Books with author C. J. Dennis

Vince Tanzi takes on a missing person case while juggling his duties as a single dad. Add in some car trouble, lots of girlfriend trouble, poisonings, daylight shoot-ups and a few dead bodies, and Tanzi finds himself caught in a whirlwind of intrigue and deceit. Follow Vince across central Florida as he plays a dangerous game of whack-a-mole with a woman who doesn't want to be found.

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This book is an illustrated version of the original A Book for Kids by C. J. Dennis. “To all good children over four And under four-and-eightyBe you not over-prone to pore On matters grave and weighty.Mayhap you'll find within this book Some touch of Youth's rare clowning,If you will condescend to look And not descend to frowning.The mind of one small boy may hold Odd fancies and inviting,To guide a hand unsure and old That moves, these days, to writing.For hair once bright, in days of yore, Grows grey (or somewhat slaty),And now, alas, he's over four, Though under four-and-eighty.”

A very charming gentleman, as old as old could be,Stared a while, and glared a while, and then he said to me:"Read your books, and heed your books, and put your books away,For you will surely need your books upon a later day."And then he wheezed and then he sneezed, and gave me such a look.And he said, "Mark--ME--boy! Be careful of your book."A very charming gentleman, indeed, he seemed to be.He heaved a sigh and wiped his eye, and then he said to me:"Take your books and make your books companions--never toys;For they who so forsake their books grow into gawky boys."I don't know who he was. Do you? he snuffled at the end;And he said, "Mark--ME--boy! Your book should be your friend."

Backblock Ballads and Later VersesC.J. Dennis, australian poet (1876-1938)This ebook presents «Backblock Ballads and Later Verses», from C.J. Dennis. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected.Table of Contents-01- About this book-02- AN OLD MASTER-03- PAW-04- THE BUILDERS-05- WHEAT-06- THE LOVERS-07- GOT A FAG-08- THE CHASE OF AGES-09- A GUIDE FOR POITS-10- GRIMBLES AND THE GNAD-11- LANGWIDGE-12- THE JOY RIDE-13- THE HOMEWARD TRACK-14- SORE THROAT-15- WHEN THE SUN'S BEHIND THE HILL-16- URRY-17- HOPEFUL HAWKINS-18- TIMBERLAND-19- WEARY-20- HYMN OF FUTILITY-21- A SONG OF RAIN-22- THE BORE-23- THE CULTURED CONSTABLE-24- MY POOR RELATION-25- THE BOON OF DISCONTENT-26- SON OF A FOOL-27- THE SILENT MEMBER-28- COW-29- THE HIGH PRIEST-30- THE PHILISTINE-31- WORK OR REFLECTION-32- THE MARCH-33- THE LITTLE HOMES-34- THE BRIDGE ACROSS THE CRICK-35- K'SHOO-36- VULGAR FRACTIONS-37- THE MINGLERS-38- THE AUSTRAL AISE

"Cheer up!" said the big Blue-gum.But the Little Red House couldn't say a word.Presently the big Blue-gum groaned loudly."Oo! Ah! Ah! Golly!" groaned the Blue-gum in a strange voice."I beg your pardon? said the Little Red House."Oh, I have a nasty sharp pain in my side," said the Blue-gum. "I dohope and trust it isn't white-ants. It would be simply horrible, ifit were. Fancy getting white-ants at my time of life! Here I havelived on this mountain, tree and sapling, for over a hundred years;and to think those nasty, white, flabby little things should get meat last is horrible--horrible!""I am sorry," said the Little Red House. "I'm afraid I've been veryselfish, too. I was forgetting that everyone has troubles of his own;but I hope it isn't so bad as you fear.""It is bad enough," groaned the Blue-gum. "Ow! There it is again. I'mafraid it IS white-ants. I can feel the wretched little things nipping."But the Little Red House hardly heard him. He was thinking again ofhis own troubles.So they stood all through that day, saying very little to each other.Rabbits came and played about the Little Red House, and lizards ranover his door-step, and once a big wallaby went flopping right pastthe front gate. But the Little Red House paid no attention. He wastoo busy thinking of his loneliness.Birds came and perched in the branches of the big Blue-gum, andchattered and sang to him, trying to tell him the news of other treeson distant mountains. But the big Blue-gum took no notice. He was toobusy thinking about white-ants.So the sun sank low behind the Little House, and the shadow of thetall Blue-gum began to creep down the mountain and get longer andlonger.Just as it was growing dark, the big Blue-gum said Suddenly, "Itcertainly looks more like rain than ever. The heavy clouds have beengathering all day, and we shall get it properly to-night."But the rain did not come that night, nor the next day, nor for twodays and nights. And all this while the Little Red House and the BigBlue-gum remained silent and miserable--one through loneliness, theother through white-ants.But on the evening of the third day the big Blue-gum said, "The rainwill come to-night for certain. I know by the feel of the air.""Let it come!" said the Little Red House. "I don't care. I couldn'tbe more miserable than I am."Just as he said that, one great rain-drop fell right on the middleof his roof--Plop!"It's coming already," cried the Blue-gum, "and it's going to pour."Then three more big drops fell--Plop! Plop! Plop!"I have never in my life seen such big rain-drops," said the Blue-gum."I've lived on this mountain, tree and sapling, for--"But--Crash! came rain before he could finish; and in two secondseverything was sopping wet. The noise of it was deafening,"Why, it's a cloud-burst!" shouted the Blue-gum. "Half of my leaveshave been stripped off already." Then he peered through the rain andthe dark to see how the Little Red House was taking it. "Why, what'sthe matter with your face?" he cried. "You look awful.""I'm crying!" sobbed the Little Red House. "That's all--just crying."Can't you see the tears?"

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