The Doldrums

Author : Nicholas Gannon
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2015-09-29
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780062320964

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The Doldrums by Nicholas Gannon Pdf

“A dreamy charmer of a book, full of clever wordplay that practically demands it be read out loud.”—New York Times Have you ever wanted to hold a little piece of the impossible? Lavishly illustrated in full color, The Doldrums is an extraordinary debut about friendship, imagination, and the yearning for adventure from author-artist Nicholas Gannon. A modern classic in the making, The Doldrums is for readers of inventive and timeless authors such as Brian Selznick and Lemony Snicket. Archer B. Helmsley wants an adventure. No, he needs an adventure. His grandparents were famous explorers . . . until they got stuck on an iceberg. Now Archer’s mother barely lets him out of the house. As if that would stop a true Helmsley. Archer enlists Adelaide—the girl who, according to rumor, lost her leg to a crocodile—and Oliver—the boy next door—to help him rescue his grandparents. The Doldrums whisks us off on an adventure full of sly humor, incredible detail, and enormous heart. With approximately twenty pieces of breathtaking full-color artwork, as well as black-and-white spot illustrations, and gorgeous, literary writing, Nicholas Gannon proves himself to be a distinctive new voice with his middle grade debut. Be in it for the limitless imagination. For the characters who capture your heart. For the rich world you’ll want to settle into. But most of all, be in it for the friendship. That, after all, is the true adventure.

Author : Leila J. Rupp,Verta A. Taylor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Feminism
ISBN : UOM:39076001098446

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Survival in the Doldrums by Leila J. Rupp,Verta A. Taylor Pdf

Author : Bernard Edwards
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2005-07-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781844152612

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Death in the Doldrums by Bernard Edwards Pdf

With their very long range, the giant Type IX U-Cruisers gave Admiral Dönitz's U-boat fleet global reach. Initially these boats operated with considerable success off the East coast of America and in the Caribbean but their main impact was in the Gulf of Guinea 1942-43 which, due to the closure of the Suez Canal, was a vital Allied supply route. Two submarines in particular (U-68 and U-505) had a profound effect causing major panic by their hugely successful operations.

Author : Henry Theodore CHEEVER
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1852
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0021359328

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A Reel in a Bottle, for Jack in the Doldrums; being the adventures of two of the King's seamen in a voyage to the celestial country. Edited from the manuscripts of an old salt. By Rev. H. T. Cheever. [In fact written by G. B. Cheever.] Second edition by Henry Theodore CHEEVER Pdf

Author : Marcia L. Worthing,Charles A. Buck
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2011-01-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781118044964

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Escape the Mid-Career Doldrums by Marcia L. Worthing,Charles A. Buck Pdf

Whether you’re bored, burned out, retired, or fired, Escape the Mid-Career Doldrums offers solutions, ideas, and practical tools for shaking up your professional life for the better. Based on real case studies, this smart and practical career guide will help you discover the causes of your professional problems and give you the inspiration and confidence to take action and seize new opportunities. This is the perfect prescription for a new and exciting professional life.

Author : Norton Juster
Publisher : Yearling
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1988-10-12
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780394820378

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The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster Pdf

With almost 5 million copies sold 60 years after its original publication, generations of readers have now journeyed with Milo to the Lands Beyond in this beloved classic. Enriched by Jules Feiffer’s splendid illustrations, the wit, wisdom, and wordplay of Norton Juster’s offbeat fantasy are as beguiling as ever. “Comes up bright and new every time I read it . . . it will continue to charm and delight for a very long time yet. And teach us some wisdom, too.” --Phillip Pullman For Milo, everything’s a bore. When a tollbooth mysteriously appears in his room, he drives through only because he’s got nothing better to do. But on the other side, things seem different. Milo visits the Island of Conclusions (you get there by jumping), learns about time from a ticking watchdog named Tock, and even embarks on a quest to rescue Rhyme and Reason. Somewhere along the way, Milo realizes something astonishing. Life is far from dull. In fact, it’s exciting beyond his wildest dreams!

Author : Shawna Yang Ryan
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1594202079

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Water Ghosts by Shawna Yang Ryan Pdf

The unexpected arrival of Richard Fong's wife, along with two other women from China, brings complications for Richard as he struggles to combine his two lives and decide if he wants to be with his wife, the local woman he has fallen for, or the prostitute he has been visiting.

Author : Eleanor L. Pray
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2013-12-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780295804804

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Letters from Vladivostock, 1894-1930 by Eleanor L. Pray Pdf

In 1894, Eleanor L. Pray left her New England home to move with her merchant husband to Vladivostok in the Russian Far East. Over the next thirty-six years — from the time of Tsar Alexander III to the early years of Stalin’s rule — she wrote more than 2,000 letters chronicling her family life and the tumultuous social and political events she witnessed. Vladivostok, 5,600 miles east of Moscow, was shaped by a rich intersection of Asian cultures, and Pray’s witty and observant writing paints a vivid picture of the city and its denizens during a period of momentous social change. The book offers highlights from Pray’s letters along with illuminating historical and biographical information.

