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Big Guns: A Novel
by Steve IsraelFrom Steve Israel, the congressman-turned-novelist who writes “in the full-tilt style of Carl Hiaasen” (The Washington Post), comes a comic tale about the mighty firearm industry, a small Long Island town, and Washington politics.When Chicago’s Mayor Michael Rodriguez starts a national campaign to ban handguns from America’s cities, towns, and villages, Otis Cogsworth, the wealthy chairman and CEO of Cogsworth International Arms worries about the effects on his company. In response he and lobbyist Sunny McCarthy convince an Arkansas congressman to introduce federal legislation mandating that every American must own a firearm. Events soon escalate. Asabogue’s Mayor Lois Leibowitz passes an ordinance to ban guns in the town—right in Otis Cogsworth’s backyard. Otis retaliates by orchestrating a recall election against Lois and Jack Steele, a rich town resident, runs against her. Even though the election is for the mayor of a village on Long Island, Steele brings in the big guns of American politics to defeat Lois: political consultants, Super PACs, and celebrities. Soon, thousands of pro-gun and anti-gun partisans descend on Asabogue, along with an assortment of heavily armed rightwing militias and the national news media. Bucolic Asabogue becomes a tinderbox. Meanwhile, Washington politicians in both parties are caught between a mighty gun lobby whose support they need for reelection and the absurdity of requiring that every American with waivers for children under age four carry a gun. What ensues is a discomfiting, hilarious indictment of the state of American politics. Former Long Island Congressman, Steve Israel has firsthand knowledge of the cynicism and corruption at the heart of our political system. Big Guns will make you laugh, will make you angry, and will make you think as you flip the pages faster and faster to find out what happens next.
Big Guns
by Jessica McquinnA Sexy Single, Big Guns, from Jessica McQuinn, author of Indivisble and co-author of Passion Fish.
The Big Gust (Leveled Readers 4.3.3)
by Andrew ClementsA story of a strange wind that sweeps through a town.
Big Guy (Orca Soundings)
by Robin StevensonDerek thinks he might be falling in love. The problem is, he hasn't been entirely honest with his online boyfriend. Derek sent Ethan a photo taken before he got depressed and gained eighty pounds. Derek hasn't been honest with his employer either. When he lied about his age and experience to get a job with disabled adults, the last thing he expected was to meet a woman like Aaliyah. Smart, prickly and often difficult, Aaliyah challenges Derek's ideas about honesty and trust. Derek has to choose whether to risk telling the truth or to give up the most important relationship in his life.
Big Guy and Rusty (2nd edition)
by Geof DarrowFront and center, America! Here comes action! Here comes adventure! Here comes The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot—a roller-coaster ride through the minds of Geof Darrow and Frank Miller, the tag team that set you reeling with their hard-hitting series Hard Boiled! Everything you remember about being thirty-eight years old and watching monster movies is right here, but with all the magnified detail that you always wanted to see.* Recolored by coloring maestro Dave Stewart!* Includes the DHP special!
Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot (Second Edition)
by Frank MillerFront and center, America! Here comes action! Here comes adventure! Here comes The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot — a roller-coaster ride through the minds of Geof Darrow and Frank Miller, the tag team that set you reeling with their hard-hitting series, Hard Boiled!Everything you remember about being thirty-eight-years-old and watching monster movies is right here, but with all the magnified detail that you always wanted to see. Featuring a brand-new cover by Geof Darrow and Dave Stewart! Collects Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot #1—#2, and one 9-page story from DHP3 #1.
A Big Guy Took My Ball! (An Elephant & Piggie Book)
by Mo WillemsMeet Elephant Gerald and Piggie, winners of two Theodor Seuss Geisel Medals and recipients of two Geisel Honors!<P><P> Gerald is careful. Piggie is not.<P> Piggie cannot help smiling. Gerald can.<P> Gerald worries so that Piggie does not have to.<P> Gerald and Piggie are best friends.<P> In A Big Guy Took My Ball! Piggie is devastated when a big guy takes her ball! Gerald is big, too... but is he big enough to help his best friend?<P> Images are described.<P> Other books in this series are available in this library.<P><P> <b>Winner of the Theodore Seuss Geisel Honor</b>
Big Heart! A Valentine's Day Tale
by Joan Holub Will TerryThe ants are hard at work in their classroom on a big Valentine's Day card! They will add lace and glue and stars. But who will they send it to? The Ant Hill kids list all of the possibilities before settling on one lucky person: their teacher!
