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| grumpy hermit: Someone for Everyone Tammy Manie, 2007 When guinea pig Sugar arrived at the pet store with her sisters she could never have imagined that nobody wanted to take her home. When her sisters are chosen and she is left all alone she begins to wonder that there might be something wrong with her. Meet all the colorful characters in the pet store including Nigel the nasty Blue Marron, Meryl and Beryl the silly chicken sisters and Toby the joke telling turtle. They all can't wait to tell Sugar what they think! Will Sugare ever find a new family. |
| grumpy hermit: The Hermit in the Garden Gordon Campbell, 2013-03-28 Tracing its distant origins to the villa of the Roman emperor Hadrian in the second century AD, the eccentric phenomenon of the ornamental hermit enjoyed its heyday in the England of the eighteenth century It was at this time that it became highly fashionable for owners of country estates to commission architectural follies for their landscape gardens. These follies often included hermitages, many of which still survive, often in a ruined state. Landowners peopled their hermitages either with imaginary hermits or with real hermits - in some cases the landowner even became his own hermit. Those who took employment as garden hermits were typically required to refrain from cutting their hair or washing, and some were dressed as druids. Unlike the hermits of the Middle Ages, these were wholly secular hermits, products of the eighteenth century fondness for 'pleasing melancholy'. Although the fashion for them had fizzled out by the end of the eighteenth century, they had left their indelible mark on both the literature as well as the gardens of the period. And, as Gordon Campbell shows, they live on in the art, literature, and drama of our own day - as well as in the figure of the modern-day garden gnome. This engaging and generously illustrated book takes the reader on a journey that is at once illuminating and whimsical, both through the history of the ornamental hermit and also around the sites of many of the surviving hermitages themselves, which remain scattered throughout England, Scotland, and Ireland. And for the real enthusiast, there is even a comprehensive checklist, enabling avid hermitage-hunters to locate their prey. |
| grumpy hermit: Tales of Earth, Wind and Scales Ruben Zamora Equert, 2023-11-10 In this book, Tales of Earth, Wind, and Scales, the reader will encounter a narrative universe that surpasses conventional boundaries. Through the sixty-three stories, not only different landscapes and characters are explored, but also multiple dimensions of human experience. It's not an easy book to categorize, and that's precisely its greatest virtue. The title speaks of natural elements, but also of something more elusive: scales. In these pages, there is a hint of a quest, a concern to unravel both the tangible and the spiritual. Each story is a world unto itself, but all share that same life force that makes us irredeemably human. It's a book that invites us to dream but also to reflect. It leads us by the hand, like an experienced guide through a maze, but at each turn, it offers us the freedom to find our own way. Some stories will make us laugh, others will plunge us into deep melancholy, and some will leave us bewildered, amazed by the complexity of the human soul and the world around us. The characters that populate these pages are as diverse as the stories themselves: from the little man crumbled in a corridor to the dreamer seeking answers in the wind. But all of them show us facets of the same reality, a mosaic of emotions and situations that make up the fabric of life. In this book, the narrative voice moves with the same ease through psychological introspection as it does through poetic description. It's as if the author wanted to remind us that beauty and complexity are not exclusive but often intertwined in that intricate dance that is existence. This anthology consists of 63 selected short stories spanning different genres, realities, and emotions. Some are lengthy, others mere whispers. Some may seem familiar to you, but others might appear strange, even foreign. They are brushstrokes, narrative frames, and they are also, all of them, the product of over twenty years of writing from all those versions of me. |
| grumpy hermit: My Stubborn Heart Becky Wade, 2012-05 Kate Donovan meets the handsome Matt Jarreau when she accompanies her grandmother to Redbud, Pennsylvania, to help her restore the family home and Kate sets her heart on the young man and his wounded heart. |
| grumpy hermit: Kevin Martinez and the Crimson Knights M. A. Torres, 2018-11-14 When a group of nerds stumble through a portal to a dangerous realm, will they emerge the saviors of a kingdom hurtling to its doom? Halloween night had been good for seventh grader Kevin Martinez and his Fortnite addicted pals. Kevin's crush had joined them for trick or treating, and they had scored tons of candy. But the fun is short-lived when they are bullied into entering the 'House on Crimson Street'—an abandoned house whose previous owners vanished without a trace. Inside, Kevin and his bully tormentor are transported into the world of Derathiel; a realm gripped by apocalyptic war. Leading the carnage is a dark knight named Raven, whose forces transform their victims into petrified wood-like zombies. He's ravaging and swelling his army, his fury spreading like plague... His goal, unknown... But there is hope, in the form of a young knight with a flaming sword named Jey, who befriends Kevin and his friends. He bids them to find the Weapons of the Fallen Gods: magical weapons who gift their wielders powers not seen in a millennia, before Raven can consume Derathiel and move onto Kevin's own Colorado town. But when the 'chosen one' turns out to be anything but, the friends are left with more questions than answers, and the fate of two worlds riding on their shoulders... Book one in the 'Crimson Knights' saga is a thrilling tale that will keep you guessing till the very end and leave you thirsting for book 2! |
