Oh no! Lovable Amos is heartbroken that his tick bird Amoeba has found a new, fun friend. Even worse, Amoeba’s new friend isn’t even real! Amoeba actually prefers her imaginary friend to her real-life hippopotamus one. Ready to swim any river necessary to regain Amoeba’s affections, Amos sets off on a big adventure—a road trip to the Serengeti— just to prove he’s Mr. Fun. But like most vacations, things don’t always go as planned. Crocodile traffic jams, strange local beasts, and unmarked forks in the river all spell potential doom for Mr. Fun. But leave it to our befuddled hero’s own imagination to turn this disaster-in-the-making into an adventure Amoeba will never forget. As laugh-out-loud funny as the original, Birdbrain Amos, Mr. Fun is a trip kids will want to revisit over and over again.
An eerie encounter with a ghost girl promises an unusual summer for four friends. The ghost needs the girls' help-the town is about to cut down the historic, but dying, tree she has haunted since her death in a fall seventy years before. The girls dream up a plan to save the tree: they'll have a sockathon-a wacky fundraiser involving a chain of socks. But how can collecting socks raise enough money in time?nbsp; And what does the mysterious spirit of Eliza Baker really want? Told in four different voices, the novel gracefully weaves together the perspectives of the plucky girls in a funny and touching middle-grade story about friendship and giving to the community.
As a workplace learning professional, what do you need to be able to do to keep up with a fast-changing industry and move ahead? You'll find all the answers in a single source - Learning at Work, the third edition of Training for Organizations, first published in 1996.
Instead of scooping a classmate who works on the school newspaper, Bennet and his friend Pete end up working with Elizabeth to find out who is responsible for putting a pumpkin on top of the town hall flagpole.
The snow in a Montreal winter covers a multitude of sins ... In the icy depths of a Quebec winter, a harmless old Polish man dies in mysterious circumstances. His suspicious niece draws in Montreal investigative journalist, Frank Delaney, to help her find the truth behind the death, a story the authorities seem to want covered up. The search for answers sweeps them into a dangerous web involving Canadian, Polish and Vatican agents who will use any means, even murder, to stop them. The catalyst for this international intrigue is the true story of Polish national art treasures secretly shipped to Canada to be hidden from the Nazis in the opening days of World War Two. This classic thriller combines fascinating history, deft storytelling and psychological depth. The Mazovia Legacy was shortlisted for the Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Crime Novel, 2004.
Not every victim is found to be innocent ... Frank Delaney, investigative journalist and sometime spy, is on assignment in Phuket, Thailand, in the aftermath of the tsunami that killed thousands of people, foreigners and locals alike. Disaster victim identification teams from police forces across the globe have descended on this idyllic holiday location to carry out their gruesome work. Delaney discovers that, against all logic, someone is trying to prevent identification of one of the bodies lying in makeshift beachside morgues. His search for the reason follows a trail through Thailand's seedy child sex trade to an elaborate cover-up in Germany and France, where those with everything to lose use increasingly desperate measures to stop him dead. The Tsunami File was shortlisted for the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Crime Novel, 2008.
Letters From Grandpa Mike: Who Loves Ya Baby Hailley?, is a remarkably compelling collection of letters, written by the author, to a future granddaughter. The letters' topics are wide ranging, and embody the deepest emotions and the wild humor of the author, as he considers his role as a grandfather (and not for the first time, either), as well as the family and worldly knowledge that he can pass along. This book is essentially the second in a series, following the first one, titled Letters From Grandpa Mike: Who Loves Ya Baby Spencer?. That first book was inspired by the author's interest in coming to grips with what it means to be a grandfather. Yet that spirit has been transformed into something larger: a strong desire to pass along to his entire family his innermost beliefs and memories, and how they fit into the context of the world awaiting Baby Hailley. Using a clever technique, he allows the reader to imagine what the unborn child is saying in response to the author's statements. The book concludes with a moving letter written to a grandchild who was sadly lost in early pregnancy, and who would have been an older sibling to Hailley. The collection also contains a letter written to the author and his wife, from their son, Hailley's father. With a flair for lively writing, John Michael Finkner describes some of the many foibles of himself, his family members, and the world at large -- a fascinating world into which Baby Hailley will one day be born, not knowing that she already has a book waiting forher. It is a book that she will no doubt delight in reading when she reaches the stage of literacy. Readers everywhere have an advantage, in that they can enjoy the author's stories and thoughts now.
A thorough reference for interpreting and applying Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). Offers complete explanations of rules, terminology, concepts and sources of GAAP. Cross-referenced to the Financial Accounting Standards Board's (FASB) Current Text. Contains practical solutions to difficult accounting problems. Summary charts and diagrams illustrate the relationship between regulation and application.
For the proud, independent, family-oriented, black man living in the south during the height of the Civil Rights Movement, working long hours everyday and raising a family seems hard enough. But when you factor in the mindless threats, the acts of torture and the horrific lynchings committed by the Ku Klux Klan, a man's life becomes much more difficult. Louis "Gran" Jordan has been pushed beyond the brink of tolerance. As he fights for the honor of his family, he is ultimately shot and left for dead by two Klansmen. Gran takes a stand and achieves what all of black America strives for- respect. Even though he realizes the magnitude of the consequences that he may face for standing up for what he so strongly believes in, Gran doesn't hesitate one second when the time comes to do what he feels is right.
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