Gary Soto writes that when he was five "what I knew best was at ground level." In this lively collection of short essays, Soto takes his reader to a ground-level perspective, resreating in vivid detail the sights, sounds, smells, and textures he knew growing up in his Fresno, California, neighborhood. The "things" of his boyhood tie it all together: his Buddha "splotched with gold," the taps of his shoes and the "engines of sparks that lived beneath my soles," his worn tennies smelling of "summer grass, asphalt, the moist sock breathing the defeat of basesall." The child's world is made up of small things--small, very important things.

You really need to experience this story. It’s a sweet, friendly, nice, entertaining and special one. A romantic novel based on real event that will captivate you forever. SHE is about to say "Yes I do" to the perfect man of her dreams. HE needs more time to think it over before making a decision that will affect his whole life. SHE and HE do not know each other and they are not mean for each other and that will not ever happen. However, the special and magical Ikaria Island, Greece will witness the best summer of their lives, when the world of the two protagonists seemed to be about to crumble. Her readers have said: « Lucy Morton is a breath of fresh air in the romance genre. A roller coaster of emotions that takes your heart». « It's been a long time since I got captivated and I used to get so excited with a reading of the romance genre without being cloying or typical. The summer of your life is a novel that everyone should read». « Its characters will break your heart. You manage yourself in involving into the bowels of history and when you finish, it is impossible to get it out of your head».

Reprint of the original, first published in 1881.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1881.

Contained within this book is a collection of essays, field notes, and diary excerpts from numerous naturalists relating to British country life in Spring and Summer. These fascinating and highly-readable articles will appeal to those with an interest in the British countryside and naturalism in general. Contents include: "Open-air Diary for April", "Open-air Diary for May", "Open-air Diary for June", "Open-air Diary for July", "Open-air Diary for August", "Open-air Diary for September", "Introduction", "In Praise of Rain", "The Otter's Holt", "The Flowers of Early Spring", "Some English Butterflies", "Birds as Architects", etc. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in a modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new biography of Edward Thomas.

Was it the finest dream vacation, the plans to earn some cash to push through another school year that was ruined, something that hurt the students of Davidson high school the most or how every news article the next day painted the image of the school; Davidson, the school for normalcy or psychopaths. A day before the summer holidays the excited students and teachers of Davidson high school lives pulled the biggest uno reserve card in the history of Sydney. They witnessed the most horrific scene which changed the course of the entire school. The settlement into the summer holidays had to be a temporary lockdown for investigation and all students especially class 5D were suspects to the homicide, the massacre of Charlotte Johnson. Like tress link back to their roots, the best friend of Charlotte, the protagonist, Eva Smith, secured the top spot on the FBI list, unsettling her already devastated family. Could Eva be the suspected killer on the run page?