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Lament the faerie queen's deception5/30/2023 ![]() ![]() My Goodreads page has this rated as a 5 stars and I know that if my 12 year old self could’ve rated it higher, she definitely would have. This is the first proper YA book I ever read as well, and whatever it did, it worked…. This is the book that made Maggie Stiefvater my favorite author back in 2012, this is the book that made me the avid bookworm that I currently am and really got me interested in reading. Now let’s take a moment to get personal and begin with real talk. The intelligent readers looking for substance should probably pass on this novel or end up groaning through the entire thing and after. ![]() For those who are barely getting into YA and looking for an easy read, or those who don’t mind characters lacking substance in exchange of a dreamy, breath taking romance. ![]() Recommendation: For the readers who can appreciate easy to read lyrical writting and meaningful styles that will fill your mouth with golden music. A beautiful novel told in a lyrical prose, filled with golden music, a forbidden romance coated in blood lust and breath taking faeries with dark minds and feral hearts. ![]()
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Marveltown by Bruce McCall5/30/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 4-7)ĭancing is one of the most universal elements of cultures the world over. The fantastical gouache paintings awe the eye with taffy colors, depicting a world where Star Wars meets the Jetsons, a place where if you can imagine it, you can make it happen. Good old kid power prevails: They and their marvelous doohickeys take down the robots. These guys are giant mechanical contraptions who also do lifting, paving and coffee-fetching, until a short causes them to run amuck. Meanwhile, the Skyway Project, an airborne road, is under construction by the electrohydraulic robots. Then there’s the ever useful bedroom hologram that can fool parents into thinking the room is spotless. There’s the Homework Grinder, a metal dog that will eat your homework for a nickel. There’s the Rocket Chair that gets riders to school in six seconds. Every Saturday the children are given access to the Invent-o-Drome and are free to let their imaginations soar. Marveltown is filled with machines so cool they would make Willy Wonka tingle. ![]() Beginning with the exhilarating sky-skiing invented by the children of Marveltown, this picture book will thrill budding science-fiction enthusiasts. ![]()
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Space Trap by Monica Hughes5/30/2023 ![]() ![]() Is she alone, or are there others in Valeries terrible predicament? And if there are others, can they escape from the ugly aliens, discover the secret of the Space Trap and reverse its process in order to get home?"-, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///SIGNED-GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///. ![]() paperback, about 5.25 x 7.5 inches, a Very Good+ copy, signed and inscribed "To T_ with very best wishes! Monica Hughes CLA '84", -"Valerie is many parsecs away from her home galaxy, a victim of an outlaw planet whose people, engaged in contraband animal trading, are misusing the secret of a Matter Transmitter. Leoung OYoung Space Trap, 1983 Devil on My Back, 1984 (Arc One 1). ![]() Toronto, Ontario / Vancouver, British Columbia : Toronto, ON / Vancouver, BC: A Groundwood Book / Douglas and McIntyre, 1983, 1st Edition, First Printing, 1983. Monica Hughes OC was an English-Canadian author of books for children and young. ![]()
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Take Courage by Samantha Ellis5/30/2023 ![]() Tracking delivery Saver Delivery: Australia postĪustralia Post deliveries can be tracked on route with eParcel. NB All our estimates are based on business days and assume that shipping and delivery don't occur on holidays and weekends. Order may come in multiple shipments, however you will only be charged a flat fee.ġ-2 days after each item has arrived in the warehouseġ The expected delivery period after the order has been dispatched via your chosen delivery method.ģ Please note this service does not override the status timeframe "Dispatches in", and that the "Usually Dispatches In" timeframe still applies to all orders. Items in order will be sent via Express post as soon as they arrive in the warehouse. ![]() Order may come in multiple shipments, however you will only be charged a flat fee.Ģ-10 days after all items have arrived in the warehouse ![]() ![]() Items in order will be sent as soon as they arrive in the warehouse. ![]()
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Zorro allende5/30/2023 ![]() It spans from 1790-1815 and takes place in both California and Barcelona. I really enjoyed the historical setting of this book. In the original stories, Zorro was already a hero for the downtrodden, so this book is more about the boy who would become Zorro. My knowledge of the character Zorro solely comes from the films starring Antonio Banderas, especially The Mask of Zorro (1998) so this was a nice insight into the potential origin story of the masked vigilante. And so, a hero – skilled in swordplay and acrobatics and with a persona formed from the Old World and the New – the legend known as Zorro is born. ![]() ![]() ![]() A child of two worlds – the son of an aristocratic Spanish gentleman and a Shoshone warrior woman – young Diego de la Vega cannot bear to see the brutal injustices the helpless face in late-eighteenth-century California. ![]()
