Book Description
Two-hundred nineteen people from thirty-two different countries make their way to downtown New York in a snowstorm to be sworn in as citizens of the United States.
Author : Maggie Rugg Herold
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 17,53 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN :
Two-hundred nineteen people from thirty-two different countries make their way to downtown New York in a snowstorm to be sworn in as citizens of the United States.
Author : Peter H. Reynolds
Publisher : Candlewick Press
Page : 33 pages
File Size : 46,78 MB
Release : 2022-05-31
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 153621809X
Vashti believes that she cannot draw, but her art teacher's encouragement leads her to change her mind and she goes on to encourage another student who feels the same as she had.
Author : David J. Doesser
Publisher : New Generation Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,14 MB
Release : 2008-06
Category :
ISBN : 9781847482327
'We will make mincemeat of him!' Gideon Zmija's manic words to his intelligence directors spell dismissal and disaster for senior agent Major Andreas Uherson. For Andreas has been operating successfully with skill and ease - and 'cooperating' at many levels with lovely Maggie Edwards, a CIA employee from Virginia, and the former love of Andreas' late colleague, Andy Bender. Zmija's ascendancy at home in Hungary seems secure. until Maggie finds something among Andy's papers that could ruin Zmija and his crony Tobias Zeller - something that hints at the greatest betrayal of all. In post-communist Central Europe, chaos rules and only the fittest agents thrive. In this shadowy world of inverted truths, cover-ups, decoys and back-stabbers, Andreas Uherson and his girlfriend have to fight to survive. Can their wits save them? Read David J Doesser's wonderfully insightful spy story and discover a whole new side to modern espionage. David J Doesser was born behind the Iron Curtain. He is married and has two children. He lives in the European Union.
Author : Pat Zietlow Miller
Publisher :
Page : 37 pages
File Size : 20,85 MB
Release : 2018-02-06
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1626723214
A thoughtful picture book illustrating the power of small acts of kindness, from the award-winning author of Sophie's Squash.
Author : Idries Shah
Publisher : Octagon Press Ltd
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 29,83 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Folklore
ISBN : 0863040365
No ordinary collection of tales, this anthology was the result of extensive research that led Shah to conclude that there is a certain basic fund of human fictions which recur again and again throughout the world and never seem to lose their compelling attraction. This special paperback version of World Tales concentrates on the essentials, the text of the stories, and omits the illustrations which were part of a previous edition.
Author : LeBron James
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 10,14 MB
Release : 2020-08-11
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0063017342
An Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller! An Instant Indie Bestseller! *An Amazon Best Book of the Year * A B&N Best Book of the Year* A great gift for tiny go-getters and big dreamers, including for back to school! NBA champion and superstar LeBron James pens a slam-dunk picture book inspired by his foundation’s I PROMISE program that motivates children everywhere to always #StriveForGreatness. Just a kid from Akron, Ohio, who is dedicated to uplifting youth everywhere, LeBron James knows the key to a better future is to excel in school, do your best, and keep your family close. I Promise is a lively and inspiring picture book that reminds us that tomorrow’s success starts with the promises we make to ourselves and our community today. Featuring James’s upbeat, rhyming text and vibrant illustrations perfectly crafted for a diverse audience by #1 New York Times bestselling and Geisel Honor winning artist Nina Mata, this book has the power to inspire all children and families to be their best. Perfect for shared reading in and out of the classroom, I Promise is also a great gift for graduation, birthdays, and other occasions. Plus check out the audiobook, read by LeBron James's mother and I Promise School supporter Gloria James!
