Download or read book Thanks for Picking Up My Poop written by Editors of Ulysses Press and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-11-03 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adorable dogs paired with the hilarious, heartwarming reasons they love their weird-looking, fur-less human companions. Honorable Mention for Pets—Foreword Indies Book of the Year Awards Have you ever considered what our precious pooches would say to us if they could speak? In Thanks for Picking Up My Poop, our cute and cuddly canine companions impart their humorous and heartfelt motivations for staying so dedicated to their sometimes-clueless caregivers. Packed with engaging photos and clever snippets of doggy wisdom, this book helps us mere humans better appreciate those moments of happiness we share with others every day. “A fun and cute present for dog lovers.” —Abilene Reporter News “Who has not lived in fear of how they will be able to waste time when their internet is down? . . . Just add this little book to your emergency supplies (next to the deck of cards). It doesn’t take up much room, and has gobs of the pictures and captions you need.” —Kennett Veterinary Clinic

Download or read book Dangerous Secrets written by Brooke Summers and published by Brooke Summers. This book was released on 2023-10-13 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sometimes the enemies closer to home are the ones you have to watch out for. Hudson’s world is rocked on its axis when Mia is kidnapped. With a list of enemies a mile long, and barely any clues off where to start, Hudson’s got to figure out who’s brazen enough to take the one he loves. As secrets are exposed and lies come to the surface, there’s only one thing that is certain: Hudson will go to any lengths to have her safe in his arms again. Will he be able to find Mia before the time runs out or will the Kingpin bathe the streets with blood in vain?

Download or read book Linked written by Gordon Korman and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2021-07-20 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An unforgettable novel from the New York Times bestseller Gordon Korman Link, Michael, and Dana live in a quiet town. But it's woken up very quickly when someone sneaks into school and vandalizes it with a swastika. Nobody can believe it. How could such a symbol of hate end up in the middle of their school? Who would do such a thing? Because Michael was the first person to see it, he's the first suspect. Because Link is one of the most popular guys in school, everyone's looking to him to figure it out. And because Dana's the only Jewish girl in the whole town, everyone's treating her more like an outsider than ever. The mystery deepens as more swastikas begin to appear. Some students decide to fight back and start a project to bring people together instead of dividing them further. The closer Link, Michael, and Dana get to the truth, the more there is to face-not just the crimes of the present, but the crimes of the past. With Linked, Gordon Korman, the author of the acclaimed novel Restart, poses a mystery for all readers where the who did it? isn't nearly as important as the why?

Download or read book The Science of Loving written by Candace Vianna and published by Candace Vianna. This book was released on with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She’s a geeky scientist obsessed with muscles. She even has a muscle car. He’s the bad boy rock star of the architectural world, perfectly content with his bachelor status, but his tattoo artist sister has other ideas, and when she decides to play matchmaker, sparks fly. Him… Danny was in love. Again. So, she thought everyone else, meaning me, should be, too. What she didn’t appreciate was that I was already living my dream: no drama, no mess. My life was just the way I wanted it; orderly. I liked my shit organized. I lived alone just so I could have things my way. If I wanted company, I’d go to the corner bar. Her… I hated parties. I was shy and crowds always left me slightly off balance and inevitably, I drew the attention of creepiest, most annoying guy there. Once caught, I could never shake them. By the end of the night I’d be nauseous, my head hurt, and I was a nervous wreck. But Danny wouldn’t take no for an answer, or as she put it, giving me her best death stare. “You might as well give in gracefully chica, because I’m not to be denied.” I gave in gracefully. And now some creep had me backed up as far as I could go without falling into the bushes. I never knew what to do when creeps like this cornered me, so I froze, unable to move, breathe or think. I cringed as he brushed a nonexistent hair from my cheek. Ew… “Excuse me, I know you’re not macking on my girl.” Holy Shit. That was the scariest man I’d ever seen. He was huge. He was bald. He was tattooed. He was a painted Aztec god; all he needed was some gold jewelry and a bloody altar. This is a funny, laugh out loud, contemporary romance about a science geek and a sweet guy with big feet. It contains some not so sweet language and sexy love scenes that some may find inappropriate (the hot, sweaty kind that will make you want to take up smoking.) So if you're bothered by graphic sex and profanity, this may not be your cup of tea--just saying. But if you want a light romance that will (hopefully) make you laugh, this could be your new guilty pleasure. HEA... Does not have a cliffhanger ending. I hate those... Candace

