrs. Conerly paints an endearing portrait of her famous husband, an Ole Miss legend who, after retirement, was hired as the first Marlboro Man. Though her style is casual, she moves the reader painlessly through some of the finer points of the game. The Washington Evening Star touted her for “having written the best book on pro football in a long time.” The New York Times, for which Mrs. Conerly wrote occasional sports columns, said “Backseat Quarterback is exactly the kind of book that one would expect Perian Conerly to write. Its pages shine with her charm, gaiety, wit, intelligence, and sparkle.” Newsweek praised its “comic insight.” This reissue of a favorite book of 1963 has a foreword by the Conerlys' friend and teammate Frank Gifford.
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 1496853725
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 205
Book Description
Before cable television and mega-contracts, professional jocks' lives were little different from those of the fans in the stands. Back then, the game they played was much simpler but far rougher than anything seen today. Ever cheering from the sidelines, Perian Conerly, wife of the New York Giants’ star quarterback Charlie Conerly, and the first female sportswriter in the National Sportswriters’ Association, wrote this lighthearted account of pro football during its heyday (1948–1961). Her husband led the Giants for fourteen seasons. As she describes the glory games, the players, and life on the road, she delivers from the inside the kind of personal reportage that fans adore. Her story begins with the hilarious misadventures of her wedding day in Clarksdale, Mississippi, “the Golden Buckle on the Cotton Belt.” It ends thirteen years later with Charlie's retirement at the age of forty. In between, there are vignettes of the closely knit cadre of Giants' wives, most of whom resided in the same Bronx hotel near Yankee Stadium. She also reports locker-room gossip and recounts amusing pro-ball anecdotes of a time before TV made athletes' images familiar in all households. Although their deeds on the gridiron were notable, their faces were not. Back then, players were so anonymous in public that many times they fell prey to imitators who stole their identities to mooch drinks and dinners from unsuspecting fans only for the thrill of passing as “somebody.” Along with her scoop reports on winning games, Mrs. Conerly paints an endearing portrait of her famous husband, an Ole Miss legend who, after retirement, was hired as the first Marlboro Man. Though her style is casual, she moves the reader painlessly through some of the finer points of the game. The Washington Evening Star touted her for “having written the best book on pro football in a long time.” The New York Times, for which Mrs. Conerly wrote occasional sports columns, said “Backseat Quarterback is exactly the kind of book that one would expect Perian Conerly to write. Its pages shine with her charm, gaiety, wit, intelligence, and sparkle.” Newsweek praised its “comic insight.” This reissue of a favorite book of 1963 has a foreword by the Conerlys' friend and teammate Frank Gifford.
Backseat Inklings
Author: Donald Bouton
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780692787458
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
BACKSEAT INKLINGS...there's never been another journal like it!An Uber Driver named Donald has driven over 2 thousand trips in and around the great city of St. Louis, Missouri. Many riders being residents, partiers doing the right thing by not drinking and driving, vacationers enjoying the astounding Gateway Arch, the terrific restaurants, and Forest Park (the largest urban park in the country), people just going to and from work, patients and their families here for medical treatment at one of the excellent healthcare institutions, students attending universities the likes of St. Louis University, Washington University, Logan Chiropractic, Maryville University among many others, and of course many are huge Cardinal Baseball fans and Blues Hockey fans! Luckily, one day Don picked up a young man and his service dog Garrett, a handsome Yellow Labrador Retriever. While enjoying a friendly conversation, this rider shared how he was blinded by a drunk driver in the other car when he was just 18 years old. He told Don how the lyric, "Negativity Don't Pull You Through" in the Bob Dylan song "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues", was the positive force that kept him from giving up on life.Right after safely delivering this inspirational young man to his destination, Don decided to ask his riders, "What's been the most positive force in your life?" Intrigued by the question, riders took the challenge seriously ... thinking hard before jotting down their answers.This one of a kind journal called "Backseat Inklings" has given a diverse group of individuals from 37 different countries, 37 of our United States, plus one from Puerto Rico the opportunity to share what their "Positive Force" has been. Riders have jotted down hundreds of fascinating personal stories, some about overcoming adversity, the "Mantra" they've chosen to live by, a major life altering event, the loving words of wisdom from a grandparent, or the way a special someone has made life simply amazing!Most certainly Backseat Inklings includes an inspirational message for each and every reader!
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780692787458
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
BACKSEAT INKLINGS...there's never been another journal like it!An Uber Driver named Donald has driven over 2 thousand trips in and around the great city of St. Louis, Missouri. Many riders being residents, partiers doing the right thing by not drinking and driving, vacationers enjoying the astounding Gateway Arch, the terrific restaurants, and Forest Park (the largest urban park in the country), people just going to and from work, patients and their families here for medical treatment at one of the excellent healthcare institutions, students attending universities the likes of St. Louis University, Washington University, Logan Chiropractic, Maryville University among many others, and of course many are huge Cardinal Baseball fans and Blues Hockey fans! Luckily, one day Don picked up a young man and his service dog Garrett, a handsome Yellow Labrador Retriever. While enjoying a friendly conversation, this rider shared how he was blinded by a drunk driver in the other car when he was just 18 years old. He told Don how the lyric, "Negativity Don't Pull You Through" in the Bob Dylan song "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues", was the positive force that kept him from giving up on life.Right after safely delivering this inspirational young man to his destination, Don decided to ask his riders, "What's been the most positive force in your life?" Intrigued by the question, riders took the challenge seriously ... thinking hard before jotting down their answers.This one of a kind journal called "Backseat Inklings" has given a diverse group of individuals from 37 different countries, 37 of our United States, plus one from Puerto Rico the opportunity to share what their "Positive Force" has been. Riders have jotted down hundreds of fascinating personal stories, some about overcoming adversity, the "Mantra" they've chosen to live by, a major life altering event, the loving words of wisdom from a grandparent, or the way a special someone has made life simply amazing!Most certainly Backseat Inklings includes an inspirational message for each and every reader!
