Hey, Bub!
Hey, Bub!

Author: Steve Prater

Publisher: FriesenPress

Published: 2016-10-03

Total Pages: 84

ISBN-13: 1460289099

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"Hey, Bub " was the familiar greeting Tom Prater used throughout his life. He was born with Down syndrome in 1949, and in spite of his disabilities, became a beloved and integral part of his family and community. While his speech was limited to phrases of just a few syllables, he found other ways to communicate and won the hearts of everyone who met him. Despite being beset by health concerns and institutional systems that were far from ideal, he found resilience and joy. This is the story of two brothers, their childhood adventures, and their lifelong bond. In it, his brother Steve-bunk mate and partner in crime-reflects on their time together and the many lessons he's still learning from his older brother. When the world feels overwhelming or complex, we all seek answers from those who seem to have it all figured out. Tom leaves ample clues to happiness through his parables involving marshmallows, swing sets, bowling and dancing....

Wake
Wake

Author: Elizabeth Knox

Publisher: Corsair

Published: 2015-03-05

Total Pages: 412

ISBN-13: 1472117921

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A small community on New Zealand's Tasman Bay is suddenly overwhelmed by a bloodthirsty madness. There are fourteen survivors. Trapped in by a strange force-field called the 'no-go', cut off from the world outside, they must pull together, bury the dead and face their fears. Because whatever caused the insanity is still at large. And it hasn't finished with them yet. Wake is a riveting tour-de-force. A book about extreme events, ordinary people, heroic compassion - and invisible monsters.

Hotel Paradise
Hotel Paradise

Author: Martha Grimes

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2013-08-13

Total Pages: 420

ISBN-13: 1476733015

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A once-fashionable now fading resort hotel. A spinster aunt living in the attic. Dirt roads that lead to dead ends. A house full of secrets and old, dusty furnishings, uninhabited for almost half a century. A twelve-year-old girl with a passion for double-chocolate ice-cream sodas, and decaying lake-fronts, and an obsession with the death by drowning of another young girl, forty years before. Hotel Paradise is a delicate yet excruciating view of the pettiness and cruelty of small town America. It is a look at the difficult decisions a young girl must make on her way to becoming an adult and the choices she must make between right and wrong, between love and truth, between life and death.

Several Things at Once
Several Things at Once

Author: Wm John Diehl

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2016-08-05

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13: 1491799986

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Several ings at Once by Wm John Diehl is a gripping fantasy about a couple in the not too distant future who are struggling to live a normal life but there is the gameand the dream. Once you have been in the game even the clear blue sky of the real world does not look real. The adventures of the game and the pleasures of the dream are a constant lure. The struggles that they go through in the real world are paralleled in the game. In both there are rules to follow, corners that may or may not be cut, and needs that must befulfilled. But the rules in the game can be changed making it more appealing at times. Get involved with them in their two worlds. Like them, you may not always know in which world they are but you will always pull for their success. See that only the love they have for one another will carry them through.

True Quest
True Quest

Author: Grant

Publisher: Grant

Published: 2023-07-15

Total Pages: 525

ISBN-13:

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Ontar and Echo's first mistake might be their last. A failed mission for the thieves' guild has earned them the ire of the necromancer Narcos, and he has no patience for the living. Looking to make it up to the guild, and hoping for their protection, the pair seek out a renowned mystical sword as reparation. Unfortunately, Narcos also searches for the blade for it is the key to releasing a demon who knows the location of an even greater artifact; one that will shape the very destiny of the realm itself. But the demon has his own plans. Now, Ontar and Echo are trapped between the dead and a demon, and they're running out of time. Fail again, and the world pays an unspeakable price. Total annihilation!

Author: Mike Whicker

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2004-01-01

Total Pages: 405

ISBN-13: 0595297390

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While working on a top-secret project for the U.S. Navy in 1942 in Evansville, Indiana, a Jewish metallurgist falls in love with a beautiful woman who is the Nazis' top spy and who was sent to the United States to steal the very secret he holds and that could alter the course of the war.

Listen To Me
Listen To Me

Author: Lynne Podrat

Publisher: Lynne Podrat

Published: 2021-08-19

Total Pages: 120

ISBN-13: 1737666847

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This memoir was written to honor my youngest brother’s influence over my life, the good, the bad, and the ugly, of living with a Down Syndrome sibling. It tells the story of the children of my family, despite our parents’ frailties, remaining committed to each other through life’s many changes and separations. Who I am today is directly related to who I needed to become.

Airstream
Airstream

Author: Patricia Young

Publisher: Biblioasis

Published: 2006-05-26

Total Pages: 193

ISBN-13: 1926845641

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These fourteen stories explore the small victories and lurching disappointments, losses and betrayals of the everyday.

Christmas at Glosser's
Christmas at Glosser's

Author: Robert Jeschonek

Publisher: Pie Press

Published: 2013-11-25

Total Pages: 51

ISBN-13: 1310463077

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Step back in time to Johnstown, Pennsylvania in 1975. Shoppers fill the downtown streets, bustling between the Glosser Bros. and Penn Traffic department stores...and one little boy runs through the crowd on a mission. Eleven-year-old Jack wants one thing for Christmas: to find out where his grandfather, Bub, runs off to every Christmas Eve. The trail leads him on a journey through Glosser Bros. at its most magical, but the magic takes an unexpected turn when he discovers Bub's secret. Before the night is over, Jack must take a stand in the name of Johnstown, a stand that could cost him everything...or bring him the greatest gift he can imagine. Don't miss this new Christmas classic by award-winning writer Robert Jeschonek, a master of unique and unexpected stories that really pack a punch. Reviews "Robert Jeschonek is the literary love child of Tim Burton and Neil Gaiman." – Adrian Phoenix, critically acclaimed author of The Maker's Song series and Black Dust Mambo "Jeschonek ́s stories are delightfully insane, a pleasure to read." – Fabio Fernandes, Fantasy Book Critic "Robert Jeschonek is a towering talent." – Mike Resnick, Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author.