Blame Your Parents
Author: Buffy Silverman
Publisher: Heinemann-Raintree Library
Published: 2007-08-24
Total Pages: 36
ISBN-13: 9781410928412
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIntroduces genetics, discussing dominant and recessive genes, twins, clones, and heredity.
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The Other Fork in the Road
Author: Mary Lee Painter
Publisher: Satin Romance
Published: 2024-09-17
Total Pages: 312
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAfter being publicly humiliated in the worst possible way, New York socialite and Magnolia Hotel heiress, Madison Clark, pours out her woes to a psychic. She’s given a “to-go” bag of calming tea that promises rest and relaxation, but instead Madison wakes up in an unfamiliar crappy apartment with a wallet full of maxed-out credit cards and a bank account with a zero balance. Convinced she’s the victim of identity theft, Madison returns to the psychic’s shop, only to learn the universe – and that freaking cosmic tea – is responsible for the change. She is now living the (poor) life, and the only way to get her (rich) life back is by righting some wrongs, starting with a reconciliation with her estranged father, who is inconveniently about to get married in Montana. Cue up the good times, because even though she’s got nothing to wear and a pathetically small amount of bills in her wallet, she has to be at the wedding because there’s no time to waste. But things get even more upside-down when she lands in Montana and is picked up from the airport by the annoyingly attractive Jax, who seems to loathe her at first sight. He’s expecting the party girl he’s seen all over social media, and is taken aback when Madison bounces out of the airport sporting neon overalls and fishing boots. In addition to the many roadblocks of her new life, Madison suddenly finds herself outrunning cows, and competing in beer-chugging competitions while attempting parental bonding. The more time she spends in Montana, and the more time she spends with Jax, the more she questions her “good life”. Just when things are starting to become clear someone shows up unexpectedly, and all bets are off.
A Little Frog’s Heart: The Stellar Waltz of Life
Author: George Virtosu
Publisher: Elefant Online
Published: 2016-03-17
Total Pages: 636
ISBN-13: 6067420570
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe well-known questions such as What, How and, above all, Why are given some unexpected and enchanted answers in the volume III of the book A Little Frog’s Heart. These answers are delivered by the original characters we got used to celebrating along the story. The relationship between a grandfather and his grandson is being brought in a warm light destined to open up our hearts for the harmonies of this volume, The Stellar Waltz of Life. In the glittering bunch of the stories which interweave and overflow from each one to the others, as a modern version of the series On Thousand and One Nights, one could discern two mythological episodes, somehow a remnant of a popular Christianity magnificently adapted for a contemporaneous audience, of a genuine originality, which sheds their light as if they were some big rounded regal grapes, even if they are in a way ‘removed’ from the bunch and ‘spread’ all over the volume.
Sex and Bacon
Author: Sarah Katherine Lewis
Publisher: Seal Press
Published: 2008-05-27
Total Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 1580052827
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIt's said that how we eat is reflective of our appetite in bed. Food and sex: two universal experiences that can easily become addictive and all consuming. You don't need to look far—The Food Network, billboards, TV spots, to name just a few—to witness firsthand the explosive combination of food and sex. In Sex and Bacon: Why I Love Things That Are Very, Very Bad for Me, Sarah Katherine Lewis is a seductress whose observations about the interplay between food and sex are unusually delightful, sometimes raunchy, and always absorbing. Sex and Bacon is a unique type of lovefest, and Lewis is not your run-of-the-mill food writer. A lusty eater who's spent the better part of her adult life as a sex worker, Lewis is as reckless as she is adventurous. She writes of eating whale and bone marrow as challenges she was incapable of resisting. With chapters that hone in on the categorically simple—fat, sugar, meat—Lewis infuses even the most quotidian meals and food memories with sensual observations and decadence worthy of savoring. Sex and Bacon is exuberant-a celebration that honors the rawness and base needs that are central to our experiences of both food and sex.
