Download or read book Possum Come A Knockin written by Nancy Van Laan and published by Dragonfly Books. This book was released on 1992-08-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illus. in full color. "While Granny is a-rockin' and a-knittin' and Ma's a-cookin' and Pa's a-fixin', that old possum in his top hat and vest just keeps on knocking. The narrator, a redheaded boy, tries to tell family members about the possum, and when the family checks, the possum hides. Should be popular with story-hour groups."--Booklist.
Download or read book A Killer Came Knocking written by S. B. Caves and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-05-23 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Jack's wife is murdered, he has the chance to see justice done. But at what cost? Jack will never forget the face of the man who took his wife’s life and stole his future. Emily cannot move on without her twin—forever guilt-ridden and trapped. So when Jack tells Emily that he’s found her sister’s killer, she doesn’t hesitate to help him exact revenge. But to carry out their plan for vengeance, Emily has to trust Jack more than she has ever trusted anyone. Can you always believe what you see? This absolutely nerve-shredding suspense thriller from S. B. Caves, the bestselling author of I Know Where She Is, is perfect for fans of B. A. Paris and Louise Jensen.
Download or read book Death Comes Knocking written by Graham Bartlett and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2016-07-14 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fans of Peter James and his bestselling Roy Grace series of crime novels know that his books draw on in-depth research into the lives of Brighton and Hove police and are set in a world every bit as gritty as the real thing. His friend Graham Bartlett was a long-serving detective in the city once described as Britain's 'crime capital'. Together, in Death Comes Knocking, they have written a gripping account of the city's most challenging cases, taking the reader from crime scenes and incident rooms to the morgue, and introducing some of the real-life detectives who inspired Peter James's characters. Whether it's the murder of a dodgy nightclub owner and his family in Sussex's worst non-terrorist mass murder or the race to find the abductor of a young girl, tracking down the antique trade's most notorious 'knocker boys' or nailing an audacious ring of forgers, hunting for a cold-blooded killer who executed a surfer or catching a pair who kidnapped a businessman, leaving him severely beaten, to die on a hillside, the authors skilfully evoke the dangerous inside story of policing, the personal toll it takes and the dedication of those who risk their lives to keep the public safe.
Download or read book When Karma Comes Knocking written by Priscille Myrthil and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2017-02-15 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As an overweight child, Vanessa Hannah Hatty was always teased for her plus-size figure, and because of that, she wasnt much of a social butterfly. With only Paige Jackson as a friend, she couldnt help but worship the ground she walked on. She was Vanessas idol, but it turned out that Paige wasnt exactly the best friend Vanessa pitched her to be. Being bullied and teased by her peers was what Vanessa was used to, but nothing could prepare her for when Paige completely destroyed her. Vanessas mother, deeming the environment unsafe for her little girl, enrolled her into charter school. Three years passed and Vanessa was back in Mayville, and she was not the same Fatty Hatty. She was different both mentally and physicallyto a point where she was unrecognizable. When Vanessa was suddenly invited into Paiges glorified clique of friends, Vanessa realized that unlike her, everything was still the same. No one seemed to be burdened by the fact that they ruined a poor girls life and put her through so much. But not for long. Like a wolf in sheepskin, she would strike when they least expected it, proving sticks and stones may break her bones, but words will get you killed. And it didnt just stop at Paige. The list expanded from the group of girls by her side to every single person who had done her wrong as Fatty Hatty. But is revenge really the right way to go, especially when karma is already involved? Messing with the balance of high school could lead to very bloody consequences.
