The Cay

The Cay
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Publisher : Laurel Leaf
Total Pages : 162
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ISBN-10 : 9780307800145
ISBN-13 : 0307800148
Rating : 4/5 (45 Downloads)

Synopsis The Cay by : Theodore Taylor

For fans of Hatchet and Island of the Blue Dolphins comes Theodore Taylor’s classic bestseller and Lewis Carroll Shelf Award winner, The Cay. Phillip is excited when the Germans invade the small island of Curaçao. War has always been a game to him, and he’s eager to glimpse it firsthand–until the freighter he and his mother are traveling to the United States on is torpedoed. When Phillip comes to, he is on a small raft in the middle of the sea. Besides Stew Cat, his only companion is an old West Indian, Timothy. Phillip remembers his mother’s warning about black people: “They are different, and they live differently.” But by the time the castaways arrive on a small island, Phillip’s head injury has made him blind and dependent on Timothy. “Mr. Taylor has provided an exciting story…The idea that all humanity would benefit from this special form of color blindness permeates the whole book…The result is a story with a high ethical purpose but no sermon.”—New York Times Book Review “A taut tightly compressed story of endurance and revelation…At once barbed and tender, tense and fragile—as Timothy would say, ‘outrageous good.’”—Kirkus Reviews * “Fully realized setting…artful, unobtrusive use of dialect…the representation of a hauntingly deep love, the poignancy of which is rarely achieved in children’s literature.”—School Library Journal, Starred “Starkly dramatic, believable and compelling.”—Saturday Review “A tense and moving experience in reading.”—Publishers Weekly “Eloquently underscores the intrinsic brotherhood of man.”—Booklist "This is one of the best survival stories since Robinson Crusoe."—The Washington Star · A New York Times Best Book of the Year · A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year · A Horn Book Honor Book · An American Library Association Notable Book · A Publishers Weekly Children’s Book to Remember · A Child Study Association’s Pick of Children’s Books of the Year · Jane Addams Book Award · Lewis Carroll Shelf Award · Commonwealth Club of California: Literature Award · Southern California Council on Literature for Children and Young People Award · Woodward School Annual Book Award · Friends of the Library Award, University of California at Irvine

Timothy of the Cay

Timothy of the Cay
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Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages : 182
Release :
ISBN-10 : 015206320X
ISBN-13 : 9780152063207
Rating : 4/5 (0X Downloads)

Synopsis Timothy of the Cay by : Theodore Taylor

A companion to Taylor's bestselling modern classic "The Cay," this prequel-sequel tells the rest of the story of Phillip, a young white boy, and Timothy, an old black man, who become stranded on a small sandy cay in the Caribbean.

Scuttled

Scuttled
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Publisher :
Total Pages :
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0998897507
ISBN-13 : 9780998897509
Rating : 4/5 (07 Downloads)

Synopsis Scuttled by : Ron Collins

"In some respects, Palmer & Cay was too good to be true-a great place to work with snowballing success. Good leadership, talented personnel, personal freedom, and generous compensation contributed to the overall success of The Ship. This is a story not of evil wrongdoing, but of runaway egos, greed, and the lack of entrepreneurial skill or knowledge to lead the company forward. Those egos were willing to bet everything on an unproven scheme and ride The Ship to the bottom, if allowed." For years, Palmer & Cay, a small but highly successful commercial insurance-brokerage firm, was a name synonymous with unbeatable talent, honest work, and a soaring drive to exceed all expectations. Everyone-employees, customers, and peers alike-wanted to climb aboard "The Ship" and be a part of the ride to success. Things could not have been looking better, until in 2003, when a sudden and unexpected change in management took a turn for the worse, and piece by piece dismantled everything that the 135-year-old company stood for. "Scuttled: The Sinking of the Palmer Cay" tells the full story from the perspective of insider Ron Collins, former senior vice president of Palmer & Cay's flagship department, and evaluates the roots of the poor decision-making that would eventually devastate other companies across the nation. From start to finish, Collins provides acute and heartfelt insight into what businesses need to succeed, and what will ultimately make them sink.

The Big Cheat

The Big Cheat
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 158
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781982178055
ISBN-13 : 1982178051
Rating : 4/5 (55 Downloads)

Synopsis The Big Cheat by : David Cay Johnston

Pulitzer Prize­–winning reporter and dean of Trumpologists David Cay Johnston reveals years of eye-popping financial misdeeds by Donald Trump and his family. While the world watched Donald Trump’s presidency in horror or delight, few noticed that his lifelong grifting quietly continued. Less than forty minutes after taking the oath of office, Trump began turning the White House into a money machine for himself, his family, and his courtiers. More than $1.7 billion flowed into Donald Trump’s bank accounts during his four years as president. Foreign governments rented out whole floors of his hotel five blocks from the White House while lobbyists conducted business in the hotel’s restaurants. Payday lenders and other trade groups moved their annual conventions to Trump golf resorts. And individual favor seekers joined his private Mar-a-Lago club with its $200,000 admission fee in hopes of getting a few minutes with the President. Despite earning more than $1 million every day he was in office, Trump left the White House as he arrived—hard up for cash. More than $400 million in debt comes due by 2024, and Trump still lacks the resources to pay it back. “Few people are as well positioned to write an exposé of the former president as Johnston” (The Washington Post), and The Big Cheat offers a guided tour of how money flowed in and out of Trump’s hundreds of enterprises, showing in simple terms how a corrupt president used our government for his benefit, even putting national security at risk. Johnston details the four most recent years of the corruption that has defined the Trump family since 1885 and reveals the costs of Trump’s extravagant lifestyle for American taxpayers.

