Old Tom's Holiday
Title | Old Tom's Holiday PDF eBook |
Author | Leigh Hobbs |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2017-08 |
Genre | Cats |
ISBN | 9781760129057 |
Hard at work purr-crastinating? You gotta stay paw-sitive! This hilarious 48-page book is a collection of some of the funniest cat memes curated from the internet -- Publisher.
Old Tom's Holiday
Title | Old Tom's Holiday PDF eBook |
Author | Leigh Hobbs |
Publisher | Peachtree Publishers |
Pages | 40 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN |
Angela goes off on a vacation that she has won, but is surprised to find that everything reminds her of the cat she thought she left at home.
Tom's Midnight Garden
Title | Tom's Midnight Garden PDF eBook |
Author | Philippa Pearce |
Publisher | |
Pages | 244 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9780192717771 |
"Tom is not prepared for what is about to happen when he hears the grandfather clock strike thirteen. Outside the back door is a garden, which everyone tells him does not exist."--Page 4 de la couverture.
Toms River
Title | Toms River PDF eBook |
Author | Dan Fagin |
Publisher | Bantam |
Pages | 562 |
Release | 2013-03-19 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0345538617 |
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE • Winner of The New York Public Library’s Helen Bernstein Book Award • “A new classic of science reporting.”—The New York Times The riveting true story of a small town ravaged by industrial pollution, Toms River melds hard-hitting investigative reporting, a fascinating scientific detective story, and an unforgettable cast of characters into a sweeping narrative in the tradition of A Civil Action, The Emperor of All Maladies, and The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. One of New Jersey’s seemingly innumerable quiet seaside towns, Toms River became the unlikely setting for a decades-long drama that culminated in 2001 with one of the largest legal settlements in the annals of toxic dumping. A town that would rather have been known for its Little League World Series champions ended up making history for an entirely different reason: a notorious cluster of childhood cancers scientifically linked to local air and water pollution. For years, large chemical companies had been using Toms River as their private dumping ground, burying tens of thousands of leaky drums in open pits and discharging billions of gallons of acid-laced wastewater into the town’s namesake river. In an astonishing feat of investigative reporting, prize-winning journalist Dan Fagin recounts the sixty-year saga of rampant pollution and inadequate oversight that made Toms River a cautionary example for fast-growing industrial towns from South Jersey to South China. He tells the stories of the pioneering scientists and physicians who first identified pollutants as a cause of cancer, and brings to life the everyday heroes in Toms River who struggled for justice: a young boy whose cherubic smile belied the fast-growing tumors that had decimated his body from birth; a nurse who fought to bring the alarming incidence of childhood cancers to the attention of authorities who didn’t want to listen; and a mother whose love for her stricken child transformed her into a tenacious advocate for change. A gripping human drama rooted in a centuries-old scientific quest, Toms River is a tale of dumpers at midnight and deceptions in broad daylight, of corporate avarice and government neglect, and of a few brave individuals who refused to keep silent until the truth was exposed. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR AND KIRKUS REVIEWS “A thrilling journey full of twists and turns, Toms River is essential reading for our times. Dan Fagin handles topics of great complexity with the dexterity of a scholar, the honesty of a journalist, and the dramatic skill of a novelist.”—Siddhartha Mukherjee, M.D., author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning The Emperor of All Maladies “A complex tale of powerful industry, local politics, water rights, epidemiology, public health and cancer in a gripping, page-turning environmental thriller.”—NPR “Unstoppable reading.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer “Meticulously researched and compellingly recounted . . . It’s every bit as important—and as well-written—as A Civil Action and The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.”—The Star-Ledger “Fascinating . . . a gripping environmental thriller.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “An honest, thoroughly researched, intelligently written book.”—Slate “[A] hard-hitting account . . . a triumph.”—Nature “Absorbing and thoughtful.”—USA Today
Old Tom, Man of Mystery
Title | Old Tom, Man of Mystery PDF eBook |
Author | Leigh Hobbs |
Publisher | |
Pages | 32 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Cats |
ISBN | 9781921541032 |
Angela Throgmorton decides it is high time that Old Tom helped around the house. But Old Tom has other ideas... Who is that mysterious figure disappearing into the night? Join Angela and Tom on a wild chase through the dark streets, with Angela determined to unmask the Man of Mystery!
Lucy & Tom's Christmas
Title | Lucy & Tom's Christmas PDF eBook |
Author | Shirley Hughes |
Publisher | |
Pages | 32 |
Release | 1985 |
Genre | Children's stories |
ISBN | 9780140504699 |
There is something really special about Christmas, as Lucy and Tom discover in this book. By the author of Lucy & Tom 1.2.3., Copycard, Are you There, Bear?, Father Christmas and Meg and Mog.
This Book of Mine
Title | This Book of Mine PDF eBook |
Author | Sarah Stewart |
Publisher | Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) |
Pages | 17 |
Release | 2019-08-27 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 146689976X |
A dazzling depiction of the connection between diverse readers of all ages and their books, from beloved author-illustrator team Sarah Stewart and David Small. This Book of Mine is a celebration of the power of reading, of the ways in which books launch our adventures, give us comfort, challenge our imaginations, and offer us connection. From new mothers to fantasy lovers, butterfly hunters to musicians, the readers of This Book of Mine all share a common passion for favorite books—whether freshly discovered at the library or bookstore or saved from childhood and reread across a lifetime. A unique gift for bibliophiles young and old, This Book of Mine trumpets a simple truth: A well-loved book in hand brings color to any reader’s life.