![]() ![]() There she discovers that nothing is as it seems. ![]() With her eccentric aunt Dove in tow, Evie tracks the source of the photo to the ancient City of Jasmine, Damascus. In the midst of her triumphant tour, she is shocked to receive a mysterious – and recent – photograph of Gabriel, which brings her ambitious stunt to a screeching halt. ![]() Five years later, beginning to embrace life again, Evie embarks upon a flight around the world, collecting fame and admirers along the way. They had been a golden couple, enjoying a whirlwind courtship amid the backdrop of a glittering social set in pre–war London until his sudden death with the sinking of the Lusitania. New York Times bestselling author Deanna Raybourn delivers the captivating tale set against the lush, exotic European colonial outposts of the 1920s.įamed aviatrix Evangeline Starke never expected to see her husband, adventurer Gabriel Starke, ever again. ![]()
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![]() ![]() The author describing how he himself succumbed to a very persuasive saleswoman.ĭid you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry? When social psychologist Leon Festinger infiltrated the "seekers" doomsday cult in the 1950's to observe their reactions when the world didn't end as predicted. What was one of the most memorable moments of Influence? While most of the material can trigger the "thats common sense I already knew that response", it becomes surreal when you start recognizing these features in yourself and your environment (part of the book even covers the "I already knew that" reaction) Yes! The psychological features explored and exposed by Cialdini run far deeper than I first realized. Would you listen to Influence again? Why? ![]() This book will change the way you see the world. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Young Adult Fiction / Romance / Paranormal.Young Adult Fiction / Action & Adventure. ![]() All six books in the 1 New York Times bestselling Mortal Instruments.
![]() The simple question, ‘what do you think is happening here’ opens a child up to unguarded, creative thinking that is such an important life skill. ![]() Each page presents an opportunity to ask a child questions and help them explore their own imagination. Again, revealing layers that add depth and wonder to the story.īesides the beautiful illustrations, I love the fact that when you share this book, it is virtually impossible for it to not inspire conversation. Just when you think it can’t get better, the story cleverly shows the history of the camera and the lives that it has touched. The illustrations are elaborate, inspired and showcase the creative mind of David Wiesner. As you go through the photos with the boy, each page becomes more and more exciting. What he gets back are possibly the most unexpected and fantastic photos of life under the sea. After getting knocked over by a big wave and sitting in the wet sand, an old fashioned camera washes up at his feet-a “Melville Underwater Camera.” When he opens it up and finds a roll of film, he runs to have it developed. The story opens with a young boy at the beach with his parents. ![]() The book’s clever and stunning art captures the imagination in a whole new way. ![]() Flotsam by David Wiesner is the illustration-only story of the ocean world, as told by the photos in a camera that washes ashore. ![]() ![]() This book is about recognizing the monster within us, but also coming to terms with exactly how it got there in the first place. She holds up a mirror to not only our society, but to us as individuals, and most of us won't like what we see. Alex Craft is the repulsively attractive love child of rape culture and patriarchal dominance run rampant. ![]() This book is a hot, fever-sick punch in the gutĪnd it's exactly what our society needs and deserves. Not anyone.Īs their senior year unfolds, Alex's darker nature breaks out, setting these three teens on a collision course that will change their lives forever. And not with Peekay, the preacher's kid with a defiant streak who befriends Alex while they volunteer at an animal shelter. Not with Jack, the star athlete who wants to really know her but still feels guilty over the role he played the night Anna's body was discovered. While her own crime goes unpunished, Alex knows she can't be trusted among other people. Three years ago, when her older sister, Anna, was murdered and the killer walked free, Alex uncaged the language she knows best - the language of violence. A stunning, unforgettable listen.