How To Hold a Cockroach: A Book for Those who are Free and Don't Know it

How To Hold a Cockroach: A Book for Those who are Free and Don't Know it
Author: Matthew Maxwell
Publisher:
Total Pages: 110
Release: 2020-04-10
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 9781733353335

"You always have a choice..." A heartbroken and miserable boy begins a life-changing journey when a menacing guest disturbs him at dinner. Confronted one-by-one by the sources of his torment, the boy is forced to consider some of life's key questions: What makes one thing vile and another sacred? How can I be at peace with a broken heart, a bruising childhood, or a critical illness? What decides how I experience life? What am I? With a surprising and simple message, How to Hold a Cockroach is a moving love letter to humankind, a book for all who are free and don't know it... yet. 42 Beautiful Illustrations The hardcover edition is 7x10 inches and contains full-color illustrations. The paperback edition is 6x9 inches and contains black-and-white illustrations. The Kindle edition contains full-color illustrations (or black-and-white if color is not supported on your device). For All Ages A children's book for adults, How to Hold a Cockroach may be enjoyed by everyone.

Maximillian Fly

Maximillian Fly
Author: Angie Sage
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 297
Release: 2019-06-11
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0062571184

The bestselling author of the Septimus Heap series, Angie Sage, delivers a gripping and darkly humorous tale of Maximillian Fly—a human with cockroach features—whose quiet life is upended when he aids two human children in their escape from an oppressive governing power. Perfect for fans of Lemony Snicket and Adam Gidwitz. Maximillian Fly wants no trouble. Yet because he stands at six feet two, with beautiful indigo wings, long antennae, and more arms than you or me, many are frightened of him. He is a gentle creature who looks like a giant cockroach. This extraordinary human wants to prove his goodness, so he opens his door to two SilverSeed children in search of a place to hide. Instantly, Maximillian’s quiet, solitary life changes. There are dangerous powers after them and they have eyes everywhere. But in this gray city of Hope trapped under the Orb, is escape even possible? Maximillian Fly is a masterful story brimming with suspense, plot twists, and phenomenal world building. This compelling novel delves into family dynamics and themes of prejudice, making the case for tolerance, empathy, and understanding. * Junior Library Guild Selection * Kids' Indie Next List * New York Public Library Best Books of 2019 Selection * 2020 LITA Excellence in Children’s and Young Adult Science Fiction Notable Book: The Eleanor Cameron Notable Middle Grade Books List *

The Cockroach Crusade

The Cockroach Crusade
Author: Arlene F. Marks
Publisher: EDGE-Lite
Total Pages: 235
Release: 2019-05-27
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1770531955

The Corvou are swarming, and they’re headed for Earth. When a botched first contact at Daisy Hub results in a declaration of war against Humanity by an alien race, battle lines are drawn. Not that they’re likely to be respected by an enemy determined to wipe out every Human they can find. As the Terran government scrambles to prepare for an attack they fear no one will survive, Drew Townsend and his crew of maverick geniuses set to work, trying to find a way to prevent it. Fortunately, the fiercest warriors in the galaxy will be fighting on their side. But will that be enough to save the Human race from annihilation?

Buy the Book, I Need the Money

Buy the Book, I Need the Money
Author: Donald Frey
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 194
Release: 2008-12-01
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 1435712773

Humorous and light reflections on life, brought to you in short letters and essays. You can read as many as you like, just click on the preview tab at the bottom of the book cover. You might read Gooster the Rooster or the cow letter. You are sure to enjoy something here.

Plight of the Living Dead

Plight of the Living Dead
Author: Matt Simon
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2018-10-02
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1524705144

A brain-bending exploration of real-life zombies and mind controllers, and what they reveal to us about nature—and ourselves Zombieism isn’t just the stuff of movies and TV shows like The Walking Dead. It’s real, and it’s happening in the world around us, from wasps and worms to dogs and moose—and even humans. In Plight of the Living Dead, science journalist Matt Simon documents his journey through the bizarre evolutionary history of mind control. Along the way, he visits a lab where scientists infect ants with zombifying fungi, joins the search for kamikaze crickets in the hills of New Mexico, and travels to Israel to meet the wasp that stings cockroaches in the brain before leading them to their doom. Nothing Hollywood dreams up can match the brilliant, horrific zombies that natural selection has produced time and time again. Plight of the Living Dead is a surreal dive into a world that would be totally unbelievable if very smart scientists didn’t happen to be proving it’s real, and most troublingly—or maybe intriguingly—of all: how even we humans are affected. “Fantastic . . . You'll be thinking about this book long after you're done reading it.” —Kelly Weinersmith, New York Times bestselling coauthor of Soonish

The Wicked Heart

The Wicked Heart
Author: Christopher Pike
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 184
Release: 2022-10-07
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1665940638

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Midnight Club—now an original Netflix series! Dusty Shame was a high school senior, and a serial killer. Already he has murdered three young women, and he has more planned. Yet Dusty did not want to hurt anybody. There was something inside him, or perhaps outside him, that compelled him to kill. Sheila Hardolt has lost her best friend to Dusty’s brutal attacks. It will be her task to probe the clues Dusty has left at the site of each of his murders. Clues that will point her into the past—to a time when a large portion of mankind lost all sense of decency. There she will find the seed of Dusty’s evil compulsion, the Wicked Heart, and the reason why it did not die the first time it was destroyed.

What Can I Do?

What Can I Do?
Author: Jane Fonda
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2021-09-07
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0593296249

A call to action from Jane Fonda, one of the most inspiring activists of our time, urging us to wake up to the looming disaster of climate change and equipping us with the tools we need to join her in protest In 2019, daunted by the looming disaster of climate change and inspired by Greta Thunberg, Naomi Klein, and student climate strikers, Jane Fonda asked herself one question: What can I do? Jane Fonda, one of the most influential activists of our time, moved to Washington, D.C., and has since led thousands of people in demonstrations on Capitol Hill. In launching Fire Drill Fridays, Fonda teamed up with Greenpeace, leading climate scientists, and community organizers not only to understand what’s at stake, but to equip all of us with the education and tools we need to join her in protest. What Can I Do? isn’t a wish list—it’s a to-do list. So many of us recognize the urgency in stemming the tide of climate change but aren’t sure where to start. Our window of opportunity to act is quickly closing. And it isn’t only Earth’s life-support systems that are unraveling, so too is our social fabric. This is going to take an all-out war on drilling, fracking, deregulation, racism, misogyny, colonialism, and despair—all at the same time. The problems we face now require every one of us to join the fight for not only our immediate future, but for the future of generations to come. 100% of the author's net proceeds from What Can I Do? have gone to Greenpeace

Red Book

Red Book
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 664
Release: 1905
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