Ocean Beach

Ocean Beach
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 421
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781101580998
ISBN-13 : 1101580992
Rating : 4/5 (98 Downloads)

Synopsis Ocean Beach by : Wendy Wax

Three women find a second chance—or is it a third—in this novel from the USA Today bestselling author of Best Beach Ever. When unlikely friends Madeline, Avery, and Nicole arrive in Miami’s South Beach neighborhood, they’re hoping for a do-over. Literally. They’ve been hired to bring a historic house back to its former glory on a new television show called Do Over. If they can just get this show off the ground, Nikki could fix her finances, Avery could restart her career, and Maddie would have a shot at keeping her family together. The women quickly realize that having their work broadcast is one thing, but having their personal lives play out on TV is another. Soon they’re struggling to hold themselves, and the project, together. With a decades-old mystery—and hurricane season—looming, the women are forced to figure out just how they’ll weather life’s storms...

Last Days in Ocean Beach

Last Days in Ocean Beach
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 124
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0976580195
ISBN-13 : 9780976580195
Rating : 4/5 (95 Downloads)

Synopsis Last Days in Ocean Beach by : Jim Miller

Last Days in Ocean Beach is the story of William, a scientist working at the Center for Extinction Studies, a think tank at the College of the Sun funded by a green billionaire. William lives "on the border between dread and wonder" as he desperately works to raise the alarm about climate change and its dire consequences to an apathetic public, learns to live with grief, and hold on to love. Along the way, we meet the residents of his wonderfully shabby apartment complex in Ocean Beach--bikers, hippies, skate punks, adventure tourists, reggae singers, aimless young professionals, Iraq war veterans, decadent retirees, a hospice nurse, and a Buddhist monk, all of whom are searching for something, looking to live more fully. Last Days in Ocean Beach is a blues song moaning and rocking the beach party at the end of the world.

438 Days

438 Days
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 288
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781501116292
ISBN-13 : 1501116290
Rating : 4/5 (92 Downloads)

Synopsis 438 Days by : Jonathan Franklin

The miraculous account of the man who survived alone and adrift at sea longer than anyone in recorded history. For fourteen months, Alvarenga survived constant shark attacks. He learned to catch fish with his bare hands. He built a fish net from a pair of empty plastic bottles. Taking apart the outboard motor, he fashioned a huge fishhook. Using fish vertebrae as needles, he stitched together his own clothes. Based on dozens of hours of interviews with Alvarenga and interviews with his colleagues, search and rescue officials, the medical team that saved his life and the remote islanders who nursed him back to health, this is an epic tale of survival. Print run 75,000.

Day at the Beach

Day at the Beach
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 42
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781534411067
ISBN-13 : 1534411062
Rating : 4/5 (67 Downloads)

Synopsis Day at the Beach by : Tom Booth

A day at the beach becomes a lesson in sibling bonding for Gideon in this magical picture book. Every summer, Gideon and his younger sister Audrey build a sandcastle together. But this summer, everything changes. Gideon decides to build the most spectacular sandcastle anyone on the beach has ever seen. And he’s going to do it on his own—without any help from his sister. But much to his surprise, Gideon discovers that building together is more fun and that everyone has their own unique talent when it comes to creativity and imagination, even Audrey.

The Last Days of Il Duce

The Last Days of Il Duce
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Publisher : Open Road Media
Total Pages : 155
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781504011983
ISBN-13 : 1504011988
Rating : 4/5 (83 Downloads)

Synopsis The Last Days of Il Duce by : Domenic Stansberry

Domenic Stansberry’s award-winning novel tells the story of Niccolo Jones, a broken-down man plagued by his obsession with his brother Joe’s ex-wife Marie. Set in the old Italian neighborhood of North Beach in San Francisco, the novel flashes back and forth between their childhood days in the 1950s and events thirty years later. The kids are adults now, and everything has changed. Nick’s story begins when Joe is murdered, igniting in Nick an unquenchable desire for revenge. The crime also awakens Nick’s memories of days gone by, particularly his own illicit feelings for Marie. But the price of passion is as costly now as it was for Nick thirty years ago—for The Last Days of Il Duce is as much about the secrets of the past as it is about the sins of the present.

