Download or read book The Daddy Project written by Lee Mckenzie and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2012-11-27 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Single parents Kristi and Nate attempt to get their families off their backs vis-a-vis the dating scene by pretending to be a couple.

Download or read book A Palette Not a Portrait written by Nathan Garrett and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2010-08-30 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This memoir starts with humorous but honest glimpses of this mostly middle class and mostly African American North Carolina family. It contains revealing stories about the author’s life at Yale from 1948 to 1952 and his unusual experiences in the military. The setting then shifts to Detroit and descriptions of involvement in the numbers racket, fighting off rivals for the hand of his wife of now 52 years and becoming the 65th African American CPA in the nation. The sections that recount his return to North Carolina in 1962 are filled with insights on black business, the civil rights and anti-poverty struggles, Historically Black Colleges, social and civic organizations and his pioneering work in public practice and in the regulation of public accountancy nationally. The concluding sections are an essay on his quest to understand God and religion and a thoughtful dialogue on love and marriage.

Download or read book The Diamond Mistake Mystery written by Sylvia McNicoll and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2019-05-11 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2020-21 Hackmatack Children’s Choice Book Award — Shortlisted Five-year-old Pearl claims that a pirate stole the rare Blushing Diamond. But everyone’s a pirate on Halloween. Dogwalker Stephen Noble has been recruited to walk his five-year-old reading buddy, Pearl Lebel, to and from school while her mother is away and her father is ill. He’s sure that this will be easier than walking canine clients Ping and Pong — until Pearl locks herself in the house, runs away from home, and loses her family’s rare pink diamond ring. When Pearl claims that a pirate took the ring, Stephen and Renée are on the case. But the more they discover, the more it feels like everyone is a suspect. With Pearl annoying them every step of the way, will they be able to solve the mystery before the ring's scheduled appearance at the Brilliant Diamond Show?

Download or read book Building Up Love written by Amylynn Bright and published by Tentacle Publishing. This book was released on 2022-02-03 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Five years ago, Lee Bennett’s whirlwind romance with Candace Claesson ended as abruptly as it had begun, and just when he needed her the most. Since then, Lee’s built a successful construction company and a satisfying, if solitary, life. When he’s hired to build Candace’s new veterinary clinic, Lee finds her as irresistible as ever—but he’s never forgiven her and he’s sure as hell not letting her break his heart again. For years, Candace has wrestled with regret and guilt over leaving Lee. At the time, nothing was going to stop her from achieving her dreams of studying in Scotland and becoming a vet—not even young love. They’d been inseparable for six months, but anything that intense couldn’t last. Or so she thought. Reunited in their hometown, neither Lee nor Candace can resist picking up where they left off. But with so much from the past standing between them, how they can rebuild what they started so long ago?

Download or read book More Adventures from Eidland written by Karin Suzanne Cupper and published by Grosvenor House Publishing. This book was released on 2013-04-25 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After much persuasion from Ranger Milten Yorkie and all the gang from Maryland Zoo, I felt compelled to write a follow up book in the Eidland series called More Zany Adventures from Eidland. This book is as zany as the first book 'The Thrilling Adventures of Life in Eidland'. Within the covers of this Book readers will meet even more characters from Eidland including the ever busy Bodget Brothers, Eidland's thrifty car repair service, so if we've whetted your appetite, just buy the book. You will not regret it. You will die of laughter because it is a real scream.

Download or read book Deathwalker written by Edwin F. Becker and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2011-10 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Pursued by a professor that knows that vampires exist in our modern society, Christian the 100 year old vampire and his new mate Katherine decide to relocate. Their choice? Branson, Missouri, a thriving city in the middle of wilderness surrounded by mountain caves and a rotating daily population that makes feeding easy. The problem? This domain already is occupied by resident vampires and a werewolf only thought to be Ozark folklore."--Amazon

Download or read book Cry Woof A Dog and His Girl Mysteries 3 written by Jane B. Mason and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2013-09-24 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the third installment of A Dog and His Girl Mysteries, things are going to the cats!Dodge and Cassie can't visit the senior center or take a walk without landing in a mystery or two. Something's up with the vitamins some people in town are taking--and something doesn't seem right about an eccentric neighbor's mysterious "fall" that leaves thirteen pets in need of homes. The former K-9 and his girl will leave no ladder unclimbed or rosebush uninvestigated to get to the bottom of the case!

Download or read book A Daddy by Christmas written by Teri Wilson and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2018-12-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dog isn’t only man’s best friend… It could bring Anders the love of his life. Without a bride by his side, billionaire Anders Kent will lose his chance to be a father to his five-year-old niece. So when a gorgeous down-on-her luck dancer is claiming the same puppy as him, she might be the answer to his problems! Chloe Wilde’s not looking for a marriage of convenience, even to someone as captivating as Anders. But sometimes Christmas gifts come in unusual packages…

Download or read book Placing Autobiography in Geography written by Pamela Moss and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicling the history of geography entails not only the literature emerging from geographers' pens and printers but also the geographers themselves. Why and how geographers have taken the career paths they have taken is as much importance as their scholarly output. The contributors use autobiography as a tool to document the history of geography, as a method of data collection, or as a mode of analysis. Taken together, their work provides empirical examples of the ways geographer are engaging the critical questions raised by the changes in their field.

