A few years after his release from a North Vietnamese prisoner-of-war camp in 1973, Colonel Joseph Kittinger retired from the Air Force. Restless and unchallenged, he turned to ballooning, a lifelong
Friendship, heart, and awkward middle-school humor come together in this laugh-out-loud adventure as a group of kids take a class trip that doesn't quite live up to their expectations.It's all fun and
Aisling Grey is back-and in more trouble than ever. She thought being a courier would be easy. It's not. She thought being a Guardian would come naturally. It doesn't. She thought she could get out o
Funny and touching—this is a heartfelt breakup story.Zoe loves Henry.Henry dumps Zoe.Zoe wants Henry back—at any cost.Zoe’s two best friends come up with a plan to help Zoe get what she thinks she wan
Listen up y'all. Bernie Mac is back, and this here is his page-a-day prescription for a better life and career. You wanna be successful, don't ya? All you gotta do is read one page a day. So come on, let's start your edumacation right now. Are y'all ready to get yourself together? It's time for you to start livin' your best life, and all you gotta do is read one got-d*mn page a day. You think you can handle that? Sure you can. You can do anything you wanna do, but you never gonna hit a home run if you ain't steppin' up to the plate. You got yourself a dream? You got a vision? There ain't no sugarcoatin' it. The only one who's gonna make it happen is you, but this book is gonna help. It's alright-we all need a little help once in a while. I Don't Care if You Like Me, I Like Me is 365 days of Bernie Mac tellin' it like it T-I-Iz. You gonna be gettin' some of his best advice, his personal stories showin' y'all that what he's tellin' you works, and some commentary from Rhonda 'cu
TIE ME UP! TURN ME ON!If the scent of well-oiled leather and the crack of a whip get you hot, you've come to the right place. In the kinkiest collection ever, Letters to Penthouse's most adventurous
What we can learn from Ethiopian running culture―written by an anthropologist and 2:20 marathon runner who trained with the Ethiopians.Ethiopia is a place where I have been told that energy is controlled by angels and demons and where witchdoctors can help you to acquire another runner’s power. It is a place where an anonymous runner in the forest told me, miming an imaginary scoreboard and with a completely straight face, that he had dreamt that he would run 10km in 25 minutes. It is a place where they tell me that the air at Mount Entoto will transform me into a 2.08 marathon runner. It is a place, in short, of wisdom and magic, where dreaming is still very much alive.Why does it make sense to Ethiopian runners to get up at 3am to run up and down a hill? Who would choose to train on impossibly steep and rocky terrain, in hyena territory? And how come Ethiopian men hold six of the top ten fastest marathon times ever?Michael Crawley spent fifteen months in Ethiopia training alongside (
Claude Wheeler opened his eyes before the sun was up and vigorously shook his younger brother, who lay in the other half of the same bed."Ralph, Ralph, get awake! Come down and help me wash the c
With tricky puzzles, funny riddles, and eerily funny stories, this interactive middle grade book allows the reader to become a part of the plot!This is all about YOU―yes, I am talking to YOU. Your help is needed. Act NOW! Pick up and start this book no matter what else you are doing. Don’t be a goody-goody and wait for the right time―the right time is this minute! Come on, do it! Make a decision! Who cares what the adults or others say? You can start by helping me be bad―even evil! Yah, YOU! But don’t worry, because we won’t get punished―no, we’ll have fun! Guaranteed FUN. This Little Bad Book you have discovered has dreams and aspirations, but it needs help from YOU, the reader. You will find eerily funny stories packed with challenging puzzles and riddles and fantastic drawings and images. Only you, the reader, can help this little bad book get what you both want―a surprisingly terrific time together. Get started! It’s up to you, and you can do it!
笑料連連的偵探日記，推薦給喜愛13層樹屋的小讀者！小偵探Rory與他的搭檔聯手調查一樁犯罪事件，追蹤壞人的途中竟意外查出有關父親的線索。究竟父親消失七年的真相是什麼？ Hello. I am Rory Branagan. I am a DETECTIVE, and the time has come for me to solve the BIGGEST and most IMPORTANT mystery in my life: where is my Dad? The Dame Norton Diamond, the most expensive jewel ever stolen, has been MISSING for seven years - and so has my dad.Bad guys want to find him. The police want to find him. I need to get there first, and NOTHING can hold me back.Not evil baddies, not the deep, dangerous ocean - and not even the biggest SHOCK of my life... The seventh and final book in the hilarious and action-packed comedy-crime series, highly illustrated on every page by Happiness Is creator Ralph Lazar. This series is perfect for children aged 8 and up, and all children at heart.
