This book combines bright, colourful illustrations with a variety of different textures to touch and feel on each page.
Author: Fiona Watt
Publisher: Usborne Publishing
ISBN: 9781409518990
Category: Board books
Page: 10
View: 884
This book combines bright, colourful illustrations with a variety of different textures to touch and feel on each page.
After swinging off my snake boots at the door, I grabbed the keys along with
Jessie's spoonful of medication off the ... Almost stepping out of the gate, I saw
none other than Tiger Bud, the one longhorn who is not afraid of anything I do,
eats out ...
Author: Juliette Turner
Publisher: Zonderkidz
ISBN: 031073245X
Category: Juvenile Fiction
Page: 240
View: 771
New York City life had crammed sidewalks, gasoline-filled puddles, and angry taxi drivers, but Juliette enjoyed the towering sky-scrapers, the half-block walk to school, and the restaurant smells wafting into her bedroom. She had never cared for a horse, let alone a long-horn, when her mother announced their imminent move to a 300 acre ranch in Texas, where they would be caring for three horses, five dogs, twenty-five longhorns, and a cat…all by themselves. Juliette couldn’t help feeling excited, even though she’d have to climb a hill to get a bar of cell-phone service. Soon she was running from bats and snakes, rescuing a calf from a twenty-foot ditch, medicating ponies, and having adventures so crazy it’s hard to believe they’re for real—but it all did, exactly how it’s written. Get ready for side-splitting laughs, heart-wrenching tears, and surprising life lessons learned down on the farm and shared by fourteen-year-old Juliette Turner.
That's what motivates me. I like to be faced with a task that no one else can do—
or at least do as well as I can in my own mind. On the other hand, I don't care a
hoot about small tasks, tasks that strike me as mundane or trivial (even though I ...
Author: Tom Clancy
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9781429586689
Category: History
Page: 656
View: 828
General Chuck Horner commanded the U.S. and allied air assets—the forces of a dozen nations—during Desert Shield and Desert Storm, and was responsible for the design and execution of one of the most devastating air campaigns in history. Never before has the Gulf air war planning, a process filled with controversy and stormy personalities, been revealed in such rich, provocative detail. And in this revised edition, General Horner looks at the current Gulf conflict—and comments on the use of air power in Iraq today.
“Is that a fact?” “Yes, sir, that is a fact.” “You haven't talked to your father about this
?” “No, sir.” Jack Jr. shook his head. “He'd just ... But when my mom operates on
somebody's eyes, she doesn't care if she likes the person or not. She swore an ...
Author: Tom Clancy
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9781101002308
Category: Fiction
Page: 496
View: 740
A man named Mohammed sits in a café in Vienna, about to propose a deal to a Colombian. Mohammed has a strong network of agents and sympathizers throughout Europe and the Middle East, and the Colombian has an equally strong drug network throughout America. What if they were to form an alliance, to combine all their assets and connections? The potential for profits would be enormous—and the potential for destruction unimaginable. In the Brave New World of terrorism—where anybody with a spare AK-47, a knowledge of kitchen chemistry, or simply the will to die can become a player—the old rules no longer apply. No matter what new governmental organizations come into being, the only truly effective ones are those that are quick and agile, free of oversight and restrictions...and outside the system. Way outside the system. In a nondescript office building in suburban Maryland, the firm Hendley Associates does a profitable business in stocks, bonds, and international currencies, but its true mission is quite different: to identify and locate terrorist threats, and then deal with them, in whatever manner necessary. Established with the knowledge of President John Patrick Ryan, "the Campus" is always on the lookout for promising new talent, its recruiters scattered throughout the armed forces and government agencies—and three men are about to cross its radar. The first is Dominic Caruso, a rookie FBI agent, barely a year out of Quantico, whose decisive actions resolve a particularly brutal kidnap/murder case. The second is Caruso's brother, Brian, a Marine captain just back from his first combat action in Afghanistan, and already a man to watch. And the third is their cousin...a young man named Jack Ryan, Jr. Jack was raised on intrigue. As his father moved through the ranks of the CIA and then into the White House, Jack received a life course in the world and the way it operates from agents, statesmen, analysts, Secret Service men, and black ops specialists such as John Clark and Ding Chavez. He wants to put it all to work now—but when he knocks on the front door of "the Campus," he finds that nothing has prepared him for what he is about to encounter. For it is indeed a different world out there, and in here...and it is about to become far more dangerous. From the Paperback edition.
I'm glad to see ou , my boy Oh , my back ! As I was taking my evening walk , I've
been knocked down by some drunken fellow , and then so kicked and
belaboured , that I don't know whether I have a whole bone in my skin or not .
Author: Henry Thornton CRAVEN
Publisher:
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Page: 33
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I offered him a wan smile and removed the headdress, twisting my neck with
relief. “I fear I'll fail at the task you've set before me. The Onggud are learned
people, and I am not.” It was only one of the many reasons that I dreaded meeting
the ...
