![]() ![]() Frog, who used to be a regular frog until he made a wish on the first star he saw to be able to speak, is also along for the ride and is often the only voice of reason. Jack, a boy with many hopes and dreams, trades his cow for a magic bean, argues with his father, and is constantly getting made fun of by the boys in town, even though all he wants is their approval. Jill, the princess of the kingdom, ends up in a rendition of The Emperor’s New Clothes and ends up walking naked down the street in a royal parade, all just to get her mother to love her as much as her mother loves herself. ![]() Jack and Jill, who in this tale are cousins, run away from their homes for similar reasons. There’s action, there’s adventure, and Jack and Jill learn valuable life lessons that I wish I had known as a small child. This time around we’re following Jack and Jill, as well as their friend Frog, through fairy tales of various origins. In the first book, we followed Hansel and Gretel through some Grimm’s fairy tales. Adam Gidwitz does it again! In a Glass Grimmly, the second book in the A Tale Dark & Grimm series was absolutely adorable. ![]()
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![]() ![]() He shows how fortunes were made and lost on the backs of professional athletes and also how, thirty years ago, Trump was a scoundrel and a spoiler. From 1980s drug excess to airplane brawls and player-coach punch outs, to backroom business deals, to some of the most enthralling and revolutionary football ever seen, Pearlman transports readers back in time to this crazy, boozy, audacious, unforgettable era of the game. In Football for a Buck, the dogged reporter and biographer Jeff Pearlman draws on more than four hundred interviews to unearth all the salty, untold stories of one of the craziest sports entities to have ever captivated America. The league featured as many as 18 teams, and included such superstars as Steve Young, Jim Kelly, Herschel Walker, Reggie White, Doug Flutie and Mike Rozier. But then it died beneath the weight of a particularly egotistical and bombastic owner-a New York businessman named Donald J. It drew millions of fans and launched the careers of legends. ![]() First Editionįrom a multiple New York Times bestselling author, the rollicking, outrageous, you-can't-make-this-up story of the USFL The United States Football League-known fondly to millions of sports fans as the USFL-was the last football league to not merely challenge the NFL, but cause its owners and executives to collectively shudder. Clean, tight, square copy with only light used wear. A very nice book from private collection. ![]() ![]() ![]()
![]() Over a few years of practice Jean Grainger learnt the names and stories of every historical location in Ireland, making her one of the most sought after guides.The decision to become a tour guide turned out to be one of the best decisions of her life as she met easy going, fun and incredible people that so enjoyed her stories that they encouraged her to write a book.She gained an appreciation of the Emerald Island that she loved and recited poems, sang songs and told stories that moved even her father an extraordinary storyteller himself. In the early nineties, Grainger rebelled against the notion of getting a traditional job to become a tour guide and director. However, it was her experience as a tour guide which indirectly led to a career as an author. She has also been involved in script writing and play directing for many high school plays. Some of her most notable occupations have been university lecturer, tour director and secondary school teacher. She has a bachelors and masters degree in History and English and has held a number of careers before turning to writing. ![]() ![]() ![]() Jean Grainger is an Irish author of historical fiction from Cork. ![]() ![]() Even if you well know the story of the East German sequester, you will be drawn to this family story of living through the worst of times. Nina Willner, a former Army captain, is Eddie Willner’s daughter and the author of the forthcoming Forty Autumns, due for release in Fall 2016. His daughter, meanwhile, has a life in the West but cannot freely communicate with her family any attempt to do so would place them under severe scrutiny. ![]() In fact, because of the father’s outspoken lapse, he is institutionalized in a mental hospital. Any divergence from blind allegiance to the party casts suspicion and harsh penalties on the citizens. The father is caught between his high ethics and the demands of the party. Her father works as headmaster in a school that is suddenly ordered to propagate Communist party loyalty rather than educate the students. Her future is limited since she has not joined the party and therefore cannot find work. The author’s mother, Hanna, is a strong-willed girl who sees the oppression around her and the change to the family’s once happy existence. ![]() For forty years, an East German family was separated by the division between East and West Berlin and the efforts of the Russian and pro-Russian German government to end emigration. ![]() |