George Speaks
Title | George Speaks PDF eBook |
Author | Dick King-Smith |
Publisher | Puffin Books |
Pages | 96 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Children's stories |
ISBN | 9780141316406 |
George is a baby who learns to speak (in a totally grown-up and even pompous manner) at the unusually early age of 4 weeks. George and his older sister Laura try to keep this talent a secret from the rest of the family, but their parents soon find out.
Blue Dog Speaks
Title | Blue Dog Speaks PDF eBook |
Author | George Rodrigue |
Publisher | Sterling Publishing Company |
Pages | 516 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 1402754086 |
"'Blue dog speaks' is the first book to emphasize Rodrigue's witty and insightful titles alongside his works. Both playful and thought-provoking, this beautifully illustrated gift book will delight Blue Dog fans and introduce newcomers to the pop culture phenomenon that is Blue Dog"--Back cover.
All Boys Aren't Blue
Title | All Boys Aren't Blue PDF eBook |
Author | George M. Johnson |
Publisher | Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) |
Pages | 191 |
Release | 2020-04-28 |
Genre | Young Adult Nonfiction |
ISBN | 0374312729 |
In a series of personal essays, prominent journalist and LGBTQIA+ activist George M. Johnson's All Boys Aren't Blue explores their childhood, adolescence, and college years in New Jersey and Virginia. A New York Times Bestseller! Good Morning America, NBC Nightly News, Today Show, and MSNBC feature stories From the memories of getting his teeth kicked out by bullies at age five, to flea marketing with his loving grandmother, to his first sexual relationships, this young-adult memoir weaves together the trials and triumphs faced by Black queer boys. Both a primer for teens eager to be allies as well as a reassuring testimony for young queer men of color, All Boys Aren't Blue covers topics such as gender identity, toxic masculinity, brotherhood, family, structural marginalization, consent, and Black joy. Johnson's emotionally frank style of writing will appeal directly to young adults. (Johnson used he/him pronouns at the time of publication.) Velshi Banned Book Club Indie Bestseller Teen Vogue Recommended Read Buzzfeed Recommended Read People Magazine Best Book of the Summer A New York Library Best Book of 2020 A Chicago Public Library Best Book of 2020 ... and more!
Old Elm Speaks
Title | Old Elm Speaks PDF eBook |
Author | Kristine O'Connell George |
Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Pages | 58 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 9780395876114 |
A collection of short, simple poems which present images relating to trees in various circumstances and throughout the seasons.
Malcolm X Speaks
Title | Malcolm X Speaks PDF eBook |
Author | Malcolm X |
Publisher | Grove Press |
Pages | 242 |
Release | 1990 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9780802132130 |
Presents the major ideas expounded by the legendary leader of the Black revolution in America through selected speeches delivered from 1963 to his assassination in 1965.
George W. Bush Speaks to the Nation
Title | George W. Bush Speaks to the Nation PDF eBook |
Author | George Walker Bush |
Publisher | |
Pages | 146 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9780936783406 |
Selected speeches of President George W. Bush that start with his first Inaugural Address, includes his National Day of Prayer and Remembrance, his Declaration of War on Terror, his State of the Union speeches, his major speeches on the war on Iraq, his important Progress of Democracy in the Middle East speech and his famous We did not Charge...only to Retreat speech at Whitehall Palace in Britain.
Tenth of December
Title | Tenth of December PDF eBook |
Author | George Saunders |
Publisher | A&C Black |
Pages | 289 |
Release | 2013-01-03 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1408837358 |
The prize-winning, New York Times bestselling short story collection from the internationally bestselling author of Lincoln in the Bardo 'The best book you'll read this year' New York Times 'Dazzlingly surreal stories about a failing America' Sunday Times WINNER OF THE 2014 FOLIO PRIZE AND SHORTLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD 2013 George Saunders's most wryly hilarious and disturbing collection yet, Tenth of December illuminates human experience and explores figures lost in a labyrinth of troubling preoccupations. A family member recollects a backyard pole dressed for all occasions; Jeff faces horrifying ultimatums and the prospect of Darkenfloxx(TM) in some unusual drug trials; and Al Roosten hides his own internal monologue behind a winning smile that he hopes will make him popular. With dark visions of the future riffing against ghosts of the past and the ever-settling present, this collection sings with astonishing charm and intensity.