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Eleven-year old Jason Brandt meets Harvey the Squid (a retired cab driver) and Button-Bright (who can't remember his real name), and acquires a pet Expanding Giant Chinchilla (for use in emergencies). Together this foursome must overcome The Two Weevils (Less and Greater, of course), The Spin Doctor, the weird inhabitants of Stationery City, and other dangers to bring a warning to the Emerald City before it's too late. Filled with jokes and sly commentary on everything from our Internet-obsessed society to the world of fashion design.

Dark and gritty, Witness is a heart-pounding thriller set in Manchester by bestselling author Mandasue Heller. Teenager Holly Evans and her over-protective mother, Josie, are living a hand-to-mouth existence, moving constantly from one squalid dump to the next. When they move into an illegally...

Berge, Bücher und das Angeln - drei der Dinge, die Wynn und Jack miteinander verbinden. Seit Studienbeginn sind sie beste Freunde und träumen davon, mehrere Wochen in der kanadischen Wildnis zu verbringen. Mit Kanu und kleinem Gepäck brechen sie eines Tages auf, den Maskwa River zu befahren. Lange Tage geruhsamen Paddelns, dazu nächtliches Sterneschauen und Westernlesen, das schwebt ihnen vor. Das Abenteuer jedoch, das so vielversprechend beginnt, wird zu einer existenziellen Herausforderung. Wildwasser, Gewalt und Feuer stellen Wynns und Jacks Freundschaft auf eine harte Probe.

Ernest Hello (1828-1885) è uno scrittore cattolico poco famoso ma molto intenso e profondo, che non scese mai a compromessi e per questo motivo fu "silenziato" dallo stesso secolo da lui criticato acerbamente perché appunto rincorreva una falsa pacificazione. In questo libro, che consiste in una serie di riflessioni su temi importanti come la carità, il viaggio, l'arte, e via dicendo, si scaglia senza mezzi termini contro il trasformismo, l'eclettismo, il qualunquismo. La scrittura è molto semplice e comprensibile, come accade sempre quando le idee che espone non sono ambigue.

"Så kører Alfred G. Petersen alene ud til sin mor og lader Katinka blive hjemme. Helt alene er han dog ikke. De følger jo med, de tre, Alfred, G. og Petersen. De larmer hele vejen. Han kan faktisk ikke få indført en eneste af sine egne tanker i samtalen. Han kører ind ad stikvejen i parcelhuskvarteret, alt ånder og ånder i luften omkring ham. Alfred G. Petersen punkterer et par cykler inde hos naboen, inden han ringer på sin mors dør. Men døren bliver ikke åbnet, selvom hun burde sidde og vente på dem med varm kakao og friskbagte æbleskiver, præcis, som hun mener, han kan lide dem.

When 15-year-old Skye's mother finally does something so shocking that it can't be hushed up, the police turn her over to the social workers - and that's when the nightmare begins. No one will let her talk to her father; the woman who is supposed to be helping her dumps her in a terrifying 'home' that's more like a jail. But she still has one friend to turn to: the sympathetic girl she's met in an Internet chat room, the one who seems to have a home life as unhappy as Skye's.

Sleep is the subject of intense scientific debate among biologists and neuroscientists. Why must we spend about one-third of our lives asleep? What exactly is sleep? Why does a lack of sleep impair our cognitive abilities and leave us vulnerable to a host of medical issues ranging from obesity to reduced resistance to infectious disease?

Stand-up comedy album

Amy Sherman has a nice apartment in Manhattan, a good job as publicity director at a publishing company, and a decent social life. Then she runs into Tara Messer, prom queen and Amy's ex-best friend. It's been four years since Tara stole Amy's fiancé, and Amy swore she'd stop playing second fiddle to spotlight-hog Tara. Or so she thought. Tara, now married to the man who broke Amy's heart, is a lifestyle guru with her own book deal - and Amy gets tapped to be her publicist.

At first, Manhattan financial planner Melanie Banks adores Dan Swain, her pro-football player husband who has a sexy Oklahoma drawl to go with his athletic good looks. But then his career comes to a screeching halt, and he spends the next few years out of a job, seemingly unconcerned about it. Suddenly, she's the one bringing home the bacon and falling out of love with the paycheck-devouring, couch-sitting mooch. Divorce is the answer, she decides - only to learn she has to fork over alimony while he lives like a prince on her income, and she has to share custody of their precious dog.

