A little boy puts on warm clothing for his winter activities.

Providing insight in a familys history against the backdrop of major world wars, Busters Book offers a collection of more than a thousand letters exchanged during the twentieth century as young men provided service to their country. In this memoir, author Donald Junkins has compiled letters, diaries, interviews, recollections, and photographs of the familys participants in both world wars and the Korean and Vietnam wars. This fascinating historical record includes the stories of a variety of escapades: from single-handedly opening an eight-year-old Nazi prison camp; to B-24 air forays from New Guinea in which an aerial gunner shot down two Japanese Zero planes; and to the rescue in Korea of wounded men stalled in a jeep in the middle of a freezing river that culminated in the awarding of the Silver Star. Busters Book reflects both the lives of a middle-class American family during these years and the daily activities of two generations of young American men at war.

Buster the bear lives in the Tipee Hipee Safari Park. He likes to go for a walk at night. One day he meets Patrick the possum. Patrick who is originally from Australia is on his walkabout. They meet each other and decide to walk together. However, what was supposed to have been a quiet walk turned out to be more exciting than expected. Book 1 in the Tipee Hipee Series - This series of animal stories from the Tipee Hipee Safari Park is an excellent introduciton to various wild animals that can be found in the tropics. Each book is divided into two parts. The first part is the story featuring a key animal with colourful illustrations while the second part has photographs of animals and factual information. An excellent book to keep curiious young children engrossed and learning about the natural world.

A powerful novel about ethnically fluid California, and the corrosive relationship between two Filipino brothers. Told with a hard-edged purity that brings to mind Cormac McCarthy and Denis Johnson, American Son is the story of two Filipino brothers adrift in contemporary California. The older brother, Tomas, fashions himself into a Mexican gangster and breeds pricey attack dogs, which he trains in German and sells to Hollywood celebrities. The narrator is younger brother Gabe, who tries to avoid the tar pit of Tomas's waywardness, yet moves ever closer to embracing it. Their mother, who moved to America to escape the caste system of Manila and is now divorced from their American father, struggles to keep her sons in line while working two dead-end jobs. When Gabe runs away, he brings shame and unforeseen consequences to the family. Full of the ache of being caught in a violent and alienating world, American Son is a debut novel that captures the underbelly of the modern immigrant experience. A Los Angeles Times Best Book, New York Times Notable Book, and a Kiriyama Pacific Rim Prize Finalist

What kind of tracks do animals make in our lives? My Friend Flika is a favorite tale of a boy and his horse, and National Velvet remains a favorite about a girl and her horse. Countless stories exist about boys and their dogs even though our faithful friends are never allotted our same number of years. As adults we can consider animals our protectors to bite our enemies, sniff out bombs and cancerous tumors, or help us travel using their eyes. We raise livestock to market as meat. We ride animals in races and rodeos, train them for circuses, and send them into outer space before we are sure we can go. But what effects do they leave on us? Without animals, the people in this collection of stories would have lived different lives. On an Iowa farm, when Lizbet is too old for dolls but too young for boys, her horse Sulie becomes her perfect companion. Lizbet goes to college during the turbulent Sixties where she must search for another place as peaceful as the farm and a friend as devoted as her horse. On another Midwestern farm, Pru watches her children grow up, satisfied they are safe from the violence she saw in New York City. She doesnt realize they are all in danger from her brother-in-law, a returning veteran who claims he can handle their Holstein bull. Jackie loves all kinds of pets like papillons and Jack Russell terriers, but her sister Jeannette demands her complete devotion. A stroke leaves actor/director Caleb Pavlock unable to speak or remember the lies he has told. How long will his current lover care for him when he can only bark like the dogs that he hates? And did Greasy, a Maine coon cat, come to Duff and Jorie at the end of their lives so that they would never be separated?

Need to find that 'still, quiet voice within'?Longing to connect with the simple things of life?In 'Travels with Buster' Diane Viola takes us on a journey of the heart through the life of her beloved dog, Buster. Like so many four-legged creatures, Buster's arrival brings wholeness into the lives of Diane and her husband, Roberto. With his ineffable qualities and enchanting personality, Buster proves to be a wonderful teacher, evoking the best in others and inspiring our humanity through acts of love and compassion. Laced throughout the vignettes of his life, Diane has cleverly interspersed teachings for parents, partners and all who seek personal growth and transformation through a light-hearted approach. Told with tenderness and love, 'Travels with Buster' touches on themes that are central to our story as human beings. Come ready to laugh and to cry, to experience joy and to open your heart to yourself and all sentient beings as you travel the path of unconditional love.This is a collection of stories about Buster, my life with him and how that relates to all of our lives, arranged into four sections, loosely corresponding to the stages of Buster's life in the homes we lived in during that time. While it is inspired by the events I recount of his life, this is clearly not 'just' a book about a dog!' In 'Travels with Buster', I trust you'll find sprinkles of the humour and light-heartedness that inspired its writing. ¿ We need to experience life with all its gifts; of joy and sadness, giving and receiving, light and darkness, of the courage that comes from 'seeing things as they are and being willing to meet life on its own terms' and of the strength that ensues from the practice of gentleness. These gifts were bestowed on me as I traversed this journey of unconditional love with Buster and gave me the trust and faith to engage in the swings and roundabouts of life! May you too be blessed with a little of this magic as you travel the pages of this book in your imagination.

In this newly revised personal memoir about love, courage and healing, Deborah Dozier Potter shares her relationship with her Border Collie, Buster, from the day she met him at the animal shelter until the last moment of his life. But this isn’t a typical pet love story. The author met Buster while in a state of cynicism and grief following the death of her father and her new pet helped to restore her faith in life. Buster then helped her cope with a high-powered marriage, intense stress and faltering self-esteem. When she suffered major trauma in a horse accident, Buster stayed by her side, his herding dog instincts protecting her vulnerable and broken body. A year after the accident she became too tense to be touched by others or leave her home, unaware that she had developed a severe case of PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder). She tells us how she discovered she had this disease and how Buster became her official service dog. She describes her struggle with PTSD symptoms, and what it was like to travel on airplanes and function in public with a disability. Buster, as a therapy dog, helped restore her mental health and self-assurance and lead her back into a normal life. This is their story.

Peter Dempsey hates anything to do with computers or technology. He detests being around monitors, can barely type with two fingers on a keyboard, does not know how to use printers or for that matter any other accessory or gadget that has anything to remotely do with a computer. But that all changes with a single strike of lightning that sends a shock through Peter's body and gives him mysterious powers and abilities to uncover a world unknown to the rest of us, one that is built around the objects that he despises the most: technology and everything that it encompasses. Embark on this thrilling journey with Peter and his packets in their battle against the diabolical Terry Williams, creator of the evil Bullies, who are determined to take control of all the tunnels (known to us as the Internet). Will Peter's Packets be able to stop the devastating virus before it spreads out of control?

Discusses renewable energy resources and provides instructions for creating energy-saving and energy-producing equipment.

With a distinctive and original voice, Mark Richard's stories capture characters on the fringe of society, and illuminate the goodness at the heart of their Southern, down-and-out lies. Full of startling images and harrowing epiphanies, The Ice at the Bottom of the World is a collection by a true master of his craft. In these ten stories, Mark Richard, winner of the 1990 PEN/Ernest Hemingway Foundation Award, emerges as the heir apparent to Mark Twain, Flannery O'Connor, and William Faulkner.