Download or read book The Other Side of Town written by William R Pope and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2017-06-20 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An experiment at being honest is this book. While names have been changed to protect the innocent, all stories are true. The book starts at the beginning and continues chronologically, highlighting parts of Bill Pope’s life chosen for their narrative characteristics. Bill attempts to examine and satirize important transitional periods—from his humble beginnings growing up in Bridgewater, happy in his own simplistic world, to moving to his grandparents Orville home where he struggled to contend with the realities of his own limitations and a childhood friend that sporadically appears to get him into trouble. Bill doesn’t retreat back into his overly simplified world to protect himself, however, but instead decides to meet the world head on no matter how cruel it can be at times. In the actual world people fail all the time despite their best efforts and Bill fails too, often in spectacular fashion. As Bill moves from prepubescence to his teenaged years, he’s distracted by a healthy sex drive, a desire to be a rock musician, and a wish to find meaningful employment and the perfect work schedule. These are lofty goals to be sure; especially for a kid that has yet to prove himself. Humility may be some of what Bill lacks here; because while he desires to rise to great heights, is keen on dismissing some of the intermediate step to achieve it. Mixed in with humorous puns and storytelling, is a revealing glimpse into Bill’s Pope’s thoughts on love, relationships, sex, ambition and music. If there was ever a book that attempted to examine the human condition of an average person’s life in interesting and surprising ways, this book is it.
Download or read book The Other Side written by Jacqueline Woodson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2001-01-15 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jacqueline Woodson is the 2018-2019 National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature Clover's mom says it isn't safe to cross the fence that segregates their African-American side of town from the white side where Anna lives. But the two girls strike up a friendship, and get around the grown-ups' rules by sitting on top of the fence together. With the addition of a brand-new author's note, this special edition celebrates the tenth anniversary of this classic book. As always, Woodson moves readers with her lyrical narrative, and E. B. Lewis's amazing talent shines in his gorgeous watercolor illustrations.
Download or read book Meanwhile On The Other Side Of Town written by Briana C. CaBell and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-11-30 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sometimes life is like a box of chocolates. Other times it's like a soap opera. Meet Jaycee Morgan. A typical, hard-working, intelligent young woman with a bright future and no drama in her life. She has a good job, good friends and even a good prayer life - sometimes. Yes, God takes a back seat sometimes but she is an all around good person. Her friends and family on the other hand may just be the ones to cause her to be broken - or to be strengthened. No matter how hard we may all try to keep our lives drama free; there is always something going on the other side of town.
Download or read book This Moose Belongs to Me written by Oliver Jeffers and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-11-13 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the illustrator of the #1 smash hit The Day the Crayons Quit comes the age-old tale of a boy and his moose . . . Wilfred is a boy with rules. He lives a very orderly life. It's fortunate, then, that he has a pet who abides by rules, such as not making noise while Wilfred educates him on his record collection. There is, however, one rule that Wilfred's pet has difficulty following: Going whichever way Wilfred wants to go. Perhaps this is because Wilfred's pet doesn't quite realize that he belongs to anyone. A moose can be obstinate in such ways. Fortunately, the two manage to work out a compromise. Let's just say it involves apples. Oliver Jeffers, the bestselling creator of Stuck and The Incredible Book Eating Boy, delivers another deceptively simple book sure to make kids giggle.
Download or read book The Other Side of Town written by Jon Agee and published by Michael Di Capua. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jon Agee at his best-goofy story, bravura pictures A New York City cab driver picks up a little guy in a weird suit who takes him on an unexpected trip to the surprising world that lies on "the other side of town."
Download or read book Other Side of the Tracks written by Charity Alyse and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-10-17 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This “stirring…emotionally raw” (Publishers Weekly) young adult debut novel about three teens entangled by secret love, open hatred, and the invisible societal constraints wrapped around people both Black and white is perfect for readers of All American Boys and The Hate U Give. There is an unspoken agreement between the racially divided towns of Bayside and Hamilton: no one steps over the train tracks that divide them. Or else. Not until Zach Whitman anyway, a white boy who moves in from Philly and who dreams of music. When he follows his dream across the tracks to meet his idol, the famous jazz musician who owns The Sunlight Record Shop in Hamilton, he’s flung into Capri Collins’s path. Capri has big plans: she wants to follow her late mother’s famous footsteps, dancing her way onto Broadway, and leaving this town for good, just like her older brother, Justin, is planning to do when he goes off to college next year. As sparks fly, Zach and Capri realize that they can help each other turn hope into a reality, even if it means crossing the tracks to do it. But one tragic night changes everything. When Justin’s friend, the star of Hamilton’s football team, is murdered by a white Bayside police officer, the long-standing feud between Bayside and Hamilton becomes an all-out war. And Capri, Justin, and Zach are right in the middle of it.
