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501 Baseball Books Fans Must Read Before They Die by Ron Kaplan

501 Baseball Books Fans Must Read Before They Die
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Author: Ron Kaplan
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 1496209885
Size: 29.97 MB
Format: PDF, ePub, Mobi
Release Date: 2018-08-01
Category: Antiques & Collectibles
Language: en
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Download PDF 501 Baseball Books Fans Must Read Before They Die eBook. You can read online on your kindle, Android, iPhone, iPad. Propounding his "small ball theory" of sports literature, George Plimpton proposed that "the smaller the ball, the more formidable the literature." Of course he had the relatively small baseball in mind, because its literature is formidable--vast and varied, instructive, often wildly entertaining, and occasionally brilliant. From this bewildering array of baseball books, Ron Kaplan has chosen 501 of the best, making it easier for fans to find just the books to suit them (or to know what they're missing). From biography, history, fiction, and instruction to books about ballparks, business, and rules, anyone who loves to read about baseball will find in this book a companionable guide, far more fun than a reference work has any right to be.


Research Notes For Women At Play by Barbara Gregorich

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Author: Barbara Gregorich
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781517697150
Size: 58.97 MB
Format: PDF, ePub, Mobi
Release Date: 2015-10-11
Category: Baseball for women
Language: en
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Download PDF Research Notes For Women At Play eBook. You can read online on your kindle, Android, iPhone, iPad. Companion to Wome at Play.


Hank Greenberg In 1938 by Ron Kaplan

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Author: Ron Kaplan
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 161321992X
Size: 34.75 MB
Format: PDF, Mobi
Release Date: 2017-04-25
Category: Sports & Recreation
Language: en
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Download PDF Hank Greenberg In 1938 eBook. You can read online on your kindle, Android, iPhone, iPad. “Hammerin’” Hank Greenberg was coming off a stellar season where he’d hit 40 home runs and 184 RBIs, becoming only the thirteenth player to ever hit 40 or more homers (and one of only four players to have 40 or more home runs and 175 or more RBIs in a season). Even with his success at the plate, neither Greenberg nor the rest of the world could have expected what was about to happen in 1938. From his first day in the big leagues, the New York-born Greenberg had dealt with persecution for being Jewish. From teammate Jo-Jo White asking where his horns were to the verbal abuse from bigoted fans and the media, the 6-foot-3 slugger always did his best to shut the noise out and concentrate on baseball. But in 1938, that would be more difficult then he could have ever imagined. While Greenberg was battling at the plate, his people overseas were dealing with a completely different battle. Adolf Hitler, who had been chancellor of Germany since 1933, had taken direct control of the country’s military in February of ’38. He then began his methodic takeover of all neighboring countries, spreading Nazism and the early stages of World War II and the Holocaust. Hank Greenberg in 1938 chronicles the events of 1938, both on the baseball diamond and the streets of Europe. As Greenberg’s bat had him on course for Babe Ruth’s home run record, Hitler’s “Final Solution” was beginning to take shape. Jews across the US, worried about the issues overseas, looked to Greenberg as a symbol of hope. Though normally hesitant to speak about the anti-Semitism he dealt with, the slugger still knew the role he was playing for so many of his people, saying “I came to feel that if I, as a Jew, hit a home run, I was hitting one against Hitler.”


The Jewish Olympics by Ron Kaplan

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Author: Ron Kaplan
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1632208555
Size: 28.68 MB
Format: PDF, ePub
Release Date: 2015-07-07
Category: Sports & Recreation
Language: en
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Download PDF The Jewish Olympics eBook. You can read online on your kindle, Android, iPhone, iPad. Having grown from 390 athletes from fourteen countries to nine thousand athletes from seventy-eight countries, the Maccabiah Games (or the “Jewish Olympics,” as it has come to be known) continue to gain popularity. The Maccabiah Games, which take place in Israel, first began in 1932, and the latest games took place in July of 2013, with the debut of participants from Cuba, Albania, and Nicaragua. Sports range from table tennis to ice hockey, basketball, chess, and much more. Past participants have included former NBA coach Larry Brown, Olympic swimmers Mark Spitz and Jason Lezak, and Olympic gymnast Mitch Gaylord, among others. The Jewish Olympics details the history of the Maccabiah Games, including how they began, how they have grown in popularity, how they have impacted the Jewish community worldwide, and much more. In addition, it highlights the countless special achievements of the athletes over the course of the nineteen games. The Jewish Olympics is a detailed and fascinating history that will interest any sports fan, as well as individuals interested in cultural events. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Sports Publishing imprint, is proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in sports—books about baseball, pro football, college football, pro and college basketball, hockey, or soccer, we have a book about your sport or your team. In addition to books on popular team sports, we also publish books for a wide variety of athletes and sports enthusiasts, including books on running, cycling, horseback riding, swimming, tennis, martial arts, golf, camping, hiking, aviation, boating, and so much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.


