Catalog Search Results
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Bertie Bradshaw never set out to become a spy. He never imagined traipsing around war-torn London, solving ciphers, practicing surveillance, and searching for a traitor to the Allied forces. He certainly never expected that a strong-willed American girl named Eleanor would play Watson to his Holmes (or Holmes to his Watson, depending on who you ask). But when a young woman goes missing, leaving behind a coded notebook, Bertie is determined to solve...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"I was tired of speed. I wanted to live to tree time." So writes Sumana Roy at the start of "How I Became a Tree", her captivating, adventurous, and self-reflective vision of what it means to be human in the natural world. Drawn to trees' wisdom, their nonviolent way of being, their ability to cope with loneliness and pain, Roy movingly explores the lessons that writers, painters, photographers, scientists, and spiritual figures have gleaned through...
Author
Language
English
Description
Special needs children love the world around them. They sometimes need some help from superheroes.
Ashley was a special needs child that had her superheroes to bring her laughter each and every day!
Superheroes are with our children each moment! They are children, moms, dads, brothers, sisters, family members, nurses, doctors, and service animals.
Our children are gifts from God!
Author
Language
English
Description
"How I Became a Socialist" is a 1903 essay by Jack London. John Griffith "Jack" London (1876 - 1916) was an American journalist, novelist, and social activist. He was amongst the first writers of fiction to receive international acclaim and earn a large fortune from their work. London was also a member of the radical literary group "The Crowd", as well as a vehement advocate of socialism. Other notable works by this author include: "White Fang" (1906),...
Author
Language
English
Description
When writing How I Became A Junkie, our vision was to do something that had never been done before-a movie that deals with a lot of topics such as drugs, alcohol, a little racism, payoffs, control, lies, as well as a little brotherly love between two guys with different backgrounds. One of the guys goes by the name of Michael. Michael was a black kid that played basketball for a high school in Memphis, Tennessee. He was the number one player in the...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The young adult adaptation of the epic memoir of an Alaskan pararescue jumper, Special Forces Operator, and decorated war hero. "That Others May Live" is a mantra that defines the fearless men of Alaska's 212th Pararescue Unit, the PJs, one of the most elite military forces on the planet. Whether they are rescuing citizens injured and freezing in the Alaskan wilderness or saving wounded Rangers and SEALS in blazing firefights at war, the PJs are...
Author
Language
English
Description
This is book one from three of the complete autobiography of Pirate Barbarossa or Khaireddine Barbarous who dictated it on his colleague and friend in the sea life the poet and writer Sayed Ali Almuradi. He wrote his autobiography after an order from Sultan Soleiman Alkanuni known as Soleiman The Magnificient.
The human is the son of his environment. What does mean this proverb? That means his environmental circumstances influence directly and indirectly...
Author
Language
English
Description
Have you tried all the "Get Fit Books" and failed and even ignored your own doctor warning you to get in shape? Do you feel hopeless, depressed, and angry?
Then this book is for you.
I wrote this as a motivation for myself because I used to be struggling, out-of-shape with a sense of hopelessness and I swore that I would never go back to that dark place.
I was working seven days a week, smoking and drinking for years until I woke up one day and...
Author
Language
English
Description
Charlie Spedding describes himself as 'not particularly talented' – at least, compared to the group of people he had chosen to find himself among. These were the athletes in the Olympic marathon. So how did he end up with a bronze medal? How did he win the London Marathon? And why does he still hold the English record for the distance? In this remarkable autobiography he explains how – how someone who was almost bottom of the class when he first...
Author
Language
English
Description
Lucky Girl, How I Became A Horror Writer is a story told across Christmases, rooted in loneliness, horror, and the ever-lurking presence of Krampus written by World Fantasy and Shirley Jackson Award-winning author M. Rickert.
Ro, a struggling writer, knows all too well the pain and solitude that holiday festivities can awaken. When she meets four people at the local diner—all of them strangers and as lonely as Ro is—she invites them to an impromptu...
Author
Language
English
Description
John Armonas was a U.S. citizen, but had been left behind when his American-born father and five-year old sister, Donna, were urged to leave Lithuania back for the United States, after the Soviets first occupied Lithuania in 1940. His mother Barbara, a native Lithuanian, was assured by American officials she could soon follow with nine-month old John, as soon as her immigration papers were expedited. Instead, they ended up in Siberia in one of the...
Author
Language
English
Description
Maxine Bennett has written this book for people who are interested in taking control of their own health, helping families and friends. People who have busy lives and do not have the time, or the inclination, to delve into an abundance of "information overload" (confusion) Maxine, has spent most of her life on the subject of health and fitness, using herself, as a "Guinea Pig" to sort the "wheat from the chaff" the reason for the title of her book....
Author
Language
English
Description
It's through people-to-people encounters that we expand our sense of mutual understanding and respect.
Welcome Back to Abuja Once Again: How I Became a Citizen of the World highlights how rewarding it is to engage people from around the world. Learning from others, who are different from us reveals our common humanity and enhances our ability to solve problems and deal with global crises.
In this book, you will discover:
• How foods around the...
Author
Language
English
Description
BUILDING OF ACHAMPIONHOW I BECAME A CHAMPION IN LIFE THE AVIS BROWN – RILEY STORY It is not the adversity that you face, but how you face the adversity, that defines you as a person and builds character. I think what Avis Brown and her family have done throughout their careers in the Golf world is nothingshort of amazing. Avis is a wonderful player and teacher, and readil
Didn't find it?
Didn't find it in the Minuteman Library Network? Request it from other Massachusetts library systems.
Can't find what you are looking for? Recommend it to your local library as a future purchase. Suggest a Purchase