Download or read book The Other Side of the River written by Alex Kotlowitz and published by Anchor. This book was released on 1999-01-19 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bestselling author Alex Kotlowitz is one of this country's foremost writers on the ever explosive issue of race. In this gripping and ultimately profound book, Kotlowitz takes us to two towns in southern Michigan, St. Joseph and Benton Harbor, separated by the St. Joseph River. Geographically close, but worlds apart, they are a living metaphor for America's racial divisions: St. Joseph is a prosperous lakeshore community and ninety-five percent white, while Benton Harbor is impoverished and ninety-two percent black. When the body of a black teenaged boy from Benton Harbor is found in the river, unhealed wounds and suspicions between the two towns' populations surface as well. The investigation into the young man's death becomes, inevitably, a screen on which each town projects their resentments and fears. The Other Side of the River sensitively portrays the lives and hopes of the towns' citizens as they wrestle with this mystery--and reveals the attitudes and misperceptions that undermine race relations throughout America.
Download or read book The Other Side of the Gate written by Craig Michael Curtis and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-09-20 with total page 658 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For generations, youngsters from all over the Earth have been appearing in the mysterious world known as The Realms, taken from their old lives and left to live and survive in a strange new home, magically sectioned off into numerous different regions, and inhabited with all sorts of strange creatures and wonders. Now, it is 14 year old Daniel Weaver's turn to find himself drifting into this world in a tiny boat, and all he wants to know is why? For Daniel and his new friend Eleanor, the challenge before them is to set out from safe havens, and seek the source of the unknown powers responsible for inhabiting this strange world with human beings, and to find out their own ultimate purpose for being. The only way they can find the answers they seek, is for them to venture into The Realms.
Download or read book The Other Side of Israel written by Susan Nathan and published by Nan A. Talese. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2003, Susan Nathan moved from her comfortable home in Tel Aviv to Tamra, an Arab town in the northern part of Israel. Nathan had arrived in Israel four years earlier and had taught English and worked with various progressive social organizations. Her desire to help build a just and humane society in Israel took an unexpected turn, however, when she became aware of Israel’s neglected and often oppressed indigenous Arab population. Despite warnings from friends about the dangers she would encounter, Nathan settled in an apartment in Tamra, the only Jew among 25,000 Muslims. There she discovered a division between Israeli Jews and Israeli Arabs as tangible as the concrete wall and razor-wire fences that surround the Palestinian towns of the West Bank and Gaza. From her unique vantage point, Nathan examines the history and the present-day political and cultural currents that have created a situation little recognized in the ongoing debates about the future of Israel and the Middle East. With warmth, humor, and compassion, she portrays the daily life of her neighbors, the challenges they encounter, and the hopes they harbor. She introduces Arab leaders fighting against entrenched segregation and discrimination; uncovers the hidden biases that undermine even the most well-intentioned Arab-Jewish peace organizations; and describes the efforts of dedicated individuals who insist that Israeli Arabs must be granted the same rights and privileges as Jewish citizens. Through her own courageous example, Nathan proves that it is possible for Jews and Arabs to live and work peacefully together. The Other Side of Israel is more than the story of one woman’s journey; it is a road map for crossing a divide created by prejudices and misunderstandings.
Download or read book The Other Side of the River written by Alex Kotlowitz and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2012-01-04 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bestselling author Alex Kotlowitz is one of this country's foremost writers on the ever explosive issue of race. In this gripping and ultimately profound book, Kotlowitz takes us to two towns in southern Michigan, St. Joseph and Benton Harbor, separated by the St. Joseph River. Geographically close, but worlds apart, they are a living metaphor for America's racial divisions: St. Joseph is a prosperous lakeshore community and ninety-five percent white, while Benton Harbor is impoverished and ninety-two percent black. When the body of a black teenaged boy from Benton Harbor is found in the river, unhealed wounds and suspicions between the two towns' populations surface as well. The investigation into the young man's death becomes, inevitably, a screen on which each town projects their resentments and fears. The Other Side of the River sensitively portrays the lives and hopes of the towns' citizens as they wrestle with this mystery--and reveals the attitudes and misperceptions that undermine race relations throughout America.
Download or read book The Other Side of Truth written by Paul Kimball and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2013-04-02 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Other Side of Truth, filmmaker Paul Kimball crosses the Rubicon of the imagination to explore the idea that what we call the 'paranormal' is actually a form of artistic expression created by an advanced non-human intelligence to inspire us to think about who we are, where we have been, and where we are going. Using his own journey of discovery as the starting point, Kimball presents the 'other side of truth' - the world not as we have been told it is, but as we are being encouraged to imagine that it could become.
