Catalog Search Results
Author
Description
Yeva Skalietska’s story begins on her twelfth birthday in Kharkiv, where she has been living with her grandmother since she was a baby. Ten days later, the only life she’d ever known was shattered. On February 24, 2022, her city was suddenly under attack as Russia launched its horrifying invasion of Ukraine. Yeva and her grandmother took shelter in a basement bunker, where she began writing this diary. She describes the bombings she endured while...
2) No brainer
Author
Description
"In No Brainer, book 18 of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series from #1 international bestselling author Jeff Kinney, it's up to Greg to save his crumbling school before it s shuttered for good. Up until now, middle school hasn't exactly been a joyride for Greg Heffley. So when the town threatens to close the crumbling building, he's not too broken up about it. But when Greg realizes this means he's going to be sent to a different school than his best...
3) Strider
Author
Description
In a series of diary entries, Leigh tells how he comes to terms with his parents' divorce, acquires joint custody of an abandoned dog, and joins the track team at school.
Author
Formats
Description
"When Douglas Adams died in 2001, he left behind 60 boxes full of notebooks, letters, scripts, jokes, speeches and even poems. In 42, compiled by Douglas's long-time collaborator Kevin Jon Davies, hundreds of these personal artefacts appear in print for the very first time. Douglas was as much a thinker as he was a writer, and his artefacts reveal how his deep fascination with technology led to ideas which were far ahead of their time: a convention...
Author
Description
Zoë Heller's first novel introduces an unforgettable curmudgeon, Willy Muller, an embittered journalist turned celebrity biographer and misanthrope. At the age of fifty, having survived imprisonment for murdering his wife, years of venomous hate mail from the public, and most recently, the suicide of his daughter, Sadie, Willy is about to become an unlikely candidate for redemption. With its scalpel-sharp wit and brilliant dialogue, Everything You...
11) The Men Within
Author
Description
The Men Within is a collection of intimate thoughts, prayers, and letters that represent the struggles of the man, the good man, and the godly man that dwell within me and a sharing of insight into how they transition from one to another.
I believe that we all have had situations when we have struggled between doing what is right or wrong, being generous or selfish, demonstrating initiative or procrastination, being caring or obtuse, and being...
Author
Description
Viajes por Filipinas es un libro de Juan Álvarez Guerra escrito en 1871 por encargo del gobernador general de Filipinas, Rafael Izquierdo. Esta obra contiene datos relevantes de carácter etnográfico, geográfico, histórico y político.
Juan Álvarez Guerra escribió tres libros de viajes sobre las islas. El primero lo tituló Un viaje por Oriente. De Manila a Marianas, publicado en Madrid en 1872 y reeditado en 1883 y 1887. Lo dedicó al general...
Author
Description
Las críticas que aparecen en Postcapital. Crítica del futuro, fueron publicadas por Iván de la Nuez durante unos seis años y recorren el tránsito entre el siglo XX y el siglo XXI. Aparecidas en el suplemento libros de El Periódico de Catalunya, interrogan las diferentes alternativas del pensamiento contemporáneo y se desplazan desde el impacto causado por el derribo del muro de Berlín hasta el cambio suscitado por el atentado a las Torres...
Author
Description
Der Autor Adax Dörsam ist Profigitarrist und seit Jahren auf den Weltmeeren unterwegs.
Auf der MS Artania erlebte er vom Fr, 13. März bis zur Evakuierung am So, 29. März eine ungeahnte Odyssee ...
"Mann o Mann – Du hast ein Stück Zeitgeschichte nicht nur überlebt, Du hast es unbeschadet überstanden. Keiner von uns hätte das vor 3 Wochen geahnt. Für Künstler, Musiker, Schauspieler und Autoren eine knallharte Zeit!
Liebe Grüße und bleib...
Author
Description
A deeply personal, behind-the-scenes exploration of Alex Miller's six-decade writing life.
A Kind of Confession is a secret look into Alex Miller's writing life, spanning sixty years of creativity and inspiration. As a young man in 1961 Miller left his work as a ringer in Queensland and set out to achieve his dream of becoming a serious novelist. It was not until 1988 that his first novel, Watching the Climbers on the Mountain, was published. Twelve...
Author
Description
Get the Summary of David Sedaris's A Carnival of Snackery in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "A Carnival of Snackery" by David Sedaris is a compilation of diary entries that provide a window into the author's life, filled with humor, cultural observations, and personal reflections. Sedaris recounts dining with friends in London, witnessing a racial exchange on a bus, and experiencing anti-war sentiments in Paris....
Author
Description
El Diario de a bordo de Cristóbal Colón-transcrito por Bartolomé de las Casas-nos descubre a un personaje fascinante y contradictorio, que pasa del entusiasmo a la desconfianza o a las especulaciones geográficas más aventuradas (la confusión, por ejemplo, de Cuba por Cipango, el nombre que los europeos daban a Japón durante el Medioevo).
Sin embargo, aunque en su persona se mezclen la maravilla ante el mundo desconocido, el piadoso deseo de...
Author
Description
Viajes y descripciones es un relato breve que transcurre a bordo de un velero y narra las peripecias de un viaje de regreso a Argentina desde Europa, pasando por Francia, España y Cuba.
Juan Bautista Alberdi pocas veces se entrega en sus viajes. Los describe con palabras apasionadas, pero sin que la pasión eclipse la reflexión del pensador.
De tal forma, en estos viajes se reflejan los dos aspectos de la personalidad de Alberdi: la del literato...
Author
Description
Schwere seelische oder körperliche Misshandlungen von Kindern durch deren eigene Eltern sind ein Phänomen, das in den Medien nur selten thematisiert wird. Meist gelangen allenfalls Fälle mit Todesfolge an das Licht der Öffentlichkeit. Noch weniger Aufmerksamkeit wird dem Schicksal der ehemaligen Opfer zuteil. Welches Leben führen die Überlebenden als Erwachsene? Welche Auswirkungen haben die erlittenen Traumata auf ihren Alltag, auf das Verhältnis...
Author
Description
"Dear Dumb Diary, just when I was pretty sure we could let the Student Awareness Committee quietly die a dignified death like some majestic old elephant or the Square Dancing Club, Angeline has to be aware of something. Great. And, of course, it couldn't be something interesting like nail polish or why maybe there should be a special class in nail polish and how to get it out of your beagle's ear. (Mom, if you're reading this, I'm not admitting anything....
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service. Submit Request