Download or read book The Dirty Duck written by Martha Grimes and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-03-26 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A killer targets Shakespeare-loving tourists in the New York Times–bestselling mystery series full of “vivacity, charm, and wit” (Kirkus Reviews). The Dirty Duck is a pub in Shakespeare’s beloved Stratford-on-Avon, and it’s here that Miss Gwendolyn Bracegirdle of Sarasota, Florida—fresh from a performance of As You Like It—takes her last drink. Mere minutes later she is slashed ear to ear. The only clue to this baffling and brutal murder is a pair of lines from an unknown poem printed across a theater program. It seems that a razor-happy killer is stalking a group of rich American tourists. And Scotland Yard Superintendent Richard Jury, just passing through Stratford for a glimpse of the intriguing Lady Kennington, finds himself taking a crash course in the bloodier side of Elizabethan verse.
Download or read book Dirty Duck written by Bobby London and published by IDW Publishing. This book was released on 2016-09-06 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bobby London's legendary career as an underground cartoonist has spanned decades. London created his most enduring character, the outrageous and irrepressible Dirty Duck in 1971. He was a founding member of the infamous Air Pirates, and produced strips for National Lampoon during the heyday of that massively influential magazine. After departing the Lampoon, the cigar-chomping Dirty Duck and his creator found a home at Playboy magazine. He wrote and drew the syndicated Popeye newspaper strip for six years until a major controversy ended his tenure on Segar s sailor. This oversized volume will collect nearly all of London s influential Dirty Duck strips, from Air Pirates Funnies, National Lampoon, Playboy and other publications. Many of the strips have been scanned from the original art in the artist s vast personal archives, including rare and unpublished preliminary drawings. A contemporary of Gilbert Shelton, R. Crumb and the ZAP crew, London s legacy is a major piece of history in the great American art form. In 1978 London was awarded the prestigious Yellow Kid Award for best writer/artist at the Lucca Comics Festival for his work on Dirty Duck. Introduction by Drew Friedman."
Download or read book Little White Duck written by Andrþes Vera Martiþnez and published by Millbrook Press. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young girl describes her experiences growing up in China, beginning with the death of Chairman Mao in 1976.
Download or read book The Tale of Jemima Puddle Duck written by Beatrix Potter and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Searching for a convenient nesting-place, befuddled Jemima Puddle-Duck chooses a fox's den.
Download or read book Daisy and the Dirty Dozen written by Jessica Wallace and published by . This book was released on 2018-03-10 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Daisy and the Dirty Dozen is the true, heartwarming, and fun story of a female mallard duck and her 12 ducklings that take up residence in a suburban family's swimming pool.The Wallace family take the 13 ducks "under their wing" and are able to watch a mother duck care for her ducklings right from their kitchen window.The ducks also provide the Wallace family with the opportunity to learn more about wildlife and how to enjoy sharing their yard with a family of ducks.See the real-life Daisy and the Dirty Dozen at www.daisyandthedirtydozen.comAdvance Praise for Daisy and the Dirty Dozen:Nature makes its way into the suburbs and a local family learns more about their fellow inhabitants in this charming story of a duck family who made an unlikely home in a family pool. In a town surrounded by small ponds, a river and two lakes, the lifecycle of our migrant mallards is often scarcely understood. This family learned about the habits of a nesting mother duck, the growth and adaptation of her brood, the value of accepting a change in everyday routines, and alterations in backyard maintenance to allow the duck family to thrive.Barbara Leary, Executive Committee Chair (Sierra Club, Sacramento Group)Daisy and the Dirty Dozen is a very engaging story that children can relate to. I love the warmth that the Wallace family shows toward each other and towards their new duck family. The writing and illustrations allow you to share the experience. I really enjoyed this story, and I think others will, too.Jean Ferrario, Second Grade Teacher
Download or read book Duck Rabbit written by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2014-01-21 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the award-winning author of Little Pea, Little Hoot, and Little Oink comes a clever take on the age-old optical illusion: is it a duck or a rabbit? Depends on how you look at it! Readers will find more than just Amy Krouse Rosenthal's signature humor herethere's also a subtle lesson for kids who don't know when to let go of an argument. A smart, simple story that will make readers of all ages eager to take a side, Duck! Rabbit! makes it easy to agree on one thing—reading it again! Plus, this is the fixed format version, which will look almost identical to the print version. Additionally for devices that support audio, this ebook includes a read-along setting.
