Download or read book Toby Alone written by Timothée de Fombelle and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2010-08-10 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Translated into twenty-two languages. Toby Lolness may be just one and a half millimeters tall, but he’s the most wanted person in his world -- the world of the great oak Tree. Toby’s father has made a groundbreaking discovery: the Tree itself is alive, lowing with vital energy, and there may even be a world beyond it. Greedy developers itch to exploit this forbidden knowledge, risking permanent damage to their natural world. But Toby’s father has refused to reveal his findings, causing the family to be exiled to the lower branches. Only Toby has managed to escape -- but for how long? And how can he bear to leave his parents to their terrible fate?

Download or read book Toby s Dream written by Louis A. Williams and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-04-30 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Book tells a story of Love, Hope and Courage. It follows the Life's Journey of a young boy at age 12 and his mate whom he chose to take on this Journey. Toby's Dream became Cecile's reality. You will find this book interesting and amusing.

Download or read book Missing Toby written by Jill Harris and published by Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited. This book was released on 2012-12-01 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A warm-hearted story for junior readers about a young girl's friendship with a dog. Harriet is missing her brother. She’s refusing to believe that he’s not coming back. She wants him to return to his untidy bedroom and make her parents happy again – like they used to be before Toby went away. Ten-year-old Harriet is lonely and is having difficulty coping with school. But she notices the dog next door is receiving visits from other neighbourhood dogs who are teaching him how to slip his collar – then slip back into it. Meanwhile, mysterious parcels are arriving in the mail for her. The dogs, who talk amongst themselves, befriend Harriet, and lead her to a garden shed where they’ve hidden a small, stray dog called Girl. Harriet’s life becomes intertwined with the doggy community in her neighbourhood and she makes some wonderful friends: Max and Gus. In the middle of a botched rescue, Gus is whisked off to the dog pound. And Max, distressed and upset, sets out with Girl through a violent storm in order to save him. Harriet realises she must help her new-found friends, and also gradually comes to terms with the fact that Toby isn’t coming back. This affecting and warm-hearted story by an award-winning writer is about the grief of a child and the healing powers of man’s best friend. Missing Toby will be encouraging to children who are frightened by dogs, and gives pleasure to those who already love them.

Download or read book Vanilla Mommy written by Bradie Moore and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Moore tells the unique, true story of a young, single white woman who must learn about everything from nappy hair to ashy skin when she adopts a five-year-old African-American girl from the Los Angeles County Department of Children's Services.

Download or read book For Real written by Alexis Hall and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2024-06-11 with total page 511 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the acclaimed author of BOYFRIEND MATERIAL and HUSBAND MATERIAL comes a deeply emotional romance about finding love when (and where) you least expect it. Laurence Dalziel is worn down and washed up, and for him, the Scene is all played out. Six years from his last meaningful relationship, he's pushing forty and tired of pretending nothing has changed. Then he meets Toby Finch. Young. Fearless, fierce, and vulnerable. Everything Laurie can't remember being. Toby doesn't know who he wants to be or what he wants to do, but he knows that he wants Laurie. The problem is, while Laurie will surrender his body, he won't surrender his heart. Because Toby is too young, too intense, too easy to hurt. And what they have—no matter how right it feels—can't last. It can't mean anything. It can't be real. This dynamic, emotional LGBTQIA+ romance contains never-before-seen content and exclusive bonus material. The World of SPIRES: Glitterland, book 1 Waiting for the Flood, book 2 For Real, book 3 Pansies, book 4

Download or read book Forever Kisses Book 7 of Romance on the Ranch Series written by Verna Clay and published by Verna Clay. This book was released on 2015-01-01 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Romance on the Ranch Series: Dream Kisses; Honey Kisses; Baby Kisses; Candy Kisses; Christmas Kisses; Rock Star Kisses; Forever Kisses; Forgotten Kisses; Angel Kisses; The Last Kiss Toby Tanner has everything--loving family, career, looks, money, friends--but something changed when his twin brother married. No longer satisfied with superficial relationships he wants to connect with a woman in ways other than physical, like his brother has. When Toby meets Dovie Juniper, he falls for her fast and hard, but his easy manner with women is wasted on her. He's going to have to work for this relationship. Dovie hasn't lived a perfect life like handsome cowboy, Toby. In fact, she has major physical challenges that have kept men away from her. However, her greatest challenge will be opening her heart to a man who loves her unconditionally.

