Download or read book The Elf on the Shelf written by Carol V. Aebersold and published by . This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Elf on the Shelf: A Christmas Tradition is an activity the entire family will enjoy. Based on the tradition Carol Aebersold began with her family in the 1970s, this cleverly rhymed children's book explains that Santa knows who is naughty and/or nice because he sends a scout elf to every home. During the holiday season, the elf watches children by day and reports to Santa each night. When children awake, the elf has returned from the North Pole and can be found hiding in a different location. This activity allows The Elf on the Shelf to become a delightful hide-and-seek game.

Download or read book Shit Actually written by Lindy West and published by Hachette Books. This book was released on 2020-10-20 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the "Best Books of 2020" by NPR's Book Concierge **Your Favorite Movies, Re-Watched** New York Times opinion writer and bestselling author Lindy West was once the in-house movie critic for Seattle's alternative newsweekly The Stranger, where she covered film with brutal honesty and giddy irreverence. In Shit, Actually, Lindy returns to those roots, re-examining beloved and iconic movies from the past 40 years with an eye toward the big questions of our time: Is Twilight the horniest movie in history? Why do the zebras in The Lion King trust Mufasa-WHO IS A LION-to look out for their best interests? Why did anyone bother making any more movies after The Fugitive achieved perfection? And, my god, why don't any of the women in Love, Actually ever fucking talk?!?! From Forrest Gump, Honey I Shrunk the Kids, and Bad Boys II, to Face/Off, Top Gun, and The Notebook, Lindy combines her razor-sharp wit and trademark humor with a genuine adoration for nostalgic trash to shed new critical light on some of our defining cultural touchstones-the stories we've long been telling ourselves about who we are. At once outrageously funny and piercingly incisive, Shit, Actually reminds us to pause and ask, "How does this movie hold up?", all while teaching us how to laugh at the things we love without ever letting them or ourselves off the hook. Shit, Actually is a love letter and a break-up note all in one: to the films that shaped us and the ones that ruined us. More often than not, Lindy finds, they're one and the same.

Download or read book In Other Lands written by Sarah Rees Brennan and published by Small Beer Press. This book was released on 2017-07-17 with total page 485 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Georgia Peach Award Nominee • Florida Teens Read Award Nominee • ABC Best Books for Young Readers • Bank Street College Best Children’s Books of the Year • A Junior Library Guild Selection • Hugo & Locus award finalist In Other Lands is an exhilarating novel from bestselling author Sarah Rees Brennan about surviving four years in the most unusual of schools - friendship, falling in love, diplomacy, and finding your own place in the world — even if it means giving up your phone. Excerpt: The Borderlands aren’t like anywhere else. Don’t try to smuggle a phone or any other piece of technology over the wall that marks the Border — unless you enjoy a fireworks display in your backpack. (Ballpoint pens are okay.) There are elves, harpies, and — best of all as far as Elliot is concerned — mermaids. "What’s your name?" "Serene." "Serena?" Elliot asked. "Serene," said Serene. "My full name is Serene-Heart-in-the-Chaos-of-Battle." Elliot’s mouth fell open. "That is badass." Elliot? Who’s Elliot? Elliot is thirteen years old. He’s smart and just a tiny bit obnoxious. Sometimes more than a tiny bit. When his class goes on a field trip and he can see a wall that no one else can see, he is given the chance to go to school in the Borderlands. It turns out that on the other side of the wall, classes involve a lot more weaponry and fitness training and fewer mermaids than he expected. On the other hand, there’s Serene-Heart-in-the-Chaos-of-Battle, an elven warrior who is more beautiful than anyone Elliot has ever seen, and then there’s her human friend Luke: sunny, blond, and annoyingly likeable. There are lots of interesting books. There’s even the chance Elliot might be able to change the world. Chapter illustrations by Casey Nowak.

Download or read book Me My Elf I written by Heather Swain and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-06-11 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's not often you see an elf in the middle of Brooklyn, let alone a tall, blond, gorgeous elf in the middle of one of the most prestigious performing arts high schools in the country. And yet, that's just where Zephyr Addler finds herself: smack dab in the middle of a bustling New York City school, worlds away from the secluded woodland community she knows so well. But Zephyr knows that she has to figure out how to live in the world. And dress in the world. Thanks to a little friendly advice from her new friend Mercedes, Zephyr starts to get the hang of Brooklyn. That is, until Zephyr snags a role in a commercial, beating out the most popular girl in school, Bella Dartagnan. Now with Bella and her friends out to get her, can Zephyr out-maneuver the mean girls (and catch the eye of a certain cute boy) without losing herself?

