Jack is four years old. He can count to ten and knows his ABC’s. Jack likes clowning around in front of his mom and dad. He has fun making silly faces and loves to dance and sing. He also likes roaring when he plays with his dinosaurs. You can hear Jack laughing and playing at home all the time. Jack is a happy boy but he is shy. When he is around others, he doesn’t talk. “Jack, don’t be shy!” say his mom and dad. But he still refuses to talk.

Now halfway through their first year at the world-famous Garrick School of Performing Arts, things are hotting up for Cat, Belle and Holly - life as a superstar just gets busier! Hot on the heels of her success in the dance department show, Holly is thrilled to land an amazing duet in the end of term Musical Spectacular. But there's a lot to live up to - can she and her partner, Zak, cope with the pressure and give the performance of their life? Evil Bianca seems even more determined to annoy Belle this term, so when they end up singing together in the show, sparks fly - even Belle's gorgeous boyfriend Jack can't make her feel better. And Cat is sudenly fitting in dating around her already busy schedule when her friends concoct a Get-Cat-A-Boyfriend Plan. Will she find the boy of her dreams?

"A beautifully illustrated story about elderly cats, young cats, and helping children overcome the death of a pet, from the author of "Just Because," "Sometimes," and" Zoo Girl"Toby's cat, Jack, is the best cat ever. But Jack is getting old, and Toby will miss his furry best friend terribly when he's gone. Then Toby meets a crazy cat called Humphrey."--Provided by publisher.

In 2016, Jack Chick went home to be with the Lord at age 92. But not before he spent 16 years training David Daniels for this ministry, giving David many details and photos about Jack's life and calling. Now, for the first time ever, you can see how God took a cursing soldier, and called him to a life of service to Jesus. You will be inspired to see how God can use anyone! Learn how God changed Jack's path from syndicated cartoonist to cartoon evangelist, known the world over. The media called him a "recluse" because he would not give interviews. But they had no idea why. Here is the true story, with photos from his early life, and many completely unknown personal details. Read of the dual tragedies of his wife and daughter, and how God kept him on track. Things could have been so different, except for God's guidance. Read about: • How he studied acting at the famed Pasadena Playhouse, but overheard one conversation that turned him away from show business forever. • Jack's first meeting with his new wife's parents . . . It did not go well! • The poor decisions that cost his only daughter her life. • And much more!

В этой книге Светлана Васильевна Фурсенко продолжает знакомить школьников с увлекательным миром английской грамматики.Учебное пособие включает 12 тем. Вы узнаете о трех наклонениях глаголов, об особенностях употребления английских времен, выполняя разнообразные задания (дописывание шуток, рифмовок, заполнение пропусков в рассказах и др.). Все это поможет вам с интересом и улыбкой запомнить основные грамматические правила английского языка.

'Michael Hughes writes like a brilliant cross between David Mitchell and Hilary Mantel' Toby Litt In 1999 a programmer is trying to fix the millennium bug, but can't shake the sense he's been chosen for something. In 1888 five women are brutally murdered in the East End by a troubled young man in thrall to a mysterious master. In 1777 an apprentice engraver called William Blake has a defining spiritual experience; thirteen years later this vision returns. And in 1666 poet and revolutionary John Milton completes the epic for which he will be remembered centuries later. But where does the feeling come from that the world is about to end?

With rising crime rates and frequent terrorist attacks, the government abolishes states' rights and creates a national police force. Without the bureaucratic red tape of the now eliminated state and local law enforcement agencies, and under the iron hand of a corrupt federal police force, the crime rate drops dramatically. At first, the citizens are pleased with the changes in spite of losing some of their civil liberties. Eventually, dissention and unrest develops among the more liberal minded, but the dissenters are singled out and banished from government in an effort to stop the rebellion. Jack and Nolan Treece must now try to save what's left of American freedom. Thus begins a struggle between two factions that draws the Treece brothers deeper into the realm of THE GUARD.

From the Orange Prize-winning author of Property comes a vital and heartbreaking collection of short stories that turns an unflinching eye upon artists—driven and blocked, desired and detested, infamous and sublime—as they struggle beneath the tyranny of Art to reconcile their audience with their muse. • “A triumph”—The New Yorker A painter who owes his small success to a man he despises, discovers that his passivity has cost him the love that might have set him free. A writer of modest talents encounters the old love who once betrayed him; now she repels him, yet the unfinished novel she leaves in his hands may surpass anything he could ever produce himself. An American poet in Rome finds herself forced to choose between her lover and a world so alien it takes her voice away. A print maker, who has reached a certain age, enters so deeply into the magical world of her imagination that she can never find her way back. In captivating, luminous prose, Martin explores the trials and rewards of human relationships and creative endeavor with all the ease and insight of a writer at the top of her form.

Planning and Post-It notes are the epitome of Evie’s life. But when she meets Jack, her life gets more than a little complicated. Thirteen years ago, Evie's firefighterhusband was killed in the line of duty, leaving her to raise their young son, Cody, alone. Now, Cody is marrying the love of his life, and as he packs up his belongings, the house feels as empty as Evie's heart. But for all her planning and mad organizational skills, Evie could never have anticipated the dramatic shift her life is about to make. Tattooed, rough-around-the-edgesJack raises quite a few eyebrows in the tight-knit community of Banister Falls. Where Evie's life is stream-lined, Jack's approach to living is moment-by-moment. But as Evie gets drawn into Jack's world—a world that isn't as safe or predictable as the one she's worked so hard to create—he challenges her to open her eyes to the problems outside the walls of the church. Jack doesn't make Evie feel comfortable, but he definitely makes her feel something. Something she hasn't felt since Max passed away—or, maybe ever. Because even though Jack isn't anything like her late husband, he just might be everything she needs.