![]() ![]() ![]() Phonetic dinosaur spellings are included throughout. It’s an extended dad joke, but one that just might get the point across. Digital illustrations by Harney ( “Smelly” Kelly and His Super Senses) are as over-the-top as the varied assertions, showcasing extravagantly cartooned reptile portraits in scribbly spreads that range from slapstick (Ankylosaurus tipping back in a chair, and off a precipice) to gross-out (Gasosaurus attempting to light a fart). After a museum’s dinosaur skeleton prompts a kid, shown with tan skin, to wonder what wiped out the terrible lizards, a bespectacled, light-brown-skinned adult in a “Dadasaurus” T-shirt sidesteps a second caretaker’s reasonable answer, declaring, “I know how dinosaurs went extinct!” Kicking off with “Gallimimus ran with scissors,” one-sentence cautionary tales follow, from “Triceratops didn’t wear a helmet” (“Gives me hat hair!” the scaly red critter insists) to “Compsoagnathus stood in shopping carts” (“Gimme!” shouts the tiny dinosaur as it dives into a dinosaur cereal display). ![]() ![]() When it comes to commanding children’s attention about basic health and safety rules, Dyckman ( The New Kid Has Fleas) conjures up a dinosaur-based strategy with sky-high stakes. ![]()
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![]() ![]() The adventures ratchet up when they are joined on the raft by a self-proclaimed "duke" and a "king" - shysters both, who spend their time in figuring how to fleece the public in the little river towns. Huck and Jim have run-ins with desperados and family feuds and even manage to get run down by a steamboat. Modern listeners will be intrigued by the unencumbered life of the pair they make do with coffee, fish from the river, and little else (but of course, when they do need something extra, they don't mind helping themselves to it without recourse to money!) The facts of how black people were treated in this period give Huck and Jim their license for life on the run. ![]() Much has been written about the statement Twain is making about slavery in this book, but it's really secondary to the story. At each stop, Huck engages his talent for mixing fact with bald-faced lies to endlessly get himself out of situations. Huck and Jim experience life as a series of tableaus as the river sweeps them through small towns on their way South. Huck escapes his civilized life when he arranges his own "murder" and turns back into the backwoods, downriver yokel he started as, and in the process springing a slave, Jim, from bondage. In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain creates an entertaining adventure of Middle America in the 1800's - afloat on a raft on the Mississippi River. , listen for free online at the digital library site ![]() ![]() Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (version 2) - description and summary of the book. ![]() ![]() ![]() As I kept reading I thought, “This is a very important book!” Now that I’ve finished it, I must recommend it to both men and women. I read the first chapter, then I read the second. Then I saw the book on my desk again and opened it. I didn’t like the title and assumed the book would be too negative or needlessly attacking of women. Nice Guy, I put this book down in haste. “I have read every self-help book out there, but this was the first that put everything together in a way that made perfect sense to me.” ![]() “One of the best books I’ve ever read on men’s emotional health and development.” Mark Manson, Author of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck and Models Nice Guy is now one of the all-time best-selling books in men’s personal development. Published in numerous languages, No More Mr. Nice Guy (2003 Barnes & Noble / Running Press), has helped create a world-wide movement of men who are dedicated to becoming more conscious, authentic, empowered, and successful. ![]() Robert Glover’s groundbreaking book, No More Mr. ![]() ![]() ![]() For the reader willing to dive under, this journey is unforgettable. On the surface his world is rendered in bright pixels of quivering light, while underneath a seamless narrative undercurrent pulls us into the mysterious depths of experience. Sea of Hooks requires, in the words of its author, an “emotional commitment. Lindsay Hill casts a magician’s spell across his Sea of Hooks (McPherson, 348 pages). So the librarian/archivist in me thrills at that.Īlphabet is brief it can easily be read at a sitting. ![]() while capturing a pirate vessel on the high sea during the. ![]() I read, rather, to continually renew my credence in the possibility of meaning and of beauty, in the face of a world that suggests rather strongly that they are only possible through self-delusion and denial.Įach of these books unflinchingly describes a world that I recognize as real, without simplifications or sentimentalization, while still finding deep stores of wonder and humor and beauty.īoth of them have an elegiac quality (for which I’ll admit a weakness), and both seem in part to be attempts to almost exhaustively catalogue experience. William Lindsay of Laurel Hill, in Fairfax county, the elder. I’m a poet, and I read not for entertainment, nor pleasure, nor even edification – though all of those may transpire and are not unwelcome. Sea of Hooks, Lindsay Hill, (McPherson & Company, 2013). You can eliminate one, if necessary, by any means you choose.Īlphabet, Inger Christensen, translated by Susanna Nied, (New Directions, 2001). I have a bad habit of bending, breaking, or ignoring rules … and so I’m sending you two book titles rather than one. ![]() ![]() ![]() Still devastated by Etta’s disappearance, Nicholas has enlisted the unlikely help of Sophia Ironwood and a cheeky mercenary-for-hire to track both her and the missing astrolabe down. Suddenly questioning everything she’s been fighting for, Etta must choose a path, one that could transform her future. Instead, she’s blindsided by a bombshell revelation from their leader, Henry Hemlock: he is her father. When Etta inadvertently stumbles into the heart of the Thorns, the renegade travelers who stole the astrolabe from her, she vows to finish what she started and destroy the astrolabe once and for all. Now, robbed of the powerful object that was her only hope of saving her mother, Etta finds herself stranded once more, cut off from Nicholas-the eighteenth century privateer she loves-and her natural time. Etta Spencer didn’t know she was a traveler until the day she emerged both miles and years from her home. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() based off his horror novella" The Hellbound Heart. The story retains the gory, visceral style Barker introduced in his anthology series The Books of Blood. First appearing in Stephen King's 1986 novel," It," later adapted. ![]() The original novella was re-released as a standalone title by HarperPaperbacks in 1991, after the success of the first film, along with an audiobook recorded by Clive Barker and published by Simon & Schuster Audioworks in 1988. Created by Yeon Sang-ho, who made the webtoon of the same name, Hellbound stars Yoo Ah-in, Park Jeong-min, and Kim Hyun-joo in the leading roles. This character appeared in later Barker prose with the official names "the Hell Priest" and "the Cold Man". One Cenobite in particular, nameless in the original novella but nicknamed " Pinhead" by the production crew and fans, became a popular villain among horror movie fans. November 1986, Dark Harvest, HarperPaperbacksĪlong with introducing Barker's Cenobites, the story was the basis for the 1987 film Hellraiser (written and directed by Barker) and its franchise. ![]() ![]() ![]() An uplifting, believable ending makes this companion lighter - but no less affecting - than its laurelled predecessor. “Two survivors of Stalinist oppression attempt to form a family in this companion to the 2012 Newbery Honor-winning Breaking Stalin's Nose. “Yelchin's b&w drawings, interspersed throughout the text as both spots and spreads, add emotional depth and amplify the plot ample soccer detail makes this a winner for fans of the sport.” - Publishers Weekly Will Arcady seize his opportunity and achieve his goal? Or will he miss his shot? But in Soviet Russia, second chances are few and far between. ![]() Ultimately, it proves to be his chance to leave. Possible ex library copy, that’ll have the markings and stickers associated from the library. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Sent to live in a children's home after his parents are declared enemies of the state, it is a means of survival, securing extra rations, respect, and protection. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. ![]() From Newbery Honor–winning author Eugene Yelchin comes Arcady's Goal, another glimpse into Soviet Russia.įor twelve-year-old Arcady, soccer is more than just a game. ![]() ![]() ![]() Lupin is the Trope Namer and Trope Codifier for the Gentleman Thief, a significant influence on those who followed in his footsteps. He has had his own films/series, and is the principal character of Night Hood, a Canadian-French animated collaboration that aired on YTV in the 1990s, a 1970s French live-action show, a Filipino TV series (more inspired by his grandson but still using the original Lupin). ![]() ![]() Is he the victim's guest? The Detective's assistant? The narrator himself? Lupin's status as a criminal is balanced by his trademark gentlemanly behavior, allowing him to come off as heroic rather than a villain, though his actions do often earn him a fair share of What the Hell, Hero?. Part of the books' success is due to Lupin's status as a Master of Disguise: When opening a book, one is never sure who is Lupin in this story. Other stories even have Lupin looking for lost treasures. Stories tend to vary from following various detectives in their attempts to stop Lupin or figure out what he did, to Lupin facing other villains. The Lupin stories were meant as a reversal of the detective stories that were massively popular at the time - Lupin is instead the criminal. Maurice Leblanc's ' Gentleman Thief' who is part crime-solving (and crime-committing) mastermind, part prince of romance and the Trope Codifier of Phantom Thief, first appearing in novels and short stories, starting in 1905. Odds are he sent them a copy of the letter. ![]() Calling police after reading is heavily disadvised. ![]() ![]() ![]() One Day in December is an exploration of love that reads like a thriller, filled with secrets and heart-aching betrayals. "Josie Silver writes with a warmth so palpable her characters sneak their way into your heart and stay for a long time. One Day in December is a joyous, heartwarming and immensely moving love story to escape into and a reminder that fate takes inexplicable turns along the route to happiness. What follows for Laurie, Sarah and Jack is ten years of friendship, heartbreak, missed opportunities, roads not taken, and destinies reconsidered. Instead they "reunite" at a Christmas party, when her best friend Sarah giddily introduces her new boyfriend to Laurie. But she doesn't find him, not when it matters anyway. Certain they're fated to find each other again, Laurie spends a year scanning every bus stop and cafe in London for him. Their eyes meet, there's a moment of pure magic.and then her bus drives away. But then, through a misted-up bus window one snowy December day, she sees a man who she knows instantly is the one. Laurie is pretty sure love at first sight doesn't exist anywhere but the movies. Josie Silver's characters sneak their way into your heart and stay."-Jill Santopolo, author of The Light We Lost Two people. It absolutely charmed me."-Reese Witherspoon (A Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick) "The perfect book to get lost in. ![]() #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * "Get ready to be swept up in a whirlwind romance. ![]() ![]() Compare Standard and Premium Digital here.Īny changes made can be done at any time and will become effective at the end of the trial period, allowing you to retain full access for 4 weeks, even if you downgrade or cancel. You may also opt to downgrade to Standard Digital, a robust journalistic offering that fulfils many user’s needs. A signed first edition of Nicola Barkers Man Booker shortlisted novel. If you’d like to retain your premium access and save 20%, you can opt to pay annually at the end of the trial. 9780007273546 Nicola Barker 74925, Darkmans. Burley Cross Postbox Theft: A Novel is written by Nicola Barker and published by Open Road Media. If you do nothing, you will be auto-enrolled in our premium digital monthly subscription plan and retain complete access for $69 per month.įor cost savings, you can change your plan at any time online in the “Settings & Account” section. ![]() For a full comparison of Standard and Premium Digital, click here.Ĭhange the plan you will roll onto at any time during your trial by visiting the “Settings & Account” section. Premium Digital includes access to our premier business column, Lex, as well as 15 curated newsletters covering key business themes with original, in-depth reporting. 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