Here come the diggers!Children are fascinated with bulldozers, backhoes, payloaders--diggers of all shapes and sizes. In this playful picture book, simple alliterative language and bold, colorful imag
A picture book for the very young that celebrates a child's excitement for construction vehicles"Honk the horn! Flash the lights!Scoop the rocks!Push the mud!"A little boy imagines driving a great big
A picture book for the very young that celebrates a child's excitement for construction vehicles "Honk the horn! Flash the lights!Scoop the rocks!Push the mud!" A little boy imagines
New York is sweltering in the summer heat, and Harlem is dose to the boiling point. To Coffin Ed Johnson and Grave Digger Jones, at times it seems as if the whole world has gone mad. Trying, as always
The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of American Pastoral delivers the astonishing story of the rise and fall of an American man whose life is destroyed in the McCarthy witchhunt of the 1950s."Gripping.... A masterly, often unnerving, blend of tenderness, harshness, insight and wit." —The New York Times Book ReviewI Married a Communist is the story of Ira Ringold, a big American roughneck who begins life as a teenage ditch-digger in 1930s Newark, becomes a big-time 1940s radio star, and is destroyed, as both a performer and a man, in the McCarthy witchhunt.In his heyday as a star—and as a zealous, bullying supporter of "progressive" political causes—Ira marries Hollywood's beloved silent-film star, Eve Frame. Their glamorous honeymoon in her Manhattan townhouse is short-lived, however, and it is the publication of Eve's scandalous bestselling exposé that identifies him as "an American taking his orders from Moscow."In this story of cruelty, betrayal, and revenge spilling over into the pub
Oliver and Annie love to play trucks together at school in Book 4 of the popular Digger Man preschool series.At school, Oliver loves to play trucks with his best friend, Annie. They use their favorite
Snitches Get Riches After losing her man, to a gold-digger, Mia tastes victory when her rival is locked up for murder. She feels Jasmine is getting what she deserved for crossing her. Now, playing the
New Year's Eve, 1999. After an early morning machine-gun attack by a madman man called the Digger leaves dozens dead in the Washington, D.C. subway, the mayor's office receives a message demanding tw
The American urban scene, and in particular New York's, has given us a rich cultural legacy of slang words and phrases, a bonanza of popular speech.Hot dog, rush hour, butter-and-egg man, gold digger,
Kain Gerrard—mesmerizing, sexy and filthy rich—can have any woman he wants! So taming Sable Martin shouldn't be a problem. The scandalous gold digger has used her sensual charms to blackm
Here's a copy of Jimmy's resume taken from his YT channel, theloveman11378, no job too small or too big he won't tackle even if it kills you:Author, grave digger, prize fighter, military man, private
A Rage in Harlem is a ripping introduction to Coffin Ed Johnson and Grave Digger Jones, patrolling New York City’s roughest streets in Chester Himes’s groundbreaking Harlem Detectives series. Featuring an introduction by James Ellroy. For the love of fine, wily Imabelle, hapless Jackson surrenders his life savings to a con man who knows the secret of turning ten-dollar bills into hundreds—and then he steals from his boss, only to lose the stolen money at a craps table. Luckily for him, he can turn to his savvy twin brother, Goldy, who earns a living—disguised as a Sister of Mercy—by selling tickets to Heaven in Harlem. With Goldy on his side, Jackson is ready for payback.
After being swindled by a con man, Stephanie joins private investigator Keith Hendricks in the hunt for the perpetrator, a situation complicated by their mutual growing attraction.
Brandy, Tip, Tracy, and Diamond are four friends who have the world in the palm of their hands. Brandy is a gold digger with a capital G! She doesn’t care whose man she sleeps with or goes after. Mone
