Great Friendships

Cuando F. Scott Fitzgerald escribió El Gran Gatsby al principio de los años veinte, el sueño americano ya estaba en decadencia. Originalmente estaba basado en la idea de que la búsqueda de la felicidad no solo involucraba el éxito material sino también el crecimiento moral y espiritual. Para el tiempo de Fitzgerald el sueño se había enfocado increíblemente en el dinero y el placer - un fenómeno que le era muy familiar al rico escritor.

Upon learning that the books with kids who look like her have been banned by her school district, Kanzi descends into fear and helplessness. But her classmates support her, and together—with their teacher’s help—they hatch a plan to hold a bake sale and use the proceeds to buy diverse books to donate to libraries. The event is a big success: the entire school participates, and the local TV station covers it in the evening news. Prodded by her classmates to read the poem she has written, Kanzi starts softly but finds her voice. “

What was it like growing up in the Cayman Islands in the 1930s? In Against All Odds, retired politician and lawyer, W. Norman Bodden shares some interesting facts and his own experiences from his childhood to the present day. Have you ever wondered how air services to, from, and within the Cayman Islands, and other developments such as tourism, the birth of Cayman Airways, got started? What about the Cayman Islands’ relationship with Costa Rican airline LACSA and Jamaican engineers Smith and Walker? Against All Odds will answer many of these early years’ questions while providing an ...

From the author of The Needleworker's Baby and The Crazy One comes a short tale of friendship and letting go. The year is 2070 and Gen X retirees Magdalena and Sam are resigned to live out their days at Shady Grove Retirement Home. But when Sam can’t take another boring day inside the sterile institution, he convinces Maggie to break out. How far will the two nonagenarians get driving along the California coast in a stolen van?

Ever since Stanley Lambchop was flattened by a bulletin board, each day brings new adventures! Stanley likes to follow the rules, but he can get carried away sometimes when listening to his best friend, Marco. And the last thing Stanley wants to do is get in trouble…again. When Ms. Root introduces Classroom 2E to movable robots called Zoombots, Stanley tries to follow her coding directions exactly. But when Marco just wants to have the fastest robot in class, trouble may be ahead! Can Stanley and Marco win a robot race while following the rules, and will Stanley learn to speak up for himself?

Needing to find a job, Betty Dean is sent into service at Stowford House. The work is gruelling, and her dreams of making something of herself seem out of reach. When Betty is forced to leave after a scandalous incident, she feels that her life is over—until a new job throws her a lifeline. Meeting Connie and Jean brings the joy of friendship, even if Betty struggles with having to keep secrets from her new pals. When soldier Duncan Kennedy enters Betty's life, it seems that she may finally find the love she's always wanted. But opening herself up to someone new isn't easy.

With grey post-WWII skies hanging low over Britain, factories lining the streets and smoke stacks dotting the horizon, there was one way that ordinary families could escape: The ever-cheerful holiday camps of Butlin's. Rich in period detail and highly evocative, Wish You Were Here! follows the lives of seven of the camps' key figures through the highs and lows of the holiday season: From redcoats searching for stardom to young families who returned year after year, to pensioners who rediscovered an inner youth.

Quinn spends the morning in their workshop, and emerges with Something Great! But everyone wants to know … what is it? First their mom, then their sister. No one seems to understand: Something Great isn’t supposed to be anything. Look at all the fun things it can do! Swing like a pendulum! Fly through the air! Make rainbows! Can’t Quinn just share the joy of their new invention without a label?

A man can’t be happy with money and success only, but with the practice of being positive with it. Most people have the habit of remaining negative & getting lost in the loop of negativity than to come out of it because they never analyze why they feel negative all the time. People are the sources of both positivity and negativity, but it depends on us what information we dig out from them as a person. Happiness comes when we do something that actually gives us happiness. People blame the same time for being bad, even when it's making them tough. If we say cuss words to a stranger, he ...

Mink doesn’t believe in rules. She loves running wild and free. So, when a zebra appears in the square where she lives and she finds out that his parents have been captured by the evil Mr Spit, she knows that it’s up to her to help. So begins a grand adventure to rescue a whole menagerie of animals—an adventure that will take all of Mink’s courage and determination.

Max Magic is back! His dad's market stall is saved and the Crayfish Twins are safely behind bars but Max still has a lot to learn about his mysterious new magical abilities. Does Gran know more about the mysterious chest than she's letting on? Can Max triumph in the national Britain's Top Talent show without using his powers? The spotlight is on him - but some people are not happy about it....

From Onjali Q. Rauf, acclaimed author of The Boy At the Back of the Class, come two poignant tales of modern-day heroism, featuring supermarket theives, a visit with the Queen, and plenty of laughs! In this two-novella collection, discover kid heroes making a difference in the world, featuring old friends and some new classmates you won't want to leave.

Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert come from completely different places and play tennis in completely different ways. Chrissie is the all-American girl: practiced, poised, with perfect technique. Martina hails from Czechoslovakia, a Communist country, and her game is ruled by emotion. Everything about them is different, except for one thing: they both want to be the best. But as their intense rivalry grows, something else begins to swing into place, and a friendship forms that will outlast all their tennis victories.