Author: Stephanie Thornton
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101607688
Category: Fiction
Page: 496
View: 576
In the late twelfth century, across the sweeping Mongolian grasslands, brilliant, charismatic Temujin ascends to power, declaring himself the Great, or Genghis, Khan. But it is the women who stand beside him who ensure his triumph.... After her mother foretells an ominous future for her, gifted Borte becomes an outsider within her clan. When she seeks comfort in the arms of aristocratic traveler Jamuka, she discovers he is the blood brother of Temujin, the man who agreed to marry her and then abandoned her long before they could wed. Temujin will return and make Borte his queen, yet it will take many women to safeguard his fragile new kingdom. Their daughter, the fierce Alaqai, will ride and shoot an arrow as well as any man. Fatima, an elegant Persian captive, will transform her desire for revenge into an unbreakable loyalty. And Sorkhokhtani, a demure widow, will position her sons to inherit the empire when it begins to fracture from within. In a world lit by fire and ruled by the sword, the tiger queens of Genghis Khan come to depend on one another as they fight and love, scheme and sacrifice, all for the good of their family...and the greatness of the People of the Felt Walls.
Look what your tiger has done , " says the neighbor to S. " My tiger ? " responds S
. “ I renounced and abandoned my property in that tiger yesterday . That's not my
tiger . ' No doubt we would be more than a little sympathetic with the neighbor's ...
Author: W. Michael Hoffman
Publisher: McGraw-Hill College
ISBN:
Category: Business & Economics
Page: 644
View: 300
“Where did you get that from? That's not my name. What did you call me Blackie
for?” Bowery Sal's hands under the shawl jerked the threadbare garment more
closely around her bent shoulders—and to Keith, watching, the act suggested a ...
Author: Frank L. Packard
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1989788009
Category:
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Memorable Stories of Tigers Football Marty Mulé. These are the results of LSU vs
. No. 1-ranked opponents: November 4, 1939 Tennessee 0-20 November 5, ... “I
was a quarterback all my career, and that's where I wanted to play in college.
Author: Marty Mulé
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
ISBN: 1613210086
Category: Biography & Autobiography
Page: 272
View: 972
Provides single-game stories from three dozen of the most remembered Tiger games of the last eight decades, with observations by such greats as Jim Taylor, Billy Cannon, and Marcus Spears.
I hadn't exactly thought Tara would be thinking about my birthday, since she'd just
brought twins home from the hospital ... She says that when she has the baby,
she'll go into hiding until he's weaned. ... As far as I knew—and I'd done a little
reading on tigers when I was Quinn's girlfriend—only males who were not the
actual ...
Author: Charlaine Harris
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 0575096608
Category: Fiction
Page: 352
View: 254
Visting vampires, feuding faeries, deadly romance. No-one throws a party like Sookie Stackhouse ... Sookie has a murder investigation on her hands. A young girl has died at a vampire party - and it looks as though her lover, Eric, might be responsible. Eric swears he didn't do it, the police don't believe him, and even Sookie isn't so sure. Nor is she inclined to take his word for it, not having caught him enjoying the victim's blood minutes before she was killed. But something strange is going on. Why had Sookie been asked to come to the fateful party a few minutes early - just to catch Eric in the act? And why had the victim spiked her blood before approaching Eric? Was it simply because she wanted to be irresistible, or was it something more sinister? Sookie will have to find out ... but it's the worst moment to investigate, as her Fae family are having troubles of their own and Sookie is, inevitably, drawn in. And there is one last complication. The cluviel dor her grandmother left her. It will grant her one wish, which could fulfil Sookie's heart's desire. The only problem is, she still doesn't know what - or who - her heart truly desires ...
going to abandon my foster child—not to death, not to the state foster care system
. Not to anyone.” “Then you'd better quit while you can. While you're still alive.” “Is
this about your police committee that's trying to get the state legislature to ...
Author: Julie Beard
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 1472092937
Category:
Page: 304
View: 760
"You're asking me to give up my career to love you? that's not fair, Marco."
My tiger likes him. If I call Alex, chances are he'll never get here before I've fed on
Ethan, and maybe you. Is that really what your queen wanted, or did she just
want you to put me in my place?” “It is not my place to speak for our queen.
Author: Laurell K. Hamilton
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9781101515501
Category: Fiction
Page: 336
View: 634
Watch a video A serial killer is hunting the Pacific Northwest, murdering victims in a gruesome and spectacular way. The local police suspect "monsters" are involved, and have called in Anita Blake and Edward, U.S. Marshals who really know their monsters, to catch the killer.
Why did I say farewell that day , Or think to leave i tidy.job , And walk to Cahir
from the County Clare , Without a word , and ... the Sergeant said , “ My lad , ” you
know you're not in Claro , Each morning then , he'd drill the men , He'd always
size ...
