Download or read book The Book of Mischief written by Steve Stern and published by Graywolf Press. This book was released on 2012-09-04 with total page 493 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In the 25 years since [Stern] published his first book, younger Jewish writers have run with a similar shtick . . . But Stern was there first." —The Toronto Globe and Mail The Book of Mischief triumphantly showcases twenty-five years of outstanding work by one of our true masters of the short story. Steve Stern's stories take us from the unlikely old Jewish quarter of the Pinch in Memphis to a turn-of-thecentury immigrant community in New York; from the market towns of Eastern Europe to a down-at-the-heels Catskills resort. Along the way we meet a motley assortment of characters: Mendy Dreyfus, whose bungee jump goes uncannily awry; Elijah the prophet turned voyeur; and the misfit Zelik Rifkin, who discovers the tree of dreams. Perhaps it's no surprise that Kafka's cockroach also makes an appearance in these pages, animated as they are by instances of bewildering transformation. The earthbound take flight, the meek turn incendiary, the powerless find unwonted fame. Weaving his particular brand of mischief from the wondrous and the macabre, Stern transforms us all through the power of his brilliant imagination.
Download or read book Magical Mischief written by Anna Dale and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2011-07-19 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What if magic took over everything in its path? This is the fate of the old Hardbattle Bookshop. Magic has settled in every corner and brought chaos to Mr. Hardbattle's life, driving away all of his customers. Then one day, just when Mr. Hardbattle's had enough, a young boy named Arthur stumbles in. And soon Mr. Hardbattle, Arthur, and the lovable Miss Quint are banding together to reclaim the shop. A new home for magic must be found . . .
Download or read book The History of Mischief written by Rebecca Higgie and published by Fremantle Press. This book was released on 2020-09-01 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Jessie and her older sister Kay find a book called The History of Mischief,hidden beneath the floorboards in their grandmother's house, they uncover asecret world. The History chronicles how, since antiquity, mischief-makers haveclandestinely shaped the past &– from an Athenian slave to a Polish salt miner andfrom an advisor to the Ethiopian Queen to a girl escaping the Siege of Paris. Jessiebecomes enthralled by the book and by her own mission to determine its accuracy.Soon the History inspires Jessie to perform her own acts of mischief, unofficiallybecoming mischief-maker number 202 in an effort to cheer up her eccentricneighbour, Mrs Moran, and to comfort her new schoolfriend, Theodore. However, noteverything is as it seems. As Jessie delves deeper into the real story behind theHistory, she becomes convinced her grandmother holds the key to a long-held familysecret.The History of Mischief is about the many things we do to try to escape
Download or read book M for Mischief written by Richard Parker and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three Marlowe children find a stove in the summer house with two settings O for ordinary and M for mischef. What mischief the children get into with a magic cookbook!
Download or read book White Mischief written by James Fox and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2014-05-06 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The riveting true story of decadence, deception, and murder among British aristocrats in colonial Kenya In 1941, with London burning in the Blitz, a group of hedonistic English nobles partied shamelessly in Kenya. Far removed from falling bombs, the wealthy elites of “Happy Valley” indulged in morphine, alcohol, and unrestricted sex, often with their friends’ spouses. But the party turned sinister in the early hours of a January morning for Josslyn Hay, Lord Erroll, who had been enjoying the favors of the beautiful young wife of a middle-aged neighbor. Hay was found dead, a bullet in his brain. The murder shocked the close-knit community of wealthy expatriates in Nairobi and shined a harsh light on their louche lifestyle. Three decades later, author James Fox researched the slaying of Lord Erroll, an unsolved crime still sheathed in a thick cloud of rumor and innuendo. What he discovered was both unsettling and luridly compelling. White Mischief is a spellbinding true-crime classic, a tale of privileged excess and the wages of sin, and an account of one writer’s determined effort to crack a cold and craven killing.
Download or read book Mischief written by Charlotte Armstrong and published by Alien Ebooks. This book was released on 2023-08-17 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A couple leaves their child with a baby sitter and goes out for the evening. But who is this person that they have left to care for their child? This serialized version of the story, which appeared in Good Housekeeping in 1950, varies from the book version published in 1951.
