The Running-Shaped Hole

The Running-Shaped Hole

Author: Robert Earl Stewart

Publisher: Dundurn

Published: 2022-02-22

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 1459749073

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A searching, self-deprecating memoir of a man on his way to eating himself to death before discovering the anxiety and fulfillment of distance running. “Uplifting, emotional, and just plain hilarious, The Running-Shaped Hole may even inspire you to put down your fork and pick up those running shoes.” — JAY ONRAIT, TSN host and broadcaster When Robert Earl Stewart sees his pants lying across the end of his bed, they remind him of a flag draped over a coffin — his coffin. At thirty-eight years old he weighs 368 pounds and is slowly eating himself to death. The only thing that helps him deal with the fear and shame is eating. But one day, following a terrifying doctor’s appointment, he goes for a walk — an act that sets The Running-Shaped Hole in motion. Within a year, he is running long distances, fulfilling his mother's dying wishes, reversing the disastrous course of his eating, losing 140 pounds, and, after several mishaps and jail time, eventually running the Detroit Free Press Half-Marathon. At turns philosophical and slapstick, this memoir examines the life-altering effects running has on a man who, left to his own devices, struggles to be a husband, a father, a son, and a writer.


The Running-Shaped Hole

The Running-Shaped Hole

Author: Robert Earl Stewart

Publisher: Dundurn

Published: 2022-02-22

Total Pages: 326

ISBN-13: 1459749065

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Robert Earl Stewart weighs 368 pounds and struggles to catch his breath while talking. He starts running to save his life. Along the way he loses 140 pounds, ends up in jail, and eventually runs the Detroit Free Press Half-Marathon.


God-Shaped Hole

God-Shaped Hole

Author: Tiffanie DeBartolo

Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.

Published: 2017-05-16

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13: 1492646954

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"God-Shaped Hole will change you as a reader, writer and human. It is rare books like this one that remind me why I fell in love with the written word."—Colleen Hoover When I was twelve, a fortune teller told me that my one true love would die young and leave me all alone... It's a dark prediction, but Beatrice Jordan never really believed in true love anyway. So, no harm done. She's accepted her lot in life: living in Los Angeles as an artist, not letting herself get too attached to anyone. It's not perfect, but nothing is. Until fate intervenes. It's a simple personal ad: "I am seeking a friend for the end of the world..." Eleven little words that change Beatrice's life irrevocably. Because they lead her to Jacob Grace, an unpredictable writer looking for something he can't name. Both of their worlds shift that day and what follows is a love story unlike any other; brimming with creativity and passion, as two lost souls find themselves in each other. From hole-in-the-wall record stores to late night phone calls, together, Beatrice and Jacob transcend the loneliness of their lives. But dark realities and secrets soon rise to the surface, as does Beatrice's fear of an inescapable fate. Despite it all, this is a story of real love: the kind that breaks you and remakes you, the kind that changes you forever. The kind of love worth having, even if it's short lived, even if you know you might lose it. God Shaped Hole is a brand new kind of love story, introducing dreamers to a quintessentially raw romance and inspires everyone to live and love as vividly as possible—the perfect book club or beach read for fans of The Girl He Used to Know by Tracey Garvis Graves, In Five Years by Rebecca Serle, and More Than Words by Jill Santopolo. Praise for God-Shaped Hole: "This generation's Love Story."—Kirkus "If Holden Caulfield were a twenty-seven-year-old woman living in LA, this is the book he'd write, or read. It's very fast and very funny, and at its core it's that rarest of things—a truly convincing love story."—Dave Eggers "With wit and humor, the author brings these characters and their quirky, artsy friends alive. Bottom Line: You'll dig it"—People


A Mango-Shaped Space

A Mango-Shaped Space

Author: Wendy Mass

Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Published: 2008-11-16

Total Pages: 145

ISBN-13: 0316048690

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An award-winning book from the author of Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life and The Candymakers for fans for of Wonder and Counting by Sevens Mia Winchell has synesthesia, the mingling of perceptions whereby a person can see sounds, smell colors, or taste shapes. Forced to reveal her condition, she must look to herself to develop an understanding and appreciation of her gift in this coming-of-age novel.


Get Off Your Ass and Run!

Get Off Your Ass and Run!

Author: Ruth Field

Publisher: The Experiment

Published: 2013-04-02

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 1615190775

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"First published in the United Kingdom in 2012 as Run Fat Bitch Run by Sphere, an imprint of Little, Brown Book Group."


One Perfect Lie

One Perfect Lie

Author: Lisa Scottoline

Publisher: St. Martin's Press

Published: 2017-04-11

Total Pages: 366

ISBN-13: 1250099560

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Chris Brennan is applying for a job as a high school government teacher, ready to step in as an assistant baseball coach, and his references are impeccable -- but everything about him is a lie. Widow Susan Sematov is proud of her son Raz, a high school pitcher being recruited for a full-ride scholarship to a Division I college. Heather Larkin is a struggling single mother who lives for her son Jordan's baseball games. Mindy Kostis fills her days with social events and too many gin and tonics, unaware her husband and her son, Evan, are hiding secrets that might destroy all of them.


Hole in My Life

Hole in My Life

Author: Jack Gantos

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 9780374430894

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In this Michael L. Printz Honor Book, the Newbery Honor-winning creator of the Joey Pigza books shares the true story of how he became a writer the hard way by learning a valuable lesson while he was in college.


Holes

Holes

Author: Louis Sachar

Publisher: Yearling

Published: 2011-06-01

Total Pages: 251

ISBN-13: 0307798364

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This groundbreaking classic is now available in a special anniversary edition with bonus content. Winner of the Newbery Medal as well as the National Book Award, HOLES is a New York Times bestseller and one of the strongest-selling middle-grade books to ever hit shelves! Stanley Yelnats is under a curse. A curse that began with his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather and has since followed generations of Yelnatses. Now Stanley has been unjustly sent to a boys' detention center, Camp Green Lake, where the boys build character by spending all day, every day digging holes exactly five feet wide and five feet deep. There is no lake at Camp Green Lake. But there are an awful lot of holes. It doesn't take long for Stanley to realize there's more than character improvement going on at Camp Green Lake. The boys are digging holes because the warden is looking for something. But what could be buried under a dried-up lake? Stanley tries to dig up the truth in this inventive and darkly humorous tale of crime and punishment —and redemption. Special anniversary edition bonus content includes: A New Note From the Author!; "Ten Things You May Not Know About HOLES" by Louis Sachar; and more!


God-Shaped Hole

God-Shaped Hole

Author: Zero Hp Lovecraft

Publisher:

Published: 2021-03-02

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781034549437

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"Advances in machine learning and neural networks had opened new doors in languages processing, in genetic science, in art, and in music. Behind the final door we had hoped to find desire itself, and lust, and carnality more carnal than carnal. Since then we have learned that some doors should stay closed forever."[[ Follow Zero HP Lovecraft* on Twitter @0x49fa98 ]]THIS WORK IS AVAILABLE ENTIRELY FOR FREE ON THE AUTHOR`S WEBSITE*Please note that this publication has been authorized by, but is not associated with the author of the work and is sold at cost to print.𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘋𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 29𝘵𝘩, 2020. 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘹𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘺𝘱𝘰𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