Download or read book Hello My Name Is written by Jeff Bradley and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2010-05-07 with total page 666 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This charmingly designed and illustrated naming guide contains an A-to-Z listing of more than 25,000 names, listed separately by boys' and girls' names, and features two user-friendly ribbon place markers. Hello, My Name Is is chock full of tips on how to arrive at the perfect name, as well as guidance on choosing names for twins and triplets (or more babies!), naming strategies for those planning to have several children, advice on paying attention to what a child's initials will spell out or what possible nicknames might be, quirky lists of names from literature and history, and much more. There are also many anecdotes from parents on how they chose their children's names and from people of all ages on their own names, from the man who legally changed his name to Bubba Bubba Bubba to the real story of the boy named Sue. Naming a baby is surely one of the most satisfying things a parent does. It can be daunting - after all, the choice of a name will help define that baby, who will eventually be an adult - but with this book in hand, it will be supremely fun and rewarding.

Download or read book The Elsie Drake Letters aged 104 written by Robert Popper and published by John Murray. This book was released on 2024-10-24 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Friday Night Dinner and Timewaster Letters creator Robert Popper's new book of brilliantly funny letters, from Britain's oldest letter writer. 'Ridiculous, hilarious and sweet' GREG DAVIES 'One of Britain's great comedy minds is at it again' AISLING BEA 'I laughed till I cried' DAISY MAY COOPER' 'I howled with laughter' MATT LUCAS At 104 years of age, Mrs Elsie Drake of Granville Gardens, London, is the sixth oldest woman in Britain. But fed up with sitting in her armchair all day, Elsie is ready for new adventures. And so, armed with a computer she can barely operate, she fires off dozens of letters to everyone from the Prime Minister to Greggs Bakeries, to see if they can help. Whether offering her services as the new Arsenal football mascot dressed as a giant hare, or simply sending Sainsbury's a load of meat, no one can escape the clutches of Elsie Drake. Gloriously funny and ridiculously silly, The Elsie Drake Letters is also a testament to the wonderful kindness and good humour of the British public. Just wait till you read the replies... 'Hilarious and heartwarming - this book is a growth hormone for happiness' RICHARD AYOADE 'When Robert Popper dies, he should leave his brain to scientists so that they can work out how someone could have written a book so funny.' KATY WIX 'Spending time in the company of Elsie Drake is an achingly funny way to restore your faith in humanity' SIMON PEGG

Download or read book Three Things About Elsie written by Joanna Cannon and published by Scribner. This book was released on 2019-07-02 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bestselling author of The Trouble with Goats and Sheep delivers a suspenseful and emotionally satisfying novel “infused with warmth and humor” (People) about a lifelong friendship, a devastating secret, and the small acts of kindness that bring people together. There are three things you should know about Elsie. The first thing is that she’s my best friend. The second is that she always knows what to say to make me feel better. And the third thing…might take a bit more explaining. Eighty-four-year-old Florence has fallen in her flat at Cherry Tree Home for the Elderly. As she waits to be rescued, she thinks about her friend Elsie and wonders if a terrible secret from their past is about to come to light. If the charming new resident is who he claims to be, why does he look exactly like a man who died sixty years ago? From the acclaimed, bestselling author of The Trouble with Goats and Sheep, Three Things About Elsie “breathes with suspense, providing along the way piercing, poetic descriptions, countless tiny mysteries, and breathtaking little reveals…a rich portrait of old age and friendship stretched over a fascinating frame” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review). This is an “amusing and heartbreaking” (Publishers Weekly) story about forever friends on the twisting path of life who come to understand how the fine threads of humanity connect us all.

