The Search For Goodbye To Rains

Author : Paul McHugh
Publisher : Paul McHugh
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0933280076

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The Search for Goodbye-To-Rains by Paul McHugh Pdf

Author : Jasmine Jean-Pierre
Publisher : Archway Publishing
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2013-12-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781480801233

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It’S Raining Uber by Jasmine Jean-Pierre Pdf

Rain or shine, they will always be best friends, and since one loves the rain and the other loves the sun, the friends agree for one day that they will try to enjoy what the other loves to do most. Cloudy Rain loves to do cartwheels, backflips and splash puddles in the rain. But not Rain Forrest, he hates the rain. He doesnt want to play in it, nor go outside when it pours down from the highest clouds in the sky, and he certainly doesnt want his soggy friend close by when hes been soaked by the rain. Yet, on any sunny day, its Rain Forrest whose brightness shines. He doesnt want a shady old oak tree, a big beach umbrella, or creamy creams. He simply wants to bake in the sun until he glows like Saturn because according to him the sun is the mother who tans me. Cloudy Rain fulfills his part of the agreement. While the best friends have many exciting and life changing adventures that will test just how strong their friendship really is, Rain Forrest hasnt stepped up to fulfill his end of the agreement. When the best friends are separated by one of their adventures, and theres a possibility they will never reunite, Rain Forrest steps up, and he takes the biggest of leaps to search for his best friend.

Author : Éléonore Douspis
Publisher : Groundwood Books Ltd
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2021-04-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781773064826

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The Day the Rain Moved In by Éléonore Douspis Pdf

In this beautiful picture book, the wondrous merges with the ordinary when it starts to rain ... inside the house! One day, it starts to rain in Pauline and Louis’s house. The whole family looks for the source of the rain, but nothing can be found! Dad tries to mop up the puddles that form on the floor, Mom holds an umbrella over her head to read, and Pauline and Louis wear their raincoats. Everyone tries to pretend that nothing is wrong. Pauline and Louis are embarrassed and try to keep their rainy house a secret from the other kids at school, expecting to be teased. What would happen if someone found out? Outside, the sun is shining. But inside the house, something new is happening. Plants sprout from the carpet, the bathtub and the kitchen sink. A giant tree spreads its branches through the living room. The neighborhood children, curious about the leaves they see through the windows, come inside. Instead of teasing, they want to play. Pauline and Louis aren’t alone with their secret any longer. In fact, having a tree in the house is kind of fun! Soon, the branches grow too big for the house, and sunlight streams in through holes in the roof. There’s something else, new, too — the rain has finally stopped. A story about embracing difference, celebrating the wondrous and expecting the best from our friends. This nuanced and layered story will have both very young and school-aged children requesting repeated readings. Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.3 Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges.

Author : Clár Ní Chonghaile
Publisher : Legend Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2017-07-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781785079009

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Rain Falls on Everyone: A search for meaning in a life engulfed by terror by Clár Ní Chonghaile Pdf

'As worlds collide, a gripping story of belonging, identity, memory, culpability and forgiveness unfolds, creating a poignant and profound novel for our times.' Deborah AndrewsTheo, a young Rwandan refugee fleeing his country’s genocide, arrives in Dublin, penniless, alone and afraid. Still haunted by a traumatic memory in which his father committed a murderous act of violence, he struggles to find his place in the foreign city.Plagued by his past, Theo is gradually drawn deeper into the world of Dublin’s feared criminal gangs, plagued by racism, fear and drugs. But a chance encounter in a restaurant with Deirdre offers him a lifeline.Joined together through survival instincts Theo and Deirdre’s tender friendship is however soon threatened by tragedy. Can they confront their addictions to carve a future out of the catastrophe that engulfs both their lives?Clar expertly aligns countries and cultures in this spellbinding and tough novel. Drawing on authentic inspiration the tumultuous settings come alive as you are drawn into the multi-faceted lives of Theo and Deirdre.What Reviewers and Readers Say:'Clar's book is a gripping thriller which manages to bring two very different worlds into synergy. She succeeds in creating a truly three dimensional African protagonist - a rare thing in popular fiction - helping us to feel both compassion and frustration at Theo's choices.' Celeste Hicks'A fast-paced, powerful and emotional novel deftly crafted and shot through with insight, empathy and poetic beauty. As worlds collide, a gripping story of belonging, identity, memory, culpability and forgiveness unfolds, creating a poignant and profound novel for our times'. Deborah Andrews, author of 'Walking the Lights''Powerful, thought-provoking, and at times horrifying; yet also a compelling story of friendship against all the odds.' Nick Brownlee'Sex, drugs and....Irish poetry meets deep Africa in the most unusual of settings. This visceral novel's imagery will stay with you for a while.' Rosie Garthwaite'With the same assured touch that we saw in her debut novel, Clár Ní Chonghaile here weaves a vivid, moving but never sentimental tale, with deft characterisation, luminous detail and generous flashes of humour. From the very first page I knew I was in good hands.' Léan Cullinan, author of 'The Living''It is undoubtedly a clever novel, a novel that explains much while keeping forward momentum.' Joules Barham, Northern Reader'Rain falling on everyone suggests that death and misfortune are indiscriminate but it is how we deal with the vagaries of nature and life that gives the individual hope and control over their future.' Rich Jones, Rich Reviews'Rain Falls On Everyone was a unique and deeply touching novel that I thoroughly enjoyed.' Pages and Print'This is such an impressive book... It was a pleasure to read and can highly recommend it!' Butterfly in the Sky

