6/22/2023 0 Comments Raina telgemeier sister amara↑ Photograph at ConFurence 9 with Amy Pronovost.Brabander, The Horn Book (16 October 2014, archived 21 October 2014)
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6/22/2023 0 Comments Henry hugginsRamona Quimby: Ramona is Beezus's younger sister.Beezus acquired her nickname because her younger sister, Ramona, was unable to say "Beatrice," and everyone in the neighborhood began using her pronunciation. Beezus Quimby: Beezus, whose real name is Beatrice, is one of the children in Henry's neighborhood.Ribsy: Ribsy is Henry's dog the dog was named "Ribsy" because when Henry found him, he was so thin, his ribs were showing.Henry Huggins: Henry is about 11 years old.Henry Huggins appears only rarely in the Ramona series, as a supporting character. The Ramona series ultimately surpassed the Henry Huggins series in popularity. The books describe adventures that Henry experiences in his neighborhood and Henry's interactions with other neighborhood children.Ĭleary, a librarian, wrote the first Henry Huggins book in 1950, in response to the boys in her library searching for books "about boys like us." Cleary later launched a new series about one of the supporting characters, Ramona Quimby. The novels take place in the 1950s, which is when Beverly Cleary wrote most of the books. Henry Huggins is a young boy living on Klickitat Street in Portland, Oregon. Whether you are LGBTQIA or any other letter in the alphabet (including 'U' for undecided), this book contains everything you ever wanted the kids in your life to know about sex. "Sex Is a Funny Word is a book that brilliantly reminds us of our shared humanity. The eagerly anticipated follow up to Lambda-nominated What Makes a Baby, from sex educator Cory Silverberg and artist Fiona Smyth, Sex Is a Funny Word reimagines sex talk for the twenty-first century. Much more than the facts of life or "the birds and the bees, Sex Is a Funny Word opens up conversations between young people and their caregivers in a way that allows adults to convey their values and beliefs while providing information about boundaries, safety, and joy. By Cory Silverberg, Illustrated by Fiona SmythĪ comic book for kids that includes children and families of all makeups, orientations, and gender identities, Sex Is a Funny Word is an essential resource about bodies, gender, and sexuality for children ages 8 to 10 as well as their parents and caregivers. Steps led to a wraparound porch that ran the length of the house. The old Victorian house, larger than he’d expected, sprawled across a lot shaded by huge oak trees that he guessed were as old as the house. Blake critically examined the house as he got out of the car, noting that the white wooden exterior could definitely use a coat of paint. It didn’t take long to find the street or the boardinghouse in the small town. And he didn’t relish the thought of cramping his six-foot-two frame into the back seat of a compact. Since he’d now run out of both hotels and choices, Blake realized, it was a question of bunking down in either some quaint throwback boardinghouse or his car. And there wasn’t one thing his wealth or his influence-or his level of frustration-could do about the situation.īlake glanced at the paper in his hand, directions to a boardinghouse that a sympathetic desk clerk had offered him. The limited number of hotels in town were full, and would be for the duration of his stay. The century-old celebration lasted for weeks and brought in visitors from surrounding areas and tourists from around the country. Despite the concerns of his competent secretary in Los Angeles, he’d brushed aside her offers to make a reservation, preferring to get the lay of the land himself. Arriving that day in the small Texas oil town to close a business deal, he’d expected no problem finding a hotel room. Blake Matthews slammed the door of his rental car in frustration. 6/21/2023 0 Comments Harlan coben books gone for goodThe action is seamless, clear, and riveting. “Coben stands on the accelerator and never lets up. Because the most powerful surprises are yet to come. As a violent mystery unwinds around him, Will knows he must press his search all the way to the end. And this is just the first in a series of stunning revelations as Will is forced to confront startling truths about his brother-and himself. And when his shattered family never heard from Ken again, they were sure he was gone for good. With the evidence against him overwhelming, Ken simply vanished. Then, on a warm suburban night in the Kleins’ affluent New Jersey neighborhood, a young woman-a girl Will had once loved-was found brutally murdered in her family’s basement. My Account My Purchases Advanced Search Browse Collections Rare Books Art & Collectibles Textbooks Sellers Start Selling Help Close. As subtle as a shotgun, and just as effective.”- San Francisco ChronicleĪs a boy, Will Klein had a hero: his older brother, Ken. Gone For Good by Coben, Harlan and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Coben has crafted a taut thriller with a slew of compelling characters. Based on his 2002 novel of the same name, the five-part series landed on Netflix in April 2021 and stars. “ Gone for Good contains more plot twists than you can count, with a jarring revelation in nearly every chapter. Gone for Good (Netflix) Gone for Good is the first French-language Coben adaptation. A missing girl tourist, an archaic ritual in a town that time forgot and a legend of a sunken city draw the Guardians into their most desperate exploit, and a cataclysmic victory over vampirism, witchcraft, black magic, voodoo, sorcery?. ?All the nightmare shapes of Evil, with only The Guardians aroused, aware and able to fight the Dark Powers on their own ground. An exceedingly rare hardcover copy in highly collectible condition. Unclipped jacket has some rubbing and is otherwise in fine condition. Volume is in unread condition pages remain bright and white. The Vampires of Finistere, Peter Saxon (Rex Dolphin) Published by Howard Baker, London, 1970. 