Download or read book The Dirty Great Dinosaur written by Martin Waddell and published by Franklin Watts. This book was released on 2009 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grrrrrr! Look out! Here comes the Dirty Great Dinosaur! It's huge! It's hungry! It's the DIRTY GREAT DINOSAUR! He's going to eat anything in his way! Only Hal (and his little dog Billy) can stop the hungry beastie, because they know just how to calm that Dirty Great Dinosaur down . . . Let Hal and Billy show you how to calmly deal with temper tantrums of monstrous proportions! World renowned storyteller Martin Waddell has created a dynamic and action-packed text which perfectly matches this exciting picture book debut from fabulous new illustrator, Leonie Lord.
Download or read book Duck Dunks written by Lynne Berry and published by Henry Holt and Company (BYR). This book was released on 2008-05-27 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's summer! Five little ducks can't wait to splash into the sea. With their swimsuits on and a picnic for later, they're ready for a day of sand and sun. Children will want to dive right into this delightful companion to Duck Skates. Duck Dunks is a 2009 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.
Download or read book Mucky Duck written by Sally Grindley and published by Bloomsbury USA Childrens. This book was released on 2003-06-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here's a duck who's into everything: cooking,sports,painting,gardening, The more fun she has, the muckier she gets! Finally it's bath time. How long will it be before the duck and her boy are mucky all over again? Sure enough, not very long at all. This story featuring a boy and his very self- possessed duck is full of hilarious and delightful moments and details.
Download or read book Dirty Jersey written by PHILLIP THOMAS DUCK and published by HarperCollins Australia. This book was released on 2013-09-01 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From zero to heroWhat's cool at Eric Posey's high school? A player's swagger, a baller's style, and game enough to catch every girl. Unfortunately, Eric is seriously uncool––unlike his popular sister, Kenya, who sings like an angel. But forget the choir; Kenya wants the fabulous life––bad boys and fly girls.A chance encounter with Fiasco, one of the hottest rappers around, gives Eric entr e into the world of the "Dirty Jersey" crew, where he's introduced to everyone and everything. Suddenly, Eric is cool and has access to anything he's ever wanted. Never mind that Fiasco isn't exactly a good guy––so what? But so what has a price. And Fiasco has just named it: Kenya.
Download or read book Le Pigeon written by Gabriel Rucker and published by Ten Speed Press. This book was released on 2013-09-17 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This debut cookbook from James Beard Rising Star Chef Gabriel Rucker features a serious yet playful collection of 150 recipes from his phenomenally popular Portland restaurant. In the five years since Gabriel Rucker took the helm at Le Pigeon, he has catapulted from culinary school dropout to award-winning chef. Le Pigeon is offal-centric and meat-heavy, but by no means dogmatic, offering adventures into delicacies unknown along with the chance to order a vegetarian mustard greens quiche and a Miller High Life if that's what you're craving. In their first cookbook, Rucker and general manager/sommelier Andrew Fortgang celebrate high-low extremes in cooking, combining the wild and the refined in a unique and progressive style. Featuring wine recommendations from sommelier Andrew Fortgang, stand-out desserts from pastry chef Lauren Fortgang, and stories about the restaurant’s raucous, seat-of-the-pants history by writer Meredith Erickson, Le Pigeon combines the wild and the refined in a unique, progressive, and delicious style.