Īlex Craft knows how to kill someone. Edgar Award-winning author Mindy McGinnis delivers a dark and riveting contemporary YA novel that blends the unflinching honesty of Laurie Halse Anderson's Speak with the relentless pacing and alternating perspectives of Gone Girl. ![]() ![]() Modern Language Association of America, Keats Shelley Association, Wordsworth Circle, South Atlantic Modern Language Association. Contributing editor, Creativity magazine, 1998. E-mail- CAREER:ĭuke University, Durham, NC, instructor in English, 1969-70 California State College, Bakersfield, assistant professor of English, 1970-73 University of Florida, Gainesville, assistant professor, 1973-75, associate professor, 1975-80, professor of English, 1981. Office-Department of English, 4008 Turlington Hall, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611. Hobbies and other interests: Cooking, racing, high-powered motorcycles. Education: University of Vermont, B.A., 1962 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, M.A., 1966, Ph.D., 1969. ![]() ![]() ![]() Born June 18, 1943, in Burlington, VT son of Marshal Coleman (a doctor) and Laura (a population specialist) Twitchell married Mary Shepperd Poe (a law professor), Jchildren: Katherine, Elizabeth. ![]() ![]() ![]() It is later revealed that Prince Steffan had been Britta's childhood playmate and later love interest. Britta starts out as the only girl who could read, although she tries to hide the fact in the hopes of blending in. ![]() He chooses her as his bride and they are very happy together.Īt the princess academy, she befriends Miri Larendaughter and several other girls, although she never manages to hear the unique "quarry-speech" that unites all residents of the mountain. When the prince returns he sees Britta and his face immediately lights up. She was worried the prince would see her on Mount Eskel and laugh at her for coming all the way to Mount Eskel just to marry him. The night of the ball when the girls would met the prince, Britta fell sick because she was so nervous and couldn’t attend the ball. No one really talks to her because she’s from the lowlands until Miri because the villagers assume that all lowlanders are rude and arrogant. ![]() She has a difficult time fitting into the local culture, and her silence is often misinterpreted by her peers as typical lowlander arrogance.īritta moved to Mount Eskel the summer before the academy started, from the lowlands. ![]() The Forgotten Sisters Britta Paweldaughter is the wife of Prince Steffan and Miri Larendaughter's best friend.Ī lowlander by birth, Britta is initially presented as an orphan who moved to Mount Eskel to live with her only remaining relatives. ![]() ![]() ![]() Items in order will be sent via Express post as soon as they arrive in the warehouse. 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But as war horses go he had one serious problem. In performance and character he stood above all the other 200,000 Australian horses sent to the Middle East in the Great War. He had power, intelligence and unmatched courage. ![]() ![]() I also do custom illustration commissions and love working on new ideas. The previously unproduced play Up Your Ass, by Valerie Solanas, requires it to be analyzed in consort with Solanas SCUM Manifesto and the life of Solanas. The posters are shipped in a tube to avoid any damage during shipping. Orders typically arrive within 2-7 business days. Valerie Solanas, the woman who shot Andy Warhol, self-published. if you are located in Europe, your order will ship from within Europe if you are located in North America, your order will ship from within the US). Outrageous and violent, SCUM Manifesto was widely lambasted when it first appeared in 1968. Based on your shipping address, the cheapest shipping cost is automatically applied when you order and your poster will be sent out from the nearest printer (i.e. I work with two excellent printers in the US and Europe using the highest quality ink, paper and printing process. Illustration is of Valerie Solanas holding her 1967 book SCUM Manifesto. Valerie Solanas The definitive edition of probably the finest polemic in the world. Focused on the infamous SCUM Manifesto (1967), chapter 4 examines how Valerie Solanas deployed language as a weapon capable of ‘cutting up’ patriarchal authority and demonstrates how her history as a feminist lesbian of the 1960s helps evoke a historical milieu that brings the stakes of Codex Artaud into relief. Illustrated in Glasgow, Scotland by Bec Wonders ![]() ![]() These matte, high-quality posters are printed on durable, archival paper, a statement in any room. 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She wakes up in a hospital where she is told that the pills have shortened her life span and that she has only a few days to live. After taking sleeping pills, she awaits her death which does not arrive. However, she is not happy with her life and decides to committ suicide. She has a good job, a string of boyfriends and a family that loves her. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The story revolves around Veronika, a young Slovenian woman who has everything that a woman in the prime of her life would want. 'Veronika Decides to Die' is a beautiful tale of hope and happiness. ![]() |