Goofy the Gardner Makes Up His Mind
Author: Walt Disney
Publisher:
Published: 1980
Total Pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9780394845364
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMowgli and all the jungle animals save a runaway wolf cub from Kaa the snake and Shere Khan the fierce tiger.
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The Door That Led to Where
Author: Sally Gardner
Publisher: Hot Key Books
Published: 2015-01-01
Total Pages: 217
ISBN-13: 1471401103
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhen the present offers no hope for the future, the answers may lie in the past AJ Flynn has just failed all but one of his GCSEs, and his future is looking far from rosy. So when he is offered a junior position at a London law firm he hopes his life is about to change - but he could never have imagined by how much. Tidying up the archive one day, AJ finds an old key, mysteriously labelled with his name and date of birth - and he becomes determined to find the door that fits the key. And so begins an amazing journey to a very real and tangible past - 1830, to be precise - where the streets of modern Clerkenwell are replaced with cobbles and carts, and the law can be twisted to suit a villain's means. Although life in 1830 is cheap, AJ and his friends quickly find that their own lives have much more value. They've gone from sad youth statistics to young men with purpose - and at the heart of everything lies a crime that only they can solve. But with enemies all around, can they unravel the mysteries of the past, before it unravels them? A fast-paced mystery novel by one of the country's finest writers, and a UKLA Book Awards 2016 shortlisted title, THE DOOR THAT LED TO WHERE will delight, surprise and mesmerise all those who read it.
Fat City
Author: Leonard Gardner
Publisher: New York Review of Books
Published: 2015-09-08
Total Pages: 201
ISBN-13: 1590178939
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFat City is a vivid novel of allegiance and defeat, of the potent promise of the good life and the desperation and drink that waylay those whom it eludes. Stockton, California is the setting: the Lido Gym, the Hotel Coma, Main Street lunchrooms and dingy bars, days like long twilights in houses obscured by untrimmed shrubs and black walnut trees. When two men meet in the ring -- the retired boxer Billy Tully and the newcomer Ernie Munger - their brief bout sets into motion their hidden fates, initiating young Ernie into the company of men and luring Tully back into training. In a dispassionate and composed voice, Gardner narrates their swings of fortune, and the plodding optimism of their manager Ruben Luna, as he watches the most promising boys one by one succumb to some undefined weakness; still, "There was always someone who wanted to fight."
You're Smarter Than You Think
Author: Thomas Armstrong, Ph.D.
Publisher: Free Spirit Publishing
Published: 2014-03-05
Total Pages: 186
ISBN-13: 1575425564
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHoward Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences has revolutionized the way we think about being smart. Written by an award-winning expert on the topic, this book introduces the theory, explains the different types of intelligences (like Word Smart, Self Smart, Body Smart), and helps kids identify their own learning strengths and use their special skills at school, at home, and in life. As kids read the book, they stop asking “How smart am I?” and start asking “How am I smart?” This powerful learning tool is recommended for all kids—and all adults committed to helping young people do and be their best. Resources describe related books, software, games, and organizations. This revised and updated edition includes information on a newly researched ninth intelligence, Life Smart—thinking about and asking questions about life, the universe, and spirituality.
Conversations with John Gardner
Author: John Gardner
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Published: 1990
Total Pages: 348
ISBN-13: 9780878054237
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis collection, selected from more than 140 interviews Gardner granted, presents a wealth of information on the life and art of one of America's foremost novelists. These interviews show him as a novelist, a charismatic teacher of creative writing, and a widely published scholar who has vast knowledge and who generated much literary information in his lectures and interviews. After the publication of such popular and critical successes as Grendel (1971) and The Sunlight Dialogues (1972), this philosophical writer with an enviable talent for storytelling was regarded as ""a major contemporary writer."" After Gardner had demonstrated that he was one of America's most prolific, versatile, and imaginative authors, he became one of its most controversial when he attacked the literary establishment in his book On Moral Fiction and in his interviews. These candid conversations reveal a man of contrasts and contradictions, a writer who, as one of his interviewers remarks, ""brought to everything he did a passion that at times bordered on madness.
Sophie's World
Author: Jostein Gaarder
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: 2007-03-20
Total Pages: 599
ISBN-13: 1466804270
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA page-turning novel that is also an exploration of the great philosophical concepts of Western thought, Jostein Gaarder's Sophie's World has fired the imagination of readers all over the world, with more than twenty million copies in print. One day fourteen-year-old Sophie Amundsen comes home from school to find in her mailbox two notes, with one question on each: "Who are you?" and "Where does the world come from?" From that irresistible beginning, Sophie becomes obsessed with questions that take her far beyond what she knows of her Norwegian village. Through those letters, she enrolls in a kind of correspondence course, covering Socrates to Sartre, with a mysterious philosopher, while receiving letters addressed to another girl. Who is Hilde? And why does her mail keep turning up? To unravel this riddle, Sophie must use the philosophy she is learning—but the truth turns out to be far more complicated than she could have imagined.
