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![]() ![]() “Arnold (The Simple People, 1992, etc.) cashes in by grossing out the picture-book set in this story in rhyme, which kids with rough-and-ready sensibilities will relish and fastidious adults will shun, for the same reasons. ![]() The Skeleton Inside You by Philip BalestrinoĪwards and Professional Reviews: From Booklist You’re Toast and Other Metaphors We Adore by Nancy Loewen ![]() Could also be used in a poetry lesson to show that not all poems are serious. Story Time Ideas: This book could be used as a humorous anecdote in an anatomy lesson or in a lesson about losing teeth and how they grow back. What makes this book special? It’s hard to make body humor tasteful, and this book comes close enough to do so to make it okay to read to a class.īibliotherpeutic Uses (if applicable): hypochondria (joking…) ![]() Summary: A boy looses some hair, then a tooth, then something falls out of his nose… Is he falling apart? Will he ever regrow what he’s lost? Of course!Įvaluation: This is a hilarious book about how the human body works and how some parts are “replaceable.” Genre and Theme: Lyrical verse fiction talking about the basics of anatomy and overcoming hypochondria.Īnnotation: If all of my parts fall off, will their be anything left? ![]() ![]() ![]() If she can keep from having bonding sex with him during that time, she can go home and get on with her life on Earth.īut Baird isn’t going to make it easy for her. She has one month on the Kindred Mothership with Baird-their claiming period. ![]() His need to possess her is a burning intensity that threatens to consume them both.Īngry at having her future and her family taken away from her, Liv vows to fight back the only way she can-by resisting. Through the torment and pain only one thing kept him sane-the thought of finding and claiming his bride-Olivia. The chances of being chosen are about the same as those of winning the lottery-guess it’s just Liv’s lucky day.īaird is a Beast Kindred who recently escaped imprisonment and torture at the hands of the malevolent Scourge. ![]() After saving Earth from the threat of invasion they demand a reward-the right to find brides among the population. The Kindred are huge alien warriors-a race of genetic traders whose population is ninety-five percent male. Problem is, she isn’t being forced into the Army, she’s been chosen as a Kindred bride. Olivia Waterhouse has just graduated from nursing school and has her whole life ahead of her-until she gets drafted. ![]() ![]() ![]() Rochelle to diagnose his strange blood disease, and nurse Nadine Story to give him the regular transfusions that will keep him from drying up. While on his mission, he enlists the help of Doctor F.W. He and the people on his home planet of Davanna are all dying of a disease that causes their blood to evaporate, and he is on the hunt for a fresh supply to bring home. ![]() Instead, we have a seemingly eccentric old man who is actually a spy from another world. To its credit, this space vampire saga doesn’t merely put Bela Lugosi in a space suit. In this case, the first two darts landed on “space” and “vampire.” There was no need to throw a third. Not of This Earth is an early example of a premise conceivably determined by the proverbial writer’s room dartboard. In this case, though, I decided to watch three different versions of the same movie, which itself was originally part of a theatrical double feature. I might watch a string of sequels, a pair of films with a thematic link, or the collected works of one director. Of course, in this day and age, I’m able to curate my own double (or triple, or quadruple) features in the privacy of my own home, which I do often. There is little I enjoy quite as much as spending an entire afternoon in a movie theater, so I often lament the fact that I missed out on the heyday of the double feature. ![]() ![]() Ransom is called to the paradise planet of Perelandra, or Venus. ![]() His captors are plotting to plunder the planet’s treasures and offer Ransom as a sacrifice to the creatures who live there… Ransom, a Cambridge academic, is abducted and taken on a spaceship to the red planet of Malacandra, which he knows as Mars. Readers and fans can revisit all three books in the trilogy:ĭr. ![]() The Space Trilogy is a remarkable work of fantasy, demonstrating the powerful imagination of C.S. Tolkien, who inspired Lewis to write the first volume and on whom the main character of Ransom was largely based. This ebook includes an exclusive Foreword compiled from letters by J.R.R. ![]() Ransom on Mars, Venus and Earth, a special omnibus ebook has been released. Lewis’s classic Space Trilogy, featuring the adventures of Dr. ![]() ![]() ![]() When Lolly and his friend are beaten up and robbed, joining a crew almost seems like the safe choice. His path isnt clear-and the pressure to join a crew, as his brother did, is always there. ![]() Now, faced with a pile of building blocks and no instructions, Lolly must find his own way forward. Lollys always loved Legos, and he prides himself on following the kit instructions exactly. Then Lollys mothers girlfriend brings him a gift that will change everything: two enormous bags filled with Legos. Theyre still reeling from his older brothers death in a gang-related shooting just a few months earlier. ![]() Jordan! Its Christmas Eve in Harlem, but twelve-year-old Lolly Rachpaul and his mom arent celebrating. Winner of the Coretta Scott King John Steptoe Award for New Talent and soon to be a major motion picture directed by Michael B. The New York Times A boy tries to steer a safe path through the projects in Harlem in the wake of his brothers death in this outstanding debut novel that celebrates community and creativity. ![]() Its not just a narrative its an experience. Book Synopsis The right story at the right time. About the Book A boy tries to steer a safe path through the projects in Harlem in the wake of his brothers death in this outstanding debut novel described as a fast and furious read in which we meet some amazing people (Newbery Honor and National Book Award-winning author Jacqueline Woodson). ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Parapsychology is the study of alleged psychic phenomena (extrasensory perception, as in telepathy, precognition, clairvoyance, psychokinesis, a.k.a. ![]() The term was then popularized in the western world during the second half of the Cold War by science fiction and fears of mind control. ![]() In the late 1960s the term was popular among parapsychology researchers of the socialist bloc (particularly Zdeněk Rejdák, a prolific Czech scientist), and admittedly used to dub the term parapsychology to avoid its negative connotations, "to advance parapsychology as a science" (as stated in the Constitution of the Parapsychological Association in 1957) and because apparently, other than the desired scientific aptitude and status it lacked the concept of energy, which is found now in the desinence electronics. Of or relating to a genre of usually low-budget movies that includes horror, fantasy, science-fiction, and underground films.įrom psyche + electronics, coined during the Iron Curtain decades after French term psychotronique attributed to engineer Fernand Clerc, who proposed it in November 1954's number of journal ‘Vie des Métiers’ (translatable as "Life of profession"), defining it as "use of thought and will" It is just a different version of the word "parapsychology" ![]() ![]() ![]() “Miller has achieved the seemingly impossible, delivering a highly readable translation, made all the more accessible by his erudite introduction and notes, without diminishing the strange beauty of Pindaric poetry. 518-428 BC) composed victory odes for winners in the ancient Games, including the Olympics. a summary of the poem, including narratives of the myths to which. Pindar Translated by Anthony Verity and Edited by Stephen Instone. See the complete profile on LinkedIn and discover Pindar On January 15, it was announced by multiple news sites that. Paddison Professor of Classics, Emeritus, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill an introduction to the choral ode/victory ode c. Miller’s phenomenal knowledge of Greek, ear for English poetry, and meticulous fidelity to the original will make this volume a treasure for any readers who wish to understand and enjoy Greece’s greatest lyric poet." -William H. stands 'best and preeminent over others.'" - Journal of Classics Teaching "To read is to enter a vision of life’s beauty and wonder – an idealising vision whose exaltation is made bracing and kept in contact with the harsher side of reality by constant reminders of the precariousness of good fortune and of life itself." - High Window“These translations offer a full rendering of the experience of a Pindaric ode. Pindaric ode, ceremonious poem by or in the manner of Pindar, a Greek professional lyrist of the 5th century bc. ![]() ![]() It wasn't some author who never knew her personally making up things they thought had happened or filling in blanks themselves. Bette herself explaining her favorite movies, people she did and didn't like working with, tidbits about her personal life, awards she'd won, and missed opportunities. What I enjoyed most about this book was it was conversations that Bette had had with Mr. She was intrigued, and once the two met, they remained very close friends for almost 20 years. Well, in 1968, and in his thirties, he finally got the chance to meet her after she heard he was writing a Biography of her career, not her life (Mother Goddam - 1974). Davis's when he was 8, and kept a scrapbook of the star all throughout her career. ![]() ![]() Well, it was much better than I expected! It was Bette telling her own stories in her own words, to her good friend and author Whitney Stine. While impatiently waiting for one of my libraries to have 'The Girl Who Walked Home Alone' (the new Bette Davis Bio) available, I found this book, and figured, what the heck, maybe this would hold me over till I could get the new one. I happened upon this book quite by accident. ![]() ![]() ![]() Like her character on the show, Allie’s a singer and violinist in real life. They’re always walking up and down steps from one room to another…Īllie Gonino plays Sutton’s sister Laurel. The double doors in the entry make a dramatic statement.Īlthough the house is only one story, there appear to be several levels. Go back to my house and pretend to be me for a few days.” And then she disappears.Įmma, who has never had a real family and has struggled her whole life, can hardly believe it when she pulls up to this beautiful house and meets her sister’s wonderful adoptive family–parents Ted and Kristin, and sweet sister Laurel. When she discovers that she has a twin that she never knew about, they arrange to meet in her sister Sutton’s hometown in in Scottsdale, Arizona.īut at the bus station, Sutton gives Emma the keys to her car and says, “I’m leaving town to search for our birth mother. Let’s take a closer look at the houses on the show.Įmma has grown up in a series of foster families. Not only do the unraveling mysteries about the twin sisters keep me watching, but the great sets have me hooked. How long could you keep up the lying game?” ![]() Then she asked me to take her place, keep her secret, and try to stay alive. ![]() ![]() Each episode of the series The Lying Game starts with a voice-over from Emma, who explains, “A few months ago I discovered I had a twin sister. ![]() |