Dead Jazz Guys

Dead Jazz Guys
Author: Phil Kawana
Publisher: Huia Publishers
Total Pages: 104
Release: 1996
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780908975280

Dead Jazz Guys often funny, sometimes bleak is the first collection of short stories by critically acclaimed writer Phil Kawana.

Loony Town

Loony Town
Author: Paula Lester
Publisher:
Total Pages: 164
Release: 2019-05-31
Genre:
ISBN: 9781071098950

Caring for elderly witches at the retirement home in Sunnyside, California is a full-time job for Zoey Rivers. But when one of them is blitzing, causing magic to act even weirder than normal, things get...well, downright wacky. And when a local insurance agent winds up dead, some of the people Zoey is responsible for become the prime suspects. As the zaniness of the magical blips continues and things get crazier and crazier, Zoey has to work fast and try to stay one step ahead to keep her charges out of jail, figure out who is causing the chaotic blitzing so she can fix it, and also determine who the real killer is. It's a tough job, but she's determined to do it. The people who live at Sunnyside Retired Witches Community are counting on her. And she's not about to let them down now.

Brick City

Brick City
Author: George Stanley
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 223
Release: 2015-07-10
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1491770287

In the late 1960s, the New Jersey projects stood like tattered, tired sentinels across the Newark skyline. Some saw them as eyesores; others called them home. Despite the comfort of familiarity, it certainly wasnt easy being poor and black in the projects in 1962. Its a good thing four young boys had each other. Diesel, Bugs, Loony, and Larry are barely teenagers when they meet and become inseparable, bonded by poverty and race. They come of age in an environment they dont even realize is hostile. Summers are spent on adventuressometimes legal, sometimes not, and many times not safe. These wild days and nights keep the boys together. But the projects arent all friends and fun. The boys deal with abuse, rough cops, and romantic connections that dont end well. They grow into men in this place affectionately known as brick city, yet they dont leave unscathed. For better or worse, the projects turn these boys into men, but not everyone gets out alive.

Ironwood

Ironwood
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 134
Release: 1977
Genre: Poetry
ISBN:

The Looney's Grotto

The Looney's Grotto
Author: James Gordon
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2002-07-29
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0595236790

The Looney’s Grotto is an action/adventure with a gothic horror twist. This is a decadent and depraved tale whereby the victim becomes the predator. He invents an estranged underworld for his animals and ally. When the victim becomes the predator he literally enslaves his adversaries, refers to them as animals, and treats them as such. They in return referred to him as the looney, but never in his presence. The looney acquires an ally that was so mistreated by two of the animals that she became slightly deranged. She seeks payback by assiting the looney in reprimanding the animals in various unique forms of chastening and discipline. Most of which were considered appropriate in years past, but would be frowned upon in our so-called civilized world. The obstacles he has to overcome are many, as well as heroic in nature. Self-sacrifice and determination play a large part in his journey toward his goal.

W,I, Investigations

W,I, Investigations
Author: W. I. Investigations Samaya Young
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 430
Release: 2008-08-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1409221075

W.I. Investigations Volume 1-4Walsh International Investigations specializes in the supernatural, paranormal and extraordinary. Cases where the authorities have come to a dead end and where the solution often is not at all simple.Led by the enigmatic Roger Walsh, the main detectives of the agency delve into the unbelievable and often-time dangerous cases for which they are hired.These are the first four cases of W.I. Investigations as its leading detectives set out into the thrilling world of the unexplained.

Where the Heart Lies

Where the Heart Lies
Author: T E Church
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 246
Release: 2005-03
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0595338577

An excerpt from Where The Heart Lies-- We had become a big festering boil on the rear of the state of California. Government charity seemed to reach far and appeared never ending. I wish the politicians could have seen what they had helped my parents to do--what they had helped many drug addicts do. Money that was supposed to feed needy families, fed needs all right; it fed a need for speed. I don't mean going fast, either. Speed is slang for amphetamines, crank, meth, crystal, crack--you name it. It was called a million different things. If my parents weren't slamming heroin, they were snorting speed. It was almost popular! All my uncles, and everyone else who came around our house, talked about speed. Apparently, it was cheaper than other drugs, and it lasted longer. Great, give them something they could buy more of, that would keep them going longer, so the cycle never ends.

Take 5! For Language Arts

Take 5! For Language Arts
Author: Kaye Hagler
Publisher: Maupin House Publishing, Inc.
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2012
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1937412032

Kaye Hagler's unique bell-ringers for language arts help you transform the first chaotic five minutes of class into authentic opportunities to practice critical-thinking skills while also addressing the Common Core State Standards and providing support in the school's curriculum.Students in grades 3-9 exercise their mental muscles as they work collaboratively, warming them up to tackle your standards-based lessons. Whether your students are inventing secret codes, concocting potions, rewriting history, making conjunction paper chains, or thinking like newspaper editors, these diverse and creative prompts will have them looking forward to the part of the day when they're asked to "Take Five" for critical thinking. The 180-plus prompts set up your teaching day from the minute that students step into your class. Each ready-to-use prompt includes: corresponding standards; supply lists; language arts links; teacher tips; assessment options; rubrics; and digital connections that add more than 100 extension lessons Begin every day of the school year with a burst of critical thinking--and fun-- with this comprehensive resource. Ready? Set? Take Five!

Zyanya

Zyanya
Author: Greta Benavides-Adame
Publisher: Strategic Book Publishing
Total Pages: 400
Release: 2012-11
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 161204252X

Zyanya: Always and Forever is the beginning of a three-book saga that takes place in a central Mexican rainforest. Zyanya is the name of the prosperous coffee plantation that Severo Alba founded. Former shaman and now deceased, Severo's lineage was chosen to bear and raise the child who would one day become the Great Shaman, fulfilling a 550-year-old prophecy. His son and grandson reject their heritage. They flee from the legend, the rituals, and shamanism. Now the ancient prophecy's time has come, when a great Shaman shall rise against evil, combining the power and wisdom of the most influential shamans in all the tribes. It is Jairo, Alba's great-grandson's time. Having been raised in Texas, away from Zyanya and the prophecies, 17-year-old Jairo is completely unaware of his legacy. The story begins when Tabatha, a 16-year-old girl from Dallas who is involuntarily moving with her parents to a third world country where her stepfather will be a doctor, arrives at a tiny village where the coffee plantation Zyanya is located. She is angry at leaving behind her life in Dallas and has a recurring dream about a boy who unsettles her. Uprooted from their city lives, these two teens face terrifying danger, as sorcery, magic and romance touch their lives. Greta Benavides-Adame was born in Monterrey, Mexico. She is married, has four grown children, and is a teacher in Giddings, Texas. Publisher's website: http: //sbpra.com/GretaBenavides-Adame