How Jack Lost Time

Author : Stéphanie Lapointe
Publisher : Greystone Books
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2020-10-13
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1771647574

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How Jack Lost Time by Stéphanie Lapointe Pdf

Poignant, original, and vibrant, this contemporary nautical fable journeys into the heart of the human spirit, and will move readers young and old. Jack is not like other sea captains. Fishermen say he's weird, but Jack only cares about one thing: the grey whale with the scarred dorsal fin, the one who swallowed up his son, Julos, years before. Jack promises he will not come home without Julos, even if it means losing himself in the process. Then, on a night like any other, Jack sees something lurking around his boat. He throws himself into the whale's dark mouth. But is he too late? Will his son recognize him after years of being alone? An artful and timeless exploration of love, loss, and the choices that change our lives forever, How Jack Lost Time will appeal to readers of Michael Rosen's The Well of Being: A Children's Book for Grown Ups, and other picture books for older readers and adults.

Author : Nicola Claire
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0473401061

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Losing Time by Nicola Claire Pdf

"The past twelve months have been a constant strain for Mimi Wylde. Losing both parents unexpectedly can do that to a girl. At least she's got her effervescent twin sister to keep her spirits soaring. But when a dream trip to Mimi's favourite holiday spot leads to a further shocking surprise, Mimi's outlook on life ... and time ... is shattered. It's not the future she's afraid of ... but maybe it should be"--Back cover.

Author : Marilynne Robinson
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2020-09-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780349011783

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Jack by Marilynne Robinson Pdf

'[Her work] defines universal truths about what it means to be human' Barack Obama 'Marilynne Robinson is one of the greatest writers of our time' Sunday Times 'Jack is the fourth in Robinson's luminous, profound Gilead series and perhaps the best yet' Observer Marilynne Robinson, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the American National Humanities Medal, returns to the world of Gilead with Jack, the final in one of the great works of contemporary American fiction. Jack tells the story of John Ames Boughton, the loved and grieved-over prodigal son of a Presbyterian minister in Gilead, Iowa, a drunkard and a ne'er-do-well. In segregated St. Louis sometime after World War II, Jack falls in love with Della Miles, an African-American high school teacher, also a preacher's child, with a discriminating mind, a generous spirit and an independent will. Their fraught, beautiful story is one of Robinson's greatest achievements.

Author : Jack Welch,John A. Byrne
Publisher : Business Plus
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2003-10-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780759509214

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Jack by Jack Welch,John A. Byrne Pdf

The most widely respected CEO in America looks back on his brilliant career at General Electric and reveals his personal business philosophy and unique managerial style. Nearly 20 years ago, former General Electric CEO Reg Jones walked into Jack Welch's office and wrapped him in a bear hug. "Congratulations, Mr. Chairman," said Reg. It was a defining moment for American business. So begins the story of a self-made man and a self-described rebel who thrived in one of the most volatile and economically robust eras in U.S. history, while managing to maintain a unique leadership style. In what is the most anticipated book on business management for our time, Jack Welch surveys the landscape of his career running one of the world's largest and most successful corporations.

Author : John Wray
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2016-02-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781429944526

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The Lost Time Accidents by John Wray Pdf

In his ambitious and fiercely inventive new novel, The Lost Time Accidents, John Wray takes us from turn-of-the-century Viennese salons buzzing with rumors about Einstein's radical new theory to the death camps of World War Two, from the golden age of postwar pulp science fiction to a startling discovery in a Manhattan apartment packed to the ceiling with artifacts of modern life. Haunted by a failed love affair and the darkest of family secrets, Waldemar 'Waldy' Tolliver wakes one morning to discover that he has been exiled from the flow of time. The world continues to turn, and Waldy is desperate to find his way back-a journey that forces him to reckon not only with the betrayal at the heart of his doomed romance but also the legacy of his great-grandfather's fatal pursuit of the hidden nature of time itself. Part madcap adventure, part harrowing family drama, part scientific mystery--and never less than wildly entertaining--The Lost Time Accidents is a bold and epic saga set against the greatest upheavals of the twentieth century.

Author : Marcel Proust
Publisher : Modern Library
Page : 4832 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2012-02-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780679645689

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The Modern Library In Search of Lost Time, Complete and Unabridged 6-Book Bundle by Marcel Proust Pdf

Now in a convenient eBook bundle, this Modern Library edition provides the most authoritative, critically acclaimed translation of Marcel Proust’s masterpiece in six volumes, In Search of Lost Time, which includes Swann’s Way, Within a Budding Grove, The Guermantes Way, Sodom and Gomorrah, The Captive, The Fugitive, and Time Regained. Graham Greene considered Marcel Proust “the greatest novelist of the twentieth century, just as Tolstoy was in the nineteenth.” Edmund Wilson proposed that he was “perhaps the last great historian of the loves.” And Virginia Woolf celebrated Proust for “his combination of the utmost sensibility with the utmost tenacity.” The prolific French master dazzled many of the most cherished authors of our time, and now his signature work comes alive in this practical and completely accessible eBook bundle. For these Modern Library volumes, D. J. Enright revised the late Terence Kilmartin’s acclaimed reworkings of C. K. Scott Moncrieff’s and Andreas Mayor’s translations to match the definitive French editions published in recent decades. Expertly and lovingly crafted to rival Marcel Proust’s original in elegance, precision, and emotional resonance, here is In Search of Lost Time as it was meant to be read.

