A contemporary American classic—a poignant and hilarious tale of baseball, hero worship, eccentric behavior, and unlikely friendship Last Days of Summer is the story of Joey Margolis, neighborhood punching bag, growing up goofy and mostly fatherless in Brooklyn in the early 1940s. A boy looking for a hero, Joey decides to latch on to Charlie Banks, the all-star third basemen for the New York Giants. But Joey's chosen champion doesn't exactly welcome the extreme attention of a persistent young fan with an overactive imagination. Then again, this strange, needy kid might be exactly what Banks needs.

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His chestnuts will be roasting... With just 24 hours to hang out with his dad, Becker Bell is determined to get home for Christmas. Things aren't looking promising. Multiple delays are making it harder than necessary to get where he needs to be, leaving him frustrated and even worse... bored. That is, until a scattered redhead is knocked right off her feet in front of him. Sloan Webster just wants to be with her family for the holidays. However, between security mishaps and several hours' worth of delays, it seems the universe is against her. But when an unexpected good Samaritan offers his assistance, things begin looking up. Maybe there's time for a Christmas miracle after all...

Star quarterback Bobby Framingham, one of the most talented high school football players in California, knows he's different from his teammates. They're like brothers, but they don't know one essential thing: Bobby is gay. Can he still be one of the guys and be honest about who he is? When he's outed against his will by a student reporter, Bobby must find a way to earn back his teammates' trust and accept that his path to success might be more public, and more difficult, than he'd hoped. An affecting novel about identity that also delivers great sportswriting.

Woe to all should the abominations breathe the sweet air of the world again. Sweat beaded Casca's brow and a feeling of dread enveloped him as he read the seer's words.The soul eaters were returning, and there were none to stand against them but a seemingly mismatched band of four. Casca knew they would need all the help they could get to save the world from plunging into a new age of darkness.Woe to all should the abominations breathe the sweet air of the world again. Sweat beaded Casca's brow and a feeling of dread enveloped him as he read the seer's words.The soul eaters were returning, and there were none to stand against them but one very frightened tavern owner and a small band of warriors. The abominations and their demonic servants were gathering at the edge of the portal. Casca knew days of blood, chaos and black sorcery beckoned, but even he was unprepared for the true depth of horror awaiting them. They would need all the help they could get to keep their very souls, let alone save the world from plunging into a new age of darkness.

A simple youth takes a stand for animals and gays. Note: Jon began writing the novelization of this tale in December, 2012 and is 70,000 words into the project, i.e., 85 - 90% through a first draft, as of October 5, 2013.In this short story by the author of The Mighty Roman, a simple high school student takes a stand for animals and gays. Note: Jon began writing the novelization of this tale in December, 2012 and is 70,000 words into the project, i.e., 85 - 90% through a first draft, as of October 5, 2013.

Britain's top spy is sent on a desperate mission to steal top secret nuclear information about North Korea's weapons programme, which is being developed with the help of Chinese experts. The American CIA is not far behind themBritish and American intelligence agencies discover that the Chinese are carrying out secret research with the North Koreans to develop new nuclear weapons. A daring and dangerous operation to capture the details is carefully planned by MI6 and eventually put into action with the help of the SAS when a disillusioned atomic research physicist refuses to defect. But the plans unravel, and a top British agent finds himself on his own in a hostile country, and in a desperate race against time. He eventually manages to secure the information from the North Korean scientist before he dies of cancer and before the American CIA can get their hands on it, only to find that his escape route has totally collapsed. His only option appears to be for him to escape across China, with their nuclear secrets in his back pocket, to find the only possible source of help left to him. He evades detection, capture and attempts on his life before finally reaching home, where tragedy eventually catches up with him in a moving and unexpected twist at the end of an intriguing spy thriller.

"Solstad doesn't write to please other people. Do exactly what you want, that's my idea...the drama exists in his voice" (Lydia Davis) T Singer begins with thirty-four-year-old Singer graduating from library school and traveling by train from Oslo to the small town of Notodden, located in the mountainous Telemark region of Norway. There he plans to begin a deliberately anonymous life as a librarian. But Singer unexpectedly falls in love with the ceramicist Merete Saethre, who has a young daughter from a previous relationship. After a few years together, the couple is on the verge of separating, when a car accident prompts a dramatic change in Singer's life.The narrator of the novel specifically states that this is not a happy story, yet, as in all of Dag Solstad's works, the prose is marked by an unforgettable combination of humor and darkness. Overall, T Singer marks a departure more explicitly existential than any of Solstad's previous works.

They would learn what caused the murderous disease—if it was the last thing they did!

9 works of Dillon WallaceAmerican lawyer, outdoorsman, author of non-fiction, fiction and magazine articles (1863-1939)This ebook presents a collection of 9 works of Dillon Wallace. A dynamic table of contents allows you to jump directly to the work selected.Table of Contents:- Bobby of the Labrador- Grit A-Plenty- The Gaunt Gray Wolf - A Tale of Adventure With Ungava Bob- The Long Labrador Trail- The Lure of the Labrador Wild- The Story of Grenfell of the Labrador - A Boy\'s Life of Wilfred T. Grenfell- The Wilderness Castaways- Troop One of the Labrador- Ungava Bob - A Winter\'s Tale

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On the second story of a low-rent apartment complex, two women are found murdered, the scene awash with blood. One, a young nun from the local school, seems to have had the misfortune of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. The other, a local celebrity for all the wrong reasons, someone that was recently ousted from public office and is trying desperately to claw her way back into the spotlight.  Called in to investigate are two people that could not be more different, in their approach or in the organizations they represent. To one side is Detective Reed Mattox and his K-9 partner Billie, a duo that call the place where the crime took place home and are fast building a reputation for tackling the toughest cases in the city. Opposite them, Sydney Rye and her own canine sidekick Blue, a duo representing a government agency that few have heard about, their style one that operates free from the sphere of public opinion.  The only thing they do have in common? A deep-rooted desire to see justice served, no matter what form it eventually takes…  **