Sneaky The Hairy Mountain Monster Goes To Church


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One summer, Blake James was visiting his grandparents in Wheeling, West Virginia. It was a beautiful day as Blake and his mother and grandparents drove to a little church out in the country. The windows were open in the church and all of a sudden Blake started fanning his nose. There was an awful stench in the church. He whispered to his grandfather that somebody tooted. He and his grandfather got the giggles, and they couldn't contain themselves so they went outside. As they walked around the side of the church, they were surprised at what they saw and where the stench was coming from. I love those who love me, and those who seek me diligently find me. -Proverbs 8:17




Sneaky - The Hairy Mountain Monster


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Sneaky is a three-eyed hairy monster who lives and growls at night in the thick woods where Blake James's grandparents live. Blake heard his grandfather say he was going to hunt the monster. Blake asked his grandfather if he could go with him. Reluctantly, his grandfather said he could go. One night, the roars were very loud so Blake and his grandfather set off for the woods. It was getting dark, and the trees were looking scarier and scarier. Blake held his grandfather's hand and was excited . . . but scared too. Upon reaching the cave where the monster was living, Blake and his grandfather went in. Blake's grandfather was surprised at the sight of the monster and what he saw in the cave.




Sneaky The Hairy Mountain Monster


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Sneaky, the Hairy Mountain Monster: A Christmas Holiday is about a little girl named Makayla Jean and her favorite cousin, Blake James. They are going to spend the Christmas holiday at Makayla's great-grandparents' home up north. It is the first time Makayla sees snow""and the first time she sees Sneaky, the Hairy Mountain Monster. Blake is eager to show Makayla around the house and all his favorite places to play. They have fun making snow angels and playing in the snow. Blake tells Makayla all about Sneaky. Blake says, "I can show you where he lives. You want me to take you there?" Makayla says no. What they don't know is, there is the three-eyed hairy mountain monster watching them play and is imitating them from the woods.




Sneaky the Hairy Mountain Monster Goes to the Bahamas to the First Ever Monster Convention


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Sneaky the Hairy Mountain Monster Goes to the Bahamas is a story about the First Ever Monster Convention, which was being held on the island of Nassau in the Bahamas. Monsters of every type and description were coming to attend the convention. Sneaky the Hairy Mountain Monster from Wheeling, West Virginia, did not want to miss the First Ever Monster Convention. He didn't even know what a convention was, but he knew he didn't want to miss it. He was excited because he had never flown on an airplane, and he had never been to the Bahamas. Where is the Bahamas, anyway? he thought. Blake James's grandfather was going to be the keynote speaker at the convention. He was giving a speech and hearing suggestions from monsters on "how to get along with others in your community." Blake asked his grandfather if he could go with him, and Grandfather said, "Yes, on one condition...you have to clap after I give my speech." Blake laughed, and Grandfather gave him a high-five.




Blindsight


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Hugo and Shirley Jackson award-winning Peter Watts stands on the cutting edge of hard SF with his acclaimed novel, Blindsight Two months since the stars fell... Two months of silence, while a world held its breath. Now some half-derelict space probe, sparking fitfully past Neptune's orbit, hears a whisper from the edge of the solar system: a faint signal sweeping the cosmos like a lighthouse beam. Whatever's out there isn't talking to us. It's talking to some distant star, perhaps. Or perhaps to something closer, something en route. So who do you send to force introductions with unknown and unknowable alien intellect that doesn't wish to be met? You send a linguist with multiple personalities, her brain surgically partitioned into separate, sentient processing cores. You send a biologist so radically interfaced with machinery that he sees x-rays and tastes ultrasound. You send a pacifist warrior in the faint hope she won't be needed. You send a monster to command them all, an extinct hominid predator once called vampire, recalled from the grave with the voodoo of recombinant genetics and the blood of sociopaths. And you send a synthesist—an informational topologist with half his mind gone—as an interface between here and there. Pray they can be trusted with the fate of a world. They may be more alien than the thing they've been sent to find. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.




The Practice of the Wild


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A collection of captivatingly meditative essays that display a deep understanding of Buddhist belief, wildness, wildlife, and the world from an American cultural force. With thoughts ranging from political and spiritual matters to those regarding the environment and the art of becoming native to this continent, the nine essays in The Practice of the Wild display the deep understanding and wide erudition of Gary Snyder. These essays, first published in 1990, stand as the mature centerpiece of Snyder's work and thought, and this profound collection is widely accepted as one of the central texts on wilderness and the interaction of nature and culture.




