The Shooting Star
Title | The Shooting Star PDF eBook |
Author | Shivya Nath |
Publisher | Penguin Random House India Private Limited |
Pages | 216 |
Release | 2018-09-14 |
Genre | Literary Collections |
ISBN | 9353052653 |
Shivya Nath quit her corporate job at age twenty-three to travel the world. She gave up her home and the need for a permanent address, sold most of her possessions and embarked on a nomadic journey that has taken her everywhere from remote Himalayan villages to the Amazon rainforests of Ecuador. Along the way, she lived with an indigenous Mayan community in Guatemala, hiked alone in the Ecuadorian Andes, got mugged in Costa Rica, swam across the border from Costa Rica to Panama, slept under a meteor shower in the cracked salt desert of Gujarat and learnt to conquer her deepest fears. With its vivid descriptions, cinematic landscapes, moving encounters and uplifting adventures, The Shooting Star is a travel memoir that maps not just the world but the human spirit.
Shooting Stars
Title | Shooting Stars PDF eBook |
Author | LeBron James |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 289 |
Release | 2023-08-01 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 059383044X |
The celebrated memoir from LeBron James - a poignant, thrilling tale of the power of teamwork to transform young lives, including his own "A book that will incredibly move and inspire you.” —Jay-Z "A heartwarming story of boys who became men, teammates who became brothers, players who became champions, wonderfully told through the maturing eyes of basketball's greatest star." — John Grisham Before LeBron James was an NBA superstar, he was just a kid from Akron, Ohio, who loved to play basketball on a team called the Shooting Stars. This is the story of how this motley group of ten-year-olds grew into a team and became men together - surviving the challenges of inner city America and enduring jealousy, hostility, exploitation, and the consequences of their own overconfidence in their quest to win a national championship. Shooting Stars is a poignant, thrilling tale of the power of teamwork to transform young lives.
On the Night of the Shooting Star
Title | On the Night of the Shooting Star PDF eBook |
Author | Amy Hest |
Publisher | Candlewick Press |
Pages | 33 |
Release | 2017-09-12 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0763691542 |
Bunny and Dog live on opposite sides of the fence. No one says hello. Or hi. But on the night of the shooting star, two doors open...
Shooting Star
Title | Shooting Star PDF eBook |
Author | Fredrick L. McKissack |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 290 |
Release | 2009-08-25 |
Genre | Young Adult Fiction |
ISBN | 1416996400 |
A natural-born athlete, Jomo Rogers has talent that is easy to spot on the football field, and local reporters are taking notice. But the buzz keeps focusing on his potential, on his promise. Jomo doesn’t want to be the “next big thing.” He wants to be the real deal . . . in as little time as possible. He adopts a new workout regimen, complete with more weights, longer runs—and steroids. A gritty, witty, and eloquent youngadult debut, Shooting Star takes on the sports headlines and brings to the page a young man whose drive is about to make his life spiral out of control.
Thomas and the Shooting Star
Title | Thomas and the Shooting Star PDF eBook |
Author | Wilbert Awdry |
Publisher | Random House Books for Young Readers |
Pages | 32 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 9780375815232 |
One restless night, Thomas looks out and sees a shooting star flash by. Determined to see where it went, Thomas sets out into the darkened countryside. The strange nighttime sights and noises add up to a wonderful after-dark adventure for Thomas.
Annie Oakley, the Shooting Star
Title | Annie Oakley, the Shooting Star PDF eBook |
Author | Charles Parlin Graves |
Publisher | Facts On File |
Pages | 86 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9780791014486 |
The story of how Phoebe Ann Moses became Annie Oakley, the famous trick shooter and entertainer.
A Shooting Star
Title | A Shooting Star PDF eBook |
Author | Wallace Stegner |
Publisher | National Geographic Books |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1996-11-01 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 014025241X |
Sabrina Castro, an attractive woman with a strong New England heritage, is married to a wealthy, older California physician who no longer fulfills her dreams. An almost accidental misstep leads her down the slow descent of moral disintegration, until there is no place for her to go but up and out. How Sabrina comes to terms with her life is the theme of this absorbing personal drama, played out against the background of an old Peninsula estate where her mother lives among her servants, her memories of Boston, and her treasured family archives. A Shooting Star displays the storytelling powers that Wallace Stagner's fans have enjoyed for more than half a century.