[PDF] Larry And The Meaning Of Life eBook

Author : Janet Tashjian
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 23,73 MB
Release : 2008-09-16
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 1466822880

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Josh Swensen (otherwise known as Larry) can't seem to get off the couch. His usual overactive imagination and save-the-world mindset have all but vanished, and his best friend Beth is seriously worried.When Beth coaxes Josh into taking a walk at Walden Pond, Josh meets Gus Muldarian, a spiritual guru who convinces him to join his study group as a way to find deeper meaning in life. Josh thinks Gus is a joke. Still, feeling desperate and seeing no way out of his rut, he agrees to try it. What begins as a harmless Thoreau-esque search for meaning soon turns into Josh's most chaotic and profound adventure yet. After the success of The Gospel According to Larry and Vote for Larry, Janet Tashjian returns with yet another tour de force—a book that explores important topics and will keep teens hooked right until the unexpected end.

Author : Janet Tashjian
Publisher :
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 45,42 MB
Release : 2014-08-25
Category :
ISBN : 9781484432310

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Eighteen-year-old Larry retreats to Walden Pond and a meeting with a spiritual guru who convinces him to join his study group; but after a while, Larry begins to question his own grasp of reality.

Author : Charles Belser
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 14,92 MB
Release : 2008-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780982084656

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Larry is a young penguin on a secret quest for the meaning of life that teams up with a lost polar bear named Marsha who has walked halfway around the world searching for her destiny. Captured by a scientist, the unusual pair is transported to a zoo in Alaska where the scientist's dying six-year-old son frees them from captivity and joins their search. Readers are taken on an often humorous, yet deeply philosophical, satirical, iconoclastic, emotional, and sure to be controversial adventure leading to the discovery of the Round Song and the secret of life. This unusual novel isn't for children.

Author : Larry Haun
Publisher : Taunton Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 47,95 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1600854028

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"From one of Fine Homebuilding's best-loved authors, Larry Haun, comes a unique story that looks at American home building from the perspective of twelve houses he has known intimately. Part memoir, part cultural history, A Carpenter's Life as Told by Houses takes the reader house by house over an arc of 100 years. Along with period photos, the author shows us the sod house in Nebraska where his mother was born, the frame house of his childhood, the production houses he built in the San Fernando Valley, and the Habitat for Humanity homes he devotes his time to now. It's an engaging read written by a veteran builder with a thoughtful awareness of what was intrinsic to home building in the past and the many ways it has evolved. Builders and history lovers will appreciate his deep connection to the natural world, yearning for simplicity, respect for humanity, and evocative notion of what we mean by "home.""--

Author : Janet Tashjian
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 41,26 MB
Release : 2008-09-02
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 1466822929

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Those were the magic words and Beth knew it. How many times had I uttered that phrase to Ms. Robinson in guidance, the standard answer for what I wanted to do with my life? CHANGE THE WORLD. Did I still have the strength and determination to get it together and try to make a difference? Was it my destiny, my vocation? Or was I just trying to impress a girl? As I looked at Beth, I wondered if the reason why even mattered. The indefatigable Larry is back, and this time he takes on the American political system After falling off the wagon and becoming what he so clearly and strongly resisted-a consumer-Josh Swensen (aka Larry) finds himself in a hyper-paranoid state of no return. That is, until he's kidnapped and coaxed into resurfacing as his old persona. Before long, Larry is back on the scene with much more on his mind than a gospel Web site-this time Larry wants to affect change in government. What starts out as a campaign to get the younger population to vote turns into a run for the presidency. Can Larry really take on George Bush? In this very smart, very witty novel, Janet Tashjian brings the political world to the forefront and explores it from many different points of view.

Author : Louise Lewis
Publisher : Schiffer Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,94 MB
Release : 2018
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780764355967

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Motorcycle riders from all walks of life--from Main Street to Wall Street, Hollywood to Washington, D.C.--are invited to peel back their "badass" masks and answer one simple question: What is the meaning of life? Their answers expose the motorcycle community's lesser-known philosophical and charitable nature and help to smash the typical motorcycle-rider stereotype. Joining the "regular folks" interviewed are celebrities, including Peter Fonda, Gen. Tommy Franks, John Paul DeJoria, Jillian Michaels, Kyle Petty, Carey Hart, and Norman Reedus, along with a former chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, a congressman, a senator, a former NASA astronaut, governors, military generals, actors, rock n'roll and country artists, corporate executives, and NFL, NBA, MLB sports figures. Whether you drive on four wheels or straddle a "wild thang" on two, these voices are sure to enlighten and entertain.

Author : Wendy Mass
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 34,7 MB
Release : 2010-11-30
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 031618036X

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In one month Jeremy Fink will turn thirteen. But does he have what it takes to be a teenager? He collects mutant candy, he won't venture more than four blocks from his apartment if he can help it, and he definitely doesn't like surprises. On the other hand, his best friend, Lizzy, isn't afraid of anything, even if that might get her into trouble now and then. Jeremy's summer takes an unexpected turn when a mysterious wooden box arrives in the mail. According to the writing on the box, it holds the meaning of life! Jeremy is supposed to open it on his thirteenth birthday. The problem is, the keys are missing, and the box is made so that only the keys will open it without destroying what's inside. Jeremy and Lizzy set off to find the keys, but when one of their efforts goes very wrong, Jeremy starts to lose hope that he'll ever be able to open the box. But he soon discovers that when you're meeting people named Oswald Oswald and using a private limo to deliver unusual objects to strangers all over the city, there might be other ways of finding out the meaning of life. Lively characters, surprising twists, and thought-provoking ideas make Wendy Mass's latest novel an unforgettable read.

Author : Larry Hawkins II
Publisher :
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 37,67 MB
Release : 2018-01-06
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9780692047408

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Purpose gives life meaning, and principles provide the rules. Principles determine how you engage life, what you create, and how you treat other people. This is the foundation on which Larry Hawkins II tells the story of his walk to pursue purpose. Through his stories of success, failure, pain, and embarrassment, he lays out his five personal principles and how the lessons can help you grow as a person. The principles of motivation, purpose, betterment, contribution, and mastery serve as Larry's personal principles, but will also give direction in how to engage your own life. Whether you're searching for your life's purpose, looking to make a life change, or are in need of motivation to keep moving forward, this is the book for you. Larry shares the lessons he's learned to give you a guide to support you in pursuing your dreams.

Author : Janet Tashjian
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 18,49 MB
Release : 2012-07-03
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0805093656

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Living in Los Angeles' Laurel Canyon neighborhood, 14-year-old Quinn's life has been consumed by music and the famous musicians who live nearby, but in 1971, his first girlfriend, a substitute teacher, and a draft dodger help open his eyes about the Vietnam War.