Author: Doug Lennox
Publisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 1459724801
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 567
Book Description
Presenting two books in the popular and exhaustive trivia series. They are a treasure trove of his favourite trivia culled from previous Now You Know books, answering such brain-teasers as: Why is an evil adversary called a "villain"? Why is football played on a "gridiron" and a leg injury called a "charley horse"? Why is a decorated parade vehicle called a "float"? Why is the rubber around a car wheel called a "tire"? Why are sailors known as "tars"? Why is confetti thrown at a wedding? Liven up your next gathering with the hundreds of interesting facts in these books. Includes Now You Know Big Book of Answers Now You Know Big Book of Answers 2
Now You Know — The Big Books Bundle
Author: Doug Lennox
Publisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 1459724801
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 567
Book Description
Presenting two books in the popular and exhaustive trivia series. They are a treasure trove of his favourite trivia culled from previous Now You Know books, answering such brain-teasers as: Why is an evil adversary called a "villain"? Why is football played on a "gridiron" and a leg injury called a "charley horse"? Why is a decorated parade vehicle called a "float"? Why is the rubber around a car wheel called a "tire"? Why are sailors known as "tars"? Why is confetti thrown at a wedding? Liven up your next gathering with the hundreds of interesting facts in these books. Includes Now You Know Big Book of Answers Now You Know Big Book of Answers 2
Publisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 1459724801
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 567
Book Description
Presenting two books in the popular and exhaustive trivia series. They are a treasure trove of his favourite trivia culled from previous Now You Know books, answering such brain-teasers as: Why is an evil adversary called a "villain"? Why is football played on a "gridiron" and a leg injury called a "charley horse"? Why is a decorated parade vehicle called a "float"? Why is the rubber around a car wheel called a "tire"? Why are sailors known as "tars"? Why is confetti thrown at a wedding? Liven up your next gathering with the hundreds of interesting facts in these books. Includes Now You Know Big Book of Answers Now You Know Big Book of Answers 2
Now You Know — Giant Sports Trivia Bundle
Author: Doug Lennox
Publisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 1459724755
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 729
Book Description
Presenting five books in the popular and exhaustive trivia series. This one’s for the sports buff in the family! Doug Lennox, the world champion of trivia, is back to score touchdowns, hit homers, win the golden boot, and knock in holes-in-one every time with a colossal compendium of Q&A athletics that has all anyone could possibly want to know from archery and cycling to skiing and wrestling and everything in between. Why does the winner of the Indianapolis 500 drink milk in victory lane? Who was the first player ever to perform a slam dunk in a basketball game? Why are golfers’ shortened pants called "plus-fours"? When was the Stanley Cup not awarded? Why does the letter k signify a strikeout on a baseball score sheet? Where is the world’s oldest tennis court? What’s more, Doug goes for gold with a wealth of Winter and Summer Olympics lore and legend that will amaze and captivate armchair fans and fervent competitors alike. Includes Now You Know Golf Now You Know Hockey Now You Know Soccer Now You Know Football Now You Know Baseball
Publisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 1459724755
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 729
Book Description
Presenting five books in the popular and exhaustive trivia series. This one’s for the sports buff in the family! Doug Lennox, the world champion of trivia, is back to score touchdowns, hit homers, win the golden boot, and knock in holes-in-one every time with a colossal compendium of Q&A athletics that has all anyone could possibly want to know from archery and cycling to skiing and wrestling and everything in between. Why does the winner of the Indianapolis 500 drink milk in victory lane? Who was the first player ever to perform a slam dunk in a basketball game? Why are golfers’ shortened pants called "plus-fours"? When was the Stanley Cup not awarded? Why does the letter k signify a strikeout on a baseball score sheet? Where is the world’s oldest tennis court? What’s more, Doug goes for gold with a wealth of Winter and Summer Olympics lore and legend that will amaze and captivate armchair fans and fervent competitors alike. Includes Now You Know Golf Now You Know Hockey Now You Know Soccer Now You Know Football Now You Know Baseball
The Night Before Preschool
Author: Natasha Wing
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101636645
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
It's the night before preschool, and a little boy named Billy is so nervous he can't fall asleep. The friends he makes the next day at school give him a reason not to sleep the next night, either: he's too excited about going back! The book's simple rhyming text and sweet illustrations will soothe any child's fears about the first day of school.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101636645
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
It's the night before preschool, and a little boy named Billy is so nervous he can't fall asleep. The friends he makes the next day at school give him a reason not to sleep the next night, either: he's too excited about going back! The book's simple rhyming text and sweet illustrations will soothe any child's fears about the first day of school.
