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Apj abdul kalam biography book5/13/2023 ![]() ![]() An Indian aerospace scientist, 11th president of the nation, well versed in physics and aerospace engineering. (Am I exaggerating? You tell me.)Īvul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, born on 15th October 1931, in Rameshwaram, Tamil Nadu. APJ Abdul Kalam, the name speaks for itself- so many hardships, so many battles fought, so many struggles, one extraordinary life of a commoner. The book is considered to be one of the most inspirational books of modern times, with more than 30 reprints selling more than a million copies, being translated into 18 languages. ![]() APJ Abdul Kalam wrote the book along with the co-writer Mr. All progress in the world depends on these unreasonable men and their innovative and often non-conformist actions. Only a few unreasonable ones persist in adapting the world to themselves. ![]() All reasonable men adapt themselves to the world. ![]()
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Goggles! by Ezra Jack Keats5/13/2023 ![]() ![]() Skip to main content Black Friday Sale 20 Coupon. We have new and used copies available, in 8 editions - starting at 0.99. ![]() Urn:lcp:goggles0000keat:lcpdf:a97d6dc2-801e-4d43-b1d1-50624335fc46 Buy Goggles by Ezra Jack Keats online at Alibris. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 01:14:30 Boxid IA40141819 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier ![]()
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Athena the Wise by Joan Holub5/12/2023 ![]() He smiled, baring huge, sharp dragon teeth.Īthena’s blue-gray eyes widened, and she drew back a little. As drops of water sprayed from the trident’s prongs onto the papyrus, the flames quickly fizzled out. He grasped the long handle of the trident he always carried and extended its drippy three-pronged end toward the letterscroll. Poseidon, a handsome godboy with pale turquoise skin and eyes, jumped from his seat in the front row. The teacher’s eyes bugged, and he began shaking the letterscroll with one clawed green hand in an attempt to put out the flames. ![]() Licks of flame flew from his lips as he spoke, setting the edge of the letterscroll on fire. An interesssting letterssscroll hasss arrived, which I will now read aloud sssince it concernsss sssome of you, he announced to the class. Right away her dragon-headed teacher, Professor Ladon, held up a rolled sheet of papyrus. She pushed her long wavy brown hair back as she pulled her textscroll for the class from her bag. ![]() PING! PING! ATHENA SLID INTO her seat in her Beast-ology class at Mount Olympus Academy just as the lyrebell for second period rang. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() When the rain ended, Doll got to her feet, awkwardly with the child in her arms, and tucked the shawl around her as well as she could. Doll may have been the loneliest woman in the world, and she was the loneliest child, and there they were, the two of them together, keeping each other warm in the rain. And now you got the fever." But the child just lay against her, hoping to stay where she was, hoping the rain wouldn't end. Doll said, "I should have knowed it was coming on rain. I got to find a dry place." And then they sat on the ground, on pine needles, Doll with her back against a tree and the child curled into her lap, against her breast, hearing the beat of her heart, feeling it. The whisper said, "I got to find a place to put you down. Lila knew it couldn't have been the way she remembered it, as if she were carried along in the wind, and there were arms around her to let her know she was safe, and there was a whisper at her ear to let her know that she shouldn't be lonely. And she was strong enough that even an awkward burden like a leggy child could rest in her arms almost asleep. She could walk quickly when there was no light at all. The road wasn't really much more than a path, but Doll had walked it so often in the dark that she stepped over the roots and around the potholes and never paused or stumbled. ![]()
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Room Thirty by Mae Harden5/12/2023 ![]() ![]() Through the 1950s and 1960s, the six brothers had a wildly fun and thoroughly dysfunctional childhood living in a forbidding thirty-room mansion, known as the Millstone, on the outskirts of Rochester, Minnesota. For his wife and six sons, the years prior to his death were characterized by turmoil, anger, and family dysfunction but somehow they were also a time of real happiness for Sullivan and his brothers, full of dark humor and much laughter. ![]() only funnier." Thirty Rooms to Hide In tells the astonishing story of Sullivan's father and his descent from one of the world's top orthopedic surgeons at the Mayo Clinic to a man who is increasingly abusive, alcoholic, and insane, ultimately dying alone on the floor of a Georgia motel room. Author Luke Longstreet Sullivan has a simple way of describing his new memoir: "It's like The Shining. ![]()
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Eon goodman5/12/2023 ![]() ![]() This turned out to be a great first foray from the norm – and a last-moment party-crasher on my Favorites Reads of 2014 list when I finished the book on December 29 th!Įon combines Chinese dragon mythology and elements from Chinese and Japanese cultures with magic, action, and intrigue. Eon must find the strength and inner power to battle those who want to take her magic… and her life.Ībout time I read fantasies other than European-influenced epics, right? Eon, written by Australian author Alison Goodman, caught my eye a few months ago with its Asian-inspired universe and its story of a girl-disguised-as-a-boy to achieve a forbidden goal. ![]() When Eon’s secret threatens to come to light, she and her allies are plunged into grave danger and a deadly struggle for the Imperial throne. Females are forbidden to use Dragon Magic if anyone discovers she has been hiding in plain sight, her death is assured. He is actually Eona, a sixteen-year-old girl who has been masquerading as a twelve-year-old boy. He and his master hope that he will be chosen as a Dragoneye – an apprentice to one of the twelve energy dragons of good fortune.