Download or read book Operation Kick Butt written by Niki Daly and published by Hachette Children's. This book was released on 2012-11-01 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alastair D'Arcy McDermott - otherwise known as Al - is less than thrilled at his holiday project: helping out at the local old people's home. How did he end up getting stuck with old Violet Rose and batty Major Maddocks? But then he meets the sinister Mrs Black, and the fun begins - Al's on his greatest mission yet ... And don't miss the first story of Al's adventures, OPERATION ITCHY BUM.
Download or read book Kick Ass The New Girl Vol 1 written by Mark Millar and published by Image Comics. This book was released on 2018-09-12 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: KICK-ASS IS BACK ready to wipe out the city's criminal lowlives, destroy its gangs, and save its communities from decay. But there's a new face beneath the old mask, a new figure wearing that famous green and yellow spandex. Who is this new vigilante superhero? Who can fill Dave Lizewski's shoes? WHO IS THE NEW KICK-ASS? Find out in the first collection of KICK-ASS: THE NEW GIRL. MARK MILLAR and JOHN ROMITA, JR. reunite for the next chapter of the greatest superhero comic of all time. Collects KICK-ASS: THE NEW GIRL #1-6
Download or read book Operation Itchy Bum written by Niki Daly and published by Hachette Children's. This book was released on 2012-06-07 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alistair D'Arcy McDermott has a great mum and a great dad who love him very much ... but aren't so keen on each other. He also has a best friend with a wicked laugh and a teacher who wears tight white trousers and likes humiliating kids. So when his mum decides that she's going on a blind date with the teacher from hell, Burke the Jerk, Al's worst nightmare has come true. And when she tells him that they're going on holiday with her new man, Al's got to do something drastic. He packs his bag of total destruction and heads off for the holiday of a lifetime ...
Download or read book The Kick Ass Writer written by Chuck Wendig and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-10-17 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The journey to become a successful writer is long, fraught with peril, and filled with difficult questions: How do I write dialogue? How do I build suspense? What should I know about query letters? How do I start? The best way to answer these questions is to ditch your uncertainty and transform yourself into a KICK-ASS writer. This new book from award-winning author Chuck Wendig combines the best of his eye-opening writing instruction--previously available in e-book form only--with all-new insights into writing and publishing. It's an explosive broadside of gritty advice that will destroy your fears, clear the path, and help you find your voice, your story, and your audience. You'll explore the fundamentals of writing, learn how to obtain publication, and master the skills you need to build an army of dedicated fans. No task is too large or small for the kick-ass writer. With his trademark acerbic wit and gut-punch humor, Wendig will explain: • How to build suspense, craft characters, and defeat writer's block. • How to write a scene, an ending--even a sentence. • Blogging techniques, social media skills, and crowdfunding. • How to write a query letter, talk to agents, and deal with failure--and success! Whether you're just starting out or you need one more push to get you over the top, two things are for certain--a kick-ass writer never quits, and chuck Wendig won't let you down in this high-octane guide to becoming the writer you were born to be.
Download or read book Operation Caribe written by Mack Maloney and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2011-02-01 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modern Pirates of the Caribbean Terror stalks the Bahamas. Someone is killing wealthy seagoing tourists, leaving no clues to the identity of the marauders and no trace of their victims' bodies. The Bahamian police are baffled, and when a Coast Guard boat is discovered on a reef, its officers murdered, tourism authorities realize they need outside help, or this crime wave will ruin the islands' biggest business. Team Whiskey, U.S. soldiers-turned-pirate-hunters, have tangled with Somali pirates, retrieved millions of dollars of stolen cargo and thwarted other high-seas piracy. They run to ground a gang of ruthless Caribbean pirates, but before they can tie up the loose ends, they have unfinished business to settle with Asia's pirate kingpin. When they return, they face a threat more deadly than any piracy, a plot that'll blow the Caribbean sky high, unless the pirate hunters can do what even the U.S. Navy cannot . . . At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Download or read book Kick Ass written by Carl Hiaasen and published by University Press of Florida. This book was released on 2009-09-13 with total page 591 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Readers who eagerly anticipate each new Carl Hiaasen novel will relish this selection of his Miami Herald columns, written with the same dark humor and satirical edge as Tourist Season, Strip Tease, Stormy Weather, and the rest of Hiaasen’s brilliant and nationally acclaimed fiction. Known for evoking the disastrously flawed paradise of modern South Florida, Hiaasen proves in these columns that facts can indeed be stranger than the fiction they inspire. Beginning with "Welcome to South Florida," a chapter introducing such everyday events as animal sacrifice, riots at the beach, and a shootout over limes at the supermarket, this collection organizes over 200 columns into 18 chapters, chronicling the events and defining the issues that have kept the South Florida melting pot bubbling throughout the ‘80s and ‘90s. An introductory essay provides an overview of Hiaasen’s career and outlines his principal concerns as a journalist. Since its inception in 1985, Hiaasen’s twice-weekly "baseball-bat-to-the-forehead" column has become enormously popular for its passionate conviction and willingness to confront powerful interests in pursuit of the public good. Amid the corruption and chaos of a city on the edge, Hiaasen’s pointblank honesty and clear articulation of what’s right have secured him wide respect across the community’s many racial and ethnic divides as well as the admiration of his peers, who compare him to A. J. Leibling, I. F. Stone, and H. L. Mencken. In addition to South Florida color and world-class journalism, readers of Kick Ass will find one of Florida’s staunchest defenders in action, and they’ll take great pleasure in watching him work.
