![]() ![]() "A great American hero comes fully to life in this epic retelling filled with glorious, detailed watercolors. "Another winning collaboration from the master storyteller and gifted artist of Tales of Uncle Remus fame." - School Library Journal The story is told with rhythm and wit, humor and exageration, and with a heart-catching immediacy that connects the human and the natural world. ![]() * "This is a tall tale and heroic myth, a celebration of the human spirit. Nothing can stop John Henry, and his courage stays with us forever. He's stronger than ten men and can dig through a mountain faster than a steam drill. He grew so fast, he burst right through the porch roof, and laughed so loud, he scared the sun! Soon John Henry is swinging two huge sledgehammers to build roads, pulverizing boulders, and smashing rocks to smithereens. When John Henry was born the birds, bears, rabbits, and even a unicorn came to see him. Julius Lester and Jerry Pinkney's warm, humorous retelling of a popular African-American folk ballad. ![]()
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![]() ![]() The girls know they are in a battle for their lives, a war for their very existence. There is no more time to hope for the best. The men from Innovations Corporation still hunt them, the woman who created them still wants control over them, and worst of all, Mena realizes that through all her pain, all her tears, the world of men has not changed. Reeling from one revelation after the next, Mena and her friends begin to unwind the truth of their existence and, as a result, their destiny. The girls of Innovations Academy escaped the confines of their unethical school, fought against the system protecting predators who targeted girls for harassment, and they’re not done yet. There is no one who can save your rebel soul… The girls make their final stand in this third and final novel in the thrilling, subversive near-future series from New York Times bestselling author Suzanne Young about a girls-only private school that is far more than it appears to be. ![]() ![]() Review: I enjoyed this book a tremendous amount. Together they start to discover what it means to move on, to trust, and push the boundaries of not only their interest in BDSM but of love itself but will a third man who is secretly in love with Jack come between them and rip them apart before their love can fully bloom? ![]() She tries to convince him that the tall handsome sheriff is worth a leap of faith. Rebel inherits a home and business from his favorite aunt, whom he sees even though she recently passed away. He fights hard not only with his fists but to keep from letting anyone get close. Martin tells Jack that he needs to move on and find another relationship but Jack is holding on too hard to his past and his job to see love when it speeds through the small sleepy town he watches over. When Martin dies Jack goes into mourning so deeply that he starts to see his late husband everywhere. ![]() Blurb: Jack Colton dedicated his life to two things, the law and the love of a good man named Martin. ![]() ![]() ![]() From 1991 to 1996, he worked for the news company Shikoku Shimbun, reporting on various fields including politics, police reports, and economics.Battle Royale was completed after Takami left the news company. After graduating from Osaka University with a degree in literature, he dropped out of Nihon University's liberal arts correspondence course program. Best known for his 1999 novel Battle Royale, which was later adapted into two live-action films, directed by Kinji Fukasaku, and three manga series.Takami was born Hiroharu Takami (高見宏治, Takami Hiroharu) on 10 January 1969 in Amagasaki, Hyōgo Prefecture near Osaka and grew up in the Kagawa Prefecture of Shikoku. Koushun Takami net worth is $17 Million Koushun Takami Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family Kōshun Takami (高見 広春, Takami Kōshun, born 10 January 1969) is a Japanese author and journalist. ![]() ![]() ![]() This one comes at you as fast as Steve McQueen in a souped-up Mustang and as hard as Charles Bronson with a baseball bat. "RECKLESS is an absolute rush: on the same level as golden age Travis McGee novels and the hardest-hitting Richard Stark stories. No one does crime fic like BRUBAKER and PHILLIPS and their collaboration has never felt more new. in a serpentine plot that is equal parts Long Goodbye and Point Break. “Imagine Redford at his peak, ambling through sun-drenched, eighties L.A. Working class setting covering up for a deeper societal rot, a battered, damaged (literally) protagonist against the beast, and all of it squirming and lunging through an over-lit early 80s L.A. “Oh man this book pushed EVERY crime fiction button for me. But when a fugitive from his radical student days reaches out for help, Ethan must face the only thing he fears…his own past. Brubaker envisioned a series of original books inspired by the lurid detective series of the ’50s and ’60s that his father had read, including John D. ![]() Meet Ethan Reckless: Your trouble is his business, for the right price. The fifth book in the bestselling RECKLESS series is here Crime noir masters ED BRUBAKER & SEAN PHILLIPS present yet another original graphic novel. ![]() A bold new series of original graphic novels, with three books releasing over the next year, each a full-length story that stands on its own. Sex, drugs, and murder in 1980s Los Angeles, and the best new twist on paperback pulp heroes since The Punisher or Jack Reacher.