Download or read book Teaching in the Dark written by Genét Simone and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2023-09-22 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young teacher buys a one-way ticket to Shishmaref, Alaska. Within minutes of landing, she finds herself dealing with unexpected, rustic accommodations, and the culture shock of living in a remote Iñuit community. She relies on her courage, resilience, and wit while enduring freezing temperatures, power outages, loneliness, and first-year teacher anxieties and missteps, but eventually realizes that those challenges pale in comparison to the life lessons she learns about the heart of teaching—lessons from her students, their culture, and their community, on the vast, windy landscape at the edge of the Chukchi Sea.

Download or read book Further Adventures of a Grumpy Old Rock Star written by Rick Wakeman and published by Random House. This book was released on 2010-01-26 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What do Postman Pat, Tommy Cooper, Norman Wisdom and George Best have in common with being abandoned in a Costa Rican jungle after a severe bout of flatulence? Indeed, how are they also connected to trying to buy an Australian brewery just to get a beer, owning twenty-two cars, an American soccer team and a Swiss mail-order pornography company? The common feature is of course a certain Richard Wakeman. The Further Adventures of a Grumpy Old Rock Star takes you, the privileged reader, on a trip of absurd excess, a cultural car crash of side-splitting hilarity and an unforgettable glimpse (again) into the life of one of Britain's most legendary showmen, rock stars and all-time great raconteurs.

Download or read book Screwed written by Eoin Colfer and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2013-05-02 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York Times–bestselling author’s “comic thriller sends a hard-luck New Jersey club owner tumbling through a mad, mad world of assorted nuts” (Kirkus Reviews). As a down-on-his-luck Irish bouncer at a seedy New Jersey bar, Daniel McEvoy succeeded in solving a bizarre string of murders—including that of the girl he loved—with the help of a motley crew of unlikely characters. But that wasn’t the end of his troubles. Now, after being politely asked at gunpoint to deliver a package for a local gangster who blames McEvoy for his mother’s death, he’s dodging traps and eluding corrupt cops while also trying to locate a missing aunt with a serious drinking problem. If he doesn’t develop one himself first . . . “McEvoy’s nicely evoked mix of Irish fatalism, resigned violence, and hilarity would make any story a winner; the cast of witty, quirky supporting characters and the pleasingly twisted story line are a bonus. Recommended for readers who enjoy the gritty crime and humor of Elmore Leonard and Michael Van Rooy.” —Booklist “Compared with that criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl, Dan McEvoy is a bungling idiot. But that’s essentially the appeal of Eoin Colfer’s first adult protagonist.” —The New York Times Book Review “Entertaining . . . His terse, muscular prose makes even a car chase seem like a new idea.” —Kirkus Reviews

Download or read book Fatal Flip written by Peg Marberg and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-03-03 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seville, Indiana, has five traffic lights and one interior design firm: Designer Jeans, co-founded by Jean Hastings and her daughter, Jean Jr. Lately they’re finding that the keen eyes needed for plotting color schemes and tracking down flea market treasures also come in handy for interpreting more sinister designs. Jean is finally getting the recognition she deserves for being a designing woman, and now she’s been recruited by Seville’s newly-formed Fast Flippers—a group dedicated to flipping houses. Their first project is to re-vamp a tired, Victorian mansion and Jean, with the help of family and friends, is determined to restore the painted lady to her former glory in time for the upcoming open house. The crowning design touch is to add a throw pillow embroidered with “Rest in Peace” to the newly constructed window seat. But when the pillow goes missing, a search begins and turns up not only the pillow—but also a dead Flipper! Now Sunday’s open house is overshadowed by Saturday night’s crime scene—and Jean won’t rest until they’ve searched every nook and cranny for someone with designs on murder.

Download or read book Third Language Dictionary written by Kerrin P. Rowe and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2018-05-03 with total page 783 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Third Language Dictionary is a guide to everyday language that is peculiar to and used by Australian folks from all walks of life no matter what or who they are or the level of success, education, credence, or place in society they have attained.

