5/27/2023 0 Comments Mary downing hahn one for sorrow![]() ![]() Hahn lives in Columbia, Maryland with her cat, Oscar. An avid reader, traveler, and all-around arts lover, Ms. She soon returns there as a ghost, ready to reclaim Annie's friendship and to punish all the girls who bullied her.Ĭontributor Bio(s): Hahn, Mary Downing: - Mary Downing Hahn, a former children's librarian, is the award-winning author of many popular ghost stories, including Wait Till Helen Comes, which is being adapted for film. ![]() Elsie is not absent from school long though. But Annie soon makes other friends as well and finds herself joining them in teasing and tormenting Elsie, who later succumbs to the epidemic and dies. Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.4" W x 5.4" (0.50 lbs)įeatures: Ikids, Price on Product, UnabridgedĪgainst the ominous backdrop of the influenza epidemic of 1918, Elsie, the class tattletale, liar, and thief, claims the new girl at school, Annie, as her best friend. Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Bullying ![]() Juvenile Fiction | Historical - United States - 20th Century WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guaranteeīinding Type: Compact Disc - See All Available Formats & Editions Contributor(s): Hahn, Mary Downing (Author), Lambert, Madeleine (Narrated by) ![]()
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5/27/2023 0 Comments Dark Fae by Caroline Peckham![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() the King who killed my brother is a dead man walking. I don't believe in fate, but I do know this. Or that I'll do whatever it takes to bring down the Fae who took my flesh and blood from me. I might be a petite, lilac-haired girl who looks like I couldn't hurt a fly, but they haven't been introduced to my fangs yet. And guess what? Two of the kings run the gangs at the academy, their hatred for each other so fierce I hear a day doesn't go by without blood being spilled in the halls. The Lunar Brotherhood and the Oscura Clan. The school itself is divided by the two gangs who run this city. To put it lightly, my town is the cesspit of Solaria where the most cutthroat Fae in the kingdom reside. The trouble is, there's four kings at the academy and each of them have motive and bloodthirsty natures.Īurora Academy isn't a place for the faint of heart. The King of Aurora Academy killed my brother. When I interrogated/accidentally killed a Werewolf who was high on a new and dangerous drug called Killblaze, his final words painted a dark reality for me. And a girl on a mission to destroy one of them for murdering my brother. ![]() What do a heartless Dragon Shifter, a cold-blooded Basilisk, an arrogant Lion Shifter and a brooding, tattooed Harpy have in common.? Me.Įlise Callisto. ![]() ![]() Caught in a lethal game of cat and mouse with a killer, the Naturals are going to have to use all of their gifts just to survive. And when a new killer strikes, danger looms close. Soon, it becomes clear that no one in the Naturals program is what they seem. ![]() What Cassie doesn't realize is that there's more at risk than a few unsolved homicides-especially when she's sent to live with a group of teens whose gifts are as unusual as her own. That is, until the FBI come knocking: they've begun a classified program that uses exceptional teenagers to crack infamous cold cases, and they need Cassie. But, it's not a skill that she's ever taken seriously. Piecing together the tiniest details, she can tell you who you are and what you want. Seventeen-year-old Cassie is a natural at reading people. ![]() 5/27/2023 0 Comments The drive in joe lansdale![]() ![]() ![]() Lansdale’s work, so suited to cinematic interpretation, seems to be finally getting the attention it deserves from directors. As entertaining as the Hap and Leonard books all are, the early books and in particular, Mucho Mojo, remain the best point of entry for interested parties. Recently, Lansdale has produced two of the finest novels of his career in the utterly compelling historical westerns The Thicket and Paradise Sky and his series of gonzo crime-fiction Hap and Leonard novels continued with the release of the ninth book in February 2016. Those interested in the more surreal and far-out aspects of his fiction should consider beginning with The Complete Drive-In, or The Nightrunners, while those more receptive to historically set suspense should pick up The Bottoms or A Fine Dark Line. When it comes to recommending his work to newcomers, there is so much to choose from, it’s difficult to know where to start. During the course of his career, he has garnered a number of awards, including ten Bram Stoker Awards, the Edgar Award (for his 2000 novel, The Bottoms), the British Fantasy Award, The Horror Writers Association Lifetime Achievement Award to name but a few. Lansdale is the author of more than forty novels and numerous short stories covering a broad spectrum of genres and appearing in a variety of media, including television, film, newspapers and comic books. Born in 1951 in Gladewater, Texas, Joe R. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() With provocative insights backed up by robust evidence, this book provides thought-provoking commentary for anyone interested in exploring the effects of this landmark transformation in human history. Whether challenging current development policies or responding to popular culture figures, Adam and Eve After the Pill delves into a range of perspectives from all areas of life. Drawing on research and statistics from sociologists Pitirim Sorokin, Carle Zimmerman, as well as G.E.M Anscombe and Tom Wolfe, she offers an engaging yet professional analysis of both secular and religious perspectives on reclaiming our connection with sex, family and children. Taking a look at no-fault divorce, abortion, pornography, single motherhood and other related topics, Eberstadt shows how modern society has been deeply influenced by these changes. 