The Stars Beyond the Stone
Author : Bonnie Wynne
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 11,48 MB
Release : 2021-09-16
Category :
ISBN : 9780645163001
The Book of Stones
Author : Robert Simmons
Publisher :
Page : 593 pages
File Size : 27,40 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1583949089
Book Description
Published in association with North Atlantic Books, Berkeley, California.
Cutting for Stone
Author : Abraham Verghese
Publisher : Random House India
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 23,94 MB
Release : 2012-05-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8184001754
Book Description
Marion and Shiva Stone are twin brothers born of a secret union between a beautiful Indian nun and a brash British surgeon. Orphaned by their mother’s death and their father’s disappearance and bound together by a preternatural connection and a shared fascination with medicine, the twins come of age as Ethiopia hovers on the brink of revolution. Moving from Addis Ababa to New York City and back again, Cutting for Stone is an unforgettable story of love and betrayal, medicine and ordinary miracles—and two brothers whose fates are forever intertwined.
Stick and Stone
Author : Beth Ferry
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 51 pages
File Size : 22,16 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 054403256X
Book Description
When Stick rescues Stone from a prickly situation with a Pinecone, the pair becomes fast friends. But when Stick gets stuck, can Stone return the favor? Author Beth Ferry makes a memorable debut with a warm, rhyming text that includes a subtle anti-bullying message even the youngest reader will understand. New York Times bestselling illustrator Tom Lichtenheld imbues Stick and Stone with energy, emotion, and personality to spare. In this funny story about kindness and friendship, Stick and Stone join George and Martha, Frog and Toad, and Elephant and Piggie, as some of the best friend duos in children's literature.
Jackpot
Author : Nic Stone
Publisher : Ember
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 44,97 MB
Release : 2020-09-29
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 1984829653
Book Description
From the author of the New York Times bestseller Dear Martin--which Angie Thomas, the bestselling author of The Hate U Give, called "a must read"--comes a pitch-perfect romance that examines class, privilege, and how a stroke of good luck can change an entire life. Meet Rico: high school senior and afternoon-shift cashier at the Gas 'n' Go, who after school and work races home to take care of her younger brother. Every. Single. Day. When Rico sells a jackpot-winning lotto ticket, she thinks maybe her luck will finally change, but only if she--with some assistance from her popular and wildly rich classmate Zan--can find the ticket holder who hasn't claimed the prize. But what happens when have and have-nots collide? Will this investigative duo unite...or divide? Nic Stone, the New York Times bestselling author of Dear Martin and Odd One Out, creates two unforgettable characters in one hard-hitting story about class, money--both too little and too much--and how you make your own luck in the world. "Funny, captivating, and thoughtful." --The Atlantic.com
Difficult Conversations
Author : Douglas Stone
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 38,62 MB
Release : 2010-11-02
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1101496762
Book Description
The 10th-anniversary edition of the New York Times business bestseller-now updated with "Answers to Ten Questions People Ask" We attempt or avoid difficult conversations every day-whether dealing with an underperforming employee, disagreeing with a spouse, or negotiating with a client. From the Harvard Negotiation Project, the organization that brought you Getting to Yes, Difficult Conversations provides a step-by-step approach to having those tough conversations with less stress and more success. you'll learn how to: · Decipher the underlying structure of every difficult conversation · Start a conversation without defensiveness · Listen for the meaning of what is not said · Stay balanced in the face of attacks and accusations · Move from emotion to productive problem solving
Building Dry-Stack Stone Walls
Author : Rob Gallagher
Publisher : Schiffer Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 22,15 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780764330568
Book Description
A dry-stack stonewall is a project that almost anyone can build, and it will last well over a century if built correctly. Like most projects, knowing all of the steps involved is critical to ensure a safe and solid job. This book provides thorough, step-by-step procedures for three projects using stones of various sizes from the smallest all the way up to boulders, with a focus on a safe work environment. Learn a system for planning a project, and proceed through all the steps required to completion. A gallery of wall images will inspire you to start stacking.
Trouble Girls
Author : Barbara O'Dair
Publisher :
Page : 616 pages
File Size : 24,39 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
Book Description
Essays by leading music critics look at the most important female rock musicians, singers, and groups, with profiles of Bonnie Raitt, Carol King, Tina Turner, Janis Joplin, Madonna, and many others.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Author : J.K. Rowling
Publisher : Pottermore Publishing
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 40,34 MB
Release : 2015-12-08
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1781100489
Book Description
Turning the envelope over, his hand trembling, Harry saw a purple wax seal bearing a coat of arms; a lion, an eagle, a badger and a snake surrounding a large letter 'H'. Harry Potter has never even heard of Hogwarts when the letters start dropping on the doormat at number four, Privet Drive. Addressed in green ink on yellowish parchment with a purple seal, they are swiftly confiscated by his grisly aunt and uncle. Then, on Harry's eleventh birthday, a great beetle-eyed giant of a man called Rubeus Hagrid bursts in with some astonishing news: Harry Potter is a wizard, and he has a place at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. An incredible adventure is about to begin! Having become classics of our time, the Harry Potter eBooks never fail to bring comfort and escapism. With their message of hope, belonging and the enduring power of truth and love, the story of the Boy Who Lived continues to delight generations of new readers.
The Stone of Farewell
Author : Tad Williams
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 610 pages
File Size : 17,26 MB
Release : 2005-04-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0756402972
Book Description
Simon, a young kitchen boy and magician's apprentice, finds his dreams of great deeds and heroic wars becoming an all too shocking reality in a terrifying civil war.
