![]() ![]() In Chapter 1, “Ramona’s Great Day,” Ramona meets her new teacher, Miss Binney, and is immediately enamored with her. Ramona the Pest opens on the morning of Ramona Quimby’s first day of kindergarten, and she could not be more excited. As the Ramona series goes on, readers watch Ramona grow from a young child (in Ramona the Pest, she is about 5 years old) into a pre-teen (in Ramona’s World, she is about 10 years old). Cleary creates an entire universe of characters set in the same neighborhood, each of whom she explores in a separate series. ![]() Ramona the Pest is set in the same neighborhood as Cleary’s “Henry Huggins series,” who is also a character in the book. The Ramona series is “realistic fiction” in that there are no fantastical elements and both plotline and characters are true-to-life. ![]()
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![]() Shadows of Self: Fans of Robert Jordan and George RR Martin alike have found a new champion of epic fantasy in Brandon Sanderson. The imagination that Sanderson brought to the series and his skill at marshalling epic storylines and dramatic action. The Alloy of Law: The Mistborn trilogy has become a firm favourite with fantasy fans the world over. The Hero of Ages: Tricked into releasing the evil spirit Ruin while attempting to close the Well of Ascension, new emperor Elend Venture and his wife, the assassin Vin, are now hard-pressed to save the world. ![]() The awesome task of rebuilding the world has been left to his protege Vin a one-time street urchin, now the most powerful Mistborn in the land. But so too is Kelsier the man who masterminded the triumph. ![]() The Lord Ruler is dead has been vanquished. The Well of Ascension: The impossible has happened. The Final Empire: For a thousand years the Skaa slaved in misery and lived in fear while the Lord Ruler reigned with absolute power and ultimate terror, a divinely invincible leader. ![]() ![]() ![]() OL518259W Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 91.84 Pages 566 Partner Innodata Pdf_module_version 0.0.20 Ppi 360 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20221110220339 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 235 Scandate 20221108232131 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9780140446746 Tts_version 5. ![]() ![]() Urn:oclc:record:1359010294 Foldoutcount 0 Identifier lettersofvincent0000gogh Identifier-ark ark:/13960/s2t38497485 Invoice 1652 Isbn 0140446745ĩ780140446746 Ocr tesseract 5.2.0-1-gc42a Ocr_detected_lang en Ocr_detected_lang_conf 1.0000 Ocr_detected_script Latin Ocr_detected_script_conf 0.9563 Ocr_module_version 0.0.18 Ocr_parameters -l eng Old_pallet IA-WL-1300183 Openlibrary_edition ![]() The letters expose Vincent's creative process his joy and inspiration derived from literature, Japanese art, and nature as well as his many romantic. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 20:01:47 Associated-names Leeuw, Ronald de Autocrop_version 0.0.14_books-20220331-0.2 Bookplateleaf 0002 Boxid IA40767323 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier This collection of letters, arranged in chronological order and written to Vincent's closest confidant, his brother and art dealer, Theo, provide a riveting narrative of van Gogh's life. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Though it’s been more than 70 years since her first novel was published, the thrills of Highsmith keep coming-her stories, though dark, tap into universal themes like moral conflict and forming identity, making them both apropos and timeless. Filled with blackmail, intrigue, and obsession, Strangers on a Train was the first of many film adaptations that would be made of Highsmith’s work, which comprises 22 novels and stories. Strangers on a Train, Highsmith’s suspenseful first novel, was published in 1950 and made into a film just a year later by Alfred Hitchcock. Ripley to the aloof yet alluring housewife Carol Aird in The Price of Salt-lends itself well to the big screen. ![]() The dramatic nature of Highsmith’s work, embodied by complex, riveting characters- from the charming but murderous grifter Tom Ripley in The Talented Mr. Lust, repressed desire, jealousy, suspense, class anxiety, rage-and usually at least one murder-are all recurring elements in her work. The novels of Patricia Highsmith, the high priestess of the psychological thriller, delve into the dark depths of the human condition. 