Books published by publisher The American Publishing Company

Everyone knows seventeen-year-old Grace Foley is a bit mad. She's a risk-taker who’s not afraid of anything―except losing. As part of the long-running feud between two local schools in Swanston, Grace accepts a challenge to walk the pipe. That night she experiences something she can't explain. The funny girl isn't laughing anymore. She's haunted by voices and visions. As she’s drawn deeper into a twenty-year-old mystery surrounding missing girl Hannah Holt, the thin veil between this world and the next begins to slip. She can no longer tell what's real or imagined. All she knows is the ghosts of Swanston, including that of her own mother, are restless. Everything about her is changing―her body, her thoughts, even her actions seem to belong to a stranger. Grace is losing herself, and her friends don’t understand. Is she moving closer to the truth? Or is she heading for madness?

This hardback book 'Instant Replay: The Green Bay Diary of Jerry Kramer" is pre-owned and is in good condition. It is 1968. The dust cover has some wear and mainly the edges. There is some staining on the inside of the dust cover. This is a book club edition. There is a signature on the 2nd page and not sure who it is. I do not see markings in the book but I did not look at each page. The edges are deckel edge.

Elizabeth is twelve years old and her little sister Elaine who is eleven. They are both witches-in-training. They live in the forest with their parents. The story begins when the girls are planning to create Mother's birthday present with magic for the first time. Then things get really exciting when the girl's cousin Ashley moves into the forest. The three girls become friends right away. That very same evening the girls find out that Mother is going to have a baby! Clearly the sister's lives are in for quite a few exciting changes; but will they be able to handle it, or will their excitement get them into trouble?

Set in Melbourne following a catastrophic war in the northern hemisphere, Nevil Shute’s classic is the story of a handful of survivors in the terrifying aftermath of nuclear apocalypse. First published in 1957―and famously adapted for the screen soon after by Stanley Kramer, in a film starring Gregory Peck and Ava Gardner―On the Beach is the perhaps the greatest work of popular fiction about the end of the world.

Little Blue Gets Lost is a bedtime story for young children written in rhyme.The story features delightful color illustrations that are certain to be enjoyed by young readers of all ages. Little Blue is now confident in his driving abilities and offers to go to the store for his mom.She asks him if he’s sure he knows the way and Little Blue says that he does. However, he soon finds that the city can be a confusing place and gets lost,needing help to find his way to the store and to get back home.. Young children will identify with Little Blue as he realizes that he perhaps still needs help and isn’tquite as grown up as he thinks. Parents and teachers can also use the Little Blue Gets Lost story to teach children the dangers of getting lost,being apprehensive, and asking for help when they need it, while learning from their many life experiences as they grow up. Little Blue Gets Lost is ideal for reading at bedtime with younger children.However, older children will also enjoy reading this book on their own and be thoroughly entertained with Little Blue’s latest adventure in the big wide world.

Two alien races are at war. For survival, the Zendranians must leave their galaxy and find another planet to inhabit or they will be annihilated by the vicious, predatory Meethra who are killing them off at an alarming rate. Can Zendranians safely assimilate into the human race? To find out, they convince two Earthlings, an engaged couple, to time travel through their ancestral lines to significant historical events their descendants lived through. This will allow the Zendranians to evaluate the choices humankind makes and how those choices affect future generations to determine if Earth will accept intergalactic beings. However, they must hurry—time is of the essence.

Junya’s grandfather is a billionaire who keeps the secret to his success hidden in a heavily guarded safe.His mother is a martial artist who wields a razor-sharp katana—and seems to read his mind. And a mysterious girl in a Japanese school uniform can knock him over—literally—with just a look.What do they know that he doesn’t?Junya’s life takes a dangerous turn on his sixteenth birthday, when someone sets out to destroy not only the family’s business empire—the one that he’s set to inherit—but Junya himself. He’s fighting for his life, and doesn’t know who to trust. What has his family been keeping from him?Junya’s journey takes him from the narrow streets of San Francisco to Japan, and through hidden portals to the top of the ancient Japanese Izumo Shinto shrine, to places where death and violence are a way of life. And in a mystical world he’s never imagined, he finds his true destiny.