Download or read book Kick Ass 4 written by Mark Millar and published by Image Comics. This book was released on 2018-05-16 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: KICK-ASS IS BACK! Patience is trapped while trying to bust a local gang operation and save an innocent man from torture. Surrounded by gangsters, armed with only her wits and combat training, she must fight her way out and get back to her family. With Violencia now hunting her, desperate for revenge, how long before the villains find out who's under the mask?
Download or read book Get Happy and Create a Kick Butt Life written by Jackie Ruka and published by Morgan James Publishing. This book was released on 2014-08-01 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life is not about finding yourself, it’s about creating yourself: “A call to action for anyone who wants to consciously influence their own destiny” (Marci Shimoff, New York Times–bestselling author of Happy for No Reason). Whether it’s because of job loss, divorce, financial stress, relationship issues, or the state of society, life may have kicked you down. To which Jackie Ruka says, “It’s time to kick back and create your kick-butt life.” Upping your game calls for highly targeted tools, action steps, and imagination. By unleashing your inner creator you can change your life by choosing happiness first! This exuberant guidebook provides inspirational, proactive practices to take your life to the next level by defining your joy, inner peace, and passion. Topics include: If money does not buy happiness, what does? Soul-talk vs. self-talk: building confidence and courage Tools to be your ultimate self to learn your greatest strengths 13 life enhancement techniques to overcome common life obstacles Assessment of your heart path and life purpose: where your joy and power align How you can be happy at any age 10 scientific strategies to improve happiness Moxie mantras: Activating your authoritative power and maintaining positive intention for sustained happiness Unlock self-empowerment and whisk away those inner cobwebs holding you back—to take a turn in your life toward happiness and success!
Download or read book Until Tomorrow written by Annie Kelly and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-03-15 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of After Tonight returns with another sizzling novel about dangerous desires and forbidden flirtations… She’s trying the straight and narrow... Carson Tucker only has one thing on her mind: getting her life back on track and pursuing her teaching career. She can’t afford to be distracted, yet no amount of good sense can compel her keep her mind—or eyes—off the brooding and mysterious Wyatt Sands. She agreed to be his tutor and help him finish his degree, but now she’s wishing she could inspire him in more ways than one... He makes her want to break all the rules... Still reeling from the tragic accident that took his best friend’s life and left him wheelchair-bound, all Wyatt Sands wants to do is forge ahead without any attachments. His solitary lifestyle works well until the after-hours sessions between him and his tutor turn hot and steamy. As the chemistry between them fuels a passion that is too electrifying to be denied, will Carson be able to break down the barriers that Wyatt has erected around himself—or will their fiery passion burn them both?
Download or read book Operation Barras written by William Fowler and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 2012-12-20 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The inside story of the most daring SAS rescue mission ever In September 2000 eleven British soldiers were captured by a notorious militia gang in Sierra Leone. The so-called 'West Side Boys' had subjected their part of the country to a long reign of terror, murdering, kidnapping and mutilating anyone who stood in their way. Now British soldiers were at their mercy. Surrounded and hopelessly outnumbered, any resistance would have seen them all killed; yet their hopes of a quick exchange soon faded. They were assaulted and subjected to mock executions. Negotiations with the 'Revolutionary United Front' leaders and the 'West Side Boys' proved futile. Prime Minister Tony Blair ordered the armed forces to get the men back. The SAS and elements of the Parachute Regiment were rushed to West Africa and a naval squadron assembled offshore. The stage was set for the biggest British military operation on the continent for a generation - and their most daring rescue mission ever.
Download or read book Radical Candor Fully Revised Updated Edition written by Kim Scott and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: * New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller multiple years running * Translated into 20 languages, with more than half a million copies sold worldwide * A Hudson and Indigo Best Book of the Year * Recommended by Shona Brown, Rachel Hollis, Jeff Kinney, Daniel Pink, Sheryl Sandberg, and Gretchen Rubin Radical Candor has been embraced around the world by leaders of every stripe at companies of all sizes. Now a cultural touchstone, the concept has come to be applied to a wide range of human relationships. The idea is simple: You don't have to choose between being a pushover and a jerk. Using Radical Candor—avoiding the perils of Obnoxious Aggression, Manipulative Insincerity, and Ruinous Empathy—you can be kind and clear at the same time. Kim Scott was a highly successful leader at Google before decamping to Apple, where she developed and taught a management class. Since the original publication of Radical Candor in 2017, Scott has earned international fame with her vital approach to effective leadership and co-founded the Radical Candor executive education company, which helps companies put the book's philosophy into practice. Radical Candor is about caring personally and challenging directly, about soliciting criticism to improve your leadership and also providing guidance that helps others grow. It focuses on praise but doesn't shy away from criticism—to help you love your work and the people you work with. Radically Candid relationships with team members enable bosses to fulfill their three core responsibilities: 1. Create a culture of Compassionate Candor 2. Build a cohesive team 3. Achieve results collaboratively Required reading for the most successful organizations, Radical Candor has raised the bar for management practices worldwide.
