After a member of her competitive cheerleading team is injured in practice, sixteen-year-old Marnie is asked to be a flyer-the most coveted role in cheerleading. The Soar Starlings team has a real shot at the provincial championship, and Marnie has only a few weeks to prepare. But as she scrambles to polish her lifts and throws, Marnie's personal life begins to unravel. First, her boyfriend of two years breaks up with her, and then her best friend Arielle, captain of the Starlings, disappears during a team trip to Toronto. As Marnie struggles to adjust to being both a flyer and the team's new captain, she realizes that, to be a leader, you have to let go of old alliances to make room in your life for new ones. Views: 7
Back home in Sylvan, the small Western lake town where he grew up, Mal Harrison is grieving over the loss of his grandmother and his former life as an Olympic swimmer. He’s building a new life but just doesn’t know where to begin; then he meets Leif Gunnar and finds the instant crackling chemistry between them might just be a place to start. But Leif is carrying a heavy burden in caring for his father, who suffers from Alzheimer’s disease. It consumes his life, and despite Mal’s efforts to woo him and his own frustrated desire for Mal, Leif just can’t let him get close. To find happiness and a future, they’ll have to agree that searching together is better than being found alone. Views: 7
Here's a chapter book with all the kid appeal and absurd mayhem of Louis Sachar's classic Sideways Stories from Wayside School! These hilarious fables, complete with morals, will make you wish you went to Aesop Elementary.Welcome back to Mr. Jupiter's inimitable class at Aesop Elementary. His rambunctious, special students are fifth graders now . . . and they rule the school! Bernadette Braggadoccio stirs things up when her probing investigative reporting for the school's TV station reveals some scandalous stuff. But . . . don't believe everything you hear. Is that new art teacher really a crazy lady with zillions of cats, or could there be more to this story?For their last year at Aesop, the fifth graders are hoping for the coolest class pet--a unicorn, a pink-headed duck, or at least a giant squid. Imagine their disappointment when they get guinea pigs. But . . . appearances can be deceiving. These guinea pigs have some very unusual... Views: 7
This is a collection of the plays of George Bernard Shaw that includes "The Millionairess", "Too True to be Good" and "The Simpleton of the Unexpected Isles". Views: 7
Helen, the granddaughter of Rob Roy, proud of clan MacGregor. Andrew, the illegitimate son of the Duke of Argyle, head of clan Campbell. Two clans that have been feuding each other for centuries. The brutal crushing of the second Jacobite uprising in 1746 by the British throws the two together and their innocent love blossoms on the shores of a Highland lochan, only to be shattered by the revelation of secrets hidden away twenty years earlier. Andrew flees Scotland, trying to forget Helen. After four years of restless wandering, rich and wiser, he returns to farewell the Highlands before emigrating to America. Memories of that summer of love drive him back to the lochan, where he meets Helen, engaged to be married to a MacGregor cousin. The love both thought to have securely locked away flares up stronger than before and drives them into a reckless adventure, flouting conventions and defying family, clan, and authority.About the AuthorGian Bordin grew up in a small town in the heart of the Swiss Alps. He studied in Geneva, Switzerland, and in Berkeley, California, where he got a PhD in Management Science. He defines this discipline as ‘the art of giving bad answers to problems to which otherwise worse answers would be given.’ He has taught at universities in the US, Switzerland, and New Zealand. He lives happily married in Christchurch, New Zealand. As a hobby, he has written several thrillers and historical novels, some still waiting for a publisher. He enjoys letting his characters venture into a life of their own. This novel was prompted by Sir Walter Scott’s marvelous tale Rob Roy . Views: 7
The Tides of Truth series follows one lawyer's passionate pursuit of truth--in matters of life and the law.As the storm clouds gather, Tami does her best to weather the growing turbulence in every area of her life.She's just accepted a job with a law firm but now wonders if she made the right decision. She has two strong men vying for her heart--and is about to lose them both if she can't determine which one is right for her.And Tami's new case is anything but simple. When she first meets her prospective client, she immediately knows the rough young teen is lying, guilty...and utterly terrified of something beyond the charges she's facing. What she doesn't realize is just how far reaching the effects of the case will go. Or how close to home the deadly results will hit. For by the time the storm breaks, someone close to Tami will have paid the ultimate price.Through it all, Tami will experience greater sacrifice, greater friendship, and greater love than she's ever known.** Views: 7
