![]() ![]() ![]() It’s utterly beautiful and perfectly brilliant’ Greg James and Chris Smith, authors of Kid Normal is a celebration of all the best things in life: books, friendship, adventures and cake. It’s a treat for readers of every age’ Matt Haig, author of A Boy Called Christmas ‘A thrilling, inventive book-lover’s delight, where fiction really does come to life. 'Delightful! A joy of a book’ Kiran Millwood Hargrave, author of The Girl of Ink & Stars Tilly is determined to solve the mystery of what happened to her mother all those years ago, so she bravely steps into the unknown, unsure of what adventure lies ahead and what dangers she may face. With the help of Anne of Green Gables and Alice in Wonderland. ![]() One day Tilly realises that classic children’s characters are appearing in the shop through the magic of ‘book walking’ – crossing over from the page into real life. Like the rest of her family, Tilly loves nothing more than to escape into the pages of her favourite stories. A curl-up-on-the-sofa snuggle of a debut from a uniquely talented author.Įleven year-old Tilly has lived above her grandparents’ bookshop ever since her mother disappeared shortly after she was born. A magical adventure to delight the imagination. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Whoof! Gosh, the synopsis was quite dramatic! The characters were all down-to-earth and hopelessly romantic. I was glad I read this book and don't regret a thing! Every so often I stray far from my usual schedule, and in doing so, I pick up some stand alone temporary novels along the way. Overall an elegant tale with a dash of romance- nothing too dramatic. The story was set in the early 1940s post WWII era. Lost Nation, Iowa couldn't have been a better choice for this elegant and romantic story. The setting played a huge role in this story. The romance was just another aspect that really bought it for me. ![]() Lucinda decided to focus this book mainly on the friendship between a 59-year-old woman and her granddaughter, Sarah. Even though you wouldn't normally pick up a stand alone, contemporary read, you have to check this book out!įrancesca of Lost Nation was unlike anything I've read before. I really enjoyed this short and quirky read. I don't read contemporary romance novels often, but when I do find the time to pick one up, I find delight in reading them. it was indeed different and unique to hear this book from a younger person's point of view. I was then introduced to her grandmother, Francesca. Sarah was the 10-year-old narrator of this book. Right away, I was introduced to the main protagonist Sarah. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In addition, a helpful appendix lets the reader situate contemporary theological discussion against the backdrop of catholic debates from the early church up until today.Ĭarl R. In this context, Gerald Bray’s helpful summary of the nature of God’s attributes is a welcome addition to the growing body of literature, offering clear exposition and practical application in the tradition of forebears such as Stephen Charnock. ![]() The result is that the practical importance of this theological renaissance for praise, prayer, and everyday life is often missed. Recently, evangelical theologians have shown a renewed and welcome interest in the biblical, classical doctrine of God but for laypeople the debates often seem weighed down by technical jargon and historical obscurity. Or, if you prefer, we would love to connect with you online: Sign up for the Crossway Newsletter for updates on special offers, new resources, and exciting global ministry initiatives: Thank you for downloading this Crossway book. ![]() ![]() ![]() Alison Weir uses her unmatched skills as a historian to enliven the many dynamic characters of this majestic drama. And though she has no ambitions to rule, preferring to immerse herself in books and religious studies, she is forced to accept the crown, and by so doing sets off a firestorm of intrigue, betrayal, and tragedy. ![]() Unabashedly honest and exceptionally intelligent, Jane possesses a sound strength of character beyond her years that equips her to weather the vicious storm. ![]() With the premature passing of Jane's adolescent cousin, and Henry's successor, King Edward VI, comes a struggle for supremacy fueled by political machinations and lethal religious fervor. The child of a scheming father and a ruthless mother, for whom she is merely a pawn in a dynastic game with the highest stakes, Jane Grey was born during the harrowingly turbulent period between Anne Boleyn's beheading and the demise of Jane's infamous great-uncle, King Henry VIII. It is the story of Lady Jane Grey-"the Nine Days' Queen"-a fifteen-year-old girl who unwittingly finds herself at the center of the religious and civil unrest that nearly toppled the fabled House of Tudor during the sixteenth century. Historical expertise marries page-turning fiction in Alison Weir's enthralling debut novel, breathing new life into one of the most significant and tumultuous periods of the English monarchy. I am to die when I have hardly begun to live. ![]() ![]() Many of the characters are haunted by doubt or uncertainty, whether it's moral doubt, or self-doubt, or the doubt that comes with a realization of the limits of how fully known we can ever be to one another, of how often we must live unknown and unknowing. What does Nadia, or Arthur, or Aaron feel themselves to be guilty of? What role does judgment play in the novel?Ĥ. The novel is composed of intimate and emotional monologues that have the tone of a confession. How do the characters respond to loss, destruction, and change?ģ. A sense of loss-of a child, a parent, a lover, a home, youth, an illusion, and so many other things-suffuses the novel. What does this inheritance represent for each? Is it a burden?