Leo Goes to Rio
Leo Goes to Rio

Author: Bradford Goodis

Publisher:

Published: 2021-01-04

Total Pages: 28

ISBN-13: 9781736397008

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One day while playing Leo the lion meets Balley, a magical soccer ball from Rio de Janeiro. Balley has deflated all of his air and wants to find something else he can do that doesn't involve being kicked. Together they team up and travel to Rio in search of a new job for Balley. Their journey takes them from the beaches of Copacabana to the top of Sugarloaf Mountain, while Balley tries everything from selling acai bowls to dancing at Carnival. The setbacks Balley experiences leads to a deeper level of self-acceptance and appreciation for life. Read about their exciting journey and experience the beauty of one of the world's most exciting cities in the first book of the Impers Go series.

A Home for Leo
A Home for Leo

Author: Vin Vogel

Publisher: Two Lions

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781503902602

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Leo grew up in the sea with a family of sea lions he loves. When he's reunited with his human parents, he finds he loves them, too.

The Zeiglar Rules
The Zeiglar Rules

Author: Willow Love

Publisher: WestBowPress

Published: 2014-03-06

Total Pages: 172

ISBN-13: 1490828168

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When Lilly and Leo are suddenly caught in a current moving further downstream into the rapids, will God help them escape? Will God allow any of them to actually live through this time of trouble? Will they find a way out of the current before they are pulled completely under? Where does this section of the river go to? Will Rhianna and her children ever see Leo again? Will any of the creatures that believe in God find their promised home? Will the rest of the groups of animals inside the other totes even make it to safety? Will the concept of the Zeiglar house rules survive? What will happen to the groups hopes and dreams? Will everything be lost here inside the rough waters of the river?

The Oppermanns
The Oppermanns

Author: Lion Feuchtwanger

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2022-10-18

Total Pages: 400

ISBN-13: 1946022373

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Written in real time, as the Nazis consolidated their power over the winter of 1933, The Oppermanns captures the fall of Weimar Germany through the eyes of one bourgeois Jewish family, shocked and paralyzed by an ideology they cannot comprehend. In the foment of Weimar-era Berlin, the Oppermann brothers represent tradition and stability. One brother oversees the furniture chain founded by their grandfather, one is an eminent surgeon, one a respected critic. They are rich, cultured, liberal, and public spirited, proud inheritors of the German enlightenment. They don’t see Hitler as a threat. Then, to their horror, the Nazis come to power, and the Oppermanns and their children are faced with the terrible decision of whether to adapt—if they can—flee, or try to fight. Written in 1933, nearly in real time, The Oppermanns captures the day-to-day vertigo of watching a liberal democracy fall apart. As Joshua Cohen writes in his introduction to this new edition, it is “one of the last masterpieces of German-Jewish culture.” Prescient and chilling, it has lost none of its power today.

Thinking Out Loud
Thinking Out Loud

Author: Rio Ferdinand

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton

Published: 2017-10-03

Total Pages: 211

ISBN-13: 1473670268

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THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER 'A lacerating account ... painful but necessary' EVENING STANDARD 'Beautiful & significant ... Tackles grief with honesty' DAWN FRENCH 'Very important and moving book' ALASTAIR CAMPBELL 'A searingly honest book. So much of Rio's emotional turmoil and deep loss resonated with me. At the same time I loved his message of hope' GLORIA HUNNIFORD 'Rio's courageous story of life, loss, grief and hope' PRIMA CHRISTMAS GIFT GUIDE, 'Best of the Celebrity Crop' 'Tender, heartbreaking ... An extraordinary and unforgettable book. *****' HEAT * * * * * * 'When Rebecca died, the idea that one day I might begin to feel better would have struck me as laughable ... I know how persuasive this kind of permanence thinking can be. I know too that anyone locked in its grip will laugh if I promise them that their pain will one day ease. It will. Of course it will. But I know better than to expect anyone to believe me.' In 2015, former England football star Rio Ferdinand suddenly and tragically lost his wife and soulmate Rebecca, aged 34, to cancer. It was a profound shock and Rio found himself struggling to cope not just with the pain of his grief, but also with his new role as both mum and dad to their three young children. Rio's BBC1 documentary, Being Mum and Dad, touched everyone who watched it and won huge praise for the honesty and bravery he showed in talking about his emotions and experiences. His book now shares the story of meeting, marrying and losing Rebecca, his own and the family's grief - as well as the advice and support that get him through each day as they strive to piece themselves back together. Thinking Out Loud is written in the hope that he can inspire others struggling with loss and grief to find the help they need through this most difficult of times.

