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Desperate Remedies Paperback Desperate Remedies Paperback
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SpecificationsAuthor 1 Thomas HardyISBN-13 9781840226348Language EnglishNumber of Pages 368Publication Date 5-Aug-10Publisher Wordsworth Editions Ltd SpecificationsAuthor 1 Thomas HardyISBN-13 9781840226348Language EnglishNumber of Pages 368Publication Date 5-Aug-10Publisher Wordsworth Editions Ltd
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SpecificationsAuthor 1 Jarir Library PublicationsFormat PaperbackISBN-13 6281072089757Language ArabicPublisher Jarir Library Publications SpecificationsAuthor 1 Jarir Library PublicationsFormat PaperbackISBN-13 6281072089757Language ArabicPublisher Jarir Library Publications
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Matilda Paperback English by Roald Dahl - 2016-02-11 Matilda Paperback English by Roald Dahl - 2016-02-11
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SpecificationsAbout the Author Roald Dahl 1916-1990 was born in Llandaff South Wales and went to Repton School in England. His parents were Norwegian so holidays were spent in Norway. As he explains in Boy he turned down the idea of university in favour of a job that would take him to ‘a wonderful faraway place’. In 1933 he joined the Shell Company which sent him to Mombasa in East Africa. When World War II began in 1939 he became a fighter pilot and in 1942 was made assistant air attaché in Washington where he started to write short stories. His first major success as a writer for children was in 1964. Thereafter his children’s books brought him increasing popularity and when he died children mourned the world over particularly in Britain where he had lived for many years. He remains THE WORLDs NUMBER ONE STORYTELLER.Author 1 Roald DahlBook Description ‘We saw Miss Trunchbull grab a girl by the pigtails and throw her over the playground fence!’ Phizzwhizzing new cover look and branding for the Worlds NUMBER ONE Storyteller! Matilda Wormwoods father thinks shes a little scab. Matildas mother spends all afternoon playing bingo. And Matildas headmistress Miss Trunchbull? Well shes the worst of all. She is a big bully who thinks all her pupils are rotten and locks them in the dreaded Chokey. As for Matilda shes an extraordinary little girl with a magical mind - and now shes had enough. So all these grown-ups had better watch out because Matilda is going to teach them a lesson theyll never forget. "A true genius . . . Roald Dahl is my hero" - David Walliams Now you can listen to MATILDA and other Roald Dahl audiobooks read by some very famous voices including Kate Winslet David Walliams and Steven Fry - plus there are added squelchy soundeffects from Pinewood Studios! And look out for new Roald Dahl apps in the App store and Google Play- including the disgusting TWIT OR MISS! and HOUSE OF TWITS inspired by the revolting Twits.Format PaperbackEdition Number 1Editor 1 PuffinEditorial Review A true genius . . . Roald Dahl is my hero David WalliamsGrade NewView Full Specifications SpecificationsAbout the Author Roald Dahl 1916-1990 was born in Llandaff South Wales and went to Repton School in England. His parents were Norwegian so holidays were spent in Norway. As he explains in Boy he turned down the idea of university in favour of a job that would take him to ‘a wonderful faraway place’. In 1933 he joined the Shell Company which sent him to Mombasa in East Africa. When World War II began in 1939 he became a fighter pilot and in 1942 was made assistant air attaché in Washington where he started to write short stories. His first major success as a writer for children was in 1964. Thereafter his children’s books brought him increasing popularity and when he died children mourned the world over particularly in Britain where he had lived for many years. He remains THE WORLDs NUMBER ONE STORYTELLER.Author 1 Roald DahlBook Description ‘We saw Miss Trunchbull grab a girl by the pigtails and throw her over the playground fence!’ Phizzwhizzing new cover look and branding for the Worlds NUMBER ONE Storyteller! Matilda Wormwoods father thinks shes a little scab. Matildas mother spends all afternoon playing bingo. And Matildas headmistress Miss Trunchbull? Well shes the worst of all. She is a big bully who thinks all her pupils are rotten and locks them in the dreaded Chokey. As for Matilda shes an extraordinary little girl with a magical mind - and now shes had enough. So all these grown-ups had better watch out because Matilda is going to teach them a lesson theyll never forget. "A true genius . . . Roald Dahl is my hero" - David Walliams Now you can listen to MATILDA and other Roald Dahl audiobooks read by some very famous voices including Kate Winslet David Walliams and Steven Fry - plus there are added squelchy soundeffects from Pinewood Studios! And look out for new Roald Dahl apps in the App store and Google Play- including the disgusting TWIT OR MISS! and HOUSE OF TWITS inspired by the revolting Twits.Format PaperbackEdition Number 1Editor 1 PuffinEditorial Review A true genius . . . Roald Dahl is my hero David WalliamsGrade NewView Full Specifications
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Where The Crawdads Sing Hardcover Where The Crawdads Sing Hardcover
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Highlights593187989SpecificationsAbout the Author Delia Owens is the coauthor of three internationally bestselling nonfiction books about her life as a wildlife scientist in Africa. She holds a BS in Zoology from the University of Georgia and a PhD in Animal Behavior from the University of California at Davis. She has won the John Burroughs Award for Nature Writing and has been published in Nature The African Journal of Ecology and International Wildlife among many others. She lives in the mountains of North Carolina. Where the Crawdads Sing is her first novel.Author 1 Delia OwensBook Description A beautiful deluxe edition of the #1 New York Times bestseller--with over 4 million copies sold--that will make the perfect holiday gift or treat for yourself. A Reese Witherspoon x Hello Sunshine Book Club Pick "I cant even express how much I love this book! I didnt want this story to end!"--Reese Witherspoon At once an exquisite ode to the natural world a heartbreaking coming-of-age story and a surprising tale of possible murder Where the Crawdads Sing has touched the hearts of millions of readers around the world and this beautiful deluxe edition features: - new personal note from the author - updated linen jacket with foil - foil-stamped case with cloth spine - four-color endpapers - premium interior stock - four-color map and newly colored interior illustrations For years rumors of the "Marsh Girl" have haunted Barkley Cove a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969 when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark the so-called Marsh Girl. But Kya is not what they say. Sensitive and intelligent she has survived for years alone in the marsh that she calls home finding friends in the gulls and lessons in the sand. Then the time comes when she yearns to be touched and loved. When two young men from town become intrigued by her wild beauty Kya opens herself to a new life--until the unthinkable happens. Through Kyas story Owens reminds us that we are forever shaped by the children we once were and that we are all subject to the beautiful and violent secrets that nature keeps.Editorial Review "A painfully beautiful first novel that is at once a murder mystery a coming-of-age narrative and a celebration of nature....Owens here surveys the desolate marshlands of the North Carolina coast through the eyes of an abandoned child. And in her isolation that child makes us open our own eyes to the secret wonders--and dangers--of her private world."