Let's Get Dressed with Dora

Let's Get Dressed with Dora
Author: Brooke Lindner
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2008-10-06
Genre: Board books
ISBN: 9781847382818

Dora is getting dressed so that she's ready no matter what the weather! She buttons her shirt, ties her shoes and zips her jacket. This new interactive novelty board book is die cut in the shape of Dora herself and includes buttons, zippers, velcro, shoelaces, and other touch & feel elements!

Dora the Explorer Mix & Match Dress-up

Dora the Explorer Mix & Match Dress-up
Author: Nickelodeon Dora the Explorer
Publisher: Studio Fun International
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012-02-07
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780794424756

Dora’s got a new look in this colorful book. In fact, she’s got more than 200 of them, thanks to the die-cut panels that lets kids mix and match Dora’s features, fashions, accessories and more. Dora dresses up like never before in this fun-filled book. She’s a surfer in a colorful bathing suit on one spread, a pretty princess on another, a ballerina in a dancing outfit on a third spread. She’s a jungle explorer in a safari suit and pith helmet in another scene, . Those are just four of the six outfits Dora is pictured in on the pages of this book. Then the fun starts. Start flipping the three die-cut panels on each spread to mix and match Dora’s hats, dresses, accessories, shoes, and scenes. The result is a colorful cast of characters—and they’re all Dora!

Walking in Each Other's Shoes

Walking in Each Other's Shoes
Author: Ronda Mau
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
Total Pages: 70
Release: 2020-11-10
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1684564433

Sara, thirty-four and a mother of three, never understood her father, Paul. He left her, her mother, and sister after he returned from the war. After she'd grown and moved away with her husband and three kids, her dad reunited with her mother. Years later she finds her and her family moving to be closer to her mother. When Sara and her dad reunite, they end up in a big argument. Her mother makes a wish. And they find themselves in each other's bodies. The only person that knows is Sara's three-y

The Boy I Love

The Boy I Love
Author: Lynda Bellingham
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 471
Release: 2014-11-20
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1471102866

A superb evocation of theatre life from a naturally gifted storyteller, the beloved Lynda Bellingham. It is the summer of '82 as Sally Thomas prepares to leave her job at the British Drama League in London and head off to the North of England for her very first season in repertory as an Assistant Stage Manager at the beautiful old theatre in Crewe. Flung into this new world, Sally soon finds her feet, thanks to her own steady, unspoilt nature and to the company of her best friend, Jeremy. One of the first lessons she learns is that the other actors barely need tuition in the art of stage-fighting, since they are quite adept at stabbing each other in the back. When Jeremy falls suddenly and dangerously in love, Sally needs to grow up - fast. A shadow is falling over the theatre, sparing no one, and a tragedy is gathering pace in the darkness behind the stage. The Boy I Loveis a superb evocation of theatre and real life that will stay with you long after you've read it. Be warned: it may just break your heart.

Passionate Hope

Passionate Hope
Author: Doreen Scott
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 235
Release: 2014-06-05
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 1496981200

This story is a sequel to my first book The Door to Happiness under the name of Rowena Ewart but this story based on a true story easily stands alone. Two people more than a decade apart in age suffer sadness and pain as young children. They strive passionately to live up to the goals they have set themselves. Nothing and no one will be allowed to make them stray from their ambitions. They both have a defined route to achieve their goals, but life as often happens prevents the straight line they desire. Fate seems to throw them together with the resulting clashes in personality. Aaron is a Consultant Surgeon and Jessie having worked very hard to achieve the necessary qualifications to go to Medical School to train to be a Doctor, a promise she made as a little girl to God and herself. She is prevented from being offered a place a University by the number of men being discharged from the War She is clever, feisty and fiery with a good sense of humour which sometimes gets her into trouble, but she is vulnerable with even the most innocent contact with men other than her family. Aaron is twelve years her senior, arrogant, self opinionated and sometimes downright rude. The chemistry between them is almost tangible. Aarons history catches up with him involving Jessie in fear, terror and injury. There are some humorous incidences amidst a cast of many people they meet along the way until Peace is declared between them.

The Secret Lives of Dresses

The Secret Lives of Dresses
Author: Erin McKean
Publisher: Hachette+ORM
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2010-11-08
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0446575151

When her grandmother has a stroke, Dora returns to the small town where she grew up to take over her family's vintage clothing store -- and meets a handsome contractor. Is he interested in Dora? Or is he working from a different blueprint? Dora has always taken the path of least resistance. She went to the college that offered her a scholarship, majoring in "vagueness studies," and wears whatever shows the least dirt. She falls into a job at the college coffee shop and has a crush on her flirty boss, Gary. But just when she's about to test Gary's feelings, Mimi, the grandmother who raised her, suffers a stroke. Dora rushes back to Forsyth, NC, and finds herself running her grandmother's vintage clothing store while her grandmother recovers -- andmeets Mimi's adorable contractor, Conrad. The store has always been a fixture in Dora's life; though she grew up more of a jeans-and-sweatshirt kind of girl, before she even knew how to write, Mimi taught her that a vintage 1920s dress could lift a woman's spirit. But why has Mimi started writing down -- and giving away -- stories of the dresses in her shop? Amidst personal and professional turmoil, can Dora can trade her boring clothes for vintage glamour and her boring life for one she actually wants?

Sisters Without Mercy Ii

Sisters Without Mercy Ii
Author: Clarence J. Moore
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 339
Release: 2013-04
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1475978839

After thirty years, Brigadier General Carolyn McKenzie Marshall is retiring and leaving the US Army behind. She's proud of her accomplishments, especially the formation and training of the first women's jump program in the army. Though looking forward to a new life in Hawaii, she's sad to leave her sisters behind, including her replacement, Col. Dora Aimsley. The two have been through a lot together. But just three days into retirement, one of Carrie's past exploits comes back to haunt her and her fellow sisters. Ten years ago, the Sheikh managed to escape destruction when Dora blew up the building in which he and his cohorts were hiding. Now, the Sheikh has returned to exact revenge on Dora and the team who caused him to lose money and face. The Sheikh means business. Even so, Dora foils his hijacking attempt on the Pope's airplane, and the Sheikh retaliates by kidnapping Dora's twin daughters and Carrie. Dora's training kicks in and with the help of her fellow sisters tries to save her friend, her family, and herself.

The Nesting

The Nesting
Author: C. J. Cooke
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2020-09-29
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0593197674

The woods are creeping in on a nanny and two young girls in this chilling modern Gothic thriller. Architect Tom Faraday is determined to finish the high-concept, environmentally friendly home he’s building in Norway—in the same place where he lost his wife, Aurelia, to suicide. It was their dream house, and he wants to honor her with it. Lexi Ellis takes a job as his nanny and immediately falls in love with his two young daughters, especially Gaia. But something feels off in the isolated house nestled in the forest along the fjord. Lexi sees mysterious muddy footprints inside the home. Aurelia’s diary appears in Lexi’s room one day. And Gaia keeps telling her about seeing the terrifying Sad Lady. . . . Soon Lexi suspects that Aurelia didn’t kill herself and that they are all in danger from something far more sinister lurking around them.

Plagues of the Heart

Plagues of the Heart
Author: Michelle Boule
Publisher: Michelle Boule
Total Pages: 372
Release: 2017-07-27
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1942339119

Dora Aello, descendant of brutal harpies, has built a life in Turning Creek where she can use her hands to bring healing instead of pain to others. Her new life helps her control the mistakes of her violent past but Dora is afraid she will not be able to keep them at bay forever. With the blood of healers in his veins, Lee Williams could use his power over life and death as a way to gain wealth and social standing, but that was his father's way, not his. He has come to Turning Creek to start over and prove that he is worthy to bear the burden of the power of Asclepius. An ancient evil is unleashed on Turning Creek and it ravages the residents with a cascade of misfortunes. To save the town they call home, Dora and Lee must race to find the source of destruction and stop it before all is lost. Dora will have to relinquish the control of her nature and come to terms with her own desires or risk losing the lives of everyone she loves.

Consequences: A Novel of Unlikely American Heroes

Consequences: A Novel of Unlikely American Heroes
Author: Tara J. Dacus
Publisher: Hybrid Global Publishing
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2021-05-21
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1948181851

We are in the midst of several crises: climate, personal respect, honor, and manners, but none are more important in this day and time than the gun violence. Sandy Hook, Las Vegas, Charlotte, Dayton—the list goes horribly on as despondent, confused, and misguided males are shooting anonymous, perfectly innocent citizens in the name of bizarre, illogical motivations. Through this fog, my great friend, mentor, and past Rotary President Mrs. Tara Dacus has brought forth an insightful, penetrating, and easyto- read story that will make us all step back, take a breath, and consider what is the right thing to do. Tara, through an engaging story, is calling on us to use our natural intelligence and common sense to address the epidemic of violence that courses through our communities.