James and the Duck

Author: Faan Martin
Publisher: Author House
ISBN: 1467013722
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 286

Book Description
A very different tongue-in-cheek personal account about a forgotten war. Between 1964 and 1980 Rhodesian men from all walks of life left their families and jobs to fight for their country. They were farmers, bankers, railwaymen, shopkeepers, miners and even Members of Parliament, who every six weeks, changed their soft civilian life for battle dress, rifles and grenades. These are their stories. It's not really about war heroes. It's more about bluestone charged, but still lustful troops coping with fighting terrorists, boredom, longing, fear and death. All this set against the background of Africa's sweltering heat, annoying insects, dangerous animals and venomous snakes. Definitely not for the faint-hearted. The reader will meet a long suffering prisoner-of-war, infantry soldiers, helicopter gunship pilots, tribesmen, pompous army officers, mercenaries and even a duck. Some of the personal incidents will have you laughing and crying at the same time. No matter how you view the Rhodesian Bush War, you will enjoy the humour and at times satire and even sadness of this true account of how men coped with the horrors and hardships of war.

Denzel the Orphan Duck

Author: Sidney James Carter
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781849633703
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 292

Book Description

The Mexican Tree Duck

Author: James Crumley
Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
ISBN: 1101971487
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 290

Book Description
WINNER OF THE DASHIELL HAMMETT AWARD One night up in Montana, C.W. Sughrue sets his seedy bar’s pricey jukebox in front of an oncoming freight train. When predictable results ensue, he needs to find a way to make some money and pay back the jukebox company. So even though Sughrue’s officially retired from P.I. work, he picks up one small-time case involving some kidnapped fish. That fishy trail leads to a much bigger case involving a Texas politician's kidnapped wife, a valuable piece of pre-Columbian pottery, and a single mother who packs guns and stolen goods in her infant son's diaper bag.

The Duck Cookbook

Author: James Peterson
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
ISBN: 9781584792956
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Award-winning cookbook author, teacher, and chef James Peterson explores all of the exciting possibilities presented by cooking duck.

Love-A-Duck

Author: Alan James Brown
Publisher: Gullane Children's Books
ISBN: 9781862338128
Category : Bathtub toys
Languages : en
Pages : 32

Book Description
Jane just loves her toy duck Love-a-Duck, and he loves her. But one day, the squeak seems to have gone out of him and he feels like he can't do anything right. And when he accidentally falls out of the window and ends up on the adventure of a lifetime, he realises that being himself isn't so bad after all.

Pete the Cat: Five Little Ducks

Author: James Dean
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062404490
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 37

Book Description
#1 New York Times bestseller James Dean turns it up in Pete the Cat’s cool adaptation of the classic children’s song “Five Little Ducks.” Five little ducks went out to play, with one cool cat leading the way. Sing along with Pete the Cat in his groovy adaptation. Fans of Pete the cat will love rocking out to this classic tune with a groovy twist. Don't miss Pete's other singalong adventures, including Pete the Cat: Five Little Bunnies, Pete the Cat: Five Little Pumpkins, Pete the Cat: The Wheels on the Bus, Pete the Cat: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star, and more!

DISNEY's Darkwing Duck: The Definitively Dangerous Edition

Author: Tad Stones
Publisher: Joe Books Ltd
ISBN: 1926516338
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 417

Book Description
Mild-mannered Drake Mallard leads a pretty average life: relaxing at home, helping his daughter Gosalyn with her homework, and palling around with his best buddy Launchpad McQuack. But this suburban pastoral doesn’t make for very exciting comics. Good thing Drake is secretly the daring duck of mystery, the crime-fighting powerhouse, Darkwing Duck! (Whew, for a moment there we were worried this would be the most boring solicitation copy in history!) Darkwing Duck, alongside Launchpad, Gosalyn and their many allies, fought the forces of darkness in his beloved city of St. Canard for years, keeping the citizens safe from an endless supply of increasingly ridiculous supervillains. Then, just as suddenly as he appeared, Darkwing slipped into the shadows, not to be seen or heard from again. But what sinister scenario could send St. Canard’s stalwart sentinel into seclusion? Just how safe was the city he left behind? And what’s going on with the creepy robotic “protectors” the mysterious Quackwerks Corporation has rolled out to take Darkwing’s place? When the utopian shine begins to wear off, St. Canard will need her superhero once again… but is the Duck Knight ready to take on his most malevolent menace yet? Collecting the entire out-of-print and sold-out comic book series for the first time in one volume, this 400-page blockbuster is big enough to knock out a burglar! (Although we ask you leave crimefighting to the professionals!) Completely remastered and revised, this titanic tome also features an all new epilogue, making it without a doubt, “The Definitively Dangerous Edition!” He is the terror that flaps in the night! He is the creased binding in this over 400-page keepsake edition of crime – he is Darkwing Duck!

Bordersnakes

Author: James Crumley
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 1101971525
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 288

Book Description
C.W. Sughrue has been gut-shot and left to die and is, for the first time in his life, actually scared—which makes him angry. Milo Milodragovitch has been robbed of his three-million dollar inheritance by a pipsqueak banker and a butch lady poet; he’s not scared at all, just pissed. In a spiffy suit and a red Cadillac, Milo trails his thieves to the Mexican border, where the community consists of “three kinds of drug smugglers, six different breeds of law dogs, and every kind of criminal ever dreamed up”—that is, bordersnakes. When Milo and Sughrue cross paths, they head off together on a dope-smoking, trash-talking, hard-drinking, blood-spattering roadtrip across the West.

Brontorina

Author: James Howe
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 0763644374
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33

Book Description
Despite her size and not having the proper footwear, a determined dinosaur pursues her dream of becoming a ballerina.

The Tale of the Mandarin Duck

Author: Bette Midler
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0593176766
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 41

Book Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Inspired by the real-life rainbow-colored Mandarin Duck who appeared in New York’s Central Park in 2018, this modern fable by Bette Midler celebrates the connections people make with each other and the world around them. How do you get people to appreciate what is right in front of them? In The Tale of the Mandarin Duck, it takes a mysterious, beautiful duck and a clear-eyed kid to point out the obvious! Bette Midler’s distinctive voice joins striking photos of the real duck by Michiko Kakutani and charming black-and-white drawings by Joana Avillez. This book will have readers of all ages coming back to visit the fantastical interpretation of New York City and its odd ducks—both feathered and human. An afterword by Ms. Kakutani adds details to the facts behind this one-of-a-kind story of the Mandarin Duck.