Riding in the Backseat with My Brother
Author: Judi Blaze
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781942549819
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
There is a certain magic that comes from falling asleep in the backseat and waking up far away. Like fairies, we were transported to a new world and when that world ended a short time later, we found another one to take its place. When we saw the familiar orange and white U-Haul trailer parked outside our house, we knew it was time to leave. Like an echo of times past, all five of us would jam into the car--our familial womb--along with our bewildered pets, awaiting the next stop. Riding in the Backseat with my Brother takes readers through a journey beginning in the 1950s, steered by a dad who had wanderlust, and a nervous mother who gave her third child away following a nervous breakdown after his birth. Ourlineage of distant relatives some called gypsies, wanderers, or Irish Travelers, had not skipped this generation altogether. As we bounced across the country, sucking up the sounds, smells, and sights of new places, the events along the way formed us, making imprints in our hearts and minds forever.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781942549819
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
There is a certain magic that comes from falling asleep in the backseat and waking up far away. Like fairies, we were transported to a new world and when that world ended a short time later, we found another one to take its place. When we saw the familiar orange and white U-Haul trailer parked outside our house, we knew it was time to leave. Like an echo of times past, all five of us would jam into the car--our familial womb--along with our bewildered pets, awaiting the next stop. Riding in the Backseat with my Brother takes readers through a journey beginning in the 1950s, steered by a dad who had wanderlust, and a nervous mother who gave her third child away following a nervous breakdown after his birth. Ourlineage of distant relatives some called gypsies, wanderers, or Irish Travelers, had not skipped this generation altogether. As we bounced across the country, sucking up the sounds, smells, and sights of new places, the events along the way formed us, making imprints in our hearts and minds forever.
Backseat To Baghdad
Author: Ross W. Simpson
Publisher: Page Publishing, Inc
ISBN: 164334949X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 635
Book Description
It was "Shake and Bake Time" when I rode into battle in Iraq with the First Marine Division's lead assault battalion. I saw Operation Iraqi Freedom in March 2003 from the backseat of a Humvee in Counter Mech Platoon, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines. The first night was frightening as we crossed through "No Man's Land" between two sand berms that separate Kuwait from Iraq, its warring neighbor to the north. Three weeks later we arrived in the Iraqi capitol of Baghdad, bloodied, but not broken. "No better Friend, no worse Enemy" is the motto of the First Marine Division. And the author had no better friend in the military than Mattis who signed the American flag Simpson carried in his helmet liner before he left 1MarDiv's headquarters in Baghdad and headed home to Northern Virginia. Their enduring friendship over three decades is why Mattis, the best-selling author of "Call Sign Chaos," a book about learning to lead, graciously agreed to write a few words about Backseat To Baghdad. "Today's unsung heroes are those young men and women who look past today's political rhetoric and volunteer their lives to defend America. In Backseat To Baghdad, Ross shows those troops in combat with all their humanity and humor and the tragedies and triumphs of young men coming of age when "they were soldiers once, and young." Keenly portrayed thanks to his man deployments alongside them. In this book, Ross reveals the extraordinary character of our citizens serving as soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines." Jim Mattis.
Publisher: Page Publishing, Inc
ISBN: 164334949X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 635
Book Description
It was "Shake and Bake Time" when I rode into battle in Iraq with the First Marine Division's lead assault battalion. I saw Operation Iraqi Freedom in March 2003 from the backseat of a Humvee in Counter Mech Platoon, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines. The first night was frightening as we crossed through "No Man's Land" between two sand berms that separate Kuwait from Iraq, its warring neighbor to the north. Three weeks later we arrived in the Iraqi capitol of Baghdad, bloodied, but not broken. "No better Friend, no worse Enemy" is the motto of the First Marine Division. And the author had no better friend in the military than Mattis who signed the American flag Simpson carried in his helmet liner before he left 1MarDiv's headquarters in Baghdad and headed home to Northern Virginia. Their enduring friendship over three decades is why Mattis, the best-selling author of "Call Sign Chaos," a book about learning to lead, graciously agreed to write a few words about Backseat To Baghdad. "Today's unsung heroes are those young men and women who look past today's political rhetoric and volunteer their lives to defend America. In Backseat To Baghdad, Ross shows those troops in combat with all their humanity and humor and the tragedies and triumphs of young men coming of age when "they were soldiers once, and young." Keenly portrayed thanks to his man deployments alongside them. In this book, Ross reveals the extraordinary character of our citizens serving as soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines." Jim Mattis.
Bedlam in the Back Seat
Author: Janet Gillespie
Publisher: Partners Village Press
ISBN: 9780966822519
Category : Europe
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Family of six traveling through Europe on a five month trip and some of their funny experiences.
Publisher: Partners Village Press
ISBN: 9780966822519
Category : Europe
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Family of six traveling through Europe on a five month trip and some of their funny experiences.