Download or read book A Look Back in Time Memoir of a Military Kid in the 50s written by Bernard N. Lee, Jr. and published by Bernard N. Lee, Jr. . This book was released on 2017-12-19 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Look Back in Time: Memoir of a Military Kid in the 50s, Vol. II is a 2020 International Best Book Awards Finalist! This book is a fascinating, insightful, inspiring, and sometimes hilarious, chronicle of life while growing up in a military family. Readers will enjoy the stories of life in the fifties, told from a child’s perspective. Through the stories, readers learn the virtues of tolerance, fairness, perseverance, resilience, and other life serving qualities needed for survival in today’s world. These qualities are timeless. Readers, young and old, will recognize these virtues, and themselves, inside the stories. Review by Colonel Arnold R. Goodson, United States Army (Retired) A Look Back in Time… finds our military kid living in Deutschland, while attending an American middle school and high school. His adventures, with the German and American young adults, are rich in history, suspense, and surprises. You will enjoy the stories of this well-traveled, military kid as he navigates his early teen years in Germany during the fifties. We follow this young adult as he learns to speak German "sprecken sie deutsch," ice skate with the local teens, learn to play the guitar, jam with a local band, and explore the fascinating beauty of the Black Forest. These are adventures he will cherish for the rest of his life. You are invited to share them in "A Look Back in Time...". Author - Bernard N. Lee, Jr.

Download or read book Please Love Me written by Kimberly Tanner Gordon and published by Energion Publications. This book was released on 2013-02-12 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Margaret Roe, orphaned at the age of eight, lives her life in the same orphanage where her father was forced to leave her when he went off to fight in the Civil War. Now, fifteen years later, she takes care of the present set of children who are in the orphanage and has only a visit to the local confectionery shop as the highlight of her week. Margaret makes an uncharacteristically bold move and signs on as a mail order bride and quickly finds herself on a train to Iowa City, Iowa where she becomes Mrs. Russell Chadwick. Margaret's marriage is by no means usual as her husband is kind but distant. As she builds relationships with her neighbors and even her in-laws, her relationship with her husband remains confusing, emotionally hurtful and a test of her faith and trust in God and her husband. How does she know what God really wants her to do? Should she stay with Russell or leave him and begin yet again? This is author Kimberly Gordon's third published historical novel. While the characters and settings reflect well the history and mores of the time, the reader can easily draw insight into contemporary life lessons. Mrs. Gordon is a master at laying down biblical principles within the context of the story.

Download or read book Hello My Name Is Pabst written by Miek Bruno and published by Crown. This book was released on 2012-10-23 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finally, for alternaparents everywhere, the baby-naming book that will ensure that your baby has the coolest, most unique name on the playground. Ashley and Jaden? Over. Atari, Bedford, Sailor, Puma? Oh-so-in. Indie-leaning alternaparents of every kind, from geeks to Goths, are all grown up and procreating, and they want names that reflect the individuality they pride themselves on. Hello, My Name Is Pabst shows them how to put their stamp on baby-naming, injecting fun into what can be an otherwise contentious process. Names are thematically arranged into lists including "Names You Can Drink at the Bar" (Jager, Hennessey), "Names That Fit Into Skinny Jeans" (Vette, Plank), "Vegan and Gluten-Free Names" (Miso, Quinoa), and "Names to CTRL+C and CTRL+V" (Adobe, Helvetica). Also included are "tipsters" for sparking naming creativity, such as opening a box of crayons or scanning the credits of a foreign film. Pabst presents a whole new approach to baby-naming for a whole new generation of parents who want names that look good on a tote bag and kick ass at the playground.

Download or read book Agent of Change written by Jennifer Sanders and published by Boundless Fantasy. This book was released on 2022-05-20 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One mistake ruined her life. Abandoned by her first love—or so she believed—Lady Constance Mayweather carved out a life of security for herself and her son with a man she did not love. When her husband is murdered and her child stolen, she must rely on the one man she knows she should not trust to bring her son safely home. One mistake cost him everything. Wealthy, witty, sinfully handsome Quinn Rutherford is the despair of hopeful Victorian debutantes: a man with nothing better to do than gamble, drink, and seduce his way into an early grave. But this shallow exterior hides her Majesty’s perfect Agency operative: clever, ruthless, reckless, fearless. A tangled web of murder, kidnapping, and a plot against the throne lead Quinn to brave the dangers of the Fae realm itself to save the woman he loved and lost—and the child he never knew—from forces he cannot fully comprehend. In a race against magic, time, and the pain of the past, can they get to their son before he is lost to the Fae realm forever?