Download or read book Figuring Shit Out written by Amy Biancolli and published by Behler Publications, LLC. This book was released on 2014-09-29 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Your life isn't over." My dad says this. "I mean, YOUR life isn't over. Beyond the kids. You'll go on living, doing things. This isn't it." I know, I assure him. I have the kids. They need me. They're my life now. "OK," he replies, then grunts—more of a brief hum. He only hums when he thinks I'm full of shit. Shockingly single. Amy Biancolli's life went off script more dramatically than most after her husband of twenty years jumped off the roof of a parking garage. Left with three children, a three-story house, and a pile of knotty psychological complications, Amy realizes the flooding dishwasher, dead car battery, rapidly growing lawn, basement sump pump, and broken doorknob aren't going to fix themselves. She also realizes that "figuring shit out" means accepting the horrors that came her way, rolling with them, slogging through them, helping others through theirs, and working her way through life with love and laughter. Amy Biancolli is an author and journalist whose column appears in the Albany Times Union. Before that, Amy served as film critic for the Houston Chronicle where her reviews, published around the country, won her the 2007 Comment and Criticism Award from the Texas Associated Press Managing Editors Association. Biancolli is the author of House of Holy Fools: A Family Portrait in Six Cracked Parts, which earned her Albany Author of the Year. Amy lives in Albany, New York, with her three children.

Download or read book The Secrets that Bind Us written by Brooke Summers and published by Brooke Summers. This book was released on 2023-10-21 with total page 595 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sometimes the past should be left in the past... Eighteen months ago, I had the hottest one-night stand of my life. The problem? She was gone before I woke up. Imagine my surprise when I see her at my father's home almost two years later. My little Houdini thinks that just because we're family, I'll keep my hands to myself. She has no idea who she's dealing with. I run this town and the Brady Organization. I'm the Kingpin. And I always get what I want. The Secrets That Bind us is the complete Kingpin trilogy from USA Today Bestselling author Brooke Summers.

Download or read book Doing the Best I Can written by Kathryn Edin and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2014-08-15 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Across the political spectrum, unwed fatherhood is denounced as one of the leading social problems of today. Doing the Best I Can is a strikingly rich, paradigm-shifting look at fatherhood among inner-city men often dismissed as “deadbeat dads.” Kathryn Edin and Timothy J. Nelson examine how couples in challenging straits come together and get pregnant so quickly—without planning. The authors chronicle the high hopes for forging lasting family bonds that pregnancy inspires, and pinpoint the fatal flaws that often lead to the relationship’s demise. They offer keen insight into a radical redefinition of family life where the father-child bond is central and parental ties are peripheral. Drawing on years of fieldwork, Doing the Best I Can shows how mammoth economic and cultural changes have transformed the meaning of fatherhood among the urban poor. Intimate interviews with more than 100 fathers make real the significant obstacles faced by low-income men at every step in the familial process: from the difficulties of romantic relationships, to decision-making dilemmas at conception, to the often celebratory moment of birth, and finally to the hardships that accompany the early years of the child's life, and beyond.

Download or read book I Am Legend written by Diane Pelkey and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2022-02-16 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this sequel to Forest for the Trees, we find Dame Puissant, the good witch, acting as First Seat on the Rebirth Council, along with Morgen le Fay of the Nine Sisters of Avalon. Five of her siblings are asked to join her in preparation for the arrival of their exceptional charge, Legend. This courageous teen is the youngest human ever selected to receive the gift of rebirth. Born of a reclusive mother, she finds herself orphaned at the age of ten. Her adoptive father, Drake, is a counselor at New Hope, a prestigious private school in Boston, Massachusetts. When four disgruntled students decide to take control of the academy at gunpoint and begin a killing spree, fourteen-year-old Legend finds a means of escape for the fifteen small children in her after-school care program. One of the shooters discovers her in the act, with three tots remaining. She is able to deter him long enough to see the final trio escape, but when the mastermind of the coup finds her, there is no escape. Legend awakens in a strange but beautiful place. A world of wonder. Her maiden voyage onto a wondrous path of life, death, mythical creatures. A gift that is offered at a cost. From that day on, from that day filled with terror, all present and future lives will continue to make demands that are a constant test of her resolve and courage. Legend will prove herself worthy. She will testify with firm conviction--I Am Legend!