| grumpy hermit: Blue Butterfly Ray Bates, 2006-06-26 Detective John Bowers is a wily veteran with the Portland Police Bureau. The only mystery Bowers hasn't solved in 23 years behind the badge is blonde and comes in all flavors. The last split cost him his house, his furniture, his drift boat and his motivation. John blames it all on bloodsucking divorce lawyers. Tracking a call girl's killer through Portland's sleazy sex trade, John and his new partner Minola Raye (Betty Boop with a nine mm on her hip) discover a Bureau cover-up and unravel a VIP's dirty little secrets in a job they sometimes love to hate. |
| grumpy hermit: The Graphic Canon, Vol. 2 Russ Kick, 2019-04-02 The Graphic Canon, Volume 2 gives us a visual cornucopia based on the wealth of literature from the 1800s. Several artists—including Maxon Crumb and Gris Grimly—present their versions of Edgar Allan Poe’s visions. The great American novel Huckleberry Finn is adapted uncensored for the first time, as Twain wrote it. The bad boys of Romanticism—Shelley, Keats, and Byron—are visualized here, and so are the Brontë sisters. We see both of Coleridge’s most famous poems: “Kubla Khan” and “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” (the latter by British comics legend Hunt Emerson). Philosophy and science are ably represented by ink versions of Nietzsche’sThus Spake Zarathustra and Darwin’s On the Origin of Species. Frankenstein, Moby-Dick, Les Misérables, Great Expectations, Middlemarch, Anna Karenina, Crime and Punishment (a hallucinatory take on the pivotal murder scene), Thoreau’s Walden (in spare line art by John Porcellino of King-Cat Comics fame), “The Drunken Boat” by Rimbaud, Leaves of Grass by Whitman, and two of Emily Dickinson’s greatest poems are all present and accounted for. John Coulthart has created ten magnificent full-page collages that tell the story of The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. And Pride and Prejudice has never looked this splendiferous! This volume is a special treat for Lewis Carroll fans. Dame Darcy puts her unmistakable stamp on—what else?—the Alice books in a new 16-page tour-de-force, while a dozen other artists present their versions of the most famous characters and moments from Wonderland. There’s also a gorgeous silhouetted telling of “Jabberwocky,” and Mahendra’s Singh’s surrealistic take on “The Hunting of the Snark.” Curveballs in this volume include fairy tales illustrated by the untameable S. Clay Wilson, a fiery speech from freed slave Frederick Douglass (rendered in stark black and white by Seth Tobocman), a letter on reincarnation from Flaubert, the Victorian erotic classic Venus in Furs, the drug classic The Hasheesh Eater, and silk-screened illustrations for the ghastly children’s classic Der Struwwelpeter. Among many other canonical works. |
| grumpy hermit: Comic Book Punks: How a Generation of Brits Reinvented Pop Culture Karl Stock, 2023-11-21 The influence of the comic book has never been greater, from movies to streaming and beyond, but the journey comics took from disposable kids' magazines to literary prize-winning books and global franchises turned on a highly unusual group of writers and artists. Few would have expected a small gathering of British comic book fans and creators in the early '70s to spark a cultural revolution, but this was the start of a disparate movement of punks, dropouts and disaffected youths who reinvented a medium and became the imaginative heart of a global success story. Based on years of interviews with a generation of leading writers, artists and editors, Karl Stock reveals the true story of the wild times, passion and determination that helped, hindered and saw the reinvention of comics. Stock brilliantly tells the story of the triumphs and disasters that rewrote the rulebook on what comics could be and who they should be for. |
| grumpy hermit: According to Plan Rob Kovitz, 2014-11-04 “Clearly, someone had to have a plan, an idea, a beginning …” — John McCabe, Stickleback “What’s the plan?” — youtube.com, Battlestar Actors Lay Out the Plan Canadian author-artist Rob Kovitz is the creator of Treyf Books, inventive montage book projects that juxtapose texts and images collected from widely varied sources. Centered around a certain theme, he then recombines these findings to form new works of imagination that are at once multivalent and surprisingly cohesive. Kovitz’s latest super-cut bookwork, According to Plan, begins with his interest in the word “plan,” and every text selection includes the word “plan.” The result is a funny, disquieting, and thought-provoking exploration of the human obsession with making plans. |
| grumpy hermit: Downstream Annika Johansson, 2024-04-30 Lismore resident Rob - a happily married empty-nester, enjoying his late middle age - has always defined himself by the quality of the roof over his head and the state of his family life. Solid. Safe. Stable. But when the 2022 flood hits, he and his wife Sal find themselves homeless, their lives now the very opposite of secure and predictable. While government and insurance investigations drag on, Rob and Sal are left with no choice but to rent while they wait to find out the fate of their badly damaged home. After a mix-up with contracts, they reluctantly agree to share a home unit in Ballina with strangers: a slightly older hippy couple, also impacted by the floods, who couldn't be more different from their new flatmates. A two-bedroom, one-bathroom flat with very thin walls ... surely they can stick it out for six months? They're all grown-ups, right? As each awkward, yet entertaining week rolls into the next, they graciously try to deal with one another's personal quirks while waiting for life to get back to normal. Only life has bigger plans for all four of them. Downstream is a story about the forsaken dreams and buried secrets that lie below the surface of our everyday lives - until they reappear in the aftermath of trauma and disruption. With compassion and humour, Annika Johansson explores what 'marriage' and 'home' really mean, when you are faced with the prospect of losing them both. |
