B. J Novak
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"B.J. Novak's One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories is an endlessly entertaining, surprisingly sensitive, and startlingly original debut that signals the arrival of a brilliant new voice in American fiction. A boy wins a $100,000 prize in a box of Frosted Flakes--only to discover how claiming the winnings might unravel his family. A woman sets out to seduce motivational speaker Tony Robbins--turning for help to the famed motivator himself. A...
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Español
Description
¿Un libro de fotos sin fotos? ¡Es una locura! Este libro innovador está lleno de frases y palabras tontas que lo hacen ideal para leer en voz alta. Los niños se reirán tanto, ni siquiera se perderán el trabajo. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION A picture book without pictures? That's crazy! This innovative book is filled with silly phrases and words making it ideal for reading aloud. Children will be laughing so hard, they won't even miss the artwork.
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
When P.L. Travers travels from London to Hollywood in 1961 to finally discuss Walt Disney's desire to bring her beloved character, Mary Poppins to the motion picture screen (a quest he began in the 1940s as a promise to his two daughters), Disney meets a prim, uncompromising sexagenarian not only suspect of the impresario's concept for the film, but a woman struggling with her own past. During her stay in California, Travers' reflects back on her...
5) Vengeance
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
A journalist and podcaster from New York City attempts to solve the murder of a girl he hooked up with and travels down to Texas to investigate the circumstances of her death and discover what happened to her.
6) The founder
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Tells the true story of how Ray Kroc, a salesman from Illinois, met Mac and Dick McDonald, who were running a burger operation in 1950s Southern California. Kroc was impressed by the brothers' speedy system of making the food and saw franchise potential. He maneuvered himself into a position to be able to pull the company from the brothers and create a billion-dollar empire.