The Big Heat
by Jennifer LabrecqueThis big, bad bounty hunter can handle anything. Or can he? Cade Stone can't believe Sunny Templeton. How did one sexy woman manage to get into so much trouble? Okay, so maybe she tried to take out a politician with her car. Who wouldn't do the same thing? But now it's landed her in jail, and the local media is out for blood. He's got to help her. That's just the kind of guy he is. . . Sunny thinks being in the slammer is bad. . . until she's bailed out by tall, dark and dangerous Cade Stone. The bounty hunter has starred in her nightly fantasies for weeks--and now he's offering to take her home? He might call it protective custody, but for Sunny, it's an invitation to see if this bad man is as good as she thinks he is. . .
Big Hero 6 (Disney Storybook with Audio (eBook))
by Disney PressDisney Big Hero 6 tells the story of brilliant robotics prodigy Hiro Hamada, who finds himself in the grips of a criminal plot that threatens to destroy the fast-paced, high-tech city of San Fransokyo. With the help of his closest companion—a robot named Baymax—Hiro joins forces with a reluctant team of first-time crime fighters on a mission to save their city. Children ages 2 to 5 will love this Little Golden Book based on the film.
Big Hero 6 (Little Golden Book)
by RH DisneyBig Hero 6 features brilliant robotics prodigy Hiro Hamada, who finds himself in the grips of a criminal plot that threatens to destroy the fast-paced, high-tech city of San Fransokyo. With the help of his closest companion—a robot named Baymax—Hiro joins forces with a reluctant team of first-time crime fighters on a mission to save their city. Big Hero 6 hits theaters in 3D on November 7, 2014. Boys ages 2 to 5 will love this Little Golden Book based on the film.
Big Hero 6 Big Golden Book (Disney Big Hero 6)
by Disney PressBig Hero 6 features brilliant robotics prodigy Hiro Hamada, who finds himself in the grips of a criminal plot that threatens to destroy the fast-paced, high-tech city of San Fransokyo. With the help of his closest companion—a robot named Baymax—Hiro joins forces with a reluctant team of first-time crime fighters on a mission to save their city. The Big Hero 6 hardcover storybook retells the whole exciting story with dynamic art that will make kids 5 to 9 feel like they are part of the big heroic action!
Big Hero 6 Junior Novelization (Disney Big Hero 6)
by Disney Book GroupBig Hero 6 features brilliant robotics prodigy Hiro Hamada, who finds himself in the grips of a criminal plot that threatens to destroy the fast-paced, high-tech city of San Fransokyo. With the help of his closest companion—a robot named Baymax—Hiro joins forces with a reluctant team of first-time crime fighters on a mission to save their city. Big Hero 6: The Junior Novelization retells the whole exciting story in 128 action-packed pages and features eight full-color pages of detailed information about the world's most awesome new team of super heroes!!
Big Heroes! (Little Golden Book)
by Golden Books Billy WrecksLex Luthor has shrunk the DC Super Friends to the size of ants, and suddenly the world is a very big and very dangerous place. Batman, Superman, and the rest of the Super Friends will have to use all of their powers as they fight a praying mantis, Venus flytraps, and more in Big Heroes!
Big Heroes! (Little Golden Book)
by Billy WrecksIn this Read & Listen edition, Lex Luthor has shrunk the DC Super Friends to the size of ants, and suddenly the world is a very big and very dangerous place. Batman, Superman, and the rest of the Super Friends will have to use all of their powers as they fight a praying mantis, Venus flytraps, and more in Big Heroes!This ebook contains Read & Listen audio narration.
The Big Hit (Rigby PM Plus Blue (Levels 9-11), Fountas & Pinnell Select Collections Grade 3 Level Q #Yellow (Levels 6-8))
by Jenny Giles Betty GreenhatchAdapted from a favourite PM title, The Big Hit, this PM Oral Literacy Little Play has been specifically crafted for level 6 readers. Students will love performing as their favourite PM characters! The PM Oral Literacy Little Plays motivate students to project and adapt their voices, while exploring the meaning of these carefully levelled texts. Comprehensive teaching notes are included on the inside front cover of each book.
The Big Hit
by James Neal HarveyIn Harvey&’s first new thriller in more than fifteen years, a starlet&’s murder draws an NYPD detective into a cross-country manhuntMongo wakes up, brushes his teeth, and prepares to kill a movie star. He needs a wig and a phony press pass, as well as a very special tape recorder that holds two fléchettes, one of which is earmarked for screen siren Catherine Delure. A bit of smooth talk takes Mongo past Delure&’s security and into her hotel room, where he completes his assignment with ease. The hit was simple, he thinks. But it is about to go terribly wrong.Delure appears to have been shot during a robbery, but homicide detective Jeb Barker is not fooled. Tracking the self-assured assassin leads the PI first to Las Vegas, then to California—where blue sky and palm trees cannot distract him from the darkness within the hit man&’s heart.