Silly Sally
A Rock Star Romance Series Box Set Books 1 to 5
Author: Sandra Alex
Publisher: Sandra Alex
ISBN: 1990807216
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 827
Book Description
Inspired by the death of Eddie Van Halen on October 6, 2020, this series touches on the trials and triumphs of being a gifted artist in the world of rock and roll. The series covers sensitive subject matter and contains course language, violence, graphic sex and drugs, so please be forewarned. All the books in this series are standalones and can be read in any order.
Publisher: Sandra Alex
ISBN: 1990807216
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 827
Book Description
Inspired by the death of Eddie Van Halen on October 6, 2020, this series touches on the trials and triumphs of being a gifted artist in the world of rock and roll. The series covers sensitive subject matter and contains course language, violence, graphic sex and drugs, so please be forewarned. All the books in this series are standalones and can be read in any order.
The Big Book of Jack the Ripper
Author: Otto Penzler
Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
ISBN: 1101971134
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 866
Book Description
Edgar Award–winning editor Otto Penzler's latest anthology takes its inspiration from the historical enigma whose name has become synonymous with fear: Jack the Ripper. Of the real-life serial killers whose gruesome acts have been splashed across headlines, none has reached the mythical status of Jack the Ripper. In the Ripper's wake, terror swept through the streets of London’s East End in the fall of 1888. As quickly as his nightmarish reign came, Saucy Jack vanished without a trace—leaving future generations to speculate upon his identity and whereabouts. He was diabolical in a way never seen before—a killer who taunted the police, came up with his own legendary monikers, and, ultimately, got away with his heinous crimes. More than a century later, the man “from hell” continues to live on in the imaginations of readers everywhere—and in some of the most spectacularly unnerving stories, both fiction and nonfiction, ever written. The Big Book of Jack the Ripper immerses you in the utterly chilling world of Red Jack’s London, where his unprecedented evil still lurks. Including: · Legendary stories by Marie Belloc Lowndes, Robert Bloch, and Ellery Queen · Captivating essays from George Bernard Shaw, Stephen Hunter, and Peter Underwood · Riveting new stories by contemporary masters Jeffrey Deaver, Loren D. Estleman, Lyndsay Faye, and many more · Astonishing theories from the world’s foremost Ripperologists From the Ripper Vault: · Demonic letters from Jack himself · Gruesome postmortem exams documenting all the bits and pieces of the cases · Harrowing witness statements taken on those hellish nights · Breaking newspaper accounts of the East End hysteria
Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
ISBN: 1101971134
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 866
Book Description
Edgar Award–winning editor Otto Penzler's latest anthology takes its inspiration from the historical enigma whose name has become synonymous with fear: Jack the Ripper. Of the real-life serial killers whose gruesome acts have been splashed across headlines, none has reached the mythical status of Jack the Ripper. In the Ripper's wake, terror swept through the streets of London’s East End in the fall of 1888. As quickly as his nightmarish reign came, Saucy Jack vanished without a trace—leaving future generations to speculate upon his identity and whereabouts. He was diabolical in a way never seen before—a killer who taunted the police, came up with his own legendary monikers, and, ultimately, got away with his heinous crimes. More than a century