--The New York Times Book Review "Steeped in the rhythms and shadows of the coastal marshes of North Carolinas Outer Banks this fierce and hauntingly beautiful novel centers on...Kyas heartbreaking story of learning to trust human connections intertwine[d] with a gripping murder mystery revealing savage truths. An astonishing debut."--People "This lush mystery is perfect for fans of Barbara Kingsolver."--Bustle "A lush debut novel Owens delivers her mystery wrapped in gorgeous lyrical prose. Its clear shes from this place--the land of the southern coasts but also the emotional terrain--you can feel it in the pages. A magnificent achievement ambitious credible and very timely."--Alexandra Fuller New York Times bestselling author of Dont Lets Go to the Dogs Tonight "Heart-wrenching...A fresh exploration of isolation and nature from a female perspective along with a compelling love story."--Entertainment Weekly "This wonderful novel has a bit of everything--mystery romance and fascinating characters all told in a story that takes place in North Carolina."--Nicholas Sparks New York Times bestselling author of Every Breath "Delia Owens gorgeous novel is both a coming-of-age tale and an engrossing whodunit."--Real Simple "Evocative...Kya makes for an unforgettable heroine."--Publishers Weekly "The New Southern novel...A lyrical debut."--Southern Living "A nature-infused romance with a killer twist."--Refinery29 "Anyone who liked The Great Alone will want to read Where the Crawdads Sing....This astonishing debut is a beautiful and haunting novel that packs a powerful punch. Its the first novel in a long time that made me cry."--Kristin Hannah author of The Great Alone and The Nightingale "Both a coming-of-age story and a mysterious account of a murder investigation told from the perspective of a young girl...Through Kyas story Owens explores how isolation affects human behavior and the deep effect that rejection can have on our lives."--Vanity Fair "Lyrical...Its appeal ris[es] from Kyas deep connection to the place where makes her home and to all of its creatures."--Booklist "This beautiful evocative novel is likely to stay with you for many days afterward....absorbing."--AARP "Compelling original...A mystery a courtroom drama a romance and a coming-of-age story Where the Crawdads Sing is a moving beautiful tale. Readers will remember Kya for a long long time."--ShelfAwareness "With prose luminous as a low-country moon Owens weaves a compelling tale of a forgotten girl in the unforgiving coastal marshes of North Carolina. It is a murder mystery/love story/courtroom drama that readers will love but the novel delves so much deeper into the bone and sinew of our very nature asking often unanswerable questions old and intractable as the marsh itself. A stunning debut!"--Christopher Scotton author of The Secret Wisdom of the Earth "A compelling mystery with prose so luminous it can cut through the murkiest of pluff mud."ISBN-13 9780593187982Language EnglishNumber of Pages 384Publication Date 22 October 2019View Full Specifications Highlights593187989SpecificationsAbout the Author Delia Owens is the coauthor of three internationally bestselling nonfiction books about her life as a wildlife scientist in Africa. She holds a BS in Zoology from the University of Georgia and a PhD in Animal Behavior from the University of California at Davis. She has won the John Burroughs Award for Nature Writing and has been published in Nature The African Journal of Ecology and International Wildlife among many others. She lives in the mountains of North Carolina. Where the Crawdads Sing is her first novel.Author 1 Delia OwensBook Description A beautiful deluxe edition of the #1 New York Times bestseller--with over 4 million copies sold--that will make the perfect holiday gift or treat for yourself. A Reese Witherspoon x Hello Sunshine Book Club Pick "I cant even express how much I love this book! I didnt want this story to end!"--Reese Witherspoon At once an exquisite ode to the natural world a heartbreaking coming-of-age story and a surprising tale of possible murder Where the Crawdads Sing has touched the hearts of millions of readers around the world and this beautiful deluxe edition features: - new personal note from the author - updated linen jacket with foil - foil-stamped case with cloth spine - four-color endpapers - premium interior stock - four-color map and newly colored interior illustrations For years rumors of the "Marsh Girl" have haunted Barkley Cove a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969 when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark the so-called Marsh Girl. But Kya is not what they say. Sensitive and intelligent she has survived for years alone in the marsh that she calls home finding friends in the gulls and lessons in the sand. Then the time comes when she yearns to be touched and loved. When two young men from town become intrigued by her wild beauty Kya opens herself to a new life--until the unthinkable happens. Through Kyas story Owens reminds us that we are forever shaped by the children we once were and that we are all subject to the beautiful and violent secrets that nature keeps.Editorial Review "A painfully beautiful first novel that is at once a murder mystery a coming-of-age narrative and a celebration of nature....Owens here surveys the desolate marshlands of the North Carolina coast through the eyes of an abandoned child. And in her isolation that child makes us open our own eyes to the secret wonders--and dangers--of her private world."--The New York Times Book Review "Steeped in the rhythms and shadows of the coastal marshes of North Carolinas Outer Banks this fierce and hauntingly beautiful novel centers on...Kyas heartbreaking story of learning to trust human connections intertwine[d] with a gripping murder mystery revealing savage truths. An astonishing debut."--People "This lush mystery is perfect for fans of Barbara Kingsolver."--Bustle "A lush debut novel Owens delivers her mystery wrapped in gorgeous lyrical prose. Its clear shes from this place--the land of the southern coasts but also the emotional terrain--you can feel it in the pages. A magnificent achievement ambitious credible and very timely."--Alexandra Fuller New York Times bestselling author of Dont Lets Go to the Dogs Tonight "Heart-wrenching...A fresh exploration of isolation and nature from a female perspective along with a compelling love story."--Entertainment Weekly "This wonderful novel has a bit of everything--mystery romance and fascinating characters all told in a story that takes place in North Carolina."--Nicholas Sparks New York Times bestselling author of Every Breath "Delia Owens gorgeous novel is both a coming-of-age tale and an engrossing whodunit."--Real Simple "Evocative...Kya makes for an unforgettable heroine."--Publishers Weekly "The New Southern novel...A lyrical debut."--Southern Living "A nature-infused romance with a killer twist."--Refinery29 "Anyone who liked The Great Alone will want to read Where the Crawdads Sing....This astonishing debut is a beautiful and haunting novel that packs a powerful punch. Its the first novel in a long time that made me cry."--Kristin Hannah author of The Great Alone and The Nightingale "Both a coming-of-age story and a mysterious account of a murder investigation told from the perspective of a young girl...Through Kyas story Owens explores how isolation affects human behavior and the deep effect that rejection can have on our lives."--Vanity Fair "Lyrical...Its appeal ris[es] from Kyas deep connection to the place where makes her home and to all of its creatures."--Booklist "This beautiful evocative novel is likely to stay with you for many days afterward....absorbing."--AARP "Compelling original...A mystery a courtroom drama a romance and a coming-of-age story Where the Crawdads Sing is a moving beautiful tale. Readers will remember Kya for a long long time."--ShelfAwareness "With prose luminous as a low-country moon Owens weaves a compelling tale of a forgotten girl in the unforgiving coastal marshes of North Carolina. It is a murder mystery/love story/courtroom drama that readers will love but the novel delves so much deeper into the bone and sinew of our very nature asking often unanswerable questions old and intractable as the marsh itself. A stunning debut!"--Christopher Scotton author of The Secret Wisdom of the Earth "A compelling mystery with prose so luminous it can cut through the murkiest of pluff mud."ISBN-13 9780593187982Language EnglishNumber of Pages 384Publication Date 22 October 2019View Full Specifications
