Download or read book What Do Monsters Do Tonight written by Donna Daniels and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2009-03 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many years ago, when my daughter was just a small child, the nightly ritual started at least 30 minutes before bedtime. To calm her worries that there were "monsters" in her room, I would check every place in the room that they could hide-in the closet, in the toybox, under the bed, etc. to show her there were no monsters. Finally, one day after a long hard day of being a mom I just agreed with her that there are monsters but they couldn't possibly come to her room that night because they were too busy doing their own things and living their own lives. It worked!! The ritual went from checking to see if they were there, to a simple question as I tucked her in. "Mommy, what do monsters do tonight?" Thus was born the book of the same title. Told in verse with vivid, adorable illustrations, the 'ritual' has become a tradition in our family and I hope it will in yours as well.

Download or read book Urban and Regional Planning and Development written by Rajiv R. Thakur and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-02-10 with total page 539 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book discusses urban planning and regional development practices in the twentieth century, and ways in which they are currently being transformed. It addresses questions such as: What are the factors affecting planning dynamics at local, regional, national and global scales? With the push to adopt a market paradigm in land development and infrastructure, the relationship between resource management, sustainable development and the role of governance has been transformed. Centralized planning is giving way to privatization, not only in the traditional regions but also in newly emerging regions of Asia, Africa and Latin America. Further, attempts are being made to bring planning related decision-making closer to the people who are most affected by it. Presenting a collection of studies from scholars around the world and highlighting recent advances in the field, the book is a valuable reference guide for those engaged in urban transformations, whether as graduate students, researchers, practitioners or policymakers.

Download or read book Last Night at the Lobster written by Stewart O'Nan and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-11-01 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A frank and funny yet emotionally resonant tale set within a vivid work day world, from the author of Emily, Alone and Henry, Himself--named a Best Book of the Year by The Washington Post, the San Francisco Chronicle, and Entertainment Weekly A Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize Perched in the far corner of a run-down New England mall, the Red Lobster hasn't been making its numbers and headquarters has pulled the plug. But manager Manny DeLeon still needs to navigate a tricky last shift--just four days before Christmas and in the midst of a fierce blizzard--with a near-mutinous staff and the final onslaught of hungry retirees, lunatics, and holiday office parties. All the while, he's wondering how to handle the waitress he's still in love with, his pregnant girlfriend, and where to find the present that will make everything better. Stewart O'Nan has been called "the bard of the working class," and Last Night at the Lobster is a poignant yet redemptive look at what a man does when he discovers that his best might not be good enough.

Download or read book The Opening written by Susannah E. Wilds and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2000-01-20 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Opening, a heart tugging story of long lasting friendships, high flying dreams, and perilous loves, reads like a weekend with your best friends. Lucy discovers a prediction that she wrote over thirty years ago about herself and five high school girl friends. Her decision to find these friends and bring them together again opens both a treasure-trove of good memories and a Pandora’s box of troubles, self-doubts, and recriminations. In spite of being told as young women that they could have it all, these friends had to struggle with difficult decisions that still haunt them. Like them, you may have had to choose between your job and your sense of what is right. By making these choices, women—like Lucy and her friends—have made their destinies. They have had not just one coming-of-age but several. The Opening will open windows on your life and memories and will redefine the heroine. She is probably you.

Download or read book The Weekenders written by Mary Kay Andrews and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2016-05-17 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some people stay all summer long on the idyllic island of Belle Isle, North Carolina. Others come only for the weekends-and the mix between the regulars and “the weekenders” can sometimes make the sparks fly. Riley Griggs has a season of good times with friends and family ahead of her on Belle Isle when things take an unexpected turn. While waiting for her husband to arrive on the ferry one Friday afternoon, Riley is confronted by a process server who thrusts papers into her hand. And her husband is nowhere to be found. So she turns to her island friends for help and support, but it turns out that each of them has their own secrets, and the clock is ticking as the mystery deepens...in a murderous way. Cocktail parties aside, Riley must find a way to investigate the secrets of Belle Island, the husband she might not really know, and the summer that could change everything. Told with Mary Kay Andrews’ trademark blend of humor and warmth, and with characters and a setting that you can’t help but fall for, the New York Times bestseller The Weekenders is the perfect summer escape.

