The Laughing Gorilla

The Laughing Gorilla
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 399
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781101145180
ISBN-13 : 1101145188
Rating : 4/5 (80 Downloads)

Synopsis The Laughing Gorilla by : Robert Graysmith

During the 1920s, in more than a dozen cities, over four years, and across two continents, women were being butchered. Eyewitneses claim the perpetrator was a hulking Bible-carrying brute who lumbered on all fours, and laughed maniacally with each new slaughter. The crimes haunted San Francisco Police Captain Charles Dullea, the last honest cop in one of the most notoriously corrupt departments in the country. But nothing could have prepared Dullea for where the case- and the truth-would take him.

Good Night, Gorilla (oversized board book)

Good Night, Gorilla (oversized board book)
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 36
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780399242601
ISBN-13 : 0399242600
Rating : 4/5 (01 Downloads)

Synopsis Good Night, Gorilla (oversized board book) by : Peggy Rathmann

This roomy trim size is perfect for sharing with groups and lap sitters, and will stand up to years of repeat readings.

Little Gorilla

Little Gorilla
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Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages : 36
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0899194214
ISBN-13 : 9780899194219
Rating : 4/5 (14 Downloads)

Synopsis Little Gorilla by :

Little Gorilla's family and friends try to help him overcome his special growing pains.

The Gorilla Man and the Empress of Steak

The Gorilla Man and the Empress of Steak
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Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Total Pages : 397
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781496801135
ISBN-13 : 149680113X
Rating : 4/5 (35 Downloads)

Synopsis The Gorilla Man and the Empress of Steak by : Randy Fertel

The Gorilla Man and the Empress of Steak is the story of two larger-than-life characters and the son whom their lives helped to shape. Ruth Fertel was a petite, smart, tough-as-nails blonde with a weakness for rogues, who founded the Ruth's Chris Steak House empire almost by accident. Rodney Fertel was a gold-plated, one-of-a-kind personality, a railbird-heir to wealth from a pawnshop of dubious repute just around the corner from where the teenage Louis Armstrong and his trumpet were discovered. When Fertel ran for mayor of New Orleans on a single campaign promise-buying a pair of gorillas for the zoo-he garnered a paltry 308 votes. Then he purchased the gorillas anyway! These colorful figures yoked together two worlds not often connected-lazy rice farms in the bayous and swinging urban streets where ethnicities jazzily collided. A trip downriver to the hamlet of Happy Jack focuses on its French-Alsatian roots, bountiful tables, and self-reliant lifestyle that inspired a restaurant legend. The story also offers a close-up of life in the Old Jewish Quarter on Rampart Street-and how it intersected with the denizens of “Back a' Town,” just a few blocks away, who brought jazz from New Orleans to the world. The Gorilla Man and the Empress of Steak is a New Orleans story, featuring the distinctive characters, color, food, and history of that city-before Hurricane Katrina and after. But it also is the universal story of family and the full magnitude of outsize follies leavened with equal measures of humor, rage, and rue.

Good Night, Gorilla Book and Plush Package

Good Night, Gorilla Book and Plush Package
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Publisher : G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Total Pages : 41
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781984813749
ISBN-13 : 1984813749
Rating : 4/5 (49 Downloads)

Synopsis Good Night, Gorilla Book and Plush Package by : Peggy Rathmann

This bedtime classic paired with a cuddly Gorilla is more irresistible than ever and perfect for any gifting occasion! It's bedtime at the zoo, but mischievous Gorilla is not quite ready to go to sleep. He'd rather follow the zookeeper on his rounds and let all of the other animals out of their cages. Sneak along with Gorilla and see who gets the last laugh in this riotous bedtime romp. This Good Night, Gorilla book and plush package is the perfect gift for new babies as well as fans young and old. Look for Peggy Rathmann's other lively favorites 10 Minutes Till Bedtime and The Day the Babies Crawled Away.

Zodiac Unmasked

Zodiac Unmasked
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 561
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781440678127
ISBN-13 : 144067812X
Rating : 4/5 (27 Downloads)

Synopsis Zodiac Unmasked by : Robert Graysmith

Robert Graysmith reveals the true identity of Zodiac—America's most elusive serial killer. Between December 1968 and October 1969 a hooded serial killer called Zodiac terrorized San Francisco. Claiming responsibility for thirty-seven murders, he manipulated the media with warnings, dares, and bizarre cryptograms that baffled FBI code-breakers. Then as suddenly as the murders began, Zodiac disappeared into the Bay Area fog. After painstaking investigation and more than thirty years of research, Robert Graysmith finally exposes Zodiac’s true identity. With overwhelming evidence he reveals the twisted private life that led to the crimes, and provides startling theories as to why they stopped. America’s greatest unsolved mystery has finally been solved. INCLUDES PHOTOS AND A COMPLETE REPRODUCTION OF ZODIAC’S LETTERS

