Maximum Speed: Pushing the Limit

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Doster, Joanna Lee

Thrillers & Suspense

MPI Publishing

Haunted by premonitions of his own fiery death, Sean Devlin, the hot, young, champion race car driver for Devlin Motor Sports (DMS), his family’s racing team, is having another one of his awful nightmares right before the season’s biggest race. Breathing heavily as he races around an empty dark racetrack faster and faster, tires screeching, he begins to lose control of his car. Fragments of these panicky, close-up racing images are mixed together with Sean’s memories of his bullied childhood. His tough-as-nails mother, Taylor, a stock car racer herself, is scolding him and telling him to man up and push the limits. Dragging him down to their New York City apartment building’s giant garage late one night, she shoves him behind the wheel of her sports car and force teaches him to drive. DMS, the frontrunners to win big at the upcoming race, and take home the coveted award, suddenly find themselves the targets of deadly sabotage. Sean and his DMS teammates, Jimmy Stanton and the beautiful Dakota Philips, an unbeatable team of adrenaline-fueled racers, are marked for danger. Jimmy Stanton is brutally kidnapped and Sean’s racing car explodes, nearly killing him in a fiery crash. With no time to spare, the Devlins rally together to find Jimmy and expose the conspirators who are out to destroy them. But what Sean discovers is a shocking truth that hits close to home. And that the entire DMS crew isn’t just racing to win—they’re racing for their lives. On the way to finding out who is behind the ruthless scheme, Sean confronts his own demons, especially his love life, while coming to terms with his painful past.

Maximum Speed: Pushing The Limit

Creative, Blue Harvest

Meet Jaxx, a happy-go-lucky New York City dog, whose life is suddenly turned topsy-turvy when he gets lost during a blizzard. Wrenched away from his human family, alone, shivering and struggling to survive, he is rescued and taken in by strangers at The Metropolitan Opera. Follow Jaxx, as he tells his story while bravely coping with the challenges of adapting to living in an unfamiliar environment inside the opera house. He meets a lively cast of colorful characters, including other animals, but longs to be reunited with his family. He performs heroic deeds and encounters situations that are filled with surprises, both good and bad. Root for Jaxx, as he fulfills his new dream of performing on stage at The Metropolitan Opera. This inspirational tale, with its rich language and an introduction to French, is an ideal first chapter book for developing readers. It provides children with a rare peek into the thrilling world of The Metropolitan Opera, while demonstrating that live theater and performing on stage can be a fun and exciting experience. Tails Of Jaxx At The Metropolitan Opera instills valuable lessons about courage, hope, and making friends in new situations. Most of all, it underscores the importance of striving to conquer things we didn’t think we could do. Grade 3 - 4

Tails of Jaxx at The Metropolitan Opera

Children's Books

Animals

Meet Jaxx, a happy-go-lucky New York City dog, whose life is suddenly turned topsy-turvy when he gets lost during a blizzard. Wrenched away from his human family, alone, shivering and struggling to survive, he is rescued and taken in by strangers at The Metropolitan Opera.
Follow Jaxx, as he tells his story while bravely coping with the challenges of adapting to living in an unfamiliar environment inside the opera house. He meets a lively cast of colorful characters, including other animals, but longs to be reunited with his family. He performs heroic deeds and encounters situations that are filled with surprises, both good and bad.
Root for Jaxx, as he fulfills his new dream of performing on stage at The Metropolitan Opera.
This inspirational tale, with its rich language and an introduction to French, is an ideal first chapter book for developing readers. It provides children with a rare peek into the thrilling world of The Metropolitan Opera, while demonstrating that live theater and performing on stage can be a fun and exciting experience. 
Tails Of Jaxx At The Metropolitan Opera instills valuable lessons about courage, hope, and making friends in new situations. Most of all, it underscores the importance of striving to conquer things we didn't think we could do.
 Ages 6 to 9

Tails Of Jaxx At The Metropolitan Opera

Tails Of Jaxx In Barkhamsted is a juvenile fiction, action adventure book. HIS COURAGE AND BRAVERY IN THE FACE OF DANGER MAKES JAXX A TRUE HERO. Jaxx, a Maltese dog from New York City, goes on a winter holiday with his parents to visit his Dad's sister, Aunt Lulu, in Barkhamsted, Connecticut, a quaint town in New England. Everything is a new adventure for Jaxx. He goes on a long train ride and leaves the big city for the first time. Jaxx misses the bright lights, busy streets and tall buildings. It takes a while for him to adjust to the quiet country. Jaxx makes new friends with a young boy named Colin, and Rufus, a gruff bulldog who lives next door to Aunt Lulu. Things take a strange turn when Aunt Lulu's cat Mikey, mysteriously disappears. Soon, other pets from town are gone without a trace. To honor his promise, Jaxx sneaks out at night and bravely sets out on a treacherous mission to find Mikey and the other missing pets. Jaxx's determination and courage leads him, with the help of his friends, into a perilous web of danger. As the trail of clues draws them closer to solving the mystery, they find themselves in a fight for their lives to find the kidnapped pets before they vanish forever.