New Moon


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From evil vampires to a mysterious pack of wolves, new threats of danger and vengeance test Bella and Edward's romance in the second book of the irresistible Twilight saga. For Bella Swan, there is one thing more important than life itself: Edward Cullen. But being in love with a vampire is even more dangerous than Bella could ever have imagined. Edward has already rescued Bella from the clutches of one evil vampire, but now, as their daring relationship threatens all that is near and dear to them, they realize their troubles may be just beginning. Bella and Edward face a devastating separation, the mysterious appearance of dangerous wolves roaming the forest in Forks, a terrifying threat of revenge from a female vampire and a deliciously sinister encounter with Italy's reigning royal family of vampires, the Volturi. Passionate, riveting, and full of surprising twists and turns, this vampire love saga is well on its way to literary immortality. It's here! #1 bestselling author Stephenie Meyer makes a triumphant return to the world of Twilight with the highly anticipated companion, Midnight Sun: the iconic love story of Bella and Edward told from the vampire's point of view. "People do not want to just read Meyer's books; they want to climb inside them and live there." -- Time "A literary phenomenon." -- The New York Times




Hell's Angels


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Gonzo journalist and literary roustabout Hunter S. Thompson flies with the angels—Hell’s Angels, that is—in this short work of nonfiction. “California, Labor Day weekend . . . early, with ocean fog still in the streets, outlaw motorcyclists wearing chains, shades and greasy Levis roll out from damp garages, all-night diners and cast-off one-night pads in Frisco, Hollywood, Berdoo and East Oakland, heading for the Monterey peninsula, north of Big Sur. . . The Menace is loose again.” Thus begins Hunter S. Thompson’s vivid account of his experiences with California’s most notorious motorcycle gang, the Hell’s Angels. In the mid-1960s, Thompson spent almost two years living with the controversial Angels, cycling up and down the coast, reveling in the anarchic spirit of their clan, and, as befits their name, raising hell. His book successfully captures a singular moment in American history, when the biker lifestyle was first defined, and when such countercultural movements were electrifying and horrifying America. Thompson, the creator of Gonzo journalism, writes with his usual bravado, energy, and brutal honesty, and with a nuanced and incisive eye; as The New Yorker pointed out, “For all its uninhibited and sardonic humor, Thompson’s book is a thoughtful piece of work.” As illuminating now as when originally published in 1967, Hell’s Angels is a gripping portrait, and the best account we have of the truth behind an American legend.




Watchers


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A “superior thriller”(Oakland Press) about a man, a dog, and a terrifying threat that could only have come from the imagination of #1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz—nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read. On his thirty-sixth birthday, Travis Cornell hikes into the foothills of the Santa Ana Mountains. But his path is soon blocked by a bedraggled Golden Retriever who will let him go no further into the dark woods. That morning, Travis had been desperate to find some happiness in his lonely, seemingly cursed life. What he finds is a dog of alarming intelligence that soon leads him into a relentless storm of mankind’s darkest creation...




Flying Lessons & Other Stories


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Whether it is basketball dreams, family fiascos, first crushes, or new neighborhoods, this bold short story collection—written by some of the best children’s authors including Kwame Alexander, Meg Medina, Jacqueline Woodson, and many more and published in partnership with We Need Diverse Books—celebrates the uniqueness and universality in all of us. "Will resonate with any kid who's ever felt different—which is to say, every kid." —Time Great stories take flight in this adventurous middle-grade anthology crafted by ten of the most recognizable and diverse authors writing today. Newbery Medalist Kwame Alexander delivers a story in-verse about a boy who just might have magical powers; National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson spins a tale of friendship against all odds; and Meg Medina uses wet paint to color in one girl’s world with a short story that inspired her Newbery award-winner Merci Suárez Changes Gear. Plus, seven more bold voices that bring this collection to new heights with tales that challenge, inspire, and celebrate the unique talents within us all. AUTHORS INCLUDE: Kwame Alexander, Kelly J. Baptist, Soman Chainani, Matt de la Peña, Tim Federle, Grace Lin, Meg Medina, Walter Dean Myers, Tim Tingle, Jacqueline Woodson “There’s plenty of magic in this collection to go around.” —Booklist, Starred “A natural for middle school classrooms and libraries.” —Kirkus Reviews, Starred “Inclusive, authentic, and eminently readable.” —School Library Journal, Starred “Thought provoking and wide-ranging . . . should not be missed.”—Publishers Weekly, Starred “Read more books by these authors.” —The Bulletin, Starred




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