Download or read book When We Dare Small town grumpy brother s best friend firefighter romance written by J.H. Croix and published by J.H. Croix. This book was released on 2025-01-13 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brand new, swoony small town firefighter series from USA Today Bestselling Author J.H. Croix! What could go wrong when my brother’s best friend becomes my roommate? I’m about to find out. When I met Hudson Fox, I drove over his crutches. Way to go, girl. My hormones think this hotshot firefighter is all that and then some. My hormones have a terrible track record. They are cheering for Hudson, but my brain knows better. I’m a smart woman with plans and none of them involve romance. Until I move into my new place and Hudson is my roommate. Complete with Butter, his cat. Hudson isn’t just easy on the eyes, he’s everything I didn’t know I wanted, including a little grumpy with a protective streak bigger than Alaska. We both have our reasons for avoiding romance, but when he proposes a with benefits arrangement, I can’t even think over the sound of my hormones screaming for joy. When my messy past catches up to me and I discover Hudson is my brother’s best friend, well, things get even messier. Hudson is keeping his own secrets. I tell myself it doesn’t matter. Until my heart wants more. Hudson & Stella’s story is perfect for readers who love: protective firefighters, slow burn, roommates, brother’s best friend, messy secrets, chemistry on the rampage, small town shenanigans, emotional romance with a dash of angst, oodles of steam and swoon, and a cinnamon roll hero who will protect the woman he loves with everything he has. *A full-length, standalone romance.

Download or read book A Very Grumpy Thanksgiving written by Shaw Hart and published by Shaw Hart. This book was released on 2023-11-26 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We just need to make it through Thanksgiving. Saffron: I made a mistake buying this house. It needs work, more than I am capable of, and I can’t afford to hire anyone. I figure that I’m screwed… until my neighbor offers me a deal. He’ll do the renovations, if I pretend to be his girlfriend for Thanksgiving with his family. Nolan: I can’t do another family holiday where I’m being set up by everyone. Which is why I make a deal with my new neighbor. I thought that it would be simple. We would eat, pretend to be in love with each other and then go home. There’s just one problem. The more time that I spend with my curvy fake girlfriend, the more I fall for her. Now I need to figure out how to make my fake girlfriend my real one.

Download or read book Trick Moon written by A.R. Knight and published by Black Key Books. This book was released on 2023-05-30 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With two factions on the brink of a solar system destroying war, the Wild Nines find themselves in the middle, with all weapons pointed their way. Davin and his crew tried to stop the war and failed, nearly getting themselves killed in the process. The last hope to build a fragile peace, and buttress Davin's bank account, is one mysterious leader who seems to have vanished. Find her, and the Nines have a chance. This isn't just some simple seek and find, though. The Nines have a reputation now, and it's attracted too much attention. Pursued by bounty hunters, enemy frigates, and their own families, the Nines are running out of time to stop the disaster before it consumes everyone they've ever loved, and even a few they don't. Trick Moon continues the Wild Nines series, a space opera story served with a side of sarcasm. Dive on in.

Download or read book Mindset written by Carol S. Dweck and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2007-12-26 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the renowned psychologist who introduced the world to “growth mindset” comes this updated edition of the million-copy bestseller—featuring transformative insights into redefining success, building lifelong resilience, and supercharging self-improvement. “Through clever research studies and engaging writing, Dweck illuminates how our beliefs about our capabilities exert tremendous influence on how we learn and which paths we take in life.”—Bill Gates, GatesNotes “It’s not always the people who start out the smartest who end up the smartest.” After decades of research, world-renowned Stanford University psychologist Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D., discovered a simple but groundbreaking idea: the power of mindset. In this brilliant book, she shows how success in school, work, sports, the arts, and almost every area of human endeavor can be dramatically influenced by how we think about our talents and abilities. People with a fixed mindset—those who believe that abilities are fixed—are less likely to flourish than those with a growth mindset—those who believe that abilities can be developed. Mindset reveals how great parents, teachers, managers, and athletes can put this idea to use to foster outstanding accomplishment. In this edition, Dweck offers new insights into her now famous and broadly embraced concept. She introduces a phenomenon she calls false growth mindset and guides people toward adopting a deeper, truer growth mindset. She also expands the mindset concept beyond the individual, applying it to the cultures of groups and organizations. With the right mindset, you can motivate those you lead, teach, and love—to transform their lives and your own.

