Download or read book Hairy Bear on the Roof written by Joy Cowley and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Hairy Bear's roof has a hole. But the roof is slippery..."--p. [4] of cover.
Download or read book The Bear in the Attic written by Patrick F. McManus and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2003-06-01 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The beloved humorist and bestselling author returns with his most riotous collection of essays to date. Overflowing with his trademark outdoorsman's wit, Patrick F. McManus's newest collection ponders the strange allure of the RV, the existential implications of being lost, the baffling tendency of animals to outsmart those who wish to hunt them, and the singular pleasure of doubling the size of every fish one doesn't actually catch. Combining the curmudgeonly voice of Dave Barry and the sly humor of Garrison Keillor, McManus brilliantly captures the everyday absurdities that comprise our existence. Alongside his humor, McManus's inimitable vision consistently evokes a childlike wonder at the natural world. Even if we are running low on food, the compass is broken, and we are fairly certain we have just spotted a family of Sasquatches frolicking in the treetops, The Bear in the Attic makes the outdoors seem irresistible.
Download or read book King Solomon s Carpet written by Ruth Rendell and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2011-02-22 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From an Edgar Award–winning author: Murder intrudes on a student’s secret history of the London Underground in this “brilliantly unexpected” mystery (The Times, London). Jarvis Stringer is a young man of many peculiarities, but no obsession has taken hold quite like that of writing the strange and twisting history of the London Underground. To finance his project, he rents out cheap rooms in the long-disused West Hampstead schoolhouse he inherited—a crumbling monument to morbid local lore. The boarders, each eking out their invisible lives above—and beneath—the city’s surface, are a collection of strays, waifs, subway buskers, and loners, who are raising the concern of Jarvis’s relatives and more proper neighbors. But even Jarvis has become suspicious. One of his outcasts may be a killer who’s plotting something unforgettable and catastrophic—and Jarvis himself has unwittingly become a conspirator. “A jolting novel of psychological suspense,” King Solomon’s Carpet was the recipient of the Crime Writers’ Association Gold Dagger Award (The New York Times Book Review).
Download or read book Waiting for Wolves in Japan written by John Knight and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2003 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A conservationist group has launched a campaign for the reintroduction of the wolf in Japan, arguing that the wolf would be the saviour of upland areas that are suffering from wildlife pestilence.
Download or read book The 13 1 2 Lives of Captain Blue Bear written by Walter Moers and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2006-08-29 with total page 477 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From an author who is “equal parts J.K. Rowling, Douglas Adams, and Shel Silverstein,” the zany illustrated adventures of a sea-faring blue bear. —The Washington Post Captain Bluebear is a bear with blue fur, a creature as unique as the fantastic adventures he undergoes. Unlike cats, which have only nine lives, bluebears have twenty-seven. This is fortunate, because our hero is forever avoiding disaster by a paw's breadth. In this remarkable book, Captain Bluebear tells the story of his first thirteen-and-a-half lives spent on the mysterious continent of Zamonia, where intelligence is an infectious disease and water flows uphill, where headless giants roam deserts made of sugar, and where only Captain Bluebear's courage and ingenuity enable him to escape the dangers that lie in wait for him around every corner. In company with our indomitable hero, we enter a land of imaginative lunacy and supreme adventure, wicked satire and epic fantasy, all mixed together, turned on its head, and lavishly illustrated by the author. Praise for Walter Moers: “Sheer craziness . . . very amusing.” —Daily Telegraph “Moers's great strength, as evidenced by the multitude of characters he presents, is his creativity. Less a text and more an imagination on paper.” —Philadelphia Enquirer “Moers’ creative mind is like J.K. Rowling on ecstasy.” —Detroit News
Download or read book Rumors written by L. D. Bergsgaard and published by Dog Ear Publishing. This book was released on 2012-07 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The body of a young woman is discovered buried in the vineyard at St. Peter Seminary. Within hours the Chief Investigator for the Boulder County Sheriff's Office identifies the remains and announces that he'd put the killer behind bars years ago. Case Closed But did he? Doc Martini follows a trail of rumors and clues that at first cast doubt on the deputy's claim and then point suspicion at the priests living in the protective arms of the seminary. What dark secrets are the Sheriff and the seminary hiding? A dozen or more priests exiled behind the stone walls. Secrets or Rumors? That's the puzzle Doc and his partners must piece together in spite of a local politician intent on keeping some of the pieces off the playing board. Larry D. Bergsgaard retired after nearly thirty years in law enforcement where he served as a Special Agent with the United States Department of Treasury and the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. Mr. Bergsgaard's experiences as a law enforcement officer span from SWAT to international corporate fraud inquiries; from dignitary protection to covert operations; from undercover narcotics probes to domestic terrorist investigations. Since retiring, Mr. Bergsgaard volunteers with the Pima County Sheriff's Department. During all those years, Agent Bergsgaard truly was as Theodore Roosevelt termed it, "the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood." Mr. Bergsgaard writes from an inspiring lake view in Northern Minnesota and from a winter home overlooking the splendid Santa Rita Mountains in Southern Arizona. He is the author of the Doc Martini series which has met with outstanding success and comments from readers and critics such as, "this novel elevates Bergsgaard to the level of great espionage writers, the likes of John Le Carre and Fredrick Forsyth." (Ned Lord) "There are writers who aspire to be cops; there are cops who would like to become writers. Rarely is either successful at both. If he was as good at law enforcement as he is at writing, Bergsgaard would appear to be the exception." (Bill Henry)
Download or read book Good Morning Chick written by Mirra Ginsburg and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 1989-05-26 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An ingenious barnyard story, brief but well-paced, simple but colorful."--Booklist. "The bright pictures and the wealth of animal sounds and actions make it a natural for the very youngest."--School Library Journal.