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The Scarlet Letter Hardcover The Scarlet Letter Hardcover
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SpecificationsAuthor 1 Nathaniel HawthorneISBN-13 9789385031656Language EnglishNumber of Pages 240Publication Date 1-Jan-16Publisher Om Books International SpecificationsAuthor 1 Nathaniel HawthorneISBN-13 9789385031656Language EnglishNumber of Pages 240Publication Date 1-Jan-16Publisher Om Books International
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The Rules Of Magic Paperback English by Alice Hoffman The Rules Of Magic Paperback English by Alice Hoffman
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SpecificationsAuthor 1 Alice HoffmanISBN-13 9781501137488Language English SpecificationsAuthor 1 Alice HoffmanISBN-13 9781501137488Language English
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Heir of Fire (Throne of Glass #3) Paperback English by Sarah J. Maas - 11/09/2014 Heir of Fire (Throne of Glass #3) Paperback English by Sarah J. Maas - 11/09/2014
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SpecificationsAbout the Author Throne of Glass was Sarah J. Maass first full-length novel to be published though she already had a large online fan base many of whom discovered this fantasy world in its first incarnation on fictionpress written when Sarah was just sixteen. Throne of Glass was shortlisted for the Waterstones Childrens Teen Book of the Year and has sold in fifteen languages and the sequel Crown of Midnight is a New York Times bestseller. You can find out more about Sarah and Throne of Glass at sjmaas.livejournal.Author 1 Sarah J. MaasBook Description Throne of Glass 3 Heir of FireFormat PaperbackEdition Number 0Editorial Review Celaena balances between the living and the dead humans and faeries while her world creeps toward a dreadful war between the great and the monstrous. I was afraid to put the book down! ... Celaena is as much an epic hero as Frodo or Jon Snow! Praise for HEIR OF FIRE bestselling author Tamora Pierce I believe the word "unputdownable" was created for this very book Praise for Throne of Glass Once Upon a Time Without a doubt the best fantasy book I have ever read in my life Praise for Throne of Glass K-Books Packed with brilliant intelligent and witty characters corrupted rulers dark and good magic alike. The world-building is incredible and the plot promises something even greater from the sequel . . . This is not one to be missed Praise for Throne of Glass Pen to Paper Like Cinderellas love story and the action and competition of The Hunger Games handsome princes ball gowns and deathly masquerade balls? Then this is the book for you! This book is going to be HUGE! Praise for Throne of Glass Dark Readers A rich and powerful sequel that will be loved by Throne of Glass fans everywhere! Praise for Crown of Midnight Bookworm Blogger Enthralling and well-paced exhilarating and wonderfully-written Praise for Crown of Midnight Realm of Fiction With an ending that left me gaping in shock my heart battered and my knuckles white Crown of Midnight was a brilliant sequel and I cant wait to be back in Celaenas world again Praise for Crown of Midnight So Many Books So Little Time There are seriously no words to explain how epic this book was. I am still sat here completely reeling from the ending and my head is just spinning from all the epic awesomeness that happened Praise for Crown of Midnight K-Books The plot is riddled with intrigue and the fighting comes thick and fast. Crown of Midnight does not disappoint! Praise for Crown of Midnight Dark Readers Wow. Just . wow. So many things happened in this book. It took a completely different direction to anything I expected. It may be my favourite in the series yet Praise for HEIR OF FIRE Planet Print THE book of 2014 . I laughed I bawled my eyes out and I never wanted this to end. A story of family love friendship loyalty and self-discovery steeped in Maas signature style the plot will leave you reeling and breathless for more Praise for HEIR OF FIRE Fiction in Fiction in Fiction Magic and fantasy come right to the forefront and it is credit to Maas that she can create not one kingdom but two that are so vividly described so rich with detail and character plots Praise for HEIR OF FIRE Words Are the Key to Your SoulISBN-10 1408839121ISBN-13 9781408839126View Full Specifications SpecificationsAbout the Author Throne of Glass was Sarah J. Maass first full-length novel to be published though she already had a large online fan base many of whom discovered this fantasy world in its first incarnation on fictionpress written when Sarah was just sixteen. Throne of Glass was shortlisted for the Waterstones Childrens Teen Book of the Year and has sold in fifteen languages and the sequel Crown of Midnight is a New York Times bestseller. You can find out more about Sarah and Throne of Glass at sjmaas.livejournal.Author 1 Sarah J. MaasBook Description Throne of Glass 3 Heir of FireFormat PaperbackEdition Number 0Editorial Review Celaena balances between the living and the dead humans and faeries while her world creeps toward a dreadful war between the great and the monstrous. I was afraid to put the book down! ... Celaena is as much an epic hero as Frodo or Jon Snow! Praise for HEIR OF FIRE bestselling author Tamora Pierce I believe the word "unputdownable" was created for this very book Praise for Throne of Glass Once Upon a Time Without a doubt the best fantasy book I have ever read in my life Praise for Throne of Glass K-Books Packed with brilliant intelligent and witty characters corrupted rulers dark and good magic alike. The world-building is incredible and the plot promises something even greater from the sequel . . . This is not one to be missed Praise for Throne of Glass Pen to Paper Like Cinderellas love story and the action and competition of The Hunger Games handsome princes ball gowns and deathly masquerade balls? Then this is the book for you! This book is going to be HUGE! Praise for Throne of Glass Dark Readers A rich and powerful sequel that will be loved by Throne of Glass fans everywhere! Praise for Crown of Midnight Bookworm Blogger Enthralling and well-paced exhilarating and wonderfully-written Praise for Crown of Midnight Realm of Fiction With an ending that left me gaping in shock my heart battered and my knuckles white Crown of Midnight was a brilliant sequel and I cant wait to be back in Celaenas world again Praise for Crown of Midnight So Many Books So Little Time There are seriously no words to explain how epic this book was. I am still sat here completely reeling from the ending and my head is just spinning from all the epic awesomeness that happened Praise for Crown of Midnight K-Books The plot is riddled with intrigue and the fighting comes thick and fast. Crown of Midnight does not disappoint! Praise for Crown of Midnight Dark Readers Wow. Just . wow. So many things happened in this book. It took a completely different direction to anything I expected. It may be my favourite in the series yet Praise for HEIR OF FIRE Planet Print THE book of 2014 . I laughed I bawled my eyes out and I never wanted this to end. A story of family love friendship loyalty and self-discovery steeped in Maas signature style the plot will leave you reeling and breathless for more Praise for HEIR OF FIRE Fiction in Fiction in Fiction Magic and fantasy come right to the forefront and it is credit to Maas that she can create not one kingdom but two that are so vividly described so rich with detail and character plots Praise for HEIR OF FIRE Words Are the Key to Your SoulISBN-10 1408839121ISBN-13 9781408839126View Full Specifications
