Download or read book A Greyhound of a Girl written by Roddy Doyle and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2012-05-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mary O’Hara is a sharp and cheeky 12-year-old Dublin schoolgirl who is bravely facing the fact that her beloved Granny is dying. But Granny can’t let go of life, and when a mysterious young woman turns up in Mary’s street with a message for her Granny, Mary gets pulled into an unlikely adventure. The woman is the ghost of Granny’s own mother, who has come to help her daughter say good-bye to her loved ones and guide her safely out of this world. She needs the help of Mary and her mother, Scarlett, who embark on a road trip to the past. Four generations of women travel on a midnight car journey. One of them is dead, one of them is dying, one of them is driving, and one of them is just starting out. Praise for A Greyhound of a Girl STARRED REVIEW “A warm, witty, exquisitely nuanced multigenerational story.” –Kirkus Reviews, starred review STARRED REVIEW “This elegantly constructed yet beautifully simple story, set in Ireland and spun with affection by Booker Prize–winner Doyle, will be something different for YA readers. These four lilting voices will linger long after the book is closed.” –Booklist, starred review STARRED REVIEW "Written mostly in dialogue, at which Doyle excels, and populated with a charming foursome of Irish women, this lovely tale is as much about overcoming the fear of death as it is about death itself." –Publishers Weekly, starred review "In this moving and artfully structured ghost tale, four generations of Irish women come together. A big part of the pleasure here is the rhythm of the language and the contrasting voices of the generations. Any opportunity to read it aloud would be a treat." –Horn Book "For children grieving the death of a parent or grandparent, this book provides comfort." –Library Media Connection Award: Capitol Choices 2013 - Noteworthy Titles for Children and Teens Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC) Choices 2013 list - Young Adult Fiction USBBY Outstanding International Books List 2013

Download or read book Just a Girl Who Loves Italian Greyhound written by Rhart Jagwl Njgcom and published by . This book was released on 2019-12-24 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Nice Gift Idea For Italian Greyhound Lovers Girl Women Lined Journal Notebook

Download or read book Just A Girl Who Loves Greyhound written by Patternfeed Greyhound Dog and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-27 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Best Greyhound Journal Notebook, Cute Greyhound Notebook Journal or Dairy - Greyhound Dog Owner Appreciation Gift - Greyhound Lovers Lined Notebook Journal 6 x 9 inch 120 pages. A small diary / journal / notebook to quickly note down your thoughts before they disappear. Excellent for creative writing, for creating lists, planning schedules. About Your Notebook: Greyhound Dog Journal Notebook The cover is printed with a durable matte finish. The Interior is filled with 6x9_120 journal sheets of paper. 120 journal ruled lined pages on cream paper. *Get your now and enjoy*

Download or read book Lazy Greyhounds Coloring Book for Adults written by Islandsmiles Press and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-05 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Lazy Greyhounds Coloring Book for Adults is the perfect gift for Greyhound lovers, owners and trainers. This relaxing coloring book is full of adorable Greyhounds doing what they love - sleeping, roaching and leading the Greyhound life. Coloring book includes 23 unique designs ready to color Large book format of 8.5"x11" (21.59cm x 27.94cm) Loveable greyhound designs include; greyhounds roaching, sleeping, taking naps and even counter surfing Funny greyhound sayings and quotes you'll love Soft paperback gloss cover - perfect bound Artworks are printed on one side of the page only to avoid bleed through Gorgeous Greyhound themed patterns and mandalas Adorable Greyhound illustration cover Enjoy hours of stress relieving coloring with this Greyhound dog coloring book for adults. It's a must have for all greyhound lovers.

Download or read book A Greyhound a Groundhog written by Emily Jenkins and published by Schwartz & Wade. This book was released on 2017-01-03 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "But what Emily Jenkins and Chris Appelhans’ lyrical collaboration is really about is the intoxicating thrill of friendship, and boundless joy of play..." –The New York Times A “merry read-aloud.” –The Wall Street Journal Winner of the 2018 Zena Sutherland Award for Best Text From a heavyweight author and illustrator duo comes a delicious tongue twister of a picture book that features a little round greyhound and a little round groundhog. With very spare, incredibly lively language, this is an entertaining read-aloud, with two amazing—and oh-so-adorable—characters at its heart. When a greyhound meets a groundhog, wordplay and crazy antics ensue. The two animals, much like kids, work themselves into a frenzy as they whirl around and around one another. (Around, round hound. Around, groundhog!) The pace picks up (Around and around and astound and astound!), until they ultimately wear themselves out. “Jenkins’s masterful text is deceptively simple.” —NPR on Toys Meet Snow by Emily Jenkins “Appelhans, whose career up to now has been in animated films such as Coraline, is a revelation.” —Booklist, Starred, on Sparky!, illustrated by Chris Appelhans “Appelhans makes an auspicious picture book debut with strikingly beautiful watercolor and pencil illustrations. His style, reminiscent of Jon Klassen’s, incorporates a muted color palette, but with a slightly softer, rounder quality, while also weaving in visual deadpan humor.” —The Horn Book

Download or read book Fly Greyhound Racer written by Pam Unger and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Readers aged 11 and above will enjoy this story about a greyhound's journey to becoming the devoted pet of a loving family. Fly, the greyhound racer, is a helpful, honest and fun-loving racer who enjoys life.

