Download or read book The Cemetery Ghost A Scary15 Minute Ghost Story for Brave Souls written by Caitlind L. Alexander and published by Learning Island. This book was released on with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I was driving down a nearly deserted road. It was a shortcut I often took to get home from town. I’m not sure it was any shorter, but it was definitely quieter. A lot fewer cars came this way. Perhaps it was because most of the houses weren’t out this direction. Maybe it was even because of the cemetery. I actually liked going by the cemetery. This was one of those older ones that had character, not just a bunch of the same plaques over and over. Some of these graves had statues of angels watching over them. Some had boxes above ground. There were even two mausoleums, on in the corner near a front gate, and one way back in the far corner. I was glancing at the graveyard when it happened. I’m not sure if I hit a slick bit of mud, some oil on the road, or what. It might have been that there was just way too much rain for my tires to get a good grip. Anyway, I felt the steering wheel being wrenched from my hands. Find out what happens when Peter’s car ends up in the ditch beside the cemetery. Ages 9 and up. Educational Versions have exercises designed to meet Common Core standards. LearningIsland.com believes in the value of children practicing reading for 15 minutes every day. Our 15-Minute Books give children lots of fun, exciting choices to read, from classic stories, to mysteries, to books of knowledge. Open the world of reading to a child by having them read for 15 minutes a day.
Download or read book The Cemetery Ghost written by Caitlind L. Alexander and published by Learning Island. This book was released on 2015-01-03 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I was driving down a nearly deserted road. It was a shortcut I often took to get home from town. I’m not sure it was any shorter, but it was definitely quieter. A lot fewer cars came this way. Perhaps it was because most of the houses weren’t out this direction. Maybe it was even because of the cemetery. I actually liked going by the cemetery. This was one of those older ones that had character, not just a bunch of the same plaques over and over. Some of these graves had statues of angels watching over them. Some had boxes above ground. There were even two mausoleums, on in the corner near a front gate, and one way back in the far corner. I was glancing at the graveyard when it happened. I’m not sure if I hit a slick bit of mud, some oil on the road, or what. It might have been that there was just way too much rain for my tires to get a good grip. Anyway, I felt the steering wheel being wrenched from my hands. Find out what happens when Peter’s car ends up in the ditch beside the cemetery. Ages 9 and up. LearningIsland.com believes in the value of children practicing reading for 15 minutes every day. Our 15-Minute Books give children lots of fun, exciting choices to read, from classic stories, to mysteries, to books of knowledge. Open the world of reading to a child by having them read for 15 minutes a day.
Download or read book The Haunted Ghost written by Caitlind L. Alexander and published by Learning Island. This book was released on 2015-01-03 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Ah, this one was going to be easy," Martin thought to himself. "A single woman living alone." He had haunted families, bachelors, and old maids before. None of them lasted more than a week. He had his favorites, of course. There was the young lad whose family refused to believe he had seen a ghost! They kept hollering at him and insisting there was no such thing when he was right there behind them the whole time, plain as day! When they finally turned around, their jaws dropped. All he had to do was utter a simple "Boo" and they ran screaming in terror from the house. They even left all their things behind. Not that he had any use for them, but it was a nice gesture, he thought. Gave him something else to throw at people who moved in. He didn't like throwing his own things. After all, they were his prized possessions. He had had them in the house when he lived there. And he still lived there, just not in an earthly form. Find out what happens to the new owner of this haunted house in this short by creepy tale. Ages 9 and up. LearningIsland.com believes in the value of children practicing reading for 15 minutes every day. Our 15-Minute Books give children lots of fun, exciting choices to read, from classic stories, to mysteries, to books of knowledge. Open the world of reading to a child by having them read for 15 minutes a day.