Download or read book Hidden Mischief written by Kat Cotton and published by Kat Cotton. This book was released on 2019-02-07 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hello Kitty, hello sushi, hello… demons? When my parents told me I was the next in line as guardian to a powerful and ancient stone, I thought they’d been smoking the crack pipe. Then they told me they’d lost that stone and I needed to go to Tokyo to retrieve it. Sounded simple: pick up the stone, do some shopping then head home. Not so much. Their connection in Tokyo is a creepy mob boss dealing in paranormal objects who demands I complete a mission for him before he’ll help out. He makes me team up with a snarky kitsune and a shady dream eater who both hate me on first sight. Our mission – babysitting a god until festival day. Now I have a slew of enemies trying to attack and/or seduce me, a bunch of crows following me around and supposed paranormal abilities. Then that cranky old god goes missing and I’m the only one who can find him. Luckily, I have a few tricks of my own.
Download or read book Mischief Reef written by Senan Fox and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-09-13 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This seven-chapter book examines the background to and consequences of the disputed occupation of Mischief Reef in the Spratly Islands group of the South China Sea (SCS) by the People’s Republic of China (PRC), from the mid-1990s to the present day. Although Mischief Reef has received significant media attention and has been discussed in academic journal articles and policy research reports, no books on the topic have appeared since a 30-page publication in 1996. By covering the topic in historical, domestic political, legal, economic, strategic, and geo-political terms, this book not only fills a gap on a particularly important issue with global consequences, but also acts as a follow-on to a previous Palgrave book by this author on another maritime dispute, Socotra Rock. This book will be of interest to journalists, scholars and legal theorists researching the implications of China's rise for maritime disputes in East Asia.
Download or read book Sister Mischief written by Laura Goode and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2011-07-12 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gay suburban hip-hopper freaks out her Christian high school - and falls in love - in this righteously funny and totally tender YA debut, for real. (Age 14 and up) Listen up: You’re about to get rocked by the fiercest, baddest all-girl hip-hop crew in the Twin Cities - or at least in the wealthy, white, Bible-thumping suburb of Holyhill, Minnesota. Our heroine, Esme Rockett (aka MC Ferocious) is a Jewish lesbian lyricist. In her crew, Esme’s got her BFFs Marcy (aka DJ SheStorm, the butchest straight girl in town) and Tess (aka The ConTessa, the pretty, popular powerhouse of a vocalist). But Esme’s feelings for her co-MC, Rowie (MC Rohini), a beautiful, brilliant, beguiling desi chick, are bound to get complicated. And before they know it, the queer hip-hop revolution Esme and her girls have exploded in Holyhill is on the line. Exciting new talent Laura Goode lays down a snappy, provocative, and heartfelt novel about discovering the rhythm of your own truth.
Download or read book Literary Mischief written by James Dorsey and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2010-04-30 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sakaguchi Ango (1906-1955) was a writer who thrived on iconoclasm and agitation. He remains one of the most creative and stimulating thinkers of twentieth-century Japan. Ango was catapulted into the public consciousness in the months immediately following Japan's surrender to the Allied Forces in 1945. The energy and iconoclasm of his writings were matched by the outrageous and outsized antics of his life. Behind that life, and in the midst of those tumultuous times, Ango spoke with a cutting clarity. The essays and translations included in Literary Mischief probe some of the most volatile issues of culture, ideology, and philosophy of postwar Japan. Represented among the essayists are some of Japan's most important contemporary critics (e.g., Karatani K?jin and Ogino Anna). Many of Ango's works were produced during Japan's wars in China and the Pacific, a context in which words and ideas carried dire consequences for both writers and readers. All of the contributions to this volume consider this dimension of Ango's legacy, and it forms one of the thematic threads tying the volume together. The essays use Ango's writings to situate his accomplishment and contribute to our understanding of the potentials and limitations of radical thought in times of cultural nationalism, war, violence, and repression. This collection of essays and translations takes advantage of current interest in Sakaguchi Ango's work and makes available to the English-reading audience translations and critical work heretofore unavailable. As a result, the reader will come away with a coherent sense of Ango the individual and the writer, a critical apparatus for evaluating Ango, and access to new translations of key texts.
