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The Bremen-Town Musicians
by Ruth Belov GrossOn their way to Bremen-town, a donkey, a cat a rooster, and a dog, all planning on a new career in music, serenade some robbers.
A Tiger Walks
by Ian NiallYosef and Ram Sing stop in a small Welsh village, get a little drunk and release a tiger.
Jelly's Circus
by Dean HughesA person with a million ideas, most of which don't work out, Jelly's latest is to have a circus-- only his friends have problems learning their roles.
Bring On the Empty Horses
by David NivenHollywood was Lotus Land between 1935 and 1960 and bore little relationship to the rest of the world, but it was vastly exciting to be part of a thriving, thrusting "first growth" industry-- the greatest form of mass entertainment so far invented-- and if exaggeration became the norm, it was hard to recognize the fact, when a "great star" could confidently expect to receive 20,000 letters a week and newspapers all over the world daily set aside several pages for the news and gossip pumped out by the Hollywood self-adulation machines.
Storming the Barricades
by Larry ChristiansenChristiansen's goal is to instill the sense of adventure and spirit that is so important to successful warfare on the chessboard. He warns - the kind of ruthless, aggressive chess described and celebrated in this book is not for the faint-hearted! He discusses king hunting, ripping apart the king position and when not to attack.
Salumarada Timmakka & Karunamayi Theresa
by V. VanajaAchievements of Salumarada Timmakka and Karunamayi mother teresa.
Confessions of a Stripper: Tales from the VIP Room
by Lacey LaneI started moving slowly, trying to work my way into the core of the beat. Soon, I forgot I was perched atop a bar and thought only of the music's rhythm, freeing my body to move in synch with the beat. I peeled my bottom wrap off seductively and hardly heard the whistles and catcalls that followed. Ditto for my top; I was now just a skimpy T-back away from full nudity, and the best part about it was that I was becoming more at ease with the situation. Or maybe I was an exhibitionist at heart. Or I was so goddam petrified that nothing mattered. Whatever the A A case, inside, I was celebrating. I truly felt liberated. / / Find out first-hand, as career stripper Lacey Lane unlocks the doors to the secret sanctums at the center of the action in gentlemen's clubs across America. Confessions of a Stripper puts you in the middle of the VIP Room, /here freaks, fetishists, scammers, and even normal guys match wits /ith the dancers. Here, outlandish fantasies are bought and sold, and Imost nothing is beyond the realm of possibility. These true stories, culled from Lane's years of performing in doz-is of clubs around the country, also provide the lowdown on the ins id outs of the topless trade, including suggestions on tipping, finessig the bouncers, negotiating for services, avoiding sucker traps, and ?s, even scoring a date with a dancer.
Harry and the Lady Next Door
by Gene Zion"One day Harry's family gave a party. They invited the lady next door. She came with her music. When she started to sing, Harry almost bit her leg. ... That night, Harry slept in the doghouse." What can Harry do? He tries many things in this hilarious adventure, but the lady next door just sings higher and louder until ... This is a delightful, fast-paced story for younger readers. This file should make an excellent embossed braille copy.
The Big Bands
by George T. SimonGeorge T. Simon introduces you to the big band leaders during the period spanning 1935 to 1946.
In the Kaiser’s Clutch
by Kathleen KarrStarring in an anti-German World War I propaganda serial in the days before the "talkies," fifteen-year-old twins Fitzhugh and Nelly Dalton find their screen adventures paling in comparison to a real-life mystery.
Witch’s Canyon (Supernatural)
by Jeff MariotteSam and Dean Winchester lost their mother to a supernatural force. In the years after, their father, John, taught them about the paranormal evil that lives in the dark corners and on the back roads of America... and he taught them how to kill it.
Sins of the Fathers (A Dark Shadows Novel)
by May Sutherlandautumn 1980: all seems well as the Collins family welcome David's fiancee, Lauren Chandler, into their midst. But when Lauren mysteriously disappears , it is only the first clue to unravelling a greater, more terrifying mystery confronting Barnabas and Julia - a mystery that spans two centuries and threatens the lives and security of everyone at Collinwood. It becomes evident that an unusual vampire has been let loose on the estate--one with the power to destroy everything Barnabas has so longed to have. Eventually, the fate of the entire family hangs in the balance as Julia follows a spirit's cryptic clues in a desperate effort to save them. Yet even that may not be enough, for Julia realizes that she has experienced some things before.
