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Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 242
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ISBN: 0557452058

Eccentric Circles

Eccentric Circles
Author: Larry Duberstein
Publisher: Open Road Media
Total Pages: 130
Release: 2015-04-14
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1453293698

At a young man’s funeral, the undertaker offers his thoughts on lifestyle, along with a hot tip on the big stakes race that afternoon. In another bizarre burial twist, two feuding misfit brothers speed across America in a battered Chevy, trying to fulfill their mother’s dying wish. Meanwhile, the second craziest person in Casper, Wyoming, contemplates infidelity with the first, a young beauty who climbs through his window; a chance meeting with a nine-year-old boy on a bicycle finishes off a marriage; and a nude dancer in New Orleans, mistaken for a prostitute, is asked to take a check. (“The check is good, Catherine. Absolutely.”) These are just a few of the compelling people and situations you will encounter in this wide-ranging selection of short fiction from Larry Duberstein. Some of Duberstein’s characters do move in eccentric social circles and the patterns of his literary art make larger and even more eccentric circles. No one is exempted, however, from the clear truth of consequence: “The lizard’s egg will hatch, and out will come the lizard.” Humming with irony, humor, and an infectious enthusiasm for life at every level, these tales feature the same crystalline diction, the unique mix of sympathy, wit, and insight, that distinguish Larry Duberstein’s highly acclaimed novels.

The Joyous Story of Toto

The Joyous Story of Toto
Author: Laura E. Richards
Publisher: BoD - Books on Demand
Total Pages: 106
Release: 2023-09-16
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

"The Joyous Story of Toto" by Laura E. Richards is a delightful children's book that tells the heartwarming tale of Toto, a small and friendly dog who spreads joy and happiness wherever he goes. Toto's adventure begins when he becomes part of the Morrison family, and his playful antics and affectionate nature quickly endear him to both children and adults. Throughout the story, Toto embarks on various adventures, each filled with humor and charm. As he interacts with different characters and animals, he brings positivity and happiness to their lives. The book emphasizes the idea that small acts of kindness and love can have a profound impact on others. Laura E. Richards' storytelling is characterized by warmth and a sense of wonder, making "The Joyous Story of Toto" an engaging and uplifting read for young readers. Through Toto's adventures, readers are reminded of the joy that can be found in life's simple pleasures and the importance of sharing that joy with others. This heartwarming tale of a lovable dog's adventures serves as a timeless reminder of the power of kindness, friendship, and the ability to find joy in everyday moments. "The Joyous Story of Toto" continues to be cherished by readers of all ages for its enduring message of love and happiness.

Awakened by her Bear

Awakened by her Bear
Author: Felicity Heaton
Publisher: Felicity Heaton Paranormal Romances
Total Pages: 243
Release: 2021-10-12
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1913168387

Decades in captivity and hundreds of fights in the arena have moulded Maverick into a bear with a bad attitude and a dark hunger for violence. Twenty years later and he’s still trying to let go of his past and move on, but a phone call sets him on a collision course with a female from his time at the compound—the one female he always wanted but could never have, and thought he would never see again—a beautiful bear who stirs desires best denied and wrecks his rigid control. When Bronwyn receives a video call from an Archangel huntress who has captured her brother, she’ll do anything to save him, even condemn another to suffer in the cages in his place. But when a familiar voice answers the number of the shifter she’s meant to bring in, hurling her back in time and rousing a fierce need that has only been growing in their years apart, can she lie to the only man she’s ever loved and lure him back into hell? If you love bear shifter romances featuring hot alpha heroes and strong heroines in an immersive paranormal romance world, the Black Ridge Bears series is for you! Awakened by her Bear is the final book in the Black Ridge Bears paranormal romance series. This fated mates shifter romance features a growly grizzly bear shifter with a big heart and a bad attitude, a bear shifter heroine caught up in danger, a second chance romance, and a cast of bear shifters and cougar shifters, all set in the stunning scenery of the Canadian Rockies. Plus, lots of action and adventure--and steamy scenes! All Black Ridge Bears books have no cliffhangers, a guaranteed happily ever after, and some strong language. Enjoy! Discover five growly bear shifters guaranteed to become your next book boyfriends in this hot new shapeshifter romance series from New York Times and USA Today international best-selling author Felicity Heaton, set in the same rich and addictive world as her Eternal Mates and Cougar Creek Mates paranormal romance series. Book 1: Stolen by her Bear Book 2: Rescued by her Bear Book 3: Saved by her Bear Book 4: Unleashed by her Bear Book 5: Awakened by her Bear No cliffhangers. No cheating. Just passionate paranormal romance books with a guaranteed happily forever after! keywords: paranormal, paranormal romance, paranormal romance books for adults, fated mates, fated mates romance, bear shifter, shifter romance, bear shifters, bear shifter romance, black bear shifters, grizzly bear shifters, immortals, alpha hero, strong heroine, action, long series, adventure, Canada, no cliffhangers, guaranteed HEA, happily ever after

Curtain Rising

Curtain Rising
Author: Lois Silverstein
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 247
Release: 2008-05-12
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1469106345

Lois Silverstein was born in New York. She has lived in Boston, Montreal, Pensacola, San Francisco, and currently lives in Berkeley. Lois received her B.A. from Barnard College, her M.A. from Hunter College, City University of New York, and her Ph.D. from McGill University. She works as a writing consultant, Expressive Arts Therapist and College Literature Instructor. Lois has written and published three novels, five books of poems, essays, and reviews, and produced and performed in VALIA: The Story of a Woman of Courage. She is married to Dick Coleman and she has one son, Julian Steinberg.

