Author: Roz Chast
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1442440708
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
It's time for bed again, and Marco, a small red bird who lives with his (human) mother and father, simply has too much to do! He's got masterpieces to paint, underwater inventions to create, halfpipes to skate -- or better yet, inventions to create so that he can paint underwater while skateboarding at a world-class level! How can it possibly all get done? When one idea builds on top of another, and every object he encounters just screams inspiration, why would Marco ever want to put on his pajamas and brush his beak? With humor and a great deal of energy, this delightful new character from acclaimed illustrator Roz Chast will rev kids up and wear them out--just in time for bed.
Too Busy Marco
Author: Roz Chast
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1442440708
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
It's time for bed again, and Marco, a small red bird who lives with his (human) mother and father, simply has too much to do! He's got masterpieces to paint, underwater inventions to create, halfpipes to skate -- or better yet, inventions to create so that he can paint underwater while skateboarding at a world-class level! How can it possibly all get done? When one idea builds on top of another, and every object he encounters just screams inspiration, why would Marco ever want to put on his pajamas and brush his beak? With humor and a great deal of energy, this delightful new character from acclaimed illustrator Roz Chast will rev kids up and wear them out--just in time for bed.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1442440708
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
It's time for bed again, and Marco, a small red bird who lives with his (human) mother and father, simply has too much to do! He's got masterpieces to paint, underwater inventions to create, halfpipes to skate -- or better yet, inventions to create so that he can paint underwater while skateboarding at a world-class level! How can it possibly all get done? When one idea builds on top of another, and every object he encounters just screams inspiration, why would Marco ever want to put on his pajamas and brush his beak? With humor and a great deal of energy, this delightful new character from acclaimed illustrator Roz Chast will rev kids up and wear them out--just in time for bed.
Marco Goes to School
Author: Roz Chast
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1442453079
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
The irrepressibly inquisitive Marco is off to school in this illustrated eBook with audio from New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast. Marco is the busiest bird, and it’s time he goes to school! There is so much to do at school, from lessons to lunch to building a block tower to the moon! But Marco soon learns that his plans for the day may be just a bit too ambitious. Luckily, school has one extra surprise for him—and that’s a new friend! In this eBook with audio, acclaimed cartoonist Roz Chast proves that it’s not getting to the moon that counts—it’s the friends we make along the way.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1442453079
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
The irrepressibly inquisitive Marco is off to school in this illustrated eBook with audio from New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast. Marco is the busiest bird, and it’s time he goes to school! There is so much to do at school, from lessons to lunch to building a block tower to the moon! But Marco soon learns that his plans for the day may be just a bit too ambitious. Luckily, school has one extra surprise for him—and that’s a new friend! In this eBook with audio, acclaimed cartoonist Roz Chast proves that it’s not getting to the moon that counts—it’s the friends we make along the way.
What John Marco Saw
Author: Annie Barrows
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 145217198X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 45
Book Description
John Marco is small. And everyone around him is busy. Too busy to listen to John Marco. John Marco is busy, too—noticing the world around him. Maybe everyone should slow down and listen to John Marco. If they do, they might discover some pretty amazing things. They just need to pay attention. Like John Marco does. Bestselling author Annie Barrows has a singular talent for creating stories that speak directly to young readers. Here, in her first picture book, she celebrates the importance of slowing down as she reminds us that sometimes the smallest people have the biggest things to say.
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 145217198X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 45
Book Description
John Marco is small. And everyone around him is busy. Too busy to listen to John Marco. John Marco is busy, too—noticing the world around him. Maybe everyone should slow down and listen to John Marco. If they do, they might discover some pretty amazing things. They just need to pay attention. Like John Marco does. Bestselling author Annie Barrows has a singular talent for creating stories that speak directly to young readers. Here, in her first picture book, she celebrates the importance of slowing down as she reminds us that sometimes the smallest people have the biggest things to say.