īut Eon has a dangerous secret. For years, he’s been studying sword-work and magic, toward one end. ![]() Sixteen-year-old Eon has a dream, and a mission. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() This blockbuster volume blows the lid off the world’s most notorious and talked-about celebrity death, and in the process exposes not only the truth about an iconic star’s tragic final hours, but also how a legendary American politician used powerful resources to protect what many still perceive as his untarnished reputation. Here renowned MM expert Jay Margolis and New York Times bestselling author Richard Buskin finally lay to rest more than fifty years of wild speculation and misguided assertions by actually naming, for the first time, the screen goddess’s killer while utilizing the testimony of eye-witnesses to exactly what took place inside her house on Fifth Helena Drive in Los Angeles’ Brentwood neighborhood. Since Marilyn Monroe died among suspicious circumstances on the night of August 4, 1962, there have been queries and theories, allegations and investigations, but no definitive evidence about precisely what happened and who was involved. Kennedy in Marilyn Monroe’s murder, this is the first book to name the LAPD officers who accompanied him to her home, provide details about how the Kennedys used bribes to silence one of the ambulance drivers, and specify how the cover-up was aided by a noted pathologist’s lies. ![]() ![]() A New York Times Best Seller! Implicating Robert F. ![]()
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On warne by gideon haigh5/12/2023 ![]() But there's more: Sultan goes frankly into the crumbling and rebuilding of Wasim's private life, marred by the tragedy of his first wife's death and the torment of addiction. Along the way, too, a backdrop of conspiracy and intrigue over ball tampering and match fixing about which Wasim finally sets the story straight. Along the way were unforgettable rivalries with the greatest of his time, from Viv Richards and Ian Botham to Sachin Tendulkar and Shane Warne. Sultan tells the story of cricket's greatest left-arm bowler, and one of its greatest survivors, who was chosen from the streets of Lahore and groomed by Imran Khan to become champion of the world - man of the match in the final of the 1992 World Cup. For another twenty years he kept his own counsel about those days, full of drama, controversy and even mystery, in a country, Pakistan, that to outsiders is a constant enigma. ![]() For twenty years, Wasim Akram let his cricket do the talking - his electrifying left-arm pace, his explosive left-handed striking, his leadership an. Sultan is the official biography of Wasim Akram, the "sultan of swing", one of the greatest fast bowlers in the history of cricket. ![]()
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The Forgotten Flapper by Laini Giles5/11/2023 ![]() Ollie's mysterious death in Paris' Ritz Hotel in 1920 was one of Hollywood's first scandals, ensuring that her legend lived on. Together they developed a reputation for drinking, club-going, wrecking cars, and fighting, along with giving each other expensive make-up gifts. When Hollywood beckoned, Ollie signed first with Triangle Pictures, and then with Myron Selznick's new production company, becoming most well known for her work as a "baby vamp," the precursor to the flappers of the 1920s.After a stormy courtship, she married playboy Jack Pickford, Mary Pickford's wastrel brother. From her longtime home at the theater, Ollie's ghost tells her story from her early life in Pittsburgh to her tragic death at twenty-five.After winning a contest for "The Most Beautiful Girl in New York," shopgirl Ollie modeled for the most famous artists in New York, and then went on to become the toast of Broadway. A presence lurks in New York City’s New Amsterdam Theatre when the lights go down and the audience goes home. The Forgotten Actresses Collection 1 ('The Forgotten Flapper,' 'The It Girl and Me,' 'Bathing Beauty') By Laini Giles Adult The Forgotten Actresses series combines real-life research with Hollywood Babylon flavor to create a sympathetic look at some famous Hollywood hard-luck cases. They say she's the ghost of Olive Thomas, one of the loveliest girls who ever lit up the Ziegfeld Follies and the silent screen. 13.09 8 Used from 12.68 13 New from 13.09. A presence lurks in New York City's New Amsterdam Theatre when the lights go down and the audience goes home. ![]()
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Pulse by patrick carman5/11/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Patrick Carman is the New York Times bestselling author of over thirty books, including the acclaimed series the Land of Elyon and Floors and the teen superhero novel Thirteen Days to Midnight. The first in a stunning trilogy, Pulse is a triumph about the power of the mind-and of love. But in order to save the world, Faith will have to harness not only the power of her mind, but the power of her heart, too. In riveting action scenes, Faith demonstrates her ability to use her pulse against a group of telekinesis masters so powerful they will flatten their enemies by uprooting streetlights, throwing boulders, and changing the course of a hurtling hammer so that it becomes a deadly weapon. This telekinetic ability is called a pulse, and Dylan has the talent, too. With the help of her mysterious classmate Dylan Gilmore, Faith Daniels discovers that she can move objects with her mind. In the year 2051, who has the power called a pulse? Reading Level: 5.9 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 12.0įans of action-packed sci-fi thrillers such as I Am Number Four and The Maze Runner will love bestselling author Patrick Carman's Pulse, with its epic action scenes and memorable love story. Voice of Youth Advocates - Reviewed - More Editing Needed Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Friendship Young Adult Fiction | Action & Adventure - General Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions ![]() |