Lowell Thomas takes the reader to many remote places in the world including central Siberia, New Guinea, the South Pole & an ice island three hundred miles from the North Pole.
In this magically evocative novel, William Maxwell explores the enigmatic gravity of the past, which compels us to keep explaining it even as it makes liars out of us every time we try.
Josh is a twelve-year-old with dyslexia who spends the summer on a remote island in Maine with his teasing older brother Simon and grandparents he hardly knows.
High school senior Patrick's life is a mess, but when his best friend, star quarterback Kelly McDermott, suddenly begins behaving very strangely, Patrick must do as he always has and put Kelly's needs first.
"Delightful and absorbing." —The New York Times • "Utterly brilliant." —John Green One of the Best Books of the Year: The New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, TIME, GoodReads, Oprah Daily From the best-selling author of The Storied ...
Billy reached up to squeeze Dare's shoulder . Dare may be taller now than Billy , but Billy is the brother we've admired all our lives - even Gram and Dad admire Billy and I knew Billy wasn't ready to lose our love over this draft .
But Bonnaroo had been worth it, worth the seven-hour drive, the heat, the money, the horrible macaroni I had tried to make on a borrowed Coleman stove, the moments of panic when the cell phones wouldn't work and I was standing in a ...
CHRISTY & TODD: THE COLLEGE YEARS 150 ''I told him to get lost, but when he didn't move, I came crawling back to you guys. ... That's how she was with Michael, the guy she had dated her senior year of high school.
Will her most precious hopes have to wait until tomorrow?
By now Carmen should be there. Honest there's no use in wasting any money to call up. Your bill is big enough as it is. Well, I guess that's all for now so take it easy and God bless you all. Love To: Ma, Pa, Mary, Tony, Francie, Carlo, ...
Then shall ye answer them saying, Verily, I say unto you, inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did not to me. You miss your opportunities because they wear overalls, which most times act as a disguise.