Download or read book Yeah Nah written by William McInnes and published by Hachette Australia. This book was released on 2023-11-01 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever bunged it on? Behaved like a drongo? Added mayo to a story? Lost your Reg Grundies? Join bestselling storyteller William McInnes as he offers his own take on our colourful and colloquial way with words. From the simpler times of childhood to today's testing (and unprecedented!) times, or when we're wasting time, enjoying sporting times or hitting the big time, Australians have a turn of phrase for every situation. Our love of plain speaking communicates the essence of the thing to our mates, to those in the know - and to those who should know better. Part memoir, part manifesto, this warm, witty, poignant and laugh-out-loud funny collection will have you thinking about what you say, how you say it and what that really says about us as a nation. Praise for the writing of William McInnes 'Warm and engaging . . . feels a little bit like home' Daily Telegraph 'If there is a quintessence of Australia at its best, William McInnes has distilled it' The Age 'Warm, nostalgic, funny and undeniably Australian' Sydney Morning Herald
Download or read book Last Lecture written by Perfection Learning Corporation and published by Turtleback. This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Girls From da Hood 8 written by Treasure Hernandez and published by Urban Books. This book was released on 2013-08-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Urban Books' popular Girls From da Hood series is back, bringing readers more dramatic tales about the lives of some tough, resourceful women who can hold their own when things get rough on the streets. Gabby Davenport spent the first fifteen years of her life in the suburbs, living a privileged and sheltered existence. When her mother dies unexpectedly, she is forced to move from her middle class neighborhood into Cumberland Projects in Brooklyn. Gabby's life will never be the same. Mika, the queen bee of the projects, doesn't appreciate the arrival of this private-school good girl. Mika and her posse are on a mission to make Gabby's life miserable, and things only get worse when Mika's "friend with benefits" B-Waite decides he wants to make Gabby his girl. Mika is ready to go to war to win back her man, and she doesn't care who she has to take down in the process. Keisha, Shawna, and LaRhonda are best friends forever, as the saying goes. Nothing will tear apart this tight trio—or so they think. When Keisha steps out of her box to become more of her own person, tension builds among the girls. In the eyes of her trusted friends, her lifestyle has become questionable. What happens when her secrets and desires are revealed? Shawna's life is just starting to look up. She's been hired at a major record label, and she's making enough money to move out of the projects for good. When her good news is met by fake smiles, Shawna gets a new perspective on how her girls really feel. LaRhonda sees each of her friends moving up while she's still struggling in the confines of the ghetto. After she gives birth to her second child by the age of eighteen, she feels like her dreams are out of reach. Her growing jealousy isn't easy to hide. What will happen when her misery wants company?
Download or read book Skyquakers written by A.J. Conway and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-03 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A bizarre and otherworldly storm bears down onto the outback town of Wyndham, a storm unlike any seen before. Ned, a local schoolboy, finds himself trapped in a refrigerator during the chaos, only to emerge and find every living thing on Earth, human or otherwise, has vanished into the sky. While Ned bunkers down in what shelter he can find, surviving off the resources of an abandoned town, he soon notices the unsettling changes taking form around him: odd plant and animal life are emerging in place of those that were lost, and in place of humans comes these new, taller, nameless beings that Ned dubs Skyquakers. Ned's survival relies on him finding other humans; others like him who managed to outrun and outsmart the storm. But this country is big, dry, and unforgiving: his search for companionship across bushland and deserts cannot come without a few sacrifices. As the Skyquakers approach, he runs.
Download or read book Ink Reina written by T.O. Smith and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-12-31 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ink has two goals: graduate high school and become a member of the Savage Crows MC. But when he lands his eyes on Reina, his priorities are changing. He finds himself making time for her. And when his brother comes to town? Suddenly, everything is getting all twisted. He's torn between being the bad guy and supporting Reina. Will his brother inevitably rip them apart, or is Ink and Reina's bond strong enough to withstand anything?
Download or read book Lazy Dungeon Master Volume 9 written by Supana Onikage and published by J-Novel Club. This book was released on 2020-02-25 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even dragons fall in love?! My nameâs Keima Masuda, and despite the fact Iâm aiming for an easygoing life Iâm a Dungeon Master, a town chief, and a pope. Goren Townâs busy with a Beddhist wedding ceremony, and now a dragonâs attacking? I feel like this is gonna be one crazy foe... âMy bad, Keima! Seems like my dumb daughterâs giving you trouble!â It was my neighbor (dungeon)âs daughter, Igni (300 years old). Thatâs fine, but now thereâs a bunch of adventurers coming to town to slay the dragon?! Does that mean Iâm not gonna get any rest until the dragonâs gone? This is Volume 9 of my own kind of dungeon story! Time to fight the dragon with a Hero!