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Peppas First Sleepover Storybook - Paperback English by Ladybird Books Ltd - 01/01/2012 Peppas First Sleepover Storybook - Paperback English by Ladybird Books Ltd - 01/01/2012
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SpecificationsAuthor 1 Ladybird Books LtdBook Description Peppa Pig is going to her very first sleepover at Zoe Zebras house. The most important thing about a sleepover is that you must not sleep! With music a midnight feast and a scary story can Peppa and her friends stay awake? Read more in this delightful piggy tale.Format PaperbackISBN-10 1409305783ISBN-13 9781409305781Language EnglishNumber of Pages 24Parental Rating 5+View Full Specifications SpecificationsAuthor 1 Ladybird Books LtdBook Description Peppa Pig is going to her very first sleepover at Zoe Zebras house. The most important thing about a sleepover is that you must not sleep! With music a midnight feast and a scary story can Peppa and her friends stay awake? Read more in this delightful piggy tale.Format PaperbackISBN-10 1409305783ISBN-13 9781409305781Language EnglishNumber of Pages 24Parental Rating 5+View Full Specifications
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Game Of Thrones-Song Of Ice And Fire - Paperback English by George R. R. Martin - 1/3/2011 Game Of Thrones-Song Of Ice And Fire - Paperback English by George R. R. Martin - 1/3/2011
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SpecificationsAbout the Author George R.R. Martin is the author of fourteen novels including five volumes of A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE several collections of short stories and numerous screen plays for television drama and feature films. He lives in Santa Fe New Mexico.Author 1 George R. R. MartinBook Description HBOs hit series A GAME OF THRONES is based on George R. R. Martins internationally bestselling series A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE the greatest fantasy epic of the modern age. A GAME OF THRONES is the first volume in the series. Kings and queens knights and renegades liars lords and honest men... all will play the GAME OF THRONES. Summers span decades. Winter can last a lifetime. And the struggle for the Iron Throne has begun. It will stretch from the south where heat breeds plot lusts and intrigues; to the vast and savage eastern lands; all the way to the frozen north where a 700-foot wall of ice protects the kingdom from the dark forces that lie beyond. The Game of Thrones. You win or you die. Book One of A Song of Ice and Fire begins the greatest fantasy epic of the modern age.Format PaperbackEditorial Review Martin captures all the intoxicating complexity of the Wars of the Roses or Imperial Rome in his imaginary world ... one of the greats of fantasy literatureSFX `This is one of those rare and effortless reads ROBIN HOBB `George R.R. Martin is one of our very best writers and this is one of his very best books RAYMOND E. FEIST `Such a splendid tale. I read my eyes out - I couldnt stop till Id finished and it was dawn ANNE MCCAFFREY `George Martin is assuredly a new master craftsman in the guild of heroic fantasy KATHARINE KERR `Few created worlds are as imaginative and diverse JANNY WURTSISBN-13 9780007428540Language EnglishNumber of Pages 801View Full Specifications SpecificationsAbout the Author George R.R. Martin is the author of fourteen novels including five volumes of A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE several collections of short stories and numerous screen plays for television drama and feature films. He lives in Santa Fe New Mexico.Author 1 George R. R. MartinBook Description HBOs hit series A GAME OF THRONES is based on George R. R. Martins internationally bestselling series A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE the greatest fantasy epic of the modern age. A GAME OF THRONES is the first volume in the series. Kings and queens knights and renegades liars lords and honest men... all will play the GAME OF THRONES. Summers span decades. Winter can last a lifetime. And the struggle for the Iron Throne has begun. It will stretch from the south where heat breeds plot lusts and intrigues; to the vast and savage eastern lands; all the way to the frozen north where a 700-foot wall of ice protects the kingdom from the dark forces that lie beyond. The Game of Thrones. You win or you die. Book One of A Song of Ice and Fire begins the greatest fantasy epic of the modern age.Format PaperbackEditorial Review Martin captures all the intoxicating complexity of the Wars of the Roses or Imperial Rome in his imaginary world ... one of the greats of fantasy literatureSFX `This is one of those rare and effortless reads ROBIN HOBB `George R.R. Martin is one of our very best writers and this is one of his very best books RAYMOND E. FEIST `Such a splendid tale. I read my eyes out - I couldnt stop till Id finished and it was dawn ANNE MCCAFFREY `George Martin is assuredly a new master craftsman in the guild of heroic fantasy KATHARINE KERR `Few created worlds are as imaginative and diverse JANNY WURTSISBN-13 9780007428540Language EnglishNumber of Pages 801View Full Specifications
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The Bane Chronicles - Paperback English by Cassandra Clare - 42131 The Bane Chronicles - Paperback English by Cassandra Clare - 42131
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SpecificationsAuthor 1 Cassandra ClareAuthor 2 Sarah Rees BrennanAuthor 3 Ma JohnsonFormat PaperbackEditorial Review "Fans of Clares books will eagerly devour the 10 short stories.....An essential purchase for any library that has a Cassandra Clare following."--School Library Journal "Only for series completists and fans of Magnus Bane but who isnt a fan of Magnus Bane?"--Kirkus Reviews" "Fans of Clare s books will eagerly devour the 10 short stories.....An essential purchase for any library that has a Cassandra Clare following."--School Library Journal" --This text refers to the Library Binding edition.ISBN-10 1406360589ISBN-13 9781406360585Language EnglishView Full Specifications SpecificationsAuthor 1 Cassandra ClareAuthor 2 Sarah Rees BrennanAuthor 3 Ma JohnsonFormat PaperbackEditorial Review "Fans of Clares books will eagerly devour the 10 short stories.....An essential purchase for any library that has a Cassandra Clare following."--School Library Journal "Only for series completists and fans of Magnus Bane but who isnt a fan of Magnus Bane?"--Kirkus Reviews" "Fans of Clare s books will eagerly devour the 10 short stories.....An essential purchase for any library that has a Cassandra Clare following."--School Library Journal" --This text refers to the Library Binding edition.ISBN-10 1406360589ISBN-13 9781406360585Language EnglishView Full Specifications
