The Little Bell That Wouldn't Ring
The Little Bell That Wouldn't Ring

Author: Heike Conradi

Publisher: NorthSouth Books

Published: 2020-10-06

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 0735843864

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Christmas is coming! In a church tower, three bells practice ringing for Christmas Eve. But the newest and smallest bell in the tower is silent. What could be wrong? The dove, the wise crow, and all the other animals find good words to try to encourage the little bell to ring. But nothing works . . . until Christmas Eve when they find the words that inspire the little bell to ring out—“Peace on earth.” An inventive story about the meaning of Christmas, with ethereal illustrations by Maja Dusíková.

Before the Feast
Before the Feast

Author: Sasa Stanisic

Publisher: Tin House Books

Published: 2016-06-14

Total Pages: 221

ISBN-13: 1941040403

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It’s the night before the feast in the village of Fu¨rstenfelde (population: an odd number). The village is asleep. Except for the ferryman—he’s dead. And Mrs. Kranz, the night-blind painter, who wants to depict her village for the first time at night. A bell-ringer and his apprentice want to ring the bells—the only problem is that the bells have gone. A vixen is looking for eggs for her young, and Mr. Schramm is discovering more reasons to quit life than to quit smoking. Someone has opened the doors to the Village Archive, but what drives the sleepless out of their houses is not that which was stolen, but that which has escaped. Old stories, myths, and fairy tales are wandering about the streets with the people. They come together in a novel about a long night, a mosaic of village life, in which the long-established and newcomers, the dead and the living, craftsmen, pensioners, and noble robbers in football shirts bump into each other. They all want to bring something to a close, in this night before the feast.

Dusk Rings a Bell
Dusk Rings a Bell

Author: Stephen Belber

Publisher: Dramatists Play Service Inc

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 52

ISBN-13: 9780822224921

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THE STORY: Molly and Ray unexpectedly meet 25 years after a one-afternoon adolescent fling. She has a successful media career; he owns a small landscaping business. Both begin to romanticize their chance reunion, but a renewed connection is disrupt

Stocking Stuffer
Stocking Stuffer

Author: Lauren Smith

Publisher: Lauren Smith

Published: 2021-12-07

Total Pages: 139

ISBN-13: 1956227555

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When Bailey Willis plays Santa's elf for her company's Christmas party, she never expects the man playing the role of Santa to be the childhood crush who broke her heart at sixteen. Montgomery "Mack" Macholan realizes he made a mistake when he let Bailey go home on prom night without kissing her. Now ten years later he's playing Santa to her sexy elf and he can't keep his hands off her.

Mr Splitfoot
Mr Splitfoot

Author: Helen McCloy

Publisher: Orion

Published: 2013-10-14

Total Pages: 206

ISBN-13: 1471912558

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To wake the devil, Lucinda summoned the arch fiend with the ancient invocation, and from the secret room where her friend Vanya had agreed to hide came the eerie response. The rapping called up all the terror of the old tales, and the joke was going marvellously. Until Lucinda realised that Vanya had never arrived at the old house ...

The Great Brain Reforms
The Great Brain Reforms

Author: John D. Fitzgerald

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2017-01-10

Total Pages: 139

ISBN-13: 0425290018

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This fifth book in the series is a great combination of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Terrible Two series, and is perfect for fans of Roald Dahl. It's summer vacation, and J. D. is determined to reform his older brother Tom, a.k.a. the Great Brain, from his money swindling ways for good.

On Tugboats
On Tugboats

Author: Virginia Thorndike

Publisher: Down East Books

Published: 2004-01-01

Total Pages: 385

ISBN-13: 1461744725

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Tugboats hold a fascination not only for anyone who has worked aboard a vessel or around a harbor but for many land-bound folks as well. There is something about their chunky, powerful build and their often risky but vital work that excites our interest and admiration. The captains and crews of the tugboats are justifiably proud of what they do, and they have some great stories to tell about the ships and barges they tow or push; the harbors, storms, tides, and dangerous passages they must negotiate; the unions; the pilots; the different designs and capabilties of their boats; and the way the boats and their livelihood are irrevocably changing.

Under Two Flags
Under Two Flags

Author: Ellen Miller Coile

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2017-08-11

Total Pages: 432

ISBN-13: 1532007949

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Under Two Flags describes the highlights of Ellen Miller Coiles eight decades. This traces her story from her birth in 1930 in England as the youngest in a family of six children. She was evacuated during the entire length of World War II to Ipswich, Wales and Marlow. As a teenager she pursued work opportunities available to a working class girl from London suburbs, including secretary at Peat Marwick and Mitchell, until marrying Russell Cleven Coile, an American, in 1951. Embarking on a sixty year love affair with Russell, she followed him around the world to France, Japan, Italy, and Brazil, then settled in northern California thirty years ago. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Organizational Behavior from the University of San Francisco. Under Two Flags chronicles not just her achievements in volunteer service to numerous organizations but how she expressed her values of social justice and combating discrimination. Her key priorities include family and friendships, extending beyond her three successful children.