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Sweet and bitter magic series5/30/2023 ![]() He has gotten stronger this summer, he knows. ![]() Really looking, eyes tracing over Wulf’s dirt stained knuckles, the muscles of his arms. “Yeah,” Bren says, and he’s looking at him. One day, his parents say that he will find joy in this work, but right now he really just thinks it’s awful. Eadwulf is covered in sweat and salt and smells like dirt and compost. The sun is a relentless hand pressing the back of his neck down, down, down to the ground. “You’re quite good at this,” Bren says, when they’re twelve. He doesn’t cry about it, but he wakes up sucking in air like he can’t breathe. It’s always looking at him, always watching. He doesn’t tell Bren or Astrid, but he dreams about the rabbit for weeks. Eadwulf scrapes dirt off his hands but can’t get his nails clean for days. ![]() They bury the rabbit, with Bren’s parent’s help, where they found it. He pours it over the rabbit's eyes so it will stop looking at him. It’s cold, and still damp from last nights rain. “Bury it?”Įadwulf already has dirt under his nails from helping Bren pull weeds they always have to do their chores before they’re allowed to do anything fun. Astrid stays standing, arms crossed.īren takes a quick breath. There’s blood on its lips.īren crouches down, grimacing. He knows it’s dead at first glance no rabbit has ever been that stiff, that still. It looks…not like he expected a dead thing to look. They stop-him and Astrid and Bren- pulling up short at the sight of it. ![]() It’s a rabbit, behind Bren’s parent’s shed. Eadwulf is six when he finds his first dead thing. ![]()
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The first counsel by brad meltzer5/30/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Michael is accused of a murder he did not commit and in order to clear his name, he must unravel a secret that will shake the foundation of the Oval Office. Michael thinks he can handle the world where Norah's closest friends wear earpieces and carry guns, where his every move is watched, and in which his girlfriend's father is the most powerful man alive. A young White House attorney, Michael Garrick, begins dating her. Nora Hartson, the President's daughter, is code-named Shadow. ![]() According to WorldCat, the book is in 2153 libraries. But only with her help is he able to clear his name. It is because of the First Daughter that he is accused of a murder he did not commit. In New York Times bestselling author Brad Meltzers most mesmerizing and suspenseful novel yet, a young White House attorney gets caught up in a deadly. The First Counsel is a 2001 novel written by Brad Meltzer about a young White House attorney who becomes ensnared in a deadly conspiracy after he gets close to the President's daughter. ![]()
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![]() ![]() "This is not the sort of thing you expect when most of your books have been remaindered," the author admits. The fifty-seventh book of Sam McBratney's career, and his first book with Candlewick Press, was the much-loved GUESS HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU, which has sold an astonishing 15 million copies worldwide, and is available in 37 languages. But he continued writing for a more-personal reason: "the act of imagining simply makes me feel good," he says. ![]() "But, as the frog trapped in the milk discovered, if you keep going, sometimes you find yourself walking on cream cheese." Whe The 1943 born Northern Ireland native started writing children's books when he was a teacher in his thirties, with the aim of helping out students who had trouble reading. ![]() ![]() The 1943 born Northern Ireland native started writing children's books when he was a teacher in his thirties, with the aim of helping out students who had trouble reading. ![]()
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![]() He has shared his expertise nationally in interviews and appearances with The Wall Street Journal,, , and Bloomberg Radio, as well as locally on NECN and WRKO. Mark is a former columnist for the Money section of The Lynn Daily Item, a Boston area newspaper, and is a frequent contributor to various newspapers and other periodicals. Mark also hosted “Your Financial Future” on Blogtalk Radio through the Diva Toolbox, where he shared his specific expertise in working with women on financial matters. He was the host of television’s long running program “Your Money Matters,” as well as hosting “Retirement Corner” on WBOQ 104.9 FM and “Retirement Strategies” on WESX 1230 AM radio. ![]() Mark is a frequent speaker at events in and around Boston, teaches for the non-profit Heartland Institute as a Certified Financial Educator (CFEd®), and is the founder of the Greater Boston Corporate Wellness Forum. These systems have become a primary resource for the people who have worked with Mark over the years. He has been The Retirement Guide to thousands of investors for close to 25 years and is the creator of the Retirement Roadmap and the Financial Organizer System, both of which contribute to a solution to investors’ greatest concerns-properly coordinating their financial affairs. ![]() Mark Singer is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional and the author of "The Changing Landscape of Retirement-What You Don’t Know Could Hurt You". ![]()
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Munkey Diaries by Jane Birkin5/29/2023 ![]() ![]() Her father’s family had made a fortune in lace, her godmother was Winston Churchill’s daughter Sarah and the family home was in Chelsea.īut Birkin, born in 1946, wanted more excitement than a life of rabbit for lunch and games after dinner. ![]() The evening of “sheer hell”, with its mix of insecurity, alcohol, sex and backstage drama, epitomises much of Birkin’s life.Ĭovering 1957-1982, the memoir is based on diaries written to her treasured toy monkey and begins with her privileged childhood. moi non plus, the British singer-actress was in a playful mood, coquettishly giving Harty a cigarette sweet, saying: “Suck it.” Although you can’t tell from the YouTube video, according to her new memoir, Munkey Diaries, she was also “absolutely pissed”. Best known for her orgasmic gasps on the 1969 single Je t’aime. In September 1973 Jane Birkin appeared on The Russell Harty Show. ![]() |