Download or read book A Knock at Midnight written by Brittany K. Barnett and published by Crown. This book was released on 2021-08-03 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE FINALIST • NAACP IMAGE AWARD NOMINEE • A “powerful and devastating” (The Washington Post) call to free those buried alive by America’s legal system, and an inspiring true story about unwavering belief in humanity—from a gifted young lawyer and important new voice in the movement to transform the system. “An essential book for our time . . . Brittany K. Barnett is a star.”—Van Jones, CEO of REFORM Alliance, CNN Host, and New York Times bestselling author Brittany K. Barnett was only a law student when she came across the case that would change her life forever—that of Sharanda Jones, single mother, business owner, and, like Brittany, Black daughter of the rural South. A victim of America’s devastating war on drugs, Sharanda had been torn away from her young daughter and was serving a life sentence without parole—for a first-time drug offense. In Sharanda, Brittany saw haunting echoes of her own life, as the daughter of a formerly incarcerated mother. As she studied this case, a system came into focus in which widespread racial injustice forms the core of America’s addiction to incarceration. Moved by Sharanda’s plight, Brittany set to work to gain her freedom. This had never been the plan. Bright and ambitious, Brittany was a successful accountant on her way to a high-powered future in corporate law. But Sharanda’s case opened the door to a harrowing journey through the criminal justice system. By day she moved billion-dollar deals, and by night she worked pro bono to free clients in near hopeless legal battles. Ultimately, her path transformed her understanding of injustice in the courts, of genius languishing behind bars, and the very definition of freedom itself. Brittany’s riveting memoir is at once a coming-of-age story and a powerful evocation of what it takes to bring hope and justice to a system built to resist them both. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY KIRKUS REVIEWS
Download or read book Knocking on Heaven s Door written by Katy Butler and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-06-10 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A blend of memoir and investigation of the choices we face when our terror of death collides with the technological imperatives of modern medicine"--
Download or read book The Zombie Hunters written by Jenny Romanchuk and published by . This book was released on 2010-11-26 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follow this team of zombies hunters as they try to survive a salvage expedition. What first seemed like a harmless bit of extracurricular looting has now gone horribly wrong, and the team finds themselves fighting for their survival armed with nothing but improvised weapons and mouths full of colourful profanities. A comic that began as a short story for friends on the web, The Zombie Hunters has grown into an exploration of what the world would be like, following a deadly apocalypse. With a society and a zombie threat unlike any other, the story quickly grows beyond its original concept and begins to explore the divide between the Infected, sent to scavenge the wastelands, and those who are not, who live in the safety and comfort of the Argus Research Campus.This title is a graphic novel.
Download or read book Suddenly a Knock on the Door written by Etgar Keret and published by FSG Originals. This book was released on 2012-03-27 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing up a child, lying to the boss, placing an order in a fast-food restaurant: in Etgar Keret's new collection, daily life is complicated, dangerous, and full of yearning. In his most playful and most mature work yet, the living and the dead, silent children and talking animals, dreams and waking life coexist in an uneasy world. Overflowing with absurdity, humor, sadness, and compassion, the tales in Suddenly, a Knock on the Door establish Etgar Keret—declared a "genius" by The New York Times—as one of the most original writers of his generation.
Download or read book When Death Comes Knocking written by B. Kaye Robinson and published by . This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In September 1995, Brenda Kaye Robinson was a single mother living an ordinary life in rural Sussex County, Delaware. Then one night she awoke to a nightmare of unspeakable horror. The savagery that took place inside her home as her 11-year-old son lay sleeping in a nearby room, changed her life forever. "When Death Comes Knocking" chronicles Robinson's journey of faith as she struggles to deal with both the physical and emotional trauma of the vicious attack, and a decade-long search for justice. The twists and turns this case takes are a testament to the significance of forensic science. "When Death Comes Knocking" is a glimpse into the sadistic, mind-numbing and unpredictable side of justice. Kaye Robinson's story has been featured on "Forensic Files (tm)" in an episode titled "Smiley Face." In his Forward for this book, Forensic Files (tm) creator and producer, Paul Dowling, says, "Our episode about Brenda Kaye Robinson's case is one of the best we've ever produced. Why? Because her story challenges many of our long held beliefs about crime scene investigations and our criminal justice system."
Download or read book Never See Them Again written by M. William Phelps and published by Kensington Books. This book was released on 2012-02-28 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follows the case of Christine Paolilla, who brutally murdered four people with the help of her boyfriend, who later committed suicide.
Download or read book Twenty Four Robbers written by Audrey Wood and published by . This book was released on 2018-06 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Audrey Wood's joyful celebration of this traditional skipping rhyme, twenty-four robbers return to the same house again and again. What do they need, and what is it for? Kindness and generosity show the robbers that stealing is not the only way, and teach them the value of sharing. Count twenty-four robbers on every spread, and join in the shouting!
Download or read book Knocking from the Inside written by Jacquii Leveine and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-11 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: YOU'VE NEVER READ A MEMOIR LIKE THIS, but you will want to follow my nine-year road map which backtracks to the beginning of my story--year 2010. I lie desolate on my living room couch, deciding the fate of my unborn child. My unilateral decision results in a vengeful breakup. In the fallout, I meet the alluring Siete Jackson in 2011. We're quickly enraptured. But he changes, adding another layer of complication. He slowly slips away, offering himself in small bites, feeding me cryptic riddles instead; and I find myself an unwitting player in my sociopathic lover's mind game. Over the next three years, Siete and I engage in a battle of wills as my search for the answers to life's questions takes me down innumerable paths. It took nine years to understand all that I'd lost, and what I had to regain. Told in yearly sequence from 2010 to 2018, my personal-year cycles (found by adding my birth month and day to each year) predict Siete's coming, my going, and the profound lessons we teach each other in between. But, it's the spiritual forensic report I create with our birthnames and birthdates which truly decodes our connection and demystifies two questions that plague womenfolk: Why do I consistently attract this kind of man? How's he a reflection of me? Knocking from the Inside is an illuminating, character-driven journey that will take readers to the crossroads where numbers, karma, forgiveness, and unconditional love meet before arriving at inner peace.