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SpecificationsAbout the Author Barbour Publishing is a leading Christian book publisher offering bestselling books featuring exceptional value biblical encouragement and the highest quality. Barbour is the home of New York Times Bestselling author Wanda E. Brunstetter along with well-known fiction authors Gilbert Morris Olivia Newport Michelle Griep and many others. If your interest is Christian Living or Bible Reference youll find excellent titles by bestselling authors Josh McDowell Jonathan McKee Debora Coty and Stephen M. Millers The Complete Guide to the Bible. Barbour also publishes the top classic devotionals God Calling by A.J. Russell and Come Away My Beloved by Frances J. Roberts. With inspirational Christian books available in all genres--fiction for adults and children Bible Promise books devotionals Bibles Bible reference puzzle books and gift books theres something for everyone to enjoy.Author 1 E. L. JamesBook Description "London 2019. Life has been easy for Maxim Trevelyan. With his good looks aristocratic connections and money hes never had to work and hes rarely slept alone. But all that changes when tragedy strikes and Maxim inherits his familys noble title wealth and estates and all the responsibility that entails. Its a role hes not prepared for and one that he struggles to face. But his biggest challenge is fighting his desire for an unexpected enigmatic young woman whos recently arrived in England possessing little more than a dangerous and troublesome past. Reticent beautiful and musically gifted shes an alluring mystery and Maxims longing for her deepens into a passion that hes never experienced and dares not name. Just who is Alessia Demachi? Can Maxim protect her from the malevolence that threatens her? And what will she do when she learns that hes been hiding secrets of his own? From the heart of London through wild rural Cornwall to the bleak forbidding beauty of the Balkans The Mister is a roller-coaster ride of danger and desire that leaves the reader breathless to the very last page."ISBN-10 1984898329ISBN-13 9781984898326Language EnglishNumber of Pages 512Publication Date 1-Jan-19View Full Specifications SpecificationsAbout the Author Barbour Publishing is a leading Christian book publisher offering bestselling books featuring exceptional value biblical encouragement and the highest quality. Barbour is the home of New York Times Bestselling author Wanda E. Brunstetter along with well-known fiction authors Gilbert Morris Olivia Newport Michelle Griep and many others. If your interest is Christian Living or Bible Reference youll find excellent titles by bestselling authors Josh McDowell Jonathan McKee Debora Coty and Stephen M. Millers The Complete Guide to the Bible. Barbour also publishes the top classic devotionals God Calling by A.J. Russell and Come Away My Beloved by Frances J. Roberts. With inspirational Christian books available in all genres--fiction for adults and children Bible Promise books devotionals Bibles Bible reference puzzle books and gift books theres something for everyone to enjoy.Author 1 E. L. JamesBook Description "London 2019. Life has been easy for Maxim Trevelyan. With his good looks aristocratic connections and money hes never had to work and hes rarely slept alone. But all that changes when tragedy strikes and Maxim inherits his familys noble title wealth and estates and all the responsibility that entails. Its a role hes not prepared for and one that he struggles to face. But his biggest challenge is fighting his desire for an unexpected enigmatic young woman whos recently arrived in England possessing little more than a dangerous and troublesome past. Reticent beautiful and musically gifted shes an alluring mystery and Maxims longing for her deepens into a passion that hes never experienced and dares not name. Just who is Alessia Demachi? Can Maxim protect her from the malevolence that threatens her? And what will she do when she learns that hes been hiding secrets of his own? From the heart of London through wild rural Cornwall to the bleak forbidding beauty of the Balkans The Mister is a roller-coaster ride of danger and desire that leaves the reader breathless to the very last page."ISBN-10 1984898329ISBN-13 9781984898326Language EnglishNumber of Pages 512Publication Date 1-Jan-19View Full Specifications
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SpecificationsAbout the Author Elif Shafak is an award-winning British-Turkish novelist and the most widely read female author in Turkey. She writes in both Turkish and English and has published seventeen books eleven of which are novels. Her work has been translated into fifty languages. Shafak holds a PhD in political science and she has taught at various universities in Turkey the US and the UK including St Annes College Oxford University where she is an honorary fellow. She is a member of World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on Creative Economy and a founding member of the European Council on Foreign Relations ECFR. An advocate for womens rights LGBT rights and freedom of speech Shafak is an inspiring public speaker and twice a TED global speaker each time receiving a standing ovation. Shafak contributes to many major publications around the world and she has been awarded the title of Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres. In 2017 she was chosen by Politico as one of the twelve people who would make the world better. She has judged numerous literary prizes and is chairing the Wellcome Prize 2019. Find out more about Elif Shafak on her website: www.elifshafak.comAuthor 1 Elif ShafakBook Description SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2019 Expect vibrant vivid and eye-opening descriptions of Middle Eastern life propelled by a tender storyline all in Shafaks haunting beautiful and considered prose Vanity Fair Incredibly sensuous and poetic and evocative Pandora Sykes The High Low Richly uplifting... truly beautiful writing Nicola Sturgeon In the first minute following her death Tequila Leilas consciousness began to ebb slowly and steadily like a tide receding from the shore... For Leila each minute after her death recalls a sensuous memory: spiced goat stew sacrificed by her father to celebrate the birth of a yearned-for son; bubbling vats of lemon and sugar to wax womens legs while men are at prayer; the cardamom coffee she shares with a handsome student in the brothel where she works. Each fading memory brings back the friends she made in her bittersweet life - friends who are now desperately trying to find her . . . Simply magnificent a truly captivating work of immense power and beauty on the essence of life and its end Philippe Sands A vivid carnival of life and death cruelty and kindness love politics and deep humanity. Brilliant! Helena Kennedy Elif Shafak brings into the written realm what so many others want to leave outside. Spend more than ten minutes and 38 seconds in this world of the estranged. Shafak makes a new home for us in words Colum McCann Elif Shafaks extraordinary 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World is a work of brutal beauty and consummate tenderness Simon Schama A rich sensual novel... This is a novel that gives voice to the invisible the untouchable the abused and the damaged weaving their painful songs into a thing of beauty. Financial Times One of the best writers in the world today Hanif Kureishi Haunting moving beautifully written - and based by an extraordinary cast of characters who capture the diversity of modern Turkey. A masterpiece Peter Frankopan Extraordinary Guardian Life-affirming StylistEditorial Review Incredibly sensuous and poetic and evocative -- Pandora Sykes * The High Low * Shafak is the most exciting Turkish novelist to reach western readers in years * Irish Times * Sensual * Observer * Extraordinary * Guardian * Life-affirming * Stylist * A haunting masterpiece * Irish Mail on Sunday * Lush evocative and compassionate * Mail on Sunday * Leilas complex inner life