Books with author Nicholas Robbins

Julie Ziegler, a young San Francisco investigative journalist, receives a strange mandate from her estranged father who, she learns from his attorney, died four months earlier. In order to inherit his estate she must keep a journal of "personal and family discovery" for one year, actually 360 days since he formatted the journal to begin on January 6. Julie is outraged, but accepts the challenge because she refuses to let him best her, even posthumously. As the year progresses, Julie slowly uncovers devastating facts from her father's past. Her birth mother was not the woman she always considered her mother, but a Mexican firebrand involved in the 1968 student revolt in Mexico City. After her lover's murder in Tlatelolco Square that October, she fled to the United States with Julie's father George. Months later she gave birth to her lover's child (Julie's half-sister) and three years after that to Julie. However, within a year of Julie's birth, unable to cope any longer with a new country and a man she did not really love, she committed suicide. While Julie is reeling emotionally from revelations about her family, her reporting of political scandals in San Francisco's Chinatown puts her at great personal risk. All this turmoil comes to a head near year's end, just as she is bringing her journal to its mandated conclusion. Not only has Julie's journal revealed Mexican relatives she never knew she had, her year's "conversation" with her deceased father has also reconciled her with his memory.

GREAT DIY CRAFT KIT: An amazing diy craft painting kit project. This kit comes with everything you need to have a great time and create beautifully painted wooden picture frames, beautiful handmade gift , for your dad or as a personal present to a loved one.Whether just a beginner or an expert, young or old, boy or girl, this arts and crafts kit is perfect for you. Kids will love this craft painting set and adults can make something beautiful with this kit. Great for a rainy day project or a group activity.

Do you like riddles? Do you like brain teasers? Do you like puzzles? Are you a problem solver? Are you creative? Do you think outside the box? If you can answer yes to any of these questions, this book may be perfect for you. Introducing a collection of the best riddles, puzzles, and brain teasers that has been years in the making. These will challenge the way you think, introduce you to new ways to look at problems, and expand your mind. The puzzles in this book range in difficulty from light & easy to hard to very hard and will provide a challenge for even the sharpest mind. There are discrete reasoning riddles, mathematical reasoning riddles, practical reasoning riddles, and some classical logic riddles as well, along with the old school problem-solving puzzles that you might have come across in school.

Do you like riddles? Do you like brain teasers? Do you like puzzles? Are you a problem solver? Are you creative? Do you think outside the box? If you can answer yes to any of these questions, this book may be perfect for you. Introducing a collection of the best riddles, puzzles, and brain teasers that has been years in the making. These will challenge the way you think, introduce you to new ways to look at problems, and expand your mind. The puzzles in this book range in difficulty from light & easy to hard to very hard and will provide a challenge for even the sharpest mind. There are discrete reasoning riddles, mathematical reasoning riddles, practical reasoning riddles, and some classical logic riddles as well, along with the old school problem-solving puzzles that you might have come across in school.

A story capturing the essence of a bygone time when children would run around having fun in the outdoors. Fredrick Ross, Jodey Watkins, and Rocky Stone are local kids who seek adventure around every corner. One summer's night they hear of a hornet's nest and scheme is plotted. The story is paired with hand crafted illustrations created by the son of Fredrick Ross who loved to hear his Father's stories.

Gather around for some terrific family fun with letters and words. Are you all set to have a good time? Are you ready to learn?Let’s explore those amazing twenty-six letters of our alphabet using animal poems and facts. We will even throw in some limericks, tongue twisters and alphabet/picture puzzles along the way to make it more interesting.No matter how young or old you are, you will enjoy listening to these. As your language skills improve, you will have fun reading more of them by yourself.I double dare you to say some of my tongue twisters three times fast!And just wait until you try my alphabet tongue twisters in which EVERY word in the tongue twister starts with the same letter of the alphabet. Phew!This book is chock full of fun - 81 graphics - 29 Poems - 20 Limericks - 47 Tongue Twisters - 44 Word/Picture Puzzles - Over 150 fascinating facts about animal group names. Did you know a group of crickets is called an ‘orchestra’?So shift your brain into high gear and let’s pay a visit to the amazing world of AlphaAnimals.Interest Level - 4 Years and UpReading Level - 4th Grade and Up

Age Level: 9 and up – Grade Level: 4 and upThis is an entertaining collection of silly poems, limericks and sonnets for children and families to enjoy - plus a few not so silly verses. Children under the age of nine will enjoy listening to most of these poems as well. I show you how to read a poem – which syllables to stress to make the rhythm and rhyme flow.Here are sample lines from some of the poems:In a land far away known as SpoonsipperWas a small village by river StoneskipperThere in twelve minutes or possibly quickerStood tumbledown shack of Mr. McSnipperThere once was a very big catWhose body was overly fatToo much did she weighAte candy all dayBut never would dine on a ratPenny the pudgy pink pigStruts ‘round the farm in her wigBows in long tressesDressy in dressesSways when she zags with a zigThere’s a troll on my couch he sits in a slouch yet never does wiggle his tailBug eyes glaring at me wonder what he sees I try to out stare him but failLittle Stanley was a blue antOn a hill where all were brownAll the ‘antlings’ said that he can’tCome and join them on playgroundHis big compound eyes wept wet tearsLonely walked alone all dayStanley sadly heard their gay cheersAnd then Stanley ran awayAll these and more are waiting for you to visit. So come on in and meet some new friends!And when you are finished reading, I will show you how to write your own poems.