| grumpy hermit: The Agony of Victory Steve Friedman, 2012-06 Meet the swiftest and saddest cyclist of his time, a man whose craving for speed was outstripped by a terrible urge toward self-annihilation. See the greatest bowler who ever lived, a high-school dropout who could never measure up to his father. Try to understand the most accomplished high-school runner in American history, whose long-distance records still astound and who, a few years later, abruptly abandoned his wife and three small children. Read of the briefly glorious life of the leading scorer in Division I college basketball, one of the inner city's great success stories ... while it lasted. |
| grumpy hermit: Into the Flames Jennifer Bernard, 2018-10-15 A standalone novel in the Jupiter Point series... To his wildfire hotshot crew, he’s Rollo. Firefighter, loyal friend, lifesaver. To his family, he’s Rollington Wareham III, black sheep and heir to a banking fortune. But now that he’s turned thirty, Rollo knows his days of firefighting and freedom are over. He has responsibilities. Duties. Goodbye hotshots, hello boardroom—and a socially acceptable bride. This is absolutely the worst time to realize just how sexy and adorable his good friend Brianna is. Put her in a garden with some plants, and Brianna Gallagher knows just what to do. Send her on a date with an attractive man and things get awkward. Epically awkward. It’s a good thing she and Rollo are such great friends. It would be a total disaster if she started noticing his ripped physique and sculpted muscles. Kissing him is a definite no-no. As for falling into bed ... well, that might be okay as long as they both know it’s a limited time deal. She doesn’t belong in his world, and he can’t stay in hers. No matter how much she’s falling for him. But fate has a way of changing people’s plans. When a family crisis follows Rollo to Jupiter Point, he turns to the one woman he trusts above all others. Throw in a disastrous visit to Manhattan, a bride hunt, and the world’s most awkward crush, and it will take a miracle to bring them together. Or a shocking event that puts Brianna’s life at risk ... |
| grumpy hermit: Princess and Troll M. Mammonek, 2019-08-26 Princess Marie Antonette, who lives in a fairy-tale kingdom far away, is no ordinary girl. Her long, beautiful hair changes colour several times a day—from blue, to pink, to violet, and more! Her parents worry that she is sick, but the princess’s fairy godmother knows best. Marie’s hair is special and made of magic—and it is alive! It can move all by itself, and sometimes it can be very stubborn. However, her hair can also make dreams come true, changing colours to amuse the other children, and even turning into butterflies! However, there is someone nearby who does not like the royal family, the princess, or any of the children who live in the kingdom. He is the troll who lives beneath the floorboards of the princess’s room, and he is angry that everybody is so loud and having more fun than he. One day, he puts a mean spell on the princess’s hair that turns it into a hideous mess, and instead of butterflies, terrifying beasts come out of it! Both the troll and the princess are very unhappy, but one day they meet each other. The princess realizes that the troll is not evil—he is just misunderstood. Everybody deserves to be happy. However, will they be able to put aside their anger and differences to make peace? In “Princess and Troll,” a delightful rhyming fairy tale, M. Mammonek explores conflict resolution through peaceful means, encouraging children to foster empathy with one another and work together to achieve their dreams. |
| grumpy hermit: Someone to Love Donna Alward, 2017-03-07 She's a free spirit. He's an uptight single father. Can they make it work? |
| grumpy hermit: The Real Wizard of Oz Rebecca Loncraine, 2010-08-03 In the first major literary biography of L. Frank Baum, Rebecca Loncraine tells the story of Oz as you've never heard it, with a look behind the curtain at the vivid life and eccentric imagination of its creator. L. Frank Baum wrote The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in 1899 and it was first published in 1900. A runaway hit, it was soon recognized as America's first modern fairy tale. Baum's life story, like the fictional world he created, is uniquely American, rooted in the transforming historical changes of his times. Baum was a complex and eccentric man who could never stay put for long; his restless creative spirit and voracious appetite for new projects led him across the U.S. during his lifetime, and he drew energy and inspiration from each new dramatic landscape he encountered,. Born in 1856, Baum spent his youth in the Finger Lakes region of New York as amputee soldiers returned from the Civil War; childhood mortality was also commonplace, blurring the lines between the living and the dead, and making room in Baum's young imagination for vividly real ghosts. When Baum was growing up, P. T. Barnum ruled the minds of small towns and his traveling circus was the most famous act around. Baum married a headstrong young woman named Maud Gage and they ventured out west to Dakota Territory, where they faced violent tornadoes, Ghost Dancing tribes and desperate droughts, before trading the hardships on the Great Plains for the excitement of Chicago and the fantastical White City of the World's Fair. Baum's writing tapped into an inner world that blurred his own sense of reality and fantasy. The Land of Oz, which Baum believed he had discovered rather than invented, grew into something far bigger and more popular than he'd ever imagined. After the roaring success of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in 1900, he became a kind of slave to his creation, trapped inside Oz as his army of demanding child fans kept sending him back there to create new adventures for Dorothy, Toto and the humbug wizard. He went on to write thirteen sequels to his first Oz book. He also wrote the first Broadway adaptations of his Oz tales, and turned his Oz books into some of the first motion pictures in a small and undiscovered rural settlement called Hollywood. Baum co-founded the Oz Film Manufacturing Company, even as critics warned that no one would pay to see a children's story. And they were