Download or read book Little Devils written by Robert J. Blake and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When their mother fails to return one night, three Tasmanian Devil cubs venture out of their den in search of food and, by doing what Tasmanian Devils are supposed to do, manage to save their mother from a trap.

Download or read book Pretty Little Devils written by Nancy Holder and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-01-11 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hazel Stone wants nothing more than to be a part of the hottest clique in school, the Pretty Little Devils, but she’s stuck at a lunch table full of high school C-listers. Hazel has resigned herself to life as a nobody—when suddenly everything changes. The PLDs invite Hazel to one of the group’s famous parties, held at the site of one of their babysitting jobs. Before Hazel knows it, she’s in with the in crowd—and she couldn’t be more thrilled! But nothing turns out the way she expects. Especially when one her classmates becomes jealous of her newfound status—deadly jealous. Author Nancy Holder weaves a wicked tale about the price of popularity, and having the kind of friends some girls would just die for.

Download or read book A Little Devil in America written by Hanif Abdurraqib and published by Random House. This book was released on 2021-03-30 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • A sweeping, genre-bending “masterpiece” (Minneapolis Star Tribune) exploring Black art, music, and culture in all their glory and complexity—from Soul Train, Aretha Franklin, and James Brown to The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Whitney Houston, and Beyoncé ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Chicago Tribune, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Dallas Morning News, Publishers Weekly “Gorgeous essays that reveal the resilience, heartbreak, and joy within Black performance.”—Brit Bennett, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Vanishing Half “I was a devil in other countries, and I was a little devil in America, too.” Inspired by these few words, spoken by Josephine Baker at the 1963 March on Washington, MacArthur “Genius Grant” Fellow and bestselling author Hanif Abdurraqib has written a profound and lasting reflection on how Black performance is inextricably woven into the fabric of American culture. Each moment in every performance he examines—whether it’s the twenty-seven seconds in “Gimme Shelter” in which Merry Clayton wails the words “rape, murder,” a schoolyard fistfight, a dance marathon, or the instant in a game of spades right after the cards are dealt—has layers of resonance in Black and white cultures, the politics of American empire, and Abdurraqib’s own personal history of love, grief, and performance. Touching on Michael Jackson, Patti LaBelle, Billy Dee Williams, the Wu-Tan Clan, Dave Chappelle, and more, Abdurraqib writes prose brimming with jubilation and pain. With care and generosity, he explains the poignancy of performances big and small, each one feeling intensely familiar and vital, both timeless and desperately urgent. Filled with sharp insight, humor, and heart, A Little Devil in America exalts the Black performance that unfolds in specific moments in time and space—from midcentury Paris to the moon, and back down again to a cramped living room in Columbus, Ohio. WINNER OF THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL AND THE GORDON BURN PRIZE • FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD AND THE PEN/DIAMONSTEIN-SPIELVOGEL AWARD ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review, Time, The Boston Globe, NPR, Rolling Stone, Esquire, BuzzFeed, Thrillist, She Reads, BookRiot, BookPage, Electric Lit, The Rumpus, LitHub, Library Journal, Booklist

Download or read book Painted Devils written by Margaret Owen and published by Henry Holt and Company (BYR). This book was released on 2023-05-16 with total page 475 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Instant New York Times Bestseller! An Instant Indies Bestseller! A scrappy former maid and jewel thief must outwit gods, injustice, and her own past in this sequel to the Indie Next Pick, Little Thieves by Margaret Owen. Let's get one thing straight - Vanja Schmidt wasn't trying to start a cult. After taking down a corrupt margrave, breaking a deadly curse, and finding romance with the vexingly scrupulous junior prefect Emeric Conrad, Vanja had one great mystery left: her long-lost birth family . . . and whether they would welcome a thief. But in her search for an honest trade, she hit trouble and invented a god, the Scarlet Maiden, to scam her way out. Now that lie is growing out of control—especially when Emeric arrives to investigate and the Scarlet Maiden manifests to claim him as a virgin sacrifice. For his final test to become a prefect, Emeric must determine if Vanja is guilty of serious fraud or if the Scarlet Maiden—and her claim to him—is genuine. Meanwhile, Vanja is chasing an alternative sacrifice that could be their way out. The hunt leads her not only into the lairs of monsters and the paths of gods, but also the ties of her past. And with what should be the simplest way to save Emeric hanging over their heads, he and Vanja must face a more dangerous question: Is there a future for a thief and a prefect, and at what price? From the indie bestselling author Margaret Owen comes the thrilling next installment in the Little Thieves trilogy with all new interior illustrations from the author.

