Author: Aurélia Higuet
Publisher: Clavis
ISBN: 9781605375892
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32

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Pablo is tired. But he can't sleep because his friends are too busy or make too much noise. Angrily, Pablo walks off. In the desert, everything is quiet at last. But falling asleep is now completely impossible, since Pablo feels alone and misses his friends ... An exotic and colorful story about friendship and sleeplessness. For bad and other sleepers from 4 years up.

Author: Lonny Shavelson
Publisher: The New Press
ISBN: 1565847792
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 322

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Shavelson is a physician and journalist who followed five addicts through various drug rehabilitation programs in California. Their stories, often told in their own words and punctuated by bandw photos Shavelson took as the five traversed the system and the streets, highlight the links between drug addiction, mental illness, and trauma, including child abuse. Shavelson argues for an integrated approach to drug treatment that addresses the fundamental causes of drug abuse, not just its outward symptoms and behaviors. c. Book News Inc.

Author: James N. Ito
Publisher: Dorrance Publishing
ISBN: 1480981508
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 384

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Fireguard By: James N. Ito Fireguard is a fantasy and science-fiction novel, with a heavy dose of war. It is about two-inch tall plastic toys that consist of cowboys, Indians, spacemen, knights, ninjas, and many other factions that live within an abandoned junkyard. After decades of living here, a force of Army Men known as the Legion approach the Junkyard’s doorstep ready to attack. Brad, a prehistoric mammal and humanoid known as an Amonaut created in the late 1980s, must desperately unite the Junkyard amidst their differences in order to secure their survival. The main villain, Torvus, has declared himself emperor of the Legion. His ultimate goal is to conquer the Junkyard and wipe out all who inhabit it. His brutal tactics and his prowess for victory make him a dangerous foe. Robots, tanks, machine guns, and thousands of war-hardened Army Men follow him. Brad thinks himself as inadequate with no experience in warfare, but this war and Torvus will test him to limits that he didn’t know existed.

Author: Sara Moliner
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1605988960
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 324

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Barcelona, 1952: General Franco's fascist government is at the height of its oppressive powers, casting a black shadow across the city. When wealthy socialite Mariona Sobrerroca is found dead in her mansion in the exclusive Tibidabo district, the police scramble to seize control of the investigation.Ana Martí Noguer, an eager young journalist, is surprised to be assigned this important story, shadowing Inspector Isidro Castro. But Ana soon realizes that a bundle of strange letters unearthed at the scene point to a sequence of events dramatically different from the official version. She enlists the help of her cousin Beatriz, a scholar, and what begins as an intriguing puzzle opens up a series of revelations that implicate the regime's most influential figures. The two women have placed themselves in mortal danger. As the conspiracy unfolds, Ana's courage and Beatriz's wits will be their only weapons against the city's corrupt and murderous elite.

Author: Jake Fawson
Publisher: Other Places Publishing
ISBN: 098226190X
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 193

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Herein reside seventeen stories (and one poem) written by Peace Corps Volunteers from across the generations and across the planet. Such writing often brings expectations for a certain type of book (heartwarming, uplifting, nice). Many books give you that experience. And we like those books. They are good books. The world needs those books. This is not that book. Americans Do Their Business Abroad is a collection of stories a little too goofy, a little too personal (and maybe a little too gross) to belong anywhere else. Latrines. Goat eyeballs. Pickpockets. Whimsy. Wisdom. And arson in the name of hygiene. Enjoy.