right- his early ventures were box office flops and the world was not ready for Oz on screen until 1939, when MGM released The Wizard of Oz in brilliant Technicolor. Baum was not around to see it-he'd died in bed in 1919 just weeks after completing his final Oz book. But the book and film alike have become classics, just as well-loved today as they were when they first appeared. The Real Wizard of Oz is an imaginatively written work that stretches the genre of biography and enriches our understanding of modern fairytales. L. Frank Baum, author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its thirteen sequels, lived during eventful times in American history-- from 1856 to 1919-- that influenced nearly every aspect of his writing, from the Civil War to Hollywood, which was emerging as a modern Emerald City full of broken dreams and humbug wizards, to the gulf between America's prairie heartland, with its wild tornadoes, and its cities teeming with Tin Man factory workers. This is a colorful portrait of one man's vivid and eccentric imagination and the world that shaped it. Baum's famous fairytale is filled with the pain of the economic uncertainties of the Gilded Age and with a yearning for real change, ideas which many contemporary Americans will recognize. The Wizard of Oz continues to fascinate and influence us because it explores universal themes of longing for a better world, homesickness and finding inner strength amid the storms. |
| grumpy hermit: Transmedia Character Studies Tobias Kunz, Lukas R.A. Wilde, 2023-03-31 Transmedia Character Studies provides a range of methodological tools and foundational vocabulary for the analysis of characters across and between various forms of multimodal, interactive, and even non-narrative or non-fictional media. This highly innovative work offers new perspectives on how to interrelate production discourses, media texts, and reception discourses, and how to select a suitable research corpus for the discussion of characters whose serial appearances stretch across years, decades, or even centuries. Each chapter starts from a different notion of how fictional characters can be considered, tracing character theories and models to approach character representations from perspectives developed in various disciplines and fields. This book will enable graduate students and scholars of transmedia studies, film, television, comics studies, video game studies, popular culture studies, fandom studies, narratology, and creative industries to conduct comprehensive, media-conscious analyses of characters across a variety of media. |
| grumpy hermit: Snake Charmer Bijou Hunter, 2017-05-01 HEAT ღ HUMOR ღ HEA Dad was an outlaw. Mom was the daughter of The Man. I’ve never belonged in either world, always stuck somewhere in between. My job with the sheriff’s department pays the bills, but I’m faking my way through life. No one is the least bit interested in seeing behind my mask until Journey Sheerer. My temperamental temptress knows as little about romance as I do. We might crash and burn, but I can’t let her go. All of these months, I’ve waited for my shot with the girl sporting a scary scowl and an even scarier right hook. Having finally made my move, I don’t doubt it’ll be one helluva bumpy ride. Snake Charmer contains graphic sexual content, violent situations, and harsh language. The book is only appropriate for adult readers age 18+. |
| grumpy hermit: Joseph Campbell: A Fire in the Mind Stephen Larsen, Robin Larsen, 2002-04-01 The fascinating biography that illuminates the man whose work changed modern culture • Gives a complete biographical view of Campbell's life and a personal perspective of who he was through the voices of his friends and colleagues • Written by two of Campbell's preeminent students with exclusive access to his notes and journals Joseph Campbell forged an approach to the study of myth and legend that made ancient traditions and beliefs immediate, relevant, and universal. His teachings and literary works, including The Masks of God, have shown that beneath the apparent themes of world mythology lie patterns that reveal the ways in which we all may encounter the great mysteries of existence: birth, growth, soul development, and death. Biographers Stephen and Robin Larsen, students and friends of Campbell for more than 20 years, weave a rich tapestry of stories and insights that catalogue both his personal and public triumphs. |
| grumpy hermit: Edo Kabuki in Transition Satoko Shimazaki, 2016-04-26 Satoko Shimazaki revisits three centuries of kabuki theater, reframing it as a key player in the formation of an early modern urban identity in Edo Japan and exploring the process that resulted in its re-creation in Tokyo as a national theatrical tradition. Challenging the prevailing understanding of early modern kabuki as a subversive entertainment and a threat to shogunal authority, Shimazaki argues that kabuki instilled a sense of shared history in the inhabitants of Edo (present-day Tokyo) by invoking worlds, or sekai, derived from earlier military tales, and overlaying them onto the present. She then analyzes the profound changes that took place in Edo kabuki toward the end of the early modern period, which witnessed the rise of a new type of character: the vengeful female ghost. Shimazaki's bold reinterpretation of the history of kabuki centers on the popular ghost play Tokaido Yotsuya kaidan (The Eastern Seaboard Highway Ghost Stories at Yotsuya, 1825) by Tsuruya Nanboku IV. Drawing not only on kabuki scripts but also on a wide range of other sources, from theatrical ephemera and popular fiction to medical and religious texts, she sheds light on the development of the ubiquitous trope of the vengeful female ghost and its illumination of new themes at a time when the samurai world was losing its relevance. She explores in detail the process by which nineteenth-century playwrights began dismantling the Edo tradition of presenting the past by abandoning their long-standing reliance on the sekai. She then reveals how, in the 1920s, a new generation of kabuki playwrights, critics, and scholars reinvented the form again, textualizing kabuki so that it could be pressed into service as a guarantor of national identity. |
