![]() ![]() Moving out into the world together, the two enter the intellectual fray of the times, share love interests and survive early marriages gone bad. The two embark on a friendship that will sustain both of them through one of the most tumultuous periods in Chinese history. Buck, but for now she is just a girl embarrassed by her blonde hair and enchanted by her new Chinese friend. ![]() She will ultimately become the internationally renowned author Pearl S. Willow is the only child of a destitute family, Pearl the headstrong daughter of zealous Christian missionaries. In the small southern town of Chin-kiang, in the last days of the nineteenth century, two young girls bump heads and become thick as thieves. ![]() From the bestselling author of Red Azalea and Empress Orchid comes the powerful story of the friendship of a lifetime, based on the life of Pearl S. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() This new hardcover presents a quartet of graphic works (New York, The Building, City People Notebook, and Invisible People) and features what Neil Gaiman describes as "tales as brutal, as uncaring as the city itself." From ancient buildings "barnacled with laughter and stained with tears" to the subways, "humorless iron reptiles, clacking stupidly on a webbing of graceful steel rails," Will Eisner's New York includes cameo appearances by the author himself several new illustrations sketched by Eisner, posthumously inked by Peter Poplaski and three previously unpublished "out-takes"-a treasure for any Eisner fan, and sure to become a collectible. With an unparalleled eye for stories and expressive illustration, Will Eisner, the master and pioneer of American comics art, presents graphic fictions greatest celebration of the Big Apple. New York Donor bostonpubliclibrary External-identifier urn:oclc:record:1036796426 urn:lcp:newyork00will:lcpdf:e87db421-5138-4094-a6d7-c8a250d9f070 Extramarc University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (PZ). ![]() No illustrator evoked the melancholy duskiness of New York City as expressively as Eisner, who knew the city from the bottom up. Will Eisners New York, the big city by Eisner, Will. With an unparalleled eye for stories and expressive illustration, Will Eisner, the master and pioneer of American comics art, presents graphic fiction's greatest celebration of the Big Apple. Eisner has acknowledged that during most of the 1950s his activity was devoted largely to designing the material, selling business, developing concepts, marketing at the same time doing a certain amount of creative work. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The collapse is likely going to happen during our lifetimes. By their reckoning, this collapse isn’t far off, and we don’t have enough time left to find a global off-ramp or enact incremental policy measures. Drawing on a wide swath of cross-disciplinary research, Servigne and Stevens map out their own case for civilizational collapse worldwide, centering primarily on interlocking ecological catastrophes, financial meltdowns, and energy shortages. There is no “rising to the occasion” or “hope for a sustainable future” for these users: only a thousand stories leading to the same damning conclusion of complete global collapse.Īt first blush, the provocative, newly-translated book by French agronomist Pablo Servigne and eco-consultant Raphaël Stevens, How Everything Can Collapse : A Manual for Our Times (2020 ), appears to share the same pessimism. The rare story about a stray comet headed toward Earth is about as hopeful as this community allows itself to be. ![]() Anxiety and depression are common reactions when studying collapse,” warn the moderators of a Reddit message board bluntly titled “ Collapse of Civilization.” Users of this board collect the news stories that the rest of us train ourselves to take in small doses: climate destruction and economic freefalls, food shortages and energy crises, and social breakdown and political corruption. “Overindulging in this may be detrimental to your mental health. ![]() ![]() ![]() While I am not typically a fan of the Gossip Girl series, I really want to read this book! Tonight, my professor “strongly suggested” –translation: made–our Creative Nonfiction class attend Cecily von Ziegesar’s reading of some of her work. ![]() It’s a luxe life, but someone’s got to live it. ![]() Welcome to New York City’s Upper East Side, where my friends and I live, go to school, play, and sleep-sometimes with each other. Psycho Killer follows the same story as the original Gossip Girl book, but along with the cutting words, von Ziegesar adds some things a little sharper–aka knives. We once again join those oh-so-wealthy and dramatic New York teens, Blair, Serena, Nate and Chuck, but this time…their privileged life is literally to die for. This September she reveals the darker side of the Upper East with her release Gossip Girl, Psycho Killer. Well, apparently Cecily von Ziegesar, author of the popular Gossip Girl series, has had similar violent urges. Have you ever watched a show, read a book, where you just wished that the characters would stop all their petty fighting and just go for the literal jugular already? I mean haven’t you ever read a book and thought, “Wow, this would be so much better if they just started beating each other down!” ![]() ![]() ![]() Technology: Research how real quilts are made.Įngineering: Bring in examples of real quilts (use quilts that are child-friendly and not a family heirloom). Let the children explore the textures of the quilt and challenge them to build a fort with the quilts. Science: How do different colors make us feel? Seusss youngest concept book has stunning illustrations and imaginative type designs. This simple rhymed riff about color is illustrated with art from some of the most belovedand colorfulworks by Dr. Create a border around the squares to finish the paper quilt. Step 3: On a large sheet of banner paper or poster board mount every child’s square to create a paper quilt. Color, Day, Emotions, Stories in rhyme, Color, Day, Emotions, Stories in rhyme. Arrange and glue the shapes onto a piece of square construction paper. Seuss, Dr Johnson, Steve, 1960- ill Fancher, Lou, ill. Step 2: After the paintings have dried, cut up your painting into different shapes. Have them pick a color that represents how they are feeling that day. Set up a painting area for children to explore different colors.