6/20/2023 0 Comments Svetlana second hand time“The rhetoric from the state then was the same as now. “It’s customary,” she says, in laid-back tones. All were Nobel laureates from the Russian-speaking literary world, rejected and rubbished by the Soviet leadership. They put her, she points out, in the great tradition of “ Bunin, Brodsky and Pasternak”. These snubs leave Alexievich unperturbed. “Two days later, once the polls were over and everyone had gone home, he stated publicly that I decry the peoples of Russia and Belarus in my work.” She adds wryly: “ Vladimir Putin didn’t congratulate me either.” He congratulated me that evening on TV,” Alexievich recounts. There were lots of international observers, so Lukashenko was forced to acknowledge the Nobel prize. Her name is missing from school textbooks. Her books are unpublished, available only from Russia, or smuggled in via Lithuania in small underground editions. At home, officially at least, she was an unperson. Lukashenko faced a dilemma: the award was self-evidently a major honour for Belarus, and yet Alexievich was one of his most prominent critics. This was Belarus’s implacable dictator of 21 years, Alexander Lukashenko. 6/20/2023 0 Comments Xiantha by Gillian Andrewsnavigating the deadly tides of the infamous Slipstream Alley, where the odds of survival are the lowest in the system. She needs a job, and there is only one thing she might get someone to pay her for. Her unreliable stepbrother just wagered their ship away, and no ship means no income. In another part of the galaxy, Maise Avalon is having a bad day. and what happens on Xiantha will impact their lives forever.ĭescription: Nivala is scheduled for a routine tour of duty in the Major Shells, but the Chakrans have other ideas - ideas that will take the small ship and her unique crew light years away from home. Not all of them can come out of this unscathed. He has been laying his plans for revenge, and they include using Grace to bait a trap which will cause the total destruction of the orthogel entity. Meanwhile, back on Valhai, Atheron is grimly determined that nothing is going to stop him this time. For the first time they can start to relax and enjoy a holiday – at least, until the independent Diva is forced to swallow her pride and beg Six to help her out on a very personal matter. When they arrive on Xiantha, they find a stunning planet hot, sunny and full of colour. A strange first contact on a distant planet might provide a vital clue to Arcan’s past, but it can’t quite cure Grace of her feelings of guilt. Description: Grace is blaming herself for the death of two good men on Kwaide – even Six’s teasing can’t raise a smile at first. The story of Styxx is one that is complicated and emotional, violent yet beautiful. A thing of absolute beauty and force.” – Bethany Then it becomes the strongest, most lethal of weapons. It is buried deep in the hottest coals and then beat and pounded until it is bent into shaped. “The strongest of metals is forged under the most violent of conditions, my lord. * There are a few other accessory characters as with any book, but you can find out more about them if you read the book * Galen – Styxx’s friend, trainer, and mentorĪcheron- Atlantean god, Son of the Destroyer Styxx- Twin brother to Acheron, Crown Prince of Didymosīethany- Atlantean goddess of Wrath, Misery, and the Hunt, Daughter of Egyptian god Set and Atlantean goddess Symfora. As with my previous review, there are overlaps with characters mentioned in previous books, but you can read Styxx as a stand alone and understand the plot just fine. This book in can be read as a stand alone, but will make a lot more sense if you have previously read Acheron also by Sherrilyn Kenyon. Book Type: Fiction, Paranormal Romance, Fantasyīackground : This book is the 22nd of the Dark Hunter Series by Sherrilyn Kenyon. 6/20/2023 0 Comments The Chaperone by Laura MoriartyWhen she hears that local pianist Myra Brooks (Victoria Hill) is in search of a chaperone to accompany her precocious but exceedingly talented teenage daughter Louise (Haley Lu Richardson) to New York to attend a prestigious dance school, Norma mysteriously jumps at the chance. When first met in 1922 in Wichita, Kansas, Norma seems like a nice, churchgoing lady of a certain age, respectably married to a lawyer (Campbell Scott) and mother of two practically grownup sons. Here, that parallax view is from the perspective of Norma – played by Lady Grantham herself, Elizabeth McGovern, taking a lead role for a change. Like so much of Fellowes’ work, it effectively flatters the viewer by assuming he or she must be familiar with certain historical figures (in this case, early cinema star Louise Brooks) and then appears to dish the dirt on them through the eyes of a character from another class or at least different social sphere. W ritten by Julian Fellowes, who brought us Downton Abbey and recent series The Gilded Age, and directed by Michael Engler, who worked on both the aforementioned, this based-extremely-loosely-on-fact costume drama adapted from a novel by Laura Moriarty should hit the sweet spot for fans of Fellowes’ particular variety of saucy-soapy period pieces. |