| grumpy hermit: New Perspectives on Postclassical Comedy Antonis Petrides, 2020-05-15 PIERIDES II, Series Editors: Philip Hardie and Stratis Kyriakidis The re-emergence of Menander from the landfills of Egypt in the late-19th century and the subsequent discovery of the Bodmer Codex in the 1950s caused a sensation among scholars. After a period in which the primary editing and reconstruction of the substantially preserved plays and fragments was the main line of criticism, scholars were finally in a position to take a deep breath and look at Menander and New Comedy, both Greek and Roman, in wider contexts of interpretation and with fresh perspectives drawn from innovative work both in Classical and more modern studies. This book aims to showcase these new approaches to postclassical comedy. The individual contributions, six in total, approach New Comedy as theatrical performance, but also as a dynamic player in the socio-political discourses of the polis culture that gave birth to it. The chapters highlight continuities as well as discontinuities with the cultural and literary past of Athens and the Greek world, but mostly emphasise the progressiveness of New Comedy as a genre and its importance for the nascent culture of Hellenism and Rome thereafter. Blume’s introductory chapter tells the story of Menander’s re-emergence from the tenebrae in full detail. The other five chapters are dual in nature: expositional of a method, but also practical examples of it. They are arranged in a fashion which underlines the major theoretical underpinnings of New Comedy studies, as they are being developed in the present: Cultural Studies (David Konstan and Susan Lape), Intertextuality and Performance (Antonis K. Petrides and Rosanna Omitowoju), and Reception in Rome (Sophia Papaioannou). |
| grumpy hermit: The Eight Sailing/mountain-exploration Books Harold William Tilman, 1987 Mischief in Patagonia; Mischief Among the Penguins; Mischief in Greenland; Mostly Mischief; Mischief Goes South; In Mischief's Wake; Ice with Everything; and Triumph and Tribulation. |
| grumpy hermit: You're The One: A Small Town Opposites Attract Romance Lani Blake, 2022-05-28 She was everything he never thought he needed After a life working his family’s ranch, Nash Winter understands animals better than people. He loathes social media, and twitter to him is a fancy word for talking. So, when his friend’s sister gets excited over the arrival in Ryker Falls of model, and social media influencer, Luna McKinley, he’s going to make damn sure she does no influencing of young minds in the town he now calls home. Nash watches closely, waiting for her true colors to show. But the more time he spends with her, the more he realizes that the lady who’d once walked catwalks worldwide is open and honest. She also has him feeling things he’s never felt before. Grumpy hot guys really didn’t do it for her Luna didn’t exactly run all the way to Ryker Falls when her friend said it was time to catch up, but it was a near thing. Her life was too fast, too crazy, and too much of everything. She wasn’t walking away, just taking a break. She’d fought hard for what she’d achieved and no one, not even the past she’d run from, was taking that from her. Okay, so the town was full of people who seemed to know everything about everyone, and it had him, Nash Winter. A tall dark drink of bitter water, who was determined to see her for what she wasn’t. She didn’t need him looking at her like a bug he wanted to squash. She’d had worse than that in her lifetime. Why then did he bother her. Why did his touch make her want something she’d never had? And why was he the one she turned to, to keep her safe? When her past catches up with her, Luna has to decide to stay in the town where her heart now lies, or run again, and not look back. Can Nash convince Luna to trust him? Can Luna keep Nash safe? The town cheer squad is determined they will find their HEA, but they must navigate the road to true love with care! BOOKS IN THE SERIES Somebody To Love From This Moment Love Me Tender Only Just Begun Hold Me Close You're The One We Belong Together Are you ready to visit Ryker Falls? Meet the ex bad-boy Trainers brothers, and their crazy friends in Ryker Falls, Colorado. You’ll get friends to lovers, childhood sweethearts and grumpy hot guys and so much more, plus all the melt your heart romance and happily ever afters you’ve been waiting for. This town is full of quirky characters that will make you laugh out loud. Plus, there’s a pony called Monica. |
| grumpy hermit: Unwrap Him Nyla K, 2022-12-02 'Twas the night before Christmas. A secret was looming. The lust in my heart had become too consuming. Make no mistake, no blood do we share, But my guardian was the man whose cross I did bear. With his icy coal eyes, and peppermint lips, Under mistletoe I stood, no chance to resist. For it was on none other than this cold silent night, That I gave into wrong, and it felt so damn right. **Unwrap Him is a guardian/ward MM novella, previously part of the Twisted Christmas Anthology. It contains taboo themes and an age gap. Please proceed with caution.** |
| grumpy hermit: Tragic Joy Jazmin Y. Acosta, 2016-12-14 Before the events of Tragic Joy: Areli, the Phantom of Vinolia used to be a regular boy. He claimed he knew Areli and spent a year with her before she arrived into his city. What could have happened that year? |
| grumpy hermit: Steel, Magick and Faith: Book 1 of The Remus Rothwyn Chronicles T.P. Grish, In the ancient and wild world of Glenryth, Fey creatures and a nascent humanity have come into conflict, the motives of each other mutually unfathomable and alien. Technological cults and Monotheistic religions are worshipped, any suspicion of pagan or Fey magickal taint is reviled. Prophets spread far and wide, offering hope and comfort to the beleaguered masses. Mankind is not totally separate from the energies that suffuse Glenryth, as an unfortunate few are born as Touched. When local dwarves put a curse upon the town of High Peaks, Remus, the aloof and irritable woodcutter and sage, must try and ebb the tide of xenophobic anger that could engulf himself and any other folk that are labelled as outcasts. But when a caravan of technocrat pilgrims fails to arrive, and the body of a local child is found in the woodlands, Remus, along with the capricious Touched Elaina, must try to understand the nature of morality in a world cloaked in suspicion and fear, and, ultimately, to prevent a brewing war that could send the region spiraling into chaos and destruction. The Remus Rothwyn Chronicles is a dark, epic fantasy series with mythological elements and a nuanced world with complex perspectives. |
