What Do Monsters Do Tonight?

What Do Monsters Do Tonight?
Author: Donna Daniels
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 26
Release: 2009-03
Genre:
ISBN: 1438926502

Many years ago, when my daughter was just a small child, the nightly ritual started at least 30 minutes before bedtime. To calm her worries that there were "monsters" in her room, I would check every place in the room that they could hide-in the closet, in the toybox, under the bed, etc. to show her there were no monsters. Finally, one day after a long hard day of being a mom I just agreed with her that there are monsters but they couldn't possibly come to her room that night because they were too busy doing their own things and living their own lives. It worked!! The ritual went from checking to see if they were there, to a simple question as I tucked her in. "Mommy, what do monsters do tonight?" Thus was born the book of the same title. Told in verse with vivid, adorable illustrations, the 'ritual' has become a tradition in our family and I hope it will in yours as well.

Urban and Regional Planning and Development

Urban and Regional Planning and Development
Author: Rajiv R. Thakur
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 539
Release: 2020-02-10
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 3030317765

This book discusses urban planning and regional development practices in the twentieth century, and ways in which they are currently being transformed. It addresses questions such as: What are the factors affecting planning dynamics at local, regional, national and global scales? With the push to adopt a market paradigm in land development and infrastructure, the relationship between resource management, sustainable development and the role of governance has been transformed. Centralized planning is giving way to privatization, not only in the traditional regions but also in newly emerging regions of Asia, Africa and Latin America. Further, attempts are being made to bring planning related decision-making closer to the people who are most affected by it. Presenting a collection of studies from scholars around the world and highlighting recent advances in the field, the book is a valuable reference guide for those engaged in urban transformations, whether as graduate students, researchers, practitioners or policymakers.

The Opening

The Opening
Author: Susannah E. Wilds
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 250
Release: 2000-01-20
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0595090818

The Opening, a heart tugging story of long lasting friendships, high flying dreams, and perilous loves, reads like a weekend with your best friends. Lucy discovers a prediction that she wrote over thirty years ago about herself and five high school girl friends. Her decision to find these friends and bring them together again opens both a treasure-trove of good memories and a Pandora’s box of troubles, self-doubts, and recriminations. In spite of being told as young women that they could have it all, these friends had to struggle with difficult decisions that still haunt them. Like them, you may have had to choose between your job and your sense of what is right. By making these choices, women—like Lucy and her friends—have made their destinies. They have had not just one coming-of-age but several. The Opening will open windows on your life and memories and will redefine the heroine. She is probably you.

The Weekenders

The Weekenders
Author: Mary Kay Andrews
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Total Pages: 462
Release: 2016-05-17
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1466872926

Some people stay all summer long on the idyllic island of Belle Isle, North Carolina. Others come only for the weekends-and the mix between the regulars and “the weekenders” can sometimes make the sparks fly. Riley Griggs has a season of good times with friends and family ahead of her on Belle Isle when things take an unexpected turn. While waiting for her husband to arrive on the ferry one Friday afternoon, Riley is confronted by a process server who thrusts papers into her hand. And her husband is nowhere to be found. So she turns to her island friends for help and support, but it turns out that each of them has their own secrets, and the clock is ticking as the mystery deepens...in a murderous way. Cocktail parties aside, Riley must find a way to investigate the secrets of Belle Island, the husband she might not really know, and the summer that could change everything. Told with Mary Kay Andrews’ trademark blend of humor and warmth, and with characters and a setting that you can’t help but fall for, the New York Times bestseller The Weekenders is the perfect summer escape.

Spy

Spy
Author: Kit Bennetts
Publisher: Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
Total Pages: 189
Release: 2014-10-31
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1775538052

The inside story of the Bill Sutch spy scandal by the agent who potted him. In 1975 Kit Bennetts was one of the youngest officers ever to serve in the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service. Fresh out of training, on routine surveillance duty one night he followed a big Mercedes from the Soviet Embassy in Wellington and witnessed a meeting between a KGB officer and an unknown man. That man turned out to be Dr William Sutch, one of New Zealand's most eminent citizens. Five months later, after more surveillance and a major sting, Sutch was arrested and charged with passing information to the Russians. A spectacular trial ensued — New Zealand's only epionage trail, ever — at which Sutch was acquitted, only to die seven months later. Thirty years aon, and with the recent release of the Mitrokhin archives, fascination with the case and speculation about whether Sutch was indeed a KGB mole endures. Spy marks the first time an SIS officer has ever gone public. Fast paced, humorous, it details how the SIS got their man, only to lose the case against him in court.

The College Buzz Book

The College Buzz Book
Author: Carolyn C. Wise
Publisher: Vault Inc.
Total Pages: 990
Release: 2007-03-26
Genre: College students
ISBN: 158131437X

Many guides claim to offer an insider view of top undergraduate programs, but no publisher understands insider information like Vault, and none of these guides provides the rich detail that Vault's new guide does. Vault publishes the entire surveys of current students and alumni at more than 300 top undergraduate institutions. Each 2- to 3-page entry is composed almost entirely of insider comments from students and alumni. Through these narratives Vault provides applicants with detailed, balanced perspectives.

Fodor's Australia

Fodor's Australia
Author: Margaret Kelly
Publisher: Fodors Travel Publications
Total Pages: 762
Release: 2010
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 1400008573

Examines the cultural attractions of Vienna, Salzburg, and other areas of Austria and offers tips on accommodations, restaurants, walking and driving tours, sightseeing, shopping, and seasonal festivals and events

Poison at the Mall

Poison at the Mall
Author: Clare Kauter
Publisher: Clare Kauter
Total Pages: 110
Release: 2018-07-21
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

This is a companion novella to the Charlie Davies Mysteries. If you’re new to Charlie, start with LOSING YOUR HEAD, Charlie Davies Mystery #1. It’s New Year’s Day and I’m on a mission: buy new shampoo. Well, that’s the plan – until a man drops dead in front of me. When I find out the man was poisoned, I decide that solving his murder is exactly the distraction I need. Not that I’m upset about what happened the night before. At all. With my friend and fellow fashionista Eli Baxter along for the ride, this case is sure to be packed with fun, snacks and murder. Maybe a terrible haircut or two. And definitely no repressed emotions. Because I am absolutely fine. Totally. Cough.

Am I Evil

Am I Evil
Author: William McLane
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 254
Release: 2006-06-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1411661036

Journey with William Smith as he documents his outlandish, yet very real, voyage from the Navy brig to the boundaries of Hell.A vague offer takes Smitty, an escaped military fugitive, off the streets as a vagabond and puts him into a role that supports a strange duoâs dark endeavor. Prior to learning of the killing spree, Smitty naively professes allegiance to them in return for much needed food and shelter. Within days, a series of horrific events makes Smitty wonder how much carnage the pair are capable of and if the preposterous proclamations of vampirism are true or not. While obviously fearing for his life, Smitty digs for the truth and deflects any impeding police intervention to unearth the secret woven deeply within the underworld of the beach.