Download or read book Gateway To Brienka written by Emily Rayven and published by Rayven Tales. This book was released on with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Zane's life seems to be getting more complicated by the day, he's been under the influence of the castle's magic for over five centuries. A conversation with his reunited brother Cael, makes him question his heritage. Confronting his father Azrael, to get the answers he so desires, Zane is thrown into a world where the magic is broken and he is set free. Brienka gives him the answers he seeks and clears the magic he had over him. Now being able to see the truth for the first time, Zane's already complicated life, becomes more complicated with the Fae's around him.
Download or read book Discussions A Z Advanced Book and Audio CD written by Adrian Wallwork and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-12-20 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A photocopiable resource book of speaking activities for intermediate and advanced level students.
Download or read book Jenny Rose written by Mary Anne Kelly and published by Minotaur Books. This book was released on 2014-07-15 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When photographer Claire Breslinsky's Irish aunt dies in a fire, she sets off to Ireland for the funeral. She tries not to think of the man with whom she almost had an affair years ago who still lives in Cork county. However, on the day that Claire is leaving, two things happen. She discovers that her husband is having an affair. Then her mother reveals that on a visit to Ireland seventeen years ago, her sister delivered an unwanted child name Jenny Rose. In this radiant, mysterious tale by Mary Anne Kelly, Claire encounters a lively assortment of eccentric, bickering Irish relatives and a shot, if she dares, at a life which stems from a dream.
Download or read book Distemper written by Beth Saulnier and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2002-02-28 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A serial killer declares hunting season in an upstate New York university town. The killer wants to keep the young reporter, Alex Bernier, well-informed, both as a journalist and as a potential victim. After a career-making murder case that proved personal bad news, sharp-witted journalist Alex Bernier swears she's going to report stories, not make them. Then a serial killer declares hunting season in her eccentric upstate New York university town and is only too happy to keep Alex, the reporter covering the case, personally in his twisted loop. To stop him, Alex must face off against an attractive police detective, a ruthless New York Times reporter, and a tech-happy student voyeur. But as she races through a maze of bewildering leads, she doesn't know her rabidly clever subject is out to kill her story -- permanently.
Download or read book Moments From Strawberry Jam the Chronicles of Nicholas Swift vol 1 written by N.R. Hazard and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-10-04 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With a few hundred dollars and a one-way train ticket, Nicholas Swift attempts to escape the childhood memories that plague him by leaving his small New England town behind and venturing toward the siren's call of Atlanta, Georgia. While navigating through trappings of distrust and webs of deceit, Nicholas once again finds himself seeking solace in the arms of various women. Although the fleeting moments provide a singular satisfaction, Nicholas finds himself unable to escape the torment that began with the moments from strawberry jam.
Download or read book LOST The Time Travel Romance That Started It All written by Dani Haviland and published by Chill Out! Books. This book was released on 2021-05-17 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: LOST: the time travel romance that fascinated the world. Millions were Obsessed - Inspired - and Consumed with the loves, lifestyles, and even languages spoken in LOST. Indulge in snippets from the epic tale while discovering how LOST – the lusty and indulgent eighteenth-century time-travel romance – changed the lives of several twenty-first-century men and women: a gay detective, a crew of nurses, inept crooks stuck in Alaska, a British lord with the wife from hell, and several other very interesting people who are destined to be in each other’s lives. The prequel to The Fairies Saga and Arlie Undercover, also meet characters from That Twin Thing and Triplets: Three Aren’t One in this fun Action-Adventure Romantic Comedy splashed with surprises.
Download or read book Cuentos from the House on West Connecticut Avenue written by Marta A. Lomeli and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2004-05-03 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cuentos from the House on West Connecticut Avenue began as a writing exercise in a teachers seminar. The assignment was to write about your first house with as much detail as possible. As I wrote, I remembered and began to lose track of time. That is how the first story, The Bottom Drawer, came into existence. Were there more stories in me? Ones that others could relate to? Oh, yes! In And Then Came Eloisa you will remember the houseguest that overstayed her welcome. The Green American blends comedy and sadness in dealing with the subject of racism. The two Christmas stories that are included are examples of how some families deal with the challenges of maintaining important values and allowing for change. Hysterically funny and always thought provoking, Cuentos lets you experience what it was like growing up eating rice and beans and believing that you could teach others to fly. Filled with rich, evocative language, each story lets you see how the future is shaped by how we see our past.
