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Getting Sideways

Author : Lisa Nowak

Publisher :

Page : 332 pages

File Size : 37,18 MB

Release : 2012-02

Category : Automobiles

ISBN : 9781937167127

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Getting shipped off to live with his uncle Race was the best thing that ever happened to fifteen-year-old Cody. Then a wreck at the speedway nearly ruined everything. Cody’s making every effort to get his life back on track—writing for the school paper, searching for the perfect girlfriend, and counting the days until he gets his drivers’ license—but there’s no escaping the nightmares that haunt him. A chance to build his own car seems like the perfect distraction. Until Cody realizes he’ll have to live up to Race’s legendary status. But that’s the least of his worries, considering he doesn’t have his dad’s permission. All he has to do is the impossible: keep Race from discovering his lie until he can convince his dad that racing’s safe. Yeah, sure. That’ll be easy.



Getting Sideways

Author : Lisa Nowak

Publisher : Webfoot Publishing

Page : 302 pages

File Size : 22,78 MB

Release : 2011-12-04

Category : Young Adult Fiction

ISBN : 1937167097

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Being shipped off to live with his uncle was the best thing that ever happened to Cody, but then a wreck at the speedway nearly ruined everything. Though he’s working hard to get his life back on track, there’s no escaping the nightmares that haunt him. A chance to build his own car seems like the perfect distraction until he realizes he’ll have to live up to his uncle’s legendary reputation as a driver. But that’s the least of Cody’s worries, considering he doesn’t have his father’s permission. All he has to do is keep his uncle in the dark until he can convince his dad that racing’s safe. Yeah, sure. That’ll be easy. This inspirational sequel to Running Wide Open is a story of integrity and true loyalty. Popular with both teens and adults, it’s perfect for fans of Chris Crutcher, Laurie Halse Anderson, and John Green. Book 2 in the Full Throttle series



Sideways

Author : Rex Pickett

Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin

Page : 372 pages

File Size : 30,32 MB

Release : 2010-04-01

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1429907878

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A raucous and surprising novel filled with wonderful details about wine, Rex Pickett's Sideways is also a thought-provoking and funny book about men, women, and human relationships. The basis for the 2004 comedy-drama road movie of the same name starring Paul Giamatti and Thomas Haden Church. Sideways is the story of two friends-Miles and Jack-going away together for the last time to steep themselves in everything that makes it good to be young and single: pinot, putting, and prowling bars. In the week before Jack plans to marry, the pair heads out from Los Angeles to the Santa Ynez wine country. For Jack, the tasting tour is Seven Days to D-Day, his final stretch of freedom. For Miles--who has divorced his wife, is facing an uncertain career and has lost his passion for living-the trip is a week long opportunity to evaluate his past, his future and himself.



100 Sideways Miles

Author : Andrew Smith

Publisher : Simon and Schuster

Page : 288 pages

File Size : 39,50 MB

Release : 2014-09-02

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 1442444959

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Finn Easton, sixteen and epileptic, struggles to feel like more than just a character in his father's cult-classic novels with the help of his best friend, Cade Hernandez, and first love, Julia, until Julia moves away.



Wayside School is Falling Down

Author : Louis Sachar

Publisher : A&C Black

Page : 152 pages

File Size : 37,45 MB

Release : 2010-11-01

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 1408812487

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'Watch closely,' said Mrs Jewls. 'You can learn much faster using a computer instead of paper and pencil.' Then she pushed the computer out of the window. The children all watched it fall thirty floors. 'See?' said Mrs Jewls. 'That's gravity . . .' That's the way things happen at Wayside School. There are twenty-nine kids in Mrs Jewls' class and this book is about all of them: there is Todd, who is in trouble every day, until he gets a magic dog; Paul, whose life is saved by Leslie's pigtails; Ron, who dares to try the cafeteria's mushroom surprise; and all the others who help turn a day at Wayside School into one madcap adventure after another.



Sideways Stories From Wayside School

Author : Louis Sachar

Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing

Page : 177 pages

File Size : 29,79 MB

Release : 2021-08-05

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 1526622068

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There has been a terrible mistake. Instead of having thirty classrooms side by side, Wayside School is thirty storeys high! (The builder said he was sorry.) Perhaps that's why all sorts of strange and unusual things keep happening – especially in Mrs Jewls's classroom on the very top floor. There's the terrifying Mrs Gorf, who gets an unusually fruity comeuppance; Terrible Todd, who always gets sent home early; and Mauricia, who has a strange ice-cream addiction. Meanwhile, John can only read upside down, and Leslie is determined to sell her own toes. From top to bottom, Wayside is packed with quirky and hilarious characters who are all brought to life in this new edition with delightful illustrations by Aleksei Bitskoff throughout. This is an unmissable, irrepressible story of mixed-up mayhem from Louis Sachar, the bestselling author of Holes.



Abner & Ian Get Right-Side Up

Author : Dave Eggers

Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Page : 85 pages

File Size : 12,69 MB

Release : 2019-05-28

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 0316485837

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Abner and Ian are stuck sideways in this clever picture book created by a bestselling, acclaimed author and cartoonist--and perfect for fans of Elephant & Piggie and Press Here. Abner and Ian are stuck sideways on the pages of their debut picture book. They can't start the story like this! Ian is trying to be brave, despite his dizziness and fear of heights. But don't worry, because Abner has a plan: Readers will shake and turn the book until they get right side up! Sounds easy, right? Think again, because the real solution may be the opposite of what you'd expect. With the odd couple wit of Elephant & Piggie, the interactive appeal of Press Here, and a timeless charm all their own, Abner & Ian offer readers of all ages eighty pages of fast-paced fun with a surprising and rewarding twist.



Violence

Author : Slavoj Zizek

Publisher : Macmillan

Page : 271 pages

File Size : 33,69 MB

Release : 2008-07-22

Category : History

ISBN : 0312427182

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Book Description

Philosopher, cultural critic, and agent provocateur Zizek constructs a fascinating new framework to look at the forces of violence in the world.



Wayside School Gets A Little Stranger

Author : Louis Sachar

Publisher : A&C Black

Page : 130 pages

File Size : 29,31 MB

Release : 2010-11-01

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 1408812479

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All the kids from Wayside School had to spend 243 days in horrible schools while Wayside was closed to get rid of the infestation of cows! Now the kids are back and the fun begins again on every floor. Miss Mush has prepared a special lunch of baked liver in purple sauce and it is pet day on the 30th floor. There are dogs and cats and frogs and skunks and an orange named Fido, causing a terrible commotion. But the biggest surprise of all is that Mrs Jewls is expecting a baby and a substitute teacher is coming, and everyone knows what that means . . . Wayside School is going to get a little stranger.



Falling Sideways

Author : Tom Holt

Publisher : Hachette+ORM

Page : 410 pages

File Size : 43,20 MB

Release : 2012-09-04

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0316233463

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From the moment Homo Sapiens descended from the trees, possibly onto their heads, humanity has striven towards civilization. Fire. The Wheel. Running Away from furry things with more teeth than one might reasonably expect-all are testament to man's ultimate supremacy. It is a noble story and so, of course, complete and utter fiction. For one man has discovered the hideous truth: that humanity's ascent to civilization has been ruthlessly guided by a small gang of devious frogs. The man's name is David Perkins, and his theory is not, on the whole, widely admired, particularly not by the frogs themselves, who had invested a great deal of time and effort in keeping the whole thing quiet.