Dessert Island

Dessert Island
Author: Ben Zhu
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2021-05-25
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1250841801

Ben Zhu's Dessert Island is an irresistible picture book about sharing and caring. Monkey is on a dessert island. It is made of frosting, berries, and other delicious things. Fox is on a desert island. It is made of dirt, rocks, and sand. But as time goes on, their fortunes change, and Monkey and Fox discover that no animal is an island. This wonderfully layered story has themes of consumption and conservation at its center, and wraps up with a sweet and satisfying ending.

Playing House

Playing House
Author: Ruby Lang
Publisher: Carina Press
Total Pages: 126
Release: 2019-08-12
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1488055092

“Playing House is relatable, heartwarming, and oh so sexy. I zoomed through this thoughtful and joyful story about two people finding themselves and each other.” —Jasmine Guillory, New York Times bestselling author of The Wedding Date and The Proposal Romance blossoms between two city planners posing as newlyweds in this first in a bright new series by acclaimed author Ruby Lang The last thing Oliver Huang expects to see on the historic Mount Morris home tour is longtime acquaintance Fay Liu bustling up and kissing him hello. He’s happy to playact being a couple to save her from a pushy admirer. Fay’s beautiful, successful and smart, and if he’s being honest, Oliver has always had a bit of a thing for her. Maybe more than a bit. Geeking out over architectural details is Oliver and Fay’s shared love language, and soon they’re touring pricey real estate across Upper Manhattan as the terribly faux but terribly charming couple Darling and Olly. For the first time since being laid off from the job he loved, Oliver has something to look forward to. And for the first time since her divorce, Fay’s having fun. Somewhere between the light-filled living rooms and spacious closets they’ve explored, this faux relationship just may have sparked some very real feelings. For Oliver and Fay, home truly is where their hearts are. One-click with confidence. This title is part of the Carina Press Romance Promise: all the romance you’re looking for with an HEA/HFN. It’s a promise!

A Few Red Drops

A Few Red Drops
Author: Claire Hartfield
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 213
Release: 2018
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0544785134

On a hot day in July 1919, five black youths went swimming in Lake Michigan, unintentionally floating close to the "white" beach. An angry white man began throwing stones at the boys, striking and killing one. Racial conflict on the beach erupted into days of urban violence that shook the city of Chicago to its foundations. This mesmerizing narrative draws on contemporary accounts as it traces the roots of the explosion that had been building for decades in race relations, politics, business, and clashes of culture. Archival photos and prints, source notes, bibliography, index.

English

English
Author: Ken Xiao
Publisher: Fluent English Publishing
Total Pages: 512
Release: 2018-10-09
Genre: Study Aids
ISBN:

Exercise Book. Audio Available You want to learn to speak English, but you don't know where to start, you think there's too much to learn, and you think it takes too long to learn. In addition, you already know some English, you can read English, yet you can't speak English well or you can't speak a sentence at all. In addition to that, if you already know how to speak English and you think you're speaking it right, trust me, you are speaking it wrong. I have been in your shoes before, and I know you are speaking it wrong. The good news is, these are all normal. My name is Ken Xiao. I didn't speak any English when I moved to the United States as a young man, but now I can speak English like a native. In this course, I will teach you how to speak English like a native speaker. If you have been learning English in classrooms, ask yourself this, “why don't I speak English well?” That's because classrooms are designed for you to learn to read and write, not to speak. In this lesson, I will show you step by step instructions on how to open your mouth and begin to speak English like a native speaker. Get this book now!

Beneath the Lightning and the Moon

Beneath the Lightning and the Moon
Author: Fred Uhlman
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Total Pages: 120
Release: 1984
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Four people stranded on a desert island: which, if any, will survive - the ex-Borstal boy, the nice girl from the Home Counties, the nasty millionaire, or the gentle scholar trying to keep the peace between them? Overhead is the burning sun, underfoot the burning sand, while brightly coloured fish devour each other in the rock pools and time has no stop. With a painter's eye Fred Uhlman evokes the beauty and terror of a primitive landscape. As the tension mounts to its grim conclusion, the end is not easily divined.

Danny Dunn on a Desert Island

Danny Dunn on a Desert Island
Author: Jay Williams
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
Total Pages: 119
Release: 2014-11-17
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1479404489

"I challenge you to a duel of desert islands!" Dr. Grimes cries, when Professor Bulfinch accuses him of not being practical. Grimes plans to go ashore on an uninhabited desert island, and the Professor on another. After a month they will see who has survived the best! Danny and his best friend Joe soon get permission to join them, and the four take off in the scientists' plane. But when they crash-land in the ocean and are really marooned on an island off the coast of Peru -- the four must survive and come up with a plan to be rescued, using only their scientific ingenuity!

Desert Islands

Desert Islands
Author: Walter de La Mare
Publisher: Paul Dry Books
Total Pages: 330
Release: 2011
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 1589880676

""A vast treasure chest, a bewildering collection . . . to dazzle and fascinate everyone who lifts the lid."-Geoffrey Grigson"--

The Last Moon

The Last Moon
Author: DeAnn Lubell
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 323
Release: 2019-08-14
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1796045101

On May 8, 1902, Mount Pelée on the West Indies island of Martinique near the seaport town of Saint-Pierre erupted in a cloud of gas and fire in one of the most awesome and destructive pyrotechnic displays ever offered by nature. Four minutes later, thirty thousand citizens lay dead or dying and the town was engulfed in flames. Mother Nature was not entirely to blame for this disaster. In truth, the real culprits in this real-life story were the rather more deplorable traits found in human nature. Then, like now, if not for the dishonesty and corruption of officials who placed politics, greed, and racial intolerance above the welfare of the people, human injustice, loss of lives, and immeasurable suffering could have been avoided. The Last Moon remains 95 percent true to historical facts and personal testimonies. The main characters are either composites of real individuals who lived in Martinique prior to the eruption or actual people who influenced the turn of events. The Creole language, tidal waves, lava and mudflows, volcanic eruptions, foreign ships, deadly reptiles and insects, rich topography, and sequence of events portrayed in the novel are all genuine and based on fact.

The Clancys of Queens

The Clancys of Queens
Author: Tara Clancy
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2016
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1101903112

Clancy's memoir "is not merely an authentic coming-of-age tale or a rowdy barstool biography. Chockfull of characters who escape the popular imaginings of this city, it offers a bold portrait of real people, people whose stories are largely absent from our shelves. Most crucially, it captures ... rarely-heard voices of New York's working-class women"--Amazon.com.