Download or read book Gold Rush Girl written by Avi and published by Candlewick. This book was released on 2020-03-10 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Newbery Medalist Avi brings us mud-caked, tent-filled San Francisco in 1848 with a willful heroine who goes on an unintended — and perilous — adventure to save her brother. Victoria Blaisdell longs for independence and adventure, and she yearns to accompany her father as he sails west in search of real gold! But it is 1848, and Tory isn’t even allowed to go to school, much less travel all the way from Rhode Island to California. Determined to take control of her own destiny, Tory stows away on the ship. Though San Francisco is frenzied and full of wild and dangerous men, Tory finds freedom and friendship there. Until one day, when Father is in the gold fields, her younger brother, Jacob, is kidnapped. And so Tory is spurred on a treacherous search for him in Rotten Row, a part of San Francisco Bay crowded with hundreds of abandoned ships. Beloved storyteller Avi is at the top of his form as he ushers us back to an extraordinary time of hope and risk, brought to life by a heroine readers will cheer for. Spot-on details and high suspense make this a vivid, absorbing historical adventure.

Download or read book Greyhound written by Steffan Piper and published by Amazon Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Sebastien Rane's mother can't be bothered to take care of him, she sends him to his grandmother's across the country on a Greyhound bus.

Download or read book Just A Girl Who Loves Italian Greyhound written by Patternfeed Press and published by . This book was released on 2019-12-02 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Best Italian Greyhound Journal Notebook, Cute Italian Greyhound Notebook Journal or Dairy - Italian Greyhound Dog Owner Appreciation Gift - Italian Greyhound Lovers Lined Notebook Journal 6 x 9 inch 120 pages. A small diary / journal / notebook to quickly note down your thoughts before they disappear. Excellent for creative writing, for creating lists, planning schedules. About Your Notebook: Italian Greyhound Dog Journal Notebook The cover is printed with a durable matte finish. The Interior is filled with 6x9_120 journal sheets of paper. 120 journal ruled lined pages on cream paper. *Get your now and enjoy*

Download or read book Greyhound Tales written by Nora Star and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heartwarming stories of rescue and adoption of greyhounds discarded by the dog racing industry.

Download or read book Retired Greyhounds written by Carol Baby and published by Crowood. This book was released on 2012-12-21 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every year many thousands of racing greyhounds retire from the racetrack and are successfully re-homed through dedicated greyhound charities. Written in association with Greyhound Rescue West of England, Retired Greyhounds - A Guide to Care and Understanding is essential reading for anyone who owns, or is thinking of owning a retired greyhound.The sound and practical advice contained within these pages will ensure that you have a clear understanding of your dog's needs, and will help to enable successful communication between you and your dog, thereby avoiding the common pitfalls that can arise through misunderstanding.Contents include:The first few days; Day-to-day care; Problem solving; Health care; Training for obedience; Fun and games. Approximately 10,000 greyhounds retire from racing each year and are re-homed by numerous dedicated retired greyhound charities.This book provides valuable insight and practical instruction to ensure that new owners are able to make a success of their new partnership through correct care and understanding.Written in association with GRWE - Greyhound Rescue West of England.Fully illustrated with 93 colour photographs and 2 line diagramsCarol Baby has worked as a volunteer for GRWE for over ten years.

Download or read book Hyperbole and a Half written by Allie Brosh and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-10-29 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 New York Times Bestseller “Funny and smart as hell” (Bill Gates), Allie Brosh’s Hyperbole and a Half showcases her unique voice, leaping wit, and her ability to capture complex emotions with deceptively simple illustrations. FROM THE PUBLISHER: Every time Allie Brosh posts something new on her hugely popular blog Hyperbole and a Half the internet rejoices. This full-color, beautifully illustrated edition features more than fifty percent new content, with ten never-before-seen essays and one wholly revised and expanded piece as well as classics from the website like, “The God of Cake,” “Dogs Don’t Understand Basic Concepts Like Moving,” and her astonishing, “Adventures in Depression,” and “Depression Part Two,” which have been hailed as some of the most insightful meditations on the disease ever written. Brosh’s debut marks the launch of a major new American humorist who will surely make even the biggest scrooge or snob laugh. We dare you not to. FROM THE AUTHOR: This is a book I wrote. Because I wrote it, I had to figure out what to put on the back cover to explain what it is. I tried to write a long, third-person summary that would imply how great the book is and also sound vaguely authoritative—like maybe someone who isn’t me wrote it—but I soon discovered that I’m not sneaky enough to pull it off convincingly. So I decided to just make a list of things that are in the book: Pictures Words Stories about things that happened to me Stories about things that happened to other people because of me Eight billion dollars* Stories about dogs The secret to eternal happiness* *These are lies. Perhaps I have underestimated my sneakiness!