Download or read book Clearwater written by Kim McCullough and published by Coteau Books. This book was released on 2013-09-15 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Claire Sullivan struggles to overcome loss and dislocation, to reconnect with the central people in her life and restart her emotional growth in this powerful prairie coming-of-age novel. Claire Sullivan quickly settles in to her new home at Clearwater Lake in northern Manitoba, especially once she befriends Jeff Carson, a quiet mixed-race loner who lives with his parents in the other half of the Sullivans’ duplex. Together, the teens roam the wild, isolated beauty of the nearby lakeshore and forest, forging a deep friendship based on loyalty and trust. As peaceful as things seem on the surface, Claire and Jeff are both battling powerful undercurrents at home. Claire worries that her sister, Leah, who has been sexually assaulted, is sinking into a drug-fuelled depression, while Jeff finds it difficult to stand firm in the face of his father’s increasingly brutal temper. When Leah commits suicide, the consequences are far-reaching and devastating. Claire retreats to Regina to redefine her idea of family, while Jeff leaves his own family behind, drifting from place to place, unable to settle down. Although they both keep moving forward through time, their lives seem to have stalled.Years later, after several near misses, a chance meeting first reopens old wounds, but ultimately allows Claire and Jeff to return to Clearwater Lake, and make another try at acceptance, and maybe happiness.

Download or read book Rage written by G Lusby and published by GL Publications. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jay Carlton has everything in life going for him; he's handsome, sixteen with his own car, the star running back for his high school football team, and a beautiful cheerleader to call his own. His life may seem perfect to everyone around him but is it really? He has spent his entire childhood cringing at the sounds of his mother being verbally and physically abused by his father. Will he be next?

Download or read book Girl Stop Passing Out in Your Makeup written by Zara Barrie and published by Post Hill Press. This book was released on 2020-05-19 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Self-help meets memoir. Party girl meets wise sage. Beauty meets reality. Zara Barrie is the cool older sister you wish you had. The one that lets you borrow her designer dresses and ripped up fishnets, buys you champagne (she loves you too much to let you drink beer), and colors your lips with bright pink lipstick. She'll take you to the coolest parties, and will stick by your side and she guides you through the glitter, pain, danger, laughter, and what it means to be a f*cked up girl in this f*cked up world (both of which are beautiful despite the darkness). Girl, Stop Passing Out in Your Makeup is for the girls that are too much of a beautiful contradiction to be contained. Zara is a gifted writer—one second she'll have you laughing over rich girls agonizing over which Birkin bag to buy, the next second she'll shatter your heart in one sentence about losing one’s innocence. Zara is the nuanced girl she writes for—light, irreverent, snarky, bitchy, funny; and aching, perceptive, deep, flawed, wise, poised, honest—all at once. Perhaps the only thing that can match Zara's unparalleled wit and big sister advice is her candid humor and undeniable talent for the written word. Zara is one of the most prolific and entertaining honest voices on the internet—and her talent is only multiplied in book form. Girl, Stop Passing Out in Your Makeup is for the bad girls, honey.”—Dayna Troisi, Executive Editor, GO Magazine “Reading Zara's writing will make you feel like you're at your cool-as-hell big sister's sleepover party. You will be transfixed by her unflinching honesty and words of wisdom, and she'll successfully convince you to not only ditch the shame you feel about the raw and messy parts of yourself, but to dare to see them as beautiful.”—Alexia LaFata, Editor, New York Magazine “If Cat Marnell and F. Scott Fitzgerald had a literary baby it would be Zara Barrie. She’s got Marnell’s casual, dark, downright hilarious tone of an irreverent party girl. But then she also has Fitzgerald’s talent for making words literally feel like they sparkle on the page. I’ve always been a fan of Zara’s writing but Girl, Stop Passing Out in Your Makeup takes it to the next level. With shimmery words that make her dark stories sparkle, she seamlessly manages to inspire even the most coked-out girl at the party to get her shit together.”—Candice Jalili, Senior Sex & Dating Writer, Elite Daily

Download or read book Diary of an Undead Teenager written by Jerrel Dulay and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2010-02-27 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: See eBook for Free Download!See more www.theripperinfection.comZack Welder is a seventeen-year-old with serious anger management issues. After his parents kick him out of the house, sending him to the mountains, the last thing he expects to do is fight for his life as a bizarre viral outbreak rips across Riverton, a small mountain community hiding a few secrets. When Zack realizes he has become infected and will soon join the ranks of the undead, he is faced with having to grow up and develop some social skills before Riverton's survivors discover his secret and turn on him. Undead Teenager is a unique, emotionally charged thriller, making bold stabs at modern culture with a wicked sense of humor. Zombie fans cannot afford to miss this story."Undead Teenager provides a much needed breath of fresh air for the Zombie Genre.""Never before has the zombie been so memorable, threatening, or fascinating!""The memorable characters represent today's youth, faults, potential and all."