Charlie Chan S Poppa by Barbara Gregorich

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Author: Barbara Gregorich
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781983943454
Size: 34.21 MB
Format: PDF, Kindle
Release Date: 2018-02-02
Category: Chan, Charlie (Fictitious character)
Language: en
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Download PDF Charlie Chan S Poppa eBook. You can read online on your kindle, Android, iPhone, iPad. When she was sixteen years old Barbara Gregorich discovered the Charlie Chan novels of Earl Derr Biggers on the "local authors" shelf of the Warren Public Library. She fell in love with the wisdom, humor, and perceptiveness of the amiable Chinese-Hawaiian police detective, and she admired the author who created him. Although seldom given credit for it, Biggers was one of the first writers to help create mystery's Golden Age on the American side of the Atlantic. His six Chan novels were serialized in The Saturday Evening Post, published by Bobbs-Merrill, and sought by Hollywood, and he received fan mail from thousands. Wanting to know more about Earl Derr Biggers and how he came to write his mysteries, Gregorich researched the Bobbs-Merrill Archives at the Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington. There she read all the correspondence between Biggers and his editor - correspondence which brings to life the author's struggles to satisfy the Chan-hungry public.


Deadly Fantasy by Andrew Wolfenson

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Author: Andrew Wolfenson
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ISBN: 9780615971636
Size: 74.62 MB
Format: PDF, Docs
Release Date: 2014-03-01
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Language: en
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Download PDF Deadly Fantasy eBook. You can read online on your kindle, Android, iPhone, iPad. Over 33 million people in the United States participate in fantasy baseball and/or football leagues; these leagues are a two billion dollar per year industry. Some take their participation in such fantasy leagues more seriously than others, suspending reality as they try to fulfill their dreams of serving as a major league owner or General Manager. For Jeff Goldstein, however, this is not just a game; participation in the league takes over his life. His obsession with winning his fantasy league, and its $150,000 prize, consumes his every thought and threatens his relationship with his girlfriend, his friends, and his job. How far will Jeff go in his desire to win the league? What actions will he take, or ask others to take, as he struggles to separate fantasy from reality? Deadly Fantasy: A Baseball Story is both an examination of one man's obsession with winning his fantasy baseball league, as well as a critical comparison of the current statistic-based views of rating baseball players as opposed to the more traditional, "human" views of player selection. Here's what others are saying about "Deadly Fantasy: A Baseball Story" - "As a sports attorney I work regularly with athletes who are passionate about their sport. Jeff Goldstein takes this passion to a whole new and disturbing level. If there really were a fantasy league player like Jeff, then I would fear for the safety of my clients." - Jordan S. Solomon, Esq. "Who would ever think a game amongst friends would turn to deception and murder? ... Andrew Wolfenson takes loyalty and the American Pastime where they've never been before by playing Fantasy League Baseball with a life and death scoreboard, unquestionably making this book a home run." - Jon D'Amore, Author, "The Boss Always Sits In the Back" "Andrew Wolfenson's Deadly Fantasy combines the fixations of Coover's Universal Baseball Association with the suspense of Alfred Hitchcock in a taut tale of obsession and insanity." - Ron Kaplan, Author, "501 Baseball Books Fans Must Read Before They Die"