The Candy Box
Author: Lock Cee Mangum
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Published: 2021-08-31
Total Pages: 711
ISBN-13: 1664192212
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEnglish teacher by day turned hostess by night. Meet Elizabeth, a privileged, spoiled rich party girl from America’s Los Angeles, who has decided that in order to prove to her parents she isn’t a slacker, a year or two living and working in Japan will be the perfect pit-stop for her and boyfriend / future husband, Eddie. Life overseas will all be a breeze, easy money, and fun, right? WRONG. Not only does living abroad come with its share of challenges, it also comes with culture shock and danger as her unresolved substance abuse problems and craving for excitement get her into trouble and put a strain on her relationship. Will it survive? Her brushes with the underworld place her in life-threatening situations that can get her chopped up and dumped into the East Sea, because somewhere along the way, she has made enemies uninterested in fun and games! Based on and a true story and real-life events
Warhol Worm 160
Author: I. D. Oro
Publisher: I. D. Oro
Published: 2023-01-01
Total Pages: 245
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPresident Pyromaniac´s new executive order allows all of the books and print material to burn while being rewritten by the Department of Tomecide. When the books burn then the alternative facts will take over the country and the government will rewrite the past. The government controlled internet, the fake media, and horrible social media influencers tell citizens what to think. Online learning replaces public education as the government bans teachers unions and destroys schools. The party of President Pyromaniac called Government of the Racist (G. O. P.) Party now controls all three branches of the federal government. The Government of the Racist (G. O. P.) Party has two thirds of the state’s legislatures behind them thanks to Russian President Vladimir Vladímirovich Putin. President Pyromaniac creates a new federal holiday called Vladimir Putin Decides Day that is celebrated every second Tuesday in November to thank his best friend for his help in the 2016 Presidential Election. A cast of characters must now deal with their new reality. Irmina finds the behavior of two of the members of her book club suspicious. Aurelio has a plan to defeat the boss of his hacker group and get the rest of the members to stop looking for the nuclear codes. Hadleigh meets a mysterious hitchhiker whose story does not add up as they travel across the country. Kylen runs into trouble as he goes to a dangerous neighborhood to conduct a book burning ceremony with his friends. Halle must decide whether to move in with her daughter or move out of the country to follow her dream. Jana does not want to believe that her husband is telling her the truth about her teaching job. Emmalee´s life is finally starting to go her way until a friend offers her a new challenge that can upset her life. Arely is given an opportunity to help out her country by developing a fake flu vaccine in Taiwan to destroy China and allow its annexation. Novalie must deal with her odd family and their lack of support for her passion in life. (Word Count 72,271)
The Musician and the Murderer
Author: Richard Yaxley
Publisher: Booktango
Published: 2012-07-22
Total Pages: 302
ISBN-13: 1468911287
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMicky Chambers lives in Hobart, Tasmania, with his parents, brother Cam and beloved sister Millie. Life is slow and predictable until a terrible accident occurs, leaving an impact on Micky which is profound and far-reaching. Micky seeks reconciliation within the community of his football club and through the twin agencies of mateship and love, however it is the dilemma that swells within him that will eventually determine his fate. As he seeks to understand how is it that men can be both gentle and brutal, both musician and murderer, Micky fails to see what he himself has become and how close he is to initiating a second needless, destructive tragedy.