Rio Revenge
Rio Revenge

Author: Merryn Allingham

Publisher:

Published: 2021-04-13

Total Pages: 278

ISBN-13: 9781838274269

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It's Carnival and everyone is having fun. Though perhaps not everyone... Murder and suspense are peppered with romance in this fast-paced mystery set in the glamour of 1950s Rio.

Where We Go From Here
Where We Go From Here

Author: Lucas Rocha

Publisher: Scholastic Inc.

Published: 2020-06-02

Total Pages: 175

ISBN-13: 1338633759

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An absorbing debut novel about three gay friends in Brazil whose lives become intertwined in the face of HIV, perfect for fans of Adam Silvera and Bill Konigsberg. Ian has just been diagnosed with HIV. Victor, to his great relief, has tested negative. Henrique has been living with HIV for the past three years. When Victor finds himself getting tested for HIV for the first time, he can't help but question his entire relationship with Henrique, the guy he has -- had -- been dating. See, Henrique didn't disclose his positive HIV status to Victor until after they had sex, and even though Henrique insisted on using every possible precaution, Victor is livid. That's when Victor meets Ian, a guy who's also getting tested for HIV. But Ian's test comes back positive, and his world is about to change forever. Though Victor is loath to think about Henrique, he offers to put the two of them in touch, hoping that perhaps Henrique can help Ian navigate his new life. In the process, the lives of Ian, Victor, and Henrique will become intertwined in a story of friendship, love, and self-acceptance. Set in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, this utterly engrossing debut by Brazilian author Lucas Rocha calls back to Alex Sanchez's Rainbow Boys series, bringing attention to how far we've come with HIV, while shining a harsh light on just how far we have yet to go.

Fall from Grace
Fall from Grace

Author: Wayne Arthurson

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2011-03-29

Total Pages: 318

ISBN-13: 1429968613

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Leo Desroches goes straight—off the streets, into the newsroom, and up to his neck in murder Marking the debut of Leo Desroches, one of the most unusual amateur detectives ever to appear in Canada or points south, this fast-paced, enthralling mystery is the story of a man who had everything, lost it all, and is trying to get it back. Leo Desroches doesn't look like a native, but his mother was Cree, and he understands the problems of indigenous Canadians of the First Nations. Which is probably why the Edmonton newspaper he writes for decides he should be their Aboriginal Issues reporter. He has his own issues to deal with: his compulsive gambling that he couldn't stop even after it cost him his wife and children; his alcoholism; the risk-taking that threatens to derail him every time he starts to get his life back together. When he's assigned to cover the murder of a young native prostitute, it's just one more story...until the cop in charge lets him view the corpse, something the Edmonton police never do. When Leo writes his article, it starts a chain of events that leads him to discover a much, much bigger story, one that could bring down the entire police department...if it doesn't get him killed.

Inventing Leonardo
Inventing Leonardo

Author: A. Richard Turner

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 1994-10-06

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 9780520089389

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As he examines the changing views of Leonardo since the sixteenth century, A. Richard Turner both gives the reader a cultural history in brief of western Europe during this period and provides a context for examining Leonardo's relevance to our own ways of perceiving and interpreting the world.

Duran Duran's Rio
Duran Duran's Rio

Author: Annie Zaleski

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2021-05-06

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13: 1501355201

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In the '80s, the Birmingham, England, band Duran Duran became closely associated with new wave, an idiosyncratic genre that dominated the decade's music and culture. No album represented this rip-it-up-and-start-again movement better than the act's breakthrough 1982 LP, Rio. A cohesive album with a retro-futuristic sound-influences include danceable disco, tangy funk, swaggering glam, and Roxy Music's art-rock-the full-length sold millions and spawned smashes such as "Hungry Like the Wolf" and the title track. However, Rio wasn't a success everywhere at first; in fact, the LP had to be buffed-up with remixes and reissued before it found an audience in America. The album was further buoyed by colorful music videos, which established Duran Duran as leaders of an MTV-driven second British Invasion, and the group's cutting-edge visual aesthetic. Via extensive new interviews with band members and other figures who helped Rio succeed, this book explores how and why Rio became a landmark pop-rock album, and examines how the LP was both a musical inspiration-and a reflection of a musical, cultural, and technology zeitgeist.