later, the man “from hell” continues to live on in the imaginations of readers everywhere—and in some of the most spectacularly unnerving stories, both fiction and nonfiction, ever written. The Big Book of Jack the Ripper immerses you in the utterly chilling world of Red Jack’s London, where his unprecedented evil still lurks. Including: · Legendary stories by Marie Belloc Lowndes, Robert Bloch, and Ellery Queen · Captivating essays from George Bernard Shaw, Stephen Hunter, and Peter Underwood · Riveting new stories by contemporary masters Jeffrey Deaver, Loren D. Estleman, Lyndsay Faye, and many more · Astonishing theories from the world’s foremost Ripperologists From the Ripper Vault: · Demonic letters from Jack himself · Gruesome postmortem exams documenting all the bits and pieces of the cases · Harrowing witness statements taken on those hellish nights · Breaking newspaper accounts of the East End hysteria
BEACH BOOKS Boxed Set: The Greatest Sea Adventure Novels, Pirate Books & Treasure-Hunt Tales
Author: Rafael Sabatini
Publisher: e-artnow
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 8894
Book Description
e-artnow presents this meticulously edited and formatted collections of the greatest sea adventure novels to be enjoyed next to the sound of crushing waves in front of you… or at least with the background sound of calming waves in your home:_x000D_ Content:_x000D_ Captain Charles Johnson: _x000D_ The History of Pirates _x000D_ R. L. Stevenson:_x000D_ Treasure Island_x000D_ Jack London:_x000D_ The Sea Wolf_x000D_ The Mutiny of the Elsinore_x000D_ A Son of the Sun_x000D_ Daniel Defoe:_x000D_ Robinson Crusoe_x000D_ Captain Singleton_x000D_ Tobias Smollett:_x000D_ The Adventures of Roderick Random_x000D_ Walter Scott:_x000D_ The Pirate_x000D_ Frederick Marryat:_x000D_ Mr. Midshipman Easy_x000D_ Masterman Ready; Or, The Wreck of the "Pacific"_x000D_ Edgar Allan Poe:_x000D_ The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket_x000D_ James Fenimore Cooper:_x000D_ The Pilot: A Tale of the Sea_x000D_ The Red Rover_x000D_ Afloat and Ashore: A Sea Tale_x000D_ Miles Wallingford_x000D_ Homeward Bound; Or, The Chase: A Tale of the Sea_x000D_ Thomas Mayne Reid:_x000D_ The Ocean Waifs: A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea_x000D_ Victor Hugo:_x000D_ Toilers of the Sea_x000D_ Herman Melville:_x000D_ Redburn_x000D_ White-Jacket_x000D_ Moby Dick_x000D_ Benito Cereno_x000D_ R. M. Ballantyne:_x000D_ The Coral Island: A Tale of the Pacific Ocean_x000D_ Fighting the Whales_x000D_ Jules Verne:_x000D_ The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras_x000D_ In Search of the Castaways; Or, The Children of Captain Grant_x000D_ 20 000 Leagues under the Sea_x000D_ Dick Sand: A Captain at Fifteen_x000D_ An Antarctic Mystery_x000D_ L. Frank Baum:_x000D_ Sam Steele's Adventures on Land and Sea_x000D_ Randall Parrish:_x000D_ Wolves of the Sea_x000D_ Charles Boardman Hawes:_x000D_ The Dark Frigate_x000D_ The Mutineers_x000D_ Joseph Conrad:_x000D_ The Nigger of the 'Narcissus'_x000D_ Lord Jim_x000D_ Typhoon_x000D_ The Shadow Line_x000D_ The Arrow of Gold_x000D_ Rudyard Kipling:_x000D_ Captains Courageous_x000D_ Ralph Henry Barbour:_x000D_ The Adventure Club Afloat _x000D_ Rafael Sabatini:_x000D_ Captain Blood_x000D_ The Sea-Hawk_x000D_ Jeffery Farnol:_x000D_ Black Bartlemy's Treasure_x000D_ Martin Conisby's Vengeance
Publisher: e-artnow
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 8894
Book Description
