Robbie Wales is young and starting a new job in a new town, on his own. Coming from a split family, he was raised by his mother and maternal grandparents and came out as a teen without a lot of fuss, but his father, whom he only saw infrequently, has never known. As an adult, he's found he's got a lot in common with his father, and they're finally getting to know each other. He fears coming out to his father may jeopardize that.Then he meets Raj Williams, the attractive man in the trailer next to his father's in a seasonal RV park. Raj is handsome, sophisticated, yet loves to fish and watch silly Disney movies.Raj finds Robbie equally interesting. But Robbie's still in the closet, at least in Port Stephen, and Raj's ex used that as an excuse to treat him as nothing more than a friend with benefits. He's not interested in a repeat experience.Robbie finally finds the courage to come out to his father, but was it all just for a summer fling? Views: 12
More comedy, calamity and cool characters from Jean Ure, the queen of tween. Scarlett is finding out that life is full of ups and downs. One minute she's over the moon and the next she's down in the dumps. She's bright, attractive and twelve years old, but she has to rely on more than just her looks to get her the grades she needs to qualify for the Founder's Day dinner and dance. And what's she going to do when her eyes mysteriously puff up? Who's going to want to take her to the dance in that state, least of all a dish like golden-haired Sun God Matt? Views: 12
On orders from her Dominant black lover, Travis, the pretty wife and mother Maureen is rented out to the repulsive black man Sam. His job is to alienate Maureen from her husband and children, turning her into a 'white woman for black men'. Dressed to kill, in sexy clothes and extreme high-heels, Maureen is taken to a bar where she attracts the attention of the rich and powerful Big Daddy. Even Travis bows to Big Daddy. It's not hard to guess that this gross but charismatic black man will soon have his way with the slutty Mrs. O'Donnel. Later that night when Sam brings Maureen home, he spends the night, forcing her husband to listen from the living room, to the sounds of the two having savage sex in his own bed. Although Maureen is torn between her family and her desires for black men, by the time the ordeal with Sam is over, she's ready to give up family and her simple life. She's sent back to Travis. Oddly enough, she's fallen in love with the man and he with her. But... Views: 12
Sean Dooley seems like a well adjusted, functioning member of society but beneath the respectable veneer he harbours a dark secret. He is a hard-core birdwatcher (aka twitcher').Sean takes a year off to try to break the Australian twitching record - he has to see more than 700 birds in twelve months. Travelling the length and breadth of Australia, he stops at nothing in search of this birdwatching Holy Grail, blowing his inheritance, his career prospects and any chance he has of finding a girlfriend.Part confessional, part travelogue, this is a true story about obsession. It's about seeking the meaning of life, trying to work out what normal' is, and searching for the elusive Grey Falcon (the bird, not the car). Sean's story of how he followed his childhood dream of becoming a national champion is both inspiring and ridiculous. Could this be the most pathetic great achievement in Australian history?From Publishers WeeklyDooley makes his living in Australia writing television comedy scripts, but his real passion is bird-watching—in fact, he'll frequently "twitch," dropping whatever he's doing to travel hundreds of miles for a brief glimpse of a recently sighted rare species. In 2002, he set out to break the record for the most birds spotted throughout the Australian territories in a single year. The effort to track down more than 700 species takes him from a sooty owl sitting on a tree branch in the early hours of New Year's Day to a blue-faced parrot finch climbing a blade of grass on Christmas Eve. Stories about frustrated efforts to spot various birds show a winning humor, but without any pictures of birds or their habitats, all the locations start to blur together. The amiable, conversational tone keeps the story from getting dull, and the Aussie cultural references are easily deciphered, but Dooley's accomplishment in the end feels anticlimactic. (Aug. ) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. From BooklistBirding is known as twitching in Britain and the Commonwealth. Serious