Tails Of Jaxx In Barkhamsted

Someone’s out to destroy the Devlin Motor Sports racing team, whose stock car racing roots span three generations. A top DMS driver, Jimmy Stanton, is brutally kidnapped. When sexy 23 year old Sean Chase Devlin tries to intervene, he’s tasered senseless. Two days later, Sean, a champion driver in his own right, barely survives a suspicious accident and a bone-crushing crash on the speedway.
 At his hospital bed hover an angel and a possible devil. Daniella Lawson, his true-love whom he betrayed with nameless one night stands, senses Sean’s attraction to the dark-haired beauty, Dakota Phillips, a competitive racer for the Devlins and the only one on the DMS racing team left to qualify for the upcoming Gator 500 race.
 Caught in a web of danger, the Devlin family must pull together to find Jimmy and discover who is behind the plot to keep them out of the big race. Everyone becomes suspect. Switching alliances reveal family secrets, new enemies, and the identity behind a deadly scheme.
 Set in southern Florida and New York City, Maximum Speed provides a behind-the scenes look at adrenaline-pumping excitement of stock car racing, and fascinating characters whose passion for winning goes beyond the racetrack.

Maximum Speed: Pushing The Limit: Pushing The Limit

Literature & Fiction

Action & Adventure

iUniverse

Someone's out to destroy the Devlin Motor Sports racing team, whose stock car racing roots span three generations. A top DMS driver, Jimmy Stanton, is brutally kidnapped. When sexy 23 year old Sean Chase Devlin tries to intervene, he's tasered senseless. Two days later, Sean, a champion driver in his own right, barely survives a suspicious accident and a bone-crushing crash on the speedway.  At his hospital bed hover an angel and a possible devil. Daniella Lawson, his true-love whom he betrayed with nameless one night stands, senses Sean's attraction to the dark-haired beauty, Dakota Phillips, a competitive racer for the Devlins and the only one on the DMS racing team left to qualify for the upcoming Gator 500 race.  Caught in a web of danger, the Devlin family must pull together to find Jimmy and discover who is behind the plot to keep them out of the big race. Everyone becomes suspect. Switching alliances reveal family secrets, new enemies, and the identity behind a deadly scheme.  Set in southern Florida and New York City, Maximum Speed provides a behind-the scenes look at adrenaline-pumping excitement of stock car racing, and fascinating characters whose passion for winning goes beyond the racetrack.

iUniverse, Inc.

Celebrity Bedroom Retreats: Professional Designer Secrets from 40 Star Bedrooms

"Celebrity Bedroom Retreats" showcases a variety of bedroom styles, from simple meditative Zen spaces to garden-inspired chinoiseries styles. Author Joanna Lee Doster helps readers re-create the essentials in each featured style with plenty of design tips, sources and commentary from both stars and their designers.

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Home Improvement & Design

Rockport Pub

This beautiful style guide brings you into the homes of forty celebrities to reveal how each one worked with designers to transform a bedroom into a highly personalized sanctuary. The styles are as varied and unique as the starts themselves?from model Tyra Banks? colorful fabric-filled Moroccan chamber to singer Paula Abdul?s soothing candlelit hideaway and onto Cher?s medieval-gone-contemporary haven. Now in paperback, Celebrity Bedroom Retreats showcases a variety of bedroom stylesfrom simple, meditative Zen spaces to garden-inspired chinoiserie styles. Author Joanna Lee Doster helps readers re-create the essentials in each featured style with plenty of design tips, sources, and commentary from both stars and their designers.

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Maximum Speed: Pushing the Limit

Maximum Speed: Pushing The Limit

Tails of Jaxx at The Metropolitan Opera

Tails Of Jaxx At The Metropolitan Opera

Tails Of Jaxx In Barkhamsted

Maximum Speed: Pushing The Limit: Pushing The Limit

Maximum Speed: Pushing the Limit

Celebrity Bedroom Retreats: Professional Designer Secrets from 40 Star Bedrooms

Celebrity Bedroom Retreats: Professional Designer Secrets from 40 Star Bedrooms