Profiles in Character

Profiles in Character
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Publisher : Foundation for Floridas Future
Total Pages : 284
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ISBN-10 : 0965091201
ISBN-13 : 9780965091206
Rating : 4/5 (01 Downloads)

Synopsis Profiles in Character by : Jeb Bush

Fake It Till You Break It

Fake It Till You Break It
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Publisher : Swoon Reads
Total Pages : 320
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ISBN-10 : 9781250308023
ISBN-13 : 125030802X
Rating : 4/5 (23 Downloads)

Synopsis Fake It Till You Break It by : Jenn P. Nguyen

Mia and Jake have known each other their whole lives. They’ve endured summer vacations, Sunday brunches, even dentist visits together. Their mothers, who are best friends, are convinced that Mia and Jake would be the perfect couple, even though they can’t stand to be in the same room together. After Mia’s mom turns away yet another cute boy, Mia and Jake decide they’ve had enough. Together, they hatch a plan to get their moms off their backs. Permanently. All they have to do is pretend to date and then stage the worst breakup of all time—and then they’ll be free. It’s the perfect plan - except that it turns out maybe Mia and Jake don’t hate each other as much as they once thought...

Meet Me at Midnight

Meet Me at Midnight
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Publisher : Tor Teen
Total Pages : 288
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ISBN-10 : 9781250187659
ISBN-13 : 1250187656
Rating : 4/5 (59 Downloads)

Synopsis Meet Me at Midnight by : Jessica Pennington

Teens waging a war of practical jokes declare peace when they fall for one another in this charming YA romantic comedy from Jessica Pennington. They have a love-hate relationship with summer. Sidney and Asher should have clicked. Two star swimmers forced to spend their summers on a lake together sounds like the perfect match. But it’s the same every year—in between cookouts and boat rides and family-imposed bonfires, Sidney and Asher spend the dog days of summer finding the ultimate ways to prank each other. And now, after their senior year, they’re determined to make it the most epic yet. But their plans are thrown in sudden jeopardy when their feud causes their families to be kicked out of their beloved lake houses. Once in their new accommodations, Sidney expects the prank war to continue as usual. But then she gets a note—Meet me at midnight. And Asher has a proposition for her: join forces for one last summer of epic pranks, against a shared enemy—the woman who kicked them out. Their truce should make things simpler, but six years of tormenting one another isn’t so easy to ignore. Kind of like the undeniable attraction growing between them. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Life Stories

Life Stories
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Publisher : Modern Library
Total Pages : 626
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ISBN-10 : 9780375757518
ISBN-13 : 0375757511
Rating : 4/5 (18 Downloads)

Synopsis Life Stories by : David Remnick

One of art's purest challenges is to translate a human being into words. The New Yorker has met this challenge more successfully and more originally than any other modern American journal. It has indelibly shaped the genre known as the Profile. Starting with light-fantastic evocations of glamorous and idiosyncratic figures of the twenties and thirties, such as Henry Luce and Isadora Duncan, and continuing to the present, with complex pictures of such contemporaries as Mikhail Baryshnikov and Richard Pryor, this collection of New Yorker Profiles presents readers with a portrait gallery of some of the most prominent figures of the twentieth century. These Profiles are literary-journalistic investigations into character and accomplishment, motive and madness, beauty and ugliness, and are unrivalled in their range, their variety of style, and their embrace of humanity. Including these twenty-eight profiles: “Mr. Hunter’s Grave” by Joseph Mitchell “Secrets of the Magus” by Mark Singer “Isadora” by Janet Flanner “The Soloist” by Joan Acocella “Time . . . Fortune . . . Life . . . Luce” by Walcott Gibbs “Nobody Better, Better Than Nobody” by Ian Frazier “The Mountains of Pi” by Richard Preston “Covering the Cops” by Calvin Trillin “Travels in Georgia” by John McPhee “The Man Who Walks on Air” by Calvin Tomkins “A House on Gramercy Park” by Geoffrey Hellman “How Do You Like It Now, Gentlemen?” by Lillian Ross “The Education of a Prince” by Alva Johnston “White Like Me” by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. “Wunderkind” by A. J. Liebling “Fifteen Years of The Salto Mortale” by Kenneth Tynan “The Duke in His Domain” by Truman Capote “A Pryor Love” by Hilton Als “Gone for Good” by Roger Angell “Lady with a Pencil” by Nancy Franklin “Dealing with Roseanne” by John Lahr “The Coolhunt” by Malcolm Gladwell “Man Goes to See a Doctor” by Adam Gopnik “Show Dog” by Susan Orlean “Forty-One False Starts” by Janet Malcolm “The Redemption” by Nicholas Lemann “Gore Without a Script” by Nicholas Lemann “Delta Nights” by Bill Buford

The Invention of Sophie Carter

The Invention of Sophie Carter
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Publisher : Swoon Reads
Total Pages : 210
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ISBN-10 : 9781250236289
ISBN-13 : 1250236282
Rating : 4/5 (89 Downloads)