10 Problems in the Traditionalist MovementĪdam and Eve After the Pill by Mary Eberstadt sheds new light on the impact of the Sexual Revolution, with her thought-provoking examination of some of the most significant paradoxes that emerged as a result. ![]() 5/27/2023 0 Comments The rules of magic novel![]() There are weird attitudes towards sex throughout the book. ![]() The question of what would happen if a woman in the family fell in love with a woman is never addressed. Vincent, on the other hand, under the classic sexist double standard, has many sexual partners, none of whom die. This, understandably, makes sisters Franny and Jet pretty neurotic. Women mustn't have sex because death will follow: women's sexuality is to be feared and repressed. The curse really bothered me: it's a strange kind of multi-generational slut-shaming. ![]() Inherited from a Salem-witch-trials-era ancestor, the curse says that any man who is loved by a woman in the family will die. They have all inherited magical abilities from their mother, who has run away from her family to try and escape all things magical, and in particular, the family curse. The Rules of Magic is the story of three siblings – Franny, Jet and Vincent – growing up in New York City in the mid 20th century. ![]() But the more I think about it, the more it's annoying me. The Rules of Magic is Alice Hoffman's prequel to her bestseller, Practical Magic, and it's competently written and easy enough to read. There's something irritating about books that are just… OK. ![]() ![]() Il congresso di futurologia /Lem, Stanislaw /ISBN 8871683803 (17 copies separate) The Futurological Congress (from the memoirs of Ijon Tichy) (A Continuum book) /Lem, Stanislaw /ISBN 0816492220 (17 copies separate) The Futurological Congress /Lem, Stanislaw /ISBN 0860079287 (19 copies separate) The Futurological Congress: From the Memoirs of Ijon Tichy /Lem, Stanislaw (21 copies separate) The Futurological Congress /Lem, Stanislaw /ISBN 0156340402 (23 copies separate)ĭer futurologische Kongreß. The Futurological Congress /Lem, Stanislaw (27 copies separate)ĭer futurologische Kongreß. The Futurological Congress (from the memoirs of Ijon Tichy) /Lem, Stanisław /ISBN 0156340402 (33 copies separate) The Futurological Congress /Lem, Stanislaw /ISBN 0749305290 (59 copies separate) ![]() ![]() The Futurological Congress /Lem, Stanislaw /ISBN 0380005840 (108 copies separate) The Futurological Congress: From the Memoirs of Ijon Tichy /Lem, Stanislaw /ISBN 0156340402 (685 copies separate) ![]() 5/27/2023 0 Comments Recklessly Royal by Nichole Chase![]() ![]() Quite frankly, he might have been lurking around in the book, but I never felt like I got to know him on a deeper level. Her love interest, David, on the other hand, I feel like we didn't get to know much. Overall, I really enjoyed Cathy as a main character. She had goals and while she faced obstacles, she worked hard to achieve them. ![]() She has never let her popularity get to her head and I liked how she was so involved in her charities. I enjoyed the first novel of the series and wanted to know more about one of my favorite secondary characters from the first book.Ĭathy was a genuinely sweet, loyal and dedicated character from the very start, despite being a royal. You know how sometimes you just crave a mindless read just so you can be in a good mood? That's what I was feeling like when I grabbed Recklessly Royal. ![]() 5/27/2023 0 Comments Devolution bigfoot![]() ![]() ![]() It is difficult not to have your soul wrenched along with the torments of the text. ![]() It is simultaneously lucid and dreamlike, fantastic and magical and cruel and harsh as the desert. The prose is perfect―White deserves a place at James Joyce’s right hand for his mastery of the art. “And stood breathing.” That floating sentence fragment, the likes of which he peppers throughout the text. “There is a man here, miss, asking for your uncle,” said Rose. If you don’t have a copy handy, I’ll enlighten you: The first words of the novel should suffice to convince anybody that White was an absolutely astounding wordsmith. So Voss was sought out from the public library shortly after returning home. I happened to catch The Eye of the Storm, a recent film adaptation of one of White’s later novels,, on the flight back home and was further piqued. Patrick White―a long-term Sidneysider―figures strongly in Falconer’s book, and her allusions to him piqued my interest. The name came up in a book I picked up in Sydney called, appropriately, Sydney, by Delia Falconer―an instalment in the brilliant “City Series” from New South Press, which has a local author paint an impressionistic portrait of the city combining memoir, legend, and local history. I find it hard to believe I only recently caught wind of one of Australia’s most renowned authors (Peter Carey does not have a Nobel Prize, and likely gets more play in North America because he is published and lives in New York). ![]() 5/26/2023 0 Comments The lost world doyle novel![]() ![]() ) The Lost World Plate 4 The Plateau photographed by E.D. ) The Lost World Plate 3 A Distant View of the Plateau (opp. Complete with all 8 plates and 3 illustrations: The Lost World Frontispiece The Members of the Exploring Party The Lost World Plate 2 The Monster from Maple White s Sketch Book (opp. ![]() With some additionally illustrations by Maple White, placed on empty paper parts). Blue original cloth binding with an gilded illustration. With 8 plates and 2 maps and one illustration in text (so complete). ![]() Cawthorn & Moorcock: Fantasy: The 100 Best Books #27 Green and Gibson A37e. A very collectible copy, clean, square, crisp. Two very mild blemishes to cloth else a near fine copy of this proto-typical example of the "lost world" genre. Former owner's name and address written in pencil on front free end-paper and dated Jan. Illustrated with 16 plates, eleven by Joseph Clement Coll and five by Maple White. ![]() The first of the Professor Challenger stories, of which only 20,000 copies were printed. Doran Company on the title page, plus Hoddeer and Stoughton monogram, but with only Hodder & Stoughton on the spine heel. Hardcover, light brown ribbed cloth, gold gilt lettering to spine and front board, with Hodder & Stoughton/New York/ George H. ![]() |