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Author: DH Smith Publisher: Earlham Books ISBN: 1909804541 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 262
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Jack, a builder, has a job in the local cemetery making a memorial bower. His work is obstructed by the manager, whose brother runs the crematorium. The two brothers are at loggerheads, goaded by Jack’s employer and the woman who runs the flower stall, all part of the same family who are major shareholders in the cemetery. It’s a bad blood ménage, overseeing the business of the dead, complicated by murder with Jack as suspect and sleuth.
Author: DH Smith Publisher: Earlham Books ISBN: 1909804541 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 262
Book Description
Jack, a builder, has a job in the local cemetery making a memorial bower. His work is obstructed by the manager, whose brother runs the crematorium. The two brothers are at loggerheads, goaded by Jack’s employer and the woman who runs the flower stall, all part of the same family who are major shareholders in the cemetery. It’s a bad blood ménage, overseeing the business of the dead, complicated by murder with Jack as suspect and sleuth.
Author: M. L. Windsor Publisher: ISBN: 1939547288 Category : Adventure stories Languages : en Pages : 178
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Jack and Nadine, two middle-schoolers with very unusual parents, live ordinary lives until a villain destroys the Magical Creature Reserve, releasing ghastly creatures into their midst.
Author: Jack Gantos Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) ISBN: 142996250X Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 350
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Dead End in Norvelt is the winner of the 2012 Newbery Medal for the year's best contribution to children's literature and the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction! Melding the entirely true and the wildly fictional, Dead End in Norvelt is a novel about an incredible two months for a kid named Jack Gantos, whose plans for vacation excitement are shot down when he is "grounded for life" by his feuding parents, and whose nose spews bad blood at every little shock he gets. But plenty of excitement (and shocks) are coming Jack's way once his mom loans him out to help a fiesty old neighbor with a most unusual chore—typewriting obituaries filled with stories about the people who founded his utopian town. As one obituary leads to another, Jack is launced on a strange adventure involving molten wax, Eleanor Roosevelt, twisted promises, a homemade airplane, Girl Scout cookies, a man on a trike, a dancing plague, voices from the past, Hells Angels . . . and possibly murder. Endlessly surprising, this sly, sharp-edged narrative is the author at his very best, making readers laugh out loud at the most unexpected things in a dead-funny depiction of growing up in a slightly off-kilter place where the past is present, the present is confusing, and the future is completely up in the air.
Author: Jack Townsend Publisher: Jack Townsend ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 345
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Nightshift clerk and high-functioning insomniac Jack is back to work, trying his best to keep out of trouble. But when his chain-smoking coworker discovers a mysterious radio signal revealing the guarded secrets of their town, Jack will learn that an annoying new dayshift manager is far from the worst of his problems. In this second installment of the Gas Station saga, Jack finds himself entangled in his most harrowing adventure yet. With the newest crew of coworkers along for the ride and the resident psychopath out for his blood, our hero(?) must navigate the drama of small-town murder conspiracies, vigilante justice, and demonic summoning rituals...whether he wants to or not.
Author: Charmian London Publisher: ISBN: Category : Authors, American Languages : en Pages : 462
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Several years after Jack London’s death, his wife Charmian released a 2-volume biography of his life. Volume I starts with the origins of his parents, John and Flora, and covers Jack’s childhood and early life growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area. It also covers his oyster pirating, Klondike trips, and time spent riding the railroads. The book is full of his letters to Cloudesley Johns, Anna Strunsky, and others. The first volume ends with his voyage to Asia to cover the Japanese-Russian War. Volume II starts with his return from Korea after war-reporting and his divorce from his first wife. It covers their trip on the Snark and trips to New York and around Cape Horn. The 'bad year' when his house burns is described in detail, as is a return to Hawaii and the start of World War I. The volume ends with Jack's death in 1916.
Author: Norman Jorgensen Publisher: Fremantle Press ISBN: 1921361190 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 226
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Jack's family is temporarily based on Rottnest Island during WWII, while his father helps build an air field. Jack and his best friend Banjo have the run of the island and a remarkable knack for getting into trouble - but as Jack says, "I'm not that bad, I just get caught a lot!" Dafty, a simple but loveable young boy dotes on Banjo and Jack. When Dafty seeks revenge against the local schoolmaster for a punishment inflicted on Banjo, life becomes suddenly more serious. Norman Jorgenson deftly recreates this period in Australian history from the perspective of a young boy. The poignant, mult-layered text offers young readers a valuable insight into life in Australia during the war, as well as an engaging and entertaining read.
Author: Sebastian Sepulveda Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield ISBN: 1442273356 Category : Family & Relationships Languages : en Pages : 279
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At Death’s Door: End of Life Stories from the Bedside tells the powerful story of Sebastian Sepulveda’s experiences in working with patients at the end of their lives. In some cases, death came quickly, after the patient was first diagnosed with a terminal condition and entered the hospital. In other cases, patients had a long, progressive illness that got increasingly worse over the months or years until they were in their final days. In some cases, patients were able to fight off death for many years. Hard decisions are often made—whether to resuscitate or not, whether to choose hospice or not, who makes the decisions when a patient cannot, and whose decision to follow when several family members are involved in decision making. Written from the perspective of a medical doctor from years of experience, this personal approach to the end of life explores the many options available to patients and their families and reveals how real people have come to those decisions, and how they play out. With insight and sensitivity, Sepulveda offers families an important window into how life can end with compassion, care, control, and dignity. At Death’s Door features over fifty stories drawn from Sepulveda’s experience as a doctor dealing with these patients and families. As states debate the legality of assisted suicide and other end of life rights, real people make real decisions every day regarding end of life. Their stories come to life in these pages, and readers with similar concerns will find relief, comfort, and company as they face these decisions themselves.
Author: DH Smith
Author: DH Smith
Author: M. L. Windsor
Author: Alphonse Daudet
Author: Jack Gantos
Author: Ellis Peters
Author: Jack Townsend
Author: Charmian London
Author: Norman Jorgensen
Author: Alphonse Daudet
Author: Sebastian Sepulveda