A fountain of greasy cinders spewed from the steamship's black-topped funnel. A deep horn bellowed as the pilot boat slipped away and the vessel gained speed. Standing poised at the bow, with the fresh wind in his face, was Horatio Mudd, pig at large... From his humble beginnings in the English countryside and with the sure sentence of death upon him, Horatio Mudd escapes to America. There he begins life anew and discovers unimaginable hardships and a society unable to accept his porcine heritage. A story so gripping you'll never view humans the same again... and an example of one hog's...
A fountain of greasy cinders spewed from the steamship's black-topped funnel. A deep horn bellowed as the pilot boat slipped away and the vessel gaine...
It was Mr. and Mrs. Peasoup's last wish to save their daughter Billy from a world where children who were different were not tolerated. Now, hurtling through space, the eight-year-old girl encounters a strange planet where she is befriended by two very unlikely companions and comes to discover that there is no place like home... **** Billy, of no use at all is a whimsical tale that is sure to delight young and old alike. This recommendation includes the very old but not necessarily the extremely young. For example, a story like this would be completely lost on a little person under the age of...
It was Mr. and Mrs. Peasoup's last wish to save their daughter Billy from a world where children who were different were not tolerated. Now, hurtling ...
Young Peter Pfepper, hospitalized for a tonsillectomy, wakes to a world without people. Gone too were the bright blue skies and creampuff clouds. Mysteriously earth had become a filthy, desolate and unbelievably dangerous place. While struggling for his own survival, Peter dares to accept the challenge of seven witches. Trials that if met in time, will set the world to rights... but if not, dooms Peter and all mortals forever-
Young Peter Pfepper, hospitalized for a tonsillectomy, wakes to a world without people. Gone too were the bright blue skies and creampuff clouds. Myst...
Twelve-year-old Darcy Dobbs, whose IQ exceeds Einstein's by a factor of two, has never met her foster father... a strange and mysterious benefactor who took charge of the girl's care after the disappearance of her parents and the murder of her grandfather. Now Darcy is faced with her greatest hardship yet- that of becoming a teenager while facing the discovery of her own bizarre origins. Darcy Dobbs, a trilogy in four parts... Darcy Dobbs and the Stereotypical Machine Darcy Dobbs and the Complex Avoidance Mechanism Darcy Dobbs and the Product Placement Formula Darcy Dobbs and the Universal...
Twelve-year-old Darcy Dobbs, whose IQ exceeds Einstein's by a factor of two, has never met her foster father... a strange and mysterious benefactor wh...
