6/10/2023 0 Comments Rendezvous at rama![]() ![]() Set in the 2130s, the story involves a 50-kilometre. OL16641008W Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 94.87 Pages 470 Pdf_module_version 0.0.20 Ppi 514 Related-external-id urn:isbn:1926739124 Rendezvous with Rama is a science fiction novel by British writer Arthur C. Urn:lcp:consumingpassion00ersr:epub:0fe88cd6-68c3-4680-8ad4-cbf1f604c3c3 Extramarc Princeton University Library Foldoutcount 0 Identifier consumingpassion00ersr Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t5bc53r21 Isbn 0929005422 Lccn 98106909 Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.20 Ocr_module_version 0.0.17 Openlibrary OL406483M Openlibrary_edition Urn:lcp:consumingpassion00ersr:lcpdf:120012de-a572-46f0-a03a-1a19b08ac382 The spaceship Endeavor, directed by Commander Bill Norton, lands on Rama and has three weeks to explore its hollow interior. Containerid_2 X0008 Donorįriendsofthesanfranciscopubliclibrary External-identifier Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 23:00:23 Bookplateleaf 0004 Boxid IA151601 Boxid_2 CH128523 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City Toronto, Ont. ![]()
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6/10/2023 0 Comments Alex rider mission 1 stormbreaker![]() Jill has produced several of Anthony’s scripts, including the drama serial Foyle’s War, which won the Lew Grade Audience Award in 2003. His whole family gets involved in his writing. ![]() “Isn’t it more exciting to imagine these great battles with all their magic and mystery happening in the very high street where you live, just out of the corner of your eye?”Īnthony lives in central London with his wife Jill Green, a TV producer, and their sons Nicholas and Cassian. He is also the author of the highly acclaimed Diamond Brothers detective stories, as well as the bestselling The Power of Five books, which were inspired by a simple thought. In 2003, Anthony won the Red House Children’s Book Award (voted for by children) for Skeleton Key. His Alex Rider series is one of the most popular children’s book series ever, and the first Alex Rider book, Stormbreaker, became a major Hollywood film. ![]() He has now travelled to all the places that Tintin has been – apart from the moon! Anthony Horowitz started writing because he wanted to be like Tintin. ![]() 6/10/2023 0 Comments One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston![]() In an interview for Insider they said they were inspired to set the story on a subway because they see "public transit as a liminal space where your life crosses paths with another person's life like five million times for half a second." Plot Īugust Landry is a Bisexual 23-year-old woman who moves to New York City in order to forget her old life. In terms of the time travel aspect of the book, McQuiston was inspired by Outlander (TV series). They write Queer romance New adult fiction novels. One Last Stop is Casey Mcquiston's second published novel. The novel is about a woman named August Landry, a cynical pseudo detective, who finds love in a woman she meets on a subway named Jane Su, a punk Lesbian from the 1970s who has been misplaced in time and is trapped on the subway. ![]() ![]() One Last Stop is a 2021 LGBT romance novel written by American author Casey McQuiston. ![]() 6/9/2023 0 Comments Perkins valdez dolen![]() ![]() I was really interested in how those narratives converged. I had always viewed Civil War narratives as segregated: There was a white Civil War narrative there was a black Civil War narrative. To hear their full conversation, click the audio link above.ĭolen Perkins-Valdez is also the author of the novel Wench. and putting it somewhere that was absolutely affected by the war but was still, in some ways, peripheral." "I was really fascinated by the idea of taking it out of those traditional spaces such as the South or even thinking of Virginia or Pennsylvania. "I really wanted to move the story out of the battlegrounds of the war into a place like Chicago," Perkins-Valdez tells NPR's Arun Rath. ![]() ![]() Balm follows three characters - Madge, Hemp and Sadie - who are looking to rebuild their lives in that era of loss and hope. In the years following the Civil War, thousands of people - black and white, men and women - descended on the city looking for a new start. Her new book, Balm, is set in the postwar period, and it's also in an unexpected place: Chicago. Her best-selling debut novel, Wench, explored the lives of slave women - not on Southern plantations, but in a resort for slaveowners' mistresses in Ohio. How?ĭolen Perkins-Valdez wants to change readers' perspective on the Civil War. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title Balm Author Dolen Perkins-Valdez ![]() 6/9/2023 0 Comments Fables volume 4![]() This volume tells of a very famous Fable making it into our world: Red Riding Hood. In the early 2000s he began writing extensively for DC Comics, including the limited series Proposition Player, a pair of limited series about the Greek witch Thessaly from The Sandman, and most notably the popular series Fables He produced the 13-issue Pantheon for Lone Star Press and wrote a pair of short novels about the modern adventures of the hero Beowulf, published by the writer's collective, Clockwork Storybook, of which Willingham was a founding member. In the late 1990s Willingham reestablished himself as a prolific writer. He also produced the pornographic series Ironwood for Eros Comix. He contributed stories to Green Lantern and started his own independent, black-and-white comics series Coventry which lasted only 3 issues. However, for reasons unknown, the series had trouble maintaining an original schedule, and Willingham's position in the industry remained spotty for many years. He first gained attention for his 1980s comic book series Elementals published by Comico, which he both wrote and drew. ![]() ![]() In the late 1970s to early 1980s he drew fantasy ink pictures for the Dungeons & Dragons Basic and Expert game