e-artnow presents this meticulously edited and formatted collections of the greatest sea adventure novels to be enjoyed next to the sound of crushing waves in front of you… or at least with the background sound of calming waves in your home:_x000D_ Content:_x000D_ Captain Charles Johnson: _x000D_ The History of Pirates _x000D_ R. L. Stevenson:_x000D_ Treasure Island_x000D_ Jack London:_x000D_ The Sea Wolf_x000D_ The Mutiny of the Elsinore_x000D_ A Son of the Sun_x000D_ Daniel Defoe:_x000D_ Robinson Crusoe_x000D_ Captain Singleton_x000D_ Tobias Smollett:_x000D_ The Adventures of Roderick Random_x000D_ Walter Scott:_x000D_ The Pirate_x000D_ Frederick Marryat:_x000D_ Mr. Midshipman Easy_x000D_ Masterman Ready; Or, The Wreck of the "Pacific"_x000D_ Edgar Allan Poe:_x000D_ The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket_x000D_ James Fenimore Cooper:_x000D_ The Pilot: A Tale of the Sea_x000D_ The Red Rover_x000D_ Afloat and Ashore: A Sea Tale_x000D_ Miles Wallingford_x000D_ Homeward Bound; Or, The Chase: A Tale of the Sea_x000D_ Thomas Mayne Reid:_x000D_ The Ocean Waifs: A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea_x000D_ Victor Hugo:_x000D_ Toilers of the Sea_x000D_ Herman Melville:_x000D_ Redburn_x000D_ White-Jacket_x000D_ Moby Dick_x000D_ Benito Cereno_x000D_ R. M. Ballantyne:_x000D_ The Coral Island: A Tale of the Pacific Ocean_x000D_ Fighting the Whales_x000D_ Jules Verne:_x000D_ The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras_x000D_ In Search of the Castaways; Or, The Children of Captain Grant_x000D_ 20 000 Leagues under the Sea_x000D_ Dick Sand: A Captain at Fifteen_x000D_ An Antarctic Mystery_x000D_ L. Frank Baum:_x000D_ Sam Steele's Adventures on Land and Sea_x000D_ Randall Parrish:_x000D_ Wolves of the Sea_x000D_ Charles Boardman Hawes:_x000D_ The Dark Frigate_x000D_ The Mutineers_x000D_ Joseph Conrad:_x000D_ The Nigger of the 'Narcissus'_x000D_ Lord Jim_x000D_ Typhoon_x000D_ The Shadow Line_x000D_ The Arrow of Gold_x000D_ Rudyard Kipling:_x000D_ Captains Courageous_x000D_ Ralph Henry Barbour:_x000D_ The Adventure Club Afloat _x000D_ Rafael Sabatini:_x000D_ Captain Blood_x000D_ The Sea-Hawk_x000D_ Jeffery Farnol:_x000D_ Black Bartlemy's Treasure_x000D_ Martin Conisby's Vengeance
Now I Know
Author: Yvonne Linscott Bartel
Publisher: Wheatmark, Inc.
ISBN: 1627879269
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Yvonne Bartel's maternal great-grandfather, James Ross Scadden, refused to talk about his Civil War days. No one knew anything other than he had been a prisoner of war in Andersonville, the notorious Confederate Civil War prison camp in Georgia. Spending two years researching, Yvonne gathered every possible detail about Scadden's Civil War experience from other soldiers' journals and diaries who were enlisted with him, including the fourteen months he spent in Andersonville. Through Bartel's retelling, Now I Know includes tales of heroism, extreme difficulties, stamina, battles in the western theatre, capture, and the tales of sickness, death, and suffering as a prisoner of war. Here at long last is the spellbinding tale of an ordinary country boy caught up in the catastrophic years of the Civil War that changed him forever.
Publisher: Wheatmark, Inc.
ISBN: 1627879269
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Yvonne Bartel's maternal great-grandfather, James Ross Scadden, refused to talk about his Civil War days. No one knew anything other than he had been a prisoner of war in Andersonville, the notorious Confederate Civil War prison camp in Georgia. Spending two years researching, Yvonne gathered every possible detail about Scadden's Civil War experience from other soldiers' journals and diaries who were enlisted with him, including the fourteen months he spent in Andersonville. Through Bartel's retelling, Now I Know includes tales of heroism, extreme difficulties, stamina, battles in the western theatre, capture, and the tales of sickness, death, and suffering as a prisoner of war. Here at long last is the spellbinding tale of an ordinary country boy caught up in the catastrophic years of the Civil War that changed him forever.
