6/29/2023 0 Comments My Lucky Day by Keiko Kasza![]() ![]() When the piglet comments that he would provide more meat if he were fatter, the fox dons a chef’s hat and serves up spaghetti and freshly baked cookies. But when the quick-thinking, dirty piglet suggests that he would be a better meal if he were clean, the fox prepares him a soothing bath. ![]() “This must be my lucky day!… How often does dinner come knocking on the door?” he exclaims, grabbing both the pig and a roasting pan. Publisher’s Weekly described the book this way, “While sharpening his claws to hunt for his breakfast, a not-so-sly fox answers a knock on his door and finds a tasty-looking piglet. To this day it remains one of my favorite picture books, so I was thrilled to see it make a high #87 on this list. I first heard about this book in library school when a fellow classmate read it aloud to all of us, turning the whole room into instant converts. ![]() Fantastic readaloud potential (or, if you memorize it by heart, storytelling potential). Really, when you get down to it, this book has everything. It’s an original trickster tale in the best sense of the word. ![]()
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6/29/2023 0 Comments Magic Stars by Ilona Andrews![]() There is violence and gore, and the world is complex, but the constant sarcasm and epic banter between characters keeps it light enough to make these books fun and highly entertaining. These books are action packed from start to finish, instantly sweeping you up up in the horror and excitement of it all. ![]() It’s a unique perspective on a dangerous post-apocalyptic world that sways between waves of magic and tech, giving power to paranormal creatures and leaving disaster in its wake. This is a wonderful urban fantasy series that has a great mix of magic and paranormal goings on. ![]() 6/29/2023 0 Comments Jeph loeb spider man blue![]() ![]() The first issue begins with a well-known scene between the Green Goblin and Spider-Man in which both are unmasked. List of Spider-Man comics in Spider-Man: Blue List of Spider-Man comics in Spider-Man: Blue #1 3, though perhaps the most efficient way to get most of these issues to get Amazing Spider-Man, Vol. Also, many of the issues on this list of Spider-Man comics that are reference in Spider-Man: Blue are contained in the newly released The Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus Volume 2, as well as in Essential Amazing Spider-Man Vol. ![]() ![]() The back issues should still be affordable, though the trade paperback is readily available from places such as Amazon. Below you will find the list of Spider-Man comics reference by Spider-Man: Blue in order they appear in the miniseries.įirst thing you’ll need to read this list of Spider-Man comics is, naturally, the Spider-Man: Blue mini-series to accompany this list of Spider-Man comics. It is a modern retelling of a key run of early Amazing Spider-Man issues, featuring the courtship of Gwen Stacy and the introduction of Mary Jane Watson. Spider-Man: Blue, Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale, is perhaps the best introduction to Gwen Stacy for new readers not looking at reading a whole lot of back issues. With the latest Spidey movie The Amazing Spider-Man coming this summer, it’s a good time to look back at some classic issues featuring its female lead character, Gwen Stacy. ![]() 6/29/2023 0 Comments Yann martel books![]() Like a lion tamer in the circus ring, Pi must convince the tiger that he is the super-alpha male, using toots on his whistle as a whip and the sea as a source of treats, marking the boundary of his territory on the boat with urine and fierce, quaking stares. We learn much about animal behaviour - flight distances, aggression, social hierarchy - which is later translated to Pi's survival tactics on the lifeboat. Martel dextrously prepares us for the seafaring section in the first part of the book, which describes Pi's sunny childhood in the Pondicherry zoo and his triple conversion to Hinduism, Islam and Christianity. The amazing will be seen every day." And Martel writes with such convincing immediacy, seasoning his narrative with zoological verisimilitude and survival tips about turtle- fishing, solar stills and keeping occupied (the lifeboat manual notes that "yarn spinning is highly recommended"), that disbelief is suspended, like Pi, above the terrible depths of the Pacific ocean. ![]() When the ship in which 16-year-old Pi and his zookeeping family are to emigrate from India to Canada sinks, leaving him the sole human survivor in a lifeboat on to which barge a zebra, a hyena, an orang-utan and a bedraggled, seasick tiger, Pi is determined to survive the impossible. ![]() ![]() ![]() Despite the extraordinary premise and literary playfulness, one reads Life of Pi not so much as an allegory or magical-realist fable, but as an edge-of-seat adventure. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Men’s Clothing and Fabrics in the 1890s – Roseann Ettingerįull Colour Sourcebook of French Fashion – Pauquet Freres In True Colonial Fashion: A Lively Look At What New Zealanders Wore – Eve Ebbett Men’s Fashion Illustrations from the Turn of the Century – Jean L Druesdow Making Victorian Costumes For Men – Sil Devilly Women’s Hats, Headdresses and Hairstyles – Georgine De Courtais Metropolitan Fashions of the 1880s From the 1885 Butterick Catalog – Butterick Publishing Companyįashion Plates: 150 Years of Style – April Calahan Victorian Fashions and Costumes from Harpers Bazar, 1867-1898 – Stella BlumĬostume in Detail: 1730-1930 – Nancy Bradfield Paris Fashions of the 1890s – Stella Blum Victorian Fashions – Carol Belanger Graftonġ8 th Century French Fashion Plates in Full Colour – Stella Blumįashions and Costumes From “Godey’s Lady’s Book” – Stella Blum Shoes, Hats and Fashion Accessories – Carol Belanger Grafton Oops.