![]() He teaches at Williams College and in the Warren Wilson MFA program. Jim Shepard is the author of six novels and two short-story collections, including most recently Love and Hydrogen: New and Selected Stories and Project X. Ron Hansen provides an introduction to this Bison Books edition. From provincial Germany through Hollywood in its early days to the South Seas, Nosferatu charts a life at once artistic, intellectual, and deeply human. What shadows Jim Shepard's Murnau-through the airfields of the Great War to Berlin in the twenties and to the virtual invention of filmmaking-is the conflict between his impossibly high ideals and his heartbreaking memories of love betrayed and love lost. Here he is revealed as a hermetic genius who turns against himself, becoming in a sense his own vampire. Murnau ranks as a founding father of the cinema, not least for his legendary horror film, Nosferatu. From this prodigiously talented writer comes a stunningly original fictional life of the German director F. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() The One and Only Ivan was named to multiple state lists, received three starred reviews, and was hailed as a best book of the year by Kirkus, School Library Journal, and Amazon. Katherine Applegate’s novel blends humor and poignancy to create this incredible tale of friendship, art, and hope. In the tradition of timeless classics such as Charlotte’s Web and Stuart Little. Winner of the Newbery Medal and a 1 New York Times bestsellerThis unforgettable novel from renowned author. But when he meets Ruby, a baby elephant taken from the wild, he is forced to see their home, and his art, through new eyes. This acclaimed middle grade novel is an excellent choice for tween readers in grades 5 to 8, for independent reading, homeschooling, and sharing in the classroom. Instead, Ivan occupies himself with television, his friends Stella and Bob, and painting. The One and Only Ivan features first-person narrative author's use of literary devices (personification, imagery) and story elements (plot, character development, perspective). ![]() Soon to be a major motion picture Winner of the Newbery Medal and a 1. He hardly ever thinks about his life in the jungle. THE ONE AND ONLY IVAN, by Katherine Applegate and Patricia Castelao (Illustrator). Having spent twenty-seven years behind the glass walls of his enclosure in a shopping mall, Ivan has grown accustomed to humans watching him. Inspired by the true story of a captive gorilla known as Ivan, this illustrated book is told from the point of view of Ivan himself. This unforgettable novel from renowned author Katherine Applegate celebrates the transformative power of unexpected friendship. Soon to be a major motion picture! This Harper Classic edition of the Newbery Medal winner and #1 New York Times bestseller includes an author’s note, a letter from the real Ivan’s caretaker at Zoo Atlanta, Ivan’s “signature,” discussion questions, and more. ![]() ![]() The Phantoms and the Midnights have warred with each other for centuries, while the white residents of Desperance continue to treat both Aboriginal settlements with disrespect and violence. ![]() The Phantoms live on the Westside of Desperance, while Joseph Midnight and his family set up a camp on the Eastside of town. Angel eventually leaves Norm to be with Mozzie Fishman, the leader of a spiritual convoy. The chaotic, quarrelsome family live in a swampy area on top of the nest of a serpent spirit, which is the ancestral creation spirit for Aboriginal people in the region. Norm and his wife Angel Day have seven children. ![]() Norm lives with his family on the outskirts of Desperance, a white settler town in the Gulf of Carpentaria, in northern Queensland, Australia. Normal Phantom is an old Black Aboriginal man known far and wide as the best fisherman. ![]() ![]() The word coda refers to "an ending part of a piece of music or a work of literature or drama that is separate from the earlier parts" or "something that ends and completes something else". As a work of metafiction, C0DA regularly breaks the fourth wall, such as with figures called "the Digitals", giant hands that interact with characters from outside of the comic's panels and an embedded narrative section depicted in the form of a superhero comic. Described as "the last Morrowind story", C0DA is a conclusion to wider narratives that Kirkbride introduced in The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind and expanded on in further writings. Set on Masser in a post-apocalyptic Fifth Era, C0DA tells the story of the death and rebirth