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Smith has also written Future Shocks, Judge Dredd, Judge Karyn, Pulp Sci-Fi, Robo-Hunter, Rogue Trooper, Tales from Beyond Science, Vector 13 and Tales from the Black Museum. Outside of 2000 AD his credits include Star Wars, Lobo, The Punisher and the critically acclaimed A History of Violence.John Smith is unquestionably a 2000 AD hero, with a host of creative credits to his name, including A Love Like Blood, Devlin Waugh, Firekind, Holocaust 12, Indigo Prime, Pussyfoot 5, Revere, Slaughterbowl, Tyranny Rex, Leatherjack, Dead Eyes and Cradlegrave. His creations include Judge Dredd, Strontium Dog, Ace Trucking, Al's Baby, Button Man and Mean Machine. John Wagner has been scripting for 2000 AD for more years than he cares to remember. ![]() ![]() ![]() His medical practice is in jeopardy, and he is a complete stranger to the only family he has left: his precious baby girl. Devastated, Mike returns home to bury her, only to discover that the life he left behind has fallen apart. However, in an ironic turn of events, as Mike operates on a wounded soldier in a war-torn country, Chloe dies in their kitchen, a victim of an apparent household accident. And deep inside, he doesn't think of himself as a warrior, but a healer. Mike Scanlon is called to serve as an army doctor in Afghanistan, he's acutely aware of the dangers he'll face and the hardships it will cause his wife Chloe and newborn baby. ![]() New York Times bestselling author Lisa Scottoline breaks new ground and delivers the story of a soldier who discovers what it means to be a man, a father, and ultimately, a hero. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() “A superb thought-experiment counter to historical determinism.” A really interesting timeline with some good points about how history works and lots of moments where I nearly fell off my chair.” ![]() “I read this all the way through in one go because I couldn't stop. This edition includes a new appendix describing the historical background to the setting and the events leading up to the world of 2015. Will the attitudes of the past rule over this land forever, or is there hope for the cause of liberty from a very unexpected source? Bush, and Jeremiah Clarkson, the controversial Mayor of Doncaster. Along the way, we meet some surprising figures from our own world, such as Jacob Rees-Mogg, the dangerously modernising Leader of the Tory Opposition, the intellectual patrician American Ambassador George W. The Unreformed Kingdom explores a very different, yet oddly familiar, Britain of a 2015 in which you can download an app to watch public executions, many MPs still represent rotten boroughs, and your religion determines your right to vote. What if, starting with the Great Reform Act of 1832, they had decided otherwise? It’s the twenty-first century! Thanks to the inevitable tide of historical progress, we live in a liberal and democratic society! Except…that anonymous tide was made of real people making the decision to work to change things. ![]() ![]() ![]() In an effort to control her epilepsy, she tries to avoid anything that creates too much excitement or stress-including relationships. She’s never needed thrills the way some of her sisters have. She loves running her bookstore, taking long walks with Reno, her Labrador retriever seizure-response dog, and spending time with her close-knit family. In SWEET, SEXY HEART.Amber Montgomery is perfectly happy with her quiet life. ![]() Funny, sinfully sexy, opposite-attracts romance. All Love in Bloom books can be enjoyed as stand-alone novels or as part of the larger series.įor this sweet bookstore owner, avoiding the charms of a famed-football-player-turned-author was supposed to be easy. Published by World Literary Press on August 4, 2021ĭiscover the magic of New York Times bestseller Melissa Foster's writing and see why millions of readers have fallen in love with the fiercely loyal and sassily sexy characters in the Love in Bloom big-family romance collection. ![]() Series: The Bradens & Montgomerys: Pleasant Hill - Oak Falls #8Īlso in this series: Anything for Love, Trails of Love, Wild, Crazy Hearts, Searching for Love, Then Came Love ![]() |