Author : Wendy Mass,Rebecca Stead
Publisher : Feiwel & Friends
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2018-05-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781250166630

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Bob by Wendy Mass,Rebecca Stead Pdf

It’s been five years since Livy and her family have visited Livy’s grandmother in Australia. Now that she’s back, Livy has the feeling she’s forgotten something really, really important about Gran’s house. It turns out she’s right. Bob, a short, greenish creature dressed in a chicken suit, didn’t forget Livy, or her promise. He’s been waiting five years for her to come back, hiding in a closet like she told him to. He can’t remember who—or what—he is, where he came from, or if he even has a family. But five years ago Livy promised she would help him find his way back home. Now it’s time to keep that promise. Clue by clue, Livy and Bob will unravel the mystery of where Bob comes from, and discover the kind of magic that lasts forever. Wendy Mass and Rebecca Stead, two masterminds of classic, middle-grade fiction come together to craft this magical story about the enduring power of friendship. This title has Common Core connections.

Author : Sir Norman Lockyer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 910 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1889
Category : Electronic journals
ISBN : UVA:X001089260

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Nature by Sir Norman Lockyer Pdf

Author : Chris Hodges
Publisher : Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2012-09-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781414377537

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Fresh Air by Chris Hodges Pdf

We’ve all gone through times in our lives when we feel like we need a fresh breeze to breathe new life into us. But what is that energy-giving, life-breathing force that inspires and empowers us? How do we put the wind in our sails again, so we can get unstuck, reset our compass, and redirect our course? In Fresh Air, New York Times bestselling author Chris Hodges reveals how breath—the breath of God—is the essence of life as it’s meant to be. Fueled by the breath of God, we are not only refreshed in spirit ourselves; we have the power to create a life-giving environment of freedom and joyful purpose around us. Bold and encouraging, Fresh Air offers “breathing lessons” for those who long for a cool breeze to resuscitate their spirit, bring them closer to God, and make them enthusiastic, contagious life-breathers to those around them.

Author : Anu Garg
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2010-12-21
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781118039687

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A Word A Day by Anu Garg Pdf

"Anu Garg's many readers await their A Word A Day rations hungrily. Now at last here's a feast for them and other verbivores. Eat up!" -Barbara Wallraff Senior Editor at The Atlantic Monthly and author of Word Court Praise for A Word a Day "AWADies will be familiar with Anu Garg's refreshing approach to words: words are fun and they have fascinating histories. The people who use them have curious stories to tell too, and this collection incorporates some of the correspondence received by the editors at the AWAD site, from advice on how to outsmart your opponent in a duel (or even a truel) to a cluster of your favorite mondegreens." -John Simpson, Chief Editor, Oxford English Dictionary "A banquet of words! Feast and be nourished!" -Richard Lederer, author of The Miracle of Language Written by the founder of the wildly popular A Word A Day Web site (www.wordsmith.org), this collection of unusual, obscure, and exotic English words will delight writers, scholars, crossword puzzlers, and word buffs of every ilk. The words are grouped in intriguing categories that range from "Portmanteaux" to "Words That Make the Spell-Checker Ineffective." each entry includes a concise definition, etymology, and usage example-and many feature fascinating and hilarious commentaries by A Word A Day subscribers and the authors.

Author : D. Beer
Publisher : Springer
Page : 89 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2014-01-06
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781137371218

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Punk Sociology by D. Beer Pdf

This book explores the possibility of drawing upon a punk ethos to inspire and invigorate sociology. It uses punk to think creatively about what sociology is and how it might be conducted and aims to fire the sociological imaginations of sociologists at any stage of their careers, from new students to established professors.

Author : Donald Woods Winnicott
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 593 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Child psychiatry
ISBN : 9780190271336

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The Collected Works of D.W. Winnicott by Donald Woods Winnicott Pdf

Author : F. Scott Fitzgerald
Publisher : e-artnow
Page : 1480 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2017-08-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9788027200894

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THE COMPLETE WORKS OF F. SCOTT FITZGERALD by F. Scott Fitzgerald Pdf

Musaicum Books presents to you this carefully created collection of "THE COMPLETE WORKS OF F. SCOTT FITZGERALD". This ebook has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Francis Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940) was an American author of novels and short stories, whose works are the paradigmatic writings of the Jazz Age. Fitzgerald is considered a member of the "Lost Generation" of the 1920s. Contents: Novels: The Great Gatsby The Side of Paradise Tender Is the Night The Beautiful and Damned The Love of the Last Tycoon Collections of Short Stories: Tales from the Jazz Age All the Sad Young Men The Pat Hobby Stories Taps at Reveille Flappers and Philosophers Plays and Screenplays: The Vegetable The Girl from Lazy J The Captured Shadow Coward Shadow Laurels Assorted Spirits Porcelain and Pink Three Comrades Mr. Icky "Send me in, Coach” Infidelity Poetry: First Love Clay Feet Football For a Long Illness Fragment Marching Streets (1919 version) Marching Streets (1945 version) Lamp in the Window Oh, Sister, Can you spare you heart Oh Misseldine's Princeton - The Last Day The Staying up all night The Rope at Confession Thousand-and-First Ship Our April Letter One Southern Girl To Boath Rain Before Dawn Articles: The Claims of the Lit Contemporary Writers and Their Work Who's Who — and Why "What I Was Advised to Do — and Didn't” Some Stories They Like to Tell Again 10 Best Books I Have Read The Pampered Men How to Live on $36,000 a Year How to Live on Practically Nothing a Year How to Waste Material Princeton Ten Years in the Advertising Business Echoes of the Jazz Age My Lost City One Hundred False Starts Ring Sleeping and Waking My Ten Favorite Plays The Crack-up Pasting It Together Handle with Care Author's House Afternoon of an Author Early Success Preface My Generation Letters To Zelda Fitzgerald To Ernest Hemingway To Frances Scott Fitzgerald To Maxwell Perkins To John Peale Bishop...