Author : Will Ryan
Publisher :
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 15,91 MB
Release : 1985-12
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780934323154
Presents a tale about the value of liking yourself when Grubby is accidentally duplicated by one of Gimmick's inventions.
Author : John Godges
Publisher : John Paul Godges
Page : 534 pages
File Size : 28,41 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Americanization
ISBN : 9781451508017
AWARDED THE KIRKUS STAR! NAMED TO KIRKUS REVIEWS' BEST OF 2011 LIST! 2012 INDIE READER DISCOVERY AWARD WINNER! 2012 ERIC HOFFER BOOK AWARD RECIPIENT! INDIE BOOK AWARDS FINALIST IN TWO CATEGORIES! An extended Italian immigrant family clings to community life amid tragedy, the Spanish flu, Prohibition, and the Great Depression. A broken Polish immigrant family leaves a legacy of heartbreak, separation, Civilian Conservation Corps redemption, and World War II heroism. From these dissimilar backgrounds emerges a quintessential American family, one whose members embody the conflicting social movements of their times: a staunchly Catholic Polish immigrant U.S. Marine Corps father, an emotionally effusive Italian mother, an Oliver North son, a Hillary Clinton daughter, a mentally ill sister, a jock brother, a lesbian rocker, and a gay male activist. In an age of bitter cultural polarization, Oh, Beautiful: An American Family in the 20th Century celebrates what has kept America together. This true story is an engrossing portrait of an American family and an evocative documentation of nearly 100 years of American history.
Author : HP
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 38,57 MB
Release : 2022-09-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1669837599
"The Man Behind the Shadow" is an accumulation of words and a collection of photographs, depicting the life of the man next door, the man down the street, or the old man in the crowd, a common man, from three years to eighty years. The adventures, the misadventures, successes failures, philosophy, personal assessments, memories and contemplations. Plus three short stories and a short documentary. As one gets older, ones memory, as the rest of us, begin to fade. This reality prompted the pages under this cover. As time fades and our days are no longer incumbered with long to do list, we sit and remember and ponder. Not what we were thinking two minutes ago, that has vanished. What has it all been about? Who am I? Have I made a difference? Getting old is what we live for, so why can’t we enjoy it? It is too darn inconvenient. Why do old folks seem to live in the past? The present is bland, boring and depressing at best. The future is worry-sum and bleak. The past recollections can be selective.
Author : Colin Campbell
Publisher : Down & Out Books
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 20,59 MB
Release : 2023-04-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
“You do know this whole cops and donuts things is a fiction, right?” Larry Unger gave his technical advisor a sideways glance. “Is this where you tell me that John Wayne Syndrome’s not about liking westerns?” Vince McNulty returned the look. “It’s not about John Wayne either. The donuts. That’s an American thing not a cop thing.” “You remember what they said in Liberty Valance?” “Yeah. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.” “Well, donuts is the legend.” Corona, Riverside County Titanic Productions is filming on a movie ranch near Los Angeles when Jim Grant pays a visit. A drug cartel that both Grant and McNulty have crossed paths with has tried to kill Grant’s brother in Shelter Cove and is now after McNulty’s sister. And her daughter. After a shootout at Nantasket Peninsula, Grant and McNulty decide to take the fight to the cartel. Their tactics include a pizza truck, a prison break and the FBI. And one last chance to print the legend. Praise for Double Exposure: “Colin Campbell’s Double Exposure is a modern-day Gunfight at the OK Corral with Jim Grant and Vince McNulty as Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday. Saddle up and enjoy the ride.” —Tim O'Mara, author of the Raymond Donne series “Double Exposure shows Grant and McNulty in peak form. No one writes better action sequences than Campbell.” —Dana King, author of the Penns River and Shamus-nominated Nick Forte novels
Author : Jenny Wheeler (Novelist)
Publisher : Jenny Wheeler
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 49,24 MB
Release : 2018
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 047344819X
Author : Mick Whatham
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 14,47 MB
Release : 2013-07-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1922132292
So I Hit Him is an extremely powerful memoir that will shock many people, yet is intensely inspirational. Born in a former workhouse hospital in Manchester, England with multiple disabilities and not expected to survive, Michael was placed in care almost from birth. By the time he was 17, he had been placed in over 30 institutions and had suffered every manner of physical, emotional and sexual abuse and neglect. His Asperger’s became the key to his survival in a hostile world, enabling him to endure punishment, deprivation and emotional conflict. His rage and frustration had created a man who used violence to deal with most situations in life. Readers: be prepared to suspend judgment as you read an inspirational story. Michael’s strong will to live and learn enabled him to survive not only his time in care, but also his forced migration, as a child, to Australia, and his later alcohol addiction. It also enabled him to finally succeed in his ultimate goals of getting an education and helping youth in trouble. So I Hit Him is the compelling story of a man who, despite all odds being against him, still says he has had a lucky life.
Author : Una L. Silberrad
Publisher :
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 25,19 MB
Release : 1907
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Archie Superstars
Publisher : Archie Comic Publications
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 33,86 MB
Release : 2017-02-08
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1682551172
There's a whole world of Archie comics out there, and you can find some of the best and most hilarious winter-themed stories right here! Check out OVER 190 pages of fun, with a BRAND NEW LEAD STORY! In “Me, Myself and I,” Reggie decides to write his memoir and enlists Betty to help him. When he realizes he doesn't have much to write about, he gets creative...very creative...
Author : Will Ryan
Publisher :
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 45,84 MB
Release : 1985-12
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780934323208
Author : Robert Galbraith
Publisher : Mulholland Books
Page : 1043 pages
File Size : 46,90 MB
Release : 2023-09-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0316572136
In this New York Times bestselling installment of the "outrageously entertaining" Strike series (Financial Times), detective duo Cormoran and Robin must rescue a man ensnared in the trap of a dangerous cult. Private Detective Cormoran Strike is contacted by a worried father whose son, Will, has gone to join a religious cult in the depths of the Norfolk countryside. The Universal Humanitarian Church is, on the surface, a peaceable organization that campaigns for a better world. Yet Strike discovers that beneath the surface there are deeply sinister undertones, and unexplained deaths. In order to try to rescue Will, Strike's business partner, Robin Ellacott, decides to infiltrate the cult, and she travels to Norfolk to live incognito among its members. But in doing so, she is unprepared for the dangers that await her there or for the toll it will take on her. . . Utterly page-turning, The Running Grave moves Strike's and Robin's story forward in this epic, unforgettable seventh installment of the series.