| grumpy hermit: Memoirs of the Harvard Dead in the War Against Germany Mark Antony De Wolfe Howe, 1923 |
| grumpy hermit: When She Was Good Michael Robotham, 2022-04-26 From the bestselling author of Good Girl, Bad Girl and When You Are Mine comes a gripping thriller featuring the brilliant forensic psychologist Cyrus Haven as he becomes embroiled in an explosive murder case with disturbing origins. Criminal psychologist Cyrus Haven and Evie Cormac return in this “powerhouse of a novel” (Booklist, starred review) from internationally bestselling author Michael Robotham, a writer Stephen King calls “an absolute master...with heart and soul.” Who is Evie, the girl with no past, running from? She was discovered hiding in a secret room in the aftermath of a terrible crime. Her ability to tell when someone is lying helped Cyrus crack an impenetrable case in Good Girl, Bad Girl. Now, the closer Cyrus gets to uncovering answers about Evie’s dark history, the more he exposes Evie to danger, giving her no choice but to run. Ultimately, both will have to decide if some secrets are better left buried and some monsters should never be named... |
| grumpy hermit: Jean-Luc Godard Douglas Morrey, 2019-01-11 This volume offers a new interpretation of one of the most innovative directors in the history of cinema. It is the first book to cover the whole of Godard's career, from the French New Wave to the recent triumphs of Histoire(s) du cinéma and Eloge de l'amour. Drawing on a wide range of literary, filmic and philiosophical texts, the book places Godard's work within its intellectual context, examining how developments in French culture and thought since 1950 have been mirrored in - and sometimes anticipated by - Godard's films. Numerous sequences from Godard's films are singled out for close analysis, demonstrating how the director's radical approaches to narrative, editing, sound and shot composition have made the cinema into an analytical tool in its own right. The book will be essential to all students of Godard's films, and of interest to scholars of modern and contemporary French cinema, culture and thought. |
| grumpy hermit: Story-adventures Ambrose Leo Suhrie, 1925 |
| grumpy hermit: Story-world Readers: Story-adventures Ambrose Leo Suhrie, Myrtle Garrison Gee, 1927 |
| grumpy hermit: In Safe Hands Katie Ruggle, 2016-10-04 Vivid and charming.—CHARLAINE HARRIS, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Sookie Stackhouse series He was her hero, but one wrong move ended their future before it could begin. Now he'll do whatever it takes to keep her safe, even if that means turning against one of his own. As a member of the Field County Sheriff's Department, Chris Jennings is used to having it rough. The Colorado Rockies aren't for the weak-of-spirit, but he's devoted his life to upholding the law—and to protecting the one woman he knows he can never have. He'll do whatever it takes to keep her safe. Daisy Little has lived in agoraphobic terror for over eight years. Trapped within a prison of her own making, she watches time pass through her bedroom window. Daisy knows she'll never be a part of the world...until the day she becomes the sole witness of a terrible crime that may finally tear the Search & Rescue brotherhood apart for good. In the remote Rocky Mountains, lives depend on the Search & Rescue brotherhood. But in a place this far off the map, trust is hard to come by and secrets can be murder... Gripping suspense, unique heroines, sexy heroes. —CHRISTINE FEEHAN, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Search and Rescue Series: On His Watch (FREE novella) Hold Your Breath (Book 1) Fan the Flames (Book 2) Gone too Deep (Book 3) In Safe Hands (Book 4) After the End (FREE novella) What People Are Saying: I love Ruggle's characters. They're sharply drawn, and vividly alive. I'm happy when they find each other. These are wonderful escapist books.—CHARLAINE HARRIS, #1 New York Times Bestselling author of the Sookie Stackhouse series Sexy and suspenseful, I couldn't turn the pages fast enough.—JULIE ANN WALKER, New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author for Hold Your Breath Chills and thrills and a sexy slow-burning romance from a terrific new voice.—D.D. AYRES, author of the K-9 Rescue Series for Hold Your Breath |
| grumpy hermit: LIFE , 1937-10-25 LIFE Magazine is the treasured photographic magazine that chronicled the 20th Century. It now lives on at LIFE.com, the largest, most amazing collection of professional photography on the internet. Users can browse, search and view photos of today’s people and events. They have free access to share, print and post images for personal use. |
| grumpy hermit: Libtard Cringe Conrad Riker, 101-01-01 They Want You Weak. Here’s How to Fight Back. Tired of being called “toxic” for wanting to protect your family? Sick of seeing boys drugged into submission while feminists rewrite history? Had enough of corporations and universities mocking merit to push their Marxist lies? 1. Exposes the real agenda behind “gender equality” — and it’s not about fairness. 2. Reveals how feminists and C.E.O.s profit by turning men into docile worker drones. 3. Debunks the “toxic masculinity” hoax with cold, unflinching data leftists ignore. 4. Names the politicians, academics, and N.G.O.s sabotaging traditional families. 5. Proves woke policies intentionally create chaos to weaken Western nations. 6. Details how media brainwashes boys to hate their own instincts. 7. Shows why religions resisting degeneracy are your last line of defense. 8. Teaches men to rebuild pride, purpose, and power — no apologies. If you want to annihilate the lies, reclaim your rights, and save civilization from collapse, buy this book today — before they ban it. |
