Download or read book Losing Wiffles Short Stories written by John Bredesen and published by Kennd Publishing. This book was released on 2023-07-23 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Humanity has reached the stars, terraforming new planets as we go. A virus wiped out our cats and dogs a few hundred years ago, and we faced going to the stars alone. That wouldn’t do. With our genetic expertise, we took the genes from the big animals on Earth and created smaller versions. We have elephants, giraffes, hyenas, moose, and others that are now the size of our former beloved cats and dogs. Because one very human truth will never change: People need pets. Each story tells a tale about humans and pets. No one saves the galaxy. No one cures a wasting disease. Some are eventful, some are slice-of-life, but all will give you a sense that, even though the animals have changed, humanity’s dependence on pets has not. Story Summaries: Losing Wiffles: Jenkins likes the pet giraffe his manager keeps at the hardware store. But one night, everything goes wrong. Eulogy For Sweetie: When a 75 year old pet elephant dies, it leaves a big hole. Herby: Vargas’ life changes when his pet bison, Herby, is attacked. Camel House: Starting a pet rescue business is hard and Tanicia needs help. But at what cost? Leader of the Pack: Tessa’s hyena pack is a great help on the farm, but today, danger will come from an unexpected source. Service Moose: Dudley is a service moose, a replacement for Mikkel’s beloved Buckets. When the crisis hits, will Dudley react as Mikkel needs? Dilemma: When a hard choice threatens Ziggy’s agility course career, Sarah has to choose what’s best for her pet zebra. Change In Direction: Hank was tired of his job. Transporting a hippo to another planet may be the last straw.
Download or read book The Best American Short Stories 2011 written by Geraldine Brooks and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2011 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents twenty of the best works of short fiction of the past year from a variety of acclaimed sources.
Download or read book Not Exactly Rocket Scientists and Other Stories written by Gilbert E. Bud Schill, and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2020-11-06 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From ROCKET SCIENTISTS WE WERE NOT… and Other Stories: “We were goofballs, and magnets for mischief. Pinheads, really. Boys who managed to screw up just about everything, everywhere: scouts, camp, school, dancing lessons, church, vacations, team sports, bowling, first dates, and summer jobs. You name it…” In these stories of misadventures from small town mid-20th century America, three lifelong buddies celebra
Download or read book The Story of the Missing Pages written by Wiggles (Musical group) and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Simon has a new book to read. But some of the pages are missing. What will happen when The Wiggles fill in the story?
Download or read book The Wiggles The Story of the Missing Pages written by and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Simon has a new book to read. But some of the pages are missing. What will happen when The Wiggles fill in the story?
Download or read book The Meaning of Lunch written by Dan Leone and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fiction. Short Stories. Winner of the 1998 Mammoth Books fiction award, THE MEANING OF LUNCH is Dan Leone's second book. His work has appeared in the Paris Review, The Antioch Review, The Quarterly, and New Stories from the South; he writes the Cheap Eats column and short fiction for the San Francisco Bay Guardian. "Dan Leone gives us every wonderful thing that can be said of Charm, Miracle, Tenderness, Passion, Whimsy, Passion, and Fright"--Diane Williams.
Download or read book The Adventures of the Princess and Mr Whiffle written by Patrick Rothfuss and published by . This book was released on 2012-12-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published: Burton, MI: Subterranean Books, 2010.
Download or read book The Bioscope written by and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 1066 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book A Real Love Story written by Howard R. Milsted, Jr. and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2001-10-31 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This a story about a successful young man after a heart breaking romance trying to find the one lasting true love. After several years he sees the girl of his dreams and finally meets her. Only to have a repeat of the first encounter and the suffering involved. The story takes place during the early sixties in Pennsylvania and New Jersey but includes the search for the facts about a civil war hero.
Download or read book Overturned written by Lamar Giles and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2017-03-28 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas. Especially murder. Nikki Tate is infamous, even by Las Vegas standards. Her dad is sitting on death row, convicted of killing his best friend in a gambling dispute turned ugly. And for five years, he's maintained his innocence. But Nikki wants no part of that. She's been working on Operation Escape Vegas: playing in illegal card games so she can save up enough money to get out come graduation day.Then her dad's murder conviction is overturned. The new evidence seems to come out of nowhere and Nikki's life becomes a mess when he's released from prison. Because the dad who comes home is not the dad she remembers. And he's desperately obsessed with finding out who framed him-and why.As her dad digs into the seedy underbelly of Vegas, the past threatens everything and Nikki is drawn into his deadly hunt for the truth. But in the city of sin, some sinners will do anything to keep their secrets, and Nikki soon finds herself playing for the biggest gamble ever-her life.
