5/21/2023 0 Comments The flower garden by eve bunting![]() ![]() Visit her website at Bunting, Eve: -Įve Bunting has written over two hundred books for children, including the Caldecott Medal-winning Smoky Night, illustrated by David Diaz, The Wall, Fly Away Home, and Train to Somewhere. ![]() ![]() She has illustrated many books for young readers, some of which she also wrote. Rhyming verse carries the brief story, while wonderful, warm, full-color illustrations present scenes from novel angles, and depict a loving family with a sense of intimacy, sincerity, and joy." - School Library JournalĬontributor Bio(s): Hewitt, Kathryn: - Kathryn Hewitt's caricatures of famous figures led kids to dub the Lives of. "An urban African-American girl and her father buy plants, potting soil, and a window box at the supermarket, ride the bus to their apartment, and put together a colorful gift for the child's mother. Reading Level: 2.2 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 Physical Information: 0.12" H x 8.84" W x 9.44" (0.30 lbs) 32 pagesįeatures: Ikids, Illustrated, Price on Product Lexile Measure: 460 AD (Adult Directed Text) Juvenile Fiction | Science & Nature - General Juvenile Fiction | Family - General (see Also Headings Under Social Themes) Juvenile Fiction | Holidays & Celebrations - Other, Non-religious ![]() WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guaranteeīinding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & EditionsĪnnotation: Follow the progress of a little girl and her father as they purchase a garden and board the bus to carry it home. Contributor(s): Bunting, Eve (Author), Hewitt, Kathryn (Illustrator) ![]()
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5/21/2023 0 Comments A lust for life book![]() ![]() It follows his development as a ‘colour photographer’ and places his colour photography in an (art) historical context. This is the first comprehensive overview of Van der Elsken’s works in colour. In the late sixties he even switched almost completely over to colour for several audio-visual pieces and in his travel reports for the weekly publication Revu and the monthly Avenue. His most important books in colour are EYE LOVE YOU (1977), Hallo! A new Ed van der Elsken (1978) and Adventures on the land (1980). ![]() He began this in the early fifties during his stay in Paris. For a significant part of his working life, however, he worked in colour. Photographer and filmmaker Ed van der Elsken (1925-1990) gained global fame with his black-and-white photography. ![]() This achievement will be celebrated with the retrospective exhibition Lust for Life | Ed van der Elsken in colour and a comprehensive publication about his works in colour. As such, the colour works of one of the most influential Dutch photographers has been safeguarded for the future. The Nederlands Fotomuseum manages the complete archive of Ed van der Elsken’s negatives and slides and has recently successfully completed the enormous project of restoring 42,000 colour slides by Van der Elsken. ![]() 5/21/2023 0 Comments Whoosh! by Chris Barton![]() ![]() There are a couple of pieces of legislation - House Bill 900 (HB 900) and Senate Bill 13 (SB 13) - making their way through the Texas Capitol during the current legislative session that would significantly restrict the way school libraries operate in Texas. And I believe in their ability to meet the needs of their communities without interference from Texas state senators and state representatives. As someone who has spent time inside literally hundreds of school libraries in Texas and had the opportunity to talk with at least as many Texas school librarians about their work, I deeply value the professionalism of Texas school librarians as a whole. ![]() ![]() OL24341467W Page_number_confidence 92.47 Pages 294 Partner Innodata Pdf_module_version 0.0.20 Ppi 360 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20221007111718 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 215 Scandate 20221001114517 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9782700231700 Tts_version 5. D'UN Monde a L'Autre by Pierre Bottero, Apr 18, 2006, Rageot Editeur edition, mass market paperback D'UN Monde a L'Autre (edition) Open Library It looks like you're offline. ![]() Urn:oclc:record:1348973591 Foldoutcount 0 Identifier dunmondealautre0000bott Identifier-ark ark:/13960/s29qbn5h2bt Invoice 1652 Isbn 9782700231700Ģ700231708 Ocr tesseract 5.2.0-1-gc42a Ocr_detected_lang fr Ocr_detected_lang_conf 1.0000 Ocr_detected_script Latin Ocr_detected_script_conf 1.0000 Ocr_module_version 0.0.18 Ocr_parameters -l fra Old_pallet IA-NS-0001435 Openlibrary_edition Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 06:01:22 Autocrop_version 0.0.14_books-20220331-0.2 Boxid IA40729417 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier ![]() ![]() Part of Keeler’s unique genius, I’d argue, was his ability to switch and/or combine genres and yet always end up with something indisputably Keelerian. Likewise the mind-boggling epic THE BOX FROM JAPAN, a 1932 mystery set in the future year 1942 (in which Mexico is embroiled in a revolution, 3-D television is a reality and guillotines have been installed in place of electric chairs). ![]() An entire essay can be (and has been) written about Keeler’s flirtation with SF, with his most famous story “John Jones’s Dollar” (in which a one dollar bank account is increased by compound interest to the point that it becomes the greatest fortune in the universe) falling into that category. In fact, the first two of these books can be classified as science fiction, of which Keeler had something of a history. ![]() The creator of this abode was the incomparable Harry Stephen Keeler, the most bizarre mystery writer who ever lived, although as we’ll see, the three books under discussion, THE WHITE CIRCLE, STRANGE JOUREY and I KILLED LINCOLN AT 10:13!, aren’t mysteries. ![]() residence where three sets of characters get caught up in outrageous tales that involve insanity, séances and time travel. ![]() Ramble House is a most unique Washington, D.C. