Starry Night Free Chapter Sampler

Author : Isabel Gillies
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
ISBN 13 : 1466875674
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Starry Night, Free Chapter Sampler written by Isabel Gillies and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR). This book was released on 2014-07-08 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Download the first eleven chapters of Starry Night, a sweeping love story about the wonders of first love, first heartbreak, and everything in between from New York Times-bestselling memorist Isabel Gillies. Sometimes one night can change everything. On this particular night, Wren and her three best friends are attending a black-tie party at the Metropolitan Museum of Art to celebrate the opening of a major exhibit curated by her father. An enormous wind blasts through the city, making everyone feel that something unexpected and perhaps wonderful will happen. And for Wren, that something wonderful is Nolan. With his root-beer-brown Michelangelo eyes, Nolan changes the way Wren's heart beats. Suddenly everything is different. Nothing makes sense except for this boy. What happens to your life when everything changes, even your heart? How much do you give up? How much do you keep?

Author : Grace Lin
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 0316215538
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Starry River of the Sky written by Grace Lin and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2012-10-02 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From bestselling author Grace Lin comes the companion to the Newbery Honor winner Where the Mountain Meets the Moon and the National Book Award finalist When the Sea Turned to Silver. The moon is missing from the remote Village of Clear Sky, but only a young boy named Rendi seems to notice! Rendi has run away from home and is now working as a chore boy at the village inn. He can't help but notice the village's peculiar inhabitants and their problems. But one day, a mysterious lady arrives at the Inn with the gift of storytelling, and slowly transforms the villagers and Rendi himself. As she tells more stories and the days pass in the Village of Clear Sky, Rendi begins to realize that perhaps it is his own story that holds the answers to all those questions. Newbery Honor author Grace Lin brings readers another enthralling fantasy featuring her marvelous full-color illustrations. Starry River of the Sky is filled with Chinese folklore, fascinating characters, and exciting new adventures.

Author : Daisy Whitney
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1619634368
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Starry Nights written by Daisy Whitney and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2014-09-16 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Star-crossed lovers solve an art-heist mystery in this atmospheric fantasy from the acclaimed author of "The Mockingbirds."

Author : Thomas Arny
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780073125732
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Explorations written by Thomas Arny and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Debbie Macomber
Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 0345528905
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Starry Night written by Debbie Macomber and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2014-10-14 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Macomber hits the sweet spot with this tender tale of impractical love. . . . A delicious Christmas miracle well worth waiting for.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) Carrie Slayton, a big-city society-page columnist, longs to write more serious news stories. So her editor hands her a challenge: She can cover any topic she wants, but only if she first scores the paper an interview with Finn Dalton, the notoriously reclusive author. Living in the remote Alaskan wilderness, Finn has written a megabestselling memoir about surviving in the wild. But he stubbornly declines to speak to anyone in the press, and no one even knows exactly where he lives. Digging deep into Finn’s past, Carrie develops a theory on his whereabouts. It is the holidays, but her career is at stake, so she forsakes her family celebrations and flies out to snowy Alaska. When she finally finds Finn, she discovers a man both more charismatic and more stubborn than she even expected. And soon she is torn between pursuing the story of a lifetime and following her heart. Filled with all the comforts and joys of Christmastime, Starry Night is a delightful novel of finding happiness in the most surprising places. Don’t miss Debbie Macomber’s short story “Lost and Found in Cedar Cove” in the back of the book.

Author : Roger Freedman
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1429240164
Total Pages : 859 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Universe: The Solar System written by Roger Freedman and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2010-01-06 with total page 859 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Universe. When it comes to staying current with latest discoveries, clearing away common misconceptions, and harnessing the power of media in the service of students and instructors, no other full-length introduction to astronomy can match it. Now the textbook that has evolved discovery by discovery with the science of astronomy and education technology for over two decades returns in spectacular new edition, thoroughly updated and offering unprecedented media options. Available in Split Volumes Universe: Stars and Galaxies, Fourth Edition, 1-4292-4015-6 Universe: The Solar System, Fourth Edition, 1-4292-4016-4

Author : Patrizia Caraveo
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030850641
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Saving the Starry Night written by Patrizia Caraveo and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-11-13 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book takes a close look at our relationship with the sky, the stars, light and darkness. In particular, it examines how light pollution has interfered with the culture of astronomy and our ability to appreciate this essential facet of our natural world. The sky has always held significance for humanity, in both cultural and scientific terms. And yet we persistently pollute it with (sometimes unnecessary) light in our obsessive desire to chase away the darkness. This effectively switches off the stars, hampering our ability to enjoy one of the most inspiring sights nature has to offer to humankind. In addition, too much light is hazardous to both our health and that of the fauna and flora of this planet. This book also features a comprehensive look at the current controversy regarding efforts to expand internet access through the launch into low Earth orbits of thousands of new satellites, which will pollute the night with moving lights while filling to saturation the capability of the circumterrestrial space. This conflict does not mean that the interests of astronomy and those of space technology have to be at odds, and potential compromises are explored between the satellite initiative and the desire to maintain a dark, radio silent sky.

Author : Stephen P. Reyna
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 1785332457
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Starry Nights written by Stephen P. Reyna and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2017-04-01 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Starry Nights: Critical Structural Realism in Anthropology offers nothing less than a reinventing of the discipline of anthropology. In these six essays – four published here for the first time – Stephen Reyna critiques the postmodern tenets of anthropology, while devising a new strategy for conducting research. Combative and clear, Starry Nights provides an important critique of mainstream anthropology as represented by Geertz and the postmodern legacy, and envisions a mode of anthropological research that addresses social, cultural and biological questions with techniques that are theoretically rigorous and practically useful.

Author : Jason Brant
Publisher : Jason Brant
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gehenna (West of Hell #1) (FREE) written by Jason Brant and published by Jason Brant. This book was released on 2014-08-13 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat." - Leviticus 26:29 When two cannibalistic, gravely-wounded men stagger into the town of Gehenna all Hell breaks loose. Infamous outlaw Mad Dog McCall, stuck in the city jail, must fight for his life to escape. The lonely, intelligent, and snarky Karen must make horrific sacrifices to survive the night against the growing army of the dead. Together they set upon a journey of biblical proportions, fighting against the living and the infected, hoping against hope to find a safe haven in the middle of Hell. The Old West can't fathom the zombie hoard that is about to consume it. Keywords: free ebook, horror, zombies, cowboys, old west, wild west, living dead, walking dead, freebie, free, post apocalyptic

Author : Isabel Gillies
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439148570
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Happens Every Day written by Isabel Gillies and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009-03-24 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Isabel Gillies had a wonderful life -- a handsome, intelligent, loving husband; two glorious toddlers; a beautiful house; the time and place to express all her ebullience and affection and optimism. Suddenly, that life was over. Her husband, Josiah, announced that he was leaving her and their two young sons. When Josiah took a teaching job at a Midwestern college, Isabel and their sons moved with him from New York City to Ohio, where Isabel taught acting, threw herself into the college community, and delighted in the less-scheduled lives of toddlers raised away from the city. But within a few months, the marriage was over. The life Isabel had made crumbled. "Happens every day," said a friend. Far from a self-pitying diatribe, Happens Every Day reads like an intimate conversation between friends. Gillies has written a dizzyingly candid, compulsively readable, ultimately redemptive story about love, marriage, family, heartbreak, and the unexpected turns of a life. On the one hand, reading this book is like watching a train wreck. On the other hand, as Gillies herself says, it is about trying to light a candle instead of cursing the darkness, and loving your life even if it has slipped away. Hers is a remarkable new voice -- instinctive, funny, and irresistible.