Given one last chance at redemption, Father Time, the inventor of the world's first clock, must teach two earthly people the true meaning of time--a journey that leads him to a teenage girl who is about to give up on life and a wealthy businessman who wants to live forever.
Inside, Bill sheds light on his bizarre origins, his sinister effects on human history, the Pines familys most embarrassing secrets, and the key to overthrowing the world (laid out in a handy step-by-step guide). This chaotic and beautifully illustrated tome contains baffling riddles, uncrackable ciphers, lost Beware: This book travels to dimensions meant for older readers.
Devoted to her husband, Gerry, Holly has always depended on him to keep her going and is lost when she loses him to brain cancer, until a package arrives containing ten envelopes filled with practical and impractical advice for carrying on her life.
SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK MEETS BEFORE I FALL IN THIS NEW YORK TIMES BEST-SELLING NOVEL ABOUT UNDERSTANDING AND ACCEPTING YOUR UNIQUE SELF, NOW AVAILABLE IN PAPERBACK. IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND, YOU WOULDN'T BE SMILING. SAMANTHA MCALLISTER LOOKS JUST LIKE THE REST OF THE POPULAR GIRLS IN HER JUNIOR CLASS. BUT HIDDEN BENEATH THE STRAIGHTENED HAIR AND EXPERTLY APPLIED MAKEUP IS A SECRET THAT HER FRIENDS WOULD NEVER UNDERSTAND: SAM HAS PURELY-OBSESSIONAL OCD AND IS CONSUMED BY A STREAM OF DARK THOUGHTS AND WORRIES THAT SHE CAN'T TURN OFF.
Killed in a tragic accident, Eddie, an elderly man who believes that he had an uninspired life, awakens in the afterlife, where he discovers that heaven consists of having five people explain the meaning of one's life.
In a memoir of growing up with a single mother, the author describes how he received valuable life lessons and friendship from an assortment of characters at the neighborhood bar, who provided him with a kind of fatherhood by committee.
NYPD detective Nikki Heat must deal with the continual presence of magazine journalist Jameson Rook as she works to solve the murder of a real estate magnate.
Uniting with Jason, Piper and Leo after the dangerous quest in The Son of Neptune , Percy, Hazel and Frank wonder who will be chosen to fulfill the Prophecy of Seven, completing their group's number, and sail with them to an ancient land to find the mysterious Doors of Death.
A latest adventure starring the intrepid mismatched duo finds the irrepressible Piggie announcing that he has changed identities and turned into a frog, a game that the reserved Gerald has difficulty accepting. By the Caldecott Honor-winning creator of Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! 125,000 first printing.
A;romance author;takes;a trip to her childhood beach home,;but;her;summer is;upended by the startling return of a deceased childhood friend, newfound love, and;. . .;sea monsters?
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As a lonely ten-year-old resident of Pearl Island, Jenni Farrow;befriends;Timmy Caruso;and together they;enjoy a glorious summer of;swimming, fireworks,;and;carnival rides. (Not;to mention;rescuing a;strange sea creature;from;a tidepool). Then,;one late;summer day,;Timmy disappears.
Thirty years later, Jenni--now Jenn;Lanaro, bestselling author of the Philipia Bay action-romance series--is desperate;to escape the;fatigue of;her career;and;her soon-to-be-ex-husband.;With her;Pokémon-obsessed children in tow,;Jenn;rents;a summer house on Pearl Island.;But shortly after she;arrives,;a boy emerges;from the nighttime sea. His name, he says, is Timmy Caruso. He's ten years old. And he's on a mission to save the world.;
In the days;that follow, Jenn grapples;with work deadlines, her own spirited children,;the mysterious boy-from-the-sea, and her burgeoning interest in;a;very sexy;contractor. But when;alarming events unfold along the coast--shark attacks, tidal waves, a proliferation of sugar-addicted;sea creatures, and a terror out in the deeper water--she wonders if just maybe the young boy knows what he's doing after all?
Elizabeth's life is in turmoil, thanks to the personal problems of her sister, Saoirse, complications that include Saoirse's six-year-old son, Luke, a quiet and contemplative child whose world is transformed by the arrival of a new friend, Ivan.
In 1914, with World War I approaching, polar explorer Seamus Finnegan tries to forget Willa, a passionate mountain climber, as he marries a beautiful young woman back home in England.
