Miss Angela Michaels, the new karate teacher in Bailey City, who is also the school crossing guard, is so kind and generous that Melody becomes convinced that she is a guardian angel. Original.
The Hells Angels. The Bandidos. Asian triads. Russian mobsters and corrupt cops. Even the KKK. Just part of a day's work for Alex Caine, an undercover agent who has seen it all. Alex Caine started life as a working-class boy who always thought he'd end up in a blue-collar job. But after a tour in Vietnam and a stretch in prison on marijuana-possession charges, he fell into the cloak-and-dagger world of a contracted agent or "kite": infiltrating criminal groups that cops across North America and around the globe were unable to penetrate themselves. Thanks to his quick-wittedness and his tough but unthreatening demeanor, Caine could fit into whatever unsavory situation he found himself. Over twenty-five years, his assignments ran the gamut from bad-ass bikers to triad toughs. When a job was over, he'd slip away to a new part of the continent or world, where he would assume a new identity and then go back to work on another group of bad guys. Told with page-turning immediacy, Befriend and Betray gives a candid look behind the scenes at some familiar police operations and blows the lid off others that law enforcement would much prefer to keep hidden. And it offers an unvarnished account of the toll such a life takes, one that often left Caine to wonder who he really was, behind those decades of assumed identities. Or whether justice was ever truly served.
What would you do if you met your Guardian Angel? That’s exactly what happens when Zoe asks for God’s help to deal with the school bully, Talia. But Zoe gets more than she expected when her angel, Joph, takes her on an incredible mission to battle the demon, Fearmonger. On this assignment, she must gather the pieces of the...
Angels Daniel and Jefferson recruit a band of heavenly hosts to spread comfort and joy this holiday season after a rough year for all. The five stories in this anthology intertwine as the angels visits old friends and new, including characters from the authors’ best-selling stories Ghost Writer, Guilt and Innocence, An Arm and a Leg, Monsters, Let’s Hang Out, 21 Smiles, and Transitions, among others. Which couples have wed? Who is set to play Tiny Tim and Dopey the Dwarf? Who gets to see his lover for the very first time? Which duos are raising children? Which pair welcomes a new one, and which couple has gone their separate ways? Can Daniel and Jefferson spread enough holiday cheer to bring everyone a merry yuletide season and hope for the new year?
Enter the grade three classroom at Bailey Elementary School and prepare to be amused. The school secretary is a gremlin, the substitute janitor is Santa Claus, a witch teaches gymnastics, and the homeroom teacher is a vampire! Use this resource to help your students develop the literacy strategies necessary for them to derive meaning from print, read to find new information about a topic, and think and write creatively, all using the Bailey kids chapter books as a springboard. 105 pages Includes: Story summaries Reproducible work sheets for 25 Bailey Kids books Teacher suggestions A resource list Student tracking sheet Answer key Objectives 1. To familiarize students with an author and her writings and style of writing. 2. To develop literacy strategies necessary to obtain meaning from print. 3. To read to find new information about a topic deriving it from print and pictures. 4. To develop the student's ability to think and write creatively. Kids at Baily Elementary titles: 1. Vampires Don't Wear Polka Dots 2. Werewolves Don't Go to Summer Camp 3. Santa Claus Doesn't Mop Floors 4. Leprechauns Don't Play Basketball 5. Ghosts Don't Eat Potato Chips 6. Frankenstein Doesn't Plant Petunias 7. Aliens Don't Wear Braces 8. Genies Don't Ride Bicycles 9. Pirates Don't Wear Sunglasses 1O. Witches Don't Do Backflips 11. Skeletons Don't Play Tubas 12. Cupid Doesn't Flip Hamburgers 13. Gremlins Don't Chew Bubble Gum 14. Monsters Don't Scuba Dive 15. Zombies Don't Play Soccer 16. Dracula Doesn't Drink Lemonade 17. Elves Don't Wear Hard Hats 18. Martians Don't Take Temperatures 19. Gargoyles Don't Drive School Buses 20. Wizards Don't Need Computers 21. Mummies Don't Coach Softball 22. Cyclops Doesn't Roller-Skate 23. Angels Don't Know Karate 24. Dragons Don't Cook Pizza 25. Bigfoot Doesn't Square Dance
Pop-culture phenomenon, social rights advocate, and the most prominent LGBTQ+ voice on YouTube, Tyler Oakley brings you Binge, his New York Times bestselling collection of witty, personal, and hilarious essays. For someone who made a career out of over-sharing on the Internet, Tyler has a shocking number of personal mishaps and shenanigans to reveal in his first book: experiencing a legitimate rage blackout in a Cheesecake Factory; negotiating a tense standoff with a White House official; crashing a car in front of his entire high school, in an Arby’s uniform; projectile vomiting while bartering with a grandmother; and so much more. In Binge, Tyler delivers his best untold, hilariously side-splitting moments with the trademark flair that made him a star.
In 1973, a child was born. Okinawa, Japan was his birthplace. However, his mother didnt want him born. She wanted him to be born stillborn. She claimed she didnt want him to be born overseas. And, she almost got her wish, as that child had the umbilical cord wrapped around his neck in the womb. The American military doctor recognized this fact when his mother pushed to get him out of her. With every push, his vital signs weakened. Two weeks prior that doctor had another child that died because the cord was around its neck as well. The doctor knew what to do this time. And, that was why Seranaphsus came to earth and was born Rene Thomas Colby on January twenty eighth in nineteen hundred seventy-three. And, it was in 1973 that eventually an angel was born strong enough to understand himself for what he was. That was the year that an infl uential angelic Elder was born to Aeal or earth for her protection and that of the fallen angels, as humans walking around on her surface.
Gonzo journalist and literary roustabout Hunter S. Thompson flies with the angels—Hell’s Angels, that is—in this short work of nonfiction. “California, Labor Day weekend . . . early, with ocean fog still in the streets, outlaw motorcyclists wearing chains, shades and greasy Levis roll out from damp garages, all-night diners and cast-off one-night pads in Frisco, Hollywood, Berdoo and East Oakland, heading for the Monterey peninsula, north of Big Sur. . . The Menace is loose again.” Thus begins Hunter S. Thompson’s vivid account of his experiences with California’s most notorious motorcycle gang, the Hell’s Angels. In the mid-1960s, Thompson spent almost two years living with the controversial Angels, cycling up and down the coast, reveling in the anarchic spirit of their clan, and, as befits their name, raising hell. His book successfully captures a singular moment in American history, when the biker lifestyle was first defined, and when such countercultural movements were electrifying and horrifying America. Thompson, the creator of Gonzo journalism, writes with his usual bravado, energy, and brutal honesty, and with a nuanced and incisive eye; as The New Yorker pointed out, “For all its uninhibited and sardonic humor, Thompson’s book is a thoughtful piece of work.” As illuminating now as when originally published in 1967, Hell’s Angels is a gripping portrait, and the best account we have of the truth behind an American legend.