Don’t Keep Your Day Job will get you fired up, ready to rip it open, and use your zone of genius to add a little more sparkle to this world. Cathy Heller, host of the popular podcast Don’t Keep Your Day Job, shares wisdom, anecdotes, and practical suggestions from successful creative entrepreneurs and experts, including actress Jenna Fischer on rejection, Gretchen Rubin on the keys to happiness, Jen Sincero on having your best badass life, and so much more.

This fascinating story influenced by Native American folktales explains why the moon changes shape and helps children deal with bullies. After the sun insults and bullies her, the moon feels so badly hurt that she shrinks and leaves the sky. The moon turns to a comet and her many friends on Earth to comfort her. Her friends include rabbits and Native Americans. Then she regains her full shape, happiness, and self-esteem. The moon also returns to her orbit.

Desde los días de primeros humanos, la gente ha usado el folclore para explicar porque ocurren los eventos de la naturaleza. Con la influencia de los cuentos tradicionales de los Nativo Americanos, esta fascinante historia explica las fases de la luna, mientras provee una lección de vida para los niños cuando ellos observan como la luna es capaz de superar la adversidad y construir la confianza en sí misma.

In this novel, set in the 15th century during the Hundred Years' War between France and England, Hella Haasse brilliantly captures all the drama of one of the great ages of history.

He is the perfect presidential candidate. Conservatives love his hard-hitting Republican rsum. Liberals love his peaceful, progressive practicality. The media can’t get enough of his larger-than-life personality. And all the American people love that he’s an honest, hard-working man who tells it like it is. There’s just one problem. He is William Howard Taft...and he was already president a hundred years ago.

Far from a conventional biography, Facing Ted Williams aims to offer a different perspective with testimonials from teammates and opponents alike, on how Williams was regarded among his peers. See Ted Williams through the eyes of pitchers struggling to put a fastball past his bat, the infielders and outfielders adjusting their positions in the hopes that they can fill the hole where a frozen rope might land, and the catchers strategizing a Williams at-bat, pitch-by-pitch.

Marie vokser op på Langeland 1930’erne i et hjem, hvor børnene er mange, pengene få og vold hverdag - også før krigen kommer og gør et fattigt samfund endnu fattigere. Lyset melder sig i form af Otto, en elektrikerlærling med klare blå øjne. Sammen undslipper de Langelands fattigdom og rejser til hovedstaden for at skabe sig en ny og bedre fremtid. Men Langeland flytter med på godt og ondt. "Folkets Skønhed" er Merete Pryds Helles slægtskrønike baseret på hendes egen familiehistorie.

På en villavej i Værløse i 1971 ligger Merle i sin seng og læser den ene De 5-bog efter den anden. Hun kan høre forældrene gennem væggen. Det er en af morens gode dage, hvor sygdommen ikke har fat. Det er en af de gode dage, hvor faren er hjemme og er ædru. Vi kunne alt tegner et tidsbillede af den sorgmuntre optimisme, der prægede de tidlige 70‘ere, hvor børnene fik at vide, at fremtiden var deres, og at de faktisk kunne alt. En roman om kærlighed på trods, om skyld og skam og om voksne, som ikke magter at være voksne.

Spanning Lincoln's life - from his early career as a Springfield lawyer, to his presidential reign during one of America's most troubled historical periods, to his assassination in 1865 - these essays, developed from original C-SPAN interviews, provide a compelling, composite portrait of Lincoln, one that offers up new stories and fresh insights on a defining leader.

Mængden af indbo holdes naturligt nede, hendes mor kasserer med hård hånd, det er døde ting. Hun har en remse med alle adresserne, hendes mor holder sig for ørerne, tørklædet falder frem i panden. Det er rødt og blåt og hvidt. Det er fra Sans Souci, det overlever. "de" er en skildring af et mor-datter-forhold. Det er en fortælling om sygdom og kærlighed og om at gå på gymnasiet i begyndelsen af 80'erne. Om sprog, der ikke slår til, men alligevel gør det.