of the world through the eyes of Jubal-lun-Sul, a Dunmer tasked with killing a Numidium which caused the destruction of Nirn. ![]() While the graphic novel was not produced in full, its script and some artwork was released on Valentine's Day, 14 February 2014. C0DA is an unofficial graphic novel written by Michael Kirkbride and was to be illustrated by various artists, including Katy Hargrove, Ksenia Mamaeva, and M. ![]() ![]() ![]() Originally released as five books, in classic tragic form, a sixth, tacking on a 'happy ending', was added by editor and public pressure. When they come together, the Heath will come apart. He is satisfied returning from Paris to the simple comfort of home. Our supposed hero, Clym, is modest, steady, plain, moral, and dutiful. She burns every life she touches, never able to find the mad love and exotic world she dreams of. Hardy made a surprise appearance in a 2022 Brazilian jiu-jitsu open championship, a competition held by Ultimate Martial Arts Championships at Oakgrove school in Milton Keynes. Our heroine, Eustacia, is proud, passionate, cruel, fickle, avaricious, and desperate. A modern and honest novel of chance and choice, faith and infidelities, this dark story asks what is free will and what is fate? What is the true nature of nature, and how do we fit together? Can we fit together?Ī tragedy set in the barren land of Edgon Heath. ![]() Like all of Hardy's work, The Return of the Native (1878) is passionate and controversial, with themes and sympathies beyond what a good Victorian would ever admit. Download cover art Download CD case insert The Return of the Native ![]() ![]() ![]() I know there's a lot of control over members, and everything is dictated and controlled in terms of what members can do. 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Now 27, Drain tells her side of the story about life as a member of the infamous hate group in Banished: Surviving My Years in the Westboro Baptist Church (Grand Central), out March 5. ![]() Her father and sister had just driven her to a local motel and dropped her off, told her she was never to speak to them again, and that she'd been banished from the Westboro Baptist Church-the group known for picketing funerals of fallen soldiers, homosexuals, and AIDS victims, and most recently attempting to picket those of the Sandy Hook Elementary victims-for exchanging online communication with a boy who'd been interested in learning about the church. The first thing Lauren Drain did after her family disowned her was walk to a local drugstore, buy poster board and markers, and list out her sins. ![]() ![]() I Was Their American Dream is at once a coming-of-age story and a reminder of the thousands of immigrants who come to America in search for a better life for themselves and their children. WINNER OF THE ARAB AMERICAN BOOK AWARD - NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR - The New York Public Library - Kirkus Reviews Gharib's wisdom about the power and limits of racial identity is evident in the way she draws."-NPR ![]() "A portrait of growing up in America, and a portrait of family, that pulls off the feat of being both intimately specific and deeply universal at the same time. ![]() ![]() This book is not a ‘how to parent’ book that will give you steps to follow in order to raise great kids. Or by the end of the day, the stress of parenting has whittled reactions down to anger and frustration. That is so true, but the thing is, as much as we think of parenting as a high treasure, sometimes the way we show that priority is misguided. Tripp says, ” Parenting is either a thing of the highest treasure to you, and that is demonstrated in your choices, words, and actions everyday, or it’s not. But like many parents, it’s hard to get out of the bad parenting habits and cycles I’ve fallen into. ![]() In theory, I agree with Tripp’s big picture parenting concept. If you feel that way often, Paul Tripp’s new book, Parenting: 14 Gospel Principles That Can Radically Change Your Family will help change your perspective while improving your parenting.Īs I read the first few chapters of this book, I nodded my head and underlined line after line. ![]() ![]() ![]() I’m behind on chores, I’ve been a drill sergeant all day, and I’ve done little else than put out the most major fires all day long. How often as mothers do we feel overwhelmed, exhausted, and defeated? I know I climb into bed many nights feeling like a failure. ![]() ![]() Book Genre: Adventure, Audiobook, Childrens, Fiction, Middle Grade. ![]()
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