is laid bare in this touching novel which is vaguely reminiscent of The Lovely Bones. Expect vibrant vivid and eye-opening descriptions of Middle Eastern life propelled by a tender storyline all in Shafaks haunting beautiful and considered prose * Vanity Fair * Elif Shafak brings into the written realm what so many others want to leave outside. Spend more than ten minutes and 38 seconds in this world of the estranged. Shafak makes a new home for us in words -- Colum McCann A rich sensual novel... This is a novel that gives voice to the invisible the untouchable the abused and the damaged weaving their painful songs into a thing of beauty. -- Francesca Segal * Financial Times * A heartbreaking meditation on the ways in which social forces can destroy a life. Elif Shafak can be unsparing lyrical political intimate... Several novels live in this one and all of them are moving generous and elegantly written -- Juan Gabriel Vasquez Elif Shafaks extraordinary Ten Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World is a work of brutal beauty and consummate tenderness a wild shout of life from out of the lower depths of destitution and prostitution indeed from beyond the grave itself. Every page throbs with unruly vitality the sense- saturating colours scents and sounds of raw Istanbul all registered with poetic sharpness. Its a book which for all its ordeals is a profoundly moving at times lyrical celebration of humanitys obstinate fight for life against the steepest of odds -- Simon Schama A vivid carnival of life and death cruelty and kindness love politics and deep humanity. This is only possible in the hands of a consummate storyteller. Elif Shafaks lyrical command of language and narrative is breathtaking. Brilliant! -- Helena Kennedy Deeply moving * Sunday Times * Simply magnificent a truly captivating work of immense power and beauty on the essence of life and its end. -- Philippe Sands One of the best writers in the world today -- Hanif Kureishi Haunting moving beautifully written - and based by an extraordinary cast of characters who capture the diversity of modern Turkey. A masterpiece. -- Peter FrankopanISBN-10 0241293863ISBN-13 9780241293867Language EnglishNumber of Pages 320View Full Specifications SpecificationsAbout the Author Elif Shafak is an award-winning British-Turkish novelist and the most widely read female author in Turkey. She writes in both Turkish and English and has published seventeen books eleven of which are novels. Her work has been translated into fifty languages. Shafak holds a PhD in political science and she has taught at various universities in Turkey the US and the UK including St Annes College Oxford University where she is an honorary fellow. She is a member of World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on Creative Economy and a founding member of the European Council on Foreign Relations ECFR. An advocate for womens rights LGBT rights and freedom of speech Shafak is an inspiring public speaker and twice a TED global speaker each time receiving a standing ovation. Shafak contributes to many major publications around the world and she has been awarded the title of Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres. In 2017 she was chosen by Politico as one of the twelve people who would make the world better. She has judged numerous literary prizes and is chairing the Wellcome Prize 2019. Find out more about Elif Shafak on her website: www.elifshafak.comAuthor 1 Elif ShafakBook Description SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2019 Expect vibrant vivid and eye-opening descriptions of Middle Eastern life propelled by a tender storyline all in Shafaks haunting beautiful and considered prose Vanity Fair Incredibly sensuous and poetic and evocative Pandora Sykes The High Low Richly uplifting... truly beautiful writing Nicola Sturgeon In the first minute following her death Tequila Leilas consciousness began to ebb slowly and steadily like a tide receding from the shore... For Leila each minute after her death recalls a sensuous memory: spiced goat stew sacrificed by her father to celebrate the birth of a yearned-for son; bubbling vats of lemon and sugar to wax womens legs while men are at prayer; the cardamom coffee she shares with a handsome student in the brothel where she works. Each fading memory brings back the friends she made in her bittersweet life - friends who are now desperately trying to find her . . . Simply magnificent a truly captivating work of immense power and beauty on the essence of life and its end Philippe Sands A vivid carnival of life and death cruelty and kindness love politics and deep humanity. Brilliant! Helena Kennedy Elif Shafak brings into the written realm what so many others want to leave outside. Spend more than ten minutes and 38 seconds in this world of the estranged. Shafak makes a new home for us in words Colum McCann Elif Shafaks extraordinary 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World is a work of brutal beauty and consummate tenderness Simon Schama A rich sensual novel... This is a novel that gives voice to the invisible the untouchable the abused and the damaged weaving their painful songs into a thing of beauty. Financial Times One of the best writers in the world today Hanif Kureishi Haunting moving beautifully written - and based by an extraordinary cast of characters who capture the diversity of modern Turkey. A masterpiece Peter Frankopan Extraordinary Guardian Life-affirming StylistEditorial Review Incredibly sensuous and poetic and evocative -- Pandora Sykes * The High Low * Shafak is the most exciting Turkish novelist to reach western readers in years * Irish Times * Sensual * Observer * Extraordinary * Guardian * Life-affirming * Stylist * A haunting masterpiece * Irish Mail on Sunday * Lush evocative and compassionate * Mail on Sunday * Leilas complex inner life is laid bare in this touching novel which is vaguely reminiscent of The Lovely Bones. Expect vibrant vivid and eye-opening descriptions of Middle Eastern life propelled by a tender storyline all in Shafaks haunting beautiful and considered prose * Vanity Fair * Elif Shafak brings into the written realm what so many others want to leave outside. Spend more than ten minutes and 38 seconds in this world of the estranged. Shafak makes a new home for us in words -- Colum McCann A rich sensual novel... This is a novel that gives voice to the invisible the untouchable the abused and the damaged weaving their painful songs into a thing of beauty. -- Francesca Segal * Financial Times * A heartbreaking meditation on the ways in which social forces can destroy a life. Elif Shafak can be unsparing lyrical political intimate... Several novels live in this one and all of them are moving generous and elegantly written -- Juan Gabriel Vasquez Elif Shafaks extraordinary Ten Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World is a work of brutal beauty and consummate tenderness a wild shout of life from out of the lower depths of destitution and prostitution indeed from beyond the grave itself. Every page throbs with unruly vitality the sense- saturating colours scents and sounds of raw Istanbul all registered with poetic sharpness. Its a book which for all its ordeals is a profoundly moving at times lyrical celebration of humanitys obstinate fight for life against the steepest of odds -- Simon Schama A vivid carnival of life and death cruelty and kindness love politics and deep humanity. This is only possible in the hands of a consummate storyteller. Elif Shafaks lyrical command of language and narrative is breathtaking. Brilliant! -- Helena Kennedy Deeply moving * Sunday Times * Simply magnificent a truly captivating work of immense power and beauty on the essence of life and its end. -- Philippe Sands One of the best writers in the world today -- Hanif Kureishi Haunting moving beautifully written - and based by an extraordinary cast of characters who capture the diversity of modern Turkey. A masterpiece. -- Peter FrankopanISBN-10 0241293863ISBN-13 9780241293867Language EnglishNumber of Pages 320View Full Specifications
