Download or read book Book of Decamot written by Stanley Jackson and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2015-09-17 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This ingenious book tells the story of how a simple family game based on telling a story using ten unconnected words grew into a unique creative writing programme. Packed with illustrative stories and screenplays, it will entertain and inspire you in equal measure as you discover that Decamot can be used to cure writers block, promote collaborative writing, and enhance typical book club activities, or if you happen to be a teacher, to create clever competitive educational courses for students. Or just read it for its entertainment value alone! Stanley Jackson and Gavin Jackson

Download or read book Layla Bali written by Lisa Zarkin McHugh and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2015-08-06 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Layla Bali is an eleven year-old girl who sees things that others dont. She knows that there are unexplained dangers in this world. When Laylas dog, Molly, goes missing, Laylas search for her leads her into strange new lands. Layla awakens to a noise in the middle of the night and meets Jasmine, a black cat from the land of Baismal. Layla can speak to Jasmine, and the two are transported to Baismal through a staircase of fire. Malkolm, the evil ruler of Baismal, kidnapped Molly. He wants revenge for the death of his family, but he does not know his familys true fate. Layla and Jasmine must save Molly and end Malkolms reign of terror. When Layla accidentally transforms Jasmine from a housecat into a great black panther, she discovers that her words have magical power. Jasmine and Layla meet friends and enemies in their search for Molly, but many of the people Layla meets look like people she knew at home in the Middle Land. Even Kaleb, an attractive boy her age, looks very much like the boy she likes back home. Kaleb accompanies Layla and Jasmine as they continue their journey. In the dungeon of Malkolms castle, Layla, Jasmine, and Kaleb confront Malkolm and rescue many kidnapped animalsincluding Molly. They escape into the land of Atticalli, ruled by the good and powerful Lord Gani. Layla learns that the three lands are connected, and there may be a link between the people she met in Baismal and her friends back home. She herself is the reincarnation of Princess LelanieLord Ganis best friend. Malkolm tracks Layla to Atticalli where he attacks her and her friends. Lord Gani saves them, and Malkolm is defeated, but Malkolm still has a doppelgnger somewhere in the Middle Land. Until his doppelgnger is found, Malkolm may return to power. Lord Gani returns Layla and Molly to the Middle Land to search for Malkolms doppelgnger. Layla awakens in her bed with Molly safely home. Visiting her friends, she realizes that something isnt right, and she needs to figure out the truth about the people around her and the dream she has just had.

Download or read book Under the Mountain written by Maurice Gee and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2011-08-16 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beneath the extinct volcanoes surrounding the city, giant creatures are waking from a spellbound sleep that has lasted thousands of years. Their goal is the destruction of the world. Rachel and Theo Matheson are twins. Apart from having red hair, there is nothing remarkable about them - or so they think. They are horrified to discover that they ...

Download or read book The Law of Life written by Jack London and published by Lindhardt og Ringhof. This book was released on 2020-11-25 with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The short story "The Law of Life" by Jack London is a study on the human psyche, as one faces the familiar cycle of life and death. Old Koskoosh, who is the father of his Native American tribe's chief, is dying. As his people leave him and he lays on the ground in his final hours to wait for his end, he looks back on his life. Memorable events fill his thoughts until the very end - even until the wolves arrive. The short story is one of London's stories inspired by the period the writer spent at the Klondike Gold Rush in the late 19th century and was published in the early 20th century. Jack London (1876–1916) was an American writer and social activist. He grew up in the working class, but became a worldwide celebrity and one of the highest paid authors of his time. He wrote several novels, which are considered classics today, among these 'Call of the Wild', 'Sea Wolf' and 'White Fang'.

Download or read book Jack the Ripper Case Closed written by Gyles Brandreth and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2017-06-15 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: London. 1894. 'I am not a detective, chief constable.' 'No, but you are a poet, a freemason and a man of the world. All useful qualifications for the business in hand.' So says Police Chief Macnaghten to Oscar Wilde, in a Chelsea drawing room in the company of Arthur Conan Doyle. The business they are gathered to discuss is none other than the case of Jack the Ripper, the most notorious murderer in England. And thus the three men set out to solve one of the world's most famous mysteries - the ultimate truth about the identity of Jack the Ripper. Case Closed is Arthur Conan Doyle's account of the events of 1894, the year of the return of Jack the Ripper. Based on Oscar Wilde's real-life friendship with Conan Doyle and the extraordinary but little-known fact that in 1894 the detective in charge of the Jack the Ripper investigations was Oscar Wilde's neighbour in Tite Street, Chelsea, this is a revelatory and gripping detective story, combining the intrigue of a classic murder mystery with a witty and compelling portrait of one of the greatest characters of the Victorian age.

