![]() ![]() One and Only Bob is an instant #1 New York Times bestseller, embraced by new and old fans of Katherine Applegate's beloved One and Only Ivan. Great for summer reading or anytime! A Today show pick for “25 children’s books your kids and teens won’t be able to put down this summer!" Catch up with these beloved friends before the star-studded film adaptation of The One and Only Ivan hits theaters in August 2020! As a hurricane approaches and time is running out, Bob finds courage he never knew he had and learns the true meaning of friendship and family.īob, Ivan, and Ruby have touched the hearts of millions of readers, and their story isn’t over yet. ![]() Return to the unforgettable world of the Newbery Medal-winning and #1 New York Times bestselling novel The One and Only Ivan in this incredible sequel, starring Ivan’s friend Bob! Catch up with these beloved friends before you see the star-studded film adaptation of The One and Only Ivan, now available on Disney+!īob sets out on a dangerous journey in search of his long-lost sister with the help of his two best friends, Ivan and Ruby. ![]() Great to have a best friend.”-Danny DeVito A #1 New York Times bestseller and a #1 Indie bestseller! ![]()
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![]() When Willa Cather was writing My Antonia, she visited her. ![]() Though a somewhat unlovely copy, My Ántonia is genuinely uncommon in the first state and inscribed copies seldom appear. Read My Antonia - The Original Classic Edition by Cather Willa available from Rakuten Kobo. My ntonia is a novel published in 1918 by American writer Willa Cather, considered one of her best works. The occasion of the inscription is uncertain (as is the recipient's surname, which we've been unable to decipher) however, we note in the marketplace (as of January, 2023) one other Cather inscription dated the same day, to the proprietor of an Illinois book-shop, suggesting Cather may have been touring to promote her 1925 novel The Professor's House. Third novel in what has come to be regarded as Cather's "Prairie Trilogy," following Oh Pioneers! (1913) and Song of the Lark (1915). ![]() ![]() Internally clean, fresh, and unmarked still, Good only, lacking the dustwrapper. An externally unattractive copy, with pronounced biopredation to cloth on covers and spine. ![]() First state of text, with the plates on glazed paper. Inscribed in ink, on front endpaper: "Autographed for / Mary Elizabeth Couch ," signed by Cather and dated November 10, 1925. ![]() ![]() ![]() Kukafka skillfully uses the second-person present tense to heighten the drama, and toward the end she makes devastatingly clear the toll taken by Packer’s killings. Those sections alternate with passages from the points of view of his mother, who was also abused, and of a New York State police investigator devoted to getting justice for Packer’s victims. ![]() He grew up with an abusive father and began killing and mutilating animals when he was three. Flashbacks, starting with Packer’s birth to a 17-year-old mother in 1973, trace his path from childhood to what seem to be his final hours. He hoped it wouldn’t end like this, not for him. But Ansel doesn’t want to die he wants to be celebrated, understood. He knows what he’s done, and now awaits execution, the same chilling fate he forced on those girls, years ago. That surprising attitude is accounted for by the early revelation that he befriended one of the prison guards and is plotting a last-minute escape. Ansel Packer is scheduled to die in twelve hours. However, Packer, who’s killed multiple women across the country, including in Texas and New York, isn’t worried. ![]() This masterly thriller from Kukafka ( Girl in Snow) opens on death row in a Texas prison, where Ansel Packer is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection in 12 hours. Danya Kukafkas Notes on an Execution is an irresistible, unbearably tense thriller, a poignant, deeply compassionate tale of resilience, and a vital intervention in the way we talk about violent crime, its endless reverberations and foremost its survivors. ![]() ![]() ![]() Cowden is derived from various place names meaning either "coal valley", "coal hill", or "cow pasture" in Old English. Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone picks up immediately after the events of Outlander book 8, Written In My Own Heart's Blood, with the American Revolution headed to the Frasers’ doorstep.Amaranthus is the Latin name of amaranth, a genus of annual or short-lived perennial plants, commonly known as pigweed. ![]() She is described as a "slightly young woman of middle height, excellent complexion, large brown eyes, and abundant hair of a dark-blond hue," though her eyes are later described as blue-gray. You can help Outlander Wiki by expanding it. Eventually, Lord John and his brother Hal Grey find Amaranthus and Trevor, and she tells them that she wants to go with them. Jamie Fraser is a Scottish leader that has moved to the Appalachian area in. ![]() In January 1779, Claire Fraser learns where Amaranthus lives and sends a note to Lord John's stepson, William Ransom, who has joined the search for the woman. A Look at Go Tell The Bees That I’m Gone Those familiar should already know the primary stories of the series. In September 1778, Lord John Grey and his niece Dottie search for Amaranthus and her son Trevor in Savannah, having heard rumors that Amaranthus is the widow of Benjamin Grey, Dottie's brother. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() But who is 'Señor Tom', the codenamed personage identified in Van Dyle's notebooks as the man pulling the strings?