Books with title Beautiful Day: A Novel

MP3 CD Format From the author of The Destroyers comes another "delicious literary thriller" (People) a twisty story of deception, set in contemporary Venice and featuring a young American couple who have set their sights on a high-stakes con.When Nick Brink and his boyfriend Clay Guillory meet up on the Grand Canal in Venice, they have a plan in mind and it doesn t involve a vacation. Nick and Clay are running away from their turbulent lives in New York City, each desperate for a happier, freer future someplace else. Their method of escape? Selling a collection of counterfeit antiques to a brash, unsuspecting American living out his retirement years in a grand palazzo. With Clay s smarts and Nick s charm, their scheme is sure to succeed. As it turns out, tricking a millionaire out of money isn t as easy as it seems, especially when Clay and Nick let greed get the best of them. As Nick falls under the spell of the city s decrepit magic, Clay comes to terms with personal loss and the price of letting go of the past. Their future awaits, but it is built on disastrous deceits, and more than one life stands in the way of their dreams. A Beautiful Crime is a twisty grifter novel with a thriller running through its veins. But it is also a meditation on love, class, race, sexuality, and the legacy of bohemian culture. Tacking between Venice s soaring aesthetic beauty and its imminent tourist-riddled collapse, Bollen delivers another "seductive and richly atmospheric literary thriller" (New York Times Book Review). Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

Fowzy Frog can’t stand flies, especially eating them, but life at the pond is an endless stream of fly cuisine. When Fowzy winds the sweepstakes prize, a lifetime of marmalade flies, he’s had enough. He sets off for the city and a little free fly living. When his plan goes awry Fowzy pockets a lesson while maintaining his dream. This title is also available in Spanish.

"It's a Beautiful Day" will inspire your little one to venture outdoors and become one with Mother Nature! It's truly an inspiring book to teach our children to be grateful and excited about the beautiful day ahead! The Tiny Seekers Series are geared to educate future generations the invaluable lessons that are found in the process of seasons, growth, nature's elements and the importance of looking within themselves to find true happiness. The goal is to push their imaginations, unravel their untraveled creative powers, and to inspire fanciful vision to all the tiny seekers out there! From ages 1 to 101!

Who is Katherine Patterson? It is a question she hopes no one can answer. To erase her past, Katherine has moved to a new city, enrolled in a new school, and even changed her name. She's done the next best thing to disappearing altogether. Now, wary and alone, she seeks nothing more than anonymity. What she finds instead is the last thing she expected: a friend.Even more unlikely, Katherine's new friend is the most popular and magnetic girl in school. Extroverted, gorgeous, flirtatious, and unpredictable, she is everything that Katherine is not and doesn't want to be: the center of attention. Yet Alice's enthusiasm is infectious, her candor sometimes unsettling, and Katherine, in spite of her guarded caution, finds herself drawn into Alice's private circle. But Alice has secrets, too-darker than anyone can begin to imagine. And when she lets her guard down at last, Katherine discovers the darkest of them all. For there will be no escaping the past for Katherine Patterson-only a descent into a trap far more sinister...and infinitely more seductive.

From the author of The Destroyers comes another "delicious literary thriller" (People) - a twisty story of deception, set in contemporary Venice and featuring a young American couple who have set their sights on a high-stakes con. When Nick Brink and his boyfriend Clay Guillory meet up on the Grand Canal in Venice, they have a plan in mind - and it doesn’t involve a vacation. Nick and Clay are running away from their turbulent lives in New York City, each desperate for a happier, freer future someplace else. Their method of escape? Selling a collection of counterfeit antiques to a brash, unsuspecting American living out his retirement years in a grand palazzo. With Clay’s smarts and Nick’s charm, their scheme is sure to succeed. As it turns out, tricking a millionaire out of money isn’t as easy as it seems, especially when Clay and Nick let greed get the best of them. As Nick falls under the spell of the city’s decrepit magic, Clay comes to terms with personal loss and the price of letting go of the past. Their future awaits, but it is built on disastrous deceits, and more than one life stands in the way of their dreams. A Beautiful Crime is a twisty grifter novel with a thriller running through its veins. But it is also a meditation on love, class, race, sexuality, and the legacy of bohemian culture. Tacking between Venice’s soaring aesthetic beauty and its imminent tourist-riddled collapse, Bollen delivers another "seductive and richly atmospheric literary thriller" (New York Times Book Review). Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.