Download or read book What Do Monsters Do Tonight written by Donna Daniels and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2009-03 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many years ago, when my daughter was just a small child, the nightly ritual started at least 30 minutes before bedtime. To calm her worries that there were "monsters" in her room, I would check every place in the room that they could hide-in the closet, in the toybox, under the bed, etc. to show her there were no monsters. Finally, one day after a long hard day of being a mom I just agreed with her that there are monsters but they couldn't possibly come to her room that night because they were too busy doing their own things and living their own lives. It worked!! The ritual went from checking to see if they were there, to a simple question as I tucked her in. "Mommy, what do monsters do tonight?" Thus was born the book of the same title. Told in verse with vivid, adorable illustrations, the 'ritual' has become a tradition in our family and I hope it will in yours as well.

Download or read book The Opening written by Susannah E. Wilds and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2000-01-20 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Opening, a heart tugging story of long lasting friendships, high flying dreams, and perilous loves, reads like a weekend with your best friends. Lucy discovers a prediction that she wrote over thirty years ago about herself and five high school girl friends. Her decision to find these friends and bring them together again opens both a treasure-trove of good memories and a Pandora’s box of troubles, self-doubts, and recriminations. In spite of being told as young women that they could have it all, these friends had to struggle with difficult decisions that still haunt them. Like them, you may have had to choose between your job and your sense of what is right. By making these choices, women—like Lucy and her friends—have made their destinies. They have had not just one coming-of-age but several. The Opening will open windows on your life and memories and will redefine the heroine. She is probably you.

Download or read book Spy written by Kit Bennetts and published by Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited. This book was released on 2014-10-31 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The inside story of the Bill Sutch spy scandal by the agent who potted him. In 1975 Kit Bennetts was one of the youngest officers ever to serve in the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service. Fresh out of training, on routine surveillance duty one night he followed a big Mercedes from the Soviet Embassy in Wellington and witnessed a meeting between a KGB officer and an unknown man. That man turned out to be Dr William Sutch, one of New Zealand's most eminent citizens. Five months later, after more surveillance and a major sting, Sutch was arrested and charged with passing information to the Russians. A spectacular trial ensued — New Zealand's only epionage trail, ever — at which Sutch was acquitted, only to die seven months later. Thirty years aon, and with the recent release of the Mitrokhin archives, fascination with the case and speculation about whether Sutch was indeed a KGB mole endures. Spy marks the first time an SIS officer has ever gone public. Fast paced, humorous, it details how the SIS got their man, only to lose the case against him in court.

Download or read book The Weekenders written by Mary Kay Andrews and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2016-05-17 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some people stay all summer long on the idyllic island of Belle Isle, North Carolina. Others come only for the weekends-and the mix between the regulars and “the weekenders” can sometimes make the sparks fly. Riley Griggs has a season of good times with friends and family ahead of her on Belle Isle when things take an unexpected turn. While waiting for her husband to arrive on the ferry one Friday afternoon, Riley is confronted by a process server who thrusts papers into her hand. And her husband is nowhere to be found. So she turns to her island friends for help and support, but it turns out that each of them has their own secrets, and the clock is ticking as the mystery deepens...in a murderous way. Cocktail parties aside, Riley must find a way to investigate the secrets of Belle Island, the husband she might not really know, and the summer that could change everything. Told with Mary Kay Andrews’ trademark blend of humor and warmth, and with characters and a setting that you can’t help but fall for, the New York Times bestseller The Weekenders is the perfect summer escape.

Download or read book BOSS MAN written by Linda Cajio and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2011-07-15 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: the holiday heart Who's in charge? Boss-secretary romance…romance at first sight…malarkey! Nonetheless, Jared Holiday was buying into both and breaking all the rules after his Labor Day meeting with Alison Palmer, his new assistant. Alison's allure had Jared tossing his lawyerly sensibilities out the window with his old ideal-Mate list. Who's calling the shots? While the counselor persuasively presented his case for a conjugal union, it was his raw masculinity Alison couldn't deny. No woman could resist Jared's velvety voice, devastating good looks and fabulous body—but Alison had to. She was already married…to her other, undercover job. Rendezvous on the Holiday Men: "Amazing, amusing and amorous!"

