The Christmas Tail of Sampson the Silly-Looking Sock Monkey

The Christmas Tail of Sampson the Silly-Looking Sock Monkey

Author: Scott Burroughs

Publisher: Kregel Kidzone

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780825423000

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Sampson, the sock monkey, asks the Christmas tree angel why Christmas day is so special. The angel's answer gives Sampson a reason to feel special, and inspires everyone to celebrate with a true Christmas spirit.


The Legend of the Christmas Monkey

The Legend of the Christmas Monkey

Author: Carl S. Monroe

Publisher:

Published: 2015-11-01

Total Pages: 48

ISBN-13: 9780979133725

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The central story follows a family and their history with a sock monkey dressed for Christmas. The other two stories tell of a grandmother donating her life's work as a quilt, and the 1st Christmas in a new firehouse,


Coles Funny Picture Book Del

Coles Funny Picture Book Del

Author: Coles

Publisher:

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 199

ISBN-13: 9780207156731

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Varied snippets of information, from babies' names to types of aeroplanes, stories, poems, drawings, lists, riddles and morality tales. Didactic literature of the late 19th century.


The Hot Zone

The Hot Zone

Author: Richard Preston

Publisher: Anchor

Published: 2012-03-14

Total Pages: 450

ISBN-13: 0307817652

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The bestselling landmark account of the first emergence of the Ebola virus. Now a mini-series drama starring Julianna Margulies, Topher Grace, Liam Cunningham, James D'Arcy, and Noah Emmerich on National Geographic. A highly infectious, deadly virus from the central African rain forest suddenly appears in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. There is no cure. In a few days 90 percent of its victims are dead. A secret military SWAT team of soldiers and scientists is mobilized to stop the outbreak of this exotic "hot" virus. The Hot Zone tells this dramatic story, giving a hair-raising account of the appearance of rare and lethal viruses and their "crashes" into the human race. Shocking, frightening, and impossible to ignore, The Hot Zone proves that truth really is scarier than fiction.


Scouting on Two Continents

Scouting on Two Continents

Author: Frederick Russell Burnham

Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing

Published: 2016-07-26

Total Pages: 389

ISBN-13: 1786259583

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All England cheered this modest American. He acquired his scouting lore warring against Apaches in Arizona. After hunting gold in the Northwest and the Klondike he rode deep into the savage territory of Africa to slay the M’Limo, treacherous Matabele high priest. During the Boer War he performed many thrilling exploits as chief of Scouts. He was honored in the friendship of Lord Roberts, Theodore Roosevelt, Cecil Rhodes, and Dr. Jameson and received the highest honors of the British Empire. In this book he tells in full detail the fascinating story of his thrilling and varied career. “In real life he is more interesting than any of my heroes of romance”—SIR RIDER HAGGARD “I have seldom been as much taken with a narrative”—REAR ADMIRAL WM. S. SIMS, U.S.N. “I have read it all with enthralled interest”—THEODORE ROOSEVELT “England was never made by her statesmen; England was made by her adventurers.”—GENERAL GORDON.


Mathematicians in Love

Mathematicians in Love

Author: Rudy Rucker

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2008-07-08

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 1466804866

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A riveting new science fiction novel from the writer who twice won the Philip K. Dick Award for best SF novel.Bela and Paul, two wild young mathematicians, are friends and roommates, and in love with the same woman, who happens to be Alma, Bela's girlfriend. They fight it out by changing reality using cutting edge math, to change who gets the girl. The contemporary world they live in is not quite this one, but much like Berkeley, California, and the two graduate students are trying to finish their degrees and get jobs. It doesn't help that their unpredictable advisor Roland is a mad mathematical genius who has figured out a way to predict isolated and specific bits of the future that can cause a lot of trouble. . .and he's starting to see monsters in mirrors. Bela and Paul start to mess around with reality, and when that happens, all heaven and hell break loose. Those monsters of Roland's were really there, but who are they? This novel is a romantic comedy with a whole corkscrew of SF twists. At the publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management software (DRM) applied.