Download or read book Meditations of a flawed ashlar written by Bill Hosler, PM and published by Bill Hosler. This book was released on 2020-11-28 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sharing his observations from his historied Masonic career, Confessions of a flawed Ashlar is Bill Hosler's love letter to Freemasonry. Bill blends fiction and non-fiction to tell poignant stories about the mystic tie of brotherhood. While so many modern Masonic writings look externally for solutions to some of Freemasonry's issues, Bill looks internally finding them readily available at the local Lodge level. His friendly and humorous prose makes for an easy read. Both the novice and experienced Freemason will find wisdom in this book.

Download or read book Embracing Hopelessness written by Miguel A. De La Torre and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on 2017-10-01 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book will attempt to explore faith-based responses to unending injustices by embracing the reality of hopelessness. It rejects the pontifications of some salvation history that move the faithful toward an eschatological promise that, when looking back at history, makes sense of all Christian-led brutalities, mayhem, and carnage. To embrace hopelessness moves away from a middle-class privilege that assumes all is going to work out in the end. By upsetting the norm, an opportunity might arise that can lead us to a more just situation, although such acts of defiance usually lead to crucifixion. Hopelessness is what leads to radical liberative praxis.

Download or read book Mars Cannon Box Set written by Nicolette Pierce and published by Nicolette Pierce. This book was released on 2021-03-01 with total page 1211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fun and hilarious characters take center stage in this action-packed mystery series. This five-book bundle includes: Deadly Dancing, Predator Patrol, Security Squad, Biker Brigade, and Fearsome Foursome. Mystery, shenanigans, a nosey neighbor, and a little hanky panky. When Mars Cannon meets a male exotic dancer, all decent thoughts fly out the window . . . until reality hits. And it hits hard! He has a secret and a long list of aliases. He’s not what he seems and Mars is dragged into a killer’s path. Mars needs to outsmart an irresistible man and outrun a killer, all while pulling off her friend’s wedding without a hitch. Unfortunately, when it comes to the exotic dancer, she just can’t say no. Fans of Janet Evanovich will love this fun dive into the criminal underworld with feisty sidekicks and hilarious encounters. It’s mystery, romance, and comedy all rolled up into one nail-biting, laugh-out-loud adventure. Get your copy today!

Download or read book Before Green Gables written by Budge Wilson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An authorized prequel to L.M. Montgomery's classic series about the irrepressible red-haired orphan follows Anne's early years before her adoption by the Cuthberts.

Download or read book Hold On I Have God On The Line written by Margaret Garland and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2003-04-20 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hold On…I Have God On The Line is a powerful true-life spiritual-adventure spanning several continents and the high-seas of the Atlantic. From Indian yogis and holymen to Caribbean smugglers and urban shamen, we are ultimately led to the World of Spirit, the reality of life after death and communication with the otherside. Expect to be thoroughly entranced by this life-transforming story, which takes us to the edge…and beyond.

Download or read book Don t Let Go written by Elisabeth Staab and published by Elisabeth Staab. This book was released on 2018-01-23 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Left behind by everyone he's ever loved, Alonzo Grover lives as if he's got no tomorrow. The discovery of a letter from his deceased boyfriend breaks him out of his rut and spurs him to right an old wrong, but the local stick-in-the-mud sheriff's lieutenant seems determined to ruin his plans. Lieutenant Sebastian Haas despises tangling with his small town's most promiscuous party kid. Alonzo's youth and recklessness drive him crazy in more ways than one... So does the uncomfortable secret they share. But when Haas's estranged family comes to town to throw a wedding he wants no part of, he jumps into Alonzo's car to avoid the family drama. Together, they wind up on an unexpected road trip. With one setback after another, it looks like they might kill each other before they make it home to Evergreen Grove. That is, unless they find something better to do than fight.

Download or read book All for You A FREE Grumpy Sunshine Romance written by Melody Grace and published by Melody Grace Books. This book was released on 2017-05-21 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Unforeseen One written by Lexy Wolfe and published by BHC Press/Indigo. This book was released on 2017-08-23 with total page 503 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ancient gods remain unsatisfied. Now Storm and Ash must find another to take Zhekali’s place among the divine servants. But when they reach Desantiva, they discover a land still reeling from the devastation of war. With questions that can only be answered in the holiest of places deep in the heart of the unforgiving territory, they begin a journey that will either save the land—or destroy it.