Bear and Bee Too Busy
Author: Sergio Ruzzier
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 1484722655
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
When Bear asks Bee to roll down the hill with him, Bee is too busy. Bee is too busy to lie in the sun and splash in the water, too. And by the time Bee asks Bear to watch the moon with her, he is too sleepy! Poor Bear. Poor Bee. Nothing is fun without your best friend beside you, but luckily Bee knows just what to do!
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 1484722655
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
When Bear asks Bee to roll down the hill with him, Bee is too busy. Bee is too busy to lie in the sun and splash in the water, too. And by the time Bee asks Bear to watch the moon with her, he is too sleepy! Poor Bear. Poor Bee. Nothing is fun without your best friend beside you, but luckily Bee knows just what to do!
A Body on Pine
Author: Joseph R. G. DeMarco
Publisher: Lethe Press
ISBN: 1590213459
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
When Marco Fontana enters his friend's spa on Pine, he doesn't find the peaceful retreat he expected. Brad, the masseur, is missing. The spa is splattered with blood and a dead client lies sprawled on the floor. After a thorough search turns up more questions than answers, Marco calls the police. They find Brad's body a short distance from the spa and before long Marco understands that what appears to be a simple case of murder is anything but. The police want Marco off the case. However, when the body of a popular journalist is added to the death toll, Brad's case gets sidelined. Marco refuses to allow his friend's death to be ignored and convinces an overwhelmed young police detective to bring Marco into the hunt for the killer. He finds plenty to keep him busy. Abusive ex-boyfriends, stalker clients, politicians, scheming businessmen, and Eastern European mobsters swirl together in a dangerous mix which finds Marco in some of the most serious trouble he's encountered so Life at home doesn't stop for Marco, either. While he searches for Brad's killer, Marco's stripper troupe, StripGuyz, brings him face to face with a stripper's abusive boyfriend and, with Jean-Claude, a new member of the troupe who innocently comes between Marco and Anton, upsetting the fragile balance existing between them.
Publisher: Lethe Press
ISBN: 1590213459
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
When Marco Fontana enters his friend's spa on Pine, he doesn't find the peaceful retreat he expected. Brad, the masseur, is missing. The spa is splattered with blood and a dead client lies sprawled on the floor. After a thorough search turns up more questions than answers, Marco calls the police. They find Brad's body a short distance from the spa and before long Marco understands that what appears to be a simple case of murder is anything but. The police want Marco off the case. However, when the body of a popular journalist is added to the death toll, Brad's case gets sidelined. Marco refuses to allow his friend's death to be ignored and convinces an overwhelmed young police detective to bring Marco into the hunt for the killer. He finds plenty to keep him busy. Abusive ex-boyfriends, stalker clients, politicians, scheming businessmen, and Eastern European mobsters swirl together in a dangerous mix which finds Marco in some of the most serious trouble he's encountered so Life at home doesn't stop for Marco, either. While he searches for Brad's killer, Marco's stripper troupe, StripGuyz, brings him face to face with a stripper's abusive boyfriend and, with Jean-Claude, a new member of the troupe who innocently comes between Marco and Anton, upsetting the fragile balance existing between them.
Slack
Author: Tom DeMarco
Publisher: Crown Currency
ISBN: 0767907698
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
If your company’s goal is to become fast, responsive, and agile, more efficiency is not the answer--you need more slack. Why is it that today’s superefficient organizations are ailing? Tom DeMarco, a leading management consultant to both Fortune 500 and up-and-coming companies, reveals a counterintuitive principle that explains why efficiency efforts can slow a company down. That principle is the value of slack, the degree of freedom in a company that allows it to change. Implementing slack could be as simple as adding an assistant to a department and letting high-priced talent spend less time at the photocopier and more time making key decisions, or it could mean designing workloads that allow people room to think, innovate, and reinvent themselves. It means embracing risk, eliminating fear, and knowing when to go slow. Slack allows for change, fosters creativity, promotes quality, and, above all, produces growth. With an approach that works for new- and old-economy companies alike, this revolutionary handbook debunks commonly held assumptions about real-world management, and gives you and your company a brand-new model for achieving and maintaining true effectiveness.
