Download or read book Like Melvin written by Jonathan Vars and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2017-07-18 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What if your dream come true turns into a nightmare? That is the crisis Jack Thomson must face when he gets the chance to star in a new medieval TV show. What appears at first to be the opportunity of a lifetime dissolves into a labyrinth of secrets and deception when he discovers a dark conspiracy at play in the studio. Now Jack is in a race against time to discover the truth before his future is destroyed forever. Along the way, he must come to grips with his own dark past and a God who might prove to be his only salvation.
Download or read book Pops written by Craig Melvin and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2021-06-15 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A deeply personal exploration of fatherhood, addiction, and resiliency from Craig Melvin, news anchor of NBC’s Today show. For Craig Melvin this book is more an investigation than a memoir. It's an opportunity to better understand his father; to interrogate his family's legacy of addiction and despair but also transformation and redemption; and to explore the challenges facing all dads--including Craig himself, a father of two young children. Growing up in Columbia, South Carolina, Craig had a fraught relationship with his father. Lawrence Melvin was a distant, often absent parent due to his drinking as well as his job working the graveyard shift at a postal facility. Watching sports and tinkering on Lawrence's beloved (but unreliable) 1973 Pontiac LeMans were two ways father and son connected, but as Lawrence's drinking spiraled out of control, their bond was stretched to the breaking point. Fortunately, Craig had a loving, fiercely protective mother who held the family together. He also had a series of surrogate father figures in his life--uncles, teachers, workplace mentors--who by their examples helped him figure out the kind of person and father he wanted to be. Pops is the story of all these men--and of the inspiring fathers Craig has met reporting his "Dads Got This Series" on the Today show. Pops is also the story of Craig and Lawrence Melvin's long journey to reconciliation and understanding, and of how all these experiences and encounters have informed Craig's understanding of his own role as a dad.
Download or read book Leland Melvin written by J. P. (Janice) Miller and published by Discovery Library. This book was released on 2021-08-11 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book Features: * Ages 6-10, Grades 1-4 * 24 pages, 7 1⁄2 inches x 10 inches * Simple, easy-to-read pages with full-color pictures * Includes a time line and extension activity * Reading/teaching tips and discussion questions included Leader in Science: In Leaders Like Us: Leland Melvin, 1st--4th graders learn about the dedication, talent, and impact of Melvin who went from being a professional football player to an influential NASA astronaut. Inspirational: With captivating illustrations that bring Melvin's story to life, young readers learn about his fascinating life and what led him to trade in his football helmet for a space suit, going on to fly two important missions into space. Build Reading Skills: This engaging 24-page biography will help your child improve comprehension and build confidence with guided pre- and post-reading questions, a time line of events, and a fun extension activity. Leveled Books: Part of the Leaders Like Us series, early-elementary reading level and full-color illustrations support comprehension of the story of this amazing pro athlete and astronaut. Why Rourke Educational Media: Since 1980, Rourke Publishing Company has specialized in publishing engaging and diverse non-fiction and fiction books for children in a wide range of subjects that support reading success on a level that has no limits.
Download or read book Mammoth written by Douglas Perry and published by Amberjack Publishing. This book was released on 2016-09-06 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The small, isolated town of Mammoth View is hit with terrifying news on a summer morning: a mysterious, large-scale attack is unfolding in the surrounding forest. It’s not clear what happened, but it’s bad. And it’s not over. As residents flee in panic, Police Chief Hicks and his deputy set off into the woods to investigate. The attack seems like the perfect coincidence for Billy Lane. Looking for the biggest score of his career, he targets the local bank. The robbery does not go well—and the aftermath is even worse, leading the robbers to a nearby running camp for teen girls. Over the next twenty-four hours, chaos descends on Mammoth View as Billy, the police officers, and a courageous teen athlete at the camp face down murderous strangers and ghosts from their pasts—all leading back to what really happened outside of town.