Īrthur Calder-Marshall lived in Mexico before the outbreak of war and drew on his experiences to lend fidelity to this pacey, suspenseful, superbly written novel, first published in 1941, which Orson Welles tried to adapt for the cinema before making Citizen Kane. The clues point to a sinister cabal manipulating politics - and orchestrating Nazi interests - in Mexico City. But Charles Scarlet's death might not have been so accidental after all, and an evil presence that lingers in the house may now have set its sights on Kit's young daughter Rosa.Arthur Calder-Marshall's unusual haunted house story The Scarlet Boy (1961) is a rediscovered supernatural classic whose slow-building dread mounts inexorably until. When newspaperman Henry Van Dyle is assassinated in Mexico City, agency stringer Jimmy Lamson, who was having an affair with Van Dyle's wife, is driven to investigate the mystery of his death. Europe is at war - a Fascist coup is imminent as arms are exchanged for Mexican oil.' Kirkus 'A fast-driven, maturely manipulated political thriller. Buy The Scarlet Boy by Arthur Calder-Marshall from Waterstones today Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25. These three are courtesy of the UK publisher Faber. Or at least three of them are back in print. ![]() ![]() Orwell fell seriously ill in March 1929 and shortly afterwards had money stolen from the lodging house. Orwell's Paris street, in the 5th arrondissement: "tall old-fashioned windows and dark grey leaded roofs not far from the École Normale Supérieure-earlier in the twenties, Hemingway had lived only 500 yards (460 m) from Orwell's street Elliot Paul was then still living in his own 'narrow street', the Rue de la Huchette, in the same arrondissement down by the river near the Place Saint-Michel and once, at the Deux Magots in 1928, Orwell thought he saw James Joyce." He led an active social life, worked on his novels and had several articles published in avant-garde journals. Orwell's aunt Nellie Limouzin also lived in Paris and gave him social and, when necessary, financial support. Following the Russian Revolution, there was a large Russian emigre community in Paris. Scott Fitzgerald had lived in the same area. American writers like Ernest Hemingway and F. In spring of 1928 he moved to Paris and lived at 6 Rue du Pot de Fer in the Latin Quarter, a bohemian quarter with a cosmopolitan flavour. ![]() ![]() ![]() While contributing to various journals, he undertook investigative tramping expeditions in and around London, collecting material for use in " The Spike", his first published essay, and for the latter half of Down and Out in Paris and London. ![]() After giving up his post as a policeman in Burma to become a writer, Orwell moved to rooms in Portobello Road, London at the end of 1927 when he was 24. ![]() ![]() Red blood cells deliver oxygen to your organs and tissues.ĭonated red blood cells are typically given to people with severe blood loss, such as after an injury or accident, and people with sickle cell anemia. Platelets are the cells that help stop bleeding by clumping and forming plugs in blood vessels (clotting).ĭonated platelets are commonly given to people with clotting problems or cancer and people who will have organ transplants or major surgeries.ĭouble red cell donation allows you to donate a concentrated amount of red blood cells. ![]() Platelet donation (plateletpheresis) collects only platelets. The machine then returns the remaining parts of the blood back to you. These blood components include red cells, plasma and platelets. ![]() During apheresis, you are hooked up to a machine that collects and separates different parts of your blood. ![]() ![]() Or perhaps he is simply trying to provide for his family who might otherwise starve as native ways of life fade and industrialism creeps into all corners of the globe. Namely, that the "Bad Guy" is the one who cuts down the trees (or hunts the wildlife, or.)and-that's it! rather than going the extra distance to show that, well, WHY is he cutting down the trees!? It's not just for fun. This book still rather annoyed me, though, following a bit too close to one of the lines that I find extremely afrustrating in much of the conservation literature, etc. Also, I am all for the message of conservation-this one wasn't too heavy-handed, but still will help raise children's awareness that it is important to preserve nature. ![]() ![]() ![]() Okay, first let me say that this is a lovely book-the writing style is simple but touching, the artwork is great-realistic yet still "artsy" (I love the inside-cover spread with the map of the world, showing the rain forest areas, and then a border of rain forest fauna). ![]() ![]() ![]() During which, she introduces him to her pet sow, Misery. The next day, Annie brings home a copy of the final Misery book and over the days reveals how many pages she has read. ![]() When she leaves the room he seems faked out and looks like he wants to leave quickly. When Annie asks if she can read his new book (in manuscript form) she proves to be more than a little eccentric when she lashes out in a fit of rage over the swearing in his book. He is rescued by nurse Annie Wilkes (Kathy Bates) who takes him back to her house for two days and reveals that she is his number one fan, hence the infamous quote "I'm your number one fan". In the car, he has a flashback in which he is talking to his agent (portrayed by Lauren Bacall) about his last Misery book. After a while, his car swerves off the icy road in a blizzard. shortly after finishing his latest book, he drives of back to New York from the Silver Creek lodge. In this darkly humorous thriller, James Caan portrays Romantic novelist Paul Sheldon, famously renowned for his trademark character, the film's namesake 'Misery' Chastaine. ![]() ![]() I couldn’t put it down.” (Sandhya Menon, New York Times best-selling author) “A delightful, heartwarming, heartrending story about family, love, friendship, and living your most authentic life. “ Only Mostly Devastated is the kind of book I wish existed when my kids were younger – a charming, funny, laugh-out-loud teen romance that reminds all readers love comes in a multitude of flavors, and they are all sweet.” (Jodi Picoult, New York Times best-selling author of Small Great Things and A Spark of Light) ![]() Ī Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection the Homo Sapiens Agenda meets Clueless in this boy-meets-boy spin on Grease. A fun listen on a variety of levels, but make no mistake: it packs some great messaging without any nasty aftertaste. ![]() “ Sanderlin convincingly shares this LGBTQ romance, with emotions ranging from snark to sweet and everything in between, and serving up a satisfying conclusion…. ![]() |