Download or read book Ice Capades written by Sean Avery and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-10-24 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: **One of Sports Illustrated's Best Sports Books of 2017** Controversial hockey star Sean Avery's no-holds-barred memoir of high living and bad behavior in the NHL—coupled with the behind-the-scenes glitter of celebrity and media nightlife in New York and LA. As one of the NHL’s most polarizing players, Sean Avery turned the rules of professional hockey on its head. For thirteen seasons, Avery played for some of the toughest, most storied franchises in the league, including the Detroit Red Wings, the Los Angeles Kings, and the New York Rangers, making his mark in each city as a player that was sometimes loved, often despised, but always controversial. In Ice Capades, Avery takes his trademark candidness about the world of pro hockey and does for it what Jim Bouton's game-changing Ball Four did for baseball. Avery goes deep inside the sport to reveal every aspect of an athlete’s life, from what they do with their money and nights off to how they stay sharp and competitive in the league. While playing the talented villain in the NHL, Avery broke far away from his on-ice character in the off-season, and Ice Capades takes the reader inside the other unexpected and unprecedented roles that Avery inhabited—Vogue intern, fashion model, advertising executive, restauranteur, gay rights advocate, and many more. Love him or hate him, Sean Avery changed the way professional hockey is played today. Rollickingly honest and compelling throughout, Ice Capades transcends the “sports book” genre and offers a rare, unvarnished glimpse into the world of 21st century hockey through the eyes of one of its most original and memorable players.
Download or read book Harry the Dirty Dog written by Gene Zion and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 1956-09-05 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There's never been another dog as delightful–or dirty–as Harry. This lovable white dog with black spots (or black dog with white spots) has charmed children for fifty years, and we are celebrating with an anniversary edition. This childhood favourite is perfect for reading aloud before going to bed or avoiding a bath.
Download or read book Guji Guji written by Zhiyuan Chen and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brave 'crocoduck' saves his family from becoming duck dinner. Raised from an egg by Mother Duck, Guji Guji is quite content with his life as a duckling, despite the fact that he doesn't look anything like his brothers. Then he meets three nasty creatures who not only convince him that he is, like them, a crocodile, but also try to persuade him to deliver his duck relatives for their dinner. "Chen's vivid characters - the exuberantly befuddled 'crocoduck' and his adopted family, the riotously creepy crocodiles that loom like shadows - are rendered with wit and warmth ... Love overcomes all differences here, and Guji Guji's antics are laugh-out-loud adorable." The New York Times Book Review "Chen's story of love, acceptance and self-discovery gives every sign of becoming a well-worn favourite." Publishers Weekly "This story is a winner! When, after a brief silence once the story is read, comes 'Can we read it again, please?' you know it will be a favourite - and it is." Daily Chronicle
Download or read book Henry s Awful Mistake written by Robert Quackenbush and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-06-27 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Henry the duck tries all sorts of methods to rid his kitchen of an ant before his guest comes to supper.
Download or read book The Mexican Tree Duck written by James Crumley and published by Vintage Crime/Black Lizard. This book was released on 2016-07-12 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WINNER OF THE DASHIELL HAMMETT AWARD One night up in Montana, C.W. Sughrue sets his seedy bar’s pricey jukebox in front of an oncoming freight train. When predictable results ensue, he needs to find a way to make some money and pay back the jukebox company. So even though Sughrue’s officially retired from P.I. work, he picks up one small-time case involving some kidnapped fish. That fishy trail leads to a much bigger case involving a Texas politician's kidnapped wife, a valuable piece of pre-Columbian pottery, and a single mother who packs guns and stolen goods in her infant son's diaper bag.
Download or read book Moby Duck written by Donovan Hohn and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-03-03 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Selected by The New York Times Book Review as a Notable Book of the Year A revelatory tale of science, adventure, and modern myth. When the writer Donovan Hohn heard of the mysterious loss of thousands of bath toys at sea, he figured he would interview a few oceanographers, talk to a few beachcombers, and read up on Arctic science and geography. But questions can be like ocean currents: wade in too far, and they carry you away. Hohn's accidental odyssey pulls him into the secretive world of shipping conglomerates, the daring work of Arctic researchers, the lunatic risks of maverick sailors, and the shadowy world of Chinese toy factories. Moby-Duck is a journey into the heart of the sea and an adventure through science, myth, the global economy, and some of the worst weather imaginable. With each new discovery, Hohn learns of another loose thread, and with each successive chase, he comes closer to understanding where his castaway quarry comes from and where it goes. In the grand tradition of Tony Horwitz and David Quammen, Moby-Duck is a compulsively readable narrative of whimsy and curiosity.
