The Monster I Met That Day


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When Jacob moves from the big city to the tiny town of Oakwood, he expects to have a boring summer. What he never could have expected was to find a strange monster in the woods outside his new home. Now Jacob has a whole summer to spend with his new monster friend. But as the season comes to a close, dangerous forces descend on Oakwood. Will Jacob be able to keep his new friend safe and out of harm's way?




The Day I Met a Monster


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When Sally meets a troublesome monster one day, he just won't leave her alone! He follows her to school, to her best friend's house to play, and even to her ballet class! Will Sally be stuck with this naughty monster forever? Find out in this wacky story, perfect for showing little monsters that the best friends can be the ones we don't expect to meet.




How I Met My Monster


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One night, when Ethan reaches under his bed for a toy truck, he finds this note instead: "Monsters! Meet here for final test." Ethan is sure his parents are trying to trick him into staying under the covers, until he sees five colorful sets of eyes blinking at him from beneath the bed. Soon, a colorful parade of quirky, squeaky little monsters compete to become Ethan's monster. But only the little green monster, Gabe, has the perfect blend of stomach-rumbling and snorting needed to get Ethan into bed and keep him there so he falls asleep—which as everyone knows, is the real reason for monsters under beds. With its perfect balance of giggles and shivers, this silly-spooky prequel to the award-winning I Need My Monster and Hey, That's MY Monster! will keep young readers entertained.




The Day I Met a Wolf


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Based on a true story, Author Kontrena Clark further reveals several months of Karens personal diary in The Day I Met a Wolf. Author Kontrena Clark reveals how Karen got engaged in only twenty-eight days of meeting her supposed prince charming! Karen was a successful businesswoman, but her only Achilles heel was men who said they loved the Lord. Karen simply loved a man preaching the word and knowing his Bible. As a divorced, single mom, her last most pressing desire was to be married again, but this time to a true man of God. Like a lot of single women, Karen was tired of waiting for her man. It was time for her to move to the next phase in her life. She viewed the internet as a promise to give her more options and make her more available to other men who she might not otherwise meet. Well, as fate would have it, Karen found out that her prince charming was a wolf in sheeps clothing. Everything was a lie! Every word, every smile, every kiss, every hug, everything!




Monster and Boy: Monster's First Day of School


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Monster and Boy are back for another adventure! And this time the best friends are headed somewhere no monster has ventured before: school! Ever since Monster (who sleeps under the bed) and Boy (who sleeps in the bed) met and became best friends, they've been spending their days playing together. But some days, Boy leaves and Monster is alone. Wanting to learn more about where his friend goes, Monster makes a plan to go with Boy to . . . school! There, Monster meets Boy's teacher and classmates, learns about cubbies and the sharing circle, and even helps solve a mystery when a pet hedgehog goes missing. Told with a warm, cozy voice, Hannah Barnaby's story is brought to life with adorable two-color illustrations by Anoosha Syed. Filled with adventure and humor, Monster and Boy: Monster's First Day of School is a perfect chapter book for sharing with kids just aging out of picture books and for newly independent readers.




Delphi Collected Works of Upton Sinclair (Illustrated)


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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1943, Upton Sinclair was a prolific American novelist and polemicist for socialism, health, temperance, free speech and worker rights. His classic muckraking novel ‘The Jungle’ is regarded as a landmark naturalistic proletarian work, praised by Jack London as “the ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’ of wage slavery.” Sinclair also reached a wide audience with his Lanny Budd series of contemporary historical novels, concerning the adventures of an antifascist hero, who witnesses key events surrounding the two World Wars. This comprehensive eBook presents Sinclair’s collected works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts appearing in digital print for the first time, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Sinclair’s life and works * Concise introductions to the major novels * 43 novels, with individual contents tables * The Complete Lanny Budd Series; all eleven novels * Features rare novels appearing for the first time in digital publishing * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Includes a selection of Sinclair’s plays and non-fiction * Features two autobiographies – discover Sinclair’s intriguing life * Ordering of texts into chronological order and genres CONTENTS: The Lanny Budd Series World’s End (1940) Between Two Worlds (1941) Dragon’s Teeth (1942) Wide Is the Gate (1943) Presidential Agent (1944) Dragon Harvest (1945) A World to Win (1946) A Presidential Mission (1947) One Clear Call (1948) O Shepherd, Speak! (1949) The Return of Lanny Budd (1953) Other Novels A Prisoner of Morro (1898) Springtime and Harvest (1901) The Journal of Arthur Stirling (1903) On Guard (1903) The West Point Rivals (1903) A West Point Treasure (1903) A Cadet’s Honor (1903) The Cruise of the Training Ship (1903) Manassas (1904) A Captain of Industry (1906) The Jungle (1906) The Overman (1907) The Metropolis (1908) The Moneychangers (1908) Samuel the Seeker (1910) Love’s Pilgrimage (1911) Damaged Goods (1913) Sylvia (1913) Sylvia’s Marriage (1914) King Coal (1917) Jimmie Higgins (1919) 100%: The Story of a Patriot (1920) They Call Me Carpenter (1922) The Millennium (1924) The Spokesman’s Secretary (1926) Oil! (1927) Boston (1928) The Gnomobile (1936) The Flivver King (1937) What Didymus Did (1954) Affectionately Eve (1961) The Plays Plays of Protest (1912) The Pot Boiler (1913) The Non-Fiction The Industrial Republic (1907) Good Health and How We Won It (1909) The Fasting Cure (1911) The Profits of Religion (1917) The Brass Check (1919) The Goose-Step (1923) The Goslings (1924) Mammonart (1925) Letters to Judd, an American Workingman (1925) Mental Radio (1930) The Book of Love (1934) The Autobiographies American Outpost (1932) The Autobiography of Upton Sinclair (1962)







The Monster Called Divorce: the Greatest Tragedy of Modern-Day Families


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The Monster Called Divorce is her first book and promises a lot. It is motivational and inspirational aimed at giving her readers a better understanding of what the causes and consequences of divorce are. It is a monster which everyone who is married or intends to get married someday should watch out for and guard against. This destructive creature is man-made and could also be avoided or fixed by its creatorman. All hope cannot be lost with fixing this ugly situation in human society. Yes, we can! Let us join hands and be determined. There is always a bright light at the end of every tunnel. Happy reading!




I Fought the Monster


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I Fought the Monster is a day-by-day diary account of the struggles one Christian man endured in his fight against cancer. It is written with the desire to give thanks to the Lord who orchestrated the events and placement of people that saved his life, and to express the companionship found in God during this time of need. These pages also share a broad spectrum of experiences that many cancer victims encounter, and revealing them may help others prepare for their journey against their own monster. The disease referenced in these pages was a rare, aggressive form of cancer known as Burkitt's Leukemia/Lymphoma which consequently has an equally harsh chemotherapy treatment. While the type of cancer is unimportant, the brutal ordeal it brings is of the utmost. May this life story help educate others and arm them to fight for their survival and encourage them to embrace a relationship with God.




The Journal of Arthur Stirling : ("The Valley of the Shadow")


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This is a poignant and introspective novel by Upton Sinclair, chronicling the thoughts, emotions, and experiences of Arthur Stirling, a struggling writer, and poet. In this book, the author provides insight into the life of Arthur Stirling, the creative process, and the challenges of pursuing artistry in the face of personal demons and societal pressures. It also explores the human condition and the pursuit of artistic expression.