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Nick Verriet's Christmas: Chicago 1935
Nicolas D. Charles
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2015
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Chicago's most cavalier Private Investigator, Nick Verriet, returns to tackle another dozen zany cases with his usual crazy antics. Based in Chicago, Illinois, twelve interwoven stories relate the protagonist's cases consecutively leading up to Christmas Day, 1935. Every story transpires within a 1-2 day time-frame and finishes with a holiday good-feel ending. Each humor-filled case matches the protagonist's uncanny ability to be at the wrong place at the right time. Throughout his exploits, Nick manages to maintain a devil-may-care attitude, yet he remains crucially aware of the plight of those struck down by the Stock Market Crash of 1929. During those simpler times, Nick fashions a personal justice based upon an unfaltering sense of fairness, always on the side of the little guy. Short Story Synopsis: There's No Business like Show Business: Nick attends the theater to relax and share a laugh or two with his date, but discovers the laugh is on him when the leading lady makes Nick the star in her real life drama. Headed for Trouble: Somebody's lost their head . . . and they're willing to pay Nick handsomely for its return R.I.P.: Nick's love/hate relationship with society columnist, Elizabeth Pruitt, heats up when she arranges for a date at the funeral parlor. Guarding the Family's Jewels: A simple job of guarding the family jewels turns into one of Nick's hairiest cases.When Your Number's Up: To right what's troubling Victoria Saunders' brother, Nick fights fire with fire and beats the mob at their own crooked game.Monkey See, Monkey Do: Someone is trying to make a monkey out of the entertainers Nick's Agency manages. He hires a woman with strange powers to give the culprits a dose of their own medicine.Nuts to You: Nick employs his powers of deduction to put a new twist on the old adage: You are what you eat.It's a Gas: Ernest Partridge enlists Nick's services to solve a locked-room mystery and discover who has stolen his diamonds.Racing Against Time: Nick promises his secretary a fun-filled day at the racetrack, but instead he has to jockey his friend out of trouble.A Knight-errant: Nick's recent successes have him riding a little too high, but the agency's latest client, a British nobleman, puts Nick firmly in his place.False Pretenses: A deceitful client is toying with Nick. He must unravel a mesh of romantic entanglements to discern their motive.Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby: Nick's neighbor, Roger Tippett, M.D, hires Nick to settle a medical malpractice case out of court, but Nick has other ideas
When Nick moves to Texas with his family, he already has enough trouble on his hands. Being an outcast in Jefferson Middle School and constantly being picked on by Brutus, the school bully, Nick is ready to collapse in frustration. But after a tornado whisks him into the Chihuahuan desert, he discovers a mysterious green lake owned by a man with a scarred face, and drinks from it. A few days later, Nick discovers he has superpowers. His life changes forever when the man with the scar turns out to be someone far worse than Brutus, dwarfing all his previous troubles in school. He is forced to go on a dangerous adventure, and it could very well take his life...
Dog poop wars, funeral farts, and sugar withdrawals-it's all recorded here in Nick & Myron's Double Diary. You'll laugh out loud at the hilarious misadventures of America's favorite sixth-grade misfits as they stumble their way through life without a clue.
Born without arms or legs, Nick Vujicic (1982-) overcame tremendous physical and emotional challenges as he grew up. Rather than shrink back from trouble or give up in times of trial, this bold Australian pursued a life filled with exploration of what he could do. Now a world-renowned speaker and author, he encourages others to see themselves as precious to God and to live without limits. Nick's example of Christian character is an inspiration to everyone who feels weighed down by the challenges of disabilities, mistreatment, feelings of inferiority, and more.
In this second novel of the Nick and Tesla series, the precocious brother-and-sister duo find themselves solving another baffling mystery. As the story opens, their Uncle Newt takes a consulting gig at a cut-rate amusement park, engineering animatronic figures for a cheap Hall of Presidentsknockoff. One perk of the job is that Nick and Tesla have unlimited access to the amusement park all summer long-but the kids quickly discover that one of the park employees has a sinister plan. They'll have to build a few robots of their own to foil him! Readers are invited to join in the fun as each story contains instructions and blueprints for five different projects. Learning about science has never been so dangerous-or so much fun!
Nick and Tesla's Secret Agent Gadget Battle
Bob Pflugfelder; Steve Hockensmith
Quirk Books
2014
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In this third installment of the series, 11-year-old whiz-kids Nick and Tesla discover that someone in the quiet town of Half Moon Bay has placed their beloved Uncle Newt under electronic surveillance-but who is spying on him, and why? To expose the secret agent, Nick and Tesla build all kinds of outrageous contraptions. Throughout the book, the narrative is interrupted by blueprints and instructions so that budding young inventors can follow along. Science and electronics have never been so much fun!
Nick and Tesla's Super-Cyborg Gadget Glove
Bob Pflugfelder; Hockensmith Steve
Quirk Books
2014
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Bright siblings-and amateur inventors-Nick and Tesla Holt are back in this fourth instalment. With the mystery of the spy's identity solved, the kids face a whole new crop of questions about their parents' mysterious disappearance. To unravel the mystery, they'll have to come up with all-new cyborg gadgets together with their zany scientist Uncle Newt and their friends Silas and DeMarco.
Super-smart kid inventors Nick and Tesla Holt have outsmarted crooks, spies, and kidnappers, but now it's time to crack their biggest mystery yet: where the heck are their parents? With the help of their eccentric Uncle Newt, the twins trace the clues to their missing Mom and Dad, scientists working on solar-power research for a clandestine government project. They'll need all their wits, along with an assortment of homemade gadgets, to outsmart the criminal mastermind who's trying to turn solar power into a secret weapon. Featuring instructions for building and using five awesome solar-powered contraptions-a hot dog cooker, alarm bell, listening device, model car, and nighttime LED signal cannon-this sixth installment is sure to please budding scientists and sleuthers alike.
The Bug Man is getting married on Saturday . . . if his fiancée can find him.Forensic entomologist Nick Polchak lives in a world of maggots and blow flies and decomposing bodies. No wonder he's still single.But Nick has finally found a woman as strange as he is—dog trainer Alena Savard, a woman who is odd, reclusive, and can seemingly talk to animals. It was a match made in heaven.Nick and Alena are scheduled to be married on Saturday—but there's one small problem. Nick has disappeared.Caught up in a murder case involving an old friend, Nick finds himself on a manhunt that's drawing him farther and farther from the church where Alena is waiting. But will he make it back in time? Could Nick's single-minded focus cause him to forget his own wedding? Is he really pursuing a killer, or is he running away from something else?
Nick the Knight can't wait to fight Breakhorn the Dragon, but Breakhorn just doesn't feel like it. He keeps making up excuses to put off the fight but brave little Nick won't give up. An inspiring picture book about big dreams and an unexpected friendship.
"This touching tale of kindness and friendship is coupled with beautiful illustrations that encourage the reader to pause and enjoy the story through the pictures as well as the text. This is a wonderful read aloud that can spark conversations about how to be a friend and not judging others before getting to know them." ― School Library Connection Nick the Knight can't wait to fight Breakhorn the Dragon, but Breakhorn just doesn't feel like it. He keeps making up excuses to put off the fight but brave little Nick won't give up. An inspiring picture book about big dreams and an unexpected friendship. For knights ages 4 years and older.
