Sting

Author : Cindy R. Wilson
Publisher : Entangled: Teen
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2020-03-03
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781640638273

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Sting by Cindy R. Wilson Pdf

"A sublime, energized heroine headlines this tale of a dark future." -Kirkus Reviews They call me the Scorpion because they don’t know who I really am. All they know is that someone is stealing from people with excess to help people with nothing survive another day. But then a trusted friend reveals who I am—“just” Tessa, “just” a girl—and sends me straight into the arms of the law. All those people I helped...couldn’t help me when I needed it. In prison, I find an unlikely ally in Pike, who would have been my enemy on the outside. He represents everything I’m against. Luxury. Excess. The world immediately falling for his gorgeous smile. How he ended up in the dirty cell next to mine is a mystery, but he wants out as much as I do. Together, we have a real chance at escape. With the sting of betrayal still fresh, Pike and I will seek revenge on those who wronged us. But uncovering all their secrets might turn deadly...

Author : Jude Watson
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2016-08-30
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780545863483

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Sting: A Loot Novel by Jude Watson Pdf

Rule Number One for Cat Burglars:Never Do a Favor for a Friend. So why is March McQuin dangling upside-down twenty feet above a stone floor in the middle of the night, instead of tucked in bed like a regular kid? Along with his twin sister, Jules, he’s set on stealing a set of stunning diamonds. It should have been an easy job, in and out. Except another thief got there first. March and Jules are lucky to escape with their lives, and one measly stone.Now the botched heist has created a world of trouble. The stone they grabbed was the Morning Star, one of a trio of famous sapphires, and it’s cursed. The theft puts the twins and their friends in the crosshairs of Interpol, the FBI, and a vicious adult gang of criminals. And worst of all, the only way to break the curse and set everything to rights is by pulling off two more impossible heists... and stealing the other two sapphires in the set.Break out the black gloves. Lay out the masks. There’s a full moon coming, and jewels to steal...

Author : Coyote Peterson
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2018-11-27
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780316423144

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The King of Sting by Coyote Peterson Pdf

Wildlife expert and Emmy Award-winning Coyote Peterson brings his 12.5 million YouTube subscribers and legions of kid fans a full-color exploration of his "Sting Zone" adventure series, featuring shots from the episodes and culminating in his thrilling encounter with the "King of Sting"--the Executioner Wasp. Coyote Peterson, YouTube star, animal enthusiast, and creator of the Brave Adventure series, has tracked down some of the world's most painfully stinging insects and chronicled getting stung by each of them on his YouTube channel. Coyote has saved the best--or possibly the worst--for last, and he's finally ready to share his experience with the most painful sting in the world: the Executioner Wasp. Featuring full-color stills from his show, and packed with facts about nature's most misunderstood creatures, King of Sting is a dream book for any kid that loves animals, bugs, outdoor exploration, and danger!

Author : Sandra Brown
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2016-08-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781455581238

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Sting by Sandra Brown Pdf

A savvy businesswoman and an assassin struggle to outwit the FBI -- and each other -- in this #1 NYT bestselling story of sizzling romance and shocking deception from "a masterful storyteller" (USA Today). When Jordie Bennet and Shaw Kinnard lock eyes across a disreputable backwater bar, something sparks. Shaw is a man who gives off a dangerous vibe that makes other men stand back and women take notice. No one feels this more strongly than Jordie, a woman who doesn't belong in a seedy dive on the banks of a bayou. But here she is . . . and Shaw Kinnard is here to kill her. As Shaw takes aim, Jordie is certain her time has come. Instead, Shaw has other plans. He abducts Jordie, hoping to get his hands on the $30 million her brother has stolen. But he isn't the only one: Jordie's brother made a deal with the FBI, but his ruthless boss will stop at nothing to find the money first. Now on the run from the feds and a notorious criminal, Jordie and Shaw must rely on their wits to stay alive. Miles away from civilization and surrounded by swampland, Jordie and Shaw play each other against their common enemies. Jordie's only chance of survival is to outwit Shaw, but he suspects her from the start. Was she in on her brother's scam, or is she an innocent pawn in this deadly vendetta? And just how valuable is her life to Shaw, her remorseless and manipulative captor? Burning for answers -- and for each other -- this unlikely pair ultimately make a desperate move that could be their last. With nonstop plot twists and the sizzling sexual tension that has made Sandra Brown one of the world's most beloved authors, Sting will keep you on the edge of your seat until its final pages.