Download or read book The Green Lion written by Leigh Ronald Grossman and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2012-07-09 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An inkeeper's son takes a dead man's armor and weapons, only to find himself enmeshed in a magical conspiracy. After his life is saved by a mysterious noblewoman named Sera, she promises him answers and more -- but Falorn soon finds himself betrayed and on the run instead, chased by Sera's father and fiance and other, unknown attackers. Among the dead man's possessions is a mysterious, otherworldly piece of ivory with an almost-living green lion on it. The card give Falorn strength, but also brings him enemies, and it makes him part of a mysterious fellowship that he doesn't understand. The key to understanding -- and survival -- lies with Sera. But Sera vacillates between loving and secretive, between caring and betrayal...either because of her own cards, or because of her abused childhood. And in a world where Falorn's life is threatened ever day, and in which the card he carries is drawing him into politics and war, he may not live long enough for her to tell him the truth!

Download or read book How to Trick a Christmas Elf written by Sue Fliess and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-09-17 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To find out whether Santa thinks you’re naughty or nice, you’ll need to trick an elf into letting you see the list! Legend has it that the only way to find out if you’re on Santa’s naughty or nice list is to trick an elf into letting you sneak a peek! But be careful: elves are tricky themselves! To get a look at the list, you’ll need to be clever in crafting a distracting craft to catch the elf’s attention. So, grab some Christmas supplies like ribbons, twinkle lights, bows, and candy canes, and get prepared for your sly holiday visitor! On the nights leading up to Christmas, one of Santa’s elves will show up to keep watch on kids and to report on their naughty or nice behavior! However, if you’re careful and clever and quick, you can set up a beautiful little sleigh that will distract your elf, and then you’ll be sure to get a glimpse at Santa’s list! Sue Fliess’s poetic read-aloud text and Simona Sanfilippo’s vibrant, whimsical illustrations will provide much fun for young readers eager to trick their own Christmas elf and find which list they’re on! Also included are guides for teachers and parents about how to engage children in building an elf sleigh themselves and how to interest them in the history of the holiday and the many cultures that celebrate Santa’s tiny helpers.

Download or read book A Don t Hug Me Christmas Carol written by Paul Olson and published by Samuel French, Inc.. This book was released on 2007 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Elfmage written by Amy White and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-09-17 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Milnon searches for his family while his best friends Kayla and Jardin try to figure out their lives and come to terms with both their past and their future together.

Download or read book The Hidden Saga Beginnings 1 3 written by Amy Patrick and published by Amy Patrick. This book was released on 2019-04-04 with total page 779 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes the first three books in the award-winning Hidden Saga series by bestselling author Amy Patrick-- over 750 pages of fantasy, magic, romance, and mystery! He isn't supposed to even talk to a human, much less fall in love with one... Ryann Carroll has just run into the guy who saved her life ten years ago. You might think she'd be happy to see him again. Not exactly. She's a bit underdressed (as in skinny-dipping) and he's not supposed to exist. Lad knows the law of his people all too well: Don't get careless and Don't get caught. It's allowed his race to live undetected in this world for thousands of years, mentioned only in flawed and fading folklore. Lad's never been able to forget about Ryann since that night ten years ago. When he sees her again, his fascination re-ignites and becomes a growing desire that tempts him to break all the rules. He isn’t supposed to even talk to a human, much less fall in love with one. And the timing is atrocious. The Assemblage is coming, the rift between the Light and Dark is widening. Lad may have to trade his own chance at happiness to keep the humans, especially Ryann, blissfully ignorant and safe. *100,000's of downloads and millions of pages read for the series. 3000+ worldwide reviews, and 11,000+ ratings on Goodreads. Read the first three books in this special bundle deal and begin the epic, thrilling, and deeply romantic journey into the series readers call “addictive” “riveting” “magical” and "captivating from the first chapter.”* Praise for the Hidden Saga: - "I absolutely fell in love from book 1 and couldn't stop until they were all done."-Amazon Reviewer ★★★★★ - "I never imagined I could love a collection this much! I highly recommend every single book in this series."-Amazon Reviewer ★★★★★ - "I loved this entire series. The characters, the forbidden romance, the entire hidden society--it's like a fairy tale but more fun."-Amazon Reviewer ★★★★★ - "Well... I was hooked from the second paragraph of book 1... I just finished the 9th book. A million well-dones!" -Amazon Reviewer ★★★★★ - "You HAVE to read the whole series!" -Amazon Reviewer ★★★★★ -"I don't leave reviews but I do read. A lot. I finished the whole 10 book series between Dec 25 and January 5th. It's an amazing series. I can't even describe how much I loved these books."-Amazon Reviewer ★★★★★ Fans of Holly Black, Jennifer L. Armentrout, Cassandra Clare, Veronica Roth, Kiera Cass, Julie Kagawa, Stephenie Meyer, Lauren Kate, and Becca Fitzpatrick will LOVE The Hidden Saga series. Scroll up and click buy now to find out why readers all over the world have fallen in love with the Hidden Saga. Give in to the Glamour and enter the Hidden world TODAY!