| grumpy hermit: Mistletoe Madness Leeanna Morgan, 2019-06-14 Fans of Pamela Kelley and Robyn Carr will love this small-town, feel-good romance! This Christmas, something magical is happening in Sapphire Bay. Kylie loves everything about Christmas. The lights, the carols, the snow-covered streets and, most of all, the smiles on the faces of everyone she meets. Well, almost everyone. When her friends ask her to organize the biggest fundraising Christmas party Sapphire Bay has ever seen, the florist inside of her is itching to get started. But that means talking to Ben Thompson, the closest thing to the Christmas Grinch she’s ever met. Ben owns the only Christmas tree farm in Sapphire Bay, but that doesn’t mean he’s full of the Christmas spirit. He came to Montana searching for peace and quiet, but pesky Kylie Bryant, with her addiction to all things Christmasy, is driving him insane. When Kylie helps him save his business, everything about her begins to make sense. She's getting under Ben's skin and making him feel alive. But a letter from his lawyer changes everything. Will a secret from Ben's past tear them apart or will they finally get everything they've ever wanted? MISTLETOE MADNESS is the second book in the Santa's Secret Helpers series and can easily be read as a standalone. Each of Leeanna's series are linked so you can find out what happens to your favorite characters in other books. If you would like to know when Leeanna's next book is released, please visit leeannamorgan.com. Happy reading! Praise for Leeanna Morgan’s books: “I am addicted to Leeanna Morgan's books! The only problem with them is that I hate coming to the end of one, and can't wait for the next good read. I love how she weaves the characters together, and draws you right into their lives. If you haven't discovered her, please do give her books a try. You won't be disappointed, except for not having found her sooner!” “I thoroughly enjoyed this book! I couldn't put it down. I purchased it today and finished it just now. Captivating story from beginning to end. Definitely a five star book.” Other Contemporary Romances by Leeanna Morgan: The Montana Brides Book 1: Forever Dreams (Gracie and Trent) Book 2: Forever in Love (Amy and Nathan) Book 3: Forever After (Nicky and Sam) Book 4: Forever Wishes (Erin and Jake) Book 5: Forever Santa: a Montana Brides Christmas novella Book 6: Forever Cowboy (Emily and Alex) Book 7: Forever Together (Kate and Dan) Book 8: Forever and a Day (Sarah and Jordan) The Bridesmaids Club Book 1: All of Me (Tess and Logan) Book 2: Loving You (Annie and Dylan) Book 3: Head Over Heels (Sally and Todd) Book 4: Sweet on You (Molly and Jacob) Emerald Lake Billionaires Book 1: Sealed with a Kiss (Rachel and John) Book 2: Playing for Keeps (Sophie and Ryan) Book 3: Crazy Love (Holly and Daniel) Book 4: One And Only (Elizabeth and Blake) The Protectors: Book 1: Safe Haven (Hayley and Tank) Book 2: Just Breathe: (Kelly and Tanner) Book 3: Always (Mallory and Grant) Book 4: The Promise (Ashley and Matthew) Sapphire Bay: Book 1: Falling For You (Natalie and Gabe) Book 2: Once In A Lifetime (Sam and Caleb) Book 3: A Christmas Wish (Megan and William) Book 4: Before Today (Brooke and Levi) Book 5: The Sweetest Thing (Cassie and Noah) Book 6: Sweet Surrender (Willow and Zac) Santa's Secret Helpers: Book 1: Christmas On Main Street (Emma and Jack) Book 2: Mistletoe Madness (Kylie and Ben) Book 3: Silver Bells (Bailey and Steven) Book 4: The Santa Express (Shelley and John) |
| grumpy hermit: The Holiday Heart Adrian Ferruelo, 2025-05-26 When Lila Bennett, a travel photographer, returns to her snowy mountain hometown of Frostpine to save her family’s struggling inn, she never expects to cross paths with Ethan Carter, a reclusive woodworker and former professional skier. As they work together to organize the town’s annual Christmas festival, their initial awkwardness turns into a deep connection. But with their personal struggles and the pressures of the holiday season, they must learn to trust, open their hearts, and rediscover the joy of Christmas. This heartwarming romance explores themes of love, forgiveness, and the magic of community. Perfect for fans of The Christmas Cottage and Snowed In, this novel will fill your heart with the warmth and wonder of the holiday season. |
| grumpy hermit: Remus Rothwyn Chronicles Box Set 1: Books 1-3 T.P. Grish, This box set contains the first three books in the Remus Rothwyn Chronicles Series. The Remus Rothwyn Chronicles is a dark, epic fantasy series with mythological elements and a nuanced world with complex perspectives. Book 1: Steel, Magick and Faith In the ancient and wild world of Glenryth, Fey creatures and a nascent humanity have come into conflict, the motives of each other mutually unfathomable and alien. Technological cults and Monotheistic religions are worshipped, any suspicion of pagan or Fey magickal taint is reviled. Prophets spread far and wide, offering hope and comfort to the beleaguered masses. Mankind is not totally separate from the energies that suffuse Glenryth, as an unfortunate few are born as Touched. When local dwarves put a curse upon the town of High Peaks, Remus, the aloof and irritable woodcutter and sage, must try and ebb the tide of xenophobic anger that could engulf himself and any other folk that are labelled as outcasts. But when a caravan of technocrat pilgrims fails to arrive, and the body of a local child is found in the woodlands, Remus, along with the capricious Touched Elaina, must try to understand the nature of morality in a world cloaked in suspicion and fear, and, ultimately, to prevent a brewing war that could send the region spiraling into chaos and destruction. Book 2: The Shard of Palrinah After saving High Peaks from a devastating war between Humankind and Fey, Remus and Elaina head to the grand city of Yondern to continue their adventures, yearning for excitement and the chance to do good. However, the long-brewing political conflict between the Steelwielders