Download or read book Knocking Down Barriers written by Truman Kella Gibson and published by Northwestern University Press. This book was released on 2005-09-07 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner, 2006 Illinois State Historical Society Book Award Certificate of Excellence Recipient, 2007 Hyde Park Historical Society Paul Cornell Award Knocking Down Barriers is the memoir of a life spent making a difference. In 1940, when Truman Gibson reported for duty at the War Department, Washington was like a southern city in its seemingly unalterable segregation and oppressive summer heat. Gibson had no illusions about the nation’s racism, but as a Chicagoan who’d enjoyed the best of the vibrant Black culture of prewar America, he was shocked to find the worst of the Jim Crow South in the capital. What Gibson accomplished as an advocate for African American soldiers—first as a lawyer working for the secretary of war, then as a member of Harry S. Truman’s “Black cabinet”—fueled the struggle for civil rights in the American military. A University of Chicago Law School graduate, Gibson took his fight for racial justice to the corridors of power, arguing against restrictive real estate covenants before the US Supreme Court, opposing such iconic military figures as Generals Dwight D. Eisenhower and George C. Marshall to demand the integration of the armed forces, and challenging white control of professional sports by creating a boxing empire that made television history. Filled with firsthand details and little-known stories about key advancements in race relations in the worlds of law, the military, sports, and entertainment, Gibson’s memoir is also an engaging recollection of encounters with the likes of Thurgood Marshall, W. E. B. Du Bois, Eleanor Roosevelt, George Patton, Jackie Robinson, and Joe Louis. Winner of the 2006 Illinois State Historical Society Book Award Certificate of Excellence, Knocking Down Barriers illuminates social milestones that continue to shape race in the United States today.
Download or read book Who s That Knocking on Christmas Eve written by Jan Brett and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2002-09-23 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every year, trolls knock down Kyri's door and gobble up her Christmas feast. But this year, the trolls are in for a surprise: a boy and his pet ice bear on their way to Oslo have come in from the cold. And once the ice bear is finished with the trolls, you can bet they won't come knocking next Christmas Eve! Once again, Jan Brett creates an original Christmas story full of warmth and magic. Featuring beautiful borders, intricate illustrations, and a stunning display of the Northern Lights, Who's That Knocking on Christmas Eve? will rightfully take its place among Jan's Christmas favorites with the whole family.
Download or read book Who s that Knocking written by Alison Lester and published by Picture Puffin. This book was released on 2009 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who's that knocking at our front door? Can you guess? Full of surprises, this warm and funny book will delight young children as they open the door to discover who has come to visit. Another classic from Alison Lester, the creator of many much-loved and award-winning picture books, including Are We There Yet'.
Download or read book Opportunity Knocking written by Lori Ann LaRocco and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Known as the producer with the trillion-dollar Rolodex, Lori Ann LaRocco knows how to get business leaders and entrepreneurs to talk. Many of the world's most well-known executives are so trusting of LaRocco, senior talent producer at CNBC, that she consistently gets scoops on billion-dollar deals before anyone else. In her newest book, Opportunity Knocking, LaRocco uses her close relationships with these organizational leaders to tell their stories--many of which have never been previously revealed, but offer brilliant insights into their minds. In Opportunity Knocking, readers will learn the full stories and secrets of success from some of the world's smartest, most innovative leaders, such as Ford CEO Alan Mulally's strategy for creating a culture of promise that revitalized the American auto industry. This book provides real-world examples from leaders like Mulally and turns them into actionable, proven strategies for identifying and acting on opportunities. What makes Opportunity Knocking stand apart is the diversity of individuals who offer real-world strategies and advice instead of just one person's opinion or vision. From the assembly line to the C-suite, Opportunity Knocking will provide both inspiration and a blueprint for achieving success by recognizing the right opportunity--and seizing it.
Download or read book Someone Came Knocking written by Anne Merrick and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tod, a boy with no memories of his past and enduring a brutal present finds a chance to escape. But he is unsure of where he might go or what will happen to him.