Publisher: Crown Currency
ISBN: 0767907698
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
If your company’s goal is to become fast, responsive, and agile, more efficiency is not the answer--you need more slack. Why is it that today’s superefficient organizations are ailing? Tom DeMarco, a leading management consultant to both Fortune 500 and up-and-coming companies, reveals a counterintuitive principle that explains why efficiency efforts can slow a company down. That principle is the value of slack, the degree of freedom in a company that allows it to change. Implementing slack could be as simple as adding an assistant to a department and letting high-priced talent spend less time at the photocopier and more time making key decisions, or it could mean designing workloads that allow people room to think, innovate, and reinvent themselves. It means embracing risk, eliminating fear, and knowing when to go slow. Slack allows for change, fosters creativity, promotes quality, and, above all, produces growth. With an approach that works for new- and old-economy companies alike, this revolutionary handbook debunks commonly held assumptions about real-world management, and gives you and your company a brand-new model for achieving and maintaining true effectiveness.
Crossing Back
Author: Marianna De Marco Torgovnick
Publisher: Fordham University Press
ISBN: 0823297799
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
From the award-winning author of Crossing Ocean Parkway, a personal memoir about adjusting to loss through books, meditation, and the process of memory itself Marianna De Marco Torgovnick experienced the rupture of two of her life’s most intimate relations when her mother and brother died in close proximity. Mourning rocked her life, but it also led to the solace and insight offered by classic books and the practice of meditation. Her resulting journey into the past imagines a viable future and raises questions acute for Italian Americans but pertinent to everyone, about the nature of memory and the meanings of home at a time, like ours, marked by cultural disruption and wartime. Crossing Back: Books, Family, and Memory without Pain presents a personal perspective on death, mourning, loss, and renewal. A sequel to her award-winning and much-anthologized Crossing Ocean Parkway, Crossing Back is about close familial ties and personal loss, written after the death of her remaining birth family, who had always been there, and now were not. After their loss, she entered a spiritual and psychological state of “transcendental homelessness”: the feeling of being truly at home nowhere, of being spiritually adrift. In a grand act of symbolic reenactment, she found herself moving apartments repeatedly, not realizing she did so subconsciously to keep busy, to stave off grief. By reading and studying great books, she opened up to mourning, a process she constitutionally resisted as somehow shameful. Over time, she discovered that a third death colored and prolonged her feelings of grief: her first child’s death in infancy, which, in the course of a happier lifetime, had never been adequately acknowledged. Her new losses led her finally to take stock of her son’s death too. Reading and meditating, followed by writing, became daily her healing rituals. A warm and intimate user’s guide to books, family, and memory in the mourning process, the end-point being memory without pain, Crossing Back is a wide-ranging memoir about growing older and learning to ride the waves of change. Lively and conversational, Torgovnick is masterful at tracking the moment-to moment, day-to-day challenges of sudden or protracted grief and the ways in which the mind and the body seem to search for—and sometimes find—solutions.
Publisher: Fordham University Press
ISBN: 0823297799
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
From the award-winning author of Crossing Ocean Parkway, a personal memoir about adjusting to loss through books, meditation, and the process of memory itself Marianna De Marco Torgovnick experienced the rupture of two of her life’s most intimate relations when her mother and brother died in close proximity. Mourning rocked her life, but it also led to the solace and insight offered by classic books and the practice of meditation. Her resulting journey into the past imagines a viable future and raises questions acute for Italian Americans but pertinent to everyone, about the nature of memory and the meanings of home at a time, like ours, marked by cultural disruption and wartime. Crossing Back: Books, Family, and Memory without Pain presents a personal perspective on death, mourning, loss, and renewal. A sequel to her award-winning and much-anthologized Crossing Ocean Parkway, Crossing Back is about close familial ties and personal loss, written after the death of her remaining birth family, who had always been there, and now were not. After their loss, she entered a spiritual and psychological state of “transcendental homelessness”: the feeling of being truly at home nowhere, of being spiritually adrift. In a grand act of symbolic reenactment, she found herself moving apartments repeatedly, not realizing she did so subconsciously to keep busy, to stave off grief. By reading and studying great books, she opened up to mourning, a process she constitutionally resisted as somehow shameful. Over time, she discovered that a third death colored and prolonged her feelings of grief: her first child’s death in infancy, which, in the course of a happier lifetime, had never been adequately acknowledged. Her new losses led her finally to take stock of her son’s death too. Reading and meditating, followed by writing, became daily her healing rituals. A warm and intimate user’s guide to books, family, and memory in the mourning process, the end-point being memory without pain, Crossing Back is a wide-ranging memoir about growing older and learning to ride the waves of change. Lively and conversational, Torgovnick is masterful at tracking the moment-to moment, day-to-day challenges of sudden or protracted grief and the ways in which the mind and the body seem to search for—and sometimes find—solutions.