Download or read book The Three Queens The Enchantians written by Kristen Howe and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-07-02 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aristia returns to restore The Enchantia. But her little sister has different ideas, love, and magic. fills the air and battle wages against the two sisters, One evil and one not. Ambrosia the champion of light is born.. expect a deluge of Magic

Download or read book Wyvern Ways and Elven Magic written by Bailey Bradford and published by Totally Entwined Group (USA+CAD). This book was released on 2021-05-18 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FROM BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF LGBTQ+ ROMANCE BAILEY BRADFORD Book two in the Fire & Flutter series Take one magic-sensitive wyvern shifter, one horny royal-adjacent elf...and stand well back. Brick's a wyvern shifter, but not wily or skilled in diplomacy like wyvern shifters should be. Instead, he's big and brawny and slower than the rest of his family—the ruling family. Worse, he doesn't fare well around magic, so being in the elf kingdom for the royal wedding celebrations is one big nosebleed. Literally. Jagger's an elf. A royal-adjacent one, whose family have been chancellors and councilors to the king for centuries. It must have skipped a generation, however, as Jagger's more interested in drinking and seducing his way through the kingdom. Well, everyone wants to know if it's true what they say about elves, right? Spoiler—it is. When Brick discovers he's being handed over as part of the wyvern-elf alliance treaty, he fumes and decides to cut ties with his family to make his own way in the world. But first, he has to find his way out of the elf kingdom. Asking at the tavern for an elf to show him the way, he's taken to a room where a naked Jagger is lounging on a four-poster bed. And that's just the beginning of their dangerous, crazy and sexy adventure...

Download or read book Hidden Deep Book 1 of the Hidden Saga written by Amy Patrick and published by Oxford South Press . This book was released on 2015-03-23 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: HE ISN'T SUPPOSED TO EVEN TALK TO A HUMAN... MUCH LESS FALL IN LOVE WITH ONE. Sixteen-year-old Ryann Carroll has just run into the guy who saved her life ten years ago. You might think she'd be happy to see him again. Not exactly. She's a bit underdressed (as in skinny-dipping) and he's ...not supposed to exist. After her father's affair, all Ryann wants is to escape the family implosion fallout and find a little peace. She also wouldn't mind a first date that didn't suck, but she's determined not to end up like her mom: vulnerable, betrayed, destroyed. Ryann's just moved into her grandma's house in rural Mississippi, the same place where ten years earlier she became lost in the woods overnight and nearly died. She's still irresistibly drawn to those woods. There she encounters the boy who kept her from freezing to death that long ago winter night and was nowhere to be seen when rescuers arrived. He's still mysterious, but now all grown-up and gorgeous, too. And the more she's with him, the greater the threat he poses to Ryann's strict policy-- never want someone more than he wants you. Seventeen-year-old Lad knows the law of his people all too well: Don't get careless and Don't get caught. It's allowed his race to live undetected in this world for thousands of years, mentioned only in flawed and fading folklore. Lad's never been able to forget about Ryann since that night ten years ago. When he sees her again, his fascination re-ignites and becomes a growing desire that tempts him to break all the rules. He's not even supposed to talk to a human, much less fall in love with one. And the timing is atrocious. The Assemblage is coming, the rift between the Light and Dark is widening. Lad may have to trade his own chance at happiness to keep the humans, especially Ryann, blissfully ignorant and safe. **Grab your copy today and Give in to the Glamour of the Hidden Saga!** HIDDEN DEEP is a romantic and gripping full length YA paranormal romance of 87,000 words that will transport urban fantasy fans to a fascinating supernatural world within our own, filled with suspense, danger, sizzling tension, and desire. Binge the COMPLETE series! THE HIDDEN SAGA READING ORDER: Book 1: Hidden Deep Book 2: Hidden Heart Book 3: Hidden Hope The Sway-- A Hidden Saga Companion Novella Book 4: Hidden Darkness (The Dark Court, Book 1) Book 5: Hidden Danger (The Dark Court, Book 2) Book 6: Hidden Desire (The Dark Court, Book 3) Book 7: Hidden Game (The Ancient Court #1) Book 8: Hidden Magic (The Ancient Court #2) Book 9: Hidden Hero (The Ancient Court #3) Book 10: Hidden Heir Honors for Hidden Deep: 2013 YA Finalist in the prestigious RWA Golden Heart romance writing contest Winner of the Young Adult Maggie award - Georgia Romance Writers ***Fans of high-stakes urban fantasy like The Mortal Instruments, the fantasy worlds and characters of Sarah J. Maas, Holly Black, and Jennifer L. Armentrout, and deeply romantic paranormal romance sagas like Twilight will be drawn to the addicting, heart pounding excitement and suspense of Amy Patrick’s sexy, magical Hidden Saga.*** If you love Fae stories like the Iron Fey series, The Cruel Prince, and A Court of Thorns and Roses, you'll fall in love with the Hidden Saga! Get your copy today and Give in to the Glamour.

