![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The Social and Political Differences Between the A.1-800 Mice, Predators Anthology, The Good the Bad.For A Book About A Great Movie, It's Lacking-BFI.Rant-Reviews-The Quality Decreases With Each Comic.The complex ideas of self, society, and what exactly it means to have order are these amazingly deep ruminations that develop out of what at first seems like just the silliest comic imaginable. Some illustrations look simple and childish, but other times something amazingly intricate and detailed appears showing Thurber knows what he's doing. This one is basically new.) 1-800-MICE is Matthew Thurbers comic book anthropological study of the imaginary city. The drawing also hides a surprising amount of skill at times. Matthew Thurber: 1-800-MICE (Picturebox) / ISBN 9780982632741 / 160-page hardcover, 8.25 x 11.25 inches (All the 'discounted books' Im selling are new/unread, but usually show some age and shelf wear. Suddenly this morphs from a cute and silly absurdist tale into something resembling a thriller as the city of Volcano park falls into hysteria from various events and a mystery is solved that could stop the madness, but it's too late and the book ends on a surprising downer. There is psychological intrigue, suspense, and a good amount of humor. Yes, it's still sheer insanity, but it is insanity with a very complex world and plot. When you're reading the story it at first will seem completely unintelligible, but then all of the sudden a strange thing will happen-you start to actually sort of understand what's going on. ![]()
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Tags: Pansexual, Bisexual, LGBTQ+, Second Chance, Friends to Lovers Category: LGBTQ+ Romance, Contemporary Romance ![]() ![]() ![]() Leaving England to begin his crusade, Richard's kingdom is left in the hands of his brother, John, who casts covetous eyes on the crown, and his sister, Joanna, who is willing to defy even a king. ![]() At the age of thirty-two, Richard the Lionheart has finally succeeded Henry II to the English throne. ![]() And, against his father's wishes, he intends to make Berengaria, daughter of the King of Navarre, his Queen.īut first he must fulfil his vow to his country to win back Jerusalem for the Christian world. The Heart of the Lion (Plantagenet Saga 3) by Jean Plaidy 3.90 Rating details 882 ratings 39 reviews The third book in Jean Plaidy's epic Plantagenet series. 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A fascinating story of crusades and the desire to capture countries, hearts.and the throne. ![]() ![]() ![]() Suddenly, mysteries begin to swirl around Miranda and August Isle: Mr. But everything changes when a dare gone wrong results in the girls spending their afternoons with Caleb, a mischievous boy from Sammy’s school, and Mr. ![]() ![]() ![]() The central story is about young Miranda, who spends a summer on an island in Florida her mom used to visit frequently, but hasnt been back to for years. Things start looking up when Miranda becomes fast friends with “Aunt” Clare’s daughter, Sammy, who is sure this will be the best summer ever, spent sailing in the bay and licking ice cream cones underneath the majestic August Oak. August Isle is a beautiful, emotional novel with complex and compelling characters. So she is crushed when her parents send her to stay with family friends in August Isle, a little coastal town where Miranda’s mother spent her summers growing up. Title details for August Isle by Ali Standish - Available. Miranda wants nothing more than to spend the summer with her mother, repairing whatever has mysteriously broken between them. and invite you to check out any of the thousands of other magazines in the collection. Editions for August Isle: 0062433415 (Hardcover published in 2019), 1408343681 (Paperback published in 2019), (Kindle Edition published in 2019), 0062433. ![]() ![]() Clarke's footnotes make you feel like you are reading a true history about real people who are talking about books of magic that actually exist. ![]() In the hands of a lesser author, that would be tedious. The book contains plentiful footnotes, all of which are based in the alternate history that she has created - she might give you more information about a particular book that a character will randomly reference, with the footnotes related to it telling you everything there is to know about that book, including who fictitiously published it. Written by Susanna Clarke and published in 2004, it is a giant tome of wonderment, but it is also very grounded thanks to Clarke's almost inexplicable gift for world-building. ![]() ![]() The book that the series is based on is itself a masterpiece of fantasy. ![]() ![]() ![]() Eventually Whitehead decides to escape his fate after a few encounters with Mamoulian and having his wife, former bodyguard, and now his daughter Carys taken away from him. The job proves more complicated and dangerous than he thought, however, as Marty soon gets caught up in a series of supernatural events involving Whitehead, his daughter (who is a heroin addict), and a devilish man named Mamoulian, with whom Whitehead made a Faustian bargain many years earlier, during World War II.Īs time passes, Mamoulian haunts Whitehead using his supernatural powers (such as the ability to raise the dead), urging him to complete his pact with him. 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Simone was born and raised in the suburbs of Chicago, where she still lives today. Simone is especially proud of the fact that the Illinois Association of Teachers of English named her Author of the Year. ![]() Simone also won the coveted RITA award from the Romance Writers of America for her book Perfect Chemistry. Simone’s books have won many awards including being YALSA Top Ten Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers, being named to the YALSA Popular Paperbacks and Teens Top Ten lists, and added to the Illinois “Read for a Lifetime” Reading List. Simone Elkeles is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of novels for teens. ![]() ![]() The Explorer has also been optioned by Filmwave. Smythe is also the writer of he YA sci-fi novel Way Down Dark, which is in production with Studio 8, as well as The Testimony, The Explorer, The Echo, The Machine and No Harm Can Come To A Good Man. There’s one truth on Australia: you fight or you die. Smythe Hodderscape > Our books > Science Fiction, Young Adult > Way Down Dark (Australia Trilogy Book 1) Tweet The first in an extraordinary new YA trilogy by James Smythe. I Still Dream was released on March 19th. Way Down Dark (Australia Trilogy Book 1), by James P. ![]() But what if Organon is the only thing that can stop humanity from hurting itself irreparably? If it falls into the wrong hands, she knows, its power could be abused. At first it's intended to be a sounding-board for her teenage frustrations, a surrogate best friend but as she grows older, Organon grows with her.Īs the world becomes a very different place, technology changes the way we live, love and die massive corporations develop rival intelligences to Laura's, ones without safety barriers or morals and Laura is forced to decide whether to share her creation with the world. ![]() The female-lead cautionary, dystopian tale is described by the publisher as:ġ7-year-old Laura Bow has invented a rudimentary artificial intelligence, and named it Organon. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() , mentions that he is working on a portrait of Gueymard. Gueymard, l'Opéra" and considers it unfinished. Histoire des artistes vivants: Français et étrangers. "Gustave Courbet," June 14–September 28, 2008, no. "Gustave Courbet," February 27–May 18, 2008, no. Jahrhunderts aus dem Metropolitan Museum of Art," June 1–October 7, 2007, unnumbered cat. "The Masterpieces of French Painting from The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 1800–1920," February 4–May 6, 2007, no. "European and American Paintings," January 21–February 17, 1951, no catalogue. 3 (as "Gueymard in the Role of Robert le Diable"). "An Exhibition of Paintings by Courbet," May 3–29, 1938, no. Gueymard of the Opera in the Rôle of Robert le Diable," lent by Mrs. "Loan Exhibition of the Works of Gustave Courbet," April 7–May 18, 1919, no. ![]() ![]() Gueymard, artiste de l'Opéra, dans le rôle de Robert le Diable," lent by M. "Exposition des œuvres de Gustave Courbet," May 1882, no. 35 (as "Portrait de Gueymard dans 'Robert-le-Diable'," lent by M. "Exposition rétrospective de tableaux et dessins des maîtres modernes," 1878, no. Gueymard, artiste de l'Opéra, dans le rôle de Robert-le-Diable"). ![]() |