Download or read book Melvin the Mouth written by Katherine Blanc and published by Charlesbridge Publishing. This book was released on 2017-09-19 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet young Melvin—the future Mel Blanc of Looney Tunes fame—as he drives everyone a little nuts with the noisy soundtrack to his day-to-day life Melvin is an imaginative and noisy little boy who grows up to be Mel Blanc, Looney Tunes cartoon character pioneer and the voice behind Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Woody Woodpecker, the Tasmanian Devil, and so many more familiar personalities. Readers are treated to a typical day for young Melvin, when ordinary tasks like getting ready for school, riding the bus, and completing his chores are charged with sound effects and accompanied by his own personal soundtrack. His knack for making funny noises and using the versatility of his voice was like no other—much to the relief of his teachers. Penned by Blanc's daughter-in-law, this first-person fiction-based-in-reality story is a fun romp and is sure to inspire young readers to turn trouble into triumph! “Reading this book aloud will guarantee a boisterous romp of a story time in a library or classroom setting.” —School Library Journal
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Download or read book Storms Before the Calm written by Kenneth Brown and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2012-03 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the storms of lust, loneliness, emptiness, greed and anger are in season, life can be one torrential whirlwind. Join this cast of characters as the winds of change and uncertainty threaten to blow them away. Rooted in Los Angeles and drenched with drama this story tells how humans respond under pressure and over heart break. With all the passion of an Italian sonata this chilling story of six characters meeting overwhelming emotional weather will have you turning pages faster that the fan you'll need to cool you down. Grab a coat and hat as you step into the Storms Before the Calm!
Download or read book Southern Reporter written by and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 1146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes the decisions of the Supreme Courts of Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, and Mississippi, the Appellate Courts of Alabama and, Sept. 1928/Jan. 1929-Jan./Mar. 1941, the Courts of Appeal of Louisiana.
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Download or read book Kingsley written by M. Rashid and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2022-08-26 with total page 533 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Raymond Kingsley is certainly no stranger to the criminal world. His family’s history, past and present, is imbedded with that world. But...the only real connection to his family is with his cousin (Sean) and the inherited criminal abilities he uses for his job. Isolated from the life that brings his family profits... Raymond decides to fight against the criminal world that he was sheltered from. Ultimately bringing him face to face with parts of his past. Facing enemies he has never imaged and left Soul searching for answers...ultimately causing him to fight for his life. In the pursuit of the Truth... Raymond Kingsley will learn one of the hardest lessons any criminally gifted good guy will ever have to...
Download or read book The Scent of Burnt Flowers written by Blitz Bazawule and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2022-06-28 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fleeing persecution in 1960s America, a Black couple seeks asylum in Ghana, but fresh dangers and old secrets threaten their newfound freedom in this hypnotic debut novel. “I am truly blown away by this novel.”—Jacqueline Woodson, New York Times bestselling author of Red at the Bone ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: CrimeReads When the windshield of his Chevy Impala shatters in a dark diner parking lot in Alabama, Melvin moves without thinking. A split-second reaction marrows in his bones from the days of war, but this time it is the safety of his fiancé, Bernadette, at stake. Impulse keeps them alive, and yet they flee with blood on their hands. What is life like now that they are fugitives? Pack passports. Empty bank accounts. Set their old life on fire. The couple disguise themselves as a pastor and a reluctant pastor’s wife who’s hiding a secret from her fiancé. With a persistent FBI agent on their trail, they travel to Ghana to seek the help of Melvin’s old college friend who happens to be the country’s embattled president, Kwame Nkrumah. The couple’s chance encounter with Ghana’s most beloved highlife musician, Kwesi Kwayson, who’s on his way to perform for the president, sparks a journey full of suspense, lust, magic, and danger as Nkrumah’s regime crumbles around them. What was meant to be a fresh start quickly spirals into chaos, threatening both their relationship and their lives. Kwesi and Bernadette’s undeniable attraction and otherworldly bond cascades during their three-day trek, and so does Melvin’s intense jealousy. All three must confront one another and their secrets, setting off a series of cataclysmic events. Steeped in the history and mythology of postcolonial West Africa at the intersection of the civil rights movement in America, this gripping and ambitious debut merges political intrigue, magical encounters, and forbidden romance in an epic collision of morality and power.
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