Synopsis The Invention of Sophie Carter by : Samantha Hastings

With all sorts of delightful Parent Trap-style identical twin hijinks, The Invention of Sophie Carter is the perfect light-and-sweet palate cleanser. 1851. Bounced from one home to another their whole lives, orphaned identical twins Sophie and Mariah Carter have always relied on each other for love and support, even though the sisters couldn't be more different. Brash Sophie wants to be an inventor, and demure Mariah wants to be an artist. Both long to visit London for the summer—Sophie to see the Queen’s Great Exhibition and Mariah to study the world’s finest collection of paintings. But when their cantankerous aunt answers their letter pleading for a place to stay, she insists she only has time and room to spare for one of them. So, Mariah and Sophie hatch a clever scheme: They will travel to London together and take turns playing the part of "Sophie". At first the plan runs like clockwork. But as the girls avoid getting caught by increasingly narrow margins and two handsome gentlemen—both of whom think they’re falling in love with the real Sophie Carter—enter the equation, the sisters find they don’t have the situation quite as under control as they thought.

Vengeance Road

Vengeance Road
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Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages : 341
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ISBN-10 : 9780544466388
ISBN-13 : 0544466381
Rating : 4/5 (88 Downloads)

Synopsis Vengeance Road by : Erin Bowman

When her father is murdered for a journal revealing the location of a hidden gold mine, eighteen-year-old Kate Thompson disguises herself as a boy and takes to the gritty plains looking for answers -- and justice. What she finds are untrustworthy strangers, endless dust and heat, and a surprising band of allies, among them a young Apache girl and a pair of stubborn brothers who refuse to quit riding in her shadow. But as Kate gets closer to the secrets about her family, a startling truth becomes clear: some men will stop at nothing to get their hands on gold, and Kate's quest for revenge may prove fatal.

Profiles from History Volume 1

Profiles from History Volume 1
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Publisher : Geography Matters
Total Pages : 208
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ISBN-10 : 9781931397575
ISBN-13 : 1931397570
Rating : 4/5 (75 Downloads)

Synopsis Profiles from History Volume 1 by : Ashley M. Wiggers

Profiles from History takes a fresh look a familiar faces. Along with beautiful illustrations and fascinating stories, this book encourages children to think about the motivations of twenty historical figures. Activities and discussion questions help students recognize the effect these individuals have had on history. The profiles include: Marco Polo Johannes Gutenberg William Bradford Squanto Galileo Christopher Columbus John Smith Leonardo da Vinci Pochahontas William Shakespeare Michelangelo James Cook George Frideric Handel Benjamin Franklin Meriwether Lewis William Clark Thomas Jefferson Sacagawea Mozart Zebulon Pike Francois Millet Jesse Applegate Did you know... Benjamin Franklin had such an impact that nearly 20,000 people attended his funeral? Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press to make the written word available to all, not just the wealthy? Pocahontas bravely risked her life on more than one occasion to save others? Francois Millet was one of the first to paint common people with honor and dignity? Jesse Applegate blazed a safer trail out west so that others would never have to experience his pain? Profiles include a variety of fun activities such as crossword puzzles, word scrambles and sequencing. Timeline figures add depth and perspective. Make learning personal and memorable with Profiles from History."

It's Kind of a Cheesy Love Story

It's Kind of a Cheesy Love Story
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Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Total Pages : 256
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ISBN-10 : 9780374306229
ISBN-13 : 0374306222
Rating : 4/5 (29 Downloads)

Synopsis It's Kind of a Cheesy Love Story by : Lauren Morrill

A delicious love story with all the toppings, Lauren Morrill's It's Kind of a Cheesy Love Story is a contemporary YA rom-com about love, friendship, and pizza, perfect for fans of Becky Albertalli and Jenny Han. After her mother gave birth to her in the bathroom of a local pizzeria, Beck has been given the dubious privilege of having minor fame, free pizza for life, and a guaranteed job when she turns sixteen—a job she unfortunately can’t afford to turn down. Now she's stuck with her geeky co-workers instead of taking Instagram-ready shots with her best friends (and her epic crush). But maybe the pizza people aren't all bad. Maybe that pizza delivery guy is kind of cute. And maybe there's a way to make this Bathroom Baby thing work for her. Because when disaster strikes the beloved pizza place that's started to feel like home, she's going to need a miracle—one that might even mean bringing her two worlds together.

Mr. Personality

Mr. Personality
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Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages : 436
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ISBN-10 : 0618197265
ISBN-13 : 9780618197262
Rating : 4/5 (65 Downloads)

Synopsis Mr. Personality by : Mark Singer

A superb collection, Mr. Personality brings together the best of Mark Singer’s profiles and “Talk of the Town” pieces from The New Yorker (1977–1989). In these thirty-three witty and offbeat pieces, Singer presents a slice of New York and its citizens in a way that only he can. From prolific filmmaker Errol Morris and a family of superintendents to one of the last great zipper-fixers, a court buff in Brooklyn, and Mr. Personality himself, these remarkable portraits offer something for every reader.

Inu Yasha Profiles

Inu Yasha Profiles
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Publisher : Paw Prints
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 144206384X
ISBN-13 : 9781442063846
Rating : 4/5 (4X Downloads)

Synopsis Inu Yasha Profiles by : Rumiko Takahashi

A guide to the manga series and related television programs profiles the characters, provides background on the mystical jewel at the center of the tale, lists battles, presents a portrait of the author, and offers other details.