Just Call Me Stanley

Just Call Me Stanley

Author: Alec Chumley

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2000-12

Total Pages: 214

ISBN-13: 0595149065

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This credible, biologically possible, fantasy follows the education of a small, multi-colored, English speaking hippo-like creature which is befriended by an American family with twin children, who live on an island in the Canadian Pacific Northwest. Concealing it from the authorities, they try to find out what it is, where it came from, why it is colored and how it can talk, with the help first of a vet and subsequently a zoologist. Meanwhile, with help from the children, the creature's education has proceeded apace. After it becomes computer literate with a special mouse and learns to play chess, the full extent of its incredible intelligence becomes apparent. Worried that the Agriculture Department has become suspicious, they arrange for a successful outing with the help of a broadcaster, setting up a Scientific Foundation to study the animal, under government auspices. The Foundation starts to work to try and discover the mechanism for the animals incredible intelligence and fast-learning ability, only to encounter violence from religious fundamentalists who believe that the it must be a creature of the devil.


Tempered Joy

Tempered Joy

Author: Pamela S Thibodeaux

Publisher: Temperance Publishing, Imprint of Pamela S Thibodeaux Enterprises, LLC

Published: 2020-04-30

Total Pages: 162

ISBN-13: 1734245131

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All around rodeo cowboy and heir to the Rockin’ H Ranch, Ace Harris is determined not to fall in love. He’s only loved one woman in his life, his mother, and no one can even come close to filling her boots. Lexie Morgan thinks rodeo cowboys have rocks for brains and a death wish for a soul. A broken childhood and the death of her father and best friend leave her doubting and questioning God (despite her years of religious upbringing) and afraid of love. Can two young people who clash from the onset learn to trust in the healing power of God and find love and happiness amidst tragedy and grief?


Trails of Trials & Tribulations

Trails of Trials & Tribulations

Author: James E. Best

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2010-05-11

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13: 1450221645

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No drugs, no murders and certainly not a love story, just true-life business situations of how you can get into trouble without really trying. Similar to the movie, "The Producers."


Small Town Secrets

Small Town Secrets

Author: Lillian Duncan

Publisher: Pelican Ventures Book Group

Published: 2023-10-13

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13: 1522304258

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On the surface, Shady Valley looks like the ideal all-American place to live with beautiful flowering trees lining both sides of the street as you enter the picturesque town. Neighbors help neighbors. Doors are often left unlocked. Serious crimes are practically nonexistent— almost but not quite! But like all small towns, everyone knows everyone, which means everyone knows everyone' s business, and not everyone in Shady Valley is what they appear to be. Some have secrets— deadly secrets— that they hide behind the masks they wear. When Angie McVey disappears on her wedding day, rookie officer Cami Martine is determined to find her best friend, but there are no leads to follow. Angie seems to have disappeared into thin air. If Cami is to bring her best friend home, she will need to discover the deadly secrets of her friends and neighbors to find the one who wears the biggest mask.


Catabolism

Catabolism

Author: Adam Brown

Publisher: Page Publishing Inc

Published: 2024-08-15

Total Pages: 223

ISBN-13:

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Catabolism is a biological procedure wherein the human body metabolizes complex nutrients to create energy. In essence, what once was God is burnt down by a legion of tortured youth to make way for the sweeping ashes of a new world. Such is our story. Four youths. One detective. One dead high schooler. The rest will unfold in due time.


To the Ends of the Earth

To the Ends of the Earth

Author: Mary Anne Ackatz

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2010-12-22

Total Pages: 135

ISBN-13: 1456840525

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Ripped from his family at an early age by a corporation known as Axis, a think tank of sorts, Gabriel is forced to perform complicated simulations and analogies for what he is told is the betterment of humankind. Gabriel is a genius, a person with a photographic memory and a brain like a sponge, absorbing every detail with perfect recall. Along the way, the focus of the work changed and some of his work was sold to the highest bidder resulting in death and destruction of people and buildings. Gabriel discovered this and vowed to stop it. He escaped from the confi nes of his forced imprisonment. Gabriel’s work generated a lot of money for Axis. With his departure, the income diminished, so the search is on to fi nd Gabriel and bring him back. He is pursued by Leonard Fletcher, the director of Axis, and his children, Amanda and Geoffrey. Gabriel eludes capture on numerous occasions as he traverses the country in search of clues to his past life, and the family he doesn’t remember. In addition, he evades an organization known as the Triad, based out of Ireland. They have fi nanced much of Gabriel’s work over the years. They want to see him returned as well, because they are no longer getting a return on their investment from Axis. Along the way, Gabriel has adventures that help other people, fi nds love, endures tragedy, and in the end must decide what he is destined to be and do in life.


The Feisty Professor

The Feisty Professor

Author: Trev Haymer

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2014-09-05

Total Pages: 294

ISBN-13: 1326008374

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Local author Trev Haymer has created a feisty investigator. The Professor is a red-haired young lady in her mid-twenties. She is Professor of Archaeology and Forensics at a university who regularly assists the local, cash-strapped police force with mainly cold cases. The fashionable Professor, known as Prof, wears designer clothes she has bid for on the internet. Prof also has a 70-year-old sidekick, Stanley, who is a metal-detecting enthusiast. Set in Bretelton, a seaside resort on the east coast of Yorkshire, the book follows Prof, aided by Stanley, in numerous local investigations. Also, three of the cases lead Prof to Spain, West Yorkshire and Tyneside locations. All these cases are spiked with danger, but also humour.


Trinity

Trinity

Author: Michael Dugan

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2011-12-20

Total Pages: 409

ISBN-13: 1467854816

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When pets start disappearing on the west side of the sleepy remote Montana town of Trinity, folks figure there's a young or injured mountain lion looking for easy picking's. Or perhaps a coyote running around. When a young man is found ripped to pieces by what had to be something as big as a Grizzly bear, inside a building, folks get worried.... When a Grizzly is found ripped to pieces, folks get scared....


The Life and Times of Stanley Spank

The Life and Times of Stanley Spank

Author: Lyndon Haynes

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2014-09-17

Total Pages: 341

ISBN-13: 1496990455

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A coming-of-age story about a young man called Stanley Spank who lives the life of a champion layabout with his best mate Jerry Dooley, supplemented by his hard-working parents, Greg and Brenda Spank. Stanleys life is one of endless days of nothing except for drinking, smoking, and fantasising about a life that seemed out of reach. Things change when Jerry lands a job abroad, leaving Stanley to rethink his own life choices, and out of a random act of desperation, a lucky break is bestowed upon Stanley that transforms his life. The self-styled lazy layabout is thrown into a world of glamour and fast women with lots of cash, and he is taken on a journey into the fast lane where, along the way, he meets a beautiful girl called Ami. Stanleys life is turned around, and the lure of earning good money along with female attention and a lifestyle he could only dream becomes a complex moral dilemma. A fun tale of twists and larger-than-life characters, which are interwoven into Stanleys journey of growth and experiences, The Life and Times of Stanley Spank will endear, delight, shock, and question the morality of his decisions as this small-town boy becomes the centre of a lot of peoples lives without realising it.