Download or read book God s Strategy in Human History written by Paul Marston and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2001-07-01 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Forster and Marston have delivered a stellar book that attempts to present an exegetical and Scriptural framework for the content presented in the book. Instead of beginning from a set of deductive theological assumptions and then attempting to support that system from Scripture, Forster and Marston examine Scripture and attempt to build their case directly from the text. The authors unabashedly admit that their views are very similar to those of Arminian and Weslyan traditions, but they state in the beginning of the book that they do not want to be labeled with these names, but want to construct a theology that is in line with the teachings of the first 300 years of Christianity. Anyone who reads their appendix will come to understand that the teachings presented in this book were the orthodox consensus of the early Church for the first 300 years, and that it was Augustine who introduced serious deviations into the mainstream orthodox Christianity of his time. Forster and Marston begin by describing the battle that is being waged between God and the spiritual forces that oppose Him. They examine the book of Job and see how this relates to the overall struggle. Then the authors examine the 9th chapter of Romans to see if this book is dealing with election and individual destinies, or God's actions within human history. The authors do an excellent job of arguing for their opinion that this chapter is speaking about God's involvement in human history and it deals with God's choosing of one nation or individual over another nation or individual to accomplish His purpose. Other sections of interest in this book are the sections on foreknowledge and predestination and the chapters on faith and works. The section on faith and works was particularly interesting because it relies on much of the teaching of the new perspective which has shed much light on how a 1st century Palestinian Jew would have approached Scriptural issues. The research, argumenation, and exegesis in this book are solid so every chapter is excellent, but the ones mentioned above were two of my favorites."--Amazon.com.
Download or read book Heart Strong written by Nina Serrano and published by Estuary Press. This book was released on 2013-10-15 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heart Strong, Selected Poems 2000-2012 is available in paperback and ebook formats. The release of this volume completes the trilogy Heart Suite presenting selections from my 43 years of poetic work begun with Heart Songs: 1969-1979 and then continued with Heart’s Journey, Selected Poems 1980-1999. This book includes her most matured poems as well as many drawings extracted from journals and dreams or drawn expressly for a particular poem to extend the poetic visions beyond words. The exquisite cover by Adrian Arias and the other paintings and photographs presented in the book are by artist friends.
Download or read book Creating Union written by Eva Pierrakos and published by Pathwork Series. This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Creating Union can help you achieve vibrant partnerships of fearless loving and mutual self-fulfillment. It provides insights into the deeper meaning of inevitable relationship difficulties. With a wise and gentle voice it will guide you in resolving difficulties while compassionately answering practical questions about sexuality, spirituality, divorce, fear of intimacy, creating mutuality, and how to keep the spark alive in long-term relationships.
Download or read book Bulwick School A Yankee Lad in London written by Robert a. Lytle and published by . This book was released on 2014-04-08 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Award-winning author, Robert A. Lytle, tells the story of fourteen-year-old Michael Hanlon who has suffered an unimaginable loss. At the fore of his teen years both his parents are killed in the World Trade Center terrorist attacks. Left an orphan, he moves in with his only living relative...a fiery Irishman whose political activities have forced him to make a new home in London. But thanks to charity and the proceeds from his parents' estate, Michael leaves The Big Apple with a fortune-unbeknownst to him, enough money to put him on the right path for life. Time spent with his wayward uncle isn't all for naught. Michael learns that his parents had a frightening and violent history in Ireland before immigrating to the United States. His father in particular, a folk hero in the Irish Republican Army, was responsible for the deaths of many people. His father also had a gift for moving people to tears and action through music. The wily uncle also seemed to put Michael's best interests at heart by insisting he attend one of London's most tony prep schools. But it's also through Michael's uncle that Mr. Pearse Devlin comes into the picture...he's a criminal bottom feeder with designs on Michael's fortune and wicked plans for his newfound friends. Attending one of London's most prestigious schools for boys proves much less challenging than Michael feared. He's accepted almost without incident by the boys, thanks to a good group of mates who cherish his friendship and show him the ropes. He's a superb student, he stands up to bullies, and he becomes a school rugby star. But when Mr. Devlin comes calling, Michael must rely on his new links to save his life and help him carry on. Through his trials, Michael turns to music for comfort and inspiration. He discovers that he shares his father's unique musical talents, and by learning his father's Irish family history and the English history of his newfound best mate, Michael must answer this question...will he cling to his family's violent past or seek to make world peace with his newfound friends?
