J L Ritchie: 7 books

VOTED FUNNIEST NEW BOOK BY EVERYONE WHEN YOUR CLOSET DOOR CREAKS OPEN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, RUN. BECAUSE I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IT IS TO HELL IN A HAND BASKET THEY SAY, NOW THAT'S GOT TO HURT. THE GOOD NEWS IS YOU CAN BE CARRIED INTO HELL. IF YOU HAVE EVER SAID, SEE YOU IN...

Contents: A.M. CHISHOLM A Thousand a Plate A.M. WILLIAMSON The Eccentricity of Fleetwood ACHMED ABDULLAH The Home-Coming ARTHUR TRAIN The Escape of Wilkins ARTHUR TRAIN The Governor-General's Trunk BUCK CONNOR Get Your Man CHARLES BEADLE John O'Damn CHARLES E. VAN LOAN Water Stuff E.NESBIT The Dwellers...

New Zealand, 1932. The height of the Great Depression. In the wilds of the Ōtaki River Gorge, the newly-formed Eugenics Department gathers the best and brightest in an attempt to create perfection. … But what makes a perfect person? Fifteen-year-old Eve knows she’s not one – but...

The clothes we wear tell stories about us—and are often imbued with cultural meanings specific to our ethnic heritage. This concise A-to-Z encyclopedia explores 150 different and distinct items of ethnic dress, their history, and their cultural significance within the United States. The clothing...

We were supposed to be the good guys. We did the right thing. At first ... When Oscar and his friends hack into the school's surveillance system, the plan is simple: find the footage, blackmail the bullies, and leave no fingerprints. But the sense of power it brings them is hard to let go ... How...

This collection of essays examines President Truman’s somewhat contentious relationships with Congress. Authors evaluate Truman’s successes and defeats and measure him against later presidents of the United States. While the Truman era has been perceived as a stalemate between the executive and...

Nurturing Child and Adolescent Spirituality: Perspectives from the World's Religious Traditions provides a forum for prominent religious scholars to examine the state of religious knowledge and theological reflection on spiritual development in childhood and adolescence. Featuring essays from thinkers...