Download or read book The Good Little Devil and Other Tales written by Pierre Gripari and published by Pushkin Press. This book was released on 2013-08-29 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Absurd fairy tales, very sensibly told ;There once was a good little devil - did you read that right? Yes you did: not a wicked little devil but a good one, and boy, was he in a fix! ;Instead of doing bad things like forgetting his homework and playing tricks on his teachers, this little devil kept trying to be good. He did all his homework - and sometimes enjoyed it! He was never rude and he even encouraged sinners to say sorry. His parents were at their wits' end. So the little devil struck out on his own.On his quest to learn to be good, our little devil meets all kinds of people, from priests to police and from the Pope in Rome to Little Jesus himself. But will the angels let a little red devil with black horns into Heaven? ;In these thirteen tales, clever young people find nifty ways to overcome greedy kings, wicked witches, unlucky spells and even silly names. And there's a big dash of magic to help them on the way!

Download or read book Little Devil Alternate Cover Edition written by Bethany Winters and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2023-04-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: JORDYN My life's been laid out for me since before I was born. Graduate high school, marry the mayor's son, get my degree and take over my mother's company. I don't want it - I don't want any of it - but I'd never say that out loud. Girls like me aren't supposed to speak our minds. We're supposed to smile and look pretty and do as we're told without argument. I keep my mouth shut for an easy life. A boring life. But then I met him. Xander Reid doesn't follow rules. He's a cocky bad boy with a devil may care attitude and a tongue bar I can't stop staring at. He treats life like a game and dares me to play with him. And even though I know he's bad for me, I'm not sure how much longer I can resist. XANDER Lakewood is supposed to be a punishment. A way to fix me and my unusual take on life. Seven months before the end of my senior year, my parents ship me off to live in a strange town with a family I barely know and a private school full of entitled rich kids. They seem to forget change doesn't bother me. I get bored easily, can't sit still for five minutes and nothing holds my attention. But then I met her. Jordyn James isn't as innocent as she makes out to be. She's a bad girl trapped in a life fit for a princess, desperate for freedom from the chains that hold her back. Making her mine just might be the worst thing I've ever done, and yet I regret nothing. This is a 65k word, opposites attract romance with themes some readers might find offensive. Complete standalone with a HEA and no cliffhanger.

Download or read book Lil Devils Yearn to Fly written by and published by . This book was released on 2013-10-25 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lil' Devils Yearn to Fly is a comical, colorful tale of two silly skeleton pals and their sidekick dog on their earnest, yet impractical quest to soar through the sky. Packed full of witty imagery and whimsical rhymes, readers of all ages will enjoy the journey and adore the destination as the boney youngsters learn the biggest lesson of all--that it is far better to be kind and selfless than to serve one's own needs.

Download or read book The Devil s Highway written by Luis Alberto Urrea and published by Back Bay Books. This book was released on 2008-11-16 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This important book from a Pulitzer Prize finalist follows the brutal journey a group of men take to cross the Mexican border: "the single most compelling, lucid, and lyrical contemporary account of the absurdity of U.S. border policy" (The Atlantic). In May 2001, a group of men attempted to cross the Mexican border into the desert of southern Arizona, through the deadliest region of the continent, the "Devil's Highway." Three years later, Luis Alberto Urrea wrote about what happened to them. The result was a national bestseller, a Pulitzer Prize finalist, a "book of the year" in multiple newspapers, and a work proclaimed as a modern American classic.

Download or read book Little Devils Vol 4 written by Uuumi and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2020-07-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: HOME SWEET HELL Byron and the little devils have spent many days together playing, eating snacks, pulling pranks, and having fun. But now those happy times are coming to an end as the Creator himself says it is time for the devils to take over as caretakers of the Demon Realm. But what will become of Byron? Will he and the little devils really be separated forever? The conclusion to the heart-warming series, Little Devils! The final volume!

Download or read book Lil Devils Want to Rock written by David Lozeau and published by . This book was released on 2014-05-28 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lil' Devils Want to Rock is a playful ditty about skeleton youngsters and their canine bandmate on their comical search for music inspiration. Chock full of rhapsody, parody, and rhyme, the power trio learns that it is better to march to the beat of their own drum than dance to another's tune.

Download or read book Little Devils Vol 2 written by Uuumi and published by Seven Seas Entertainment. This book was released on 2019-05-28 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The hero Byron used to fight demons... now he's raising them! Byron already had his hands full looking after the Little Devils, but his workload increases when God herself asks Byron to take in a monster as well! Can the Little Devils learn to play nice with their new pet?

