After becoming undead, a boy tries to survive middle school.Adrian Lazarus has met with a curious fate. He's returned from the dead (after a bad bike accident, no helmet), yet not a lot has changed. He's always been an outcast. But it's not just being a zombie that makes Adrian feel different. He notices the world has changed, too: bees are vanishing, forest fires are burning, super-flus are spreading. The holographic advertisements in the night sky assure people that all is well. Adrian and his friends – a beekeeping boy, a mysterious new girl, and a seventh-grade sleuth – aren't so sure.When they discover a birdlike drone has been spying on Adrian, the clues lead to two powerful corporate moguls. What do they really want?James Preller brings his singular humor to Better Off Undead, a middle-grade zombie story that's about fitting in as much as it's about the end of the world.This title has Common Core connections. Views: 13
It's Vanessa's first day at school after turning eighteen and she's about to learn of the secret lounge where girls go for respite from the pressures of being adults now. Craig, her father, is more than excited, having dreamed of penis-feeding a daughter all of his life. How lucky that his daughter's school runs a program and will keep it all hush from his wife and employer. Views: 13
Caretaker Rachel Tanner thought her life was perfect until she took on the assignment of bringing hometown hero Jay Nordstrom back into the land of the living. She'd loved him from afar and hated to see him so broken. Nevertheless, Jay's charismatic personality shone through, and soon Rachel was in danger of losing her heart once again.A devastating accident had almost destroyed Jay's will to live. No bit of sunshine could tempt him to believe in goodness, but then Rachel swept into his world and opened the curtains. She showed him how much he'd missed by abandoning God, how faith would empower him. Jay searched his soul to express his gratitude...and growing love for her. Views: 13
Katrina Solly is anxious, nervous, and suddenly $300,000 richer. Having boarded a cruise ship to Mexico, she just has to wait the few painstaking days until landfall, afraid that the authorities will soon discover about her theft. What she didn't expect, however, is the tall and handsome stranger watching her from afar; is he a federal agent? Does he know? Views: 13
An End to Suffering is a deeply original and provocative book about the Buddha's life and his influence throughout history, told in the form of the author's search to understand the Buddha's relevance in a world where class oppression and religious violence are rife, and where poverty and terrorism cast a long, constant shadow. Mishra describes his restless journeys into India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan, among Islamists and the emerging Hindu middle class, looking for this most enigmatic of religious figures, exploring the myths and places of the Buddha's life, and discussing Western explorers' "discovery" of Buddhism in the nineteenth century. He also considers the impact of Buddhist ideas on such modern politicians as Gandhi and Nelson Mandela.As he reflects on his travels and on his own past, Mishra shows how the Buddha wrestled with problems of personal identity, alienation, and suffering in his own, no less bewildering, times. In the process... Views: 13
Christmas used to be the happiest time of the year in the big house on the hill. But this year when the clock strikes midnight on Christmas Day, it will all be over. Can Sebastian, a wily Maine Coon cat, find a way to bring his people back home or will this holiday be their last? Views: 13
The house in Caulfield Place, off Browning Street in Walworth, was haunted, or at least that's what the street kids said. So when two men, a woman, and a parrot moved in, everyone was very interested, especially fourteen-year-old Cassie Ford, who was particularly fascinated by the parrot. And it was just about this time that Mr Finch, Chinese Lady's husband, and Boots's stepfather, began to get mysterious telephone calls. Mr Finch had never told the rest of the Adams family - except for Boots - the secrets of his past, or what kind of work he did for the government, and he decided not to tell them about the slightly sinister telephone calls either. It was when he took Chinese Lady on a summer's day jaunt in his Morris motorcar that things began to happen. For, in the Hog's Back Hotel, Chinese Lady went to the cloakroom, and when she came back Mr Finch had vanished. It took all of Boots's ingenuity to discover what had happened, and Cassie's knowledge of the Caulfield Place... Views: 12
The poetry of Don McKay is renowned for its piquant wit, lyric emotion, and pitch-perfect vernacular music. His work has received national acclaim and the recognition of many awards, including the Governor General's Award for Poetry, which he has won twice, and, most recently, from the prestigious and internationally known Griffin Poetry Prize, for which his most recent book was a finalist. Camber is the lilt in the physics of flight, the anti-gravitational alchemy of both wings and poetry. It is also at the heart of the poetry of Don McKay. Spanning three decades, and drawing on all of McKay's major collections, this selection distills the essence of his craft and provides an overview of, and an ideal introduction to, the work to date of one of Canada's most celebrated poets.From the Trade Paperback edition. Views: 12
Hopeless after a failed attempt at forever, Lydia spends her days dreaming about the one man she will never get – her boss. But Josh, the owner of Wired coffee house, might not be as oblivious to her as she thinks. Views: 12
Viscount Worthe, prefers the remote stability of the stars to the perplexing changeability of people. He leaves his quiet retreat, however, when his mathematical computations, included in an astronomical article, are questioned. Miss Jane Tillney finds the Viscount handsome, but more than his mathematics are awry. Can he open his heart to let light shine on his life? Views: 12
