And for Susan Jeffers fans looking for extra content, an author's note is included at the end of the book, in which she explains what inspired her to turn this holiday tradition into a show-stopping picture book.", Annotation: New York Times bestselling artist Susan Jeffers has created a Nutcracker unlike any that has gone before, with a lovely spare text based on the ballet.This is the perfect gift to share with children before they see The Nutcracker. With spare text based on the story in the ballet, this book offers a front-row seat to the enthralling tale that is a perennial favorite of adults and children alike. Behold the frightful Mouse King, the elegant Sugar Plum fairies, and the entire Land of Sweets in this dazzling, gorgeously illustrated holiday classic. This is The Nutcracker as you've never seen it beforeMakes a lovely keepsake and gift.Join Marie, Fritz, and the intriguing Nutcracker himself on a magical Christmas Eve adventure. "item_description" : "New York Times bestselling artist and Caldecott Honor winner Susan Jeffers has created a Nutcracker as only she can-with lavish illustrations, magnificent detail, a glitter-brushed cover, and enchanting holiday scenes on every page.
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The Fall Away Series, The Devil’s Night Series, and the stand-alone novels Misconduct, Punk 57, Birthday Girl, Credence, and Tryst Six Venom are among their works that have been translated into nineteen different languages. New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal best-selling author Penelope Douglas. But I’m no longer going to run away from him, and I’m not going to let him destroy another year. I even spent a year in Europe just to get away from him. As time passed, his jokes and rumors only got worse. He would never refer to me so informally, if he referred to me at all. Throughout high school, I endured humiliation, exclusion, and rumors. Bully (Fall Away 1) BOOK INFO Bully Rating: 8.1 / 10 from 26 ratings Author: Penelope Douglas Genre: Romance, New Adult Published: 2014 Series: Fall Away 1 Chapter list Read now My name is Tate. Then he turned against me and set out to destroy my life. He will hardly ever speak to me and will hardly ever refer to me at all. 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An actress escaping bad press goes to a Vermont lake house and uncovers secrets within a neighboring couple’s marriage.īy James Patterson and David Ellis. Three novellas: “Homecoming,” “Strawberry Moon” and “Sparring Partners.”īy Riley Sager. The new general manager of a hotel far from its Gilded Age heyday deals with the complicated pasts of her guests and staff.īy John Grisham. Gernot Böhme's more theoretical texts are just as accessible and offer a thought provoking approach to capturing atmosphere in physical construction. One word for it is Atmosphere.Īlongside Zumthor's writing is an excellent interview with Juhani Pallasmaa entitled Atmosphere, Compassion and Embodied Experience, demonstrating Pallasmaa's profound understanding of the wider cultural world we live in - a wider cultural world that some architects seem to forget when absorbed in design. What on earth is it that moves me? How can I get it into my own work? … How do people design things with such a beautiful, natural presence, things that move me every single time. Quality in architecture … is to me when a building manages to move me. What do we mean when we speak of architectural quality? It is a question that I have little difficulty in answering. Zumthor’s passion is the creation of buildings that produce this kind of effect, but how can one actually set out to achieve it In nine short, illustrated chapters framed as a process of self-observation, Peter Zumthor describes what he has on his mind as he sets about creating the atmosphere of his houses. Alongside this, the OASE team have visited his studio and interviewed him about the current relevance of his writing and how he captures 'atmosphere' in his design process. Zumthor, famous for his 1996 text Atmospheres, identifies and discusses "a series of themes that play a role in his work in achieving architectonic atmosphere". In OASE's 91st edition, Building Atmospheres, the elusive craft of creating, capturing and understanding 'atmosphere' in architecture is explored in a carefully chosen collection of themed essays by Peter Zumthor, Juhani Pallasmaa and philosopher Gernot Böhme. What else he has written: 20 best-selling novels and 15 films including “Any Human Heart,” “A Good Man in Africa” and “ Waiting for Sunrise.” He grew up there and in Nigeria.įor fans of: James Bond, spy novels, literary thrillers. We spoke to Boyd about his take on the iconic character.Įarly life: Boyd was born in Accra, Ghana. In Boyd’s version of Bond, there are no gadgets, no gimmickry, no flying cars and no villain with dreams of world domination. While there are plenty of cocktails, fast cars and alluring women, Boyd says he wanted to take Bond back to his roots. In “Solo,” Boyd took a retro approach, choosing to set his story in 1969 at the height of the Cold War. He was asked by Fleming’s estate to write a new Bond novel “Solo” hit shelves this month. But this drink – this Bond – was written not by Fleming, but by author and screenwriter William Boyd. Immortalized on the big screen and in Ian Fleming’s 14 James Bond books, practically everyone knows the British superspy and his drink of choice. Ice in the shaker, add a slurp of vermouth, pour out the vermouth, add the vodka, shake well, strain into a chilled glass, add a slice of lemon peel, no pith.” You’ve heard that classic mixology before: “Bond went into the lobby bar to gather his thoughts and ordered a vodka martini, explaining to the barman the best way to achieve the effect of vermouth without diluting the vodka too much. She plays a prominent role in the latest addition to the series, Spellcrash. In later Percy Jackson books she appears in almost every Underworld scene.