Download or read book Flora Ulysses written by Kate DiCamillo and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2013-09-24 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rescuing a squirrel after an accident involving a vacuum cleaner, comic-reading cynic Flora Belle Buckman is astonished when the squirrel, Ulysses, demonstrates astonishing powers of strength and flight after being revived. By the Newbery Medal-winning author of The Tale of Despereaux.

Download or read book Developmental Leadership written by David L. Goetsch and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2011-04 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Providing an example of excellence is important for organizational leaders who want employees to commit to peak performance and continual improvement. But, by itself, it is not enough. Organizational leaders must also develop employees in ways that equip, enable, and empower them so they are able to fulfill their commitment. This book provides 20 tested and proven best practices executives, managers, and supervisors can use to lead employees to peak performance and continual improvement and their organizations to excellence. Readers will learn how to get the best from employees on a consistent basis by providing better leadership, management, and supervision for them

Download or read book The New Great American Writers Cookbook written by Dean Faulkner Wells and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2009-10-20 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published in 1981, The Great American Writers Cookbook was a treasure trove of recipes submitted by the country's most celebrated authors. This all-new collection, a fine follow-up for a new era, features recipes that range from peanut butter sandwiches to eggplant caviar, with dishes—and anecdotes—offered by writers of every imaginable stripe, ethnicity, region, and culture in America. Contemporary novelists such as National Book Award winners Jonathan Franzen and the late, great Bernard Malamud share space with columnists Dave Barry, P. J. O'Rourke, and Christopher Buckley, with journalists and novelists Andrei Codrescu, Anna Quindlen, and John Berendt, and with poet and novelist Sandra Cisneros. The interspersing of recipes from older and younger generations reveals cookery as creatively diverse as the writings from David Guterson, T. C. Boyle, Elizabeth McCracken, and former First Lady Barbara Bush. This unusually tangy assortment of more than 150 recipes runs the gamut from tofu to heart-clogging chili. Writers play fast and loose with ingredients and forewarn readers planning to try them that some of the most seductive recipes are loaded with cholesterol. With such temptations as “Thighs of Delight,” “Crevettes Désir,” a “sexy spaghetti sauce,” and a lemon icebox pie that allegedly elicits proposals of marriage, the recipes—and stories revealing their origins—is enticing, bizarre, and promisingly tasty. The collection gives particular emphasis to contemporary southern writers—Padgett Powell, Jack Butler, Larry Brown, Ellen Gilchrist, and Josephine Humphreys, among others, although their recipes are often far from being quintessentially “southern.” Scintillating with writerly antics and witty histories as transfixing as the recipes themselves, The New Great American Writers Cookbook is not just for daring cooks. It's also a collector’s item for food-doting lovers of American literature.

Download or read book You and Me written by Si Jingong and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2019-12-30 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She was just an ordinary girl in the 21st century. Having been widowed since childhood, she had experienced the great sorrow of life and had accompanied loneliness for more than 20 years. The bizarre world was merely a container for her to store her body. The prosperity of the outside world meant that she would never be able to enter the world. There was no place for her soul, or she had no soul at all. An unexpected transmigration had brought about a spectacular transformation for her. Secretly rejoiced, fate is after all treated oneself not bad, so that his life in the time of the reshuffle. In a foreign era, she was actually like a fish in the water. Not only did she occupy a master of a Number One Under Heaven, she even received care and concern that she had never enjoyed before.Originally, he wanted to spend the rest of Huan Huan's life in this way, then her life could be written as an inspiring story. An ordinary girl had leaped onto the path of true Immortal Ascension. But she did not know that she was born to be extraordinary. With her unique physique, she had become the target of everyone's coveting. Thinking about her obscurity in the past, it might have been a method for the heavens to protect her.If that person hadn't appeared, she would have been able to live her life in peace. However, the love they had for each other for thousands of years had long surpassed the control of the heaven and earth. Memories merged into their blood once again, tightly connecting them together. Even if what awaited them in the end was to be turned into ashes, the two souls destined to be together would still reunite, because they existed because of each other. "

Download or read book Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk written by David Sedaris and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2010-09-28 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring David Sedaris's unique blend of hilarity and heart, this new collection of keen-eyed animal-themed tales is an utter delight. Though the characters may not be human, the situations in these stories bear an uncanny resemblance to the insanity of everyday life. In "The Toad, the Turtle, and the Duck," three strangers commiserate about animal bureaucracy while waiting in a complaint line. In "Hello Kitty," a cynical feline struggles to sit through his prison-mandated AA meetings. In "The Squirrel and the Chipmunk," a pair of star-crossed lovers is separated by prejudiced family members. With original illustrations by Ian Falconer, author of the bestselling Olivia series of children's books, these stories are David Sedaris at his most observant, poignant, and surprising.