Download or read book Urban and Regional Planning and Development written by Rajiv R. Thakur and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-02-10 with total page 539 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book discusses urban planning and regional development practices in the twentieth century, and ways in which they are currently being transformed. It addresses questions such as: What are the factors affecting planning dynamics at local, regional, national and global scales? With the push to adopt a market paradigm in land development and infrastructure, the relationship between resource management, sustainable development and the role of governance has been transformed. Centralized planning is giving way to privatization, not only in the traditional regions but also in newly emerging regions of Asia, Africa and Latin America. Further, attempts are being made to bring planning related decision-making closer to the people who are most affected by it. Presenting a collection of studies from scholars around the world and highlighting recent advances in the field, the book is a valuable reference guide for those engaged in urban transformations, whether as graduate students, researchers, practitioners or policymakers.

Download or read book Last Night at the Lobster written by Stewart O'Nan and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2017-03-29 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Red Lobster chain restaurant perched in the far corner of a run-down American mall hasn't been making its numbers and headquarters has pulled the plug. But manager Manny DeLeon still needs to navigate a tricky last shift with a near-mutinous staff and the final onslaught of hungry retirees, lunatics and office parties. All the while, he's wondering how to handle the waitress he's still in love with, what to do about his pregnant girlfriend and where to find the Christmas present that will make everything better. Stewart O'Nan has been called 'the bard of the working class', and Last Night at the Lobster is a masterclass of precision and empathy.

Download or read book Mad Money written by Max Allan Collins and published by Titan Books (US, CA). This book was released on 2023-04-25 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nolan must rob every store in a mall in one night – or his girlfriend dies. Two Nolan novels from Grandmaster Max Allan Collins, collected in one volume for the first time. Nolan and Jon have put their lives of crime behind them – but when a cruel adversary from their past resurfaces, they’re forced back into the heist game with a brutal ultimatum: pull off an insanely ambitious overnight robbery or Nolan’s kidnapped lover won’t live to see the morning. Appearing in bookstores for the first time in 35 years, this is Nolan’s biggest and deadliest job – and Mad Money also features, for the first time ever in the same volume, the bonus full-length novel Mourn the Living, offering a look back at Nolan’s early years as a professional thief.

Download or read book Sink or Sit written by Jason Bilotti and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2024-02-27 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jason and Haley Bilotti’s Sink or Sit will inspire and challenge readers to get out of their comfort zones and step into God’s call, to stop sitting in place but to be willing to take risks, even if that means sinking while doing it. It’s probably happened to you. You felt that nudge, an urge, from deep inside you, calling you out of your comfort zone. Calling to you to take a risk. You have felt that call from God, asking you to step out of the boat, to do something significant. Jason and Haley Bilotti each felt it—for years. But as they began to have children and their obligations with Chick-fil-A grew, they didn’t see a way to answer the call of their hearts: to serve God through missions. When the opportunity presented itself for them to take separate missions trips, they learned just how creative God truly is. They began leading separate teams to Niger, in western Africa, and to serve the neediest of all, the children. Through their work with Schools for Niger, Africa, an organization the Bilottis and their business associates started, they found inroads to countless communities throughout Niger. Their work also led them to meet their future son, Rachid, a child they first sponsored and later adopted. Jason and Haley tell their touching story using alternating perspectives, while also bringing in their grown children to help tell it from their own points of view. In reading this book, you will sense their passion for serving the lost and forgotten, and you will feel the love they have for the people God has brought their way. The Bilottis’ story, Sink or Sit, will both inspire and empower you to take your own leap. To get out of that boat. To trust that sinking is better than sitting.

Download or read book Ventures Level 2 Student s Book with Audio CD written by Gretchen Bitterlin and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-07-12 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ventures 2nd Edition is a six-level, standards-based ESL series for adult-education ESL. Ventures 2nd Edition Level 2 Student's Book with accompanying Self-study Audio CD contains 10 units composed of six lessons each on relevant adult-learner themes. The two-page lessons are designed for an hour of classroom instruction. Culture notes and speaking, reading, and writing tips enrich and support exercises. Review units include sections focusing on pronunciation. It also includes a self-study CD with audio for the listening lessons, readings, and picture dictionaries.