rulebooks. ![]() ![]() J.G Ballard also draws a rather eerie comparison with the dead bodies, saying it is almost as they are sleeping, adding a whole new dimension to this already disturbing scene. The bodies surrounding Jim illustrate the horrid brutality, savagery of war. This quote demonstrates the stark reality of war that Jim is beginning to realize, and was thrown into far too early. In the trenches between the burial mounds hundreds of dead soldiers sat side by side with their heads against the torn earth, as if they had fallen asleep together in a deep dream of war.” J.G. They lined the verges of the roads and floated in the canals, jammed together around the pillars of the bridges. “All around them were the bodies of dead Chinese soldiers. Written by Michelle Chung and other people who wish to remain anonymous We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. ![]() 6/8/2023 0 Comments Arsenic and adobo series![]() It was extremely insensitive and I apologize. ![]() *it's been brought to my attention how hurtful and wrong a "joke" (I realize now that it's NOT a joke) I made about diabetes is on page 114. Armed with the nosy auntie network, her barista best bud, and her trusted Dachshund, Longganisa, Lila takes on this tasty, twisted case and soon finds her own neck on the chopping block…Ĭontent Warning: fatphobia, drug abuse, evidence planting, police intimidation, (implied) domestic violence, racism, fatphobia/ableism/misinformation about diabetes* With the cops treating her like she's the one and only suspect, and the shady landlord looking to finally kick the Macapagal family out and resell the storefront, Lila's left with no choice but to conduct her own investigation. But when a notoriously nasty food critic (who happens to be her ex-boyfriend) drops dead moments after a confrontation with Lila, her life quickly swerves from a Nora Ephron romp to an Agatha Christie case. She's tasked with saving her Tita Rosie's failing restaurant and has to deal with a group of matchmaking aunties who shower her with love and judgment. When Lila Macapagal moves back home to recover from a horrible breakup, her life seems to be following all the typical rom-com tropes. ![]() ![]() The first book in a new culinary cozy series full of sharp humor and delectable dishes-one that might just be killer. ![]() 6/8/2023 0 Comments Butter book erin jade lange![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The ending leaves Butter realistically examining his options for the future. The story heads toward a frightening climax as Butter discovers that his newfound friends are just as cruel in their own way as those who abused him in the past. ![]() Playing his saxophone and spending time as his online alter ego, JP, a tall, athletic hunk who chats for hours online with Anna, provide the only real comforts in his life. His mom still supplies him with high- calorie "comfort" foods his dad still looks at him in disgust, and Anna, the most beautiful girl at school, won't give him a second glance. But even finding the friendship he craves doesn't help ease his internal pain. The overwhelming reaction to his posting astonishes him, and he becomes an instant member of the in crowd. Here he invites his classmates to watch as he consumes his last meal on New Year's Eve, literally eating himself to death. His eating issues stem from multiple sources, but one day when the pressure becomes too much, he opens a website called. Butter is a smart, funny high school junior who happens to weigh 423 pounds. ![]() ![]() ![]() A man she never would have chosen for herself. His agreement includes one tiny, troublesome detail: that Maggie must marry a man she's never met. To give her that chance, and to save Linden Downs from being sold to the highest bidder, Maggie's father-aging, yet wily as ever-makes a barter. Maggie only needs the chance to prove it. Maggie is certain that her mare, Bourbon Belle, can take the top purse in the inaugural Peyton Stakes, the richest race ever run in America. But starting over proves harder than he'd wagered, especially when Maggie Linden's father makes him an offer he shouldn't accept yet cannot possibly refuse. He’s come to Nashville for a fresh start, hoping to buy land and begin farming, all while determined to stay as far away from thoroughbred racing as possible. ![]() But the one man who could help her has vowed to stay away from thoroughbred racing forever.Īn Irishman far from home, Cullen McGrath left a once prosperous life in England because of a horse racing scandal that nearly ruined him. It will linger with you long after the last page.” -Colleen Coble, USA TODAY bestselling author of The House at Saltwater PointĪ gifted rider in a world where ladies never race, Maggie Linden is determined that her horse will become a champion. ![]() “If you read one historical novel this year, make it To Win Her Favor. ![]() ![]() ![]() There's a lot more than just pictures of LEGO models, though: there are tips on how to design your own projects, how to reduce weight and maintain strength in large models, ways of creating certain effects - all sorts. That rebirth probably saved the company from extinction but it's good to see that they can mix that modern commercialism with the old enthusiast-supporting ethos with projects such as this book. I think it's great that LEGO reach out to their biggest fans in this way, instead of using people who work for the company as designers - a very different style emerges, with a somewhat old-time air to it, by which I mean prior to the rebirth of LEGO as a company that does movie tie-ins, cartoon DVDs and video games. picture frames) all designed and built by six amateur LEGO enthusiasts. Instead there heaps of pictures of different types of LEGO objects, from buildings to animals to vehicles to practical objects (e.g. There are no step-by-step instructions as you would find if you bought an off-the-shelf LEGO kit. There is lots to love about this book and nothing to dislike, so long as you accept the title: it's inspirational in intent. ![]() |