Pat: 1737 books

“As the authors point out, as a society and in our institutions, we spend almost no time learning how to think, learn, and work together. Thinking with others is its own skill and it is high time people thought about how to optimize this skill. This is exactly what this book seeks to do.” ...

Pat Mestern, author of several earlier books and an ardent booster of her hometown, has produced an entertaining personal account of Fergus, while maintaining the historical perspective and utilizing the rich oral history of the area. Her lighter look at some of the characters and the escapades that...

A boy discovers that being little can mean big things in this charming story by author-illustrator Pat Hutchins, now available in a Classic Board Book edition. Titch is little. Everything he has is little, from his little pinwheel to his little tricycle. His brother Pete and his sister Mary...

“Ellen Datlow is the queen of anthology editors in America.”—Peter Straub With original stories by Jeffrey Ford, Pat Cadigan, Elizabeth Bear, Margo Lanagan, and others From Del Rey Books and award-winning editor Ellen Datlow, two of the most respected names in science fiction and...

A tea-leaf reading. A prediction of turmoil. Can your future really be told in a cup?Chloe is feeling down in the dumps. Her best friend got married, her new boyfriend lives at the other end of the country and her ex won't leave her alone. Can she ever have a settled love life?She has her fortune told,...

'Children between the ages of twelve and 25 find parents embarrassing 95 per cent of the time. Any younger and they're so uncritical they think you look good in swimmers. Any older and they drop in just long enough to leave their laundry and borrow 50. If you want to embarrass your kids you have to...

If you enjoy films like "On Golden Pond" and "Ordinary People," you'll love To Leave a Memory, the heartwarming story of a troubled family's victory over a devastating tragedy. The clever dialogue, surprising humor and the poignant ending will make you feel like the characters...

In time for the transformational year 2012 – a comprehensive collection of 86 extraterrestrial life-forms as visualized and vividly-rendered by Pat Lee of Transformers, DC and Marvel comics fame, and his select group of artists. Within the UFO and Exopolitics communities, there is both debate and consensus...

Each week in 2016 I attended the Pomona Writers Group. The facilitator asked us to write a story about a topic he chose. These stories less than 500 words are OMR (One Minute Read). I hope you enjoy reading each one.If you have enjoyed reading this book, or if you haven’t enjoyed it, still let me...

Each week in 2018 I attended the Pomona Writers Group. The facilitator asked us to write a story about a topic he chose. These stories less than 500 words are OMR (One Minute Read). I hope you enjoy reading each one. I want to express my gratitude to Melissa Smith. Thank you for doing...

Welcome to a nightmarish, unhinged world, where the laws of physics don't apply, the unfathomable is fact and there's always a twist at the end of the tale. A dying scarecrow, a haunted sat nav, a deadly anti-ageing trial... Dead teenagers who want you in their gang, an imaginary friend...

Its power is legendary. It can fulfill every impossible magical desire. But for one young witch seeking redemption, the Northern Circle coven will challenge her skills—and her heart—beyond measure.   One tragic impulsive mistake made Chloe Winslow an outcast to her influential magic family. As...

Sportswriter Bobby Giaquinto measures his life in sexual conquests, along with the occasional story deadline. He plods through life numbly, until he meets a woman he cannot forget, and becomes gripped by a baseball story about a very righteous and beloved pitcher who is anything but what he seems....

Life for East End families like Pat's was always a struggle. She worked for years in Tate & Lyle's sugar factory while her husband Charlie took on two jobs so their growing family could survive. Until one day Charlie came home with a brilliant idea - they should take over The Rising Sun pub in...