[PDF] Weird But True Short Stories eBook

Author : Tiffany Baker
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 33,6 MB
Release : 2009-01-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0446543349

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When Truly Plaice's mother was pregnant, the town of Aberdeen joined together in betting how recordbreakingly huge the baby boy would ultimately be. The girl who proved to be Truly paid the price of her enormity; her father blamed her for her mother's death in childbirth, and was totally ill equipped to raise either this giant child or her polar opposite sister Serena Jane, the epitome of femine perfection. When he, too, relinquished his increasingly tenuous grip on life, Truly and Serena Jane are separated--Serena Jane to live a life of privilege as the future May Queen and Truly to live on the outskirts of town on the farm of the town sadsack, the subject of constant abuse and humiliation at the hands of her peers. Serena Jane's beauty proves to be her greatest blessing and her biggest curse, for it makes her the obsession of classmate Bob Bob Morgan, the youngest in a line of Robert Morgans who have been doctors in Aberdeen for generations. Though they have long been the pillars of the community, the earliest Robert Morgan married the town witch, Tabitha Dyerson, and the location of her fabled shadow book--containing mysterious secrets for healing and darker powers--has been the subject of town gossip ever since. Bob Bob Morgan, one of Truly's biggest tormentors, does the unthinkable to claim the prize of Serena Jane, and changes the destiny of all Aberdeen from there on. When Serena Jane flees town and a loveless marriage to Bob Bob, it is Truly who must become the woman of a house that she did not choose and mother to her eight-year-old nephew Bobbie. Truly's brother-in-law is relentless and brutal; he criticizes her physique and the limitations of her health as a result, and degrades her more than any one human could bear. It is only when Truly finds her calling--the ability to heal illness with herbs and naturopathic techniques--hidden within the folds of Robert Morgan's family quilt, that she begins to regain control over her life and herself. Unearthed family secrets, however, will lead to the kind of betrayal that eventually break the Morgan family apart forever, but Truly's reckoning with her own demons allows for both an uprooting of Aberdeen County, and the possibility of love in unexpected places.

Author : Darla Fisher
Publisher : Page Publishing Inc
Page : 47 pages
File Size : 15,66 MB
Release : 2022-08-01
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 1641389982

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This is an intriguing, hard to put down book. Very interesting and easy to read. You may identify with some of the stories herein. These type of events actually happen to many, though not all are willing to share them with others, verbally or in writing. This book encompasses the realm of the spiritual, supernatural, and the unknown. The events reflected herein did happen, and it makes you wonder about the things which are truly unknown, currently, to mankind, but which are true nevertheless. Until the 1990s, scientists thought it was aerodynamically impossible for a bumblebee to fly. After decades of research, they did finally discover the answer to that mystery. Perhaps, in future years, research may discover why many of us experience the strange happenings which are reflected in this book. All of the mysteries of the brain have yet to be unlocked, and not many are willing to admit to alien contacts and why certain memories are buried within us, until they are revealed to us at a later time. Until then, it is interesting to read about these type of happenings and wonder.

Author : Darla Fisher
Publisher : Page Publishing Inc
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 33,57 MB
Release : 2022-08-01
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 1642145319

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This is the second in a series of short story books by the author, an easy-to-read book and hard to put down. The stories are engaging and sometimes hard to believe, yet true! It is an interesting travel through the strange and occult. This author shares with us in this work some very personal happenings in her life, which are unusual. Many of us have experienced similar things but are reluctant to talk about them. How many of us have received knowledge of future events? Or we have a feeling of just "knowing" when there is no obvious reason to believe what we feel. Many of the strange happenings reflected in this book were finally confirmed. However, there are some reflected herein that have yet to be confirmed, such as the death of the author. She received knowledge about the circumstances surrounding her death. We can only wait and see if that will happen.

Author : National Geographic
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 49,93 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1426308612

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Did you hear the one about the crook who broke into a vending machine and then left a trail of cheese curls all the way to his hideout? Or the burglar who left his wallet in an apartment he robbed, and actually went back to get it? Based on the Stupid criminals busted! column in National Geographic kids magazine, this collection of stories about stupid criminals and the ridiculous ways they give themselves away is illustrated with collage art and sprinkled with more than 150 weird-but-true facts about crime.

Author : Bill O'Neill
Publisher :
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 37,62 MB
Release : 2020-12-03
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781648450709

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When you learn about topics like history, Shakespeare, science, and politics at high school, the problem is that quite often some of the weirdest and most interesting stories are left out of the textbooks and exam papers. Pick up The Totally Awesome Book of Crazy Stories, your ultimate source of interesting facts about a wide range of diverse topics. What follows are some of the craziest, weirdest, funniest, wackiest, and most awesome stories that you'll have hopefully never heard before. This book is truly a quick read packed with information from cover to cover. In this amazing trivia book, you will find out:?How an impaled stork helped in our understanding of the natural world.?How you might be able to fool your doctor into believing you've given birth to a litter of rabbits ?How much Bach liked coffee, and how much Frederick the Great hated coffee.?How important pee was to the Ancient Romans, and how important farts were to 17th-century plague-fearing Londoners.?And so many more curiosities!Gathered in The Totally Awesome Book of Crazy Stories, you will find some of the craziest, weirdest, wackiest, and most awesome stories we could ever have told you. And what makes it even more awesome, is that there are a lot more crazy stories out there to tell! Grab your copy right now and start having fun!

Author : John Shirley
Publisher : Night Shade Books
Page : 455 pages
File Size : 33,80 MB
Release : 2021-11-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1633553671

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John Shirley takes us on a journey from the mildly bizarre to the downright weird and then some in this, his latest collection of short fiction. The book incorporates some of Shirley's classic stories along with some revised and hard to find material and is highlighted by nine never before published works. A must have for the Shirley reader or collector. Includes art work by Alan M. Clark. Skyhorse Publishing, under our Night Shade and Talos imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of titles for readers interested in science fiction (space opera, time travel, hard SF, alien invasion, near-future dystopia), fantasy (grimdark, sword and sorcery, contemporary urban fantasy, steampunk, alternative history), and horror (zombies, vampires, and the occult and supernatural), and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller, a national bestseller, or a Hugo or Nebula award-winner, we are committed to publishing quality books from a diverse group of authors.

Author : Julie Beer
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 16,98 MB
Release : 2020
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1426338287

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"Funny facts and information about Halloween, for kids"--

Author : John Hafnor
Publisher : John Hafnor
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 34,36 MB
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 9780964817555

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Contains 101 curious tales and oddball facts about events and people from the fifty states.

Author : Jessica Loy
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 42,43 MB
Release : 2015-04-14
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0805079459

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"There are plenty of books about unusual animals. This is a book about fourteen well-known animals--kangaroos, hippos, giraffes--who all have unusual characteristics. For instance, did you know that a kangaroo's kick can be deadly, that a giraffe can clean its own ears with its tongue, or that a hippo has teeth as long as a child's arm? This accessible book, full of amazing photographs and easy-to-digest factoids, is perfect for animal lovers of all ages."--