Download or read book Happiness Sold Separately written by Lolly Winston and published by Hachette+ORM. This book was released on 2006-06-13 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A darkly funny and messy love story about the struggle to live happily ever after after the after, by the New York Times bestselling author of Good Grief. Elinor Mackey has always done the right thing-college, law school, career, marriage-but now everything's gone wrong. In her late thirties, Elinor has discovered that she can't have children; all the doctors can tell her is that it's because of her age. She withdraws from her podiatrist husband, Ted, into an interior world of heartbreak. Her closest companion? The tree in her backyard. But since everything in her life is going from bad to worse, soon, despite the best efforts of the tree doctor, her tree must be cut down. Ted Mackey has always done the right thing, too. He started going to the gym and lost weight, got on track, got in The Zone. But when he uncharacteristically has an affair with his personal trainer ? who has an odd-ball son who latches on to Ted like a barnacle -- he has to figure out how to make everything right (even if he's not sure what right even means anymore). In a complicated dance of partners, lovers and admirers, Happiness Sold Seperately delightfully shows that sometimes love with the wrong person is sometimes right.

Download or read book When Sorrows Come written by Seanan McGuire and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-08-02 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Toby's getting married! Now in paperback, the fifteenth novel of the Hugo-nominated, New York Times-bestselling October Daye urban fantasy series. It's hard to be a hero. There's always something needing October "Toby" Daye's attention, and her own desires tend to fall by the wayside in favor of solving the Kingdom's problems. That includes the desire to marry her long-time suitor and current fiancé, Tybalt, San Francisco's King of Cats. She doesn't mean to keep delaying the wedding, it just sort of...happens. And that's why her closest friends have taken the choice out of her hands, ambushing her with a court wedding at the High Court in Toronto. Once the High King gets involved, there's not much even Toby can do to delay things... ...except for getting involved in stopping a plot to overthrow the High Throne itself, destabilizing the Westlands entirely, and keeping her from getting married through nothing more than the sheer volume of chaos it would cause. Can Toby save the Westlands and make it to her own wedding on time? Or is she going to have to choose one over the other? Includes an all-new bonus novella!

Download or read book Wand and Weaver The Chain Trade Paperback written by C. E. Dorsett and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-07 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I can hear the wolf howl, every sunset. Moving in the shadows, who feels love, who spreads lies. What good is magic if it can't protect you?I can still hear the Herald of the Giants condemning me, bringing shame on me, and on my family. Then to help a friend, I threaten the Fairy Queen.Through it all, I show up at work every day, paint my face, and dance against the night. It may not defeat the beast, but it raises the spirits of the community. It is stalking us, hungry for blood. We have to find a way to stop it before it kills us all.

Download or read book Danny Boy Stories 120 Letters written by DAN. LEE LEE (D C 'DAN') and published by Danny Boy Stories. This book was released on 2013-03-27 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is white-collar crime victimless? Often, it becomes a very deadly game when the powerful become greedy.This is the story of two young beginning reporters trying to survive in 1959. Together, they fight heroically, wade into the murky waters of widespread official fraud, corruption, murder, and engage in a new war against domestic abuse and violence!On his 19th birthday, Toby Miller has already experienced a lifetime of tragedy. There are always consequences to actions, and destiny has a difficult road for this engineering hopeful turned journalist, and his beautiful partner.Mob danger lurks around every corner, and professional challenges are a daily occurrence in a pressure-packed environment.Steering through the daily pitfalls of a new career and the dangers created by a deadly criminal enterprise, make Danny Boy Stories--120 Letters an exciting romantic adventure.

Download or read book Wild Stories written by Men's Journal Editors and published by Crown. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the past decade, Men’s Journal has set the standard for travel and adventure writing by publishing the work of America’s finest authors and literary journalists. Wild Stories collects thirty-two of the best pieces to appear in the magazine, written by its most esteemed contributors, including Jim Harrison, Sebastian Junger, P. J. O’Rourke, Rick Bass, Thomas McGuane, George Plimpton, Hampton Sides, Doug Stanton, Tim Cahill, and Mark Bowden. Each of the four chapters in Wild Stories showcases Men’s Journal’s diversity and taut storytelling power. “The Adventures” is a series of razor-sharp travel narratives, from a road trip across India on the perilous Grand Trunk Road to a search for grizzlies in Romania. “The Sporting Life” is a look into obscure corners of the sports world, where golf’s bush-league wannabes try to make it to the PGA and a group of cyclists out-suffer one another in pursuit of the mythic Hour Record. “Men’s Lives” includes profiles of singular adventurers such as Yvon Chouinard and Ned Gillette, and captures the rewards of such quintessentially male traditions as building a cabin on your own plot of land. And “The Reporting” collects definitive accounts of the most newsworthy disasters, as well as riveting dispatches from war zones in Somalia, Sudan, and Colombia, and from environmental hot spots in Alaska and Montana. Commemorating Men’s Journal’s tenth anniversary, Wild Stories is a diverse and entertaining anthology that explores the magazine’s basic creed: Life is an adventure. From the first page to the last, these are stories you’ll never forget. From the Hardcover edition.