Download or read book Short Story Index written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 1080 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Crime Doggs Stories written by Brad Meyer and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-04-20 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They call themselves The Crime Doggs. Troy is the fiery leader, bent on revenge after being cruelly denied membership in a neighboring club; Darrin is his best friend, reigning in Troy's most overreaching goals and schemes while recording all of their deeds in his notebook; Rick is the unpredictable hothead whose erratic behavior constantly threatens to divide the group; and Calvin is the tireless laborer who accepts the most tedious tasks in the hopes of becoming a full member. These fifteen stories tell the history of The Crime Doggs from the club's creation and follow the evolution of the group as their initial desire for revenge subsides and their interests begin to shift from war to love.
Download or read book The Inheritance of Exile written by Susan Muaddi Darraj and published by University of Notre Dame Pess. This book was released on 2007-04-01 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Inheritance of Exile, Susan Muaddi Darraj expertly weaves a tapestry of the events and struggles in the lives of four Arab-American women. Hanan, Nadia, Reema, and Aliyah search for a meaningful sense of home, caught in the cultural gap that exists between the Middle East and the United States. Daughters of Palestinian immigrants who have settled into the diverse southern section of Philadelphia, the four friends live among Vietnamese, Italians, Irish, and other ethnic groups. Each struggles to reconcile her Arab identity with her American one. Muaddi Darraj adds the perspectives of the girls’ mothers, presented in separate stories, which illuminate the often troubled relationship between first and second generations of immigrants. Her suite of finely detailed portraits of arresting characters, told in evocative, vivid language, is sure to intrigue those seeking enjoyment and insight.
Download or read book The Adventures of the Princess and Mr Whiffle written by Patrick Rothfuss and published by . This book was released on 2014-02-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the second installment of the Princesss adventures, we learn a little more about the Princess's family. We learn how dark it is in the Deep Below ... And we learn what happens when the Princess gets a little brother. The Adventures of the Princess and Mr. Whiffle: The Dark of Deep Below is a dark twist on the classic children's picture book.
Download or read book When All Else Fails written by Rayyan Al-Shawaf and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-12-06 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A darkly humorous saga set in post-9/11 America and the Middle East When All Else Fails begins on September 12th, 2001. It is the story of Hunayn, a luckless and lovelorn Iraqi college student living in Orlando, Florida, after having graduated from high school in Beirut. Hunayn’s life is upended by 9/11—but not immediately, and not in the way that he, fearful in the aftermath of the attacks, initially expects. As America settles into its post-9/11, open-ended “Septemberland” phase (vigilant but also overly suspicious and even paranoid), many Arab and Muslim Americans are made to feel it’s no longer their home. With Hunayn, who muddles through a series of surreal episodes in Orlando and nearby Indiantown, the situation proves almost the opposite: Septemberland—so many of whose citizens think they have Hunayn figured out just because of his name or origins—comes to remind him of his most recent unhappy home, Lebanon, which he assumed he’d left behind. Now, having had his fill of disconcerting experiences, Hunayn returns to Beirut. At least he knows how to navigate life back there—or so he thinks. It turns out that Lebanon is about to undergo political upheaval of its own: a former prime minister opposed to neighboring Syria’s control of the country is assassinated; subsequent popular protests compel the Syrian regime to withdraw its army; a spate of mysterious bombings terrorizes everyone; and Israel, another neighbor, launches a war on Lebanon in retaliation for an attack by a Lebanese militant group. Hunayn finds himself aswirl in the maelstrom. And all the while, he watches from afar as Iraq, his fabled homeland and the owner of his heart, unravels in the wake of the US-led invasion.
Download or read book Against All Odds written by Anthony Razzano and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2023-09-21 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An extraordinary story of faith and healing in the face of tragedy In Against All Odds, NFL agent, Certified Public Accountant, husband, and father Anthony Razzano delivers an inspiring tale of resilience and perseverance in the face of almost unimaginable hardship. Caught in a catastrophic fire when he was only twelve years old, the author defied the odds—and the grim prognoses offered by his doctors—to become the starting outside linebacker for the New Castle Red Hurricanes under legendary coach Lindy Lauro. You’ll read about how the young Razzano endured months of grueling rehabilitation, 43 surgeries, 134 blood transfusions, and years of physical therapy only to emerge even stronger on the other side. The book offers: The transformational narrative of the author’s almost unbelievable story of tragedy and endurance A beacon of hope to the millions of children, parents, and athletes moving through their own journeys Fuel for your own faith and spirit as you encounter and withstand life’s ordinary and extraordinary challenges A singular and awe-inspiring exploration of one boy’s successful attempt to persevere through nearly unbearable burdens, Against All Odds is an inspirational and transformative story you won’t be able to put down.