Download or read book The World of Daughter McGuire written by Sharon Dennis Wyeth and published by Delacorte Press. This book was released on 2009-05-14 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Daughter--that's my name. Daughter McGuire--I'm eleven." When Daughter McGuire, her mother, and her younger brothers, Satchel and Jerry Lee, move next door to her grandparents, she's faced with starting over in a new school, making new friends, and keeping clear of troublemakers like the Avengers. Life would also be easier if her father hadn't run off to Colorado. If her parents were together again, her mother's creepy friend Jim Signet wouldn't be hanging around. But things pick up when Daughter and her classmates Connie and Anna discover Topknot Cave and start the Explorers Club. And at school Mrs. Jackson, Daughter's teacher, suggests an exciting family heritage project. The hitch is that some people think that Daughter's family heritage is too "mixed-up". According to her family tree she is African-Italian-Irish-Jewish-Russian-American. One of the Avengers calls her a "zebra", because one of her parents is black and the other is white. Daughter is so upset, she begins to wonder what she should call herself. As her project comes together, Daughter learns more about her background and the story of the courageous woman whose name she carries. Little does Daughter McGuire know that her own courage will soon be tested in a way she had never dreamed of. Sharon Dennis Wyeth wrote The World of Daughter McGuire because she wanted to issue a challenge. As she says, "Daughter McGuire's world is by no means perfect. Parents don't behave the way you want them to and there are cruel acts of bias. But there is also humor in this world and love aplenty in Daughter, Satch and Jerry Lee's not-so-typical, typical extended family. I want my readers to make connections in spite of external bias, to celebrate ourselves as individuals in a world where conscience counts more than color."

Download or read book Animals Are Souls Too written by Harold Klemp and published by ECKANKAR. This book was released on 2024-04-03 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can animals experience divine love? Do animals go to heaven when they die? In this book you'll find incredible stories about the spiritual awareness of animals, what they have to teach us, and how they are carriers of divine love. Every chapter features an easy spiritual exercise to help you enlarge your awareness of our divine kinship with animals as Soul—and with all living things.

Download or read book The Chateau of Illusions written by Guy Hibbert and published by Ventura Editions. This book was released on 2024-09-12 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The beautiful white limestone Château of Lusone, designed and built by the Picards, once proud Cognac producers, has fallen into the hands of the aristocratic Duplessis family. The mysteries of the château are the poignant backdrop to an unfolding story of two families, each new generation becoming entwined in a web of intrigue, love, revenge and redemption.The Château of Illusions moves from south west France to Paris, London and back to France again, telling the story of Thérèse Picard and her relationships with the two Duplessis brothers, Roland and François. From blissful pre-war summers to heartache and heroism during World War 2, her journey from wilful youth to brave adult is swift and painful. As the saga sweeps forward through the extravagant 1960s and into the 1980s an extraordinary work of art is discovered, and hidden secrets are exposed. As the 40th anniversary of VE Day approaches, a series of dramatic revelations lead to unforeseen twists of fate for both families.

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Download or read book Allen Carr s Easyweigh to Lose Weight written by Allen Carr and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 1999-12-02 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lose weight and feel great in 2020. __________ Allen Carr, international bestselling author of The Easy Way to Stop Smoking, helps you to take off the pounds in no time - without dieting, calorie-counting or using will-power. His revolutionary eating plan allows you to enjoy food and savour flavours all while you're losing weight. You'll be able to: - Eat your favourite foods - Follow your natural instincts - Avoid guilt, remorse and other bad feelings - Avoid worrying about digestive ailments or feeling faint - Learn to re-educate your taste - Let your appetite guide your diet A happy reader says: 'I've found the answer I've been looking for for 20 years! I've done every diet you can think of. My sister urged me to buy the book - and I'm so glad I did! It isn't someone telling you what to do, it isn't a weird eating plan, IT ISN'T A DIET! There's no guilt... There's no stuggle... There's no restrictions... You just know what to do and you know you want to do it and why!' ___________ Allen Carr was an accountant who smoked 100 cigarettes a day until he discovered EASYWAY. Having cured his own addiction he went on to write a series of bestselling books, most famously The Easy Way to Stop Smoking. His books have sold more than 13 million copies worldwide. Allen's lasting legacy is a dynamic, ongoing, global publishing programme and an ever-expanding worldwide network of clinics which help treat a range of issues including smoking, weight, alcohol and drug addiction.

Download or read book Hunting with Air Rifles written by Matthew Manning and published by McNidder and Grace Limited. This book was released on 2014-01-05 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mathew Manning combines a good deal of practical information and enjoyable, anecdotal text to give the reader a pleasurable insight into the world of air rifle hunting. In Hunting with Air Rifles, Mathew Manning has compiled a step-by-step guide on everything a novice or an expert air-gun user needs to know when hunting and culling wildlife. Hunting with Air Rifles is a complete guide to the basi of using an air rifle - covering all elements of the sport from the nitty gritty (though not frighteningly technical) workings of the air rifle to how to choose the right gun, using sights, ammunition, accessories, clothing, camouflage, setting up, shooting techniques/stances, the law and acquiring permission to shoot and how to avoid the pit-falls of expensive or dangerous equipment. Manning deals with quarry recognition and the relationship between the hunter, his/her quarry and the countryside. Hunting techniques for various species are included from stalking to hide building, decoying, baiting, lamping and use of calls. Air rifle hunting is one of the most humane ways of sourcing meat and animal welfare and organic standards can't get much higher and food miles are minimal. The photographs are straight forward and support the text and readers will find clear instructions on converting shot quarry into meat for the table along with a series of simple and delicious recipes. This book is essential reading for novice and for expert air-gunners.