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Aito , and my good friend , ” he replied , “ these warriors and I never met before ;
yet are they not my enemies . “ Then , ” I again said , inquisitively , “ am I correct in
believing that there is no longer any necessity for clothing your handsome ...
Author: William Dalton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category: Adventure stories
Page: 311
View: 833
Will slightest wish would ever be my law , that I would length pointed out to her
that as she was no longer a the day never ... Ob1 that that day would dawn this
instant . of cigars , disiniss my tiger , or even part with my pre brother had neither
...
Author: George William MacArthur Reynolds
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category: Penny dreadfuls
Page:
View: 926
“No, my dear. You are magic incarnate. You are magic.” Silver Tiger taps her
fingers on the table until Sapphire ... No. That came from God. I don't want to
believe them, but a sense of fear chills my body. My hands grow sweaty, and I
drop the ...
Author: Nicole Zoltack
Publisher: Nicole Zoltack
ISBN: 1523343028
Category: Young Adult Fiction
Page: 249
View: 911
Do I interest you, my friend?” “She might, if she was on hand. But since she ain't,
and posing for lewd pictures belies her stainless purity - ” “Did I say that? No, no,
my boy. She is no demi-mondaine, la belle Caprice, but she is . . . a woman of ...
Author: George MacDonald Fraser
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0007325738
Category: Fiction
Page: 416
View: 861
Coward, scoundrel, lover and cheat, but there is no better man to go into the jungle with. Join Flashman in his adventures as he survives fearful ordeals and outlandish perils across the four corners of the world.
But that's not the way I play the game, even with my uncles, even with my friend
Toméu Salva, much less with my sister's boyfriend, who is a scratch player. I take
my cue from Tiger Woods. From start to finish, I barely say a word to my rivals; ...
Author: Rafael Nadal
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 0748129456
Category: Biography & Autobiography
Page: 320
View: 289
The Sunday Times bestselling autobiography from the greatest tennis player of his generation 'A winner' Independent 'A terrific sporting memoir, full of memorable anecdotes' New Statesman 'As exciting as Rafa himself' Woman's Own No tennis player since Andre Agassi has captivated the world like Rafael Nadal. He's a rarity in today's sporting arena - a true sportsman who chooses to let his raw talent, dedication and humility define him. With a remarkable 16 grand slam victories under his belt, and with friend and rival Roger Federer's record haul of 20 in his sights, Nadal is an extraordinary competitor whose ferocity on court is made even more remarkable by his grace off it. This book takes us to the heart of Nadal's childhood, his growth as a player, and his incredible career. It includes memorable highs and lows, from victory in the 2008 Wimbledon final - a match that John McEnroe called the 'greatest game of tennis ever played' - to the injury problems that have frequently threatened his dominance of the sport, to becoming the youngest player of the open era to complete a career Grand Slam in 2010. It transports us from Nadal's lifelong home on the island of Majorca to the locker room of Centre Court as he describes in detail the pressures of competing in the greatest tournament in the world. It offers a glimpse behind the racquet to learn what really makes this intensely private person - who has never before talked about his home life - tick. And it provides us with a story that is personal, revealing and every bit as exciting as Nadal himself.
By this point, I know my game, and probably my sorry excuse for a career, is over,
but I manage to trudge over and collapse into my stance—praying to God with all
of my being that no one hits me and I can walk off the field with my dignity and ...
Author: Ted A. Kluck
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 9780762766338
Category: Biography & Autobiography
Page:
View: 553
The author, a freelance journalist and former college football player, describes his experience when he signs on with the Battle Creek Crunch, a professional indoor football league.
Growing up with My Grandfather, Ty Cobb Herschel Cobb. things up, choose who
gets helped and that stuff.” “Who?” I asked, not knowing what else to ask. “Well, I
hope mostly Georgia kids. Any kid who works hard and has the stuff to make a ...
Author: Herschel Cobb
Publisher: ECW/ORIM
ISBN: 1770903828
Category: Biography & Autobiography
Page: 296
View: 907
The grandson of the legendary baseball player reveals another side of “a fascinating, severely flawed sports icon” (Booklist). Ty Cobb’s grandson Herschel saw a side of him that very few others did. While baseball fans were familiar with Cobb’s infamously cold, competitive nature—and his relationship with his own children was deeply difficult—Cobb, in his later years, embraced the opportunity to form a loving bond with his grandchildren during their summertime visits. In this moving memoir, Herschel Cobb reveals how his grandfather, after the devastating loss of two sons, shared his gentler side with Herschel and his siblings. Herschel’s own parents, a cruel, abusive father and an adulterous, alcoholic mother, filled his childhood with turmoil. But “Granddaddy” offered the stability, love, and guidance that Herschel desperately needed. “Elegantly written and genuinely moving,” this story of their relationship presents a unique perspective on this larger-than-life man (Publishers Weekly). “An unforgettable story . . . that will alter how you feel about baseball’s most demonized star.” —Tom Stanton, author of Ty and the Babe