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Going beyond good and evil means we are in territory not covered by traditional morality. If we are to see the truth, we need to go beyond good and evil. Reality is brutal enough, so we supplement it with an invented, ideal world of fairness, justice, and beauty. Therefore, to speak of good and evil is to speak of human illusions, of false concepts according to which we find it necessary to live. Nothing in nature has intrinsic value, or value for its own sake. “God is dead, and we have killed him.” Along with God died our immutable, perfect source of morality. He had been the fount of why we exist the way we do: we, human beings, created in His image, able to tell right from wrong. ![]() Ultimately, we existed to become One with Him when our earthly time ran out. Likewise, God also lay behind earthquakes, volcanoes, lightning, and tornadoes.Īpart from being the source, or efficient cause, of everything, God had been also our ultimate aim: we existed to please Him, to become like Him. He (invariably male) was the reason why mountains, sunny days, butterflies and beluga whales exist. God was the answer to the question, why do we exist. ![]() Arguably, the one phrase with which Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 – 1900) has entered public consciousness is his infamous God is Dead.įor centuries, the Christian God had been the background on which the West had sprung its cultural identity. ![]() ![]() Stine, Rachel Tafoya, Steve Rasnic Tem, Tim Waggoner, and Brenna Yovanoff. Bick, Kendare Blake, Zac Brewer, Rachel Caine, Christopher Golden, Nancy Holder, Ellen Hopkins, Josh Malerman, Cherie Priest, Madeleine Roux, Carrie Ryan, Jade Shames, Brendan Shusterman, Neal Shusterman, Lucy A. ![]() These spooky stories include mermaids, ghosts, and personal demons, and are edited by Jonathan Maberry, multiple Bram Stoker award winner and author of the Rot & Ruin series. Scary Out There Multiple Bram Stoker Award-winning author Jonathan Maberry compiles more than twenty stories and poems-written by members of the Horror. What scares you? Things that go bump in the night? Being irreversibly different? A brutal early death? The unknown? This collection contains stories and poetry by renowned writersall members of the Horror Writers Associationabout what they fear most. Multiple Bram Stoker Awardwinning author Jonathan Maberry compiles more than twenty stories and poemswritten by members of the Horror Writers Associationin this terrifying collection about our worst fears. ![]() 5/20/2023 0 Comments Bellies by nicola dinan![]() ![]() But shortly after they move to London to start their next chapter, Ming announces her intention to transition.įrom London to Kuala Lumpur, New York to Cologne, we follow Tom and Ming as they face tectonic shifts in their relationship and friend circle in the wake of Ming’s transition. Tom finds himself deeply and desperately drawn into Ming’s orbit, and on the cusp of graduation, he’s already mapped out their future together. Confident and witty, a magnetic young playwright, Ming is the perfect antidote to Tom’s awkward energy, and their connection is instant. ![]() While out with friends at their local university drag night, Tom buys Ming a drink. ![]() I wore a dress on the night I first met Ming. "TRIUMPHANT AND HUMANE." - Elle, A Most Anticipated Book of 2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It’s a word I’ll hear many times over the course of the weekend. “I want to change the spirit of time,” he says, defining the German word zeitgeist in case I’m not familiar with it. How else do you explain the throngs of humanity packed into an underground amphitheater to hear him speak? For von Däniken, it’s an affirmation that the path he set out on 50 years earlier was correct. Thousands of fans and believers from across the East coast are pouring into the Baltimore Convention Center. Von Däniken is in Baltimore for AlienCon, a convention put on by The History Channel to celebrate the popular TV show (13 seasons and counting) with countless panels, meetups, and a costume contest party. “’I’m one of these figures who prays every evening.” "What was unreasonable slowly becomes reasonable. “I am a deep believer in God,” he tells Inverse. ![]() One thing that hasn’t changed? Von Däniken still prays to God every day. His quasi-scientific theory that aliens helped guide some of the greatest achievements of ancient civilization has found a passionate audience around the world, thanks in part to the TV show he inspired, Ancient Aliens. In the half-decade, since Erich von Däniken first published Chariots of the Gods? a lot has changed. ![]() 5/20/2023 0 Comments Hawkes harbor book![]() ![]() I sobbed my heart out at the end - for Grenville (Barnabas) and for Jamie (Willie. ![]() ![]() Beautifully done.ĭid you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry? The legendary author of The Outsiders returns with her first new novel in more than fifteen years An orphan and a bastard, Jamie grew up tough enough t. He is so able to convey emotion with his voice and can 'read' different parts in character. What about Dick Hill’s performance did you like? Part high-seas adventure, part vampire horror, it depicts a young. Without spoiling it for others, the scene on the road after Christmas tore my heart out. Hawkes Harbor is the best-selling authors sixth novel and the only one written for adults. What was one of the most memorable moments of Hawkes Harbor? This book resonated with me for months after I finished it - so much so that I had to read it again. A wonderfully-told, beautifully performed story that stands alone but, when considered as part of the Dark Shadows canon, fills in some gaps in what is an astonishing life. If you love his seafaring companion Jason McGuire, READ THIS BOOK. If you love Willie Loomis as much as I do, READ THIS BOOK. The nuns at the orphanage were brutal and mean to Jamie and told him constantly that he would end up no good- and they were right. The book is the story of Jamie Sommers, an orphan who was conceived in adultery. Apparently it was intended as Dark Shadows fiction, and believe me, even with different names, it is. I came into Hawkes Harbor with an open mind- and was pleasantly surprised. This is one of THE best books I have ever read. ![]() Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why? ![]() |