No Pigs Allowed

This tale explains why pigs have flat noses. What else does the story teach us?

This tale explains why pigs have flat noses. What else does the story teach us? Long ago, a group of horned animals decided to have a party high up in the mountains. They only invited other animals with horns. No one else.

Originally published in hardcover in 1972, A Day No Pigs Would Die was one of the first young adult books, along with titles like The Outsiders and The Chocolate War. In it, author Robert Newton Peck weaves a story of a Vermont boyhood that is part fiction, part memoir. The result is a moving coming-of-age story that still resonates with teens today.

A long time ago a group of horned animals wanted to throw a party, but they only wanted to invite other animals with horns. The pig has no horns, but he wants to go to the party. What will he do? តាំងពីយូរយារណាស់មកហើយ មានសត្វស្នែងមួយក្រុមចង់រៀបចំពិធីជប់លៀង ប៉ុន្តែពួកគេគ្រាន់តែចង់អញ្ជើញសត្វផ្សេងទៀតដែលមានស្នែងប៉ុណ្ណោះ។ ជ្រូកគ្មានស្នែងទេ ប៉ុន្តែគាត់ចង់ទៅជប់លៀង។ តើគាត់នឹងធ្វើអ្វី? Your purchase of this book supports Library For All in its mission to make knowledge available to all, equally.

An outrageous, hilarious, and touching memoir by the youngest of nine children in a hardscrabble, beyond-eccentric Maine family. With everything happening on Helen Peppe's backwoods Maine farm, life was wild -- and not just for the animals. Sibling rivalry, rock-bottom poverty, feral male chauvinism, sex in the hayloft: everything seemed--and was -- out of control. In telling her wayward family tale, Peppe manages deadpan humor, an unerring eye for the absurd, and poignant compassion for her utterly overwhelmed parents. While her feisty resilience and candor will inevitably remind readers of Jeannette Walls or Mary Karr, Peppe's wry insight and moments of tenderness with family and animals are entirely her own. As Richard Hoffman, the author of Half the House: A Memoir puts it: "Pigs Can't Swim -- is an unruly, joyous troublemaker of a book."

A long time ago a group of horned animals wanted to throw a party, but they only wanted to invite other animals with horns. The pig has no horns, but he wants to go to the party. What will he do? Muda mrefu uliopita kundi la wanyama wenye pembe walitaka kufanya karamu, lakini walitaka tu kuwaalika wanyama wengine wenye pembe. Nguruwe hana pembe, lakini anataka kwenda kwenye sherehe. Atafanya nini? Your purchase of this book supports Library For All in its mission to make knowledge available to all, equally.

Jason Birchall can't wait for Valentine's Day. His parents are going away for the weekend, and Grandma is coming! Jason has big plans. Will he be able to sneak some of his mother's yummy valentine chocolates? Can he trick Grandma into allowing him to change his bedtime?Strange things happen in the Cul-de-sac when Jason pigs out on gooey chocolates and stays up late for a scary show!

"In loving yet unsentimental prose, Sy Montgomery captures the richness that animals bring to the human experience. Sometimes it takes a too-smart-for-his-own-good pig to open our eyes to what most matters in life.” —John Grogan, author of Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World’s Worst Dog A naturalist who spent months at a time living on her own among wild creatures in remote jungles, Sy Montgomery had always felt more comfortable with animals than with people. So she gladly opened her heart to a sick piglet who had been crowded away from nourishing meals by his stronger siblings. Yet Sy had no inkling that this piglet, later named Christopher Hogwood, would not only survive but flourish—and she soon found herself engaged with her small-town community in ways she had never dreamed possible. Unexpectedly, Christopher provided this peripatetic traveler with something she had sought all her life: an anchor (eventually weighing 750 pounds) to family and home. The Good Good Pig celebrates Christopher Hogwood in all his glory, from his inauspicious infancy to hog heaven in rural New Hampshire, where his boundless zest for life and his large, loving heart made him absolute monarch over a (mostly) peaceable kingdom. At first, his domain included only Sy’s cosseted hens and her beautiful border collie, Tess. Then the neighbors began fetching Christopher home from his unauthorized jaunts, the little girls next door started giving him warm, soapy baths, and the villagers brought him delicious leftovers. His intelligence and fame increased along with his girth. He was featured in USA Today and on several National Public Radio environmental programs. On election day, some voters even wrote in Christopher’s name on their ballots. But as this enchanting book describes, Christopher Hogwood’s influence extended far beyond celebrity; for he was, as a friend said, a great big Buddha master. Sy reveals what she and others learned from this generous soul who just so happened to be a pig—lessons about self-acceptance, the meaning of family, the value of community, and the pleasures of the sweet green Earth. The Good Good Pig provides proof that with love, almost anything is possible.

Ready to give up on men altogether? It could be that you have been searching for the right man in the wrong places. Maybe your comfort zone is way too snug for you to get up and actually do something about your situation. Whatever the case may be, there is hope and a happy ending awaiting those who have the faith to say, "I'm going to find the man of my dreams, regardless of the sacrifices!" However, lifestyle sacrifices are essential. You cannot expect to have the best of both the world of excessive partying and the world of responsible living while trying to locate your one true love. You may be familiar with the popular expression "Worlds collide." The same thing happens when you attempt to merge the two aforementioned worlds. There are specific principles that you need to follow in order to find the love of your life. In this book, you will discover the pathway to success.