Download or read book The Prophesied written by Kathryn Friesen and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2013-12-30 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “And so, my normal human life was changed forever into a crazy, out-of-control dragon princess life. Go figure.” It’s Amber’s 12th birthday, and everyone’s forgotten. Even her best friend, Mo, has disappeared. But when Mo suddenly reappears, she babbles about a hidden kingdom of dragons and Amber’s long lost father. When sharp red points appear on her skin, the girls at school start to make fun of her - and she accidentally sets fire to one of them. Amber’s forced to realize the unavoidable truth: she is a dragon! On top of that, her family reveals she is also the princess of a land she has never heard of. With thrilling powers and responsibilities, Amber sets off into a world of new languages, new friends and new enemies.

Download or read book The Elf on the Shelf written by Chandra A. Bell and published by . This book was released on 2013-05-15 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Santa's Christmas village at the North Pole, the elves celebrate special days all year round. Apart from Christmas, though, nothing is more exciting to a scout elf than a birthday--and elves celebrate birthdays with a tradition that goes back thousands of years. Now, at the request of children from around the world, Santa has given his scout elves special permission to share that birthday tradition with the families they love. An elf cannot come to a celebration, though, unless it is invited.

Download or read book People I Want to Punch in the Throat written by Jen Mann and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2014-09-09 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A debut collection of witty, biting essays laced with a surprising warmth, from Jen Mann, the writer behind the popular blog People I Want to Punch in the Throat People I want to punch in the throat: • anyone who feels the need to bling her washer and dryer • humblebraggers • people who treat their pets like children Jen Mann doesn’t have a filter, which sometimes gets her in trouble with her neighbors, her fellow PTA moms, and that one woman who tried to sell her sex toys at a home shopping party. Known for her hilariously acerbic observations on her blog, People I Want to Punch in the Throat, Mann now brings her sharp wit to bear on suburban life, marriage, and motherhood in this laugh-out-loud collection of essays. From the politics of joining a play group, to the thrill of mothers’ night out at the gun range, to the rewards of your most meaningful relationship (the one you have with your cleaning lady), nothing is sacred or off-limits. So the next time you find yourself wearing fuzzy bunny pajamas in the school carpool line or accidentally stuck at a co-worker’s swingers party, just think, What would Jen Mann do? Or better yet, buy her book. Praise for People I Want to Punch in the Throat “People I Want to Punch in the Throat is so good that it’ll make you want to adopt all the cats in the world. I’m not sure about the correlation, but it’s that good. It should come with a warning.”—Jenny Lawson, author of Let’s Pretend This Never Happened “Jen Mann has an amazing way of telling stories that will make you cringe and burst out laughing at the same time. From swinger parties to racist toddlers, she makes the suburbs unbelievably funny.”—Karen Alpert, author of I Heart My Little A-Holes “Jen Mann says the things we’re all too afraid to say. Her honest and hilarious writing style reminds me of David Sedaris and Tina Fey.”—Robin O’Bryant, author of Ketchup Is a Vegetable: And Other Lies Moms Tell Themselves “Jen Mann’s shrewd and unrelenting assault on the absurdity of suburban life is an honest peek into the occasional nightmare that is part of living the American dream. I love Jen. I wish she was my neighbor. It’s so refreshing to know that I’m not the only one who wants to punch almost everyone in the f***ing throat.”—Nicole Knepper, author of Moms Who Drink And Swear

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Download or read book Fetter s Southern Magazine written by Basil W. Duke and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 660 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: