Coming About

Coming About
Author: Mario Dell'Olio
Publisher: Mario Dell'olio
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2018-05-20
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780692120781

A mid-life crisis, a sailing adventure, and a rescue at sea, this memoir tells a story of survival and inner-strength through a foundational relationship between the principal characters.

No Chance

No Chance
Author: Christy Reece
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Total Pages: 402
Release: 2010-02-23
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0345517792

DO OR DIE Skylar James told a lie to the man she married, and eight years later she still bitterly regrets the deception. Unknown to Skylar, her husband, Gabe Maddox, now lives in the dangerous shadows of elite operatives who rescue victims. When Skylar tries to save a naïve young beauty, kidnappers come after her. For Gabe, Skylar had been his last shot at trust and love. But news of her disappearance battens down his anger and launches him into action. Saving Skylar is Gabe’s only chance for peace and his last chance for happiness. Enjoy more Christy Reece thrills with these sizzling novels

Super Mario Adventures

Super Mario Adventures
Author: Kentaro Takekuma
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016-10-11
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 9781421588643

From the pages of Nintendo Power magazine, a full-color graphic novel inspired by the classic Super Mario Bros. video game franchise! Super Mario Adventures, inspired by the bestselling Super Mario video game franchise, is a collection of comics that originally ran in Nintendo Power magazine in 1992-93. The peril-plagued Princess Toadstool is kidnapped by the diabolical deadbeat Bowser but super plumbers Mario and Luigi hatch a plan with their new friend Yoshi to rescue her. Are the Super Mario Bros’ plans a pipe dream? Can they stop the Koopa King before he forces the Princess to be his bride?! Long out of print, this stunning, full-color graphic novel is now available once again!

Pipe Down!

Pipe Down!
Author: Clyde Bosco
Publisher: Simon Spotlight Entertainment
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1991
Genre: Young adult fiction
ISBN: 9780671742034

When Princess Toadstool tries on a new pair of red hightopped sneakers, the shoes suddenly dash from the room with the Princess still in them. Her Highness has been kidnapped by Ludwig von Koopa to star in his basketball ballet.

The Way to Paradise

The Way to Paradise
Author: Mario Vargas Llosa
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Total Pages: 530
Release: 2011-03-04
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1429922001

A New York Times Notable Book Flora Tristán, the illegitimate child of a wealthy Peruvian father and French mother, grows up in poverty and journeys to Peru to demand her inheritance. On her return in 1844, she makes her name as a champion of the downtrodden, touring the French countryside to recruit members for her Workers' Union. In 1891, Flora's grandson, struggling painter and stubborn visionary Paul Gauguin, abandons his wife and five children for life in the South Seas, where his dreams of paradise are poisoned by syphilis, the stifling forces of French colonialism, and a chronic lack of funds, though he has his pick of teenage Tahitian lovers and paints some of his greatest works. Flora died before her grandson was born, but their travels and obsessions unfold side by side in this double portrait, a rare study in passion and ambition, as well as the obstinate pursuit of greatness in the face of illness and death.

An Angel Saved Me

An Angel Saved Me
Author: Theresa Cheung
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2011-11-24
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 1849830231

Sunday Timesbestselling angel author Theresa Cheung is back with a new collection of extraordinary stories revealing how our guardian angels intervene in our lives, bringing us a lifeline of hope, healing and spiritual transformation. The honest and astonishing accounts in An Angel Saved Meare proof that, even in our darkest hour of need, we are never alone. These remarkable stories of miraculous intervention remind us that there is so much more to this life than we can ever know. Even in a troubled world, angels can bring us protection, guidance and a sense of hope, comfort and purpose when we need them the most.

Rethinking Rescue

Rethinking Rescue
Author: Carol Mithers
Publisher: Catapult
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2024-08-20
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1640095985

Rethinking Rescue boldly confronts two of the biggest challenges of our time—poverty and homelessness—in asking the question: Who deserves the love of a pet? In Los Angeles’s most underserved communities, Lori Weise is known as the Dog Lady, the woman who’s spent decades caring for people in poverty and the animals that love them. Long before anyone else, Weise grasped that animal and human suffering are inextricably connected and created a new rescue narrative: an enduring safety net empowering pet owners and providing resources to reduce the number of pets coming into shelters. Rethinking Rescue: Dog Lady and the Story of America’s Forgotten People and Pets unites the causes of animal welfare and social justice, moving between Weise’s story and that of the larger U.S. rescue movement. Through captivating storytelling and investigative reporting, Carol Mithers examines the consequences of bias within this overwhelmingly white movement, where an overemphasis on placing animals in affluent homes disregards pet owners in poverty. Weise’s innovative and ultimately triumphant efforts revealed a better way. As cities across the country witness some of the worst housing crises in history, and as the population of unhoused people and pets continues to skyrocket, Rethinking Rescue offers a story of compassion and hope.

Rescue From Planet Pleasure

Rescue From Planet Pleasure
Author: Mario Acevedo
Publisher: WordFire +ORM
Total Pages: 400
Release: 2016-04-11
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1614753083

The national bestselling author of Werewolf Smackdown brings back “irresistibly entertaining” vampire detective Felix Gomez (Rick Riordan, #1 New York Times–bestselling author). Planet Pleasure. The one place in the galaxy you seriously want to avoid, but it’s the next stop for Felix Gomez, detective-vampire and undead enforcer. His mission: rescue the bodacious vampiress, the hyper-sexual Carmen Arellano, from the clutches of ruthless warrior aliens. Her captors have doomed themselves by honing their military prowess at the expense of their libido, and Carmen is their last chance in regaining their mojo before they die out. Felix can’t waste any time because Phaedra, the ruthless bloodsucking ingénue—now with extra-superpowers—is making good on her threat to destroy the Araneum and take over the undead underworld. Luckily, Felix is not alone in his quest to save Carmen and stop Phaedra. That redheaded whirlwind with a gun, Jolie, has got his back. Also lending a hand is everyone’s favorite down-and-out trickster sage, Coyote, and he’s brought along his mom . . . la Malinche . . . aka La Llorona! Here it comes, ground zero of a mega-ton story bristling with action, interstellar double-crosses, skin-walkers, Hopi magic, and trigger-happy goons. Exactly what you’d expect from Felix Gomez. Praise for the Felix Gomez series “Acevedo is a very disturbed man—and I mean that in the absolute finest sense of the term.” —Tim Dorsey, New York Times–bestselling author “Decidedly good, clean, unwholesome fun.” —The Baltimore Sun “A witty, fast-paced, detective tale that also manages to update vampire lore in clever and imaginative ways.” —El Paso Times

The Youngs: The Brothers Who Built AC/DC

The Youngs: The Brothers Who Built AC/DC
Author: Jesse Fink
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2014-08-05
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1250053838

Tells the story of the trio through 11 classic rock songs and reveals some of the personal and creative secrets that went into their making. Important figures from AC/DC's long way to the top open up for the very first time, while unsung heroes behind the band's success are given the credit they are due. Accepted accounts of events are challenged while sensational new details emerge to cast a whole new light on the band's history--especially their early years with Atlantic Records in the United States. Former AC/DC members and musicians from bands such as Guns N' Roses, Dropkick Murphys, Airbourne and Rose Tattoo also give their take on the Youngs' brand of magic.