ĮD BRUBAKER and SEAN PHILLIPS, the modern masters of crime noir, bring us the last thing anyone expected from them-a good guy. ![]() ![]() ![]() From the locations, to events (which I had a difficult time to discern which ones are fictional and which ones are made up), to tactics. The amount of research done in this book is certainly impressive. Unlike movie spies, who stand out everywhere they go. People with extraordinary skills who don’t stand out in a crowd. The author built his cast as gray people who can mix anywhere. They are interesting, as well as intelligent. The stars of this book are the characters, which I feel I can say for the whole series. ![]() I didn’t care for the repetitiveness, and while the plot was complex, it wasn’t convoluted and really didn’t demand much from the reader. Silva did think it was too complex because he kept repeating himself a lot. The book has a thrilling and complex plot, not too complex to follow though. I did, however, remember all the characters who, like old friends, I never get tired of. I all fairness, it has been a long time since I read it, so I had to go back and read a quick synopsis on it. ![]() The Defector by Daniel Silva picks up from where the previous book, Moscow Rules, ended. All of my favorite characters are back, and are growing, as well as facing challenges across the globe. It has been a while since I read a Gabriel Allon book, and I was glad to be back. This is the ninth novel is this series, full of international travel and suspense. The Defector by Daniel Silva follows the adventures of Israeli agent/art restorer Gabriel Allon and his team. ![]() ![]() ![]() Augustine, Kant, Walter Benjamin’s theory of history, and a long consideration of the prominent philosopher of hope, Ernst Bloch, Eagleton displays his masterful and highly creative fluency in literature, philosophy, theology, and political theory. ![]() In a wide-ranging discussion that encompasses Shakespeare’s Lear, Kierkegaard on despair, Aquinas, Wittgenstein, St. Eagleton turns then to hope, probing the meaning of this familiar but elusive word: Is it an emotion? How does it differ from desire? Does it fetishize the future? Finally, Eagleton broaches a new concept of tragic hope, in which this old virtue represents a strength that remains even after devastating loss has been confronted. ![]() ![]() Like its close relative, pessimism, it is more a system of rationalization than a reliable lens on reality, reflecting the cast of one’s temperament in place of true discernment. His compelling meditation on hope begins with a firm rejection of the role of optimism in life’s course. In his latest book, Terry Eagleton, one of the most celebrated intellects of our time, considers the least regarded of the virtues. ![]() ![]() After a professor discouraged from becoming a surgeon, she became an anesthesiologist instead and created the famous Apgar test to check the health of newborn babies. ![]() There weren't many women who tried to become doctors when Virginia Apgar went to medical school - but she didn't let that stop her. ![]() In this chapter book biography by best-selling author and physician Sayantani DasGupta, listeners learn about the amazing life of Virginia Apgar - and how she persisted. ![]() Inspired by the number one New York Times best seller She Persisted by Chelsea Clinton and Alexandra Boiger comes a chapter book series about women who stood up, spoke up, and rose up against the odds! ![]() ![]() This offer is not eligible for promo codes. Groupon is not affiliated with or sponsored by "Sense and Sensibility": A Playful New Adaptation in connection with this deal. Sense and Sensibility tells the story of the impoverished Dashwood family, focusing on the sisters Elinor and. The satirical, comic work offers a vivid depiction of 19th-century middle-class life as it follows the romantic relationships of Elinor and Marianne Dashwood. CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA Octo The UVA Department of Drama will open its 2022-2023 season with renowned playwright Kate Hamill’s boldly playful take on Jane Austen’s first novel, Sense and Sensibility. Sense and Sensibility, novel by Jane Austen that was published anonymously in three volumes in 1811 and that became a classic. The tickets identified in this promotion are made available through Goldstar. Sense and Sensibility, Directed by Marianne Kubik, Opens on October 20 in the Ruth Caplin Theatre. Masks are required inside the theater to ensure the health and safety of patrons, volunteers, and performers. When reputation is everything, how do you follow your heart? Sense and Sensibility is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc.īy KATE HAMILL, based on the novel by JANE AUSTEN ![]() ![]() Sense and Sensibility examines our reactions, both reasonable and ridiculous, to societal pressures. Set in gossipy late 18th-century England and adapted with a fresh female voice, the play is full of humor, emotional depth, and bold theatricality. ![]() Follow the fortunes (and misfortunes) of the Dashwood sisters-hypersensitive Marianne and sensible Elinor-after their father’s sudden death leaves them financially destitute and socially vulnerable. ![]() ![]() ![]() In this children's tale, Eli the woodcarver helps Punchinello understand how special he is - no matter what other Wemmicks may think. Every day the small wooden people called Wemmicks do the same thing: stick gold stars or grey dots on one another. Seller Inventory # 9781859855423īook Description Condition: New. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. ![]() It's a vital message for children everywhere: that they are all special in God's eyes. Parents and children alike will enjoy this touching portrayal of an eternal truth. Max Lucado's beautiful story reminds us that we are special to God just the way we are. Then one day he visits Eli the woodcarver, his creator, and he learns that his worth comes from a different source. Punchinello, covered in gray dots, begins to feel worthless. ![]() Each day the residents award stickers - gold stars for the talented, smart, and attractive Wemmicks, and gray dots for those who make mistakes or are just plain ordinary. In the town of Wemmickville there lives a Wemmick named Punchinello. ![]() |
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