The Reunion
Author: Hilda A. Stephens
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1493166476
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 205
Book Description
Attorney Sheena Jackson Albright is married to the handsome Judge Marco Albright and things between the two seem to be going well. They are the proud parents of MJ, Patrice, and twins Kylan and Karlyn. It’s been seven years and Sheena thinks it time to bring everyone back together. Sheena plans “The Reunion,” but what takes place before this event is more than Marco, Sheena, Nathan and Shavonna can handle. Although Sheena is married to the clever Judge Marco Albright, but Nathan’s love for Sheena continues to grow and he still thinks that one day Sheena may change her mind and leave. This love triangle has gotten the best of Judge Marco Albright, so he steps up his game plan and convinces Nathan that it’s time to move on with his life. Shavonna waits patiently as she tries hard to prove her love to Nathan but it never seems to be enough. Dealing with other issues, Nathan agrees it time to move on after the talk with Sheena. Nathan thinks there is no hope and the only thing left to do is... What? Move On! Only time will tell if Nathan is completely over the beautiful Sheena Jackson Albright.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1493166476
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 205
Book Description
Attorney Sheena Jackson Albright is married to the handsome Judge Marco Albright and things between the two seem to be going well. They are the proud parents of MJ, Patrice, and twins Kylan and Karlyn. It’s been seven years and Sheena thinks it time to bring everyone back together. Sheena plans “The Reunion,” but what takes place before this event is more than Marco, Sheena, Nathan and Shavonna can handle. Although Sheena is married to the clever Judge Marco Albright, but Nathan’s love for Sheena continues to grow and he still thinks that one day Sheena may change her mind and leave. This love triangle has gotten the best of Judge Marco Albright, so he steps up his game plan and convinces Nathan that it’s time to move on with his life. Shavonna waits patiently as she tries hard to prove her love to Nathan but it never seems to be enough. Dealing with other issues, Nathan agrees it time to move on after the talk with Sheena. Nathan thinks there is no hope and the only thing left to do is... What? Move On! Only time will tell if Nathan is completely over the beautiful Sheena Jackson Albright.
The Billionaire's Triplets Matchmakers (Book 2, The Billionaire's Triplets)
Author: Mia Caldwell
Publisher: FicStoryWorld
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Don't Miss Book 2 in the Billionaire's Triplets Series from bestselling BWWM interracial romance author, Mia Caldwell. The Billionaire Triplets, eight-month baby brothers, Hunter, Ryland & Marco are thrilled that their Mamma and Papa are finally getting married. On the eve of the Big Fat Spanish Wedding in Barcelona Spain, they decide to become matchmakers for their beloved nanny, their Mamma's sister, Auntie Joan when Hunter witnessed her face light up after a chance encounter with a handsome man in a café. Turns out, Marco knows who the handsome young man is.... It's Antonio Ferraro, a notorious playboy and star striker for Italy's soccer team, AC Milan. Also, Antonio is connected to their father, Julio Torres, the billionaire who's about to marry their mother. It's a perfect match - as far as the triplets are concerned, but their plans to play Cupid are turned upside down when they learn that Auntie Joan and the soccer star have a troubling history that's threatening to keep them apart. To add insult to injury - Antonio has been a very bad boy and now he's in serious deep doo-doo with some scary and dangerous men. Antonio has a gambling problem? What does that even mean? The triplets are too young to know when it's time to quit, so they decide to keep trying. They can tell that Antonio Ferraro really cares about their Auntie Joan and they've seen the way she looks at him. It's the same look that their Mamma and Papa have just before they get all kissy. (Yuck!) They want their Auntie Joan to have the same happiness that their parents have. And they recognize true love when they see it -- even if the silly adults are too stubborn to see it themselves. Book 1 - The Billionaire's Triplets Book 2 - The Billionaire's Triplets - Matchmakers Each book can be read as a standalone novel. This novel contains humor, telepathically communicating babies, a little danger and violence for the adults along with some seriously steamy intimate moments, (Our three baby's hide their heads and cover their eyes on that bit of news.) This book also touches on recovery and addiction, including spirituality, the power of prayer, 12-step programs, and redemption. Enjoy!