Author: Leon G. Caesar
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1490701966
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 187

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A superb and delicately written story, Timecrunch: the Trails of Death, is a compelling tale of the Adam family, who were wiped out in 2012. The mother, daughter and son were killed in their own house and the father, who found their bodies, put together a time capsule before killing himself. The time capsule is found seven thousand years later and the family is cloned from hairs found in the box. The family’s journey in their new world exposes them to the wonders and delights of an advanced civilisation and a genuinely caring society based on neighbourly love. The son, 20-year old Brumin fails to adapt to his new life and develops feelings of revenge for those who ended the lives of his mother, sister and himself. The plan he hatches involves mastering the cloning process so that he can reproduce multiple copies of one of the killers – a hair of whom had found its way into the time capsule – and kill them off one by one. He greatly succeeds in his plan, but is stopped while his blade hurtles down to end the life of one of his victims. In the end Brumin wants to be punished, but the manner in which society responds to his crimes is an embarrassment to the justice system of the 21st century. The story contains a number of gems, from presentations of technologies of the future, to sobering critiques of 21st century society and interesting takes on science and popular music. All-in-all a shocking story that in the end cannot fail to lift the heart, as it points to the wonderful future that must be lying ahead.

Author: C. Thomas Lafollette
Publisher: Broken World Publishing
ISBN: 1949410404
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 357

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Killing vampires is Luke Irontree’s business, and business is good. Too good… After nearly 2,000 years, the immortal vampire hunter is exhausted. Alone in a world where everyone he knew and loved is dead, he struggles on because it’s all he knows. But when a wave of vampire attacks brings a dark pall over Portland, Luke is the only one who can stop them. The problem is, he let things go too long. Now he’s outnumbered, and the tables have turned – the hunter has become the hunted. After falling into a trap, Luke is rescued by a werewolf and a tough female vampire hunter who want to join forces. However, Luke is too afraid of losing more friends. Luke might not have a choice if he wants to protect his home and survive to tell the tale. Allies are a dangerous risk – both for himself and for them. Vampire hunting has always been a deadly business. But with the gutters running red with blood, Luke must make the impossible choices or die trying…

Author: Virginia Castleman
Publisher: ArchwayPublishing
ISBN: 1480805270
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 222

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Sara and Anna Olson awaken each morning without the comfort of their parents love. Orphaned at a young age, theyve tried their best to find a sense of safety and security within the foster system. At nine and eleven, they know more about the world than children twice their ageand its a knowledge they have paid dearly to earn. Inspired by true events, their story is one of survival, but its also one of friendship, sisterhood, and hope. They must find the strength to face the world with courage and faith. Amid the tattered remains of their innocence, the sisters know that no matter what else life delivers, they can always count on each other. When their ever-shifting world is rocked by three wood-splintering knocks on the door one cold, autumn night, the sisters flee into the darkness, alone and terrified. What could drive them into the frigid night air? On that night, Sara makes a promise to her sister, one she spends her whole life trying to keep. But it may be a promise that is destined to be broken.

Author: Héctor Tobar
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 0374709203
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 337

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Deep Down Dark is the novel that inspired the film The 33 starring Lou Diamond Phillips, Cote de Pablo and Antonio Banderas. When the San José mine collapsed outside of Copiapó, Chile, in August 2010, it trapped thirty-three miners beneath thousands of feet of rock for a record-breaking sixty-nine days. After the disaster, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Héctor Tobar received exclusive access to the miners and their tales, and in Deep Down Dark, he brings them to haunting, visceral life. We learn what it was like to be imprisoned inside a mountain, understand the horror of being slowly consumed by hunger, and experience the awe of working in such a place-underground passages filled with danger and that often felt alive. A masterwork of narrative journalism and a stirring testament to the power of the human spirit, The 33: Deep Down Dark captures the profound ways in which the lives of everyone involved in the catastrophe were forever changed. A Finalist for a National Book Critics Circle Award A Finalist for a Los Angeles Times Book Prize A New York Times Book Review Notable Book Selected for NPR's Morning Edition Book Club

Author: Julia Mercedes Castilla
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1483698300
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 190

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Marcela and Pablo leave their privileged home in South America to come to the United States for Pablo to do his graduate work. From the moment they walk to the plane, their mishaps begin. Th ey encounter many diffi culties with the language, the culture and unexpected situations, but also experience goodness during the two years that unexpectedly turn into a lifetime arrangement. Marcela works in jobs she never would have considered. She is fi red from a doughnut shop because she does not understand what the customers want. Humorous situations soften the loneliness and hardships they face in a strange land.