Lane Smith: 14 books

Book cover of A Fork in the Road

A Fork in the Road

From Single Partner to Largest Legal Practice in the World

by Roger Lane-Smith
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2014

How did Roger Lane-Smith build up the world’s largest law firm within 30 years, starting from a tiny office in a Manchester side-street? This compelling autobiography will tell you. Told with candour and great humour, this is the story of one lawyer’s determined quest for the biggest and the best...
Book cover of There Is a Tribe of Kids
by Lane Smith
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2016

Winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal When a young boy embarks on a journey alone . . . he trails a colony of penguins, undulates in a smack of jellyfish, clasps hands with a constellation of stars, naps for a night in a bed of clams, and follows a trail of shells, home to his tribe of friends. If...
Book cover of Four Fantastic Middle-Grade Reads in One Awesome Sampler!
by Chris O'Dowd, Nick V. Murphy, Meg Cabot
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2015

Download the first chapters of FOUR fantastic middle-grade books! This free chapter sampler includes excerpts from Moone Boy: The Blunder Years by Chris O'Dowd and Nick Murphy; From the Notebooks of a Middle School Princess by Meg Cabot; Return to Augie Hobble by Lane Smith; and The Book Scavenger...
Book cover of Grandpa Green
by Lane Smith
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2011

From the creator of the national bestseller It's a Book comes this Caldecott Honor Book, a timeless story of family history, legacy, and love. Grandpa Green wasn't always a gardener. He was a farmboy and a kid with chickenpox and a soldier and, most of all, an artist. In this captivating new...
Book cover of Abe Lincoln's Dream
by Lane Smith
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2012

From the bestselling author of It's a Book comes a funny, touching tale about the legacy of America's greatest president. When a schoolgirl gets separated from her tour of the White House and finds herself in the Lincoln bedroom, she also discovers the ghost of the great man himself. Together...
Book cover of A Perfect Day
by Lane Smith
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2017

Today is a perfect day for Cat, Dog, Chickadee, and Squirrel. Cat is lounging among the daffodils. Dog is sitting in the wading pool, deep in the cool water. Chickadee is eating fresh seed from the birdfeeder. Squirrel is munching on his very own corncob. Today is a perfect day in Bert's backyard. Until...
Book cover of Return to Augie Hobble
by Lane Smith
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2015

Augie Hobble lives in a fairy tale—or at least Fairy Tale Place, the down-on-its-luck amusement park managed by his father. Yet his life is turning into a nightmare: he's failed creative arts and has to take summer school, the girl he has a crush on won't acknowledge him, and Hogg Wills and the...
Book cover of Best British Horror 2014
by Johnny Mains, Simon Bestwick, Ramsey Campbell
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2014

Welcome To The New Home Of Horror ‘Johnny Mains is the go-to man for horror in the UK. His extensive knowledge of and unbound passion for the genre is amazing. If there was a government Ministry of Horror (which there should be), Johnny would be in charge. He is the Minister for Horror. He...
Book cover of Engaging Nature

Engaging Nature

Environmentalism and the Political Theory Canon

by Sheryl D. Breen, Özgüç Orhan, Francisco Seijo
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2014

Essays that put noted political thinkers of the past—including Plato, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Wollstonecraft, Marx, and Confucius—in dialogue with current environmental political theory. Contemporary environmental political theory considers the implications of the environmental crisis for...
Book cover of Un nouvel espoir - Dans les bras de son patron
by Karen Rose Smith, Elizabeth Lane
Language: French
Release Date: March 1, 2017

Un nouvel espoir, Karen Rose Smith Les secrets des Fortune TOME 3 Toutes les grandes familles ont des secrets. Abasourdie, Lucie ne peut détacher le regard du visage séduisant de Chase Parker, son amour de jeunesse. Non seulement celui-ci vient de ressurgir dans sa vie après...
Book cover of Darkness Preview
by David Wohl, Christina Z, Marc Silvestri
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2011

In our generation, The Darkness took root in Jackie Estacado, an orphan, as all the bearers before him, raised by pimps and thievesThe Franchetti Crime Family. Like those who walked in the shadow of The Darkness before him, Jackie's powers manifested on his 21st birthday. In that moment he was both blessed...
Book cover of Santa's Christmas Library: 400+ Christmas Novels, Stories, Poems, Carols & Legends (Illustrated Edition)

Santa's Christmas Library: 400+ Christmas Novels, Stories, Poems, Carols & Legends (Illustrated Edition)

The Gift of the Magi, A Christmas Carol, Silent Night, The Three Kings, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, The Heavenly Christmas Tree, Little Women, The Tale of Peter Rabbit…

by O. Henry, Mark Twain, Beatrix Potter
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2018

This holiday, we are offering to you our own Christmas box - filled up to the top with the best Christmas novels, classics to read during holidays, magical Christmas tales, legends, most famous carols and the unique poetry of the giants of literature dedicated to this one and only holiday: The Gift...
Book cover of The Baltic States

The Baltic States

Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania

by Thomas Lane, Artis Pabriks, Aldis Purs
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013

Since the end of the Cold War there has been an increased interest in the Baltics. The Baltic States brings together three titles, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, to provide a comprehensive and analytical guide integrating history, political science, economic development and contemporary events into...
Book cover of Communication and Conflict Transformation through Local, Regional, and Global Engagement
by Ali Askerov, Benjamin J. Broome, Luke Brenneman
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2016

Central to a transformational approach to conflict is the idea that conflicts must be viewed as embedded within broader relational patterns, and social and discursive structures—and must be addressed as such. This implies the need for systemic change at generative levels, in order to create genuine...
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