Download or read book Boys Adventure Through the Wild West written by Irene Jane Holmes and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2015-11-23 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you are into GHOST TOWN adventure stories, then this is the adventure of a lifetime! Experience the EXPLORER boys Journey as they enter the towns and ranches of the real WILD WEST. As you experience the journey, It will seem like you are right there with them. You will want to help them along the way but, you will fi nd they'll have to help them self as they continue through the real WILD GHOST TOWNS and Ranches. In front of you, mysterious creatures or objects might appear to be spooky and dangerous. Th ere are snakes and a witchy bug that might make you sick. You could fall through a trap door and who knows where you will fall into. They will find many interesting things like whats in the chest or box? Could it be gold or rope and light to help them along the way? Keep on. Experience the journey as you go exploring some dangerous Ghost towns and if you go to a ranch to explore; could they be able to help you out? If the wall opens up and youre behind the wall and cannot get out. What are you going to do to get back to the hotel? Is the strange creatures or object like a ghost and a trap door REAL? Experience the journey if you DARE! Are you brave enough to experience the journey? If you DARE to go on. Its a challenge to approach these mysterious creatures or objects!

Download or read book Hardboiled written by Bill Pronzini and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1997-05-29 with total page 541 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What are the ingredients of a hard-boiled detective story? "Savagery, style, sophistication, sleuthing and sex," said Ellery Queen. Often a desperate blond, a jealous husband, and, of course, a tough-but-tender P.I. the likes of Sam Spade or Philop Marlowe. Perhaps Raymond Chandler summed it up best in his description of Dashiell Hammett's style: "Hammett gave murder back to the kind of people that commit it....He put these people down on paper as they were, and he made them talk and think in the language they customarily used for these purposes." Hard-Boiled: An Anthology of American Crime Stories is the largest and most comprehensive collection of its kind, with over half of the stories never published before in book form. Included are thirty-six sublimely suspenseful stories that chronicle the evolutiuon of this quintessentially American art form, from its earliest beginnings during the Golden Age of the legendary pulp magazine Black Mask in the 1920s, to the arrival of the tough digest Manhunt in the 1950s, and finally leading up to present-day hard-boiled stories by such writers as James Ellroy. Here are eight decades worth of the best writing about betrayal, murder, and mayhem: from Hammett's 1925 tour de force "The Scorched Face," in which the disappearance of two sisters leads Hammett's never-named detective, the Continental Op, straight into a web of sexual blackmail amidst the West Coast elite, to Ed Gorman's 1992 "The Long Silence After," a gripping and powerful rendezvous involving a middle class insurance executive, a Chicago streetwalker, and a loaded .38. Other delectable contributions include "Brush Fire" by James M. Cain, author of The Postman Always Rings Twice, Raymond Chandler's "I'll Be Waiting," where, for once, the femme fatale is not blond but a redhead, a Ross Macdonald mystery starring Macdonald's most famous creation, the cryptic Lew Archer, and "The Screen Test of Mike Hammer" by the one and only Micky Spillane. The hard-boiled cult has more in common with the legendary lawmen of the Wild West than with the gentleman and lady sleuths of traditional drawing room mysteries, and this direct line of descent is on brilliant display in two of the most subtle and tautly written stories in the collection, Elmore Leonard's "3:10 to Yuma" and John D. MacDonald's "Nor Iron Bars." Other contributors include Evan Hunter (better known as Ed McBain), Jim Thompson, Helen Nielsen, Margaret Maron, Andrew Vachss, Faye Kellerman, and Lawrence Block. Compellingly and compulsively readable, Hard-Boiled: An Anthology of American Crime Stories is a page-turner no mystery lover will want to be without. Containing many notable rarities, it celebrates a genre that has profoundly shaped not only American literature and film, but how we see our heroes and oursleves.

Download or read book The Man Called Gilray written by Fred M. White and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-11-09 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a mystery novel that revolves around the murder of John Gilray. Oddly, Gilray died just a week after his servant was discovered dead. But journalist Philip Temple suspects that something is wrong in this instance, that there are too many mysteries.

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Download or read book Playboy Boss Live In Mistress written by Kelly Hunter and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2009-11-01 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Playboy billionaire Alexander Wentworth is the man who has everything and regularly acquires more—more wealth, more power and more women…. His personal assistant Sienna Raleigh, however, is determined to keep things strictly business—no matter how tempted she is! But when they are forced to work and live together, Sienna soon discovers that Lex is just as demanding away from the office. He wants her to be his mistress, and he isn't a man to take no for an answer!