Author : Jack Gantos
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2015-09-01
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780374303457

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The Trouble in Me by Jack Gantos Pdf

This fiery autobiographical novel captures a pivotal week or two in the life of fourteen-year-old Jack Gantos, as the author reveals the moment he began to slide off track as a kid who in just a few years would find himself locked up in a federal penitentiary for the crimes portrayed in the memoir Hole in My Life. Set in the Fort Lauderdale neighborhood of his family's latest rental home, The Trouble in Me opens with an explosive encounter in which Jack first meets his awesomely rebellious older neighbor, Gary Pagoda, just back from juvie for car theft. Instantly mesmerized, Jack decides he will do whatever it takes to be like Gary. As a follower, Jack is eager to leave his old self behind, and desperate for whatever crazy, hilarious, frightening thing might happen next. But he may not be as ready as he thinks when the trouble in him comes blazing to life. This title has Common Core connections.

Author : Paul K. Alkon
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2010-08-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780820337715

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Defoe and Fictional Time by Paul K. Alkon Pdf

Defoe and Fictional Time shows Defoe's relevance to issues now central to criticism of the novel; relationships between narrative time and clock time, the influence of time concepts shared by writers and their audience, and above all the questions of how fiction shapes the phenomenal time of reading. Paul K. Alkon offers first a study of time in Defoe's fiction, with glances at Richardson, Fielding, and Sterne; and second a theoretical discussion of time in fiction. Arguing that eighteenth-century views of history account for the strange chronologies in Captain Singleton, Colonel Jack, Moll Flanders, and Roxana, Alkon explores Defoe's innovative use of narrative sequences, frequency, spatial form, chronology, settings, tempo, and the reader's cumulative memories of a text. Defoe's Journal of the Plague Year is the first portrayal of a public duration—passing time shared by an entire population during a crisis—ranking Defoe among the most creative writers who have explored the way in which fictional time may influence reading time.

Author : Dr. AnnaMaria Bliven,Vibrant Publishers
Publisher : Vibrant Publishers
Page : 141 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2023-04-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781636511672

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Time Management Essentials You Always Wanted To Know by Dr. AnnaMaria Bliven,Vibrant Publishers Pdf

Want to learn the ropes of time management? Time Management Essentials You Always Wanted To Know is a comprehensive guide for you to learn managing and leveraging time to live a stress-free, blissful, and fulfilling life. With this book, you will learn to: Maximize time in the day and not lose or waste time Synchronize work and home tasks on the same day Prepare for a scheduled event Master the skills to work remotely and juggle home tasks simultaneously Time management is an art that either comes naturally or needs to be learned. It is a greatly useful life skill that will help you manage multiple things with ease. Time Management Essentials You Always Wanted To Know provides practical ways to control and keep track of time. With techniques like time blocking and the P.A.U.S.E method, you can efficiently divide your time for your job/business/school and household tasks simultaneously and complete your tasks without errors. With the help of practical exercises, you can begin to immediately maximize your time in the day, find the lost time and gain it back, always be prepared for scheduled events, and juggle the many things in life such as work, school, and home without dropping the ball. The reader will gain an understanding of the following from reading this book: · How to successfully juggle many different things in life · How to plan and prepare for a scheduled event without hiccups · How to manage expectations so they don’t ruin your day or waste your time · How to ensure and maintain high-quality work performance · How to have long-lasting friendships and family relationships · How to have the time it takes to start a business while employed · How to always have time for work, school, family, and yourself every day

Author : Bill Nye,Gregory Mone
Publisher : Abrams
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2017-04-04
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781683350651

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Jack and the Geniuses by Bill Nye,Gregory Mone Pdf