Download or read book On the Devil s Court written by Carl Deuker and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2008-09-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What would you give to be your school's superstar? After reading Dr. Faustus, Joe considers the merits of selling his soul to the devil. Suddenly, he finds himself changing from a lousy basketball player and a C student to the star athlete he always dreamed he could be. Even though he isn't sure if he actually made a deal with the devil, he can't help but enjoy the benefits that come with his newfound abilities. But is achieving his dreams worth what he may have given up? In this coming of age sports novel, Joe learns the power of belief and that the only goals worth attaining are the ones that you earn -- on your own.

Download or read book Little Devils Vol 1 written by Uuumi and published by Seven Seas Entertainment. This book was released on 2019-05-28 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the hero Byron defeated the King of All Devils, he thought his mission was over. But instead of dying, the mighty monarch was split into twelve, adorable, trouble-making children! Now Byron has a new mission: raise these little devils as if they were his own. Fatherhood may just be this hero's greatest challenge yet!

Download or read book Little Devils Vol 4 written by Uuumi and published by Seven Seas Entertainment. This book was released on 2020-07-28 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Byron and the little devils have spent many days together playing, eating snacks, pulling pranks, and having fun. But now those happy times are coming to an end as the Creator himself says it is time for the devils to take over as caretakers of the Demon Realm. But what will become of Byron? Will he and the little devils really be separated forever? The conclusion to the heart-warming series, Little Devils!

Download or read book Little Devils Vol 3 written by Uuumi and published by Seven Seas Entertainment. This book was released on 2019-12-24 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Devil King is back and he's determined to gobble up the Little Devils and reabsorb their power! Luckily, Byron is there to protect them, but how is it that the Devil King is even alive? It's story time as the kids hear how Byron first slew the King of All Devils!

Download or read book The Devil s Little Girl written by Robert Padget and published by Publish America. This book was released on 2005-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amanda Marie Shortman is a beautiful little girl growing up in the small town of Rawlins, Wyoming. She has a lot of good friends and is very academically talented. To everyone else, she seems like a little girl with a normal life, but she has held a deep, dark secret since her father died. Her once sweet and loving mother, Rhonda, has turned to the dark side of life. However, just when things seem the darkest, Amanda's life changes one night because of two unexpected visitors. From this extraordinary experience, she comes to realize her true purpose in life, and thereafter, Amanda finds that she is willing to go to any lengths to escape her mother's wrath. She moves out on her own at the age of seventeen, graduates from high school, and moves on to college, where she has to work hard to achieve her dreams. Amanda comes to the realization that, even though she and her mother fight often, the two still need each other. But the time has become very limited for the two to develop the relationship that they have always wanted. Will this intensely dark tale have a truly happy ending or end in terror?

Download or read book Living with the Little Devil Man written by Lina Lisetta and published by Austin MacAuley. This book was released on 2018-09-27 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sterling was another soul lost to addiction. He was a schizophrenic plagued by the little devil man. Heroin saved him from that reality so many times. Most people aren't plagued by creatures, but what are they plagued by? What reality are they escaping? Sterling's story gives us some of the answers we seek. One thing is for certain, his story teaches us the importance of human connection and how to love. Not to love the addiction, but to love the person behind the addiction. It teaches us to the importance of helping others through dark times without judgment. This emotionally riveting story shows how good can triumph over evil in ways we never can anticipate. Expect to both cry and laugh. '""Living with the Little Devil Man"" introduces us to Sterling, a young man with searing blue eyes. The life Sterling was dealt: childhood cruelty, serious mental illness, and addiction, is woven into an energetic, funny, attractive young man that we come to care for as much as his adoptive mother who opened her home and family to him. Who does that? Who lets in addiction and mental illness, sleepless nights, and worry? This story is unaltered by resentment or judgment. It is a frank telling of one young life, lived with zest despite the terrible odds against him, and the woman who opens our hearts to let him in.' Dominique Simon-Levine PhD--Founder of AlliesinRecovery.net 'Reading ""Living with the Little Devil Man"" was like being on a train that I knew was going to be wrecked. I was on the train, I met all of the passengers and developed feelings for them and about them. I desperately wanted to be able to stop that train. I cried so many times while reading the book that I can...t count them. This book encompasses intimacy, compassion, and horror, but it also gives us a sense of hope, passion, and transcendence.' Eugene Isaak, J.D.--Author in Recovery '""Living with the Little Devil Man"" is a gripping story about the demons of addiction and the struggles with mental illness during the course of a young man s life. ""Living with the Little Devil Man"" brings out the humanistic side of it all and teaches us to love unconditionally, especially those who struggle with addiction and mental illness.' J. Bruno - Narcotics Detective 20+ yea