The Catch by Alison Fairbrother

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Author: Alison Fairbrother
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0593134303
Size: 48.15 MB
Format: PDF, ePub, Mobi
Release Date: 2022-06-21
Category: Fiction
Language: en
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Download PDF The Catch eBook. You can read online on your kindle, Android, iPhone, iPad. NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • A young woman searches for the truth about her father—and the secrets of her family—in this “big-hearted debut that absolutely crackles with smarts” (Emma Straub). “A warm and funny debut novel . . . perceptive, wry, and witty.”—The New York Times Two years out of college, Ellie Adler has a job in journalism, an older lover, and a circle of smart friends. Her beloved father, James, who has children from three marriages, unites the family with his gentle humor and charisma, but Ellie has always believed she is her father's favorite. When he suddenly dies, she finds herself devastated by the unexpected loss. Then, at the reading of his will, she learns that instead of leaving her his prized possession—a baseball that holds emotional resonance for them both—he has left her a seemingly ridiculous, even insulting gift. Worse, he’s given the baseball to someone no one in the family has ever heard of. In her grief, Ellie wonders who could have possibly meant more to her father than she did. Setting out to track this person down, she learns startling information about who her father really was and who she herself is becoming. Moving, witty, and unforgettable, The Catch is a story of the gifts we’re given over the course of a lifetime, by family, friends, and strangers—the ones we want and the ones that catch us unawares.


Traded by Doug Decatur

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Author: Doug Decatur
Publisher: ACTA Publications
ISBN: 9780879464127
Size: 30.23 MB
Format: PDF, ePub, Mobi
Release Date: 2009
Category: Baseball players
Language: en
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Download PDF Traded eBook. You can read online on your kindle, Android, iPhone, iPad. Few topics in baseball elicit the same passionate responses from fans as player trades. In attempt to bring some objectivity to such an emotional topic, Doug Decatur, a former statistical consultant for the Reds, Brewers, Cubs and Astros, uses Win Shares, a stat developed by the famous Bill James, to determine the best and worst trades in baseball history. He also provides red flags to look for when evaluating future trades.


October 1964 by David Halberstam

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Author: David Halberstam
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1453286128
Size: 14.92 MB
Format: PDF, Docs
Release Date: 2012-12-18
Category: Sports & Recreation
Language: en
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Download PDF October 1964 eBook. You can read online on your kindle, Android, iPhone, iPad. The “compelling” New York Times bestseller by the Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist, capturing the 1964 World Series between the Yankees and Cardinals (Newsweek). David Halberstam, an avid sports writer with an investigative reporter’s tenacity, superbly details the end of the fifteen-year reign of the New York Yankees in October 1964. That October found the Yankees going head-to-head with the St. Louis Cardinals for the World Series pennant. Expertly weaving the narrative threads of both teams’ seasons, Halberstam brings the major personalities on the field—from switch-hitter Mickey Mantle to pitcher Bob Gibson—to life. Using the teams’ subcultures, Halberstam also analyzes the cultural shifts of the sixties. The result is a unique blend of sports writing and cultural history as engrossing as it is insightful. This ebook features an extended biography of David Halberstam.


Promises To Keep How Jackie Robinson Changed America by Sharon Robinson

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Author: Sharon Robinson
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 1338153706
Size: 68.22 MB
Format: PDF
Release Date: 2016-11-29
Category: Juvenile Nonfiction
Language: en
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Download PDF Promises To Keep How Jackie Robinson Changed America eBook. You can read online on your kindle, Android, iPhone, iPad. A warm, intimate portrait of Jackie Robinson, America's sports icon, told from the unique perspective of a unique insider: his only daughter. Sharon Robinson shares memories of her famous father in this warm loving biography of the man who broke the color barrier in baseball. Jackie Robinson was an outstanding athlete, a devoted family man and a dedicated civil rights activist. The author explores the fascinating circumstances surrounding Jackie Robinson's breakthrough. She also tells the off-the-field story of Robinson's hard-won victories and the inspiring effect he had on his family, his community. . . his country! Includes never-before-published letters by Jackie Robinson, as well as photos from the Robinson family archives.