Ocean Beach

Ocean Beach
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 342
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0692227504
ISBN-13 : 9780692227503
Rating : 4/5 (04 Downloads)

Synopsis Ocean Beach by : Frank Cassese

In the tradition of the European novel of ideas, Ocean Beach is a searing psychological portrait of infatuation and longing. At twenty-five years old, Peter Niletti's life is confined to a bedroom in his parents' suburban Long Island home. From his isolation, he ruminates on the life and death of his younger sister, Severine. The siblings are raised in a cloistered intellectual environment where, estranged from other children, they develop an unusually close bond. Peter and Severine exist for one another, until college shatters their unity when Severine meets the handsome and worldly Spencer. Peter's desperation compels him to do anything to keep his sister for himself, only to find that in trying to save what he desires most, he risks destroying the only chance he has at living. Ocean Beach is a brilliant and beautifully twisted tale of obsession and ardor, pain and pathos, a heartrending portrayal of a young man's descent into seclusion and madness.

Good Night Beach

Good Night Beach
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Publisher : Good Night Books
Total Pages : 29
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781602197299
ISBN-13 : 1602197296
Rating : 4/5 (99 Downloads)

Synopsis Good Night Beach by : Adam Gamble

The beach, an iconic fixture of many children’s summers, is artfully celebrated in this boardbook. Designed to soothe children before bedtime while instilling an early appreciation for the environment’s natural wonders, the book features a multicultural group of people experiencing all that the beach has to offer. Rhythmic language guides children through the passage of a single day of fun at the seaside—splashing, playing in the waves, boating, fishing, identifying wildlife, and more.

Beach Day

Beach Day
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Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages : 33
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780618029235
ISBN-13 : 0618029230
Rating : 4/5 (35 Downloads)

Synopsis Beach Day by : Karen Roosa

Rhyming text describes a perfect day at the beach, complete with sandy knees, deviled eggs, and a castle with a moat.

San Diego's Sunset Cliffs Park: A History

San Diego's Sunset Cliffs Park: A History
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Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages : 192
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781467142960
ISBN-13 : 1467142964
Rating : 4/5 (60 Downloads)

Synopsis San Diego's Sunset Cliffs Park: A History by : Kathy Blavatt

Sunset Cliffs Park meanders along a mile and a half of San Diego's coastline, beckoning tourists and locals alike. These stunning cliffs inspired Albert Spalding, sportsman and visionary, to create a park in 1915 for all to enjoy. In the century since, many have left their mark, including the powerful Pacific Ocean. John Mills, an enterprising land baron, restored the original park, only to have it fall into neglect during the Depression and World War II. It became a popular spot for pioneering surfers and divers in the postwar boom, and the park's colorful landscape attracted artists and children. Join author Kathy Blavatt as she relates the many transformations of this beloved park and looks to its future.

San Francisco's Ocean Beach

San Francisco's Ocean Beach
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Publisher : Arcadia Library Editions
Total Pages : 130
Release :
ISBN-10 : 1531614914
ISBN-13 : 9781531614911
Rating : 4/5 (14 Downloads)

Synopsis San Francisco's Ocean Beach by : Kathleen Manning

Where the waves of the Pacific Ocean wash up against the quiet neighborhoods of San Francisco, Ocean Beach has endured as a popular destination for tourists and San Francisco residents alike. At water's edge is the Cliff House restaurant where visitors can look down upon the remains of the Sutro Baths, a 19th-century indoor pool complex. Just south is the famous Golden Gate Park with its two stately windmills, followed by the well-loved San Francisco Zoo. But a century of change has altered the landscape and the attractions of Ocean Beach, making way for new developments and reflecting the evolution of the city of San Francisco itself.