and Paragonites has erupted into open war, and try as they might, the travelers cannot escape the eye of suspicious factions. Once-friendly factions have turned wary, and they find themselves allying with those who they would least expect. An old friend, the bard Perfidian, confronts them with troubling information, hinting at a deeper objective to the brewing war, and possibly to an object of power that could wreak devastation upon the land in the hands of the power-hungry. The three friends must discover what the Steelwielder technocrats and Paragonite monks are truly seeking in a remote corner of Glenryth, in a deadly game of cat and mouse involving dark and sinister forces, both Human and otherwise. Book 3: Though Darkness Comes Having fled to Norlathaa to hide themselves, and the mighty Shard of Palrinah, from the foes who mercilessly hunt them, Remus and his companions must navigate the deadly political landscape of double-crosses and power grabs that confronts them. The Steelwielders and Paragonites pursue the holy item of power, taking advantage of the sweltering corruption that plagues the monarchic government of Norlathaa, spreading a web of eyes and ears. Other factions stalk the shadows of the temperate land, agents of the great Cities, and Fey tribes congregate in their lairs, enacting a great magick to counter the rise of whatever group of Humanity claims the artefact. Old friends and enemies become intermeshed in the conflict, and Remus, Elaina and Perfidian must find safe harbour in the bard’s homeland, struggling to understand the meaning of home and the ramifications of power, and, ultimately, to seek a way to end the threat the Shard of Palrinah bodes for Glenryth, once and for all. |
| grumpy hermit: Short Stories: Multiple Universes Etta Harper, Bob Joe, Queensly McQueen, 2020-12-01 Here is a collection of five short stories written by people all over the world and of all ages. 1. Dream On 2. The Evil Pig 3. Creature in the Large Woods 4. Nag the Nameless 5. The Enchantress of Spain We hope you enjoy! |
| grumpy hermit: The New Hope Cafe Dawn Atkins, 2012-10-02 Welcome to New Hope, AZ. New Hope? Not from where Cara Price is standing. Miles from her destination, a car that won't run and a daughter she can protect only by moving, lingering in this town is not on Cara's plan. And the harder she pushes to leave, the more things conspire to prevent that. There's the slow mechanic ... there's the cafae in need of a waitress ... there's its owner in need of a friend .... There's also the very tempting Jonah Gold. Cara's plan is all about survival with no room for romance. Yet, Jonah's charm and the easy way they work together has her wanting to make space for him. The promise of what they share is so different from the life she's escaping. Maybe this cafae, this town and Jonah are all the hope she needs!--Publisher. |
| grumpy hermit: Old Grumpy's Gold Catherine H. Brady, 1906 |
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Definition of grumpy adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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Grumpy refers to a person who is irritable, bad-tempered, moody, or grumbling, often due to annoyance, dissatisfaction or frustration. It can also be used to describe someone who has a …
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Mar 25, 2025 · grumpy (comparative grumpier, superlative grumpiest) Dissatisfied and irritable. The old man was grumpy because he couldn’t find his glasses.
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Unhappy, dissatisfied and/or irritable, a word which is particularly applied to babies and children or adults who are acting childishly. Tommy feels grumpy today because his friend stole his ball. …
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When your friend suggests a restaurant but you’re in a bad mood so you say “That’s a stupid restaurant” — even though you don’t really mind it — then you’re being grumpy, meaning …
GRUMPY definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
If you say that someone is grumpy, you mean that they are bad-tempered and miserable.
GRUMPY Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of GRUMPY is moodily cross : surly. How to use grumpy in a sentence.
GRUMPY | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
grumpy I'm just a little tired and grumpy today. cranky US She's very cranky because she has a toothache. impatient I'm too impatient for fishing. Dad is always grumpy on Monday mornings. …
Grumpy - definition of grumpy by The Free Dictionary
Define grumpy. grumpy synonyms, grumpy pronunciation, grumpy translation, English dictionary definition of grumpy. adj. grump·i·er , grump·i·est Surly and peevish; cranky. grump′i·ly adv. …
GRUMPY Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com
Grumpy definition: surly or ill-tempered; discontentedly or sullenly irritable; grouchy.. See examples of GRUMPY used in a sentence.
grumpy adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage …
Definition of grumpy adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
What does GRUMPY mean? - Definitions.net
Grumpy refers to a person who is irritable, bad-tempered, moody, or grumbling, often due to annoyance, dissatisfaction or frustration. It can also be used to describe someone who has a …
grumpy - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Mar 25, 2025 · grumpy (comparative grumpier, superlative grumpiest) Dissatisfied and irritable. The old man was grumpy because he couldn’t find his glasses.
Grumpy Definition & Meaning - YourDictionary
Unhappy, dissatisfied and/or irritable, a word which is particularly applied to babies and children or adults who are acting childishly. Tommy feels grumpy today because his friend stole his ball. …
Grumpy - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com
When your friend suggests a restaurant but you’re in a bad mood so you say “That’s a stupid restaurant” — even though you don’t really mind it — then you’re being grumpy, meaning …
GRUMPY definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
If you say that someone is grumpy, you mean that they are bad-tempered and miserable.