Gorilla and the Bird

Gorilla and the Bird
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Publisher : Little, Brown
Total Pages : 266
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780316315111
ISBN-13 : 0316315117
Rating : 4/5 (11 Downloads)

Synopsis Gorilla and the Bird by : Zack McDermott

"Glorious...one of the best memoirs I've read in years...a tragicomic gem about family, class, race, justice, and the spectacular weirdness of Wichita. [McDermott] can move from barely controlled hilarity to the brink of rage to aching tenderness in a single breath." -- Marya Hornbacher, New York Times Book Review Zack McDermott, a 26-year-old Brooklyn public defender, woke up one morning convinced he was being filmed, Truman Show-style, as part of an audition for a TV pilot. Every passerby was an actor; every car would magically stop for him; everything he saw was a cue from "The Producer" to help inspire the performance of a lifetime. After a manic spree around Manhattan, Zack, who is bipolar, was arrested on a subway platform and admitted to Bellevue Hospital. So begins the story of Zack's freefall into psychosis and his desperate, poignant, often hilarious struggle to claw his way back to sanity. It's a journey that will take him from New York City back to his Kansas roots and to the one person who might be able to save him, his tough, big-hearted Midwestern mother, nicknamed the Bird, whose fierce and steadfast love is the light in Zack's dark world. Before his odyssey is over, Zack will be tackled by guards in mental wards, run naked through cornfields, receive secret messages from the TV, befriend a former Navy Seal and his talking stuffed monkey, and see the Virgin Mary in the whorls of his own back hair. But with the Bird's help, he just might have a shot at pulling through, starting over, and maybe even meeting a partner who can love him back, bipolar and all. Introducing an electrifying new voice, Gorilla and the Bird is a raw and unforgettable account of a young man's unraveling and the relationship that saves him.

Last Meeting of the Gorilla Club

Last Meeting of the Gorilla Club
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Publisher : Dutton Books for Young Readers
Total Pages : 306
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781101994429
ISBN-13 : 1101994428
Rating : 4/5 (29 Downloads)

Synopsis Last Meeting of the Gorilla Club by : Sara Nickerson

A moving new middle grade novel about childhood anxiety and grief, from the author of The Secrets of Blueberries, Brothers, Moose, and Me. Eleven-year-old Josh Duncan has never had much luck making friends--not the real kind, anyway. Moving to a new town is supposed to be a chance to leave behind the problems that plagued Josh at his last school. Problems like Big Brother, Josh's favorite and best friend. Because, as Josh's parents tell him, he's too old to still have imaginary friends. But even before the first day of school is over, Big Brother reappears--and he's not alone. Only this time one of Josh's imaginary friends seems to be interacting with another boy at school, Lucas Hernandez. Can Lucas see them, too? Brought together by an unusual classroom experiment and a mysterious invitation to join something called the Gorilla Club, Josh and Lucas are about to discover how a unique way of seeing the world can reveal a real-life friend.

Black Fire

Black Fire
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Publisher : Crown
Total Pages : 290
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780307720573
ISBN-13 : 0307720578
Rating : 4/5 (73 Downloads)

Synopsis Black Fire by : Robert Graysmith

The first biography of the little-known real-life Tom Sawyer, told through a harrowing account of Sawyer's involvement in the hunt for a serial arsonist who terrorized mid-nineteenth century San Francisco. When San Francisco Daily Morning Call reporter Mark Twain met Tom Sawyer in 1863, he was seeking a subject for his first novel. He learned that Sawyer was a volunteer firefighter, local hero, and a former “Torch Boy,” racing ahead of hand-drawn fire engines at night carrying torches to light the way. When a mysterious serial arsonist known as “The Lightkeeper” was in the process of burning San Francisco to the ground, Sawyer played a key role in stopping him, helping to contain what is now considered the most disastrous and costly series of fires ever experienced by an American metropolis. By chronicling how Sawyer took it upon himself to investigate, expose, and stop the arsonist, Black Fire details Sawyer’s remarkable life and illustrates why Twain would later feel compelled to name his iconic character after him when writing The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. A vivid portrayal of the gritty, corrupt, and violent world of the Gold Rush-era West, Black Fire is the most vibrant and thorough account of Sawyer’s relationship with Mark Twain, and of the devastating fires that baptized San Francisco.

Gorillas in Our Midst

Gorillas in Our Midst
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 32
Release :
ISBN-10 : 1775433617
ISBN-13 : 9781775433613
Rating : 4/5 (17 Downloads)

Synopsis Gorillas in Our Midst by : Richard Fairgray

You never know when there might be a gorilla around... Gorillas can be hard to spot, because they are masters of disguise and good at hiding. You will know when there are gorillas living in your midst because the grocery stores will be entirely out of bananas. In fact, you should always carry a banana with you-you never know when you might meet a gorilla!