Download or read book Delphi Collected Works of Fred M White Illustrated written by Fred M. White and published by Delphi Classics. This book was released on 2019-09-10 with total page 16440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A British pulp fiction author of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, Frederick M. White produced a prolific number of novels and short stories, including the cult classic 'Doom of London' science-fiction stories. Helping to shape the course of sensation and mystery story literature, White was also a pioneer of the spy story. His ingenious creativity in producing hundreds of original and thrilling narratives of crime, war, mystery, romance and science fiction was a rare and sadly neglected talent of the interwar period. This comprehensive eBook presents White’s collected works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts appearing in digital print for the first time, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to White’s life and works * Concise introductions to the famous novels * 84 novels, with individual contents tables * Features rare novels appearing for the first time in digital publishing, including ‘Love, the Foe’, ‘Robe of Lucifer’, ‘Paul the Sage’ and many more * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Famous works, including the 'Doom of London' series, are fully illustrated with their original artwork * Rare story collections available in no other collection, including ‘The Last of the Borgias’ and ‘The Sage of Tyburn’ series * Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the short stories * Easily locate the short stories you want to read * Over 250 short stories — endless hours of classic pulp fiction Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles CONTENTS: The Novels and Novellas A Golden Argosy (1886) By Order of the League (1886) The Old Secretaire (1887) The Silver Stream (1888) Naboth’s Vineyard (1889) A Daughter of Israel (1892) In Trust (1892) The Robe of Lucifer (1896) Tregarthen’s Wife (1901) Blackmail (1903) The Cardinal Moth (1903) Craven Fortune (1904) The Weight of the Crown (1904) A Shadowed Love (1905) My Lady Bountiful (1905) The Corner House (1905) The Crimson Blind (1905) The Ends of Justice (1906) The House of the Schemers (1906) The Law of the Land (1906) The Nether Millstone (1906) The Slave of Silence (1906) The Yellow Face (1906) Behind the Mask (1907) The Edge of the Sword (1907) The Five Knots (1907) The Mystery of the Four Fingers (1907) The Lonely Bride (1907) The Lord of the Manor (1907) The Midnight Guest (1907) The Open Door (1907) A Queen of the Stage (1908) Paul Quentin (1908) The Scales of Justice (1908) The Sundial (1908) A Crime on Canvas (1909) Netta, the Story of Sin (1909) The Golden Rose (1909) A Front of Brass (1910) A Mummer’s Throne (1910) Hard Pressed (1910) Love, the Foe (1910) Paul, the Sage (1910) The White Glove (1910) The Man Called Gilray (1911) The Mystery of the Ravenspurs (1911) The Secret of the Sands (1911) Powers of Darkness (1912) A Royal Wrong (1913) A Secret Service (1913) The House of Mammon (1913) The Sentence of the Court (1913) The Day (1914) The Lady in Blue (1915) Ambition’s Slave (1916) The Seed of Empire (1916) The Case for the Crown (1918) The Salt of the Earth (1918) The Wings of Victory (1919) The Honour of His House (1920) The Leopard’s Spots (1920) The Man Who Was Two (1921) The Councillors of Falconhoe (1922) The Mystery of Room 75 (1922) The Green Bungalow (1923) The Mystery of Crocksands (1923) The Turn of the Tide (1923) The Devil’s Advocate (1924) The Golden Bat (1924) The House on the River (1925) The Price of Silence (1925) The Riddle of the Rail (1926) The Shadow of the Dead Hand (1926) The King Diamond (1927) The Grey Woman (1928) A Broken Memory (1929) The Phantom Car (1929) A Clue in Wax (1930) Found Dead (1930) On the Night Express (1930) Queen of Hearts (1930) The Man Who Knew (1932) Secret of the River (1934) The Blue Daffodil (1934) The Shorter Fiction Felix Gryde Stories The Last of the Borgias Drenton Denn Stories The Romance of the Secret Service Fund The Doom of London The Sage of Tyburn Real Drama Gipsy Stories Miscellaneous Short Stories The Short Stories List of Short Stories in Chronological Order List of Short Stories in Alphabetical Order Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles or to purchase this eBook as a Parts Edition of individual eBooks