Download or read book Mischief Night written by Phoebe Rivers and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-08-14 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sara deals with ghosts galore in this Halloween edition of a paranormal series. Halloween is just around the corner, and Stellamar is buzzing with even more ghostly activity than usual! The fun begins when Sara and Lily unwittingly release the ghost of a young boy who was locked away in a closet a long time ago. The little ghost is full of mischief, but for some reason Sara is completely powerless over him. What makes this ghost so special? And Sara’s not the only one with ghosts on her mind....Jayden Mendes, her crush from school, shows up at her house for a reading with Lady Azura. When the reading reveals secrets about the ghostly presence by Jayden’s side, Sara realizes she might be in over her head with Jayden…. Meanwhile, Lady Azura has been urging Sara to learn to put up boundaries between herself and these spirits. But Sara’s boundaries are put to the ultimate test on Halloween Eve during a huge party at her house, where ghostly visitors and real-life classmates collide!
Download or read book Luck s Mischief written by Ishtiyaque Haji and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Something is subject to luck if it is beyond our control. In Luck's Mischief, Haji argues that owing frequently to precluding our being able to otherwise, luck limits both the range of what is morally obligatory for us and things for which we are morally responsible.
Download or read book Mr Mischief and the Leprechaun written by Adam Hargreaves and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-02-02 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this Mr. Men mash-up perfect for St. Patrick's Day, Mr. Mischief gets a taste of his own medicine! Mr. Mischief is known for playing tricks on everyone, so when tricks are played on him one morning, he wonders who's responsible. Turns out it's a Leprechaun! Mr. Mischief and the Leprechaun decide to join forces. The poor Mr. Men and Little Misses are in for some surprises! But when the Leprechaun convinces Mr. Mischief to dig a hole at the end of a rainbow, Mr. Mischief is in for his own surprise!
Download or read book Mischief among the Penguins written by H.W. Tilman and published by Vertebrate Publishing. This book was released on 2015-12-16 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Hand (man) wanted for long voyage in small boat. No pay, no prospects, not much pleasure.' So read the crew notice placed in the personal column of The Times by H.W. 'Bill' Tilman in the spring of 1959. This approach to selecting volunteers for a year-long voyage of 20,000 miles brought mixed seafaring experience: ' Osborne had crossed the Atlantic fifty-one times in the Queen Mary, playing double bass in the ship's orchestra'. With unclimbed ice-capped peaks and anchorages that could at best be described as challenging, the Southern Ocean island groups of Crozet and Kerguelen provided obvious destinations for Tilman and his fifty-year-old wooden pilot cutter Mischief. His previous attempt to land in the Crozet Islands had been abandoned when their only means of landing was carried away by a severe storm in the Southern Ocean. Back at Lymington, a survey of the ship uncovered serious Teredo worm damage. Tilman, undeterred, sold his car to fund the rebuilding work and began planning his third sailing expedition to the southern hemisphere. Mischief among the Penguins (1961), Tilman's account of landfalls on these tiny remote volcanic islands, bears testament to the development of his ocean navigation skills and seamanship. The accounts of the island anchorages, their snow-covered heights, geology and in particular the flora and fauna pay tribute to the varied interests and ingenuity of Mischief's crew, not least after several months at sea when food supplies needed to be eked out. Tilman's writing style, rich with informative and entertaining quotations, highlights the lessons learned with typical self-deprecating humour, while playing down the immensity of his achievements.
Download or read book Sir John Hargrave s Mischief Maker s Manual written by John Hargrave and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-01-06 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the definitive guide to pranking and mayhem. Written in the style of a training manual, but with hilarious illustrations, this book is broken up into five sections. The “Basics” shows kids how to find a pranking partner and how to pull simple pranks like making crank calls. “Prank Moves” explains how to pull pranks at places like home, school, or camp. “Do-It-Yourself” demonstrates things like putting a real worm inside an ice cube. “Experts Only” covers such advanced pranks as how to fake an alien landing. And “Recipes” gives step-by-step instructions on how to bake tuna cookies.
