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More TC'S Tales

Author : Thomas McCavour

Publisher : FriesenPress

Page : 234 pages

File Size : 42,55 MB

Release : 2018-11-09

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1525539272

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MORE TC’S TALES is a second collection of short stories by Thomas McCavour. Trust Me is a story about the illicit drug trade, embezzlement and love. Hugs and Kisses deals with a romance and rescue. Arrowhead is a Native American love story and the curse of an arrowhead pendant. The Cave is a Tom Sawyer type of adventure tale involving drug traffickers, imprisonment and escape. Kelsie is a story about a paraplegic couple who inspire their daughter to compete in aerial acrobatics. The Cat Sign is play set in the depression years of the 1930s. Just Twins is a story about two identical twins pursuing a successful musical career. In The Lost Years, grandma follows the Golden Rule. The Golden Nugget is about a mining robot that discovers gold. The Burtons story outlines how five siblings experience love and murder. The Bluenose is all about catching smugglers. What is a Sister is a love poem. The Red Surge is a murder mystery about lethal injection. Home Sweet Home is a nostalgic poem. Change is a perspective about global warming. Trinity is a story about erecting a statue on Alcatraz Island. In Hiawatha, two Indians become rich and successful silver barons. The Oracle is some early writing by the author. Pine Tree Haven is a tale about unusual activities at a nursing home. Peekaboo is about an amputee who discovers a murder. I’m clean details how a drug addict recovers. Washed Up describes how a window washer is rescued.



TC's Tales

Author : Thomas McCavour

Publisher : FriesenPress

Page : 222 pages

File Size : 43,76 MB

Release : 2018-04-18

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1525520504

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TC'S TALES is a collection of short stories ranging from murder and mystery to humor. "Jacqueline Found" outlines the problems of a young unmarried mother giving up her baby daughter for adoption and their final reunion as adults. "Lights Out" details the chaotic life of the Foley family living in a lighthouse on Georgian Bay. "Pushed" is a mystery thriller about an architect falling from a 60 story building. Was his death accidental or was he pushed? "Tithing" is a story about a charismatic preacher discovered as a thief. "Lobster Tales" is a humorous tale about Larry the lobster, who overcomes a disability by doing good deeds. "Checkmate" is a story about how the desire to win at any cost can lead to murder. "I'm a Piano" is a humorous story about the life story of a piano. In "Red Surge", Burton Davis has a compulsion to secretly kill anyone who annoys him. "Love Letters Lost" is a collection of letters, poems, songs and quotations exploring the meaning of love. And "Karen Calling" is a thrilling story about love, sailing, racing, hostage taking, escape and rescue.



Discovery and Other Stories

Author : Thomas McCavour

Publisher : FriesenPress

Page : 277 pages

File Size : 40,10 MB

Release : 2019-07-25

Category : Literary Collections

ISBN : 1525548107

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Discovery and Other Stories is a third collection of short stories by Thomas McCavour. Discovery is a story about the early Vikings and their exploration of America and the Northwest Passage. Marcus and Mark is a story about how two boxers in different eras deal with the problem of drug addiction. Bad Habits is a story about the adopted son of a nun , who becomes a priest. In Flanders Fields recognizes the poet John McRae. True Friends is a story about life in a retirement residence. Thanksgiving is a fun story about how Tom Turkey and Rob Rooster rescue Thanksgiving. ACDC is a story about Alex and Dorothy Cross growing old together. The Carroll Family Choristers tells about how Fred Carroll acquires a large family of singers. Dust to Dust is a story about murder in a love triangle.



Grendon Tales

Author : Ursula Smartt

Publisher : Waterside Press

Page : 233 pages

File Size : 23,16 MB

Release : 2001

Category : Correctional psychology

ISBN : 1872870961

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A definitive account of the UK's first - and until recently only - therapeutic community prison that deals with some of the most serious violent and sexual offenders in the UK - based upon unprecedented access to the prison that was granted to Waterside Press and Professor Ursula Smartt of Thames Valley University UK. An innovative and acclaimed account based on one-to-one interviews with staff and inmates - and 'living with' prisoners through their daily lives.





Specimens of All the Accessible Unprinted Manuscripts of the Canterbury Tales: Seven mss. (The Dd. group) 1892. pt. II: Ten mss. (several small groups) 1892. pt. III: Six mss. (Corpus group) [1893] pt. IV: Seventeen mss. with an introduction by John Koch. 1897. pt. V, put forth by F. J. Furnivall: A six-text, -three mss., and three prints from mss. ... with an introduction by Prof. John Koch, a supplement, the prologue and tale from the paper ms. of the College of Physicians, London, and a reproduction of Mr. Paul Hardy's pen-and-ink drawing of "The yard of the Tabard inn" ... 1898. The Clerk's tale and head-link (from mss. that haven't the Pardoner's tale) Put forth by F. J. Furnivall ... pt. VI: Six mss. [1899] pt. VII: put forth by F. J. Furnivall: Two mss. [1900] pt. VIII: Second supplement to the Six-text Pardoner's prologue and tale ... put forth by F. J. Furnivall ... with an introduction by Prof. John Koch. [1901

Author : Geoffrey Chaucer

Publisher :

Page : 294 pages

File Size : 21,3 MB

Release : 1898

Category : Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages

ISBN :

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My Most Excellent Year

Author : Steve Kluger

Publisher : Penguin

Page : 417 pages

File Size : 45,24 MB

Release : 2009-02-19

Category : Young Adult Fiction

ISBN : 1101664797

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Best friends and unofficial brothers since they were six, ninth-graders T.C. and Augie have got the world figured out. But that all changes when both friends fall in love for the first time. Enter Al‚. She's pretty, sassy, and on her way to Harvard. T.C. falls hard, but Al‚ is playing hard to get. Meanwhile, Augie realizes that he's got a crush on a boy. It's not so clear to him, but to his family and friends, it's totally obvious! Told in alternating perspectives, this is the hilarious and touching story of their most excellent year, where these three friends discover love, themselves, and how a little magic and Mary Poppins can go a long way.