Love Is for the Birds
Author: Diane Owens Prettyman
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2024-10-08
Total Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 1647427800
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFor fans of Mary Alice Monroe’s The Beach House comes a heartwarming story from women’s fiction author Diane Owens Prettyman about second chances as two people find a pathway out of their grief—directly in the aftermath of a hurricane. The Texas Gulf: beautiful yet unpredictable. A beach town destroyed. Her mother’s candy store swept away. This is what Teddy Wainsworth faces when she returns to Bird Isle. Meanwhile, Jack Shaughness, owner of a popular barbecue restaurant chain and widower still grieving the death of his wife, receives permission to cross over to the island with a smoker full of brisket to feed hurricane survivors. Soon after arriving, he meets Teddy and immediately finds himself drawn to her—which makes him feel he is betraying his wife. When the two find a lost dog, Jack convinces Teddy to take it home while they attempt to find the owner, creating a bond that brings them closer. In the wake of the hurricane, Bird Isle residents fear the Aransas Wildlife Refuge will not be ready for the whooping cranes’ annual migration south. Seeing that Jack has important connections and a love for the island, they enlist him to help restore the habitat of the endangered cranes before they fly to Padre Island for the winter. With their rescued dog always nearby, Teddy and Jack work side by side to rebuild Bird Isle for the return of the whooping cranes. But Jack is harboring a secret that may ruin everything he and Teddy are creating—and he won’t be able to keep that secret forever.
Reincarnation Blues
Author: Michael Poore
Publisher: Del Rey
Published: 2017-08-22
Total Pages: 372
ISBN-13: 039917849X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA wildly imaginative novel about a man who is reincarnated over ten thousand lifetimes to be with his one true love: Death herself. “Tales of gods and men akin to Neil Gaiman’s Sandman as penned by a kindred spirit of Douglas Adams.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review) First we live. Then we die. And then . . . we get another try? Ten thousand tries, to be exact. Ten thousand lives to “get it right.” Answer all the Big Questions. Achieve Wisdom. And Become One with Everything. Milo has had 9,995 chances so far and has just five more lives to earn a place in the cosmic soul. If he doesn’t make the cut, oblivion awaits. But all Milo really wants is to fall forever into the arms of Death. Or Suzie, as he calls her. More than just Milo’s lover throughout his countless layovers in the Afterlife, Suzie is literally his reason for living—as he dives into one new existence after another, praying for the day he’ll never have to leave her side again. But Reincarnation Blues is more than a great love story: Every journey from cradle to grave offers Milo more pieces of the great cosmic puzzle—if only he can piece them together in time to finally understand what it means to be part of something bigger than infinity. As darkly enchanting as the works of Neil Gaiman and as wisely hilarious as Kurt Vonnegut’s, Michael Poore’s Reincarnation Blues is the story of everything that makes life profound, beautiful, absurd, and heartbreaking. Because it’s more than Milo and Suzie’s story. It’s your story, too. Praise for Reincarnation Blues “The most fun you’ll have reading about a man who has been killed by both catapult and car accident.”—NPR “This book made me laugh out loud. And then a page later, it made me sob. Reminiscent of Tom Robbins and Christopher Moore, Poore finds humor in the dark absurdities of life.”—Chicago Review of Books “Charming . . . surprisingly light and uplifting . . . It reads like a writer having fun.”—New York Journal of Books
Dead Wednesday
Author: Jerry Spinelli
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Published: 2021-08-03
Total Pages: 241
ISBN-13: 0593306678
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCan playing dead bring you back to life? Maybe on Dead Wednesday… On this day the worlds of a shy boy and a gone girl collide, and the connection they make will change them both forever. A brilliant new novel from the Newbery Medal winner and author of the New York Times bestseller Stargirl. "Jerry Spinelli has created another middle grade masterpiece." —BookPage, starred review On Dead Wednesday, every eighth grader in Amber Springs is assigned the name and identity of a teenager who died a preventable death in the past year. The kids don black shirts and for the whole day everyone in town pretends they're invisible—as if they weren't even there. The adults think it will make them contemplate their mortality. The kids know it's a free pass to get away with anything. Worm Tarnauer feels invisible every day. He's perfectly happy being the unnoticed sidekick of his friend Eddie. So he's not expecting Dead Wednesday to feel that different. But he didn't count on being assigned Becca Finch (17, car crash). And he certainly didn't count on Becca showing up to boss him around! Letting this girl into his head is about to change everything. This is the story of the unexpected, heartbreaking, hilarious, truly epic day when Worm Tarnauer discovers his own life.