twitchers chase rare birds to rack up serious life lists, and really serious twitchers try to see more species in one year than any of their peers. Dooley, a comedy writer, tried to break the Australian record of 700 bird species seen in 365 days, and he records the events in this marvelously funny memoir. He loves birds and twitching, but also sees his hobby with the clear, sarcastic eye of a man who is aware that most others find serious birders seriously weird. As the author takes a year off work, blows through his inheritance, and travels thousands of miles crisscrossing the Australian continent, his hilarious commentary on his own sanity will keep even the nonbirding reader in stitches. Prepare to laugh out loud. Nancy BentCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved Views: 12
Celebrating ten years and more than one million books in print!New four-in-one edition!Screech Owls books 5-8 are now collected in one volume:#5 -- Kidnapped in Sweden#6 -- Terror in Florida#7 -- The Quebec City Crisis#8 -- The Screech Owls' Home LossScreech Owls books have won the Our Choice Award and the Manitoba Young Reader's Choice Award. They have been endorsed by the Canadian Toy Testing Council and shortlisted for the Silver Birch Award, the Red Cedar Award, the Arthur Ellis Award, the Ottawa-Carleton Award, and the Palmarès de Communication-Jeunesse.From the Trade Paperback edition. Views: 11
Out of the fog billowing from the regions of the Netherworld steps a gigantic, ominous figure dressed in black. A white, skeleton face peers from the long, hooded cloak draping his massive frame, and in one hand, he clutches a wood-handled scythe with a razor-sharp blade. It's ... the Angel of Death, the American Championship Wrestling Heavyweight Champion! But one of the most popular wrestlers on Monday Night Mayhem is also Mark Baron, Jesse Baron's father.Jesse has just started at yet another new school, this time in San Antonio, and he dreads the moment when the other kids in his seventh-grade class learn who his father is. The reaction will be the same as it was in Omaha, Atlanta, Tampa, St. Louis, and all the other cities he has lived in. They will want to be his "friend" not because they like him, but because they are obsessed with the Angel of Death. When Jesse learns that one of the boys at school—one of his father's biggest fans—doesn't have a father,... Views: 11
Liu Shanshan's simple life farming with her brother and father is turned upside down when Lord Ximen burns down the farm and kills her father on a charge of treason. Liu is thrown into a cage, to be executed the next day, but escapes with three gallant outlaws.Now she and her mentor, Guan Shi, have reached the provincial capital Tiangjin. Turmoil erupts in the city when Roaming Tiger and the Purple Demon duel. Meanwhile, Liu Shanshan and Sun the sorceress plot to release Guan Song from prison, only to find themselves imperilled.Can Roaming Tiger defeat the Purple Demon? What fate befalls Guan Song? Enjoy episode three, if you would know. Views: 11
Sexy vampires, dangerous devotion, unparalleled romance--no one does desire after dark like bestselling author Amanda Ashley. Now, in her enthralling new novel, she explores a passion as smoldering as it is risky... Vicki Cavendish knows she should be careful. After all, there's a killer loose in town--one who drains women of blood, women with red hair and green eyes just like her. She knows she should tell police about the dark, gorgeous man who comes into the diner every night, the one who makes her feel a longing she's never felt before. The last thing she should do is invite the beautiful stranger into her house... Cursed to an eternity of darkness, Antonio Battista has wandered the earth, satisfying his hunger with countless women, letting none find a place in his heart. But Victoria Cavendish is different. Finally, he has found a woman to love, a woman who accepts him for what he is--a woman who wants him as much as he wants her...which is why he... Views: 11
It started with a kiss...Bel was planning to marry Roderick, but then Andrew Storm, a complete stranger, turned her life upside down.Andrew skillfully and masterfully seduced Bel in ways she'd only imagined in her dreams. He was a first-class male with a talent for seduction. Slowly Bel found herself drawn into his web until there was no other way out: she had to leave Roderick and marry Andrew. But little did Bel know that Andrew had a secret agenda of his own--and his plans included Bel! Views: 11
