Download or read book Ollie Visits Where It All Started written by Lawrence Blundred and published by DP Kids Press. This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ollie Visits Where It All Started takes Ollie and his friends on an adventure on Bainbridge Island where Pickleball was first played. Along the way he meets a long-lost relative and makes several new friends.
Download or read book It All Started with a Dog written by Graham Matthews and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2015-11-28 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “It’s been an honour and privilege to have looked after so many dogs and been introduced to their owners. The warm feeling of pleasure when a dog greets us or pulls their owner inside the house is priceless. At times I’ve felt like I should be paying the owners because of the joy and interest their pets give us.” When Graham Matthews began walking Nero, a trainee guide dog, he had no idea how life-changing this seemingly simple job would be. Once Nero passed on to his advanced training, the hole he left behind in Graham’s life was immense, and so Graham became a dog carer, offering a home from home to a wide range of canines – from rumbustious rescue dogs to languid labradors. “When Nero left for his advance training, I was so upset that I never took on another guide dog. When you’ve been up all night with the dog throwing up at both ends, cleaning up and lying on the floor, saying, Daddy wishes he could do it for you, well that’s not a dog, but a family member. Nero’s legacy lasted long after he had gone and it was an experience I wouldn’t have missed for the world.” It all Started with a Dog is a simple tale of dog walking experiences which are both funny and sad. Aimed at all dog lovers, it conveys the love and affection that passes between man and dog and shows that a dog really is a man’s best friend.
Download or read book Small Spaces written by Katherine Arden and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2024-04-02 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times bestselling adult author of The Bear and the Nightingale makes her middle grade debut with a creepy, spellbinding ghost story destined to become a classic. Now in paperback. After suffering a tragic loss, eleven-year-old Ollie who only finds solace in books discovers a chilling ghost story about a girl named Beth, the two brothers who loved her, and a peculiar deal made with "the smiling man"—a sinister specter who grants your most tightly held wish, but only for the ultimate price. Captivated by the tale, Ollie begins to wonder if the smiling man might be real when she stumbles upon the graves of the very people she's been reading about on a school trip to a nearby farm. Then, later, when her school bus breaks down on the ride home, the strange bus driver tells Ollie and her classmates: "Best get moving. At nightfall they'll come for the rest of you." Nightfall is, indeed, fast descending when Ollie's previously broken digital wristwatch begins a startling countdown and delivers a terrifying message: RUN. Only Ollie and two of her classmates heed these warnings. As the trio head out into the woods—bordered by a field of scarecrows that seem to be watching them—the bus driver has just one final piece of advice for Ollie and her friends: "Avoid large places. Keep to small." And with that, a deliciously creepy and hair-raising adventure begins.
Download or read book Beatlemania Lives On written by Dana Klosner and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2023-08-08 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by a fan, about the fans, and for the fans, this book is about Beatles fandom and excitement for the band as it continues, undiminished, in the 21st century. The author conducted nearly 100 interviews with superfans across the globe, gathering stories that explain their enthusiasm. Readers will meet fans who met and married at Beatlesweek in Liverpool; those who had the chance to go onstage with Paul McCartney, got his autograph on some unusual places on their bodies, and had the signature permanently tattooed; and first-generation fans who saw the Beatles live and remember every detail as if it was yesterday. Noteworthy interviewees include Wings guitarist Laurence Juber; Mark Featherstone-Witty, cofounder of Paul McCartney's Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts; Bill Heckle, director of the Cavern Club and Magical Mystery Tour Bus in Liverpool; and music publisher David Stark, who now stands by Paul's side at LIPA graduations but started as a good-natured teenage fan who had the guts to ring Ringo's doorbell and meet him at his house. (The book also takes a deep dive into Beatles-related TV shows, Broadway musicals, movies, businesses, Sirius XM DJs, tribute bands and more.)
