![]() Is this the apocalypse? This might be the apocalypse. The Rooks' 'quick call out' to the church on Coldbay Island picks loose a thread that begins to unravel the whole island, and the world beyond. It's been getting noticeably worse since, ooh, 2016? Bad spirits are abroad, and right now they are particularly abroad on Coldbay Island, which isn't even abroad, it's only 20 miles from Skegness. The Rook family run a little family business. ![]() A modern-day series of supernatural horror comedy adventures, by acclaimed author and TV scriptwriter. The Rooks' 'quick call out' to the church on Coldbay Islan. ![]() ![]()
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Wangari Muta Maathai has changed Kenya tree by tree-and with each page turned, children will realize their own ability to positively impact the future. Today more than 30 million trees have been planted throughout Mama Miti’s native Kenya, and in 2004 she became the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. ![]() Through artful prose and beautiful illustrations, Donna Jo Napoli and Kadir Nelson tell the true story of Wangari Muta Maathai, known as “Mama Miti,” who in 1977 founded the Green Belt Movement, an African grassroots organization that has empowered many people to mobilize and combat deforestation, soil erosion, and environmental degradation. ![]() Mama Miti: Wangari Maathai and the Trees of Kenya ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Abandoned by her husband, Elizabeth Franklin is struggling to keep up with the chores on her 60-acre farm. ![]() He never imagines that his pretend bride will become the most magnificent woman he's ever met.and that his sensuous little 'jailer' will be the one to free his heart.A sensual, steamy and deeply romantic story, Prisoner of Love by Blackboard bestselling author, Beverly Jenkins, is a historical romance to treasure! 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The Deep is a 2019 fantasy book by Rivers Solomon, with Daveed Diggs, William Hutson and Jonathan Snipes. ![]() ![]() ![]() Was that yesterday? All the days were starting to run together. The interagency coordinators had dispersed the fire camp even though the cleanup efforts would continue in the coming weeks, sending everyone home to rest and regroup. In short, he was a mess, but he’d promised Garrick days earlier that he’d find him, and somehow keeping that promise seemed more important than anything else, including the sleep he desperately needed. He might never get the scent out of his car or hat. ![]() He stank of smoke, probably would for a week. And a change of clothes wouldn’t have been a bad idea either. Last few days, being a vegetarian had meant a lot of bread, a lot of rice, and far more cookies than prudent as the staff of the food truck had tried to keep him and the other non-meat eaters in enough calories to keep their energy up. Eaten some hot food that included a vegetable. Rain probably should have showered first. ![]() There was so much he wanted to say, and most importantly, he wanted to keep his promise to listen to Rain, really and truly listen this time with his whole heart and without old fears ringing in his ears. He’d wait for Rain, wait for their talk, wait for a chance to make this right between them. He couldn’t tell him everything right then, but he could tell him that he’d wait, could put that much on the line. Throat tight, all Garrick could do was nod. ![]() ![]() ![]() Read more for aspiring artists to bring their comic-book artwork to professional-quality levels. ![]() With examples from his classic collaborations at Marvel Comics and from today's top comics artists, Lee builds on concepts only touched upon in his previous instructional offerings and provides a pathway. 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Description for Stan Lee's How to Draw Comics Master Class Paperback. ![]() ![]() ![]() Re-reading it is definitely on my to-do list, because you’d be able to find so many more tiny details and links to the plot. After I got over the format, it was the first book in a long time that felt like an adventure- I loved the childish awe the permeated the world that Harris created by introducing characters like mermaids and insects. ![]() I think it made the story much richer, because each individual character and event had an origin that you could trace.Īs a whole, the book was refreshingly whimsical and quite nostalgic, because the stories felt so ancient and traditional, like little village tales. ![]() location Published in 2021, this widely popular book has proven to serve its. It kind of felt disjointed, like I was reading a bunch of unconnected fairy tales.īut then, somehow, the stories started to fold together into a forefront tale, and seemingly random parables took on a relevance that was quite amazing. Harris is available now for quick shipment to any U.S. A special released by Gollancz of this new and popular title by Joanne Harris, Signed by the author to an illustrated. At first, I really wasn’t sure about this sort of format because there didn’t appear to be a central plot-line to follow. ![]() This book is written as a series of very short tales which are usually about 3 pages long. ![]() ![]() ![]() Chris and his stereotypical mix of cohorts (the overweight bully, the foreigner with broken English, etc.) train to develop their Ability, using their brains to their full capacity, as they practice telekinesis and mind reading and prepare to protect the prime minister at the annual Antarctic Ball for children. Following a confusing transition from prologue to story, the novel centers on 12-year-old Christopher Lane, whose father died seven years ago and whose mother has been a recluse ever since. The academy is reopened when one of those former students-the current prime minister-appears to be next on the hit list. Very much alive, plotting revenge and now known as Dulcia Genever, she, along with her adopted twin sons, has been incapacitating the students and faculty that never came to rescue her. ![]() Thirty years ago, the Myers Holt Academy, an elite and secret boarding school that housed the MI18, closed when one of its students, Anna Willows, was kidnapped and presumed dead. Recruited to MI18, a top-secret British agency that employs children to gather intelligence, six preteens use their minds over high-tech gadgets to fight crime in this imported debut. ![]() ![]() There is more to the story than what I just mentioned but that covers much of the angst within the book. ![]() This is my first read from Patricia Harman. His wife, Patience, no matter how much she is loved, finds herself caught in the middle of trying to find hope to hold onto to her life, family and dealing with the consequences of their divided beliefs. There is more behind why he isn't but in the eyes of others, he's labeled a draft dodger and doesn't love his country. Along the homefront in Hope River, the residents supporting the wartime effort find themselves on the divide among each other when it comes out that one of their beloved residents, Daniel Hester, is a conscientious objector and is prosecuted for his beliefs. ![]() ![]() Pearl Harbor has been bombed, Hitler is on his terrible reign in Germany while war looms through Europe. Patricia Harman's Once a Midwife brings the reader to the homefront during WWI. ![]() ![]() ![]() “If you can have everything in 57 varieties,” the magazine writes, “making decisions becomes hard work.”īehavioral researchers have found that too much choice is “de-motivating” – i.e., people don’t buy. How fascinating that The Economist magazine recently devoted three full pages to the “tyranny of choice,” in which the case is made that perhaps the proliferation of choice is actually an insidious form of servitude. The fantasy takes shape that if only we make the right choice, a kind of worldly beatitude will prevail. When buying a big-ticket item – a car, a refrigerator, a camera – no one wants to make the “wrong” choice,” so we really bear down and do comparative research. But it’s also true that a life marked by boundless choice ends up being a life of hyper-calculation in pursuit of a perfection that always seems just a little bit out of reach. There’s obviously much to be said for consumer choice. And we haven’t even gotten to that classic encounter with the world of over-choice, Starbucks. I face the same problem when it comes to spaghetti sauce (with basil or garlic or mushrooms?), laundry detergent (unscented or “sea breeze” or fabric softener?), orange juice (pulp or no pulp, Vitamin D or no?). Do I want a toothpaste that whitens teeth, cleans tartar, freshens my mouth, has the flavor of cinnamon, mint or peach, or is just the plain-old “original” brand. This happens to me all the time: I’m standing in a supermarket aisle paralyzed by choices. ![]() |