Lost In The Sun by Lisa Graff

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Author: Lisa Graff
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0147508584
Size: 38.28 MB
Format: PDF, ePub, Mobi
Release Date: 2016-04-26
Category: Juvenile Fiction
Language: en
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Download PDF Lost In The Sun eBook. You can read online on your kindle, Android, iPhone, iPad. From the author of A Tangle of Knots and Absolutely Almost, a touching story about a boy who won't let one tragic accident define him. Everyone says that middle school is awful, but Trent knows nothing could be worse than the year he had in fifth grade, when a freak accident on Cedar Lake left one kid dead, and Trent with a brain full of terrible thoughts he can't get rid of. Trent’s pretty positive the entire disaster was his fault, so for him middle school feels like a fresh start, a chance to prove to everyone that he's not the horrible screw-up they seem to think he is. If only Trent could make that fresh start happen. It isn’t until Trent gets caught up in the whirlwind that is Fallon Little—the girl with the mysterious scar across her face—that things begin to change. Because fresh starts aren’t always easy. Even in baseball, when a fly ball gets lost in the sun, you have to remember to shift your position to find it. Praise for Lost in the Sun: A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year! * "Graff writes with stunning insight [and] consistently demonstrates why character-driven novels can live from generation to generation."--Kirkus Reviews *STARRED* * "Graff creates layered, vulnerable characters that are worth getting to know."--Booklist *STARRED* * "[A]n ambitious and gracefully executed story."--Publishers Weekly *STARRED* * "Weighty matters deftly handled with humor and grace will give this book wide appeal."--School Library Journal *STARRED* * "Characterization is thoughtful."--BCCB *STARRED* “In Lost in the Sun, Trent decides that he will speak the truth: that pain and anger and loss are not the final words, that goodness can find us after all—even when we hide from it. This is a novel that speaks powerfully, honestly, almost shockingly about our human pain and our human redemption. This book will change you.”—Gary Schmidt, two-time Newbery Honor-winning author of The Wednesday Wars and Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy “Lisa Graff crafts a compelling story about a boy touched with tragedy and the world of people he cares about. And like all the best stories, it ends at a new beginning.”—Richard Peck, Newbery Award-winning author of A Year Down Yonder and A Long Way From Chicago Lisa Graff's Awards and Reviews: Lisa Graff's books have been named to 30 state award lists, and A Tangle of Knots was long-listed for the National Book Award.


The Witch Must Die by Sheldon Cashdan

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Author: Sheldon Cashdan
Publisher:
ISBN: 0465008968
Size: 56.69 MB
Format: PDF
Release Date: 1999
Category: Literary Criticism
Language: en
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Download PDF The Witch Must Die eBook. You can read online on your kindle, Android, iPhone, iPad. A psychoanalytic approach to fairy tales that examines how children can project their own internal struggles onto the opposing characters.


Eight Men Out by Eliot Asinof

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Author: Eliot Asinof
Publisher: Holt Paperbacks
ISBN: 9781429997362
Size: 59.63 MB
Format: PDF, Kindle
Release Date: 2011-04-01
Category: Sports & Recreation
Language: en
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Download PDF Eight Men Out eBook. You can read online on your kindle, Android, iPhone, iPad. The headlines proclaimed the 1919 fix of the World Series and attempted cover-up as "the most gigantic sporting swindle in the history of America!" First published in 1963, Eight Men Out has become a timeless classic. Eliot Asinof has reconstructed the entire scene-by-scene story of the fantastic scandal in which eight Chicago White Sox players arranged with the nation's leading gamblers to throw the Series in Cincinnati. Mr. Asinof vividly describes the tense meetings, the hitches in the conniving, the actual plays in which the Series was thrown, the Grand Jury indictment, and the famous 1921 trial. Moving behind the scenes, he perceptively examines the motives and backgrounds of the players and the conditions that made the improbable fix all too possible. Here, too, is a graphic picture of the American underworld that managed the fix, the deeply shocked newspapermen who uncovered the story, and the war-exhausted nation that turned with relief and pride to the Series, only to be rocked by the scandal. Far more than a superbly told baseball story, this is a compelling slice of American history in the aftermath of World War I and at the cusp of the Roaring Twenties.


Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

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Author: Ray Bradbury
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0743247221
Size: 55.13 MB
Format: PDF
Release Date: 2003-09-23
Category: Fiction
Language: en
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Download PDF Fahrenheit 451 eBook. You can read online on your kindle, Android, iPhone, iPad. Set in the future when "firemen" burn books forbidden by the totalitarian "brave new world" regime.


501 Movie Stars by Steven Jay Schneider

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Author: Steven Jay Schneider
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ISBN: 9780733320514
Size: 42.99 MB
Format: PDF, Docs
Release Date: 2007
Category: Motion picture actors and actresses
Language: en
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Download PDF 501 Movie Stars eBook. You can read online on your kindle, Android, iPhone, iPad. Humphrey Bogart. . . Marilyn Monroe. . . Meryl Streep. . . James Dean. . . Paul Newman. . .Not just run-of-the-mill film actors but larger-than-life movie stars who have captured the collective imagination, inspired millions of fans across the world, and gained immortality through their performances on and off the screen. 501 Movie Stars pays homage to these legends, trend-setters, and pop culture idols, with a dazzling and comprehensive gallery of the biggest movie stars from around the world. Every notable name to have worked their magic in front of the camera is here, from Gloria Swanson to Julia Roberts, from Frank Sinatra to Arnold Schwarzenegger... and 497 more! the A-Z approach of 501 Movie Stars allows you to locate any actor with maximum ease, making it an ideal movie-lover's reference. Each star has at least one full page devoted to their work, with a complete filmography and feature boxes on awards, cameos, favourite directors and stylistic trademarks. With 501 Movie Stars to hand, you'll have a one-stop resource to the larger-than-life faces of film that you can turn to and enjoy again and again.


Something Strange And Deadly by Susan Dennard

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Author: Susan Dennard
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062083287
Size: 68.70 MB
Format: PDF, ePub, Mobi
Release Date: 2012-07-24
Category: Young Adult Fiction
Language: en
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Download PDF Something Strange And Deadly eBook. You can read online on your kindle, Android, iPhone, iPad. Sixteen-year-old Eleanor Fitt’s brother is missing. And when she discovers that the Dead are rising in Philadelphia and wreaking havoc throughout the city, she knows that her brother is involved. So Eleanor enlists the help of the Spirit-Hunters. This motley crew, hired to protect the city from supernatural forces, is after the necromancer who has been reanimating corpses. Their skills can save her brother. But as Eleanor spends time with the Spirit-Hunters, and their handsome inventor, Daniel, the situation becomes dire. Now not only is her reputation at risk, but her very life may hang in the balance. In Something Strange and Deadly, the first book in a trilogy, Susan Dennard weaves together vividly imagined scenes of action, adventure, and gorgeous Victorian fashion to create an entertaining steampunk tapestry of humor, horror, and romance. Readers who love Cassandra Clare’s Infernal Devices series will be intrigued from the start.


Going Bovine by Libba Bray

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Author: Libba Bray
Publisher: Ember
ISBN: 0385733984
Size: 51.15 MB
Format: PDF, ePub, Docs
Release Date: 2010-09-28
Category: Young Adult Fiction
Language: en
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Download PDF Going Bovine eBook. You can read online on your kindle, Android, iPhone, iPad. From the author of the Gemma Doyle trilogy and The Diviners series, this groundbreaking New York Times bestseller and winner of the Michael L. Printz Award for literary excellence is "smart, funny, and layered," raves Entertainment Weekly. All 16-year-old Cameron wants is to get through high school—and life in general—with a minimum of effort. It’s not a lot to ask. But that’s before he’s given some bad news: he’s sick and he’s going to die. Which totally sucks. Hope arrives in the winged form of Dulcie, a loopy punk angel/possible hallucination with a bad sugar habit. She tells Cam there is a cure—if he’s willing to go in search of it. With the help of a death-obsessed, video-gaming dwarf and a yard gnome, Cam sets off on the mother of all road trips through a twisted America . . . into the heart of what matters most. From acclaimed author Libba Bray comes a dark comedic journey that poses the questions: Why are we here? What is real? What makes microwave popcorn so good? Why must we die? And how do we really learn to live? "A hilarious and hallucinatory quest."—The New York Times "Sublimely surreal."—People "Libba Bray's fabulous new book will, with any justice, be a cult classic. The kind of book you take with you to college, in the hopes that your roommate will turn out to have packed their own copy, too. Reading it is like discovering an alternate version of The Phantom Tollbooth, where Holden Caulfield has hit Milo over the head and stolen his car, his token, and his tollbooth. There's adventure and tragedy here, a sprinkling of romance, musical interludes, a battle-ready yard gnome who's also a Norse God, and practically a chorus line of physicists. Which reminds me: will someone, someday, take Going Bovine and turn it into a musical, preferably a rock opera? I want the sound track, the program, the T-shirt, and front row tickets."—Kelly Link, author of Get in Trouble, finalist for the Pulitzer Prize