Download or read book American Born Chinese written by Gene Luen Yang and published by First Second. This book was released on 2006-09-06 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tour-de-force by rising indy comics star Gene Yang, American Born Chinese tells the story of three apparently unrelated characters: Jin Wang, who moves to a new neighborhood with his family only to discover that he's the only Chinese-American student at his new school; the powerful Monkey King, subject of one of the oldest and greatest Chinese fables; and Chin-Kee, a personification of the ultimate negative Chinese stereotype, who is ruining his cousin Danny's life with his yearly visits. Their lives and stories come together with an unexpected twist in this action-packed modern fable. American Born Chinese is an amazing ride, all the way up to the astonishing climax. American Born Chinese is a 2006 National Book Award Finalist for Young People's Literature, the winner of the 2007 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: New, an Eisner Award nominee for Best Coloring and a 2007 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year. This title has Common Core Connections

Download or read book Money in One Lesson written by Gavin Jackson and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2022-01-20 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Superb' - Tim Harford, author of How to Make the World Add Up Money is essential to the economy and how we live our lives, yet is inherently worthless. We can use it to build a home or send us to space, and it can lead to the rise and fall of empires. Few innovations have had such a huge impact on the development of humanity, but money is a shared fiction; a story we believe in so long as others act as if it is true. Money is rarely out of the headlines – from the invention of cryptocurrencies to the problem of high inflation, extraordinary interventions by central banks and the power the West has over the worldwide banking system. In Money in One Lesson, Gavin Jackson answers the most important questions on what money is and how it shapes our world, drawing on vivid examples from throughout history to demystify and show how societies and its citizens, both past and present, are always entwined with matters of money. ‘A highly illuminating, well-researched and beautifully written book on one of humanity’s most important innovations’ – Martin Wolf, chief economics commentator, Financial Times

Download or read book Clowns Do Clowns Don t written by Gavin Jackson and published by Time Life Medical. This book was released on 1996 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kids ages 3 to 6 will delight in Loonette the clown, her Big Comfy Couch, and all the characters and adventures inspired by this award-winning PBS TV series.

Download or read book Night Owl Loonette written by Gavin Jackson and published by Time Life Medical. This book was released on 1996 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Loonette the clown just does not want to go to sleep, even though she is having a party the next day.

Download or read book What Did Loonette Forget written by Gavin Jackson and published by Time Life Medical. This book was released on 1996 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Loonette the clown goes through a typical day but keeps forgetting things and being inconsiderate to her friends.

Download or read book The Demon Pool written by Richard Dwyer and published by . This book was released on 2017-02-07 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Love Paranormal Thrillers? "The Demon Pool" Reveals the Evil Behind the Legend of the Fountain of Youth. What do the Fountain of Youth, demons, life-extension research, and the Florida Highway Patrol have in common? Find out in The Demon Pool. Florida Highway Patrol Investigator and former U.S. Marine, Cpl. Jim Demore is a man grounded in the realities of everyday police work, a skeptic who doubts that God even exists - until he encounters the demonic evil behind the legend of the Fountain of Youth. When wealthy Florida technocrat, Jefferson Augustine Briggs, is killed in a horrific motor vehicle crash, Jim Demore begins an investigation that leads him into an occult network ruled by a powerful demon who only leaves his watery prison when in possession of a suitable host. Demore's investigation points to the seductive, demon-possessed Kat Connors, who works nights as a part-time dancer and days as a full-time lab technician with Advanced Genetic Technologies, the biotech company owned by Briggs. Demore must confront the ancient evil behind the legend of the Fountain of Youth, as well as his own skepticism of the supernatural, to solve the mystery - and the crime - behind The Demon Pool. Scroll up and grab a copy today.

Download or read book Rebuilding the Mind written by Gavin Jackson and published by . This book was released on 2019-12-28 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poetry by Gavin Jackson;One mans Journey from near death and back to life told through poetry.Gavin Jackson is a Managing Director who has worked in the city for over 40 years. During a journey home from work, he suffered a near fatal heart attack. After weeks in a coma and months of rehab, Gavin emerged with a newfound talent. Poetry has become his means of expressing his own experiences from losing loved ones to his views on the world today. All proceeds will be donated to Headway SELNWK

Download or read book A Beautiful Lie written by Irfan Master and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2011-01-04 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An extraordinarily rich debut novel, set in India in 1947 at the time of Partition, touching on the importance of tolerance, love and family. The main character is Bilal, a boy determined to protect his dying father from the news of Partition - news that he knows will break his father's heart. With great spirit and determination, and with the help of his good friends, Bilal persuades others to collude with him in this deception, even printing false pages of the local newspaper to hide the ravages of unrest from his father. All that Bilal wants is for his father to die in peace. But that means Bilal has a very complicated relationship with the truth...

Download or read book Reinventing Comics written by Scott McCloud and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2000-07-25 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1993, Scott McCloud tore down the wall between high and low culture with the acclaimed international hit Understanding Comics, a massive comic book that explored the inner workings of the worlds most misunderstood art form. Now, McCloud takes comics to te next leavle, charting twelve different revolutions in how comics are created, read, and preceived today, and how they're poised to conquer the new millennium. Part One of this fascinating and in-depth book includes: The life of comics as an art form and as literture The battle for creators' rights Reinventing the business of comics The volatile and shifting public percptions of comics Sexual and ethnic representation on comics Then in Part Two, McCloud paints a brethtaling picture of comics' digital revolutions, including: The intricacies of digital production The exploding world of online delivery The ultimate challenges of the infinite digital canvas

Download or read book Live Bodies written by Maurice Gee and published by Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited. This book was released on 2010-08-30 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a young man in the 1930s, Josef battled the Nazis on the streets of Vienna. He fled to New Zealand, only to be interned as a dangerous enemy on Somes Island in Wellington Harbour. After the war, he rebuilt his life and married Nancy. Despite his success, Josef still stands askew from his times. In his chosen home he is both an insider and an outsider, and the past has become a place in which to escape and perhaps even to resolve the troubles of the present.

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Download or read book Accessorize Yourself written by Debbie Kachidurian and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2016-10-01 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This how-to book is jammed with DIY accessories to brighten your closet! Sparkle and shine from head to toe with glam scarves, bags, and jewelry after you craft it yourself.