Download or read book Most Wanted Killer written by Robert Scott and published by Pinnacle Books. This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jesse James Hollywood grew up in L.A.'s upscale West Hills with every imaginable privilege. By the age of 19, he owned a spacious house, a tricked-out car, a closet full of designer clothes. His lifestyle of drinking, partying and getting high was bankrolled by his chosen career: drug dealing. In 2000, Ben Markowitz, another teen from a 'good family', found himself with a dope tab he couldn't pay. A standoff between dealer and druggie exploded when Hollywood, along with William Skidmore and Jesse Rugge, both 20, spotted Ben's brother, Nick, 15, walking near his parents' home. Witnesses saw the three men attack Nick, then shove him into a van and drive off. But assault and kidnapping were only the beginning... On the last night of Nick's life, he was taken to an isolated area outside Santa Barbara known as the Lizard's Mouth. There, he was shot to death and buried in a shallow grave. But the story was far from over. Because mastermind Jesse James, like his namesake, knew how to run and hide. With his handsome face at the top of the FBI's Most Wanted list, he lived in luxury until the long arm of the law reached out to pull him back home for justice...
Download or read book Chinkstar written by Jon Chan Simpson and published by Coach House Books. This book was released on 2015-07-13 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everything was about to change. In less than forty-eight hours guy'd be taking the stage in Vancouver, owning an audience meant for some all-hype-no-talent young-money rapper, spitting next-level truths that'd have A&Rs scrapping for him coast to coast. He'd ink some paper and drop an album on the world it didn't even know it had been waiting for. All with game and swag to spare. This was the edge, the almost there, and we knew it. Chinksta rap is all the rage in small-town Alberta. And the king of Chinksta is King Kwong, high-schooler Run's older brother. Run isn't a fan of Kwong's music—or personality, really. But when Kwong goes missing the night before his crowning performance and his mom gets wounded in crossfire, Run finds himself, with his sidekick, Ali, in the middle of a violent battle between rival Chinese rap gangs, on the run from his crush's behemoth brother, and rethinking his feelings about his family and their history, his hatred of "rice-rap," and what it means to be Asian. With imaginAsian and a flair for the rap lyric, Jon Chan Simpson mashes up the (graphicless) graphic novel and the second-generation-immigrant narrative to forge a bold new vision of what the novel can be. Jonathan Chan Simpson grew up in Red Deer, Alberta, and lives in Toronto, Ontario. He is a graduate of the University of Toronto's MA creative writing program, and his work has been featured in Ricepaper magazine.
Download or read book Paradise written by Patricia Wolf and published by Embla Books. This book was released on 2023-05-17 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Wow... Non-stop action from the first pages... So suspenseful!... do yourself a favour and read it... one of my favourite books of 2023' Reader Review, 5 stars In a beach paradise, an unspeakable crime is committed. The only witness lies in a coma, fighting for her life... Australia's Gold Coast: On a stunningly beautiful stretch of coastline, a young mother is brutally murdered and her daughter, Gabby, is left in a coma, with her life hanging in the balance. DS Lucas Walker has just arrived in Surfer's Paradise for some much-needed recovery after injuries sustained in his last investigation. But he is soon pulled into the dark twists and turns of this home invasion gone wrong, vowing to find the men responsible. As Walker digs deeper into the dark underbelly of this shimmering city by the ocean, a case from his own past resurfaces, with deadly consequences. And as eight-year-old Gabby, the sole witness to her mother's murder, wakes in her hospital bed, Walker is in a race against time to stop those responsible before they return to silence her forever... Don't miss the next instalment in the tense and gripping DS Lucas Walker series. Fans of The Dry by Jane Harper, Cara Hunter and Chris Whitaker will be hooked from the very first page until the final breathtaking conclusion. Readers are gripped by Patricia Wolf: 'Nail-biting thriller!... From the beginning I was hooked! The outback setting provides the perfect backdrop... A thrilling ride that had me holding my breath through its finale. Highly recommended' Reader review, 5 stars 'Great, suspenseful mystery... The last 30% turned me into a nervous wreck!' Reader review, 5 stars 'If you're a Jane Harper fan, pick up this book by Patricia Wolf!' Reader review, 5 stars
Download or read book Stay With Me written by Paul Griffin and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-09-08 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A heartbreaking urban romance from award-winning author Paul Griffin Fifteen-year-olds Cece and Mack didn't expect to fall in love. She's a sensitive A student; he's a high school dropout. But soon they're spending every moment together, bonding over a rescued dog, telling their secrets, making plans for the future. Everything is perfect. Until Mack makes a horrible mistake, and suddenly the future they'd planned becomes impossible. In this stark new reality, both of them must find hope in the memories of what they had, to survive when the person they love can't stay.
