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The Colleen Colgan Chronicles, Book I
Colleen is a tortured 8th grader. It's been the same misery every school year since kindergarten. Day after day of relentless teasing and bullying, ever since her ugly secret got out eight years ago- part of her brain is from a chimpanzee. That's why she never saw it coming when Erin, the popular new girl in school, wanted to hang with her. Erin's got a big secret of her own. She's from the future, and she needs Colleen's help. The world has been destroyed by global warming. Erin's people, the last band of desperate humans, are struggling to survive the oppressive heat of 2463 Earth. Now they're dying off by the thousands from a strange and lethal virus. And the only cure is found on a tiny island in present day Indonesia inhabited by the Korombai tribe, ruthless cannibals from which no one has ever returned. But what can a scared, withdrawn 13 year old girl do to save the world? Colleen will learn that her "curse" may turn out to be the greatest "gift" of all. She'll have to discover a courage and strength she's never known to battle all the hell-ish foes in a desperate crusade to save humanity. But will she have to sacrifice her life to do it?
The Downward Spiral
The Downward Spiral: Beginnings and Endings tells a story about numerous characters and their lives and how they cope with the ups and downs of the world they live in. One scene in particular is pivotal and brings them together on a snowy day in Schaumburg Illinois. Life will change forever for some in this tale. Music plays a large part along with the day to day life that people live and their jobs they report to and how they communicate with others and how they deal with loss. It focuses on a mother and a husband and then a son. Then it becomes just a mother and son. They go through life with problems like everyone and you see how they deal with them and how they get through the difficult ...
Believing Her
Richard Trent is a successful advertising and marketing executive for a manufacturing business in Manchester, New Hampshire. At an after-work party given in his honor, he could not have predicted how that very night his life would begin to unravel. Young Belinda shows up as a hired gun, but the target on Richard’s back is the work of someone else. The levels of control and scheming run deep, led by a dark secret agenda—a fuse that has been years in the making. Igniting this spark will start the fire that spreads the globe and uproots the established system of control. This is a revolution. Walls will crumble and Richard is the unwitting battering ram. But grand ambitions are often built from misguided views. Will he be a casualty of war or the victim of a delusional thirst for vengeance?
My Fractured Life
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When Fallon and aspiring novelist Ben meet and fall in love the day before Fallon's cross-country move, they vow to meet on the same date every year, until Fallon suspects Ben is fabricating their relationship to create the perfect plot twist.
Think Fast
Booney Dugan is fresh out of jail and looking to start over. But he left a few loose ends back at the prison, and now he may or may not be wanted for murder. Booney plans to high-tail it out of town just in case, but before he can make his move, he finds himself tangled up in a robbery gone bad and an accidental kidnapping that leaves him the only protector of a five-year-old girl, Janxy Janks. A Seattle software billionaire offers a hefty reward for JanxyOCOs return and now it seems everyone wants a piece of the deal. BooneyOCOs ex, Colleen McCarver, and her new boyfriend, former South African cop and Truth Commission fugitive, Rolfo Kranz, bring Booney a deal that looks too good to pass up. The question is, can they be trusted? >br/> Booney finds out in the worst way and now he has to think fast to keep himself and little Janxy above ground. Set in and around Seattle, THINK FAST! is a quick, quirky, and funny mystery with a gritty edge in the tradition of Elmore Leonard and Raymond Chandler. This book is also available in print. Boson Books also offers Snoqualmie Pass by Darby Roach. For an author bio and photo, reviews, and a reading sample, visit bosonbooks.com."
Rockin' Out of the Box
Employing the feminist insight that gender is a constantly shifting performance & not an essential quality related to sex, Schippers explores the gender roles, transgressions & assumptions of the men & women involved in the hard rock scene.
Passion to Dance
This is the story of the National Ballet of Canada – the people, the determination, and how at sixty it is still creating new work while still representing the classics. Passion to Dance is the story of the National Ballet of Canada – the people who dreamt the company into existence, the determination needed to keep it afloat, the bumps on the road to its success, and above all, its passion for dance as a living, evolving art form. From catch-as-catch-can beginnings – borrowed quarters, tiny stages, enormous dreams the National Ballet has emerged as one of North America’s foremost dance troupes. The company at sixty is a company of its time, engaged in creating challenging new work, yet committed to maintaining the classics of the past, favourites like Swan Lake, The Nutcracker,and The Sleeping Beauty. One hundred and fifty photographs from the company’s archives illustrate this definitive history, filled with eyewitness accounts, backstage glimpses, and fascinating detail. This is a record of one of Canada’s boldest cultural experiments, a book to enjoy now and keep forever.
I Am Better Than Your Kids
Maddox is the New York Times bestselling author of The Alphabet of Manliness, the creator of “The Best Page in the Universe,” and a genius. Maddox can spell, do math, and run faster than your kids. And he can drive. Adults and children alike would do well to read this book over and over again to learn from Maddox’s sage-like wisdom. Every keystroke Maddox types is brilliant. The world is better off with him in it. Maddox has selflessly shared some of his own art, and we must thank him for it. May his fertility continue to be dangerously potent, so as to impregnate as many babes as possible, and not one fewer.
The Information Behavior of a New Generation
The Information Behavior of a New Generation: Children and Teens in the 21st Century attempts to describe the significant changes in the information behavior of children and youth over the last two decades. Thirteen researchers from a variety of disciplines discuss the changes that can be attributed to mobile technology, social networks, and digital media.