Download or read book Spy written by Kit Bennetts and published by Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited. This book was released on 2014-10-31 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The inside story of the Bill Sutch spy scandal by the agent who potted him. In 1975 Kit Bennetts was one of the youngest officers ever to serve in the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service. Fresh out of training, on routine surveillance duty one night he followed a big Mercedes from the Soviet Embassy in Wellington and witnessed a meeting between a KGB officer and an unknown man. That man turned out to be Dr William Sutch, one of New Zealand's most eminent citizens. Five months later, after more surveillance and a major sting, Sutch was arrested and charged with passing information to the Russians. A spectacular trial ensued — New Zealand's only epionage trail, ever — at which Sutch was acquitted, only to die seven months later. Thirty years aon, and with the recent release of the Mitrokhin archives, fascination with the case and speculation about whether Sutch was indeed a KGB mole endures. Spy marks the first time an SIS officer has ever gone public. Fast paced, humorous, it details how the SIS got their man, only to lose the case against him in court.

Download or read book The College Buzz Book written by Carolyn C. Wise and published by Vault Inc.. This book was released on 2007-03-26 with total page 990 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many guides claim to offer an insider view of top undergraduate programs, but no publisher understands insider information like Vault, and none of these guides provides the rich detail that Vault's new guide does. Vault publishes the entire surveys of current students and alumni at more than 300 top undergraduate institutions. Each 2- to 3-page entry is composed almost entirely of insider comments from students and alumni. Through these narratives Vault provides applicants with detailed, balanced perspectives.

Download or read book Fodor s Australia written by Margaret Kelly and published by Fodors Travel Publications. This book was released on 2010 with total page 762 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the cultural attractions of Vienna, Salzburg, and other areas of Austria and offers tips on accommodations, restaurants, walking and driving tours, sightseeing, shopping, and seasonal festivals and events

Download or read book Poison at the Mall written by Clare Kauter and published by Clare Kauter. This book was released on 2018-07-21 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a companion novella to the Charlie Davies Mysteries. If you’re new to Charlie, start with LOSING YOUR HEAD, Charlie Davies Mystery #1. It’s New Year’s Day and I’m on a mission: buy new shampoo. Well, that’s the plan – until a man drops dead in front of me. When I find out the man was poisoned, I decide that solving his murder is exactly the distraction I need. Not that I’m upset about what happened the night before. At all. With my friend and fellow fashionista Eli Baxter along for the ride, this case is sure to be packed with fun, snacks and murder. Maybe a terrible haircut or two. And definitely no repressed emotions. Because I am absolutely fine. Totally. Cough.

Download or read book Vanity Fair written by and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 1488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Am I Evil written by William McLane and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2006-06-01 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Journey with William Smith as he documents his outlandish, yet very real, voyage from the Navy brig to the boundaries of Hell.A vague offer takes Smitty, an escaped military fugitive, off the streets as a vagabond and puts him into a role that supports a strange duoâs dark endeavor. Prior to learning of the killing spree, Smitty naively professes allegiance to them in return for much needed food and shelter. Within days, a series of horrific events makes Smitty wonder how much carnage the pair are capable of and if the preposterous proclamations of vampirism are true or not. While obviously fearing for his life, Smitty digs for the truth and deflects any impeding police intervention to unearth the secret woven deeply within the underworld of the beach.

Download or read book The Bibliography of Matthew Arnold written by Thomas Burnett Smart and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Horse Doctor written by Elizabeth Herbert and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2005 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author Elizabeth Woolsey-Herbert offers a unique and touching story of her life as an equine veterinarian in semirural Australia. As an American living in a foreign country for fourteen years, she observes the differences in Australia compared to her native California. The single mother of an eleven-year-old daughter, she also combines work and family commitments. With wit and wisdom, Dr. Woolsey-Herbert faces an assortment of daily dilemmas: * Charlie needs to place well in an upcoming race, but he can't put his foot to the ground. Will he be able to race in three days in order to qualify for the most important race of his life? * Herbie has a severe toxicity. He can't see, and he can't walk straight. His owner has big plans for him, but will he survive the night? * Cooper needs costly, life-saving surgery. His owner, Amanda, can't afford it. What will become of Cooper? Dr. Woolsey-Herbert deftly intermingles descriptions of Australian life and the people she meets in her daily travels with her touching true stories. With humor and in-depth descriptions, Horse Doctor will captivate the horse lover in you.