The Graveyard Plot by Jason Strange

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Author: Jason Strange
Publisher: Capstone Classroom
ISBN: 1434238865
Size: 24.52 MB
Format: PDF, Mobi
Release Date: 2012
Category: Juvenile Fiction
Language: en
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Download PDF The Graveyard Plot eBook. You can read online on your kindle, Android, iPhone, iPad. While packing up his grandfather's belongings, twelve-year-old Damon Germaine and his companion Jaina find a treasure map that leads them to a graveyard--but in Ravens Pass things are rarely what they seem to be.


The House In Poplar Wood by K. E. Ormsbee

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Author: K. E. Ormsbee
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 145214995X
Size: 28.18 MB
Format: PDF, ePub, Mobi
Release Date: 2018-08-28
Category: Juvenile Fiction
Language: en
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Download PDF The House In Poplar Wood eBook. You can read online on your kindle, Android, iPhone, iPad. Haunted Mansion meets Stranger Things ★ "A smart, thrilling mystery" -Publishers Weekly, starred review ★ "Magical elements, evocative, intelligent writing, and ever-ratcheting suspense."-Kirkus Reviews, starred review "The foreboding atmosphere perfectly matches the dark mystery and high stakes confronting the middle-schoolers." –Booklist For as long as the Vickery twins can remember, Lee and his mother have served Memory, while Felix and his father assist Death. This is the Agreement. But one Halloween, Gretchen Whipple smashes her way into their lives. Her bargain is simple: If the twins help her solve the murder of local girl Essie Hasting, she'll help them break the Agreement. The more the three investigate, however, the more they realize that something's gone terribly wrong in their town. Death is on the loose, and if history repeats itself, Essie's might not be the last murder in Poplar Wood. Simultaneously heartwarming and delightfully spooky, The House in Poplar Wood is a story about a boy's desire to be free, a girl's desire to make a difference, and a family's desire to be together again.


From Twinkle With Love by Sandhya Menon

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Author: Sandhya Menon
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1481495429
Size: 71.84 MB
Format: PDF
Release Date: 2018-05-22
Category: Young Adult Fiction
Language: en
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Download PDF From Twinkle With Love eBook. You can read online on your kindle, Android, iPhone, iPad. “Utterly charming.” —NPR “Cinematic.” —Teen Vogue “Funny and sweet.” —Buzzfeed “Dazzling.” —Bustle Three starred reviews for this charming romantic comedy about an aspiring teen filmmaker who finds her voice and falls in love, from the New York Times bestselling author of When Dimple Met Rishi. Aspiring filmmaker and wallflower Twinkle Mehra has stories she wants to tell and universes she wants to explore, if only the world would listen. So when fellow film geek Sahil Roy approaches her to direct a movie for the upcoming Summer Festival, Twinkle is all over it. The chance to publicly showcase her voice as a director? Dream come true. The fact that it gets her closer to her longtime crush, Neil Roy—a.k.a. Sahil’s twin brother? Dream come true x 2. When mystery man “N” begins emailing her, Twinkle is sure it’s Neil, finally ready to begin their happily-ever-after. The only slightly inconvenient problem is that, in the course of movie-making, she’s fallen madly in love with the irresistibly adorkable Sahil. Twinkle soon realizes that resistance is futile: The romance she’s got is not the one she’s scripted. But will it be enough? Told through the letters Twinkle writes to her favorite female filmmakers, From Twinkle, with Love navigates big truths about friendship, family, and the unexpected places love can find you.