Shhh! I'm Reading

Shhh! I'm Reading
Author: John Kelly
Publisher:
Total Pages: 25
Release: 2019-04
Genre: Books and reading
ISBN: 9781643109572

Shhh! Do not disturb! Bella is busy reading. Please come back when she has finished this utterly amazing and totally incredible book! A fantastically funny tale, celebrating imagination and the joy of reading.

I Am A Card Counter

I Am A Card Counter
Author: Frank Scoblete
Publisher: Triumph Books
Total Pages: 189
Release: 2014-05-01
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1623688191

With the help of the easy-to-master steps in this book, even a novice gambler can go from being a traditional blackjack player to a card counter--an advantage player with a true edge over the house. For a dozen years, Frank Scoblete was a devastating card-counter, consistently beating casinos in Las Vegas, Atlantic City, and Tunica, Mississippi and angering the casino bosses by knowing more about how to win money than almost anyone who ever challenged a casino. He employed sophisticated methods, including card-counting and little-known advantage-play techniques to turn the tables on the house. Now Frank, known as an icon of the gambling industry, shares with readers everything he knows about beating casinos at blackjack, including techniques for one, two, four, six, and eight deck games such as "end play," "the fat finger method," "card groupings," and several card counting systems that are easy to learn, but powerful and effective to play. "I Am a Card Counter" is an essential resource for any gambler looking to succeed at the blackjack table.

Howtoons: Tools Of Mass Construction

Howtoons: Tools Of Mass Construction
Author: Nick Dragotta
Publisher: Image Comics
Total Pages: 364
Release: 2014-07-23
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1632151677

Follow Celine and Tucker as they learn through play! Challenged to make something "other than trouble," this brother-and-sister pair use everyday objects to invent toys that readers can build. Combining comics and real life science and engineering principles, Howtoons are designed to encourage kids to become active participants in the world around them. Celebrating its 10th anniversary, this remastered collection will contain the "best of" HOWTOONS over those years, along with new material by the creators of the series!

Dad's Christmas Miracle

Dad's Christmas Miracle
Author: David Patrick Cook
Publisher: Dramatic Publishing
Total Pages: 76
Release: 1993
Genre: Christmas plays
ISBN: 9780871292124

Almost Doesn't Count

Almost Doesn't Count
Author: Electa Rome Parks
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 238
Release: 2005-08-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1101567430

She can almost front at how she doesn’t need a man. She can almost play at how far she’s come from the old hood. She can almost pretend that the past don’t mean a thing. But everybody knows… Almost Doesn’t Count Mercedes decided a long time ago that she’d never let a man walk all over her the way some sistahs do. Love was something from fairy tales and TV movies of the week. She needed men for one thing only—and it had nothing to do with her heart. Growing up with her mother had made sure of that. Now Mercedes has to travel home to South Georgia, where her mama, Miss Betty, is recovering from surgery. Back to the rickety old house that holds a lot of memories for her. If she could only learn to deal with the bad ones… Because a man has come into her life, a fine, bald-headed, church-going black man—the kind of man Mercedes never dared believe in. And she’s going to have to get herself together to deal with what Darius is doing to her life—and with what he’s hiding about his own…

Fused in Earth & Stone

Fused in Earth & Stone
Author: Sandy Williams
Publisher: Sandy Williams
Total Pages: 259
Release: 2023-10-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Kennedy knew challenging the power-players of the supernatural world would come at a cost, but she always thought she’d be the one to pay the price. When Kennedy dares to open The Rain’s doors to unsanctioned paranorms, she sets off a chain of events that will test her determination like never before. As retribution, the ruthless master vampire, Arcuro, captures one of Kennedy’s closest allies. Despite the advice from those around her, she refuses to let Arcuro’s actions go unanswered. Kennedy must navigate the politics of the paranormal world to form new alliances, but one tiny misstep could result in disaster, and one small act of indiscretion might reveal feelings Kennedy has tried so hard to ignore. If she wanted to play it safe, she would stay away from Blake and his teasing smiles. Unfortunately, she’ll need his help to have any chance to free her friend. With doubts chipping away at her confidence and old enemies resurfacing, Kennedy comes up with a risky plan. Can she outwit the cunning master vampire? Or will her resolve to undermine him lead her down a treacherous path, putting The Rain and everyone around her in jeopardy?

The Amazing Activity of Charley Contrare and the Ninety-Eighth Street Gang

The Amazing Activity of Charley Contrare and the Ninety-Eighth Street Gang
Author: Roy London
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service Inc
Total Pages: 80
Release: 1975-10
Genre:
ISBN: 9780822200239

THE STORY: Is the odyssey of Charley Contrare, who leaves home while still a boy and spends a lifetime seeking to find himself, to know who and what he really is. While his mother waits at home, and then eagerly packs her bags hoping to join Char

Mad

Mad
Author: Chloé Esposito
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 354
Release: 2017-06-13
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1101986018

In this compulsively readable debut, set between London and Sicily over one blood-drenched week in the dead of summer, an identical twin reveals the crazy lies and twists she'll go through to not only steal her sister's perfect life, but to keep on living it. Alvie Knightly is a trainwreck: aimless, haphazard, and pretty much constantly drunk. Alvie's existence is made even more futile in contrast to that of her identical and perfect twin sister, Beth. Alvie lives on social media, eats kebabs for breakfast, and gets stopped at security when the sex toy in her carry-on starts buzzing. Beth is married to a hot, rich Italian, dotes on her beautiful baby boy, and has always been their mother's favorite. The twins' days of having anything in common besides their looks are long gone. When Beth sends Alvie a first-class plane ticket to visit her in Italy, Alvie is reluctant to go. But when she gets fired from the job she hates and her flatmates kick her out on the streets, a luxury villa in glitzy Taormina suddenly sounds more appealing. Beth asks Alvie to swap places with her for just a few hours so she can go out unnoticed by her husband. Alvie jumps at the chance to take over her sister's life--if only temporarily. But when the night ends with Beth dead at the bottom of the pool, Alvie realizes that this is her chance to change her life. Alvie quickly discovers that living Beth's life is harder than she thought. What was her sister hiding from her husband? And why did Beth invite her to Italy at all? As Alvie digs deeper, she uncovers Mafia connections, secret lovers, attractive hitmen, and one extremely corrupt priest, all of whom are starting to catch on to her charade. Now Alvie has to rely on all the skills that made her unemployable--a turned-to-11 sex drive, a love of guns, lying to her mother--if she wants to keep her million-dollar prize. She is uncensored, unhinged, and unforgettable.

I'm Your Girl

I'm Your Girl
Author: J. J. Murray
Publisher: Kensington Books
Total Pages: 509
Release: 2010
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0758213964

Novelist Jack Browning, who is haunted by a personal tragedy, finds the inspiration for his next novel in public library clerk Diane Anderson, a quick-witted beauty who lives vicariously through romance novels.

We Are All Under One Wide Sky

We Are All Under One Wide Sky
Author: Deborah Wiles
Publisher: Sounds True
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2021-06-15
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1683646347

Children will learn to both celebrate diversity and embrace how much we all have in common. In We Are All Under One Wide Sky, Deborah Wiles beautifully weaves together images from the natural world in a lovely, lyrical poem. Andrea Stegmaier’s fresh and captivating illustrations feature children from around the globe and celebrate different architecture, landscapes, and activities. By the end of the book, children will have internalized the message that although we are from different places, we are the same in so many ways. What we have in common is what is most important—family, laughter, love, nature, and friendship. We all share the same wide sky. We Are All Under One Wide Sky is a peace anthem with a timely and important message for children: to both celebrate diversity and embrace how much we all have in common.