Īfter having time experimenting and painting with different colors, give the students a new sheet of paper. Seuss using a colorful array of animals to portray feelings while staying true to his recognizable rhyming scheme. Step 1: Read the story and discuss how different colors make you feel. ![]() Create a collaborative paper quilt based inspired by the Dr. ![]() ![]() ![]() The road ahead of them is long, and to survive, they’ll have to shed their secrets, face the consequences of their actions, and find the courage to fight for the future they desire, together. He’s starting to feel something more than friendship for Andrew, adding another layer of fear and confusion to an already tumultuous journey. But something isn’t adding up about Andrew’s story, and it could cost them everything. so why does it seem so easy for them to trust each other? After danger breaches their shelter, they flee south in search of civilization. And if this new world has taught them anything, it’s to be scared of what other desperate people will do. A deadly pathogen has killed off most of the world’s population, including everyone both boys have ever loved. When Andrew stumbles upon Jamie’s house, he’s injured, starved, and has nothing left to lose. Perfect for fans of Adam Silvera and Alex London. What If It's Us meets Life as We Knew It in this postapocalyptic, queer YA adventure romance from debut author Erik J. ![]() Download All That s Left in the World Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The bulk of the novel’s action takes place in the titular Institute, a top-secret facility run by shady operatives whose task is to protect humanity’s future by predicting vectors of conflict before they materialise. There are almost 300 pages to wait before he is seen again, when DuPray – the town’s name is no accident – becomes the backdrop for the denouement of another story entirely. What they will not be expecting is for Jamieson to vanish. ![]() This is a setting King excels at creating – think Needful Things, think Bag of Bones even – and most readers will settle down for the ride, waiting for whatever curveball he is gearing up to throw them. The town of DuPray will be familiar territory for King’s Constant Readers, as he calls us: a neighbourly place, small enough for everyone to know everyone’s business yet large enough for sinister interlopers to hide between the cracks. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It was validating and soul-edifying to read this book knowing that the author behind it all, Dr. This book is extremely important as an in-depth, fictionalized (but realistic) intimate look at the dangers of heterosexual-white-American-evangelical-monotheistic purity culture and their dogmatic beliefs. I started "deconstructing" my faith and now I no longer identify as a Christian but I'm still on a faith-based journey to personalize where I stand. ![]() In 2020 while churches were closed, I realized I never wanted to go back. In marriage, I started attending an evangelical church with my husband and eventually identified as a Christian even though I still held to my liberal views on everything and felt like an outcast in some Christian circles for my "radical beliefs". I was raised agnostic by parents who leaned, atheist. What You Need to Know: It will be interesting to see how readers with different religious backgrounds engage with this book. Writing Style: Character-Driven, Brisk Pace, ![]() Subgenre/Themes: Coming-of-Age, Cults, Human Monsters, Psychological, Small Town Horror, Religious Stuff, ![]() ![]() ![]() “The third and final book about Sato the Rabbit takes readers on more fantastical adventures… Here, his adventures start with a cup of tea, a giant raspberry, a scoop of snow, and other familiar things in a child's life. And the digestible stories are the perfect length for bedtime. Bright, playful tales for bold young adventurers in a world of make-believe.” - Kirkus ![]() These readers will find a kindred spirit in Sato. Alternating vignettes and full-page illustrations immerse the reader in each boldly illustrated scene, with a lush, eye-catching palette that deserves repeat viewings to observe varying textures and lines in the artwork… Sato’s adventures will resonate with young readers who imagine their rooms and backyards to be brand-new worlds filled with fantastical elements. At times embodying Lewis Carroll’s absurdity, Ainoya’s stories also evoke the quiet pleasure of Arnold Lobel’s Frog and Toad series. Each story is a tiny journey into Sato’s vast imagination…, depicting the seasons in all their natural splendor. “A child dressed in a white rabbit suit transforms an ordinary teatime into a series of whimsical adventures involving a raspberry room, a kite catching a slice of sky, and more. ![]() ![]() "Shift", on the other hand, was unquestionably a solid story, but one I bristled at because it takes an approach to Shakespeare's "The Tempest" that is different from my favored approach (and that being my favorite of the Bard's works, I'm rather married to my approach.) The other story I really couldn't get into was "Ours is the Prettiest", which is a "Bordertown" shared-world story and I know nothing of that world or its characters. Which is good, because he second story "Soul Case" didn't win me at all. The first story, "The Easthound", is actually a decent sense of what to expect from the book and a strong opener. They feature a lot of queer folks of various colors and body shapes. ![]() ![]() A collection of stories, mostly categorizable as "fantasy", though some are better described as horror and others a bit more sci-fi. ![]() |