Download or read book Greyhound Lady Walking written by Joyce Godwin Grubbs and published by . This book was released on 2010-12-06 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Suspense/Romance/Fiction You will never "settle" again after you tour the Greyhound Ranch.Sam Huston: in charge, formidable, ex-military police, champion of women, and very beautiful. Yes, Sam is a woman. The Marrs brothers, her new landlords are each rich and eligible bachelors. Impacted by her breath taking, if unorthodox introduction into their lives, it creates division and competition. 21st century 'Men of Oklahoma', jet setter Dalton and grounded mogul Matt, square off over her use of their ranch as a Greyhound rescue for retired racers.Mysterious happenings reveal an underground transport system operating at the ranch. Sam's staff, all women, defy explanation. Drug smugglers? Meth cookers? Lesbians? Kidnapping, murder and deceit are threaded into the fabric of this tale that taps into the inner soul of the characters.Minnie Rae Swofford, retired teacher and "resurrected witch from Oz" and the women of the Greyhound Ranch capture your heart as they "move on" in life with humor, friendship and living as fulfilled women.The key to the' puzzle' is in the greyhounds as a mystical foreshadowing appears; answering the question of whose destiny is completed with Sam Huston.

Download or read book Only a Girl s Love written by Charles Garvice and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2020-08-04 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: Only a Girl's Love by Charles Garvice

Download or read book Sad Janet written by Lucie Britsch and published by Riverhead Books. This book was released on 2020 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An irresistibly blackhearted comedy about doctors, dating, dogs, and depression Janet works at a ramshackle dog shelter in the woods. She has a passive-aggressive boyfriend, a meddlesome family, and a clutch of eccentric coworkers. Most of all, she has her "sad"--a comfortable cloak of gloomy realism that brings her comfort when everyone around her has surrendered to the permanent promise of pharmaceutical bliss. Janet wants no part of this, and her family has nearly given up on her. That is, until the fateful summer when word spreads of a new pill that offers even confirmed cynics a short-term taste of happiness . . . just long enough to make it through the holidays without sinking into depression. When her family stages an intervention, her boyfriend leaves her, and the prospect of making it through Christmas alone seems like too much, Janet decides to give in to the pressure. What follows is life-changing for all concerned--in ways no one quite expected. Sharp-tongued, relentlessly witty, yet surprisingly warm, Sad Janet is the depression comedy you never knew you needed.

Download or read book Second Chances written by Elise Lufkin and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2005-08-01 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the author and photographer of Found Dogs, more wonderful profiles of people and their adopted dogs.

Download or read book Retired Racing Greyhounds For Dummies written by Lee Livingood and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-04-04 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The next best thing to having an experienced Greyhound owner living with you.” —Joan Belle Isle, President, Greyhound Project “Anyone who reads this book and follows its guidance will have a happier, healthier dog and be a happier, more relaxed dog owner.” —Hal and Karen Hawley, Greyhound Friends Northwest The Greyhound has been celebrated in song and legend for thousands of years. Nowadays, Greyhounds are bred almost exclusively for racing. In the bad old days, prior to the 1980s, dogs that didn’t make the grade at the track, and those past their primes, were destroyed. According to official estimates, 60,000 of these noble, mild-mannered dogs were destroyed each year! Fortunately, a number of organizations now exist devoted to rescuing these unwanted dogs and placing them in good homes. Thinking about adopting a retired racing Greyhound? Or maybe you’re already sharing your life with one of these charming animals. Either way, this friendly guide tells you everything you need to know to: Understand the Greyhound personality Find a retired racing Greyhound to adopt Choose the right ex-racer for you and your family Educate yourself and your retired racer Give your new pal the diet and exercise it needs Keep your dog healthy and happy for years to come With plenty of good humor and straight-talk, Lee Livingood drawing on her forty-years of experience training adult rescue dogs to cover all the pros and cons of being a retired racing Greyhound owner, and she fills you in on: The amazing 8000-year history of the Greyhound Deciding whether an ex-racer is the right do for you and your family Physical and behavioral characteristics How to get a retired racer used to living in a home and be a companion Dealing with common behavioral and health problems Feeding, grooming, and exercising a Greyhound Fun things to do with your hound Bursting with expert advice on all aspects of living with an ex-racer, Retired Racing Greyhounds For Dummies is must reading for anyone considering adoption or who’s already taken the leap.