Download or read book God s Birthday Gifts to Me written by Penny Ann Herbert and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-11-30 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Hacked written by Tracy Alexander and published by Bonnier Publishing Fiction Ltd.. This book was released on 2014-11-01 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was hard to remember when Dan starting hacking for real, but free cinema tickets were the first illicit results of a hack. By the time Dan is befriended online by the mysterious Angel he is keen for a new challenge, something so complex that it will test his skills to the limit. Things start to unravel when there is news of a missing UAV drone over Germany. Instantly realising he has gone too far, Dan desperately tries to halt the drone's path towards London - but Angel has other plans. And besides, once the US government gets involved, Dan's hands are full just trying to prove his innocence . . .

Download or read book A Question of Manhood written by Robin Reardon and published by Kensington Publishing Corp.. This book was released on 2010-10-01 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: November 1972. The Vietnam War is rumored to be drawing to a close, and for sixteen-year-old Paul Landon, the end can't come soon enough. The end will mean his older brother Chris, the family's golden child, returning home from the Army for good. But while home on leave, Chris entrusts Paul with a secret: He's gay. And when Chris is killed in action, Paul is beset by grief and guilt, haunted by knowledge he can't share. That summer, Paul is forced to work at his family's pet supply store. Worse, he must train a new employee, JJ O'Neil, a gay college freshman. But though Paul initially dislikes JJ for being everything he's not--self-confident, capable, ambitious--he finds himself learning from him. Not just about how to handle the anxious, aggressive dogs JJ so effortlessly calms and trains, but how to stand up for himself--even when it means standing against his father, his friends, and his own fears. Through JJ, Paul finally begins to glimpse who his brother really was--and a way toward becoming the man he wants to be. . . Praise for the novels of Robin Reardon "Stirring. . .thoughtful and convincing." --Publishers Weekly on Thinking Straight "A compelling story well worth your time. . .Reardon is an author to watch." --Bart Yates, author of The Brothers Bishop on A Secret Edge

Download or read book The Snake Mistake Mystery written by Sylvia McNicoll and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2018-01-27 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Noble Dog Walking takes care of pets, even if they slither. When a ball python they’re looking after disappears, Stephen Noble and Renée Kobai join forces with their favourite clients, Jack Russell Ping and greyhound Pong, to find that snake. The local animal shelter proves no help at all. The only thing they care about is their annual cat sale. It’s starting to look like the ball python may have been stolen, when Stephen and Renée get word that more homes have been broken into, all of them clients of Noble Dog Walking. The case turns desperate as one by one, their clients leave. After losing Ping and Pong as clients, too, Stephen and Renée pin their last hope on gathering all the suspects at the animal shelter, and a real Cat-astrophe ensues.

Download or read book Father of the Man written by Stephen Benatar and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2014-12-16 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of a father and son—and is it true, as Wordsworth claimed, that “the child is father of the man” or can one’s character actually change as one grows older?

Download or read book The Diary of a Patient Man a Father s Struggle written by William Stoneking and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2006 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compelling and inspirational true story of a father's plight and fight for his only child and the nightmares of dealing with his domestically violent ex-wife and a biased court system that tried to chase him away.

Download or read book Just Call Me Dad written by James W. Minton Sr. Jim and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2019-02-05 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do kids come with an owner’s manual? This book is about Jim Minton’s journey of figuring out how to raise his kids and learning a lot about himself in the process. When Jim’s children were born, he focused on raising Division I athletes who would make him look good. He started off as that obnoxious dad we have all witnessed at sporting events. He ended up with thirteen principles for improving himself, plus three amazing kids who bring him great joy as they walk in the truth. Jim loves good quotes. He kept a list on the refrigerator as his kids grew up, many of them coming from legendary basketball coach John Wooden. Jim knew his kids were going to find the bad stuff on their phones and in the culture; it was up to him to get the good stuff in front of them. Along the way, Jim discovered that the Bible is the owner’s manual he was looking for.

Download or read book Courage to Soar written by Simone Biles and published by HarperChristian + ORM. This book was released on 2016-11-15 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Courage to Soar, the official autobiography from four-time Olympic gold-winning and record-setting American gymnast Simone Biles, Simone shares how her faith, family, passion, and perseverance has made her one of the top athletes and gymnasts in the world—and how you too can overcome challenges in your life. Simone Biles’ entrance into the world of gymnastics may have started on a field trip in her hometown of Spring, Texas, but her God-given talent, along with drive to succeed no matter the obstacle, are what brought her to the national spotlight during the Olympic Games and have catapulted her ever since—including 25 World Championship medals. But there is more to Simone than her accomplishments. In this book Simone shares: how she has relied on her faith and family to stay focused and positive the ways she’s continued competing at the highest level and having fun doing what she loves a behind-the-scenes looks at gymnastics events, including the Olympics the events and challenges that carried her from an early childhood in foster care to a coveted spot on the U.S. Olympic team Along the way, Simone shares the details of her inspiring personal story—one filled with daily acts of courage that led her, and can lead you, to even the most unlikely of dreams Special eBook bonus content contains 3 extra chapters of behind-the-scenes look into Simone’s life Courage to Soar: presents a positive role model for young girls, whether athletes or not is an ideal gift for birthdays, holidays, or to celebrate important achievements is perfect for school assignments and reports is an inspirational story for fans of gymnastics or any sport contains an eight-page, full-color photo insert