Rose Gardner Mysteries Box Set #2
Author: Denise Grover Swank
Publisher: DGS
Published: 2015-03-20
Total Pages: 759
ISBN-13: 1939996317
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBox set of the second Rose Gardner Mystery trilogy, a New York Times and USA Today bestselling series by Denise Grover Swank. The box set includes: THIRTY-ONE AND A HALF REGRETS (#4) When Daniel Crocker escapes from prison, he has one thing in mind: revenge. Mason Deveraux, Fenton County ADA is determined to protect Rose, at any cost. THIRTY-TWO AND A HALF COMPLICATIONS (#5) Rose's nursery is about to fold after a huge cash deposit is stolen in a bank robbery. When the investigation by Joe, her ex-boyfriend and new chief deputy sheriff, hits a dead end, Rose decides to take matters into her own hands. PICKING UP THE PIECES (novella #5.5) Rose is reeling from news from Joe's ex-girlfriend, she's busy putting her business back together while dealing with the fallout from the Lady in Black. ncludes POVs from Joe, Mason, Violet, and Bruce Wayne. THIRTY-THREE AND A HALF SHENANIGANS (#6) When Neely Kate's cousin goes missing, she convinces Rose to help find her. In the meantime, Rose is dealing with her agreement with the new Fenton County crime lord, all while keeping it from her ADA boyfriend. While each book can be read as a standalone, it is recommended that you read the first three Rose Gardner Mysteries before beginning the second box set.
On Moral Fiction
Author: John Gardner
Publisher: Open Road Media
Published: 2013-04-02
Total Pages: 258
ISBN-13: 1480409219
DOWNLOAD EBOOK“Fearless, illuminating” criticism from a New York Times–bestselling author and legendary teacher, “proving . . . that true art is moral and not trivial” (Los Angeles Times). Novelist John Gardner’s thesis in On Moral Fiction is simple: “True art is by its nature moral.” It is also an audacious statement, as Gardner asserts an inherent value in life and in art. Since the book’s first publication, the passion behind Gardner’s assertion has both provoked and inspired readers. In examining the work of his peers, Gardner analyzes what has gone wrong, in his view, in modern art and literature, and how shortcomings in artistic criticism have contributed to the problem. He develops his argument by showing how artists and critics can reintroduce morality and substance to their work to improve society and cultivate our morality. On Moral Fiction is an essential read in which Gardner presents his thoughtfully developed criteria for the elements he believes are essential to art and its creation. This ebook features an illustrated biography of John Gardner, including original letters, rare photos, and never-before-seen documents from the Gardner family and the University of Rochester Archives.
Weird Water & Fuzzy Logic
Author: Martin Gardner
Publisher:
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 272
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAt a time when popular knowledge of basic science has sunk to a new low and books promoting angels, parapsychology, and bizarre forms of medicine and healing outnumber skeptical books by more than a thousand to one, Americans need a voice of sanity. Weird Water and Fuzzy Logic introduces readers to mind-wrenching probability paradoxes, recent attacks on the Big Bang Theory, and Marianne Williamson's success promoting The Course of Miracles, which is said to have been channeled by Jesus. Other columns address E-prime, a language that omits all forms of the verb "to be"; Norman Vincent Peale's beliefs in the paranormal; repressed memory therapy; science blunders by famous writers; the influence of Transcendental Meditation on the career of Doug Henning; a critique of "Klingon" and other artificial languages; and much more.
The Science of Fear
Author: Daniel Gardner
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2008-07-17
Total Pages: 370
ISBN-13: 144063808X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK“An invaluable resource for anyone who aspires to think clearly” (The Guardian) from the New York Times bestselling author of Superforecasting and Future Babble From terror attacks to collapsing economies, from painkiller epidemics to mass gun violence and poisonous toys from China, our list of fears seems to be exploding. Yet we are the safest and healthiest humans in history. Why are we so worried? The Science of Fear is an introduction to the new brain science of risk, dissecting the fears that misguide and manipulate us every day. Award-winning journalist Dan Gardner demonstrates how irrational fear springs from the ways humans miscalculate risks based on our hunter-gatherer brains. With the exclusive cooperation of risk-science pioneer Paul Slovic and other leading experts, Gardner reveals how our "gut" reactions lead us astray. Understanding our irrational fears frees us from political and corporate manipulation, and makes our choices better. Ultimately, The Science of Fear will make you brave. “Excellent... Analyzes everything from the media’s predilection for irrational scare stories to the cynical use of fear by politicians… [A] cheery corrective to modern paranoia.”—The Economist “An entertaining, often jolting account of why trivial risks terrify us, even as we engage in wildly dangerous activities with hardly a qualm.”—Kirkus (starred review) “Elegantly weaves academic research and everyday experience, exposing the secrets of emotion and reason, and the essential roles they play on our lives. An excellent book.”—Dan Ariely, New York Times bestselling author of Predictably Irrational