īelow are the titles that currently reside on my bookshelf: There’s something so magical about books and over the past couple of years, I have amassed quite a few books relating to historical costuming. Sometimes it’s hard deciding whether I want to spend my ‘pocket money’ on fabrics and sewing supplies or on books. ![]() There’s no denying that as well as historical costuming, I love books. ![]() 6/29/2023 0 Comments Irredeemable, Vol. 1 by Mark Waid![]() ![]() ![]() He is best known for his eight-year run as writer of the DC Comics' title The Flash, as well as his scripting of the limited series Kingdom Come and Superman: Birthright, and his work on Marvel Comics' Captain America. His award-winning graphic novel with artist Alex Ross, KINGDOM COME, is one of the best-selling comics collections of all time. Make sure you select the calculation you want to find. Mark Waid (born Main Hueytown, Alabama) is an American comic book writer. This is the premise for Mark Waids excellent series 'Irredeemable. A New York Times bestselling author, Mark has written thousands of comic books and graphic novels in his 28-year career. 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Trip Calculator | Amazing Travel Calculators ![]() 6/29/2023 0 Comments A passage to india book![]() ![]() The novel is a complex exploration of colonialism, written at a time when the popular portrayal of the Indian continent was of mystery and savagery. His trial brings tensions between the British rulers and their Indian subjects to a head. ![]() During her visit, a local physician, Aziz, is accused of assaulting her. Adela Quested, a young British subject, is visiting India to decide whether to marry a suitor who works there as a city magistrate. The setting of A Passage to India is the British Raj, at a time of racial tension heightened by the burgeoning Indian independence movement.  6 in the James Tait Black Memorial Fiction Prize Winners  50 in the BBCâs 100 Greatest British Novels (2015)  48 in the Guardianâs Best 100 Novels in English (2015)  25 in the Modern Libraryâs 100 Best Novels Standard Ebooksġ02,416 words (6 hours 13 minutes) with a reading ease of 73.88 (fairly easy) ![]() Forster - Free ebook download - Standard Ebooks: Free and liberated ebooks, carefully produced for the true book lover. ![]() 6/29/2023 0 Comments Michael ausiello spoiler alert![]() ![]() Ausiello.” So I hope Michael forgives me for this informality. In fact, I’ve been reading his column and watching his interviews for so long, I found as I wrote this review I just refer to him as “Michael” instead of “Mr. ![]() I’ve been a fan of Michael Ausiello’s writing since I discovered his column at TV Guide many moons ago, and have followed his scoops to Entertainment Weekly and now over at TVLine. But as soon as I saw this book on NetGalley, I immediately requested it. It took me years to pick up John Green’s A Fault in Our Stars, and that one was fiction. Normally, I’m not one to pick up a book that looks sad, especially one that I *know* the hero will die in. Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies chronicles Michael and Kit’s journey of love and loss. In March 2014, Michael Ausiello’s then partner, soon-to-be husband, Kit was diagnosed with a very rare and very aggressive form of cancer. So here was my initial reaction after finishing Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies. Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Other Four Letter Words By Michael Ausiello Rating: 5/5 Stairs ![]() 6/29/2023 0 Comments Kazuichi hanawa doing time![]() ![]() ![]() Unlike the average prison movie, the main thing that Hanawa discovers is that life inside is incredibly dull, yet he approaches his brief sojourn in this other world with anthropological precision observing and mimicking the behaviour of his fellow prisoners while making the most of this hopefully once in a lifetime experience reflecting that he’ll likely never have the opportunity to wear such worn out undergarments ever again.Ī quiet man already in middle age, Hanawa (Tsutomu Yamazaki) is no dangerous criminal merely a firearms enthusiast who liked to fire modified pistols into bottles of water. Who ever thought that life in prison could be so…peaceful? Adapted from the autobiographical manga by Kazuichi Hanawa, Yoichi Sai’s 2002 drama Doing Time (刑務所の中, Keimusho no Naka) is a slice of life dramedy somewhat typical of the early 2000s save its unexpected setting in a state penitentiary. ![]() 6/28/2023 0 Comments The metamorphosis book buy![]() ![]() Gregor attempts to get out of bed, but finds this very difficult. Gregor's father and Grete, his sister, realize that he is still at home and try to enter his room, but he has locked his doors and they can't get in. Gregor's mother calls to him, and he answers her, noticing that his voice is changing. He can't call in sick because he has not missed a day of work in five years and it would look suspicious. Gregor wants to get up to go to work, but suddenly realizes that he is already late and must have missed the alarm. Gregor's chief at work is extremely tyrannical, and Gregor wants to quit the job but cannot do so until he has paid off the debts that his parents owe the chief. He is a traveling salesman, and he hates traveling because he dislikes worrying and getting up early. Since he can't turn on his side, Gregor cannot fall asleep, so instead he begins thinking about his job. His attention quickly switches to observing his room, which he finds very ordinary but a bit small, and a framed magazine clipping of a woman in fur hanging up on the wall. Gregor briefly examines his new body, but wonders only momentarily about what has happened to him. Gregor Samsa wakes up to find that he has been transformed into a giant insect. ![]() |