Download or read book Jasmine Nights written by S. P. Somtow and published by . This book was released on 2013-11 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The setting is Thailand and the protagonists are two boys, one Thai, the other African-American. The novel traces their relationship, which is a meeting of East and West. By a Thai-born writer, author of Vampire Junction.
Download or read book Grey Area written by Nancy S. M. Waldman and published by . This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imagine that you are trapped in a grey area, neither here nor there, in-between time, space, colours, lives. The vivid stories in Grey Area: 13 Ghost Stories bring this scenario to life. Thirteen strong authors show us what it is like to be in-between in this contemporary, varied, spooky and often touching collection.
Download or read book Surrender to God Within written by Eva Pierrakos and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Surrender to God Within takes as beyond personal growth into deeper questions of life's meaning and spiritual reality! Why am I here? What is my life's purpose? Am I part of something larger and more enduring? We can achieve this great transition in human consciousness, leading to the inner peace of knowing and living our true place in the universe.
Download or read book A Tomb on the Periphery written by John Domini and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Tomb on the Periphery echoes the troubled Naples of Domini's highly-praised novel Eathquake I.D., but with an entirely new tale. Part crime story, part ghost story, part coming of age, part redemption song, Tomb is about Italy's underground market in ancient jewelry.
Download or read book Rattlesnake Lawyer written by Jonathan C. Miller and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Watch for Rattlesnakes" reads the sign at the first rest stop within new Mexico's "Fighting 14th" judicial discrict. Young attorney Dan Shepard has been fired by his mother's prestigious Washington, DC law firm, and now must make his home aming the rattlesnakes. A failed stand-up comic forced into the law to pay the bills, Dan finds nothing amusing about his first case. His client, Jesus Villalobos, faces a murder charge, but nothing is what is seems, and the State is a little too eager to pin the charge on Jesus. Along the way, it is hard to tell who is the lawyer and who is the client. Rattlesnake Lawyer is a darkly comic tale of a young lawyer's coming of age in a small town where everyone knows what's going on--except him.
Download or read book Dust and Kisses written by Dean Wesley Smith and published by Wmg Publishing, Incorporated. This book was released on 2020-04-22 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: USA Today bestselling writer Dean Wesley Smith weaves a tale of survival in a devastated future world. Carey Noack and Matt Ladel, two experts in survival and living alone, must learn to work together, and trust again, in the face of an even greater danger. A prequel novel to Smith's popular Seeders Universe series.
Download or read book Life Behind Bars written by Bryan Hall and published by . This book was released on 2014-03-17 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author and his buddy, Mike, rode their Harleys from coast to coast and back, experiencing along the way the personality of small towns over large cities, the history of our country seen firsthand, and some unexpected adventures.
Download or read book The Godarian Son written by Steve Shanley and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Say Please written by Sinclair Sexsmith and published by Cleis Press. This book was released on 2012-04-17 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sinclair Sexsmith presents a cornucopia of lesbian kink ? tantalizing tales rich in variety and saucy details of girls put in their place ? and held there firmly. A girly-girl reaps a sweet punishment for refusing to mess up her oh-so-pink lipstick and a well-equipped top takes charge. Whether readers dream of surrendering to a lover or of taking control, Say Please offers plenty of erotic inspiration and gives readers exactly what they want! In "The Cruelest Kind," Kiki Delovely's naughty narrator gets her just desserts from her butch girlfriend with some fierce back alley bondage while D.L. King's domme makes her submissive strip before un unseen audience, binds her to a bench, and gives her a good strapping in "A Public Spectacle." Anna Watson' bored housewife gets more than she bargains for in "The Keys" when she follows a lesbian animal trainer out to a queer bar and anything goes in Xan West's sexy "Strong" when a transgender butch and genderqueer sub engage in some very tough love.
