Author : Kate Feiffer
Publisher : Candlewick Press
Page : 33 pages
File Size : 42,67 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0763644056
Sadie and her father have been planning a trip to the zoo for a long time but something always gets in the way, so when they finally start out and her father sees some raindrops, Sadie insists there is no rain on her side of the car.
Author : Simon McCarthy-Jones
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 15,4 MB
Release : 2021-04-13
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1541646983
Spite angers and enrages us, but it also keeps us honest. In this provocative account, a psychologist examines how petty vengeance explains human thriving. Spite seems utterly useless. You don't gain anything by hurting yourself just so you can hurt someone else. So why hasn't evolution weeded out all the spiteful people? As psychologist Simon McCarthy-Jones argues, spite seems pointless because we're looking at it wrong. Spite isn't just what we feel when a car cuts us off or when a partner cheats. It's what we feel when we want to punish a bad act simply because it was bad. Spite is our fairness instinct, an innate resistance to exploitation, and it is one of the building blocks of human civilization. As McCarthy-Jones explains, some of history's most important developments—the rise of religions, governments, and even moral codes—were actually redirections of spiteful impulses. A provocative, engaging read, Spite shows that if you really want to understand what makes us human, you can't just look at noble ideas like altruism and cooperation. You need to understand our darker impulses as well.
Author : Anne Tyler
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 12,38 MB
Release : 2020-04-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0525658424
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • BOOKER PRIZE NOMINEE • From the beloved Pulitzer Prize–winning author, a sparkling novel about misperception, second chances, and the sometimes elusive power of human connection. Micah Mortimer is a creature of habit. A self-employed tech expert, superintendent of his Baltimore apartment building, cautious to a fault behind the steering wheel, he seems content leading a steady, circumscribed life. But one day his routines are blown apart when his woman friend (he refuses to call anyone in her late thirties a "girlfriend") tells him she's facing eviction, and a teenager shows up at Micah's door claiming to be his son. These surprises, and the ways they throw Micah's meticulously organized life off-kilter, risk changing him forever. An intimate look into the heart and mind of a man who finds those around him just out of reach, and a funny, joyful, deeply compassionate story about seeing the world through new eyes, Redhead by the Side of the Road is a triumph, filled with Anne Tyler's signature wit and gimlet-eyed observation.
Author : Jean Craighead George
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 11,34 MB
Release : 2001-05-21
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0593115007
"Should appeal to all rugged individualists who dream of escape to the forest."—The New York Times Book Review Sam Gribley is terribly unhappy living in New York City with his family, so he runs away to the Catskill Mountains to live in the woods—all by himself. With only a penknife, a ball of cord, forty dollars, and some flint and steel, he intends to survive on his own. Sam learns about courage, danger, and independence during his year in the wilderness, a year that changes his life forever. “An extraordinary book . . . It will be read year after year.” —The Horn Book
Author : Dorothy Levitt
Publisher :
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 50,7 MB
Release : 1909
Category : Automobile driving
ISBN :
Author : Tom Newton
Publisher :
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 31,91 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9780966862300
How Cars Work is a completely illustrated primer describing the 250 most important car parts and how they work. This mini test book includes wonderfully simple line drawings and clear language to describe all the automotive systems as well as a glossary, index, and a test after each chapter. How Cars Work provides the basic vocabulary and mechanical knowledge to help a reader talk intelligently with mechanics understand shop manuals, and diagnosis car problems. Tom Newton guides the reader with a one topic per page format that delivers information in bite size chunks, just right for teenage boys. How Cars Work was the most stolen book at Kennedy High School in Richmond California! Teachers like our title and so do librarians. The History channel, Modern Marvels-2000, Actuality Productions, Inc is using How Cars Work to train staff for a documentary on automobiles.
Author : Rochelle Alexander
Publisher : Rochelle Alexander
Page : pages
File Size : 29,11 MB
Release : 2021-04-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
They say that there are always three sides to every story. This one is mine. A timeline of unforeseen events and situations, from childhood to adulthood. A rollercoaster of feelings and emotions on a journey, learning life lessons and coming extremely close to the unthinkable. A mission to survive, succeed, and understand. An untold, captivating story about a young woman facing reality, up against chaos and doubt.
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Publisher :
Page : 1590 pages
File Size : 38,42 MB
Release : 1898
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Joseph E. Kaufmann
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 457 pages
File Size : 30,86 MB
Release : 2011-01-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1456807447
Barry Katz, New York entertainment. "I took it on vacati on with me how could you write 2000 pages? Charlene Keel Play Girl magazine. "Good friend tried to get Toukie to doa spread in Play Girl. Loved my writi ng." Loreen Arbus. Read fi ve parts of my books and said Hack man was inthere with the rest of them. Toukie Smith knowing her brother and meeti ng her in my cab comingfrom the Blue man, we became friends. All these people read part of my Hackman and loved it. So here is partone I hope you like it?
Author : Reavis Z. Wortham
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 20,8 MB
Release : 2022-02-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1464215715
"Edwards and Muller have assembled top-notch talent in this entertaining anthology of 20 original short stories... High-quality entries from the likes of Lee Child, Jeffery Deaver, and Ian Rankin, as well as from lesser-known authors such as Bill Beverly, elevate this above similar volumes."—Publishers Weekly The twenty brand new crime stories in this book have been specially commissioned to celebrate the tenth anniversary of CrimeFest, described by the Guardian as "one of the 50 best festivals in the world." Contributors come from around the world and include the legendary Maj Sjöwall who, together with partner Per Wahlöö, was the originator of Nordic noir. The editors are Martin Edwards and Adrian Muller. Martin Edwards is responsible for many award-winning anthologies and Adrian Muller is one of the co-founders of CrimeFest. Contributors to Ten Year Stretch are: Bill Beverly, Simon Brett, Lee Child, Ann Cleeves, Jeffery Deaver, Martin Edwards, Kate Ellis, Peter Guttridge, Sophie Hannah, John Harvey, Mick Herron, Donna Moore, Caro Ramsay, Ian Rankin, James Sallis, Zoë Sharp, Yrsa Sigurðardóttir, Maj Sjöwall, Michael Stanley and Andrew Taylor.
