Why They Run The Way They Do

Author : Susan Perabo
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1476761450
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Why They Run the Way They Do written by Susan Perabo and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-02-16 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the celebrated author of Who I Was Supposed to Be, Susan Perabo’s collection of twelve “ingenious and lovable stories [that] crack open the world” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) and illuminate the everyday truths of people facing challenging situations…often of their own making. In Why They Run the Way They Do, critically acclaimed author Susan Perabo illustrates the triumphs and tragedies of daily life. Perfectly distilled into moments of sharp humor and poignancy, this collection features ordinary people in sometimes extraordinary circumstances. Two young students try their hand at blackmail upon learning an illicit secret; a woman grapples with feelings of betrayal after discovering her spinster sister’s pregnancy test; the ghost of a couple’s past comes back to haunt them in the form of their toddler’s stuffed toy. Weaving the banal and bizarre together, “Perabo’s clear, wry sentences meld a prose style that’s reminiscent of Raymond Carver’s with a sensibility that’s informed by People” (The New York Times). Here, this “literary talent” (The Boston Globe) captures the human condition through struggles that are quiet and grand; dark and provocative. Brilliantly crafted, Why They Run the Way They Do is ultimately an homage to the philosophy that life without humor is no life at all.

Author : Ally Carter
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0545654882
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book See How They Run (Embassy Row, Book 2) written by Ally Carter and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2015-12-22 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Digging up lost secrets is always dangerous. For the past three years, Grace Blakely has been desperate to find out the truth about her mother's murder. She thought it would bring her peace. She thought it would lead her to answers. She thought she could put the past to rest. But the truth has only made her a target. And the past? The only way to put the past to rest is for Grace to kill it once and for all. On Embassy Row, power can make you a victor or a victim; love can turn you into a fool or a fugitive; and family can lead you forward or bury you deep. Trust is a luxury. Death is a very real threat. And a girl like Grace must be very careful about which secrets she brings to light.

Author : Susan Perabo
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1476761434
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Why They Run the Way They Do written by Susan Perabo and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-02-16 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twelve "short stories celebrating the everyday truths of people facing unusual or challenging situations--often of their own making"--Amazon.com.

Author : Jonathan McKee
Publisher : Zondervan
ISBN 13 : 0310830141
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Do They Run When They See You Coming? written by Jonathan McKee and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2009-07-13 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reaching Out to Unchurched TeenagersFive facts about the unchurched:1. They believe all religions have value.2. They are spiritual, not religious.3. They don’t know what Christianity really is.4. They don’t know what they believe.5. They are looking for something that works.If you want to make an impact on this generation, these are five basic rules you must understand. Author Jonathan McKee writes that by taking the time to learn students’ unique situations you show you care about them as people, not as mission projects.Informative and full of real-life examples, Do They Run When They See You Coming? provides vital information you need to better understand students outside your youth group. Yet this book isn’t a sociological or marketing survey; the tangible guidelines and methods inside help you get into the mind of unchurched students––so you can get to know their hearts. Because, as every youth worker knows, real ministry is always about getting to the heart.

Author : James Patterson
Publisher : Vision
ISBN 13 : 9780446409315
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book See How They Run written by James Patterson and published by Vision. This book was released on 1997-05-01 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Outside New York City, the palatial home of Dr. David Strauss's parents is attacked by gunmen during a glittering party. As he watches helplessly, his wife is murdered. In Los Angeles, Strauss's brother is killed during the Academy Award ceremonies. In Manhattan, his past sweetheart, Alix Rothchild, is running for her life. Dr. David Strauss is soon obsessed with finding the explosive secret behind the murders of his family members. His dangerous odyssey takes him across Europe, and finally to the Olympics, where one of the most shattering surprises in suspense fiction will take place.

Author : Susan Perabo
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0743213246
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Who I was Supposed To Be written by Susan Perabo and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2001-04-19 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Behind every face in Who I Was Supposed to Be, Susan Perabo's incandescent, devilishly hilarious debut short story collection, there is something simmering, a singular quirk to explore, a peculiarity to celebrate. In the world of her fiction, nothing can be taken for granted, and there is no such thing as the run of the mill: here, a retired grocer takes up jewel theft in his twilight years; a data processor squanders her inheritance on a gown from Princess Diana's collection; a mugging victim, newly separated from his wife, feigns amnesia to win back her love; a teenage pyromaniac finds release in the company of her mother's jilted second husband. In the tradition of Lorrie Moore, the stories in this collection celebrate the absence of normalcy, the quirkiness of the human condition, the everyday deviance of "ordinary" people. In story after story, Perabo peels back the layers of the banal and the bizarre, revealing a world that is at once stunning and familiar, shocking yet comforting. Through her slightly off-center lens, she provides a fresh and penetrating look at human nature, giving us a glimpse of the extraordinary in the ordinary, the magic in the smallest of gestures. Her resilient characters are a testament to the undying potential for optimism that gives people a fighting chance despite the twisted, sad world around them. Written in sharp, incisive prose -- overlaid with a subtle, mischievous wit -- Who I Was Supposed to Be is an exquisite and unforgettable homage to the human capacity for laughter, love, and wonder.

Author : Lorilee Craker
Publisher : WaterBrook
ISBN 13 : 9781578564880
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book See How They Run written by Lorilee Craker and published by WaterBrook. This book was released on 2004 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Funny, practical thoughts on high energy toddlers, toys, toilet training, tantrums, food.

Author : Ally Carter
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0545654785
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book All Fall Down (Embassy Row, Book 1) written by Ally Carter and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2015-01-20 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new series of global proportions -- from master of intrigue, NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author Ally Carter. This exciting new series from NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author Ally Carter focuses on Grace, who can best be described as a daredevil, an Army brat, and a rebel. She is also the only granddaughter of perhaps the most powerful ambassador in the world, and Grace has spent every summer of her childhood running across the roofs of Embassy Row. Now, at age sixteen, she's come back to stay -- in order to solve the mystery of her mother's death. In the process, she uncovers an international conspiracy of unsettling proportions, and must choose her friends and watch her foes carefully if she and the world are to be saved.

Author : Susan E. Goodman
Publisher : Bloomsbury USA Childrens
ISBN 13 : 1599901714
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book See How They Run written by Susan E. Goodman and published by Bloomsbury USA Childrens. This book was released on 2008-05-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to the presidential election process shows how the electoral college works and how the United States got to where it is today, as well as highlighting some funny stories about the founding fathers.

Author : Vendela Vida
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062936255
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book We Run the Tides written by Vendela Vida and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2021-02-09 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER An achingly beautiful story of female friendship, betrayal, and a mysterious disappearance set in the changing landscape of San Francisco Teenage Eulabee and her magnetic best friend, Maria Fabiola, own the streets of Sea Cliff, their foggy oceanside San Francisco neighborhood. They know Sea Cliff’s homes and beaches, its hidden corners and eccentric characters—as well as the upscale all-girls’ school they attend. One day, walking to school with friends, they witness a horrible act—or do they? Eulabee and Maria Fabiola vehemently disagree on what happened, and their rupture is followed by Maria Fabiola’s sudden disappearance—a potential kidnapping that shakes the quiet community and threatens to expose unspoken truths. Suspenseful and poignant, We Run the Tides is Vendela Vida’s masterful portrait of an inimitable place on the brink of radical transformation. Pre–tech boom San Francisco finds its mirror in the changing lives of the teenage girls at the center of this story of innocence lost, the pain of too much freedom, and the struggle to find one’s authentic self. Told with a gimlet eye and great warmth, We Run the Tides is both a gripping mystery and a tribute to the wonders of youth, in all its beauty and confusion.