Author : Robert Reynolds
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2018-01-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781387487677

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Outlast the Rain by Robert Reynolds Pdf

Navy service school buddies ship off to Vietnam and find themselves temporarily abandoned upon their arrival. It's an ominous welcome to Da Nang. The young men are eventually assigned to a security police unit protecting Navy interests within the city. A tight knit group in the beginning, as time passes personalities clash and tension increases. Frequent rocket attacks and grueling shifts keep the men on edge. Personal differences cause dissension within the group.Financial opportunities within the country's thriving black-market prove tempting for some. An out of country visit only increases a risky involvement in the Southeast Asian underworld and an encounter with U.S. military and Vietnamese law enforcement authorities. Unforeseen events lead to a series of misfortunes and a sudden, unexpected conclusion. Outlast the Rain is a gripping, authentic tale of military life overseas; camaraderie and friendship, replete with greed, crime and betrayal in the exotic Far East during the Vietnam War era.

Author : Johnny Mercer,Robert Kimball,Barry Day,Miles Kreuger,Eric Davis
Publisher : Knopf
Page : 489 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2009-10-20
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780307265197

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The Complete Lyrics of Johnny Mercer by Johnny Mercer,Robert Kimball,Barry Day,Miles Kreuger,Eric Davis Pdf

The seventh volume in Knopf’s critically acclaimed Complete Lyrics series, published in Johnny Mercer’s centennial year, contains the texts to more than 1,200 of his lyrics, several hundred of them published here for the first time. Johnny Mercer’s early songs became staples of the big band era and were regularly featured in the musicals of early Hollywood. With his collaborators, who included Richard A. Whiting, Harry Warren, Hoagy Carmichael, Jerome Kern, and Harold Arlen, he wrote the lyrics to some of the most famous standards, among them, “Too Marvelous for Words,” “Jeepers Creepers,” “Skylark,” “I’m Old-Fashioned,” and “That Old Black Magic.” During a career of more than four decades, Mercer was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Song an astonishing eighteen times, and won four: for his lyrics to “On the Atchison, Topeka, and the Santa Fe” (music by Warren), “In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening” (music by Carmichael), and “Moon River” and “Days of Wine and Roses” (music for both by Henry Mancini). You’ve probably fallen in love with more than a few of Mercer’s songs–his words have never gone out of fashion–and with this superb collection, it’s easy to see that his lyrics elevated popular song into art.

Author : Len Fulton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1268 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Books
ISBN : UCAL:B3553742

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Small Press Record of Books in Print by Len Fulton Pdf

Author : David G. Dodd,Alan Trist
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2015-10-13
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781501123320

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The Complete Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics by David G. Dodd,Alan Trist Pdf

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Author : Keivan Niksejel
Publisher : Strategic Book Publishing
Page : 47 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2013-05
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781622126477

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Rain, Rhyme, and Rhythm by Keivan Niksejel Pdf

Rain, Rhyme, and Rhythm is a book of poems conjured out of imagination, and told with a breath of imagination and a mad heart. Author Keivan Niksejel uses compelling imagery along with various literary and poetic devices to create a volume of work that portrays the essence and voice of a few of the many, many facets and faces of the human spirits. In the process, he introduces the reader to a colorful variety of characters, situations, and ideas. From introspective works like "Eyes of Truth" to darker pieces like a "Mad Man's Diary" and "Cannibal," Rain, Rhyme, and Rhythm is a multi-faceted collection of poems of that have been compiled into a cohesive body of work; reflecting the author's past suffering as well as his continuing manifesting of new hopes and aspirations. Like the diary entries of the Mad Man depicted in the poem, Niksejel's writings are direct, at times ironic, full of subtle advice, and always uniquely entertaining.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 556 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1980-07
Category : New Age movement
ISBN : STANFORD:36105008455003