Īlecto also makes an appearance in the WebMage novels, a Cyberpunk fantasy series written by Kelly McCullough. She also appears later in the book chasing Percy, his mother, and Grover (a satyr) to Camp Half-Blood (a summer camp for demigods to train for battles against monsters and such). Description Details Prepare for a total systems failure in this WebMage novel from Kelly McCullough. Alecto appeared in Virgil's Aeneid, and also in Dante's Inferno as one of the three Erinyes.Īlecto appears in the Percy Jackson and The Olympians series by Rick Riordan as Percy's (the protagonist of the series) mathematics teacher who, on an end of the year field trip, attacks Percy knowing he is a demigod. Her function is very similar to Nemesis, with the difference that the latter's function is to castigate crimes against the gods. Alecto is the Erinys with the job of castigating the moral crimes (such as anger), especially if they are against other people. She is the sister of Tisiphone and Megaera. According to Hesiod, she was the daughter of Gaea fertilized by the blood spilled from Uranus when Cronus castrated him. Template:Unreferenced stub Alecto ( Ancient Greek: Ἀληκτώ, English translation: "the implacable or unceasing anger") is one of the Erinyes in Greek mythology. As danger draws closer, she’ll do whatever it takes to save the man she loves. Their passion blazes with an intensity Merritt has never known before, making her long for the one thing she can’t have from Keir MacRae: forever. His world is thrown into upheaval, and the only one he trusts is Merritt. Keir doesn’t know why someone wants him dead until fate reveals his secret connection to one of England’s most powerful families. One: don’t fall in love with the dazzling Lady Merritt Sterling. They couldn’t be more different, but their attraction is powerful, raw and irresistible.įrom the moment Keir MacRae arrives in London, he has two goals. But then she meets Keir MacRae, a rough-and-rugged Scottish whisky distiller, and all her sensible plans vanish like smoke. So far, she’s been too smart to provide them with one. Lady Merritt Sterling, a strong-willed young widow who’s running her late husband’s shipping company, knows London society is dying to catch her in a scandal. An enthralling and steaming romance between a widowed lady and a Scot on the run-who may have connections to one of London's most noble families. Their conversation convinces Harold that he must deliver his note to Queenie in person. After passing several mailboxes, Harold stops at a gas station, where he tells the young attendant about Queenie's cancer. He composes a quick reply and walks to the corner mailbox to send the letter.Īs Harold approaches the mailbox, he realizes he isn't ready to drop the letter in, thinking his words to Queenie are inadequate. Harold is disturbed by this news as he has never had the chance to thank Queenie for the huge favor she did for him before she left. In her letter to Harold, she announces that she is in hospice and is writing to say goodbye. Harold hasn't heard from Queenie Hennessy since she left her job. When Harold Fry, a recently retired gentleman living in a small English village, receives a letter from a woman he worked with twenty years ago, his life changes. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce Random House July 2012 336 pp. Book Review by Ann Jonas, Tradebook Buyer - CSB/SJU Bookstores All of this is done in fine prose that expresses the questioning of religion that most young people experience as they approach maturity. She and the other characters reach their greatest humanity when they tear aside priestly hypocrisy and political intrigue and make peace with one another despite the adults' machinations. Nefertiti is unhampered by religious orthodoxy, reflecting a very modern sensibility. As this story opens, she has escaped from prison with the help of Amenophis and her Hebrew (“Hebiri”) servant, Nava. In Sphinx's Princess (Random, 2009), Nefertiti is falsely accused by Thutmose of blasphemy for killing his cat, sacred to the Egyptian goddess Bast. Gr 6-9–Friesner continues the story of young Nefertiti, betrothed of Prince Thutmose but friend (and, later, wife) to Prince Amenophis. His hearing is razor sharp, his physical strength incredible, and the urge to protect Josie overwhelming. Shane can't remember the blue-eyed angel at his bedside - or who he even is - but he knows something isn't right. Now, two years and one broken heart later, Josie is shocked when the hospital calls: Shane has been found.at a crime scene with no memory of how he got there. It seemed her every fantasy was coming true.until her new husband disappeared without a trace. Their desire ignited a passionate affair, and within weeks, Shane had slipped a ring on her finger. From the New York Times best-selling author of the Dark Protectors series comes a sexy romantic suspense full of "twists and reversals" ( Publishers Weekly) that will keep listenrs' hearts pounding until the very last minute.įrom the moment Josie laid eyes on sexy, mysterious Shane Dean, she was in love. |