Benny has to leave his friends, his school, his teacher, and move to a new school. He is terrified that he won't fit in or make friends. The night before his first day, Mom and Dad introduce him to a special friend. With this new boost of confidence, can Benny make his first day great?

Jack and Joyce were happy together until one fateful night. The choices they made after that would change their lives forever. Will they ever find their way back to each other?

Comedy / 2m,3f, / Interior This present-day comedy set in the Bronx, revolves around life in the Benny Scrivente family as seen through the eyes of Benny's thirteen year-old son, Joey. Benny is no match for Joey. a gifted, wise-mouthed boy. A widowed postal worker, Benny struggles to raise Benny and his two beautiful daughters, Dodie and Regina, hoping to marry them the old-fashioned Italian way so he can pursue his dream of opening a trattoria. Sweet, simple-minded Dodie, lacking in the IQ department, (which drives Joey to his wit's end) is already engaged to Mario, a man of questionable character. Sensual Regina prefers to play the field, much to Benny's consternation. Joey, feeling neglected by them all, manages to attract more than just his family's attention. He pens a literary masterpiece that borders on being an expose. Enter clairvoyant Aunt Rose, Benny's older sister. She is a true eccentric and Joey's champion. Her constant shower of predictions makes her a perpetual source of irritation to Benny. Proud of her father's cooking, Dodie unwittingly invites the Mafia over for Sunday dinner, which sends Benny into a tizzy. It's Aunt Rose's unorthodox hors d'oeuvres which pack the wallop that results in a happy ending."

Benny the bumble bee, bounced around like a popping corn inside the beehive. He bumped into his friends, dripping wet with honey. They shouted at him Hey, Benny, slow down, its only early morning. They were still sleepy and lazily buzzing around.

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Everyone knows huge problems exist in Greenpoint. Everyone wants change in this Brooklyn, New York, neighborhood. Everyone wants justicebut they all want someone else to do the dirty work. When New York State Senator Nicky Collins returns to his boyhood home of Greenpoint to care for his dying mother, he realizes the extent of the crime problem in this once-idyllic place. Worse, he understands that the root of much of the organized crime is his brother, Jack, whose business interests include extortion, prostitution, drugs, and murder. Jack harbors pure hatred for Nicky, and his one goal in life is to orchestrate Nickys collapse. Jacks other ambition includes wiping out competing crime familiesa bloody and deadly endeavor. As the violence escalates, Nicky, and boyhood friend, District Attorney Simon Banks, join forces to take out the center of the crime ring. In the process, they discover a deeper, more sinister conspiracy at work. A story of a deteriorating neighborhood and two brothers on opposite sides of the law, Greenpoint tells a saga of family, greed, and murder.

[Siren Everlasting Classic ManLove: Erotic Romance, Alternative, Fantasy, Shape-shifters, Paranormal, MM, HEA] Ever since Benny came to live in the dragon clan, he's tried to work hard and keep his head down, but someone has caught his eye, and the feeling might be mutual. Peter has loved Benny since he first came to the clan, and he's ready to make a move. A passionate night together leads to a misunderstanding that tests everything Peter is as a proud male, and with Benny's dragon brother gunning for his head, Peter is forced to stay away from the male he loves. Benny's hurt. He wants Peter near him, but he knows he's done something wrong, he just doesn't know what to do to fix it, and with his overprotective brother, and a hatchling on the way, his new love might have run into a wall they can't overcome. Marcy Jacks is a Siren-exclusive author.

A Companion to Michael Haneke With a new preface addressing the Academy award-winning film, Amour, this new-in-paper edition has established itself as the definitive collection on Michael Haneke—from his early work in television and theater, through his prodigious cinematic output, to his 2009 triumph at Cannes. A Companion to Michael Haneke brings together essays by leading film scholars, as well as interviews with the director himself, to probe the provocative and controversial themes that have formed the nucleus of Haneke’s work—intergenerational dysfunction and social alienation, colonialism and citizenship, surveillance and pornography, mass culture and media violence. The volume also offers a critical examination of the auteur’s oeuvre, including Three Paths to the Lake, Lemmings, Benny’s Video, The Piano Teacher, Caché, Funny Games, and the 2009 Palme d’Or winner, The White Ribbon.

An existential novel set in a dystopian, post-industrial America.