Author : Paul Carr
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2017-09-15
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781780238890

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Sting by Paul Carr Pdf

Gordon Sumner was born in a mainly working-class area of North Tyneside, England, in 1951. Decades later, we would come to know him as Sting, one of the world’s best-selling music artists. Sting was the lead singer of the Police from 1977 to 1984 before launching a hugely successful solo career. In Sting:From Northern Skies to Fields of Gold, popular music scholar Paul Carr argues that the foundations of Sting’s creativity and drive for success were established by his birthplace, with vestiges of his “Northern Englishness” continuing to emerge in his music long after he left his hometown. Carr frames Sting’s creative impetus and output against the real, imagined, and idealized places he has occupied. Focusing on the sometimes-blurry borderlines between nostalgia, facts, imagination, and memories—as told by Sting, the people who knew (and know) him, and those who have written about him—Carr investigates the often complex resonance between local boy Gordon Sumner and the star the world knows as Sting. Published to coincide with the fortieth anniversary of the formation of the definitive line-up of the Police, this is the first book to examine the relationship between Sting’s working class background in Newcastle, the life he has consequently lived, and the creativity and inspiration behind his music.

Author : Steve Borden,Sting (Wrestler),George W. King
Publisher : Thomas Nelson
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1404102116

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Sting by Steve Borden,Sting (Wrestler),George W. King Pdf

The life story of Sting (Steve Borden), a world wrestling superstar, his quest for superstardom, a world gone terribly wrong, and a life-changing answer when he thought all hope was lost--P. [126].

Author : Justin O. Schmidt
Publisher : Johns Hopkins University Press
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2018-02-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781421425641

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The Sting of the Wild by Justin O. Schmidt Pdf

With colorful descriptions of each venom’s sensation and a story that leaves you tingling with awe, The Sting of the Wild’s one-of-a-kind style will fire your imagination.

Author : Edward J. Marquart
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Ballistic missiles
ISBN : UOM:39015104952166

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Sting Interference Effects on the Modified Basic Finner Missile at Mach Numbers 0.3 Through 1.3 by Edward J. Marquart Pdf

Author : Melissa Raé Shofner
Publisher : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2017-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781538212578

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Bullet Ants Sting! by Melissa Raé Shofner Pdf

Ouch! Bullet ants cause a sting that actually hurts like a gunshot. If that is not scary enough, these feisty ants can live in a colony of 3,000. Full-color photographs show off in vivid detail how these insects live, with maps and other amazing graphics to wow every one of your readers. Readers get to explore the science of why the sting hurts so much and why it lasts for hours.

Author : Ezekiel Hopkins (bp. of Derry.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1712
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:590501965

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Death disarm'd of its sting. To which is added, A discourse of redemption from the curse of the law by Ezekiel Hopkins (bp. of Derry.) Pdf

Author : Craig Glazer
Publisher : Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2008-07-17
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781602392496

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The King of Sting by Craig Glazer Pdf

When Glazer was robbed while buying marijuana for his fraternity brothers, he decided to get even. He and partner Donald Woodbeck set up a series of fake stings across the country that netted them a fortune. It was a dangerous double life, one that does not lead to a happy ending.

Author : Sting
Publisher : Dial Press
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2009-10-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780307418432

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Broken Music by Sting Pdf

“Sting’s gift for prose and reverence for language, nearly the equal of his musical gifts, shine on every page. Even when Broken Music addresses the quixotic life of an aspiring rock & roller, it reads like literature from a more rarified time when adults didn’t condescend to the vulgarities of pop culture.” —Rolling Stone Having been a songwriter most of my life, condensing my ideas and emotions into short rhyming couplets and setting them to music, I had never really considered writing a book. But upon arriving at the reflective age of fifty, I found myself drawn, for the first time, to write long passages that were as stimulating and intriguing to me as any songwriting I had ever done. And so Broken Music began to take shape. It is a book about the early part of my life, from childhood through adolescence, right up to the eve of my success with the Police. It is a story very few people know. I had no interest in writing a traditional autobiographical recitation of everything that’s ever happened to me. Instead I found myself drawn to exploring specific moments, certain people and relationships, and particular events which still resonate powerfully for me as I try to understand the child I was, and the man I became.

