Download or read book Mr Buttonman and the Great Escape written by Joelle Gebhardt and published by . This book was released on 2020-04-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gorgeous embroidered illustrations are the highlight of this craft-themed wordless picture book. A simple walk in the park becomes a grand adventure for Mr. Buttonman in this wordless picture book featuring the embroidered illustrations of Joelle Gebhardt. Gebhardt uses bright fabrics and buttons to tell the lighthearted story of a day in the life of Mr. Buttonman, who is picked up during his morning walk by a woman who wants to add him to her button collection, in a jar on her craft table. Will he be able to escape?
Download or read book Button Man written by Paul Lyons and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-10-27 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the scorching hot summer of 1988, Michael Dukakis leads George Bush senior in the polls. And while political conventions, campaigns continue to be in session, Hawk and the rest of the "button gang" sell their buttons first to Democrats in Atlanta, then Republicans in New Orleans. As always, the gang sells to either side of any persuasion, offering a unique underview of the American political process, amoral hucksterism, and a corrupted form of capitalism. Sought after by loan sharks and his girlfriend’s Ginsu-wielding ex-husband, Hawk is a witty and likeable character full of street smarts and unmatchable survival instincts. His story explores trust-and trust betrayed, along with the ethics of the street-and ethics compromised. Hawks tale is one of an edgy outsider's will for survival and love. Drawing from a side of politics and capitalism rarely seen by the general public, Button Man, with its unnerving violence and biting wit, is reminiscent of the worlds of Elmore Leonard, Nathaniel West, William Kennedy, and Quentin Tarantino. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade, Yucca, and Good Books imprints, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in fiction—novels, novellas, political and medical thrillers, comedy, satire, historical fiction, romance, erotic and love stories, mystery, classic literature, folklore and mythology, literary classics including Shakespeare, Dumas, Wilde, Cather, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
Download or read book Mr Darcy s Great Escape written by Marsha Altman and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2010-02-01 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hilarious and action-packed, this installment brings the Darcy and Bingley families to the year 1812 and the intrigues of the Napoleonic Wars. Darcy and Dr. Maddox go in search of Darcy's missing half-brother and land in a medieval prison cell. Much to his dismay, Charles Bingley is left to hold the fort at Pemberley while his sister Caroline, Elizabeth, and Col. Fitzwilliam traverse Europe on a daring rescue. Meanwhile, Lady Catherine de Bourgh kicks up a truly shocking scandal. One never knows what might happen next between the estates of Rosings and Pemberley.
Download or read book The Great Escape written by John Arthur Cooper and published by John Arthur Cooper. This book was released on 2020-06-10 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Great Escape. Terry was bigger, fitter, harder, stronger than all those around him, why should he stay locked up? Richard was a mild murderer, he had a strategy for prison. Keep quiet, don't rock the boat, smile and do as you were told and you'd be out on your first parole board. For both of them time inside was time wasted. irreplaceable and valuable . Terry had a plan, Richard was his cellmate, Terry's plan needed two people. Richard was the man. But what about love? Happy Christmas!
Download or read book The Great Escape written by Kate Egan and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2014-10-07 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mike is doing better in school these days. Learning magic helps him to learn other things as well. Sure, he's gotten in trouble in the past, but things are different now. So why does everyone still think he's the same old Mike? If only there was a magic trick to change his reputation... Then, during one of his visits to The White Rabbit Magic Shop, Mike finds something that could be even better than a magic trick—it's possible that Mike could be related to Harry Houdini—the greatest magician ever! But when Mike lets the news slip, and Jackson Jacobs dares him to prove it, he knows that he's in the type of bind that only magic can help him escape!
Download or read book Tales of the Jazz Age written by F. Scott Fitzgerald and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2011-02-23 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evoking the Jazz-Age world that would later appear in his masterpiece, The Great Gatsby, this essential Fitzgerald collection contains some of the writer’s most famous and celebrated stories. In “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” an extraordinary child is born an old man, growing younger as the world ages around him. “The Diamond as Big as the Ritz,” a fable of excess and greed, shows two boarding school classmates mired in deception as they make their fortune in gemstones. And in the classic novella “May Day,” debutantes dance the night away as war veterans and socialists clash in the streets of New York. Opening the book is a playful and irreverent set of notes from the author, documenting the real-life pressures and experiences that shaped these stories, from his years at Princeton to his cravings for luxury to the May Day Riots of 1919. Taken as a whole, this collection brings to vivid life the dazzling excesses, stunning contrasts, and simmering unrest of a glittering era. Its 1922 publication furthered Fitzgerald's reputation as a master storyteller, and its legacy staked his place as the spokesman of an age.