Angelbound Offspring Box Set
Author: Christina Bauer
Publisher: Monster House Books
ISBN: 1946677000
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1600
Book Description
Elementals, dragons, and romance … oh my! The first FIVE books of the popular Angelbound Origins series are now in ONE ebook collection! MAXON (Book One) Prince Maxon may be twenty-two years old now, but he’s still haunted by his boyhood abduction and torture in Hell. To deal with his past, Maxon limits his present-day activities to killing demons and seducing women. No long-term relationships. No combat too dangerous. No problem, right? Wrong. Maxon’s about to meet the warrior Lianna, and it’s love at first fight. PORTIA (Book Two) Princess Portia is one of the Marked: someday she’ll transform into a dreaded Void demon. To fight this horrible fate, Portia’s spent her life in libraries, learning magic that might break the dark demonic spell. But when the Void threaten to destroy all of the after-realms—and the handsome dragon Emperor Tempest offers his help—then Portia realizes that she may actually be marked for far more than a demon. Fate is calling the bookworm princess onto the battlefield, and it’s a fight against both demonic enemies and her own heart’s desires. ZINNIA (Book Three) The daughter of Portia and Tempest, Zinnia has always been a musical prodigy. Growing up, her favorite hours are spent with her best friend and musical partner, Rhodes. But when Zinnia is kidnapped, she realizes the power of music and love in an entirely new way. RHODES (Book Four) As dragon shifters, Rhodes and Zinnia should never have fallen in love. Why? Zin’s a princess while Rhodes is only the hired help. Sadly, it isn’t clear what path—if any—will end with Rhodes and his love having a future together. And when old enemies reappear, things get even trickier... KAPS (Book Five) Meet Princess Kaps: renegade, dragon shifter, and general pain in her royal parents' backsides. Although she pretends to love rock and roll, Kaps is actually obsessed with fighting the Audax, a group of shape-shifting vampires. A handsome bounty hunter, Mack, tries to deliver Kaps to her enemies, but sparks fly between stalker and prey... Angelbound Offspring Series 1. Maxon 2. Portia 3. Zinnia 4. Rhodes 5. Kaps 6. Mack 7. Huntress 8. Gage
Publisher: Monster House Books
ISBN: 1946677000
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1600
Book Description
Elementals, dragons, and romance … oh my! The first FIVE books of the popular Angelbound Origins series are now in ONE ebook collection! MAXON (Book One) Prince Maxon may be twenty-two years old now, but he’s still haunted by his boyhood abduction and torture in Hell. To deal with his past, Maxon limits his present-day activities to killing demons and seducing women. No long-term relationships. No combat too dangerous. No problem, right? Wrong. Maxon’s about to meet the warrior Lianna, and it’s love at first fight. PORTIA (Book Two) Princess Portia is one of the Marked: someday she’ll transform into a dreaded Void demon. To fight this horrible fate, Portia’s spent her life in libraries, learning magic that might break the dark demonic spell. But when the Void threaten to destroy all of the after-realms—and the handsome dragon Emperor Tempest offers his help—then Portia realizes that she may actually be marked for far more than a demon. Fate is calling the bookworm princess onto the battlefield, and it’s a fight against both demonic enemies and her own heart’s desires. ZINNIA (Book Three) The daughter of Portia and Tempest, Zinnia has always been a musical prodigy. Growing up, her favorite hours are spent with her best friend and musical partner, Rhodes. But when Zinnia is kidnapped, she realizes the power of music and love in an entirely new way. RHODES (Book Four) As dragon shifters, Rhodes and Zinnia should never have fallen in love. Why? Zin’s a princess while Rhodes is only the hired help. Sadly, it isn’t clear what path—if any—will end with Rhodes and his love having a future together. And when old enemies reappear, things get even trickier... KAPS (Book Five) Meet Princess Kaps: renegade, dragon shifter, and general pain in her royal parents' backsides. Although she pretends to love rock and roll, Kaps is actually obsessed with fighting the Audax, a group of shape-shifting vampires. A handsome bounty hunter, Mack, tries to deliver Kaps to her enemies, but sparks fly between stalker and prey... Angelbound Offspring Series 1. Maxon 2. Portia 3. Zinnia 4. Rhodes 5. Kaps 6. Mack 7. Huntress 8. Gage
Priscilla the Great Omnibus (3-Book Bundle includes study guide questions)
Author: Sybil Nelson
Publisher: Little Prince Publishing
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
Read about Priscilla the Great, an ordinary girl with extraordinary gifts! This three book bundle includes: Priscilla the Great Book one: If you think middle school is awkward, try going through it with fire shooting out of your fingers. Priscilla the Great The Kiss of Life: Just when I’m finally getting the hang of my powers, something even more confusing and harder to understand enters my world…boys. Priscilla the Great Too Little Too Late: When Mom gets brainwashed it's up to me to save her. But even with some new friends and even newer gadgets, will it be too little, too late? Also includes study guide questions for each of the three books.
Publisher: Little Prince Publishing
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
Read about Priscilla the Great, an ordinary girl with extraordinary gifts! This three book bundle includes: Priscilla the Great Book one: If you think middle school is awkward, try going through it with fire shooting out of your fingers. Priscilla the Great The Kiss of Life: Just when I’m finally getting the hang of my powers, something even more confusing and harder to understand enters my world…boys. Priscilla the Great Too Little Too Late: When Mom gets brainwashed it's up to me to save her. But even with some new friends and even newer gadgets, will it be too little, too late? Also includes study guide questions for each of the three books.