Download or read book Ultimate Explorer Field Guide Mammals written by National Geographic Kids and published by National Geographic Kids. This book was released on 2019 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Reference guide to mammals, for children"--

Download or read book The Mighty Skink written by Paul Shipton and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2002 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Giz is a rhesus monkey and he's full of Big Questions. Like what's onthe other side of The Fence. Living in a zoo enclosure with the rest of thetribe, Giz is desperate to find out what happens in the land of humans. Then,out of the blue, a newcomer arrives. Skink is an outrageous, fast-talkingmonkey who's had time in a lab cage, a pet shop and a circus. Full of mischiefand fun, he helps Giz escape and together they try to find out more about wherethey come from - and decide where they're going to end up.BLPaul Shipton is the author of the massively popular BUG MULDOON booksBLLike Animal Farm, this is a book that explores big themes through animals :social order, animal rights, bullying and self-realization

Download or read book The Espionage Novel MEGAPACK 4 Classic Novels written by Holly Roth and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2016-03-11 with total page 795 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Espionage Novel MEGAPACK® presents 4 classic novels of espionage and adventure. Included are: TIGER MILK, by David Garth The story of a lone-wolf fight against a Nazi undercover ring in the U.S. THE FIVE ARROWS, by Allan Chase High intrigue in South America, with the future of democracy on the continent at stake! THE SHOCKING SECRET, by Holly Roth "An astonishing book: don't miss it!" -- Boston Globe. THE CORPSE THAT TALKED, by Richard Telfair She was two women: one who gave her body willingly...the other kept a promise to a man who had died months before! If you enjoy this ebook, don't forget to search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press Megapack" to see more of the 280+ volumes in this series, covering adventure, historical fiction, mysteries, westerns, ghost stories, science fiction -- and much, much more!

Download or read book Grandpa s Stories written by Ronald (Ronn) L. Shank and published by Author House. This book was released on 2012-09-17 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A number of years ago now as one of my grandsons first birthday approached I thought about what to give a one year old. There are a million things that will be played with for a short while then either broken or ignored. I wanted to give something special, something lasting, something that even when older he might still enjoy. Then it struck me, since he likes the silly little stories I tell him upon his request, that maybe I could write some cute little short stories, with a moral as well, just for him (and any of my other grandchildren as well when shared). Thats all it took to get me started. Since then each year I write a little story that somehow relates to something in his life. When another grandchild came along he also was added to the list of recipients of original stories. When I got to thinking about it I decided there may be other grandparents that would like to spend time with their grandchild reading a little story. Now a few years down the pike and I have enough for a book. And so herein I offer my readers a chance to share the joy of time spent reading to a child. That is why my stories were written in the first place. Children go through phases as with my grandchildren there were the dinosaurs, whales, (especially the blue whale), hedge hogs, puppies and gold fish. Im sure you get my drift. All of these fed my imagination and help to produce stories that have a connection and personal touch for both the child and me. These stories are not written for children to read, but rather for a loving adult to sit down with child on their lap or side by side on a shared sofa and be read to. I recommend using funny voices and lots of emphasis and maybe a tickle or two at just the right moment to add flavor and a garnish to each story. The giggles, like sparklers on the 4th of July, will shower joy in all directions and warm the heart of the one reading the story and those close by. Do not be concerned about the content all the stories contained in this book are rated PG - (to be read by Parent or Grandparent). I hope you will enjoy these short stories even more that I did writing them.

Download or read book Squirrels at My Window written by Grace Marmor Spruch and published by Big Earth Publishing. This book was released on 2000 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even for a woman as sensitive to wild animals as Grace 1Spruch, the arrival of a squirrel inside her Greenwich Village apartment one morning came as something of a surprise. She had always loved the squirrels she saw in Washington Square Park, but she never met one so forward as the one climbing up her rubber plant. Dr. Spruch didn't know it then, but this was the beginning of a strange and wonderful relationship. Gradually, other squirrels began to climb the fire escape to the Spruchs' fifth-story window. All were welcomed -- with certain restrictions, of course. There were regular office hours, and the squirrels soon learned not to scratch at the window until given the signal -- stirring within the apartment. Some were bold about walking right into the house, examining the Spruchs' possessions, and burying their nuts under pillows. One categorically refused to leave at closing time, even when rudely chased. Others, more retiring, were content to munch nuts and fruits on the windowsill. Since Spruch is a scientist as well as an animal lover, her observations gain a special force and precision, and she manages to achieve the best kind of popular science writing: scientifically sound, carefully observed, intellectually challenging. Despite our familiarity with squirrels as part of the urban landscape, surprisingly little is known about the habits of these creatures, and Spruch is able to make some interesting contributions to this subject. But most of all, this is a book for animal lovers -- a loving, yet unsentimental account of a fascinating episode in the natural history of a large city.

Download or read book A New Story Book for Children written by Fanny Fern and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-09-07 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original.