The Blue Knickers of Happiness

The Blue Knickers of Happiness
Author: Helen Eveleigh
Publisher: BalboaPress
Total Pages: 399
Release: 2013-12-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1452512302

Why would anyone choose to stay silent for ten days? These people must have messed up their lives big time to want to imprison themselves here. Thats what Jack, an advertising executive from New York, wonders when he unwittingly finds himself on a ten-day silent meditation retreat in the Himalayas. This book follows the stories of five of the retreat participants and their searches for happiness, love, peace of mind, and enlightenment in India and beyond. Their interwoven paths are often touching and sometimes hilariousespecially when maggot-filled muesli bars, scorpions, dodgy gurus, giant tigers, a little fluffy duck called Eric, and the dreaded Death make surprise appearances. The Blue Knickers of Happiness is an amusing yet insightful novel about what can happen when you stop and watch your mind. It explores how a little mindfulness can help ordinary people touch the extraordinary magic that lies within.

William's Happy Days

William's Happy Days
Author: Richmal Crompton
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2016-06-16
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1509805281

Everyone's favourite troublemaker, William Brown, is back in Richmal Crompton's William's Happy Days, a hilarious collection of classic Just William stories – with a contemporary cover illustrated by Steven Lenton and an introduction by Outnumbered actor Daniel Roche. When William's mother offers him a birthday party, he is suspicious – what's the catch? Convinced that he will have to do something boring in exchange, William refuses to be caught out. But offers of food, a pet, even hidden treasure are very hard to refuse . . . This tousle-headed, snub-nosed, hearty, lovable imp of mischief has been harassing his unfortunate family and delighting his admirers since 1922. Enjoy more of William's adventures in Still William and William Again.

The Happy Adventurers

The Happy Adventurers
Author: Lydia Miller Middleton
Publisher: Good Press
Total Pages: 173
Release: 2019-12-16
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

"The Happy Adventurers" by Lydia Miller Middleton is a simple and charming domestic story that follows a young girl, Mollie Gordon. A London-raised girl who finds herself looking after her loved ones more than the outside world might expect. She dreams of adventure, though. When the opportunity to shed her daily routine presents itself, she jumps at the chance to go off on her own and see what else the world has to offer.

Happy ticket. Russian story

Happy ticket. Russian story
Author: Leon Malin
Publisher: Litres
Total Pages: 17
Release: 2022-05-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 5040635753

The plot of the story is simple. A friend gave the protagonist a birthday ticket for a birthday. Immediately it turned out that the ticket won 30 million rubles. Events begin to develop rapidly. But then it turns out that there is no gain, it’s a joke, a rally. The spiral unwinds in the opposite direction. But that’s not all, but the end itself promises to be good. Read the book on Ozone, Amazon, Litres, Bookmate and in mobile applications.

Creepy Pair of Underwear!

Creepy Pair of Underwear!
Author: Aaron Reynolds
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 46
Release: 2017-08-15
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 148147670X

From the celebrated team behind Creepy Carrots!, Aaron Reynolds and Caldecott Honor winner Peter Brown, comes a hilarious (and just a little creepy) story of a brave rabbit and a very weird pair of underwear. Jasper Rabbit is NOT a little bunny anymore. He’s not afraid of the dark, and he’s definitely not afraid of something as silly as underwear. But when the lights go out, suddenly his new big rabbit underwear glows in the dark. A ghoulish, greenish glow. If Jasper didn’t know any better he’d say his undies were a little, well, creepy. Jasper’s not scared obviously, he’s just done with creepy underwear. But after trying everything to get rid of them, they keep coming back!