Download or read book The Other Side of the Tracks written by United States Commission on Civil Rights and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Witches from the Other Side of Hell written by Dallas Dwayne Conn and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2016-04-23 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Witches from the Other Side of Hell Dallas Dwayne Conn This story is full of witches and the evil spells that they cast in behalf of their lord, the devil. The more evil that they are able to do, the more power that the devil gives to them. They sacrifice anyone and everyone that they can to get the devils blessing. The more that the devil likes them, the stronger they shall become. When the people in this story run into two witches that are really old, they learn that the older the witch is, the more powerful she becomes. The warrior is sent out by God and one of his angels to destroy the witches. That doesnt mean that his job is going to be easy just because God and an angel are on his side. The way that the witches use their evil magic to do their sacrifices is graphic, and it goes into full detail of the skinning and the bloodletting. Evil witches are deceivers of men, and that is why God picks one man to become a warrior for him. The warrior uses his faith in God to gain strength and wisdom to fight the battle between good and evil, the fight between the good light and the darkness. Who will win this fight to the death is in this book of evil and good magic. Everything comes with a price, and you will be left asking yourself if you have what it takes to make the right call. The warrior is wearing his costume, and it will give him great power. What will you use to defeat the evil that the witches from the other side of hell throw at you?
Download or read book The Other Side Of This written by Jeffrey Hubbard and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follow two wandering travelers of the beat as they journey down a path of self awareness and self destruction. Climb down the concrete rabbit hole into a sonic world of madness and mayhem. Through the back alleys and abandoned buildings into a man made psychedelic Eden of tomorrow. Starting in an underground tunnel in Pittsburgh our two heroes navigate the underground stations of the United States while their imaginations are in full control. World class DJs, alien contact, revolution, dope smuggling, sex, pain, bliss, heaven, hell, and death are all in store for these kids. They fly out of control over the plains of a long forgotten desert and then back to their home to face complete destruction. Letting go of the world they once knew and throwing all fear aside. Letting love be their guide into an unknown world beyond human comprehension. Take the trip where you will not have a chance to look back. You will forever know that there is something on the other side. Based on real life hallucinations
Download or read book The Dark Side of Town written by Sasscer Hill and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2018-04-17 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Undercover agent Fia McKee returns in The Dark Side of Town, another thrilling mystery by Sasscer Hill and set in the seamy underbelly of horse racing. Fia McKee, now officially employed by the Thoroughbred Racing Protective Bureau (TPRB), is sent undercover to Saratoga Racetrack to investigate Mars Pizutti, a racehorse trainer whose horses’ wins are suspiciously lucky—and lucrative. Fia’s bosses believe Pizutti’s success is based on illegal drugs and deceitful methods, and they want Fia to work inside his barn to ferret out the truth. But after witnessing the tragic and inexplicable suicide of a jockey, Fia discovers the rider’s death is only the tip on an iceberg involving the mob, a crooked racing hedge fund, and threats to the lives of another jockey and his young sister. Fia must find out who’s connected to who, and what shadowy forces are at play before someone else dies.
Download or read book The Other Side of the Bridge written by Mary Lawson and published by Vintage Canada. This book was released on 2009-02-24 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of the beloved #1 national bestseller Crow Lake comes an exceptional new novel of jealously, rivalry and the dangerous power of obsession. Two brothers, Arthur and Jake Dunn, are the sons of a farmer in the mid-1930s, when life is tough and another world war is looming. Arthur is reticent, solid, dutiful and set to inherit the farm and his father’s character; Jake is younger, attractive, mercurial and dangerous to know – the family misfit. When a beautiful young woman comes into the community, the fragile balance of sibling rivalry tips over the edge. Then there is Ian, the family’s next generation, and far too sure he knows the difference between right and wrong. By now it is the fifties, and the world has changed – a little, but not enough. These two generations in the small town of Struan, Ontario, are tragically interlocked, linked by fate and community but separated by a war which devours its young men – its unimaginable horror reaching right into the heart of this remote corner of an empire. With her astonishing ability to turn the ratchet of tension slowly and delicately, Lawson builds their story to a shocking climax. Taut with apprehension, surprising us with moments of tenderness and humour, The Other Side of the Bridge is a compelling, humane and vividly evoked novel with an irresistible emotional undertow.
Download or read book The Other Side of Sober written by Elsie J.M. Page and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2017-10-26 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Where are the police when you need them? Willie Masterson drove the streets of Winnipeg in a drunken state for 23 years, and was never arrested. He often parked on the front street in front of his home and leaned on the horn, waiting for Jessie or the children to come to help him get out of the car and into the house. He couldn't walk on his own, but he could drive a car. Not until he ended up falling asleep at the wheel, and rolling his car over into a ditch, did he see any sign of the law. He hung upside down, trapped in his seat belt, screaming for help. A four-year-old child lay motionless and silent, and out of his reach. He was terrified. Was the little fellow dead? Between sobs he vowed he would never drink again. He kept that promise, but exchanged his drinking addiction for another one just as destructive . . .gambling. Once again, Willie's addiction caused a lot of unhappiness for himself, and those who loved him.