Download or read book The Great Escape written by Tammie Painter and published by Daisy Dog Media. This book was released on 2023-07-20 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peculiar pet shops. Troublesome dream homes. And robot vacuums that just want to be free. Looking for a captivating (and quick) escape from reality? These fifteen tales of myth, magic, and whimsy provide just that. Amongst the award-winning words are stories of vacations gone enchantingly wrong, questionable business practices, worrying parental habits, misbehaving reptiles, and Norse gods in a bit of a bind. This second short story collection by Tammie Painter (author of the humor-filled Cassie Black Trilogy and The Circus of Unusual Creatures Mysteries) begins with a brief introduction telling how these stories led to the creation of those fan favorite series. The author then launches each tale with a few words to share the twists and turns of inspiration. The fifteen stories range from beguiling magical realism to laugh-out-loud silliness to dark (but not too dark) fantasy. Some stories have a little violence (nothing gruesome) and mild cursing, but no "on-screen" hanky panky (a giant does have some off-screen fun, but I’ll leave you to discover that one). The stories inside…. The Great Escape Grave Bargains Buttercup: Queen of Death The Drive-Thru Window Testing the Waters The Back Room The Liar of Lilløya Space Walk Moonlight Cruise The Ghost of Arlen Hall A Case of Mamma’s Love Dragon Trouble The Secret Eater A Feast for Sight Champ
Download or read book The Great Escape from Stalag Luft III written by Bram van der Stok and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-02-20 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I am one of those lucky ones who survived the war, and I can remember my emotional experiences, and those of my friends, as if they had happened yesterday. For many of us the horror, the injustice, and the cruelty can never be forgotten or forgiven; but I have tried to write without too much bitterness - Bob van der Stok On the night of 24th March 1944, Bob van der Stok was number 18 of 76 men who crawled beyond the barbed wire fence of Stalag Luft III in Zagan, Poland. The 1963 film, The Great Escape, was largely based on this autobiography but - with van der Stok's agreement -filmmakers chose to turn his story into an Australian character name Sedgewick, played by James Coburn. His memoir sets down his wartime adventures before being incarcerated in Stalag Luft III and then - with extraordinary detail - describes various escape attempts which culminated with the famous March breakout. After escaping Bram van der Stok roamed Europe for weeks, passing through Leipzig, Utrecht, Brussels, Paris, Dijon and Madrid, before making it back to England. He reported to the Air Ministry and two months after escaping, on 30 May 1944 he returned to the British no.91 Squadron. In the following months he flew almost every day to France escorting bombers and knocking down V1 rockets. In August 1944 he finally returned to his home. He learned that his two brothers were killed in concentration camps after being arrested for resistance work. His father had been tortured and blinded by the Gestapo during interrogation. He had never betrayed his son.
Download or read book THE GREAT ESCAPE written by Cheryl Anne Porter and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2011-07-15 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She went out on a limb… How did she get into these messes? Once minute Joan O'Leary, unsuspecting accountant to the mob, was witnessing her boss's demise. A minute later, to save her own skin, she'd confessed to the crime herself. After all, jail was pretty safe, wasn't it? But when she was taken into custody by gorgeous Deputy Sheriff Dan Hendricks, Joan suddenly wished she'd started her life of crime much earlier…. And fell for a Sheriff Dan knew the sassy little redhead wasn't guilty—he'd bet his badge on it. Little did he expect his life would depend on it, too. Together they'd survived a plane crash, been chased up a tree by bears and ended up stranded in a snowed-in chalet, all with a mobster one step behind them. Dan knew Joan was trusting him with her life. The question was, could he trust Joan with his heart?
Download or read book Gentlemen s Fashions written by and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Means of Escape written by Philip Caputo and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2009-03-31 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A riveting memoir of years of living dangerously."—Kirkus Reviews For the countless readers who have admired Philip Caputo's classic memoir of Vietnam, A Rumor of War, here is his powerful recounting of his life and adventures, updated with a foreword that assesses the state of the world and the journalist's art. As a journalist, Caputo has covered many of the world's troubles, and in Means of Escape, he tells the reader in moving and clear-eyed prose how he made himself into a writer, traveler, and observer with the nerve to put himself at the center of the world's conflicts. As a young reporter he investigated the Mafia in Chicago, earning acclaim as well as threats against his safety. Later, he rode camels through the desert and enjoyed Bedouin hospitality, was kidnapped and held captive by Islamic extremists, and was targeted and hit by sniper fire in Beirut, with memories of Vietnam never far from the surface. And after it all, he went into Afghanistan. Caputo's goal has always been to bear witness to the crimes, ambitions, fears, ferocities, and hopes of humanity. With Means of Escape, he has done so.
Download or read book Button Man written by John Wagner and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harry Exton thinks that he has bought his way out of the killing game, but when a US senator smuggles him out of the UK and makes him an offer he can't refuse, he finds himself becoming a Button Man once more. As the stakes get higher, so Harry's passion for killing spirals out of control and his backer decides that the game is over. Little does he realise that Harry Exton is playing for keeps!
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Download or read book The Great Escape written by Susan Elizabeth Phillips and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2012-07-10 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perennial New York Times bestselling author Susan Elizabeth Phillips now provides her fans with The Great Escape from ordinary women’s romantic fiction, featuring some of Phillips's most adored characters, including Ted Beaudine and Lucy Jorik. Lucy Jorik is a champ at not embarrassing her family—not surprising since her mother is one of the most famous women in the world. But now Lucy has done just that. Instead of saying "I do" to the most perfect man she's ever known, Lucy flees the church and hitches a ride on the back of a beat-up motorcycle with a rough-looking stranger who couldn't be more foreign to her privileged existence. At his beach house on a Great Lakes island, Lucy hopes to find a new direction . . . and unlock the secrets of a man who reveals nothing about himself. But as the hot summer days unfold amid scented breezes and sudden storms, she discovers a passion that could change her life forever.
Download or read book Collier s written by and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 724 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Collier s Once a Week written by and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book An Affair with Mr Kennedy written by Jillian Stone and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-01-31 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For years, the memory of a deadly bombing at King's Cross has haunted brilliant Scotland Yard detective Zeno "Zak" Kennedy. In London, 1887, his investigation zeroes in on a ring of aristocratic rebels campaigning for Irish revolution, and pulls him into the arms of free-spirited Cassandra St. Cloud, an impressionist painter with very modern ideas about life and love.
