OL1852340W Pages 26 Partner Innodata Pdf_module_version 0.0.20 Ppi 300 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20201108084354 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 103 Scandate 20201106061033 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 0307140202 Tts_version 4. May (Adapter) 837 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 7.99 Read with Our Free App Hardcover 28.95 2 Used from 13.75 3 Collectible from 9. Urn:lcp:rudolphrednosedr0000haze_v5z4:epub:dc8dea22-48e8-4e98-bf54-dc55dc4dc8f5 Foldoutcount 0 Identifier rudolphrednosedr0000haze_v5z4 Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t7gr6j76k Invoice 1652 Isbn 0307140202ĩ780307140203 Lccn 87081726 Ocr tesseract 4.1.1 Ocr_detected_lang en Ocr_detected_lang_conf 1.0000 Ocr_detected_script Latin Ocr_module_version 0.0.5 Ocr_parameters -l eng Old_pallet IA19739 Openlibrary_edition Rudolph The Red-nosed Reindeer - A Golden Book Hardcover Januby Barbara Shook Hazen (Author), Richard Scarry (Illustrator), Robert L. Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer Boxid IA1994504 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 04:07:34 Associated-names May, Robert L.
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In recent years, there’s been a rise in psychological research studying both how people come to terrorism, as well as how to de-radicalize terrorists. has strict laws prohibiting the sale of organs specifically so that a similar system doesn’t arise. Unlike in Unwind, in which the wealthy can purchase better organs, the U.S. However, only a little more than half of the population is registered to donate in the event of their death. In the United States, there are usually over 100,000 people on waiting lists for donated organs at any given time, and around 20 people die per day because they didn’t receive an organ in time. Though the fictional Second Civil War in the novel is fought over abortion rights, the problem it solves in practice deals more closely with organ donation than with abortion. Behind each flap is some text which has further illustrations and tells you about the life of the tree in that particular season.Īs well as the oak tree the following pages look at landscapes such as Alaska, the Yellow Dragon Valley in China and the Arctic. The first spread for this is about the oak tree: the Spring section shows a blackbird with eggs in their nest and primroses and bluebells at the foot of the tree, the Summer section shows a woodpecker in the tree with its young and poppies at the base of the tree, the Autumn section shows a squirrel feasting on the acorns and the leaves turning brown, the Winter section shows snow laden branches and a jay with the last of the acorns. This sounds more confusing when written down than it does when it is in front of you! The form for this book is that on the right hand side page of each spread there are 4 separate liftable flaps that show the four seasons on each of the ovelapping sheets. The book may feature a seven-foot denim clad madwoman who smells of smoke and whiskey, but what Daphne really is Kit Lamb’s coming panic attack. It’s not something I set out to do, but something I recognize now. Is there anything more frightening than identity? And loss thereof? Or, perhaps worse, fooling yourself into thinking your identity is static, that you can no longer change? The horror of misplaced identity has become a theme through many of my books (none more than Carpenter’s Farm). It’s a thrilling (and possibly unanswerable) question one I adore. What’s the real root influence then? Who made me me and you you? Yet… we’ve all watched similar films, read similar books. Or maybe it’s the books you read, the films you see, the art you experience. And what influences your writing more than your worldview? And who influenced your worldview… to begin with? The parents who cheered (rose from the couch to do so) when you read your first book, on your own, no help from them, from beginning to end? Or maybe it was your closest friends, the birds of a feather who drank together, tried LSD together, experimented with sexuality, started a band, moved to NYC, toured the country… maybe it’s them and their worldviews, so similar to your own, who influenced that perspective that now shines in your writing (whether you mean for it to or not). The book also includes several shorter works: the Ainulindalë, a myth of the Creation, and the Valaquenta, in which the nature and powers of each of the gods is described. It is the ancient drama to which the characters in The Lord of the Rings look back, and in whose events some of them such as Elrond and Galadriel took part. The Silmarillion is the history of the rebellion of Fëanor and his kindred against the gods, their exile from Valinor and return to Middle-earth, and their war, hopeless despite all the heroism, against the great Enemy. But the first Dark Lord, Morgoth, stole the jewels and set them within his iron crown, guarded in the impenetrable fortress of Angband in the north of Middle-earth. The Silmarilli were three perfect jewels, fashioned by Fëanor, most gifted of the Elves, and within them was imprisoned the last Light of the Two Trees of Valinor. The Silmarillion fills in the background which lies behind the more popular work, and gives the earlier history of Middle-earth, introducing some of the key characters. Tolkien himself and with the complete text printed in two colors. For the first time ever, a very special edition of the forerunner to The Lord of the Rings, illustrated throughout in color by J.R.R. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. In the meantime, we are enthralled by Mazzucchelli’s extraordinarily imagined world of brilliantly conceived eccentrics, sharply observed social mores, and deftly depicted asides on everything from design theory to the nature of human perception.Īsterios Polyp is David Mazzucchelli’s masterpiece: a great American graphic novel. Did Asterios do something to drive her away? What has happened to her? Is she even alive? All the questions will be answered, eventually. And we meet Hana: a sweet, smart, first-generation Japanese American artist with whom he had made a blissful life. But what is this “escape” really about?Īs the story unfolds, moving between the present and the past, we begin to understand this confounding yet fascinating character, and how he’s gotten to where he is. In a tenacious daze, he leaves the city and relocates to a small town in the American heartland. Meet Asterios Polyp: middle-aged, meagerly successful architect and teacher, aesthete and womanizer, whose life is wholly upended when his New York City apartment goes up in flames. An epic story long awaited, and well worth the wait. The triumphant return of one of comics’ greatest talents, with an engrossing story of one man’s search for love, meaning, sanity, and perfect architectural proportions. Graduating into the long maw of an American recession, Sneha is one of the fortunate ones. Through exquisite observations, Sarah Thankam Mathews reflects on the gift of having people you can count on, who anchor you through new chapters.” -NPR’s “Books We Love”įrom a brilliant new voice comes an electrifying novel of a young immigrant building a life for herself-a warm, dazzling, and profound saga of queer love, friendship, work, and precarity in twenty-first century America “If you’ve ever wanted to read a love letter to friendship, this is it. But you’ll fall most in love with its wickedly sharp narrator, who’s funny, passionate, and complicated.” - The Cut “ All This Could Be Different is a bildungsroman, a gorgeous queer love story, and a musing on labor and immigration. Riley’s breezy yet sharply accurate narration depicts body-image anxiety, the taunting and shame girls experience during menstruation, and the double standards associated with dress codes that vilify girls. pads, or pooping, no issue is off limits! When students and parents complain about one of Riley’s articles, the lax enforcement of school dress code, and the Red Club, the principal shuts down the newspaper and club and cracks down on the handbook rules. Riley and her female classmates protest the stigmatization of menstruation and middle school–handbook rules that target their gender.Įighth grader Riley Dunne is not only her middle school’s lead investigative journalist, but a leader in the Red Club, a weekly, informal, after-school support group in which girls can discuss their periods. FantasticLand: A Novel Author: Mike Bockoven Language: English Binding: Hardcover Pages: 272 Publisher: Skyhorse Publication Date. Free shipping in the US for orders of 9 or more. So I guess if my story had a heading, like, in your book, it might be "How Clara stopped hating people because they started doing what she said," Or something less wordy that doesn't make me sound like a controlling bitch. Buy a copy of FantasticLand: A Novel by Mike Bockoven 1510709444 9781510709447 - A great book at a great low price. Like it’s that a person gets stupid when they become people. But it's not just the number of bodies it's that a person gets stupid when they become people. tags: crowds, people-relations, teenagers. My idea of hell is being one of those people in the middle of those crowd shots you see in concerts, you know, where fifteen thousand people are watching some band or something. I hate cliques, I hate crowds, and the only reason i got anywhere in retails is that I was always moving around. some persons, individual persons, I like and love, but when you get eight or more together in a group, I hate that. Seriously, I've thought about how to phrase this and the best thing I can say isn't, "I'm not a people person," or something like that. FantasticLand: A Novel Kindle Edition by Mike Bockoven (Author) Format: Kindle Edition 1,065 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 12. In full disclosure, I will admit almost always my favorite book in any book series is always the first one. But what they find out may lead them down paths they never imagined.Ī tale of love and betrayal as the crew risks their lives for one last job. Their hunt lures them far from Paris, and into the icy heart of Russia where crystalline ice animals stalk forgotten mansions, broken goddesses carry deadly secrets, and a string of unsolved murders makes the crew question whether an ancient myth is a myth after all.Īs hidden secrets come to the light and the ghosts of the past catch up to them, the crew will discover new dimensions of themselves. Desperate to make amends, Séverin pursues a dangerous lead to find a long lost artifact rumored to grant its possessor the power of God. Séverin and his team members might have successfully thwarted the Fallen House, but victory came at a terrible cost - one that still haunts all of them. They are each other’s fiercest love, greatest danger, and only hope. Returning to the dark and glamorous 19th century world of her New York Times instant bestseller, The Gilded Wolves, Roshani Chokshi dazzles us with another riveting tale as full of mystery and danger as ever in The Silvered Serpents. |