New York Times bestselling authors Bill Nye the Science Guy and Gregory Mone take middle-grade readers on a scientific adventure in the launch of an exciting new chapter book series, Jack and the Geniuses. The perfect combination to engage and entertain readers, the series features real-world science along with action and a mystery that will leave kids guessing until the end, making these books ideal for STEM education. In the series opener, Jack and the Geniuses: At The Bottom of The World, readers meet Jack and his foster siblings, Ava and Matt, who are orphans. But they’re not your typical kind of orphans—they’re geniuses. Well, Ava and Matt are, which sometimes makes life difficult for twelve-year-old Jack. Ava speaks multiple languages and builds robots for fun, and Matt is into astronomy and a whiz at math. As for Jack, it’s hard to stand out when he’s surrounded by geniuses all the time. When the kids try to spy on Dr. Hank Witherspoon, one of the world’s leading scientists, they end up working for him in his incredible laboratory. Soon, Hank and the kids travel to Antarctica for a prestigious science competition, but they find that all is not as it seems: A fellow scientist has gone missing, and so has any trace of her research. Could someone be trying to use her findings to win the contest? It’s up to Jack, Ava, and Matt to find the missing scientist and discover who’s behind it all—before it’s too late. Integrating real science facts with humor and suspense, and featuring an ensemble cast of loveable boy and girl characters, this uniquely engaging series is an irresistible chemical reaction for middle-grade readers. With easy-to-read language presented in a fun, motivating, and accessible way, this series opener is a great book for both inquisitive kids and reluctant readers. The book also includes information about the science discussed and used to solve the mystery, as well as a cool science project about density that kids can do at home or in the classroom. Bill Nye's brand new talk show series for Netflix, "Bill Nye Saves the World" is set to launch in Spring 2017.

Author : Ambrose Newcomb
Publisher : Litres
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2021-01-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9785040542949

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The Sky Detectives; Or, How Jack Ralston Got His Man by Ambrose Newcomb Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
Page : 89 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781434946935

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Unacquainted Love by Anonim Pdf

Author : Jack Angel
Publisher : Abbott Press
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2012-06-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781458203908

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The Book of Jack by Jack Angel Pdf

I had only acted on camera in a couple of TV shows and commercials, so all of thisthe process of making movieswas totally new and absolutely fascinating. JACK ANGEL, son of a Greek immigrant, reinvented himself many timesfrom a poor student to a college graduate; from enlisted man to officer in the army during the Korean War, attending Army Ranger School; and from an eighteen-year career in radio as one of the nations top disc jockeys to a career as a Hollywood actor concentrating on voice-overs. Going to Hollywood allowed him to really hit his stride, and he found himself working on animation projects for the Walt Disney Co., Pixar Studios, Marvel, Hanna/Barbera, Fox, and several others. In this memoir, Angel recalls his adventures in this informative, funny, and insightful view of Hollywood and the entertainment business. A few highlights include his interactions with director Steven Spielberg and John Lasseter, the creative head of Pixar Studios. He also spent three years as a promo announcer with The Tonight Show, starring Johnny Carson. He pays homage to his father, who came to America in the early twentieth century, became famous as the Bean King in Central California, and survived the Great Depression while raising three sons. Jack Angels life story is not only a tale of personal reinvention, but also an uplift ing American Dream story that spans a hundred years.

Author : J. Sterling
Publisher : J. Sterling
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2013-12-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781492940005

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The Sweetest Game by J. Sterling Pdf

The third (and final) installment in Jack & Cassie's epic love story is here! "It's one hell of a sledgehammer to the chest when your baseball career comes to an end. It's like you finally realize that baseball never loved you back. All the sleepless nights, the hours spent at the gym trying to stay fit, the conditioning, the training, the mental preparation, the holidays missed, the birthdays passed, the memories you didn't get to make with your family ... all for what? It's not like baseball lost any sleep over you. She didn't stay awake for nights on end, trying to figure out how to make you a better player. She didn't care. Baseball's a business. A sport. A game. And as much as my entire life has been wrapped up in it, it's time to let it go." - Jack Carter The Game Series: The Perfect Game- Book One The Game Changer- Book Two The Sweetest Game - Book Three

Author : Thomas F. O'Boyle
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2011-01-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780307773234

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At Any Cost by Thomas F. O'Boyle Pdf

"O'Boyle has researched and written a monumental book that should be mandatory reading for all CEOs and anyone concerned with business ethics." --The Philadelphia Inquirer "Superb . . . a spirited study of General Electric, and of its sometimes brilliant, sometimes bungling, but always ruthless boss, Jack Welch." --Chicago Sun-Times With convincing passion and meticulous research, Thomas F. O'Boyle explores the forces behind General Electric's rise to the top of Wall Street, questioning if GE, with chief executive officer Jack Welch at the helm, is still "bringing good things to life." Welch--explosive, profit-hungry, and pragmatic--catapulted GE's stocks to the top, up 1,155 percent from 1982 to 1997. O'Boyle argues that these astounding results have come only with the heavy price of employees' lives, blighted under the tyranny of "Neutron Jack" Welch, so named for his bomb-like ability to eliminate staff without disturbing surrounding operations. During Welch's reign, hard-nosed success tactics--unblinking downsizing, ruthless acquisition negotiations, and the virtual abandonment of manufacturing in favor of the more glamorous entertainment and financial services industries--coexist with scandals like price-fixing, pollution, and defense contract fraud. Sure to spark controversy, this gripping, comprehensive account begs the greater question: Is Jack Welch's GE a model company for business in the next century, or is it time to change the way the world does business? "Smoothly written and thoroughly researched." --USA Today "This book makes a valuable contribution to our understanding of corporate America. . . . Thomas F. O'Boyle persuades you that GE--Jack Welch's GE--brings bad things to life. In abundance." --Washington Monthly