Download or read book Last Night s Moon written by Lynne Zarek and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-11 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After growing up in a small town in Missouri, Lynsey decided to venture west to try to unravel an enigma that she has known about since she was five. After settling to Idaho, Lynsey saw herself struggling with her sexuality and with the religious beliefs that she grew up with. Coupled by abusive relationships, the unimaginable happened on a hot August night in 1990. A deep knife wound to the back placed Lynsey on the witness stand with an unusual case for a jury to deliberate in Boise. A trial that not only was a first for Idaho, but was also historic in nature nationwide.

Download or read book Visions written by Michio Kaku and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 1999-03-04 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New in paperback, from the bestselling author of Hyperspace, this spellbinding book brings together the cutting-edge research of today's foremost scientists to explore the science of tomorrow. Michio Kaku describes the development of computers and artificial intelligence, reveals how the decoding of the genetic structure of DNA will allow us to alter and reshape our genetic inheritance, and observes how quantum physicists are perfecting new ways of harnessing the matter and energy of the Universe. Visions is an exhilarating adventure into the future of our planet and ourselves.

Download or read book Four Corners Level 1 Teacher s Edition with Assessment Audio CD CD ROM written by Jack C. Richards and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-08-29 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four Corners is an integrated four-skills English course for adults and young adults. The interleaved Four Corners Teacher's Edition with Assessment Audio CD/CD-ROM, Level 1 features complete teaching instructions, optional activities, photocopiable video activity sheets, video teaching notes, audio and video scripts, language summaries, and Student Book and Workbook answer keys. The Assessment CD-ROM provides a complete assessment program, including oral and written quizzes, as well as unit tests in printable PDF and Microsoft Word® formats.

Download or read book Reynardine written by Judith Lennox and published by Review. This book was released on 2015-04-09 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: His only thought is for revenge... Inspired by the murder of Sir Thomas Overbury in 1615, Judith Lennox's magnificent novel tells the story of Reynardine, the mysterious highwayman. Perfect for fans of Rachel Hore and Kate Morton. Seventeenth-century London: corrupt, decadent and dangerous; a playground for the ambitious in search of power, wealth and position. Richard Galliers, returning from three years in exile, wants none of it. His only thought is for revenge. Mall Conway, the beautiful and headstrong daughter of a Cambridgeshire gentleman is bored; bored with country life and with the restrictions of society. But her peaceful existence is shattered all too soon when Galliers inadvertently involves her in his determination to bring down a deadly enemy... Galliers' relentless quest takes him from the squalor of taverns and brothels and the tawdry glitter of playhouses to the decadent allure of Jacobean London's great houses. And to the bleak wastes of the East Anglian Fens, where Reynardine, the mysterious highwayman, reigns, the terror of all weary travellers. What readers are saying about Reynardine: 'A super novel and one of Judith Lennox's best if you want excitement, mystery and romance' 'She writes so beautifully and nostalgically... Judith Lennox is truly a great writer' 'Five stars'

Download or read book The Jane Doe Murders written by Philip B. Rowe and published by Dog Ear Publishing. This book was released on 2012-03 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Midnight Shadows written by Carol J. Post and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2013-01-02 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With a relentless stalker after her, Melissa Langston flees Georgia for her small Florida hometown. Despite changing her name, she soon finds anonymous notes on her doorstep and a menacing figure lurking in the shadows. She's sure her stalker has tracked her down, but the police think she's overreacting. The only one who believes she's in danger is the former cop who broke her heart years ago. Melissa is afraid to get too close to ex-fianc Chris Jamison, who is back in town to settle family business. Because the more she turns to the handsome man she's never forgotten, the more her stalker wants Chris gone--permanently.

Download or read book Dark Sun written by Najlaa Aryan and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2013-01-29 with total page 479 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dalal Jassim is a young, New Yorkeducated Kuwaiti woman who returns to her native country and must confront societys demands and limitations. Questions of identity and her own hybridism arisewhere does she belong? Dalal begins teaching at a public school, but when she becomes involved in the problems of a gifted student, her colleagues label her an outsider; her family members do not support her. Boundaries are challenged and traditions are explored as Dalal undergoes many challenges that threaten to push her to her absolute limits. In Kuwait, and in any other Arabian society, family bonds are sacred. Family is consulted when making any life changing decision. And sometimes privacy just doesnt exist. People turn solely to family when theyre in trouble or face danger but what if its family that youre trying to run away from?