Download or read book The Georgian Menagerie written by Christopher Plumb and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-06-26 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the eighteenth century, it would not have been impossible to encounter an elephant or a kangaroo making its way down the Strand, heading towards the menagerie of Mr. Pidcock at the Exeter Change. Pidcock's was just one of a number of commercial menagerists who plied their trade in London in this period the predecessors to the zoological societies of the Victorian era. As the British Empire expanded and seaborne trade flooded into London's ports, the menagerists gained access to animals from the most far-flung corners of the globe, and these strange creatures became the objects of fascination and wonder. Many aristocratic families sought to create their own private menageries with which to entertain their guests, while for the less well-heeled, touring exhibitions of exotic creatures both alive and dead satisfied their curiosity for the animal world. While many exotic creatures were treasured as a form of spectacle, others fared less well turtles went into soups and civet cats were sought after for ingredients for perfume. In this entertaining and enlightening book, Plumb introduces the many tales of exotic animals in London.
Download or read book The Children s Bookshelf Too many bears written by Burdette Ross Buckingham and published by . This book was released on 1936 with total page 746 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Lady With Chains written by Roch Carrier and published by House of Anansi. This book was released on 1991-05-02 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In nineteenth-century Quebec a woman plots the murder of her husband after the death of their child. After brewing a poison, she is arrested, denounced as a witch, and in a devastating conclusion, released from her terrifying obsessions.
Download or read book Semiramis A Tale of Battle and of Love written by Edward Peple and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-07-20 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Semiramis: A Tale of Battle and of Love is a play by Edward People. Excerpt: "The existing history of Assyria's greatest ruler, Semiramis, is so confounded with the religions and superstitions of the ancients that little or no authentic fact may be gleaned therefrom. Again, these legends were handed down from father to son among the Syrians and imaginative Persians, till finally recorded by the more imaginative Greeks. These latter gentlemen seemed seldom to allow mere truth to stand as a stumbling block in their literary paths, but leaped it nimbly for the entertainment of an admiring world."
Download or read book Before the Eighth written by Saniya Saheer and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2022-02-28 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “I hate this process of cleaning up, one after the other, burning the mistakes and fears, just to see the ashes reforming and then burning them down again. And one day, the flame that is supposed to burn the fears down burns our fragile lifeline, but its ashes don’t reform. Instead, we go away, as dust and memories.” For Samuel Colton, it was the death of his girlfriend. For Muriel Payton, it was her childhood friend. For Layla Beckett, it was her best friend. For Aiden Hunter, it was his only companion. For Evan Miles, it was his friendly neighbour. Five deaths. Five loved ones. A single connection. With his friends, Samuel embarks on a journey of love, friendship, loss and pain, fighting battles and overpowering demons that lurk in his life. You could maybe call this a tale of valour, friendship, hope and strength. But, above all, this is a tale of loss and death.
Download or read book Hairy Bear written by Joy Cowley and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get out of bed, Hairy Bear. There are robbers!
Download or read book Type in Use written by Alex White and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1999 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Organized by type application - text, headlines, subheadings, breakouts, captions and five more categories - this work provides information for designers and editors that can be applied to all print and non-print media. Alex White has dissected typography into its most logical components, basing his approach on more than 15 years of teaching designing and lecturing.
Download or read book A new universal etymological technological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language written by John Craig (F.G.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1848 with total page 1134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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