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Download or read book Magick and Mischief written by Michelle M. Pillow and published by The Raven Books LLC. This book was released on 2019-12-04 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Andrea Breaux has been on the run for years. But when she encounters a handsome, immortal Scottish warlock and his powerful toddler who adores her, she can’t seem to resist the duo! A fun, spellbinding romance full of hijinks and humor. (Bookbub) Magic, Mischief & Kilts! A modern-day Scottish warlock paranormal romance by NYT Bestselling Author Michelle M. Pillow. Kenneth doesn’t have room for anything in his life beyond his responsibilities as an immortal warlock and a father. Being a single dad is difficult, especially when that toddler is more powerful than his entire magickal family combined. Standing against forces who want nothing more than to harness his daughter’s power takes focus, dedication, and the willingness to put his life on hold. So when the mysterious yet beautiful Andrea appears on his doorstep, he can’t help but distrust her. For two years, Andrea Breaux has been running from a dangerous supernatural force. She’s learned to stay on the move, to never allow grass to grow under her feet, and to be suspicious of everyone and everything. When she finds herself in a house surrounded by magicks and a powerful child who would rather she not leave, Andrea isn’t sure what to do or if she even wants to go. But staying puts everyone at risk, especially the Scottish hottie in a kilt, Kenneth MacGregor. From the Highlands of Scotland to the valleys of Wisconsin... Book Seven of the Warlocks MacGregor® series by NY Times and USA TODAY Bestselling Author, Michelle M. Pillow. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ About the Warlocks MacGregor® Series People know magic is fake--card tricks and illusions, magicians and entertainers. But there is an older magick, a powerful force hidden from modern eyes, buried in folklore and myths, remembered by the few who practice the old ways and respect the lessons of past generations. The term "warlock" is a variation on the Old English word waerloga, primarily used by the Scots. It meant traitor, monster or deceiver. This fiction-based family includes males and females of magick. The MacGregors do not agree with how history has labeled them, or other supernaturals. To them, warlock means magick, family, and immortality. This series is not a portrayal of modern-day witchcraft or those who hold such beliefs. The MacGregors are a magickal class all their own. Warning: Contains yummy, hot, mischievous MacGregors who are almost certainly up to no good on their quest to find true love. And Uncle Raibeart. Praise For Magick and Mischief 5 Stars! "As usual, Michelle M. Pillow did an amazing job!" Mary Cook, thriller fiction author (2020) 5 Stars! "My favorite Michelle Pillow book. I never thought I 'd be able to choose any one book. I love this one." Cheri, Vine Voice (Bookbub 2020) Warlocks MacGregor® series: Love Potions Spellbound Stirring up Trouble Cauldrons and Confessions Spirits and Spells Kisses and Curses Magick and Mischief A Dash of Destiny A Streak of Lightning Magickal Trouble Genres: Contemporary, Scottish, Magic, Paranormal, Shifter Romance, witches, warlock, Highlander Romance, comedy, magic romance, shapeshifter romance, Scottish Romance, millionaire, billionaire, nobility, bad boy hero, Psychic, action and adventure, romantic comedy, fantasy, hea, humorous romance, romantic adventure, kick ass heroine, kick butt chick, alpha male, comedy romance, demons, ghosts, haunting, spirits, hea, humor, romantic suspense, suspense, werecat, Wizards & Witches, witch romance, phoenix, werefox, fox shifter, Scottish Romance, Highlander. Perfect for fans of Diana Gabaldon, L.L. Muir, J. R. Ward, Lauren Smith, Gena Showalter, Laurann Dohner, Charlene Hartnady, Darynda Jones, S. E. Smith, Evangeline Anderson, Christine Feehan, Donna Grant, Rebecca Zanetti, Anna Hackett, Kresley Cole, Lynsay Sands, Nalini Singh, Genevieve Jack, Felicity Heaton, Victoria Dahl, Jennifer L Armentrout, Carrie Ann Ryan, Elizabeth Hunter, Patricia Briggs, Laurell K. Hamilton, Lora Leigh, Alisa Woods.