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New Age by Anonim Pdf

Author : Cyndel Chaumont
Publisher : Tate Publishing
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2007-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781598868449

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No Matter How Hard the Rain Falls by Cyndel Chaumont Pdf

Kings and queens, dukes and duchesses. Do you ever wish you could go back in time? "No Matter How Hard the Rain Falls," by Cyndel Chaumont, goes back to a time of old romances, Victorian houses, chivalry, and honesty. Elizabeth Daniels has always been a sweet and kind child; however, she is faced with a problem and sees no other escape than to do just thata "escape. As she makes her way through the forest, she is kidnapped and forced aboard a ship heading for India, where she finds two unusual companions. Separated from her newfound love, she is forced into engagement with an Indian prince. Will her brother, Owen, Duke of Stylin, be able to save her before it is too late? Will she be separated by her love forever? An intricate tale of love and suspense, readers will be reminded that "No Matter How Hard the Rain Falls," God will provide a covering. 'It was a heartfelt, exciting story, filled with action, romance, and sadness.' Taylor Thompson 'This story kept me wanting more even after it was over. I hope she comes out with a second book so I can see where the characters end up next.' Mala Thompson"

Author : Albert Jack
Publisher : Random House
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2009-03-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781588368690

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Loch Ness Monsters and Raining Frogs by Albert Jack Pdf

FOOLED BY FABLES? LED ON BY LEGENDS? MYTH-GUIDED? WONDER NO MORE, MYSTERY-PHILES: THE TRUTH IS IN HERE! What in the world (or out of it) made those giant crop circles? Did skydiving skyjacker D. B. Cooper really get away with it? Is Bigfoot a big fake? Are ETs just BS? If you’re tired of scratching your head over persistent puzzlers like these, mystery-buster Albert Jack has the cure for your quizzical itch. He’s gone hunting for the truth behind more than thirty of the most famous and baffling conundrums in history. Did a conspiracy or a calamity kill Marilyn Monroe? Is the Bermuda Triangle a tropical tall tale? Was a dead Paul McCartney replaced by a doppelgänger? How did Edgar Allan Poe meet his doom? In quick-witted entries on each enigmatic topic, Loch Ness Monsters and Raining Frogs offers answers certain to surprise, enlighten, amuse, and perhaps disappoint true believers. But Albert Jack never fails to fascinate and entertain as he spills the beans about the odd, the eerie, and the (no longer) unexplained.

Author : Samuel L Henton
Publisher : Author House
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781491892572

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The Crimson Rain Report by Samuel L Henton Pdf

Ethan Bar-Lev, Brodie Saunders and Harshul Khanna, we are the three of the most unlikely names to ever make a difference. My friend Brodie wanted me to turn to God. My other friend Harshul wanted me to turn to drugs. I doubt I'll find my answers in religion or intoxication. We are not a unified civilization. You are one or the other, a drug pusher or a religious preacher, and they despise one another. When emotions have effect on the flesh, it's a tough life. I have my scars, badges of weakness. My nose rains crimson and my eye sockets swell when I become overwhelmed with sadness or other dark feelings. People use drugs to protect them from themselves. It's not hard. Drugs are legal. Or should I say, they might as well be as it's bootlegged in broad day light, sold in the streets, law enforcement turn a blind eye, what else was the government supposed to do? You know it's amazing how people still hurt the people they love, even when they can see the damage they do...' I caught my fiancée cheating on me, whilst I was holding a piece of her decorative ornamental bamboo, I should have weaponized it, beaten the unfaithfulness out of her. But I didn't. I soon find myself in the Catacombs, an island set up during the prohibition for soldiers to blow off steam. Now a mysterious celebrity hotspot, I end up there, mourning the loss of my unfaithful wife to be. They say it's heaven on earth, but before I know it I'm swept away into a place outside of society, outside of sanity. Into the world of Crow I fall, the man who crafted heaven on earth, to lure her, to lure her to him.

Author : Sandra Fernandez-Achenbach
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781412062541

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The Rain Forest Dance by Sandra Fernandez-Achenbach Pdf

Mariposa reluctantly journeys to the Amazon rain forest to meet her uncle. Her adventures with tribal children, shamans, scientists, and amazing wildlife reveal the hidden purpose of her trip.

Author : L. Eubanks Evelyn L. Eubanks,Evelyn L. Eubanks
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 51 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2010-08
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781453549193

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Rain by L. Eubanks Evelyn L. Eubanks,Evelyn L. Eubanks Pdf