Download or read book The Eye of the Seal written by Daniel John Garber and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2018-10-09 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a fictional novel about a family from Sweden who immigrated to Wisconsin in the early 1900s. The fourth-generation grandson becomes a well-decorated Navy SEAL. He is wounded in combat, and thanks to an invention by his father, he becomes a medical miracle. He has vision-related powers that allows him to do incredible things. He becomes a Robin Hood, stealing from the rich and giving to the poor. He takes hundreds of millions from casinos and uses that money to build a wounded warrior's village. It is called Jake's Place, named after a fallen comrade. Jake's Place houses and employs all disabled vets. The village is completely owned and operated by the disabled vets, and you must be a wounded warrior to reside in the village. It's a thrilling fictional novel that will keep you on the edge of your seat and wanting more. It's packed full of suspense, tragedy, heroism, sex, murder, terrorism, and revenge. You will not be able to put this book down.
Download or read book Donkey Ollie Lessons in Life written by Brian Stewart and published by Boat Angel Outreach Center. This book was released on with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a terrific collection of Sunday School books for children all over the world. These are funny colorful and very educational.
Download or read book Dead Dad Jokes written by Ollie Schminkey and published by SCB Distributors. This book was released on 2021-05-25 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2022 Midwest Book Awards- Debut Poetry Finalist 2022 Eric Hoffer Awards - Da Vinci Eye Finalist 2022 Eric Hoffer Awards - Grand Prize Short List 2022 Eric Hoffer Awards - Poetry Honorable Mention 2019 Button Poetry Video Contest Winner Dead Dad Jokes is an unflinching take on family, loss and trauma. There is nothing quiet about Schminkey's debut. Every page is raw, honest and unforgettable. Dead Dad Jokes brings the impact of addiction into crisp focus while also shattering our simplistic TV preconceptions about it. Ollie never lets the reader slip into the easy sadness of cliche - instead they guide us through the realities and contradictions of losing someone you love and of death - reminding us that they need not be one and the same.
Download or read book Raising Ollie written by Tom Rademacher and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2021-10-12 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The account of one radically new school year for a Teacher of the Year and for his nonbinary, art-obsessed, brilliant child Seven-year-old Ollie was researching local advanced school programs—because every second grader does that, right? Ollie, who used to hate weekends because they meant no school, was crying on the way to school almost every day. Sure, there were the slings and arrows of bullies and bad teachers, but, maybe worse, Ollie, a funny, anxious, smart kid with a thing for choir and an eye for graphic art, was gravely underchallenged and also struggling with identity and how to live totally as themselves. Ollie begged to switch to a new school with “kids like me,” where they wouldn’t feel so alone, or so bored, and so they made the change. Raising Ollie is dad Tom Rademacher’s story (really, many stories) of that eventful and sometimes painful school year, parenting Ollie and relearning every day what it means to be a father and teacher. As Ollie—who is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns, and prefers art to athletics, vegetables to cake, and animals to most humans—flourishes in their new school, Rademacher is making an eye-opening adjustment to a new school of his own, one that’s whiter and more suburban than anywhere he has previously taught, with a history of racial tension that he tries to address and navigate. While Ollie is learning to code, 3D model, animate, speak Japanese, and finally feel comfortable at school, Rademacher increasingly sees how his own educational struggles, anxieties, and childhood upbringing are reflected in his teaching, writing, and parenting, as well as in Ollie’s experience. And with this story of one anything-but-academic year of inquiry and wonder, doubt and revelation, he shows us how raising a kid changes everything—and how much raising a kid like Ollie can teach us about who we are and what we’re doing in the world.
Download or read book Laurel and Hardy s Comic Catastrophes written by Michael Bliss and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2017-06-29 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of America’s most beloved comic duos, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy have entertained generations of viewers with their unique, heartwarming brand of slapstick comedy. The pair’s teamwork and friendship set their films apart, softening both pratfalls and hardships, and earning them a cherished place in cinema history. From their first joint on-screen appearance in 1921’s The Lucky Dog through their work at the Hal Roach studios, their comic signature remained unique. But what made the films of Laurel and Hardy so enduring? In Laurel and Hardy’s Comic Catastrophes: Laughter and Darkness in the Features and Short Films, Michael Bliss illustrates why these films continue to make audiences laugh. Combining an appreciation for the pleasure that these films elicit with a critical examination of what made them work, Bliss first investigates the milieu in which the pair’s comedy takes place. The author then explores Stan and Ollie’s friendship and their troubled—and troubling—relationships with women. The book also features a detailed discussion of Stan Laurel’s approach to gag structure, while the remainder of the book focuses on many of the pair’s silent and sound films, such as Duck Soup, Pack Up Your Troubles, Chickens Come Home, and The Music Box. By delving into the pair’s films—including several neglected short films—in greater detail than any previous work, this volume provides readers with a fundamental understanding of Stan and Ollie’s universal appeal. Featuring an extensive filmography, Laurel and Hardy’s Comic Catastrophes will engage a wide audience, from film scholars to fans of humor everywhere.