The Rabbi in the Attic

The Rabbi in the Attic
Author: Eileen Pollack
Publisher: Delphinium Books
Total Pages: 299
Release: 1995-10-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1453255796

In an age of minimalists, Eileen Pollack is a writer of rare generosity. The women and men in The Rabbi in the Attic are complex, vivid people to whom something happens. Their stories take place in small towns in the Catskills, a laboratory of mutant mice in nowhere Tennessee, the backwoods of New Hampshire, the “City of Five Smells” in America’s heartland—worlds rendered with such love and intensity that the simplest objects seem magical. Many of the narrators look back on their pasts. But don’t expect to be lulled by nostalgia. Expect to laugh. To be jolted. And to be moved. Like most of us, these characters are struggling to understand what they have gained and lost by abandoning the passions and moral certainties of youth. As the narrator of the first story discovers when “barbarian” rock fans invade her town, it can be terrifying to be knocked from the “tiny fixed orbit” of conventional life. But if a person can stretch her imagination far enough, she might also be able to glimpse an “elsewhere” beyond the boundaries of ordinary human limitations. This battle between the real and ideal is taken to mythic heights in the title novella, in which a novice rabbi must try to evict her Orthodox predecessor from the house provided by her prickly congregation. Only when she tempers her enthusiasm for the new ways with compassion for those who follow the old ways can Rabbi Bloomgarten begin to care for their souls. Eileen Pollack writes from a Jewish point of view, but her subject is the search for principles that we must all undertake in a world in which religious truths are no longer handed down from parent to child. Just as one of her characters decides to become a “value assessor,” the author herself helps us to sort through the jumble of objects, ideas, and memories in our own attics. In doing so, she appeals to our minds and our hearts. Her characters teach us that imagination and empathy are our best hope if we are to understand—and perhaps transcend—the pain in our world. Her language is lyrical, rhythmic, and lush. The images in her stories—a chef’s severed hand, a plummeting air conditioner, a village sunk beneath a reservoir—will stay in your mind long after you have finished her book.

Looking for Bear

Looking for Bear
Author: Holly Webb
Publisher: Scholastic UK
Total Pages: 86
Release: 2014-09-04
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1407146769

Ben and Cassie have just moved into a new home, but it's not quite what they expected as they have to share a room until the builders have finished doing it up. But that's OK. Ben and Cassie can make their own fun. Are the builders really pirates? And is there really a bear living in the garden? Maybe they could catch him...

Readers Writing

Readers Writing
Author: Elizabeth Hale
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 250
Release: 2023-10-10
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1003844022

When faced with a blank page in their readers' notebooks, students often fall back on what is familiar: summarizing. Despite our best efforts to model through comprehension strategies what good readers do, many students struggle to transfer this knowledge and make it their own when writing independently about books. Readers Writing,' Elizabeth Hale offers ninety-one practical lessons that show teachers how students of all ability levels can use readers' notebooks to think critically,' on their own,' one step at a time. Each of the lessons uses a fiction or nonfiction book to address a comprehension strategyquestioning, connecting, analyzing, synthesizing, evaluating, visualizing, or monitoringby showing students one specific way they can write about their thinking. Each lesson also provides an example of how to model the strategy. All of the lessons follow a similar format with five componentsName It, Why Do It?, Model It, Try It, and Share Itand include time for students to actively process what they learn by talking about and trying out the strategy in their readers' notebooks. Elizabeth also provides suggestions for supporting student independence, managing independent writing time, scaffolding comprehension of nonfiction texts as well as assessing and conferencing with readers' notebooks. Helpful appendices include a table that illustrates how each lesson aligns with the Common Core State Standards and a list of additional titles that can be used to demonstrate each of the ninety-one lessons. ' ' ' ' ' Readers Writing' gives teachers a way to engage all children with readers' notebooks, to learn the language of thinking, one strategy at a time, and to become lifelong readers who can think and write critically on their own.

Bear's Delight

Bear's Delight
Author: Hollis Shiloh
Publisher: Spare Words Press
Total Pages: 152
Release: 2017-10-18
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Corin is a big, insecure baker with an amazing gift in the kitchen—and a big secret. He's a bear shifter. Extremely shy even on a good day, he doesn't have many friends, and would do almost anything to avoid human interaction…at least until he runs across a sweet, prickly homeless man named Mike, a man about his age, with enchanting eyes. One thing leads to another, and a tentative friendship becomes more. Corin's falling fast and hard for this man, but there's still that secret between them. Can they make a life together, or will his shifter nature be too much for Mike to bear? 40,000 words The Baking Bears series: sweet stories focus on bear shifters finding their forever mates in this gentle series of standalone shifter romances.

Omega's Heart (Black Hills Wolves #21)

Omega's Heart (Black Hills Wolves #21)
Author: T. L. Reeve
Publisher: Decadent Publishing
Total Pages: 110
Release: 2015-06-12
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1613338694

When the wolf is away… Five years ago, Max Reaper walked out of Kole Silver’s life forever, leaving behind a broken omega. Kole doesn’t believe in love anymore. He keeps to himself, leading a solitary life until stumbling upon an injured human, Jasper Hill. An instant attraction explodes between them, becoming an unbreakable bond. There is no choice—Kole must claim the man as his own. When Max returns to take possession of what is rightfully his, a situation he’d never imagined greets him. Angry with himself and with his mate’s betrayal, he wrestles his wolf who demands he take action—to claim his mate. But will he be able to accept Kole’s new human companion, or will his mistake of leaving five years ago end up biting him in the ass?