Download or read book Sink or Sit written by Jason Bilotti and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2024-02-27 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jason and Haley Bilotti’s Sink or Sit will inspire and challenge readers to get out of their comfort zones and step into God’s call, to stop sitting in place but to be willing to take risks, even if that means sinking while doing it. It’s probably happened to you. You felt that nudge, an urge, from deep inside you, calling you out of your comfort zone. Calling to you to take a risk. You have felt that call from God, asking you to step out of the boat, to do something significant. Jason and Haley Bilotti each felt it—for years. But as they began to have children and their obligations with Chick-fil-A grew, they didn’t see a way to answer the call of their hearts: to serve God through missions. When the opportunity presented itself for them to take separate missions trips, they learned just how creative God truly is. They began leading separate teams to Niger, in western Africa, and to serve the neediest of all, the children. Through their work with Schools for Niger, Africa, an organization the Bilottis and their business associates started, they found inroads to countless communities throughout Niger. Their work also led them to meet their future son, Rachid, a child they first sponsored and later adopted. Jason and Haley tell their touching story using alternating perspectives, while also bringing in their grown children to help tell it from their own points of view. In reading this book, you will sense their passion for serving the lost and forgotten, and you will feel the love they have for the people God has brought their way. The Bilottis’ story, Sink or Sit, will both inspire and empower you to take your own leap. To get out of that boat. To trust that sinking is better than sitting.

Download or read book London Past and Present written by Henry Benjamin Wheatley and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 626 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based upon the Handbook of London, by the late Peter Cunningham.

Download or read book Ventures Level 2 Student s Book with Audio CD written by Gretchen Bitterlin and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-07-12 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ventures 2nd Edition is a six-level, standards-based ESL series for adult-education ESL. Ventures 2nd Edition Level 2 Student's Book with accompanying Self-study Audio CD contains 10 units composed of six lessons each on relevant adult-learner themes. The two-page lessons are designed for an hour of classroom instruction. Culture notes and speaking, reading, and writing tips enrich and support exercises. Review units include sections focusing on pronunciation. It also includes a self-study CD with audio for the listening lessons, readings, and picture dictionaries.

Download or read book The Truth About Thongs Mapleville High 1 written by Stephanie Rowe and published by SBD Press. This book was released on 2016-09-14 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You know that amazing moment when the guy you've been crushing on finally notices you? And you have a fantastic conversation? And then, the next day, he doesn't even recognize you, let alone drop to his knees and declare he'll be yours forever? Yeah, that hurts. And that's pretty much Blueberry Waller's life. Freshman year might have started off as zero for Blue, but when she gets a part in the school musical as her crush's mother, it's her chance to get noticed by him. Yes, Heath is much cooler than she is. Yes, he's a senior, and she's a freshman. And yes, he has to kiss another girl in the play. But when he runs into Blue at a cast party, suddenly, she's on his radar. Things are moving fast, faster than Blue is prepared for. It takes her three best friends, and a very hot senior named Colin, to help her figure things out….until things suddenly become a lot more complicated than she ever intended…including a first kiss that's all wrong. Or is it? Books in the Mapleville High Series: The Truth About Thongs How to Date a Bad Boy Pedicures Don't Like Dir Geeks Can Be Hot The Fake Boyfriend Experiment Ice Cream, Jealousy & Other Dating Tips Author's Note: This novel was originally published in paperback in 2004 by Dorchester Publishing with the title Putting Boys on the Ledge under the author's pen name of Stephie Davis. This edition has been substantially revised and expanded.