Download or read book The Railway Conductor written by and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book John Oliver s Postojnska Jama of 1856 written by Trevor R. Shaw and published by Založba ZRC. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Glavnina knjige je faksimile rokopisa, ki ga je leta 1856 napisal angleški duhovnik John Oliver po svojem obisku Postojnske jame v letih 1837 in 1852. Kljub temu v knjigi piše le malo o svojih izkušnjah, saj je večji del knjige prevod Schnaffenrathovega vodnika Beschreibung der berühmten Grotte bei Adelsberg in Krain iz leta 1834 v angleščino. Več Oliverjevih pripomb je v posebnem dodatku, ki vsebuje nekaj njegovih osebnih opažanj, kot tudi opis obiska Vilenice. Celota je ilustrirana s slikami iz takratnih knjig, kot tudi z nekaterimi njegovimi izvirnimi slikami in risbami. Daljši uvod Trevorja Shawa, ki je odkril ta dragocen, vrsto let domnevno izgubljen rokopis, razkrije, kdo je bil avtor »J. O.« in obrazloži pomen prevedenega vodnika iz leta 1834, kot tudi njegov vpliv na kasnejše vodnike po Krasu.
Download or read book Al Capone Shines My Shoes written by Gennifer Choldenko and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-07-19 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Moose's sister has got a place in the perfect school on the mainland, one that will help her deal with her autism. But there is one hitch. She got the place with the help of Al Capone and now it's payback time. Soon Moose is caught up in a terrible cycle of secrets and favours that threatens to destabilise his entire family in this nail-biting, edge-of-your-seat novel.
Download or read book Hunter trader trapper written by and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 844 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Saturday Evening Post written by and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 2466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Memphis Nights written by Orlando Trevino and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2011-10-12 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Memphis, Tennessee, is the home of rock and roll, blues and gospel, Graceland and Elvis. Its also the city that revitalizes Trey Williamss life. For Trey, Memphis is the perfect fit. After years of taking care of so many others, Trey realizes that he hasnt really done anything to make himself happy. When he and his longtime partner split, he decides that theres no time like the present to shake things up. He knows its time to shake off the comforts of home and pursue the dreams that he has placed on the back burner for so long. With over a dozen friends who already called the Land of the Delta Blues home, Trey knows his move to the South holds promise for him to go in the direction he envisionsand find a good man to love. Starting over is never easy, but when you have a little help from your friends, its never too late to be what you might have been. In Memphis, Trey discovers an entirely different way of life. From the unique Southern culture to the mind-entrancing music, Trey absorbs all of the new experiences that await him in his new home. Over the course of a year filled with trials and errors, Trey eventually learns how to live, laugh, andfinallylove.
Download or read book Oliver Dibbs to the Rescue written by Barbara Steiner and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2014-07-08 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Oliver just wants to spread the word about wildlife conservation, but his plans go awry when the local prairie dog habitat is threatened Oliver Dibbs is passionate about animals, and he’s willing to do anything to help a good cause. The only problem is, Ollie doesn’t always think his plans through before acting on them, and this has gotten him into a lot of trouble. No matter what cause Ollie is fighting for—whether it’s tigers, wolves, or whales—something always goes wrong. It doesn’t help that his little brother, Bo, always wants to tag along. It’s hard to look out for a seven-year-old and save the world at the same time. But when Ollie finds out a local businessman is planning to build a shopping mall right over the town’s prairie dog habitat, he knows that he can’t fail. If he doesn’t step in and protect the prairie dogs’ home, they’ll all die. This time, Ollie has to make sure nothing stands in his way!