Author : Ashley Mears
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 24,65 MB
Release : 2021-08-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0691227055
A sociologist and former fashion model takes readers inside the elite global party circuit of "models and bottles" to reveal how beautiful young women are used to boost the status of men Million-dollar birthday parties, megayachts on the French Riviera, and $40,000 bottles of champagne. In today's New Gilded Age, the world's moneyed classes have taken conspicuous consumption to new extremes. In Very Important People, sociologist, author, and former fashion model Ashley Mears takes readers inside the exclusive global nightclub and party circuit—from New York City and the Hamptons to Miami and Saint-Tropez—to reveal the intricate economy of beauty, status, and money that lies behind these spectacular displays of wealth and leisure. Mears spent eighteen months in this world of "models and bottles" to write this captivating, sometimes funny, sometimes heartbreaking narrative. She describes how clubs and restaurants pay promoters to recruit beautiful young women to their venues in order to attract men and get them to spend huge sums in the ritual of bottle service. These "girls" enhance the status of the men and enrich club owners, exchanging their bodily capital for as little as free drinks and a chance to party with men who are rich or aspire to be. Though they are priceless assets in the party circuit, these women are regarded as worthless as long-term relationship prospects, and their bodies are constantly assessed against men's money. A story of extreme gender inequality in a seductive world, Very Important People unveils troubling realities behind moneyed leisure in an age of record economic disparity.
Author : David Nicholls
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 48,12 MB
Release : 2010-06-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0307739309
NOW A NETFLIX SERIES • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • TWO PEOPLE. ONE DAY. TWENTY YEARS. • What starts as a fleeting connection between two strangers soon becomes a deep bond that spans decades. • "[An] instant classic. . . . One of the most ...emotionally riveting love stories you’ll ever encounter." —People It’s 1988 and Dexter Mayhew and Emma Morley have only just met. But after only one day together, they cannot stop thinking about one another. Over twenty years, snapshots of that relationship are revealed on the same day—July 15th—of each year. They face squabbles and fights, hopes and missed opportunities, laughter and tears. Dex and Em must come to grips with the nature of love and life itself. As the years go by, the true meaning of this one crucial day is revealed. "[A] surprisingly deep romance...so thoroughly satisfying." —Entertainment Weekly
Author : Judith Viorst
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 41,50 MB
Release : 2009-09-22
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1416985956
Recounts the events of a day when everything goes wrong for Alexander. Suggested level: junior, primary.
Author : Steve Shepperd
Publisher :
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 27,13 MB
Release : 2019-10-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781910461402
"A Very Important Teapot is a comedy thriller revolving around the hunt for a lost cache of Nazi diamonds in Australia.Dawson is an ordinary bloke who has been out of work for several months and who spends his time at the pub, the rugby club and the local drama group, where he is forlornly pursuing the love of Rachel Whyte. Rachel, however, is infatuated with a solicitor called Pat Bootle, who has recently appeared out of nowhere.Dawson is surprised but delighted when his best friend, Alan Flannery, offers him some unspecified work in Australia. Dawson has no idea what the work entails but the mysterious arrival of a tea service with a code hidden in the teapot lid makes him suspicious. Flannery, actually the head of a minor branch of MI6, has received a memory stick from Sean MacGuffin of Irish Intelligence. It reveals the approximate location of a cache of diamonds stolen by the Nazis. However, MacGuffin had also passed the information to the Russians.Flannery spots an opportunity to get rich and sends the unwitting Dawson to find the diamonds. Other parties join the hunt including Riley Bigg, a local mobster, Pat Bootle, who is actually working for German Intelligence, a Russian hitman and a British official being blackmailed by the Russians. Two local police officers, Iain Innes and Elaine Bates, become suspicious about Dawson and also attempt to find out what is happening.Dawson, kidnapped by Riley Bigg, is rescued by Bootle and they go on the run together. Meanwhile, Lucy Smith, a genuine MI6 employee and Martin Evans, a journalist, also fly to Australia and eventually meet up with Dawson. They too join the hunt. Flannery is also finally forced to travel there as well, following a visit from two gentlemen from Russian Intelligence.The story concludes at a disused mine in Victoria. Dawson and Lucy, helped by Innes, Bates, Bootle and Laurie McGee, a local Australian in the occasional employ of MI6, recover the diamonds, most of which end up back in Germany."