Publisher: FicStoryWorld
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Don't Miss Book 2 in the Billionaire's Triplets Series from bestselling BWWM interracial romance author, Mia Caldwell. The Billionaire Triplets, eight-month baby brothers, Hunter, Ryland & Marco are thrilled that their Mamma and Papa are finally getting married. On the eve of the Big Fat Spanish Wedding in Barcelona Spain, they decide to become matchmakers for their beloved nanny, their Mamma's sister, Auntie Joan when Hunter witnessed her face light up after a chance encounter with a handsome man in a café. Turns out, Marco knows who the handsome young man is.... It's Antonio Ferraro, a notorious playboy and star striker for Italy's soccer team, AC Milan. Also, Antonio is connected to their father, Julio Torres, the billionaire who's about to marry their mother. It's a perfect match - as far as the triplets are concerned, but their plans to play Cupid are turned upside down when they learn that Auntie Joan and the soccer star have a troubling history that's threatening to keep them apart. To add insult to injury - Antonio has been a very bad boy and now he's in serious deep doo-doo with some scary and dangerous men. Antonio has a gambling problem? What does that even mean? The triplets are too young to know when it's time to quit, so they decide to keep trying. They can tell that Antonio Ferraro really cares about their Auntie Joan and they've seen the way she looks at him. It's the same look that their Mamma and Papa have just before they get all kissy. (Yuck!) They want their Auntie Joan to have the same happiness that their parents have. And they recognize true love when they see it -- even if the silly adults are too stubborn to see it themselves. Book 1 - The Billionaire's Triplets Book 2 - The Billionaire's Triplets - Matchmakers Each book can be read as a standalone novel. This novel contains humor, telepathically communicating babies, a little danger and violence for the adults along with some seriously steamy intimate moments, (Our three baby's hide their heads and cover their eyes on that bit of news.) This book also touches on recovery and addiction, including spirituality, the power of prayer, 12-step programs, and redemption. Enjoy!
A Year in the Life
Author: Michelle Wright
Publisher: Insomniac Press
ISBN: 1897414587
Category : Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
A candid, day-by-day account of Michelle Wright's personal thoughts and experiences during 2004, A Year in the Life of Michelle Wright is a catalog of her struggles and triumphs, both public and personal, as she tries to reconcile the demands of being a celebrity with the responsibilities of her private life. With her warm and chatty writing style, Wright invites her readers into the depths of her daily life, giving a captiviating insider's glance into her personal and professional life. Her observations about the nature of the music industry fascinate, as we learn that Wright is painfully aware of this industry's competitive nature. Wright fully understands that in the music business ''pretty good is not good enough.''
Publisher: Insomniac Press
ISBN: 1897414587
Category : Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
A candid, day-by-day account of Michelle Wright's personal thoughts and experiences during 2004, A Year in the Life of Michelle Wright is a catalog of her struggles and triumphs, both public and personal, as she tries to reconcile the demands of being a celebrity with the responsibilities of her private life. With her warm and chatty writing style, Wright invites her readers into the depths of her daily life, giving a captiviating insider's glance into her personal and professional life. Her observations about the nature of the music industry fascinate, as we learn that Wright is painfully aware of this industry's competitive nature. Wright fully understands that in the music business ''pretty good is not good enough.''