Ģ. ![]() ![]() The large and imposing desk in the novel is passed from life to life, moving through space and time to link the characters in the novel to each other and to the past. ![]() ![]() ![]() Book two, The Lost Book of the White, follows our favorite pair after City of Heavenly Fire. Book one, The Red Scrolls of Magic, follows Magnus and Alec on a demon-filled vacation after City of Glass. The Eldest Curses dives deeper into Magnus Bane’s exciting and mysterious life in this sequel series to the Mortal Instruments series. But now it’s their children, James and Lucie, who take center stage, alongside their parabatai, Matthew Fairchild and Cordelia Carstairs. Will Herondale is head of the London Institute, where he lives with his wife Tessa. Following the events of Clockwork Princess, the Shadowhunters enter the Downton Abbey era. The Last Hours is a sequel trilogy to The Infernal Devices. Discover more secrets about the Shadowhunters as they fight to protect the world from demons in the final book in the internationally bestselling series. Despite Emma’s complicated feelings for Julian, the two must band together to investigate a demonic plot that stretches from the warlock-run nightclubs of the Sunset Strip to the enchanted sea that pounds the beaches of Santa Monica. ![]() ![]() Set against the glittering backdrop of present-day Los Angeles, five years since the events of City of Heavenly Fire, the series follows Emma Carstairs, the fiercest warrior and most skilled young Shadowhunter since Jace Wayland, and Emma’s sworn partner in arms, Julian Blackthorn. The Dark Artifices is a sequel trilogy to The Mortal Instruments. ![]() ![]() ![]() They are generally good children, but not unreasonably so, and their numerous falls from grace drive the narrative, along with the endless succession of tales told by cousin Sara Stanley, the self-named Story Girl, who has an endless collection of anecdotes from a myriad of sources – local and family fables, legends, fairy tales and Greek myths – something for every occasion. ![]() The cousins and friends do their chores, play, squabble and run wild as often as they are able. Nothing much happens in this book, but the days are nonetheless filled to the brim with interesting incidents. Uncle Roger’s hired boy, Peter Craig, and a neighbourhood friend, Sara Ray, round out the group of children. ![]() Nearby is another motherless cousin, Sara Stanley, living with her Uncle Roger and Aunt Olivia, with a father in Paris. They are to stay with their Aunt Janet and Uncle Alec, and cousins Felicity, Cecily and Dan. The narrator is a grown man, Beverley King, looking back on his childhood, when he and his brother Felix travelled from their home in Toronto to spend the summer on the old family farm while their widowed father travelled to Rio de Janeiro on business. *****Īn absolutely charming set piece about a group of cousins and friends spending a mostly idyllic summer together on Prince Edward Island. Sweet, but never cloying the very human children keep it real. Loved it! Why have I not read this one before?īeautifully evocative of golden childhood summers in a faraway time. ![]() ![]() ![]() Europe - Greece (see also Ancient - Greece).History & Surveys - Ancient & Classical.He was also the owner of the "Yogi Publication Society of Chicago", the publisher of The Kybalion. Atkinson was known to use many pesudonyms, and to self-publish his works. The most common proposal is that The Kybalion was authored by William Walker Atkinson, either alone or with others. As a result, a great deal of speculation has been made about who actually wrote the book. Initiates, Three Three initiates Call number ABT7901 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II External-identifier urn:oclc:record:1047408295 Foldoutcount 0 Identifier kybalionstudyofh00init Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t90875994 Lccn 08018560 Ocr ABBYY FineReader 8. The "Three Initiates" who authored The Kybalion chose to remain anonymous. The book is said to make its appearance in one's life when the time is appropriate and includes variations of material found in the book of Proverbs. It purports to be based upon ancient Hermeticism, though many of its ideas are relatively modern concepts arising from the New Thought movement. The Kybalion: A Study of the Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece is a 1912 book claiming to be the essence of the teachings of Hermes Trismegistus, published anonymously by a group or person under the pseudonym of "the Three Initiates". ![]() ![]() ![]() As he spends more time with Barrett Browning, Flush becomes emotionally and spiritually connected to the poet and both begin to understand each other despite their language barriers. Most insightful and experimental are Woolf's emotional and philosophical views verbalised in Flush's thoughts. ![]() The figure of Elizabeth Barrett Browning in the text is often read as an analogue for other female intellectuals, like Woolf herself, who suffered from illness, feigned or real, as a part of their status as female writers. Written after the completion of her emotionally draining The Waves, the work returned Woolf to the imaginative consideration of English history that she had begun in Orlando: A Biography, and to which she would return in Between the Acts.Ĭommonly read as a modernist consideration of city life seen through the eyes of a dog, Flush serves as a harsh criticism of the supposedly unnatural ways of living in the city. Flush: A Biography, an imaginative biography of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's cocker spaniel, is a cross-genre blend of fiction and nonfiction by Virginia Woolf published in 1933. ![]() ![]() ![]() Karen, her husband Gary Richards, and their daughter, Lena, divide their time between New York City and Saugerties, New York. ![]() Her book, Counting Kisses, was named one of the 100 Greatest Books for Kids by Scholastic Parent & Child and was a Children’s Book-of-the-Month Club Main Selection. Counting Kisses A Kiss and Read Book By: Karen Katz 0.0 No Reviews Write the First Review Edition Number: 1 Published: 1st January 2003 ISBN: 9780689856587 Number Of Pages: 32 For Ages: 1 - 5 years old Board Book RRP 12.99 12. We read to our children before bed, and Counting Kisses is a wonderful way to calm down the baby before bed. Counting Kisses Karen Katz (author), Karen Katz (illustrator) Published by Little Simon (2010) ISBN 10: 1442407921ISBN 13: 9781442407923 NewHardcoverQuantity: 1 Seller: Blackwells (Oxford, OX, United Kingdom) Rating Seller Rating: Book Description board book. It is a great counting book for babies, and the illustrations are bright and colorful. Karen Katz has written and illustrated more than fifty picture books and novelty books including the bestselling Where Is Baby’s Belly Button? After graduating from the Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia, she attended the Yale Graduate School of Art and Architecture where she became interested in folk art, Indian miniatures, Shaker art, and Mexican art. Counting Kisses by Karen Katz is an adorable book that was given to my baby girl before she was born. ![]() |
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