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SpecificationsAbout the Author Rick Riordan rickriordan is the author of three # 1 New York Times best-selling series with millions of copies sold throughout the world: Percy Jackson and the Olympians the Kane Chronicles and the Heroes of Olympus. His Greek myth collection Percy Jacksons Greek Gods was a #1 New York Times bestseller as well. His previous novels for adults include the hugely popular Tres Navarre series winner of the top three awards in the mystery genre. He lives in Boston Massachusetts with his wife and two sons.Author 1 Rick RiordanFormat PaperbackEditorial Review PRAISE FOR THE BLOOD OF OLYMPUS "Readers looking forward to the battle scenes will find plenty here but the young heroes also rely on their wits as they dupe charm and negotiate their way through a series of encounters with gods goddesses and mythological creatures. . .fans will revel in the adventures wit and memorable characters found in this thundering conclusion to The Heroes of Olympus series."―Booklist Online PRAISE FOR THE BLOOD OF OLYMPUSISBN-10 014133925XISBN-13 9780141339252Language EnglishPublication Date 1/1/2014View Full Specifications SpecificationsAbout the Author Rick Riordan rickriordan is the author of three # 1 New York Times best-selling series with millions of copies sold throughout the world: Percy Jackson and the Olympians the Kane Chronicles and the Heroes of Olympus. His Greek myth collection Percy Jacksons Greek Gods was a #1 New York Times bestseller as well. His previous novels for adults include the hugely popular Tres Navarre series winner of the top three awards in the mystery genre. He lives in Boston Massachusetts with his wife and two sons.Author 1 Rick RiordanFormat PaperbackEditorial Review PRAISE FOR THE BLOOD OF OLYMPUS "Readers looking forward to the battle scenes will find plenty here but the young heroes also rely on their wits as they dupe charm and negotiate their way through a series of encounters with gods goddesses and mythological creatures. . .fans will revel in the adventures wit and memorable characters found in this thundering conclusion to The Heroes of Olympus series."―Booklist Online PRAISE FOR THE BLOOD OF OLYMPUSISBN-10 014133925XISBN-13 9780141339252Language EnglishPublication Date 1/1/2014View Full Specifications
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SpecificationsAuthor 1 Parragon Books LtdBook Description When their kingdom is trapped in an eternal winter Anna sets off on a journey to find her sister the Snow Queen Elsa. Can Anna and her new friends put an end to Elsas icy spell and save Arendelle? Enjoy a classic Disney experience with a magical storybook with an embossed tin cover image.Format PaperbackISBN-10 1474856586ISBN-13 9781474856584Language EnglishNumber of Pages 32Parental Rating 6 - 8 YearsView Full Specifications SpecificationsAuthor 1 Parragon Books LtdBook Description When their kingdom is trapped in an eternal winter Anna sets off on a journey to find her sister the Snow Queen Elsa. Can Anna and her new friends put an end to Elsas icy spell and save Arendelle? Enjoy a classic Disney experience with a magical storybook with an embossed tin cover image.Format PaperbackISBN-10 1474856586ISBN-13 9781474856584Language EnglishNumber of Pages 32Parental Rating 6 - 8 YearsView Full Specifications
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SpecificationsAbout the Author Harper Lee was born in 1926 in Monroeville Alabama. She attended Huntington College and studied law at the University of Alabama. She is the author of the acclaimed novels To Kill a Mockingbird and Go Set a Watchman and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize the Presidential Medal of Freedom and numerous other literary awards and honours. She died on 19 February 2016.Author 1 Harper LeeBook Description One of the greatest american novels ever written shoot all the bluejays you want if you can hit em but remember its a sin to kill a mockingbird. A lawyers advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of harper lees classic novel - a black man falsely charged with the rape of a white girl. Through the young eyes of scout and jem finch harper lee explores with exuberant humour the irrationality of adult attitudes to race and class in the deep south of the 1930s. The conscience of a town steeped in prejudice violence and hypocrisy is pricked by the stamina of one mans struggle for justice. But the weight of history will only tolerate so much. To kill a mockingbird is a coming-of-age story an anti-racist novel a historical drama of the great depression and a sublime example of the southern writing tradition.Format PaperbackEditorial Review There is humour as well as tragedy in this book besides its faint note of hope for human nature; and it is delightfully written in the now familiar Southern tradition - Sunday TimesISBN-10 1784752630ISBN-13 9781784752637Language EnglishView Full Specifications SpecificationsAbout the Author Harper Lee was born in 1926 in Monroeville Alabama. She attended Huntington College and studied law at the University of Alabama. She is the author of the acclaimed novels To Kill a Mockingbird and Go Set a Watchman and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize the Presidential Medal of Freedom and numerous other literary awards and honours. She died on 19 February 2016.Author 1 Harper LeeBook Description One of the greatest american novels ever written shoot all the bluejays you want if you can hit em but remember its a sin to kill a mockingbird. A lawyers advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of harper lees classic novel - a black man falsely charged with the rape of a white girl. Through the young eyes of scout and jem finch harper lee explores with exuberant humour the irrationality of adult attitudes to race and class in the deep south of the 1930s. The conscience of a town steeped in prejudice violence and hypocrisy is pricked by the stamina of one mans struggle for justice. But the weight of history will only tolerate so much. To kill a mockingbird is a coming-of-age story an anti-racist novel a historical drama of the great depression and a sublime example of the southern writing tradition.Format PaperbackEditorial Review There is humour as well as tragedy in this book besides its faint note of hope for human nature; and it is delightfully written in the now familiar Southern tradition - Sunday TimesISBN-10 1784752630ISBN-13 9781784752637Language EnglishView Full Specifications