Download or read book How to Be a Supervillain Born to Be Good written by Michael Fry and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2018-05-01 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this highly anticipated follow-up to the bestselling How to Be a Supervillain, Victor Spoil must save the world from an evil scheme to enslave the superheroes and villains -- to his parents' utter disappointment. A sequel has never been this good . . . at being bad! Victor Spoil hates the Junior Super Academy. It makes him cranky -- and his parents couldn't be prouder, because supervillains aren't meant to be nice. Until Victor confesses he wants to leave and become a librarian. The horror! But when superheroes and villains -- including his parents -- start disappearing, only a dedicated do-gooder like Victor can track them down. He discovers that the supers are being captured to square off against aliens in gladiator-like shows. And unlike the scripted fights that the supers usually sign up for, these battles are to the death! Victor and his fellow super students must join together and harness their super powers to battle this dastardly mega-villain. But to be a hero, Victor finally has to embrace his inner villain. Will he be able to stoop that low?
Download or read book Kick Butt written by Donald Charles Huber and published by . This book was released on 2006-06 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the locker rooms and politically correct classrooms of J.P. Morgan University, to the corporate boardrooms and antebellum bedrooms of the booming Shallow South city of Metro, this tale paints a panorama of big-time high-pressure athletics.
Download or read book My Magical Career at Court Living the Dream After My Nightmare Boss Fired Me from the Mages Guild Volume 3 written by Shusui Hazuki and published by J-Novel Club. This book was released on 2024-03-26 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Noelle may be a commoner from the middle of nowhere, but she’s a rising star in her dream workplace—the Royal Court Magicians’ Division! It seems like a world away from her horrible old job at the Mages’ Guild, but life as a royal court magician comes with its own challenges. She’s already fought off a dragon and battled her way through the perilous Weissrosa Abyss, but can she survive making a fool of herself in front of all the magi? Now, Noelle has been thrust into the unexpected situation of being picked to take part in the famous World Magic Championships—and she hasn’t even been a royal court magician for a year! Along with her old friend Luke, another impressive young magician, she has to face off against some of the toughest magicians from around the world. On her new globetrotting adventures, Noelle is confronted with sneaky aristocrats, powerful magic duelists, the mysterious Fairy Queen...and maybe even some romantic developments!
Download or read book An Enormous Crime written by Bill Hendon and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2008-10-14 with total page 1272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER An Enormous Crime is nothing less than shocking. Based on thousands of pages of public and previously classified documents, it makes an utterly convincing case that when the American government withdrew its forces from Vietnam, it knowingly abandoned hundreds of POWs to their fate. The product of twenty-five years of research by former Congressman Bill Hendon and attorney Elizabeth A. Stewart, this book brilliantly reveals the reasons why these American soldiers and airmen were held back by the North Vietnamese at Operation Homecoming in 1973, what these brave men have endured, and how administration after administration of their own government has turned its back on them. This authoritative exposé is based on open-source documents and reports, and thousands of declassified intelligence reports and satellite imagery, as well as author interviews and personal experience. An Enormous Crime is a singular work, telling a story unlike any other in our history: ugly, harrowing, and true.
Download or read book 5 Kick Ass Strategies Every Business Needs written by Robert Grede and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2006-04-01 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finally, a business guide that kicks ass! Forget the jargon and hype: there are five--and only five--ways to achieve exponential growth in your business. Are you ready to kick ass? The 5 Kick-Ass Strategies Every Business Needs is the ultimate business-growth guide. Filled with actual case studies, visual elements and strategic steps, this book will set you on a course to reach--and exceed--your growth goals. In this no-holds-barred handbook, Robert Grede gives you the essential strategies for improving each area of your business. Along the way you'll discover: How to create a strategic growth plan The benefits of buying market share Ways to hunt for business How to sell more to your current customers How to introduce new products
Download or read book Linked written by Gordon Korman and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2021-07-20 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An unforgettable novel from the New York Times bestseller Gordon Korman Link, Michael, and Dana live in a quiet town. But it's woken up very quickly when someone sneaks into school and vandalizes it with a swastika. Nobody can believe it. How could such a symbol of hate end up in the middle of their school? Who would do such a thing? Because Michael was the first person to see it, he's the first suspect. Because Link is one of the most popular guys in school, everyone's looking to him to figure it out. And because Dana's the only Jewish girl in the whole town, everyone's treating her more like an outsider than ever. The mystery deepens as more swastikas begin to appear. Some students decide to fight back and start a project to bring people together instead of dividing them further. The closer Link, Michael, and Dana get to the truth, the more there is to face-not just the crimes of the present, but the crimes of the past. With Linked, Gordon Korman, the author of the acclaimed novel Restart, poses a mystery for all readers where the who did it? isn't nearly as important as the why?
