Most Popular Books by David Small

Alan Powers is getting on in years, and he''s coming to terms with some of the difficult people he''s loved in his life, helped by his wife, Marilyn, who is much younger and some ways much wiser. He gets calls from his ex-wife who says she''s getting phone calls from their dead son. He deals with his emotionally damaged brother, his surviving son''s struggles, and his crazy mother. He must placate the ghosts of past loves and cope with the loss of dear friends. Just as Paris beckons, he is struck down by a serious illness. Yet Marilyn will see that more remains of his life than a quiet summing up, and that in the end all their hard-won dreams will come to pass. MORE OF EVERYTHING is a love story told in a very special voice with moments that will make you laugh and cry, just like real life.

Fenwick buys a new suit which comes to life and starts to take over everything.

"George Washington''s cows were kept upstairs, And given their own special room. They never were seen by light of day. No matter for what or by whom." These cows are just the beginning of George''s problems. To be sure, his hogs are helpful around the house, but it irks Martha when their parties are better than hers. And then there are the sheep--all of them smarter than Tom Jefferson, with degrees (no to say "sheepskins") to prove it. What''s a Father of his country to do? David Smalll puts a hilariously sticky fingerprint on the well-polished veneer of American history, showing readers what really went on in the home of our first President.

Dopo un''operazione in apparenza insignificante, il quattordicenne David Small scopre di non poter più parlare: gli sono state rimosse la tiroide e una delle corde vocali, e il taglio con cui i medici gli hanno squarciato la gola è stato suturato alla bell''e meglio, con ventinove punti che lo accompagneranno per il resto della vita. Sarà solo a cose fatte che David scoprirà di aver avuto un cancro alla gola, trascurato dalla superficialità dei medici e dall''indifferenza della sua famiglia. In un caleidoscopio di immagini folgoranti, Small ci regala il difficile racconto del viaggio che ha segnato la sua esistenza: quello di un ragazzino che, dopo essere stato ridotto a un solitario silenzio, ritrova la propria voce grazie all''arte. *********************** Questo eBook è ottimizzato per la fruizione su tablet; se ne sconsiglia pertanto la lettura sui dispositivi eReader.

"This languid, bluesy novel tells the story of a young baseball star''s emotional collapse after a car accident shatters his career. Elegantly crafted, Small''s first novel is a stunning debut".--Saturday Review.

Somebody Else''s Man

One Thursday Imogene wakes up with a pair of antlers growing out of her head and causes a sensation wherever she goes.

Take a hockey journey around the world with coach David Small. This simple read will share some hockey stories from all around the world. From Dubai to Penticton, Bangkok to Houston. Finally end up in Eppan Italy where the season is underway. The incredible men of HC Eppan go to war for each other and learn what it takes to be a team.

The ultrasonic wave propagation of thick, layered composites containing degraded bonds is investigated. A theoretical one-dimensional model of three attenuative viscoelastic layers containing two imperfect interfaces is introduced. Elastic material properties and measured ''values of ultrasonic phase velocity and attenuation are used to represent E-glass and vinyl ester resin fiber-reinforced plastic (FRP) laminate, syntactic foam, and resin putty materials in the model. The ultrasonic phase velocity in all three materials is shown to be essentially constant in the range of 1.0 to 5.0 megahertz (MHz). The attenuation in all three materials is constant or slightly increasing in the range 1.0 to 3.0 MHz. Numerical simulation of the model via the mass- spring-dashpot lattice model reveals the importance of the input signal shape, wave speed, and layer thickness on obtaining non-overlapping, distinct return signals in pulse-echo ultrasonic nondestructive evaluation. The effect of the interface contact quality on the reflection and transmission coefficients of degraded interfaces is observed in both the simulated and theoretical results.