Big Horns Little Horns
by Caroline Maximus HankinsonJoin Edward Chocolate and Bertie Boo Boo, two spirited goats locked in a playful rivalry, in this delightful and exciting tale. Their latest nighttime game brings them head-to-head once again, this time competing over the size of their horns. But when the wise owl swoops in with her words of wisdom, the competition takes a heartwarming turn, reminding them that true worth goes beyond appearances, and putting any feelings of inferiority to rest.
The Big House
by Carolyn ComanWhen Ivy and Ray's parents are sent to jail and they are left in the custody of their parents' accusers, they decide to look for evidence that will "spring" their parents.
The Big House and the Little House
by Yoshi UenoLittle Mouse and Big Bear live on opposite ends of the same road, and they both would like a friend. But every morning, Little Mouse and Big Bear pass by each other, unnoticed. Until one day, their eyes meet!It's a little awkward at firs—as most new friendships can be—but soon enough they're sipping warm tea together in Big Bear's cozy home, and making plans to meet again the following Sunday.When a nasty storm blows into town will it wreck everything they've built?This tale of friendship and bravery will warm your heart like a cookie and a warm drink shared with a friend.
Big House, The
by Carolyn Coman Rob SheppersonWhen their parents are sent "up the river" for embezzlement, Ray and Ivy are left to live in the lap of luxury with Marietta Noland and her ancient husband, Lionel. But life at the big house is not all it's cracked up to be. First there is the shrouded portrait, then there is the spider in the decaying wedding cake. And what about the vicious instrument Marietta uses to decapitate her egg? When "the rain in Spain" begins to fall (in other words, Ray wets his bed), things go from bad to worse and Ivy knows it is time to take matters into her own hands. What follows is a hilarious lark as Ray and Ivy case the joint, get the skinny, and show Marietta she has met her match.
Big Hugs Little Hugs
by Felicia BondA joyful picture book about love from the #1 New York Times bestselling illustrator of If You Give a Mouse a Cookie!Big or small,Furry or not,Here or there,Inside or out,Everyone hugs all over the world.With bold and beautiful art, mega-selling author and artist Felicia Bond crafts a picture book filled with animals hugging across the globe that celebrates the universality of love. Perfect for Valentine's Day, Mother's Day, Father's Day, bedtime, naptime, or any time that parent and child simply want to snuggle together.
The Big Humanities: Digital Humanities/Digital Laboratories
by Richard J. LaneThis book provides an accessible introduction to, and overview of, the digital humanities, one of the fastest growing areas of literary studies. Lane takes a unique approach by focusing on the technologies and the new environment in which the digital humanities largely takes place: the digital laboratory. The book provides a brief history of DH, explores and explains the methodologies of past and current DH projects, and offers resources such as detailed case studies and bibliographies. Further, the focus on the digital laboratory space reveals affiliations with the types of research that have traditionally taken place in the sciences, as well as convergences with other fast-growing research spaces, namely innovation labs, fabrication labs, maker spaces, digital media labs, and change labs. The volume highlights the profound transformation of literary studies that is underway, one in which the adoption of powerful technology – and concomitantly being situated within a laboratory environment – is leading to an important re-engagement in the arts and humanities, and a renewed understanding of literary studies in the digital age, as well as a return to large-scale financial investment in humanistic research. It will be useful to students and teachers, as well as administrators and managers in charge of research infrastructure and funding decisions who need an accessible overview of this technological transformation in the humanities. Combining useful detail and an overview of the field, the book will offers accessible entry into this rapidly growing field.
The Big Hunger
by John FantePublished here for the first time, this text presents a collection of recently-discovered stories by John Fante.
The Big, Hungry Pancake: Independent reading Green 5 (Reading Champion #517)
by Sheryl WebsterThis story is part of Reading Champion, a series carefully linked to book bands to encourage independent reading skills, developed with Dr Sue Bodman and Glen Franklin of UCL Institute of Education (IOE) Fantastic, original stories are accompanied by engaging artwork and a reading activity. Each book has been carefully graded so that it can be matched to a child's reading ability, encouraging reading for pleasure. Perfect for 5-7 year olds.In this twist on the traditional tale The Big Pancake, a woman makes a pancake for the hungry children, but the pancake is hungry too, and it wants to eat them!