Author : Craig Thomas,Susan Scott
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1997-06-01
Category : Travel
ISBN : 0824819004

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All Stings Considered by Craig Thomas,Susan Scott Pdf

Does urinating on Portuguese man-of-war stings do any good? Will coral grow inside coral cuts? Why do so many marine cuts in Hawaii become infected? All Stings Considered answers these and many other questions about the injuries that can occur while working or playing in Hawaii's ocean waters. Covering far more than stings, this book's topics range from barracuda bites to sunburn; from ciguatera fish poisoning to swimmer's ear. This generously illustrated volume is the only medical guide that specifically addresses Hawaii's unique marine species. This book is for anyone who goes near or into the water ... or cares for those who do. It describes injury prevention and first aid in everyday language with descriptions and pictures for the layperson and more specialized information on each type of injury for the medical professional.

Author : Sting
Publisher : Dial Press
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2009-07-16
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780307421999

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Lyrics by Sting Pdf

From the first Police album, Outlandos D'Amour, through Sacred Love, here are the collected lyrics written by Sting, along with his commentary. “Publishing my lyrics separately from their musical accompaniment is something that I’ve studiously avoided until now. The two, lyrics and music, have always been mutually dependent, in much the same way as a mannequin and a set of clothes are dependent on each other; separate them, and what remains is a naked dummy and a pile of cloth. Nevertheless, the exercise has been an interesting one, seeing perhaps for the first time how successfully the lyrics survive on their own, and inviting the question as to whether song lyrics are in fact poetry or something else entirely. And while I’ve never seriously described myself as a poet, the book in your hands, devoid as it is of any musical notation, looks suspiciously like a book of poems. So it seems I am entering, with some trepidation, the unadorned realm of the poet. I have set out my compositions in the sequence they were written and provided a little background when I thought it might be illuminating. My wares have neither been sorted nor dressed in clothes that do not belong to them; indeed, they have been shorn of the very garments that gave them their shape in the first place. No doubt some of them will perish in the cold cruelty of this new environment, and yet others may prove more resilient and become perhaps more beautiful in their naked state. I can’t predict the outcome, but I have taken this risk knowingly and, while no one in their right mind should ever attempt to set “The Waste Land” to music, in the hopeful words of T. S. Eliot, These fragments I have shored against my ruins.” —Sting, from the Introduction

Author : E C Fremantle
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2020-08-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781405920155

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The Honey and the Sting by E C Fremantle Pdf

'A lush, thrilling page-turner humming with its own exquisite dark beauty. I loved it!' Eve Chase, author of The Glass House 'Fremantle builds the tension with delicious skill in this page-turning thriller' Times The compelling, transfixing novel about the bond between three sisters from the author of The Poison Bed _______ Three sisters. Three secrets. Three ways to fall . . . George Villiers is rich, powerful and has the King's ear. Doctor's daughter Hester is a mere servant - to be cast aside when he has done with her, especially since she is pregnant. Returning to her family, Hester vows that Villiers will never lay eyes on their son. She and her sisters Melis and Hope will protect the boy. But Villiers is a man who will not be defied. He will claim his son - and the secret letters he believes Hester has stolen. What can three defenceless women do against one very powerful man? Yet secret letters are a weakness - and, in the right hands, a weapon . . . _______ 'Rich and fascinating' Guardian 'Wonderfully inventive and darkly satisfying, this story of three sisters resonates with myth and mystery' Andrew Taylor, bestselling author of The Ashes of London 'Gripping and page-turning. Propels a trio of vivid women towards their complex destinies . . . Hugely enjoyable' V.B. Grey, author of the forthcoming Tell Me How It Ends