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SpecificationsAbout the Author Mo Willems is the author of groundbreaking picture books including; Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale Caldecott Honor winner 2004; Dont Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! Caldecott Honor winner 2003; Dont Let the Pigeon Stay up Late!; The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog!; Time to Say "Please"!; Leonardo the Terrible Monster; Edwina the Dinosaur Who Didnt Know She Was Extinct. He also wrote Today I will Fly! and My Friend Is Sad the first books in this series. In his previous life Mo was a six-time Emmy Award winning writer and animator for Sesame Street and the creator of Cartoon Networks Sheep in the Big City. He lives with his family in Brooklyn New York. same as aboveAuthor 1 Mo WillemsBook Description Gerald is careful. Piggie is not. Piggie cannot help smiling. Gerald can. Gerald worries so that Piggie does not have to. Gerald and Piggie are best friends. In There Is a Bird On My Head! Gerald discovers that there is something worse than a bird on your head--two birds on your head! Can Piggie help her best friendFormat HardcoverEditorial Review From easy reader and chapter book series to epic fantasies favorite characters settings and story lines reemerge in new additions. Young readers will welcome the return of Mo Willemss pessimistic pachyderm and spirited pig. In There Is a Bird on Your Head! Gerald the elephant despairs over a family of birds that nests atop his cranium while Piggie is delighted. And in I Am Invited to a Party! party expert Gerald helps Piggie prepare for all possibilities as they get dressed for a fancy party pool party and costume party-all at the same time. PW" It helps to have a best friend when you run into trouble whether its the what-to-wear-to-a-party kind or the wildlife-on-your-head variety. Like the first two entries in this beginning reader series My Friend Is Sad and Today I Will Fly! rev. 5/07 each of these books features a simple story told entirely through speech balloons and Willemss emotive pig and elephant characters. The animated illustrations will help new readers decode tone and meaning while the spare dialogue enhances the pictures slapstick humor. High-spirited Piggie has never been to a party; when she receives her first invitation neurotic Gerald takes charge of their attire. "I know parties " he claims but Piggie and young readers may have doubts about that when Gerald insists they dress for "a fancy pool costume party." In the end Gerald proves to be savvier than he and Piggie look. In the second book two "love birds" make a nest on Geralds head. Cause enough for panic but when their three eggs hatch in record gestation time hysteria ensues. Luckily Piggie has a good head on her shoulders. The minimalism of both the text and the uncluttered pictures focuses readers attention and moves the stories forward. Party on Elephant & Piggie! Horn Book" Beginning readers familiar with Willemss books will recognize his distinctive humor and illustrative style in these stories. When Piggie receives her first invitation to a party she asks Gerald to join her and relies on his advice because he "knows" parties in order to prepare for the big event. The elephant however has a tendency to overanalyze so he prepares them both for any contingency a fancy/pool/costume party. Piggies expressive features show her questions about their attire but the friends set off bedecked in flippers masks top hat pearl earrings cowboy hat and evening dress. Imagine her surprise when they find all the other guests as lavishly overdressed as they are. In the second title Gerald learns that there are worse things than a bird on your head namely two love birds a nest and three hatchlings. With the help of Piggie he is finally able to ask them to move but as the final page reveals they have become her problem. Both books use speech bubbles gray ones for Gerald pink for Piggie to tell the entire story. This feature is a nice touch that facilitates paired/choral readings. The conversation between the friends flows smoothly and allows beginning readers to practice expression as they read. These appealing titles will tickle the funny bones of children and are sure to become favorites. SLJ"ISBN-13 9781423106869Language EnglishNumber of Pages 57View Full Specifications SpecificationsAbout the Author Mo Willems is the author of groundbreaking picture books including; Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale Caldecott Honor winner 2004; Dont Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! Caldecott Honor winner 2003; Dont Let the Pigeon Stay up Late!; The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog!; Time to Say "Please"!; Leonardo the Terrible Monster; Edwina the Dinosaur Who Didnt Know She Was Extinct. He also wrote Today I will Fly! and My Friend Is Sad the first books in this series. In his previous life Mo was a six-time Emmy Award winning writer and animator for Sesame Street and the creator of Cartoon Networks Sheep in the Big City. He lives with his family in Brooklyn New York. same as aboveAuthor 1 Mo WillemsBook Description Gerald is careful. Piggie is not. Piggie cannot help smiling. Gerald can. Gerald worries so that Piggie does not have to. Gerald and Piggie are best friends. In There Is a Bird On My Head! Gerald discovers that there is something worse than a bird on your head--two birds on your head! Can Piggie help her best friendFormat HardcoverEditorial Review From easy reader and chapter book series to epic fantasies favorite characters settings and story lines reemerge in new additions. Young readers will welcome the return of Mo Willemss pessimistic pachyderm and spirited pig. In There Is a Bird on Your Head! Gerald the elephant despairs over a family of birds that nests atop his cranium while Piggie is delighted. And in I Am Invited to a Party! party expert Gerald helps Piggie prepare for all possibilities as they get dressed for a fancy party pool party and costume party-all at the same time. PW" It helps to have a best friend when you run into trouble whether its the what-to-wear-to-a-party kind or the wildlife-on-your-head variety. Like the first two entries in this beginning reader series My Friend Is Sad and Today I Will Fly! rev. 5/07 each of these books features a simple story told entirely through speech balloons and Willemss emotive pig and elephant characters. The animated illustrations will help new readers decode tone and meaning while the spare dialogue enhances the pictures slapstick humor. High-spirited Piggie has never been to a party; when she receives her first invitation neurotic Gerald takes charge of their attire. "I know parties " he claims but Piggie and young readers may have doubts about that when Gerald insists they dress for "a fancy pool costume party." In the end Gerald proves to be savvier than he and Piggie look. In the second book two "love birds" make a nest on Geralds head. Cause enough for panic but when their three eggs hatch in record gestation time hysteria ensues. Luckily Piggie has a good head on her shoulders. The minimalism of both the text and the uncluttered pictures focuses readers attention and moves the stories forward. Party on Elephant & Piggie! Horn Book" Beginning readers familiar with Willemss books will recognize his distinctive humor and illustrative style in these stories. When Piggie receives her first invitation to a party she asks Gerald to join her and relies on his advice because he "knows" parties in order to prepare for the big event. The elephant however has a tendency to overanalyze so he prepares them both for any contingency a fancy/pool/costume party. Piggies expressive features show her questions about their attire but the friends set off bedecked in flippers masks top hat pearl earrings cowboy hat and evening dress. Imagine her surprise when they find all the other guests as lavishly overdressed as they are. In the second title Gerald learns that there are worse things than a bird on your head namely two love birds a nest and three hatchlings. With the help of Piggie he is finally able to ask them to move but as the final page reveals they have become her problem. Both books use speech bubbles gray ones for Gerald pink for Piggie to tell the entire story. This feature is a nice touch that facilitates paired/choral readings. The conversation between the friends flows smoothly and allows beginning readers to practice expression as they read. These appealing titles will tickle the funny bones of children and are sure to become favorites. SLJ"ISBN-13 9781423106869Language EnglishNumber of Pages 57View Full Specifications
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