Van Helsing: The Junior Novel
by Carla Jablonski Stephen SommersThe Wolf Man, Frankenstein, Dracula ... the one name they all fear is Van Helsing, legendary monster hunter. A hero to some, yet feared by many, Van Helsing wages an epic battle to save all humankind from evil.
Melissa Etheridge
by Chris NicksonChris Nickson's biography of Melissa Etheridge explores the pop star's life and music. Born in Leavenworth, Kansas, Melissa Etheridge faced years of struggle and hard work to make it in the music business. But through it all, she's remained determined, and now has multiple platinum records and Grammys to her name and an original sound that's all her own. Nickson tells the whole story in this biography fans are sure to enjoy.
The Earl Takes a Bride
by Kathryn JensenFAIRY TALES DO COME TRUE.... Nonsense! Diane Fields, smart, practical, single mother of three, didn't believe in happily-ever- afters--even if her sister was married to the king of Elbia. But here was Earl Thomas Smythe, the rugged, debonair bodyguard to Diane's royal brother-in-law, standing in Diane's kitchen offering to whisk her away to Elbia's luxurious palace-and for a little rest and relaxation, no less! Why, Diane almost took the earl's suggestion as a joke--except there was no doubting the fiery ardor in the eyes of the kings emissary. And there was no doubting that Thomas was stirring up a very passionate response deep in Diane's soul....
Star Wars: A New Hope
by George LucasLuke Skywalker challenged the stormtroopers of a distant galaxy on a daring mission -- where a Force of life became the power of death! Luke Skywalker was a twenty-year-old who lived and worked on his uncle's farm on the remote planet of Tatooine...and he was bored beyond belief. He yearned for adventures out among the stars -- adventures that would take him beyond the farthest galaxies to distant and alien worlds. But Luke got more than he bargained for when he intercepted a cryptic message from a beautiful princess held captive by a dark and powerful warlord. Luke didn't know who she was, but he knew he had to save her -- and soon, because time was running out. Armed only with courage and with the light saber that had been his father's, Luke was catapulted into the middle of the most savage space war ever... and he was headed straight for a desperate encounter on the enemy battle station known as the Death Star!
The Red and the Blacklist: The Intimate Memoir of a Hollywood Expatriate
by Norma BarzmanThe horrors of the McCarthy era.
Cousin Pons
by Honoré De BalzacMild, harmless and ugly to behold, the impoverished Pons is an ageing musician whose brief fame has fallen to nothing. Living a placid Parisian life as a bachelor in a shared apartment with his friend Schmucke, he maintains only two passions: a devotion to fine dining in the company of wealthy but disdainful relatives, and a dedication to the collection of antiques. When these relatives become aware of the true value of his art collection, however, their sneering contempt for the parasitic Pons rapidly falls away as they struggle to obtain a piece of the weakening man's inheritance. Taking its place in the Human Comedy as a companion to Cousin Bette, the darkly humorous Cousin Pons is among of the last and greatest of Balzac's novels concerning French urban society: a cynical, pessimistic but never despairing consideration of human nature.
Cousin Betty
by Honoré De BalzacLa Cousine Bette (French pronunciation: [la kuzin bɛt], Cousin Bette) is an 1846 novel by French author Honoré de Balzac. Set in mid-19th century Paris, it tells the story of an unmarried middle-aged woman who plots the destruction of her extended family. Bette works with Valérie Marneffe, an unhappily married young lady, to seduce and torment a series of men. One of these is Baron Hector Hulot, husband to Bette's cousin Adeline. He sacrifices his family's fortune and good name to please Valérie, who leaves him for a tradesman named Crevel. The book is part of the Scènes de la vie parisienne section of Balzac's novel sequence La Comédie humaine ("The Human Comedy").