Download or read book Born a Gangster written by Paul Tully and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2020-11-07 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We take a journey with Big Man, the son of an Italian Mafia don whose only ambitions were to watch his son grow in the ranks of the family. What Big Man would soon find out is that the life of silk suits, Cadillacs, social clubs, and pinkie rings would not be enough. With a mixture of his new group of friends, the notorious west side Irish, women, drugs and fast money, his thirst for power would become unquenchable, his road to love unreachable, and his ability to survive undeniable. &n

Download or read book Bounty written by Kristen Ashley and published by Kristen Ashley. This book was released on 2016-04-18 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Justice Lonesome has enjoyed a life of bounty. Even so, she’s inherited the curse of the Lonesome. A poet’s soul. Which means she’s still searching for something. Searching for peace. Searching for the less…that’s more. And when the foundation of her life is pulled out from under her, grieving, she goes to the mountains to find her oasis. She hits Carnal, Colorado and decides to stay. Deke Hightower lost everything at the age of two. He lost it again at fifteen. His life has not been about bounty. It’s been about learning to live with less, because there’s no way to get more. Deke’s also watched all his friends go down to the women who gave them what they needed. He wants that for himself. But he knows that search isn’t going to be easy because he’s a rider. His home is the road. That’s the only place he can breathe. And the woman who takes her place at his side has to do it sitting on the back of his bike. When Deke meets Justice, he knows she’s not that woman. She’s cute. She’s sweet. And she’s into him, but she’s got it all and Deke knows he won’t fit into that. So he holds her at arm’s length. Establishes boundaries. And Justice will take it because she wants Deke any way he’ll let her have him. But when Justice finds herself a pawn in a dangerous game, Deke makes a decision. When he does, he has no idea he’s just opened himself up to bounty.

Download or read book Good Talk Dad written by Bill Geist and published by Hachette+ORM. This book was released on 2013-04-02 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bill Geist--the beloved, award-winning, long-time special correspondent for "CBS: Sunday Morning," whose debut Little League Confidential was a New York Times bestseller in hardcover and paper--and Willie Geist, the Today Show host, popular member of MSNBC's "Morning Joe," and author of the best-selling American Freak Show--have begun an extended conversation between father and son on areas of mutual interest, agreement, and disagreement. Told in a unique back-and-forth banter style, the hilarious father-son team will laugh together at the shared journey of their relationship. They'll riff on fatherhood, religion, music, sports, summer camp disasters, driving lessons gone horribly wrong, being on TV, and their wonderfully odd family life. Think Big Russ and Me meets S*** My Dad Says, with humorous observations about professional wrestling as a worldview, raising a kid with television cameras in the kitchen, and anything and everything else that comes to their witty minds. The Geists decided to write this book so their children and grandchildren would have a record of their unusual father-son relationship. The book is remarkably funny, as well as poignant and sincere, especially in light of Bill's announcement that he's been diagnosed with Parkinson's. With its lighthearted look at the crazy things fathers and sons go through and the unique bond those experiences forge, the book is sure to be a must-have gift for Father's Day.

Download or read book Immaculate written by Katelyn Detweiler and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-05-26 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mina is seventeen. A virgin. And pregnant. Mina is top of her class, girlfriend to the most ambitious guy in school, able to reason and study her way through anything. But when she suddenly finds herself pregnant—despite having never had sex—her orderly world collapses. Almost nobody believes Mina’s claims of virginity. Her father assumes that her boyfriend is responsible; her boyfriend believes she must have cheated on him. As news of Mina’s story spreads, there are those who brand her a liar. There are those who brand her a heretic. And there are those who believe that miracles are possible—and that Mina’s unborn child could be the greatest miracle of all.

Download or read book Young and in Love written by Anna Johnston and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2023-03-03 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: About the Book As children of rock stars, Roxanne and James are not growing up like your average teenagers. They’ve been best friends from an early age, they’re schooled online, and have plenty of money at their disposal. However, as they enter puberty, their feelings begin to shift, and life on a cramped tour bus doesn’t exactly make things easy for their budding love. Young and In Love is the first in a series and follows all the relationships of this big, touring musical family through all their loss, pain, joy, rage, passion, and other big changes, like new members and even the birth of a new band. Through it all, they may learn that even in your darkest moments, you can still find lifetime friends and there is always that one person in your life who will stand by you no matter what. Love conquers all. About the Author Anna Johnston is married to her amazing husband. They met in elementary school band, and he has been in and out of her life ever since. The last time their paths crossed, he asked her to marry him, and they have been together for eight and half years. They have two amazing kids. Anna has anxiety and depression, so some days are better than others for her, but her mother is always there no matter what. Anna’s father is also a huge supporter of her art and writing. She has an older sister, and she is Anna’s role model. Then there is her younger sister who always brightens her day. Anna’s hobbies are writing her stories and pretty much anything to do with art. Johnston explains, “Sometimes I get the ideas for my books and art from dreams and sometimes it is just a random thought or song.”