Trophy Son

Trophy Son
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Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Total Pages : 285
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781250114808
ISBN-13 : 1250114802
Rating : 4/5 (08 Downloads)

Synopsis Trophy Son by : Douglas Brunt

"Growing up in the wealthy suburbs of Philadelphia, Anton Stratis is groomed to be one thing only: the #1 tennis player in the world. Trained relentlessly by his obsessive father, a former athlete who plans every minute of his son's life, Anton both aspires to greatness and resents its all-consuming demands ... Anton explodes from nowhere onto the professional scene and soon becomes one of the top-ranked players in the world, with a coach, a trainer, and an entourage. But as Anton struggles to find a balance between stardom and family, he begins to make compromises"--Amazon.com.

Trophy Child

Trophy Child
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Publisher : David C Cook
Total Pages : 242
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781434705167
ISBN-13 : 1434705161
Rating : 4/5 (67 Downloads)

Synopsis Trophy Child by : Ted Cunningham

Written for every mom who helps too much with homework just to impress the teacher and every dad who takes credit for his daughter’s soccer success, Trophy Child will give parents the encouragement they need to nurture their kids into who God created them to be. Our culture’s obsession with achievement often leads parents to form expectations for their kids based on the world’s standards, not on the Bible. As a result, their kids feel they never measure up. Trophy Child will help modern Christian parents create a home where children find success in following their heavenly Father’s leading for them—and readers know the joy of seeing their children embrace their full potential as children of God.

Ghosts of Manhattan

Ghosts of Manhattan
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 269
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781451672619
ISBN-13 : 1451672616
Rating : 4/5 (19 Downloads)

Synopsis Ghosts of Manhattan by : Douglas Brunt

This instant New York Times bestseller offers a withering view of life on Wall Street from the perspective of an unhappy insider who is too hooked on the money to find a way out, even as his career is ruining his marriage and corroding his soul. It’s 2005. Nick Farmer is a thirty-five-year-old bond trader with Bear Stearns clearing seven figures a year. The novelty of a work-related nightlife centering on liquor, hookers, and cocaine has long since worn thin, though Nick remains keenly addicted to his annual bonus. But the lifestyle is taking a toll on his marriage—and on him. When a nerdy analyst approaches him with apocalyptic prognostications of where Bear’s high-flying mortgage-backed securities trading may lead, Nick is presented with the kind of ethical dilemma he’s spent a lifetime avoiding. Throw in a hot financial journalist who seems to be more interested in him than in the percolating financial Armageddon and the prospect that his own wife may have found a new romantic interest of her own, and you have the recipe for Nick’s personal and professional implosion. By turns hilarious and harrowing, Ghosts of Manhattan follows a winning but flawed protagonist as he struggles to find the right path in a complicated urban heart of darkness

Trophy Widow

Trophy Widow
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Publisher : Macmillan
Total Pages : 412
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0765302187
ISBN-13 : 9780765302182
Rating : 4/5 (87 Downloads)

Synopsis Trophy Widow by : Michael A. Kahn

St. Louis attorney Rachel Gold takes on the case of Angela Green, a former housewife serving time for the murder of her husband, and begins to wonder if her client is really guilty of the crime.

Stone Fox

Stone Fox
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Publisher : Harper Collins
Total Pages : 103
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780062009661
ISBN-13 : 0062009664
Rating : 4/5 (61 Downloads)

Synopsis Stone Fox by : John Reynolds Gardiner

John Reynolds Gardiner's classic action-packed adventure story about a thrilling dogsled race has captivated readers for more than thirty years. Based on a Rocky Mountain legend, Stone Fox tells the story of Little Willy, who lives with his grandfather in Wyoming. When Grandfather falls ill, he is no longer able to work the farm, which is in danger of foreclosure. Little Willy is determined to win the National Dogsled Race—the prize money would save the farm and his grandfather. But he isn't the only one who desperately wants to win. Willy and his brave dog Searchlight must face off against experienced racers, including a Native American man named Stone Fox, who has never lost a race. Exciting and heartwarming, this novel has sold millions of copies and was named a New York Times Outstanding Children's Book.

Cocaine's Son

Cocaine's Son
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Publisher : Villard Books
Total Pages : 221
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ISBN-10 : 1400065720
ISBN-13 : 9781400065721
Rating : 4/5 (20 Downloads)

Synopsis Cocaine's Son by : Dave Itzkoff

The New York Times cultural reporter and author of Lads describes the impact of his drug-addict father on his early childhood, tracing his efforts as an adult to rebuild their relationship and untangle his father's tragic and complicated past.

Walk Two Moons

Walk Two Moons
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Publisher : Harper Collins
Total Pages : 292
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780061972515
ISBN-13 : 0061972517
Rating : 4/5 (15 Downloads)

Synopsis Walk Two Moons by : Sharon Creech

In her own singularly beautiful style, Newbery Medal winner Sharon Creech intricately weaves together two tales, one funny, one bittersweet, to create a heartwarming, compelling, and utterly moving story of love, loss, and the complexity of human emotion. Thirteen-year-old Salamanca Tree Hiddle, proud of her country roots and the "Indian-ness in her blood," travels from Ohio to Idaho with her eccentric grandparents. Along the way, she tells them of the story of Phoebe Winterbottom, who received mysterious messages, who met a "potential lunatic," and whose mother disappeared. As Sal entertains her grandparents with Phoebe's outrageous story, her own story begins to unfold—the story of a thirteen-year-old girl whose only wish is to be reunited with her missing mother.

Moonstick

Moonstick
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Publisher : Harper Collins
Total Pages : 36
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780064436199
ISBN-13 : 0064436195
Rating : 4/5 (99 Downloads)

Synopsis Moonstick by : Eve Bunting

My father cuts a moon-counting stick that he keeps in our tipi. At the rising of the first moon he makes a notch in it. "A new beginning for the young buffalo," he says. "And for us." In this beautifully written story by acclaimed author Eve Bunting, a young boy comes of age under the thirteen moons of the Sioux year. With each notch in his father's moon-counting stick, the boy marvels at the world around him, observing the sometimes subtle, sometimes remarkable changes in the seasons and in his own tribe's way of living. With rich and carefully researched paintings by artist John Sandford, Moonstick: The Seasons of the Sioux is a glorious picture book about one boy's journey toward manhood.

Malcolm X: By Any Means Necessary

Malcolm X: By Any Means Necessary
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Publisher : Turtleback
Total Pages : 224
Release :
ISBN-10 : 1690390603
ISBN-13 : 9781690390602
Rating : 4/5 (03 Downloads)

Synopsis Malcolm X: By Any Means Necessary by : Perfection Learning Corporation

Crazy Lady!

Crazy Lady!
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Publisher : Harper Collins
Total Pages : 196
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780064405713
ISBN-13 : 0064405710
Rating : 4/5 (13 Downloads)

Synopsis Crazy Lady! by : Jane Leslie Conly

Increasingly alienated from his widowed father, Vernon joins his friends in ridiculing the neighborhood outcasts'Maxine, an alcoholic prone to outrageous behavior, and Ronald, her retarded son. But when a social service agency tries to put Ronald into a special home, Vernon fights against the move. 1994 Newbery Honor Book Notable Children's Books of 1994 (ALA) 1994 Best Books for Young Adults (ALA) 1994 Young Adult Editors' Choices (BL) 1994 Books for the Teen Age (NY Public Library) Young Adult Choices for 1995 (IRA)