Download or read book A Valediction written by Ellis Friedman and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2014-06-11 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Uneasy about the impending responsibilities of adulthood, July can’t figure out where she wants her life to go. When romance ignites with Toby, a middle-aged man shell-shocked by the dissolution of his family, July clings to the idea that a future with Toby might save her from the decisions of post-university life. In an attempt to celebrate his divorce and new relationship, Toby takes July on a winter trip to Florence, Italy, where the vacation romance devolves into ruminations on disappointment, failure, and the future. The appearance of enigmatic, charming Massimo awakens in July the excitement of possibility and chance, but mires her further in her doubts. Meanwhile, Toby’s ex-wife remarries almost immediately, sending him into a tailspin. A wry, often humorous novel about loss, discovery, and family, A Valediction examines the way we delude ourselves ­— and the repercussions that result.

Download or read book ANASTASIA written by I.G. Whit and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-06-08 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stacie Forrester was in an automobile accident with her employer and was crippled. Her physical therapist asked her brother to help get the young girl motivated again. Insulting the young woman, the man gets more than he thought and in finding out about the young woman, wants to learn more. Unforeseen events take place putting Stacie in the limelight. How is she ever going to settles the affairs of her late employer and find a life of her own?

Download or read book Billboard written by and published by . This book was released on 2002-05-25 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In its 114th year, Billboard remains the world's premier weekly music publication and a diverse digital, events, brand, content and data licensing platform. Billboard publishes the most trusted charts and offers unrivaled reporting about the latest music, video, gaming, media, digital and mobile entertainment issues and trends.

Download or read book No Meat Athlete written by Matt Frazier and published by Fair Winds Press (MA). This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Combining the winning elements of proven training approaches, motivational stories, and innovative recipes, No Meat Athlete is a unique guidebook, healthy-living cookbook, and nutrition primer for the beginner, every day, and serious athlete who wants to live a meatless lifestyle. Author and popular blogger, Matt Frazier, will show you that there are many benefits to embracing a meat-free athletic lifestyle, including: Weight loss, which often leads to increased speed; Easier digestion and faster recovery after workouts; Improved energy levels to help with not just athletic performance but your day-to-day life; Reduced impact on the planet. Whatever your motivation for choosing a meat-free lifestyle, this book will take you through everything you need to know to apply your lifestyle to your training. Matt Frazier provides practical advice and tips on how to transition to a plant-based diet while getting all the nutrition you need; uses the power of habit to make those changes last; and offers up menu plans for high performance, endurance, and recovery. Once you've mastered the basics, Matt delivers a training manual of his own design for runners of all abilities and ambitions. The manual provides training plans for common race distances and shows runners how to create healthy habits, improve performance, and avoid injuries. No Meat Athlete will take you from the start to finish line, giving you encouraging tips, tricks, and advice along the way"--

Download or read book Demon Hunting with a Southern Sheriff written by Lexi George and published by Lyrical Press. This book was released on 2022-04-12 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A southern fried paranormal romp packed with action, humor, and a sizzling romance. Hang on, y’all, cause it’s a wild ride!” —Linsey Hall Rowdy rednecks. Shifty shapeshifters. Deadly demon hunters. THIS TOWN’S GOING STRAIGHT TO HELL. With its cross-cultural mix of good ol’ boys, big bad wolves, and otherworldly beings, Behr County is the last place you’d want to be a cop. But for Sheriff Dev Whitsun, it’s Sweet Home Alabama—and he plans to keep it that way. Famous last words. When a gruesome shifter massacre rocks the community, the sexy sheriff needs more than a badge and a few silver bullets. He needs the help of an immortal demon hunter. Her name is Arta, High Huntress of the Kirvahni. Whatever that means. Dev is no position to be picky about partners right now. But when Arta turns out to be the one female he could really fall for, Dev knows he’s in for one hell of a ride. God help them all . . . Praise for Demon Hunting in Dixie “A demonically wicked good time.” —Angie Fox “A not-to-be-missed Southern-fried, bawdy, hilarious romp.” —Beverly Barton, New York Times bestselling author “A genuinely funny new voice in paranormal romance.” —Publishers Weekly

Download or read book Take a Murder Darling written by Richard S. Prather and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2014-04-01 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a beautiful woman needs a bodyguard, wisecracking private eye Shell Scott is the man for the job in this classic hardboiled mystery. Of course my line of work has its perks—and it should when I lay my life on the line for dangerously daring women even if they are among the most luscious ladies I’ve ever met. It’s not easy guarding these beautiful bodies . . . of course it takes a lot more than being a bodyguard these days, especially when there’s so much body to be guarded. And she has plenty of body to keep me busy—uh, working—for quite a while, even if she’s stacked for murder. Take a Murder, Darling is the 18th book in the Shell Scott Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.