Happy Hoppy’S Orchestra and Other Stories


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Happy Hoppys Orchestra and Other Stories is Victoria Billingsleys collection of tales about children and animals, such as Happy Hoppy himself, a rabbit who simply cant stop singing. But he finds he is not the only animal with a musical gift. Here children will also learn how twin ducklings Jake and Jack managed to lose their yellow but gain from the experience. As for Laura Cousins, a bored child with a room full of toys, she finds herself spirited away to a strange land where nothing is straight and everything is different. On her return, Laura is also different. In another tale, set many centuries ago, the various birds and beasts respond to a mysterious noise, whose source becomes apparent. The stories reflect the authors love of children and animals, and the way we learn from experience.




Happy Hoppy's Orchestra and Other Stories


Book Description

Happy Hoppy's Orchestra and Other Stories, is Victoria Billingsley's collection of tales about children and animals, such as Happy Hoppy himself, a rabbit who simply can't stop singing. But he finds he is not the only animal with a musical gift. Here children will also learn how twin ducklings Jake and Jack managed to lose their yellow but gain from the experience. As for Laura Cousins, a bored child with a room full of toys, she finds herself spirited away to a strange land where nothing is straight and everything is different. On her return, Laura is also different. In another tale, set many centuries ago, the various birds and beasts respond to a mysterious noise, whose source becomes apparent. The stories reflect the author's love of children and animals, and the way we learn from experience.







Simple Dreams


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Includes discography (page 203-225) and index.




Agent to the Stars


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From New York Times bestseller and Hugo Award-winner, John Scalzi, a gleeful mash-up of science fiction and Hollywood satire The space-faring Yherajk have come to Earth to meet us and to begin humanity's first interstellar friendship. There's just one problem: They're hideously ugly and they smell like rotting fish. So getting humanity's trust is a challenge. The Yherajk need someone who can help them close the deal. Enter Thomas Stein, who knows something about closing deals. He's one of Hollywood's hottest young agents. But although Stein may have just concluded the biggest deal of his career, it's quite another thing to negotiate for an entire alien race. To earn his percentage this time, he's going to need all the smarts, skills, and wits he can muster. Other Tor Books The Android’s Dream Agent to the Stars Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded Fuzzy Nation Redshirts 1. Lock In 2. Head On The Interdepency Sequence 1. The Collapsing Empire 2. The Consuming Fire Old Man's War Series 1. Old Man’s War 2. The Ghost Brigades 3. The Last Colony 4. Zoe’s Tale 5. The Human Division 6. The End of All Things At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.




The Dip


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A New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestseller In this iconic bestseller, popular business blogger and bestselling author Seth Godin proves that winners are really just the best quitters. Godin shows that winners quit fast, quit often, and quit without guilt—until they commit to beating the right Dip. Every new project (or job, or hobby, or company) starts out fun…then gets really hard, and not much fun at all. You might be in a Dip—a temporary setback that will get better if you keep pushing. But maybe it’s really a Cul-de-Sac—a total dead end. What really sets superstars apart is the ability to tell the two apart. Winners seek out the Dip. They realize that the bigger the barrier, the bigger the reward for getting past it. If you can beat the Dip to be the best, you’ll earn profits, glory, and long-term security. Whether you’re an intern or a CEO, this fun little book will help you figure out if you’re in a Dip that’s worthy of your time, effort, and talents. The old saying is wrong—winners do quit, and quitters do win.




Gramophone


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Years into Lives


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When my parents began writing life stories in their writing group, I figured a few good stories would make it onto paper. Well, they did followed by many, many more than I ever imagined. The family history that emerged makes for exciting and revelatory reading. From the family roots in Scotland and England, to the shores of Connecticut, then westward to Indiana, the family grew and flourished. The adventures and travels of the Lynch and Cook families span World Wars, cross thousands of miles, and yielded hundreds of photographs. This book will captivate you with its fascinating twists and turns, and with its tales of love and devotion. It is, indeed, a feast of a book.




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