Download or read book The Patchwork Bike written by Maxine Beneba Clarke and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2016-10-25 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Picture Book Award 2019 Winner of the Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Crichton Award for Debut Illustrator 2017 Selected as a CBCA Honour Picture Book 2017 Shortlisted for PATRICIA WRIGHTSON PRIZE FOR CHILDREN'S LITERATURE 2018 'Beautifully written and incredibly powerful.' Books + Publishing 'this book is just what many of us need right now' - starred Kirkus Review When you live in a village at the edge of the No-Go Desert, you need to make your own fun. That's when you and your brothers get inventive and build a bike from scratch, using everyday items like an old milk pot (maybe mum is still using it, maybe not) and a used flour sack. You can even make a numberplate from bark, if you want. The end result is a spectacular bike, perfect for going bumpity-bump over sandhills, past your fed-up mum and right through your mud-for-walls home. A delightful story from multi-award-winning author Maxine Beneba Clarke, beautifully illustrated by street artist Van T Rudd.

Download or read book Ooh la la Max in Love written by Maira Kalman and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2018-01-13 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Max the dog-poet is back, this time in Paris and falling in love, in Maira Kalman's delightful picture book. It's happened. Before you can say "Pepe le Pew," Max the millionaire poet dog has landed in Paris, the city of lights. The city of dreams. Everyone is in a froufrou of delight over Max. There's Fritz from the Ritz, Madame Camembert, Charlotte Russe, and Pierre Potpurri, who wants Max to perform in his Crazy Wolf Nightclub. Amidst the enchantment and beauty that is Paris in the spring, something is missing for Max. Max has made his millions; when will he find romance?

Download or read book Called into Action written by Paris Wynters and published by Carina Press. This book was released on 2021-05-25 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They’ll find a way to work together. A young boy’s life depends on it. Penelope Ramos has dreamed of being a K-9 search-and-rescue handler since she was a little girl. Armed with a quick mind and her German shepherd, Havoc, she rides into Maple Falls, Vermont, determined to get her certification. She isn’t expecting the gruff, unreadable park ranger assigned to evaluate her skills. Park ranger Jay Gosling is a pro. It’s clear to him that neither Penelope nor her unpredictable canine has what it takes…although his boss feels otherwise. Whatever. Jay will never have to work with them and he has half a mind to escort them both right out of town. But when a young boy goes missing, he doesn’t have that luxury. Working side by side tests their tentative peace, but Jay and Penelope are together on one thing: they’ll both do whatever it takes to find the missing child—before it’s too late.

Download or read book Love Is written by Tia Kelly and published by Tia Kelly. This book was released on 2015-12-12 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Diane Collins has big plans for her life, and hoops star Warren Scott is not among them. He doesn’t want to be the face of the NBA, and she doesn’t care that he is. His reluctance to be part of the limelight disarms her and the two embark on an unlikely friendship that becomes an even unlikelier romance. Soon, his life is her life – filled with VIP treatment, parties, and luxuries beyond Diane’s wildest imagination. But Warren is harboring a secret, and once it’s revealed, Diane’s decision to stay or go could change the very fabric of who she thought she was.

Download or read book Saying Good Bye to the Pet You Love written by Lori Greene and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by a psychologist who is a leader in pet bereavement, this practical and sympathetic guide validates the survivor's feelings of loss when a pet dies.

Download or read book I Think I Love You written by Allison Pearson and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2011-02-08 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The new novel from the best-selling author of I Don’t Know How She Does It takes us on an unforgettable journey into first love, and—with the emotional intensity and penetrating wit that have made her beloved among readers all over the world—reminds us of how the ardor of our youth can ignite our adult lives. Wales, 1974. Petra and Sharon, two thirteen-year-old girls, are obsessed with David Cassidy. His fan magazine is their Bible, and some days his letters are the only things that keep them going as they struggle through the humiliating daily rituals of adolescence—confronting their bewildering new bodies, fighting with mothers who don’t understand them at all. Together they tackle the Ultimate David Cassidy Quiz, a contest whose winners will be flown to America to meet Cassidy in person. London, 1998. Petra is pushing forty, on the brink of divorce, and fighting with her own thirteen-year-old daughter when she discovers a dusty letter in her mother’s closet declaring her the winner of the contest she and Sharon had labored over with such hope and determination. More than twenty years later, twenty pounds heavier, bruised by grief and the disappointments of middle age, Petra reunites with Sharon for an all-expenses-paid trip to Las Vegas to meet their teen idol at last, and finds her life utterly transformed. Funny, moving, full of beautiful observations about the awakenings of both youth and middle age, Allison Pearson’s long-awaited new novel will speak across generations to mothers and daughters and women of all ages.

Download or read book Changing the Bloodline written by Jessi Hersey and published by Lulu. This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abbey Price is a school psychologist who is shaken to the core when, just weeks into a new job in Bloomfield, New Jersey, one of her students commits suicide. Worse, as she grapples with her emotions and attempts to help her traumatized students, a body is found in a town dumpster. Mike Russo comes from a traditional Italian family that keeps old rules sacred, respects a code of silence, and values reputation. Handsome and mysterious, Mike prides himself on being different from his family, especially when it comes to choosing the right woman. When Abbey and Mike meet on a blind date, she lets her guard down and willingly invites him into her life-unaware that he is hiding a dark secret. In this passionate thriller, a young woman on a journey to find love is swept into a world full of deception, violence, and death that eventually leads her on a quest for justice in the midst of a centuries-old battle where justice does not exist.

