Everybody calls me Liar. They don't mean no harm by it, it's just a plain fact that I am the finest truth bender in all of Dixon County. And not little weeny white lies. Big fat whopper ones that make people forget the question they asked in the first place." When a new girl, Justine, moves to town, Pete Larson -- better known as Liar -- is smitten. He gets his chance to impress her after a strange spacecraft crashes in the woods. Along with the class science geek, Bobby Ray Dobbs, they discover that the crashed UFO holds an amazing key to the future. But who's going to believe a kid named Liar? Bob Schooley and Mark McCorkle (creators of the hit animated series Kim Possible) introduce a character with a fresh and distinctive voice in this very funny, pitch-perfect look at three unlikely friends who try to make a difference.
A handsome coffee-table book, Glory of Old IU is the most comprehensive book ever written about Indiana University athletics. Never-before-published details about the 100 years of IU's membership in the Big Ten Conference are captured in this one-of-a-kind book. Glory of Old IU includes vignettes about all of IU's greatest moments, including its five NCAA basketball championships. There are stories about Bob Knight, Mark Spitz, Isiah Thomas, Harry Gonso, and many others. Thousands of other names are included in the all-time letter-winners list. Glory of Old IU is must reading for anyone who is loyal to the Hoosiers.
The result of 15 years of exhaustive research, this work is the definitive statistical and factual reference for everything related to college football in the past 50 years.
In the heart of the Buckeye State, nestled amongst the corn and soy bean fields lies one of the most colorful rural communities in the United States. In Amazing Ashville, you’ll find a guide to all the weird and wonderful aspects of this Ohio community unlike any other, just waiting for you to unearth its uncounted mysteries. Read countless true tales of small town lore, like the dog who voted Republican, the rooster that paid for his own meals, the egg laid by an artistic goose, or the coin collector who was served in a soup. This rural community is the home of the first automated highway tests, the world’s largest woman, and the original Spiderman. Local author Bob Hines takes you on a fascinating tour of the community he’s proud to call home. You may not have ever experienced Ashville’s unusual traffic light that has found its way into Guinness World Records, but with Amazing Ashville to lead you, you’ll want to stop by for much longer than it takes the light to change.
Joint Operations Around Manchester and in South Yorkshire, is the latest volume in a series of books by Robert Pixton, covering the lines across the Pennines, especially those of the former Great Central. This volume looks at the joint lines that once served the area from Lancashire to Yorkshire, serving heavy industry and providing an intense passenger service in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The lines and services declined on many of the branch lines and some of the cross country lines by the 1950s, heralding there final demise in the early 1960s, as a result of the Reshaping of British Railways. Today there are still a few important corridors crossing this area of the north of England, which have become increasingly important in recent times as roads become more congested and bus services are cut back.
All the facts and figures you need to know about every ski area in North America. Detailing more than 600 ski areas, this is the most complete and detailed reference published.
Call her, beep her, if you want to reach her. . . . Ready to Rumble (Chapter Book #11): Kim can't believe that her best friend, Ron Stoppable, is making her go to the mall to see his favorite wrestlers: Pain King and Steel Toe. There are so many better things to do at the mall-like shop at Club Banana. But with the Global Wrestling Association in town, Ron gets more than he bargained for. An ancient talisman is stolen from the Middleton Museum and the thief turns out to be the GWA's promoter, who uses its magical powers to turn himself into the Jackal. And poor Ron finds himself in the ring with the glowing giant. Will Kim be ready to rumble with the Jackal and save Ron?
Kim Possible and her best friend, Ron Stoppable, find new meaning in the phrase "gone bananas" when they discover the truth about world-famous scholar Lord Monty Fiske. The nobleman's obsession with something called Monkey Kung Fu has led him to spend the family fortune on costly surgery. Now he's Lord Monkey Fist, a chimp with attitude. Can Kim and Ron stop him? Or will the whole world end up in his mutant monkey grasp?
Kim Possible can do anything. Find out all about the life of a teenage super-spy in this 48-page full-color scrapbook. You'll learn about Kim's extraordinary adventures around the globe as she thwarts evil with the help of her best friend Ron Stoppable and his pet naked mole rat, Rufus. Plus top-secret dossiers on Senor Senior, Sr.; his son Senor Senior, Jr.; and all the evil villains with plans for world domination. Also included is information about Kim's clever gadgets-her hair dryer/grappling hook, the Kimmunicator, and more!
It's humiliation nation for Kim Possible-her parents are chaperoning her school trip to a ski resort! Thank goodness, she's found a crime-stopping distraction in a nearby cave. The crazed biogeneticist DNAmy has gone splicing mad and is determined to create a life-sized army of her weird stuffed animals. It's up to Kim to save the day!
Kim Possible can't believe she's agreed to bodyguard a spoiled prince-and right in the middle of school elections! While Kim tries to run for class president, pampered Prince Wally makes her life miserable. He wants everything his way-and he wants it now! He even thinks his rapping is cool. He is so wrong. But he is in real danger. An ancient order of knights has vowed to kill him. Can Kim protect Wally? Or will a showdown at Middleton Mini Golf end her royal pain?
When the cheerleading squad's bus breaks down, a monster threatens to turn Kim and the other cheerleaders into swamp creatures. And when Kim is recruited as a secret agent, she has to rescue a one-time weapons designer from his former assistant, a rogue golfer trying to cover the world in playable grass.
Kim's been cloned! And her doubles aren't interested in saving the world. Instead, they're on a single-minded mission to destroy her. How will everyone's favorite cheerleading hero manage to win a battle against her most evenly matched opponent yet? A foe that's none other than… herself!
She can do anything-and you can help her! Masters of Mayhem (Pick a Villain Chapter Book #3): Four of the world's most creative villains are arguing about who is the baddest bad guy of all. To prove their cases, each of the villains agrees to a test. The winner will be worthy of the title "Master of Mayhem." Can you help Kim Possible and her friends save the world from these vile villains before one of them actually wins the title? It's a Kim Possible adventure where you make the choices-win or lose!
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