Download or read book Hacking Cybercrime written by Kari Kilgore and published by Spiral Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2021-05-10 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Where the Dark Web Meets Its Match Dana Sanderson left her youthful adventures in hacking behind. Settling for a calm and orderly career as a code-cruncher. But life in the Atlanta cubicle farms brings its own special kind of stress and nonsense. Then Dana's old skills bring her a chance at a new life. And a chance to bring her fabulous best friend Andre along for the ride. Join storyteller Kari Kilgore for five hits of clever digital mystery. Includes five near-future short mysteries: The Sound of Murder, The Fabulous Feats of Billy, Glory Lane and The Humid Holiday, Melting Point, and Three Computer Geeks Gruff The Sound of Murder When Self-improvement Turns Deadly Insurance agency programmer Dana Sanderson only wants peace and quiet at work. A desire her micromanaging boss somehow never respects. Then the investigation of a rash of suspicious natural death claims lands on Dana's laptop. Failure means huge payouts for the company. Success means a huge bonus for her. Find out if Dana's risks outweigh her rewards in this clever cybercrime mystery. The Fabulous Feats of Billy The Successful Launch of a Disaster Billy's new tech start-up sits on the verge of greatness. A fantastic reward for leaving his rotten old job in the dust. Until a miscalculation lands Billy in a nightmare. Unfortunately Billy's way out puts him squarely in cybercrime expert Dana Sanderson's sights. Glory Lane and the Humid Holiday A Strange Case in a Strange Place A chance to recapture past glory days gone awry. A cybercrime expert forced to endure warm, sunny weather in December. A South Florida holiday with two stressed-out techies in the wrong place at the right time. Melting Point An Invisible Countdown to Death A cookie-cutter suburban house. A strange aroma. A dead body. A suspect refusing to talk. Sometimes a stumped investigation needs a non-standard mind. Three Computer Geeks Gruff When the Cat Drags in a Mystery A cold IT dungeon, full of noisy servers and grumpy workers. Not exactly a natural fit for a cat. Until you consider the blinking lights and all those places to hide. But this cat finds toys more disturbing than cute.

Download or read book To Amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Subcommittee on Public Lands, Reserved Water, and Resource Conservation and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Memory Tree written by Joseph Pittman and published by Kensington Books. This book was released on 2013-09-24 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As Christmas descends on Linden Corners, Janey is worried about losing her traditions and longs for her birth parents, while Brian grieves over the loss of his soul mate and seeks to move on with newcomer Trina Winter.

Download or read book Mrs Nash s Ashes written by Sarah Adler and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2023-05-23 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Most Anticipated Summer Read by Today ∙ Barnes & Noble ∙ BookRiot ∙ GoodReads ∙ Culturess ∙ and more! A starry-eyed romantic, a cynical writer, and (the ashes of) an elderly woman take the road trip of a lifetime that just might upend everything they believe about true love. Millicent Watts-Cohen is on a mission. When she promised her elderly best friend that she’d reunite her with the woman she fell in love with nearly eighty years ago, she never imagined that would mean traveling from D.C. to Key West with three tablespoons of Mrs. Nash’s remains in her backpack. But Millie’s determined to give her friend a symbolic happily-ever-after, before it’s (really) too late—and hopefully reassure herself of love’s lasting power in the process. She just didn’t expect to have a living travel companion. After a computer glitch grounds flights, Millie is forced to catch a ride with Hollis Hollenbeck, an also-stranded acquaintance from her ex’s MFA program. Hollis certainly does not believe in happily-ever-afters—symbolic or otherwise—and makes it quite clear that he can’t fathom Millie’s plan ending well for anyone. But as they contend with peculiar bed-and-breakfasts, unusual small-town festivals, and deer with a death wish, Millie begins to suspect that her reluctant travel partner might enjoy her company more than he lets on. Because for someone who supposedly doesn’t share her views on romance, Hollis sure is becoming invested in the success of their journey. And the closer they get to their destination, the more Millie has to admit that maybe this trip isn’t just about Mrs. Nash’s love story after all—maybe it’s also about her own.