Download or read book The Woman Warrior written by Maxine Hong Kingston and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2010-09-01 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • An exhilarating blend of autobiography and mythology, of world and self, of hot rage and cool analysis. First published in 1976, it has become a classic in its innovative portrayal of multiple and intersecting identities—immigrant, female, Chinese, American. • NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER “A classic, for a reason.” —Celeste Ng, bestselling author of Little Fires Everywhere and Our Missing Hearts, via Twitter As a girl, Kingston lives in two confounding worlds: the California to which her parents have immigrated and the China of her mother’s “talk stories.” The fierce and wily women warriors of her mother’s tales clash jarringly with the harsh reality of female oppression out of which they come. Kingston’s sense of self emerges in the mystifying gaps in these stories, which she learns to fill with stories of her own. A warrior of words, she forges fractured myths and memories into an incandescent whole, achieving a new understanding of her family’s past and her own present.

Download or read book My Silver Lining written by My Silver Lining and published by Bijou Hunter. This book was released on 2007 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: HEAT ღ HUMOR ღ HEA River Majors is the president of the Shasta Chapter of the Reapers Motorcycle Club. His family lives and breathes the lifestyle. Maxine Leroux lost her father figure thanks to the former club running Shasta. The last thing she wants is to gain the attention of the most powerful biker in town. Now that Maxine has caught River’s eye, though, he’ll never give up until he owns her heart. "My Silver Lining" contains graphic sexual content, violent situations, harsh language, and drug use. The book is only appropriate for adult readers age 18+.

Download or read book A Little Something Different written by Sandy Hall and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2014-08-26 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The distinctive new crowdsourced publishing imprint Swoon Reads proudly presents its first published novel—an irresistibly sweet romance between two college students told from 14 different viewpoints. The creative writing teacher, the delivery guy, the local Starbucks baristas, his best friend, her roommate, and the squirrel in the park all have one thing in common—they believe that Gabe and Lea should get together. Lea and Gabe are in the same creative writing class. They get the same pop culture references, order the same Chinese food, and hang out in the same places. Unfortunately, Lea is reserved, Gabe has issues, and despite their initial mutual crush, it looks like they are never going to work things out. But somehow even when nothing is going on, something is happening between them, and everyone can see it. You'll be rooting for Gabe and Lea too, in Sandy Hall's quirky, completely original novel A Little Something Different, chosen by readers, writes, and publishers, to be the debut titles for the new Swoon Reads imprint!

Download or read book The Dogist written by Elias Weiss Friedman and published by Artisan Books. This book was released on 2015-01-01 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Friedman moved to New York City, he missed the dogs that had surrounded him growing up. He began photographing dogs on the street, and posting them on his blog, The Dogist. Whether because of the look in a dog's eyes, its innate beauty, or even the clothes its owner has dressed it in, every portrait in this book tells a story and explores the dog's distinct character and spirit.

Download or read book Cages written by Peg Kehret and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2001-06-25 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kit never means to steal the bracelet; it is just a dumb mistake. But when she is caught Kit is sentenced to twenty hours of volunteer work at the humane society. Kit knows how it feels to be stuck in a cage like those animals and soon she begins to learn that the key to her own cage is right in front of her. "Readers will relate to [Kit's] anguish and her spirit and courage." -Booklist

Download or read book Maxine Yelling It Like It Is written by John M. Wagner and published by Andrews McMeel Publishing. This book was released on 2007-04 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: * Dubbed the "Mother Lode of Laughs" by People magazine, Maxine boasts her own fan club and licensed merchandise sales. Never afraid of telling it like it is, or at least how it should be, Maxine is a lean, mean, griping machine lambasting everything from fast food to feng shui. Complete with over-the-top one-liners and classic Maxine rants, this hilarious humor collection offers something for every closet curmudgeon. * "Start each day off on the right foot, unless you kick better with your left." * "The world is going to hell in an SUV, and whoever is driving is too busy talking on a cell phone to notice."

Download or read book Fat Freddy Gets Fit written by Dorlisa H. Berg and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-12-13 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I spent 7 years of my childhood in Hawaii. In fact my brother, Zane, went to high school with Obama at Punahou. Zane was a Senior and Obama was a Freshman and they never knew each other. I graduated from UCLA and then later got my Teaching Credential and Masters Degree from Humboldt State University in Arcata, CA. Ive lived all over the place. Ive lived in Santa Fe for going on 12 years and its my 23rd address. I love Santa Fe and have fi nally found my home. I taught in California, Nevada, and Utah but have been doing real estate for the past ten years. Im happily married to Warren Berg whos famous for his birding and his bird photography. To see some awesome birds checkout our website: www.dosrealtors.com. We love to garden and adore our pets- a dog and four cats (long story). As in Fat Freddy Gets Fit, Im a CASACourt Appointed Special Advocate. Ive been doing that for six years.

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Download or read book The Long Approach written by Maxine Kumin and published by Viking Press. This book was released on 1986 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In her first collection since 1982, this Pulizter Prize-winning poet redefines and expands upon her themes of home and family by showing them in the context of survival in a nuclear age