Normans Cay

Normans Cay
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Publisher : AuthorHouse
Total Pages : 420
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781463498009
ISBN-13 : 1463498004
Rating : 4/5 (09 Downloads)

Synopsis Normans Cay by : Paul Boardman

Paul Boardman takes the reader on a thrilling treasure hunt adventure for sunken gold. With the discovery of a two hundred year old letter, the treasure hunters follow clues in the letter to the private island of Normans Cay, in the Bahamas, but their hunt for treasure hunt is discovered by modern day pirates of the sea ... drug smugglers! Boardman uses his experience as a yachtsman to full advantage in presenting to the reader the dream of two couples finding treasure while pitted against dangerous smugglers. Normans Cay is not just another treasure hunt adventure, but a unique story depicting what a couple with a yacht and a dream might face in today’s dangerous seas. This is a novel for all sea travelers. Disclaimer Normans Cay is a tiny island, in the Bahamas, that was reputed to be the epicenter of the drug trade in the 1980''s. Resulting from pressure by United States, the island was raided by a Bahamian task force in 1982. A result of that raid, a plane wreck, still litters the shallow water off the cay. Although this novel is set in Normans Cay the characters and dialogues are creations of the author''s imagination and do not portray actual persons or events.

The Island Hopping Digital Guide to the Exuma Cays - Part III - the Central Exumas

The Island Hopping Digital Guide to the Exuma Cays - Part III - the Central Exumas
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Publisher : Seaworthy Publications, Inc.
Total Pages : 329
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781892399472
ISBN-13 : 1892399474
Rating : 4/5 (72 Downloads)

Synopsis The Island Hopping Digital Guide to the Exuma Cays - Part III - the Central Exumas by : Stephen J. Pavlidis

The Island Hopping Digital Guide series is the digital version of the world famous cruising guides by Stephen J. Pavlidis. This edition covers Part III of The Exuma Cays - The Central Exumas. Contents include detailed information about sailing and cruising in the Bahamas including original full-color charts drawn by the author, extensive navigational instructions, GPS waypoints and full-color aerial photos.

The Island Hopping Digital Guide to the Exuma Cays - Part I - the Northern Exumas

The Island Hopping Digital Guide to the Exuma Cays - Part I - the Northern Exumas
Author :
Publisher : Seaworthy Publications, Inc.
Total Pages : 259
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781892399458
ISBN-13 : 1892399458
Rating : 4/5 (58 Downloads)

Synopsis The Island Hopping Digital Guide to the Exuma Cays - Part I - the Northern Exumas by : Stephen J. Pavlidis

The Island Hopping Digital Guide series is the digital version of the world famous cruising guides by Stephen J. Pavlidis. This edition covers Part I of The Exuma Cays - The Northern Exumas. Contents include detailed information about sailing and cruising in the Bahamas including original full-color charts drawn by the author, extensive navigational instructions, GPS waypoints and full-color aerial photos.

The Island Hopping Digital Guide to the Exuma Cays - Part II - Exuma Park

The Island Hopping Digital Guide to the Exuma Cays - Part II - Exuma Park
Author :
Publisher : Seaworthy Publications, Inc.
Total Pages : 296
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781892399465
ISBN-13 : 1892399466
Rating : 4/5 (65 Downloads)

Synopsis The Island Hopping Digital Guide to the Exuma Cays - Part II - Exuma Park by : Stephen J. Pavlidis

The Island Hopping Digital Guide series is the digital version of the world famous cruising guides by Stephen J. Pavlidis. This edition covers Part II of The Exuma Cays - Exuma Park. Contents include detailed information about sailing and cruising in the Bahamas including original full-color charts drawn by the author, extensive navigational instructions, GPS waypoints and full-color aerial photos.

The Making of Donald Trump

The Making of Donald Trump
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Publisher : Melville House
Total Pages : 289
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781612196879
ISBN-13 : 161219687X
Rating : 4/5 (79 Downloads)

Synopsis The Making of Donald Trump by : David Cay Johnston

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER that connects the dots from Donald Trump's racist background to the Russian scandals "A searing indictment." — Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times "Johnston has given us this year's must-read Trump book." — Lawrence O'Donnell, host of MSNBC's The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell The international bestseller that brought Trump's long history of racism, mafia ties, and shady business dealings into the limelight. Now with a new introduction and epilogue. Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist David Cay Johnston, who had spent thirty years chronicling Donald Trump for the New York Times and other leading newspapers, takes readers from the origins of the Trump family fortune—his grandfather's Yukon bordellos during the Gold Rush—to his tumultuous gambling and real estate dealings in New York and Atlantic City, all the way to his election as president of the United States, giving us a deeply researched and shockingly full picture of one of the most controversial figures of our time.