The Heights

The Heights
Author: Brian James
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 266
Release: 2009-04-27
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780312368531

Henry liked to imagine his life began that cold rainy day in San Francisco when Mr. Earnshaw found him shivering by the side of the road. That was the day Henry met Catherine. For Henry, Catherine is like a precious gift. She pushes away his angry thoughts and makes him feel safe and calm. And though Mr. Earnshaw, a widow, raises the orphan and Catherine as brother and sister, their love for each other goes much deeper. They vow to always be together. But everything changes when Mr. Earnshaw dies suddenly and Hindley, Mr. Earnshaw's own son, gains control of the family finances. Furiously jealous, Hindley never accepted Henry as a true member of the family. He works to sever Henry's relationship with Catherine and the violent rage Henry has harbored since he was a child bubbles to the surface. . . . Contemporizing the classic novel, Wuthering Heights, notable YA author, Brian James delives into the dark nature of obsessive love, the social injustices of class, and the self-destructive power of revenge in this emotionally raw unforgettable offering.

We Carry Kevan

We Carry Kevan
Author: Kevan Chandler
Publisher: Worthy Books
Total Pages: 277
Release: 2019-04-23
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1546014691

A story about friendships and commitment to one another so incredible you wouldn't believe it if it wasn't true. Kevan is just one of the guys. It's impossible to know him and not become a little more excited about life. He is an inspiring man permeated by joy, unafraid of sorrow, full of vitality and life! His sense of humor is infectious and so is his story. He grew up, he says, at "belt-buckle level" and stayed there until Kevan's beloved posse decided to leave his wheelchair at the Atlanta airport, board a plane for France, and have his friends carry him around Europe to accomplish their dream to see the world together! Kevan's beloved posse traveled to Paris, England, and Ireland where, in the climax of their adventure, they scale 600 feet up to the 1,400-year-old monastic fortress of Skellig Michael. In We Carry Kevan the reader sits with Kevan, one head-level above everyone else for the first time in his life and enjoys camaraderie unlike anything most people ever experience. Along the way they encounter the curiosity and beauty of strangers, the human family disarmed by grace, and the constant love of God so rich and beautiful in the company of good friends. We Carry Kevan displays the profound power of friendship and self-sacrifice.

The Illustrated Book of Sayings

The Illustrated Book of Sayings
Author: Ella Frances Sanders
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
Total Pages: 114
Release: 2016-09-13
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1607749343

From the New York Times bestselling author of Lost in Translation and Eating the Sun, a charming illustrated collection of more than fifty expressions from around the globe that explores the nuances of language From the hilarious and romantic to the philosophical and literal, the idioms, proverbs, and adages in this illustrated collection address the nuances of language in the form of sayings from around the world. From the French idiom “to pedal in the sauerkraut” (meaning, “to spin your wheels”), to the Japanese idiom “even monkeys fall from trees” (meaning, “even experts can be wrong”), The Illustrated Book of Sayings reveals the remarkable diversity, humor, and poignancy of the world’s languages and cultures.

Toujours Tingo

Toujours Tingo
Author: Adam Jacot de Boinod
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2007-11-01
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 0141919191

Why would Germans accuse you of being like the donkey getting cross with a rabbit? Who would a Spaniard tell to go and fry asparagus? And when might the French claim they are without a radish? Furthering your knowledge of the world’s unusual idioms, Toujours Tingo will also explain how ordering ‘lamb’ in Ethiopia may see a cow delivered to your table, and how politicians in Sweden may be encouraged occasionally to göra en hel Pudel (‘do a full poodle’) with some humble apologising. Covering such wide-ranging linguistic necessities as arguing, raising children, working and dining out, and filling all those gaps that English leaves thoughtlessly unplugged, this book’s charm would – for Russians at least – be ežiku ponjatno (obvious even to a hedgehog).

Mendl Mann’s 'The Fall of Berlin'

Mendl Mann’s 'The Fall of Berlin'
Author: Mendl Mann
Publisher: Open Book Publishers
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2020-12-03
Genre: History
ISBN: 1800640803

Mendl Mann’s autobiographical novel The Fall of Berlin tells the painful yet compelling story of life as a Jewish soldier in the Red Army. Menakhem Isaacovich is a Polish Jew who, after fleeing the Nazis, finds refuge in the USSR. Translated into English from the original Yiddish by Maurice Wolfthal, the narrative follows Menakhem as he fights on the front line in Stalin’s Red Army against Hitler and the Nazis who are destroying his homeland of Poland and exterminating the Jews. Menakhem encounters anti-Semitism on various occasions throughout the novel, and struggles to comprehend how seemingly normal people could hold such appalling views. As Mann writes, it is odd that "vicious, insidious anti-Semitism could reside in a person with elevated feelings, an average person, a decent person”. The Fall of Berlin is both a striking and timelylook at the struggle that many Jewish soldiers faced. An affecting and unique book, which eloquently explores a variety of themes – such as anti-Semitism, patriotism, Stalinism and life as a Jewish soldier in the Second World War – this is essential reading for anyone interested in the Yiddish language, Jewish history, and the history of World War II.

The Ripper

The Ripper
Author: Anasua Ghosh
Publisher: Ukiyoto Publishing
Total Pages: 373
Release: 2023-02-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9357707824

‘It is a case befitting Rudransh Ray’ The lull of Kolkata was shattered when a night patrol man discovered a dead body in the middle of the night. The offender had used a cricket bat to smash the skull of his victim. But what made everyone shriek in horror was a post-mortem operation. The dead body had been ripped apart, from the throat to the navel. The killer had not stopped at that, he had yanked out the internal organs from the body and tossed them aside for the world to see. Now, the onus was on criminologist Rudransh Ray to find the offender before more bodies surfaced. But as the investigation proceeded and information began to pile up, Ray found himself chasing a killer who killed for a reason, and ripped his victims for pleasure. When the leads failed to reveal the face of The Ripper, a young man came banging at Ray’s door, claiming to dream about a murder similar to the one Ray had been hired to investigate. Only, the murder location and the victim in the dream were different.

Headstart Science – 8

Headstart Science – 8
Author: Gayatri Moorthy, Kanchan Deshpande, Vidhu Narayanan, Charu Maini, Meenambika Menon, Vandana Saxena
Publisher: Vikas Publishing House
Total Pages: 200
Release:
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9352715160

Headstart Science series consists of eight well-written textbooks for classes 1–8. The series, as the name suggests, aims to provide a head start to the learners for developing a scientific outlook. The books have been formulated as per theContinuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) pattern of Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). The authors have put in their best efforts while writing the books keeping in mind the psychological requirements of the learners as well as the pedagogical aspirations of the teachers. The ebook version does not contain CD.