Leap Year

Author: Helen Russell
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1473634997
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 289

Book Description
FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE YEAR OF LIVING DANISHLY - How to make big decisions, be more resilient, and change your life for good. Having spent the last few years in Denmark uncovering the secrets of the happiest country in the world, Helen Russell knows it's time to move back to the UK. She thinks. Maybe. Or maybe that's a terrible idea? Like many of us, she suffers from chronic indecision and a fear of change. So she decides to give herself a year for an experiment: to overhaul every area of her life, learn how to embrace change, and become a lean, mean decision-making machine. From how to cope with changing work lives and evolving relationships, to how we feel about our bodies, money and well-being, Helen investigates the benefits of new beginnings, the secrets of decisive people and what makes changes last - and uncovers the practical life lessons we can all use thrive when change is afoot - and inject some freshness and magic if it's not.

The Leap Year Book

Author: Barbara Sutton-Smith
Publisher: Markham, Ont. : Fitzhenry & Whiteside
ISBN: 9781550415988
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
What is leap year? How many have we had since the calendar was reformed in 1582? If you were born on February 29, 1944, how old would you be? When would you celebrate your golden birthday? Why are leap years dangerous for single men? Find the answers to these questions and more in The Leap Year Book, a collection of leap year trivia and lore. Discover what earth-shattering events occurred on February 29, what famous personalities share this erratic birth-rate, and why the advent of the leap year sent bachelors everywhere into a tailspin. With full-colour illustrations throughout, The Leap Year Book is the perfect birthday wish for all our leap year sons and daughters.

The Leap Year Project

Author: Victor Saad
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780989223027
Category : Active learning
Languages : en
Pages : 165

Book Description
Victor Saad is an ordinary guy who took an extraordinary leap - quitting his job to create his own Master's program through 12 experiences in 12 months that, together, proved to be the most challenging, enlightening, and transformational year of his life. He invited others to leap with him, charging them with the question, "What risk would you take to change your life, your community, or your world for the better?" These are their stories.

Leap Day

Author: Wendy Mass
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0316028738
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 155

Book Description
On her fourth Leap birthday, when she turns sixteen, Josie has a number of momentous experiences, including taking her driver's test, auditioning for a school play, and celebrating with her family and friends.

The Leap Year Boy

Author: Marc Simon
Publisher: Untreed Reads
ISBN: 1611874963
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 195

Book Description
Set in Pittsburgh in the early 1900s, The Leap Year Boy is the story of a working class family and an extraordinary boy named Alex Miller, born in the family's home on February 29, 1908. What makes Alex so remarkable is that even though he's full-term at birth, he weighs just two pounds one ounce, and is nine inches long. Despite his size, Alex is perfectly healthy. However, his body grows at one-fourth the rate of a normal child-so that after one year, he's the size of a three-month-old-but his mind grows much quicker. Eventually, so do certain parts of his body and his ability to do various and unusual things with them. As Alex's special abilities become apparent, those around him see him as both a miracle child and a freak of nature-a freak to exploit. How Alex saves himself from the designs of others-his religious fanatic grandmother, who sees him as the new Messiah; his money-grubbing immigrant doctor, who wants to put him on display; his unstable nanny, who believes Alex is her lost child; and his father and father's mistress, who are eager to tap Alex's commercial potential-is at the heart of the novel. Ultimately, a family that has been fractured by ambition and circumstance rediscovers loyalty and love, thanks to Alex's courage.

The Great Interruption

Author: Jay Wilburn
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781537210148
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 326

Book Description
Katie's family is pulled apart by an unexpected disappearance. As time goes on, it becomes apparent that these vanishings are more widespread and devastating than anyone could have realized. By the time people begin to understand what is going on, it may be too late. The Great Interruption follows Katie's fight to survive before, during, and after the vanishings. As she becomes used to surviving alone, they all begin to return ... The Great Interruption tells the story of a different sort of apocalyptic tale in which the world changes right out from under us. Katie learns that the world she grew up in and the family she once knew may be things she will never be able to return to even as all the others start to reappear just as she remembered them. Jay Wilburn is the author of The Great Interruption, The Dead Song Legend, and The Enemy Held Near. He weaves tales of characters with depth and dimension in worlds that are real and visceral. Let yourself be lost in the world of The Great Interruption.

It's My Birthday Finally! a Leap Year Story

Author: Michelle Whitaker Winfrey
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780972717953
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Miles was born on 29th February. On Saturday he will be celebrating his birthday. Although he is happy about his birthday there seems to be some confusion about how old Miles will be. Will he be eight or will he be just two?

Leap Year

Author: Steve Erickson
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 200

Book Description
Erickson follows the 1988 Presidential election across the country by train and car and finds himself joined by a deathless wanderer named Sally Hemings, who at the age of 15 in Paris in 1789 chose to the remain the slave of Thomas Jefferson, and thus changed the meaning and consequence of America forever.

February 29 Born to Be Different

Author: Leap Year Birthday Gifts Press House
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 102

Book Description
Use This Paperback Journal To Record Your Thoughts, Goals and Dreams.100 pages 6*9 trim size

Happy Leap Year

Author: Bill Quain
Publisher: Wavecrest
ISBN: 9781607461692
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
There are two kinds of years - Leap Years and common years. Do you want another common year? Haven't you had enough of them? Why not make this an uncommon year, and achieve your dreams 24/7/366? In this motivating book, Bill Quain shows you how to become a Leaper - a person who uses Leverage to jump over almost any obstacle. To do this, however, you need a huge, well-defined Dream, and then you must Dare to be different. Bill learned these lessons as a high-school pole vaulter, when he used Leverage to Leap higher than the current World Record holder (see Chapter 7 for this great story.) If you are ready to completely change your life in the next 366 days, then you are ready for this book - and for Bill's unique strategies for success. You will be amazed at how simple it is, and you will love the results. Start your Leap Year today!