![]() ![]() Mary Macnab(Editor), Laura Ingalls Wilder, E.T.A. ![]() : Color Illustrations: 5.75 x 8.50 in.: 160 pages. Best in Children's Books Volume 28: Christmas in the Big Woods, Nutcracker & the Mouse-King, Christmas Every Day, Homemade Holiday Gifts & Greetings, Three Kings, Elephant Herd, True Book of Indians, Little Tuppen, Magic Shop, Let's Go to Indonesiaby. Teeters, illustrated by Earl Thollander * Hawaiian Islands illustrated with photos. Richards, illustrated by Irene Haas * Experimenting with Electricity by Victor C. Ten Stories include: Wonderful Story of Moses by Mary MacNab, illustrated by Robin Jacques * Barbara Frietchie by John Greenleaf Whittier, illustrated by Ruth Ives * Lad and other Sunnybank Dogs by Albert Payson Terhune, illustrated by Phoebe Erickson * Whistle for the Train by Golden MacDonald, illustrated by Leonard Weisgard * Big Brother by Laura Bannon, illustrated by Richard Scarry * Mushrooms and their Cousins illustrated with photos * Snipp Snapp Snurr and the Buttered Bread by Maj Lindman, illustrated by Barbara Cooney * Eletelephony and other Verses by Laura E. Boards and pages are clean, unmarked, bright, tightly bound, and sharp cornered. ![]() 25: KB#017320: No dustjacket is included. Illustrated by Robin Jacques / Ruth Ives / Phoebe Erickson / LeonardWeisgard / Richard Scarry / Barbara Cooney / Irene Haas / EarlThollanderRobin Jacques / Ruth Ives / Phoebe Erickson / Leonard Weisgard /Richard Scarry / Barbara Cooney / Irene Haas / Earl Thollander (illustrator). ![]()
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![]() ![]() Though the death is declared an accident, the ruling can't explain the old book page covered with strange symbols and disturbing drawings left under Nora's doormat, a postcard from an anonymous stalker, or multiple cases of vandalism. Nora and her friends in the Secret, Book, and Scone Society are doing their best to put an end to the strife-but then someone puts an end to a life. Suddenly, former friends and customers are targeting not only Nora and Miracle Books, but a new shopkeeper, Celeste, who's been selling CBD oil products. ![]() A family-values group disapproves of the magical themes, though, and wastes no time launching a modern-day witch hunt. Nora Pennington is known for her window displays, and as Halloween approaches, she decides to showcase fictional heroines like Roald Dahl's Matilda and Madeline Miller's Circe. ![]() Local bookstore owner Nora Pennington is back on the case in Miracle Springs, North Carolina when an accidental death turns out to be something much more sinister. New York Times bestselling author Ellery Adams is back with the latest in her acclaimed Secret, Book, and Scone Society series. ![]() ![]() ![]() However, the first half of the book was laboriously slow. I was very excited for this novel – a space prison jail break mixed up in an alien invasion – all the hallmarks for a riot of a sci-fi read. And Kenzie might have to team up with her captors to survive-all while beginning to suspect there’s a darker side to the Omnistellar she knows. Yet it soon becomes clear that her mother is more concerned with sticking to Omnistellar protocol than she is with getting Kenzie out safely.Īs Kenzie forms her own plan to escape, she doesn’t realize there’s a more sinister threat looming, something ancient and evil that has clawed its way into Sanctuary from the vacuum of space. ![]() As a junior guard, she’s excited to prove herself to her company-and that means sacrificing anything that won’t propel her forward.īut then a routine drill goes sideways and Kenzie is taken hostage by rioting prisoners.Īt first, she’s confident her commanding officer-who also happens to be her mother-will stop at nothing to secure her freedom. Kenzie holds one truth above all: the company is everything.Īs a citizen of Omnistellar Concepts, the most powerful corporation in the solar system, Kenzie has trained her entire life for one goal: to become an elite guard on Sanctuary, Omnistellar’s space prison for superpowered teens too dangerous for Earth. ![]() ![]() In 2009 the Zambian economist Dambisa Moyo challenged many assumptions about aid in her book Dead Aid. ![]() He argued that it posed the danger of promoting government power, destroying economic incentives as well as eroding civic initiatives and dynamism. Nearly 50 years ago the well-known Hungarian-born British development economist, Peter Bauer, strongly criticised government-to-government aid as neither necessary nor efficient. Timely reforms of foreign aid can help to achieve significant growth and poverty reduction in Africa. ![]() The aim of this article is to provide some key pointers to reforms that should take place. Recipient countries pour aid money into poor and inefficient white elephant projects that neither foster growth and development nor build good institutions. The arguments against aid point to gaps in the management of foreign aid. ![]() As South Korea’s ambassador to South Africa has argued, aid is ineffective in places where there is bad governance, and unnecessary where there is good governance. The other is that foreign aid is not a problem by itself, but misallocation of resources, corruption, and bad governance limit Africa’s ability to use aid. ![]() One is that Africa’s aid-dependent economic model provides “free” money which prevents countries from taking advantage of opportunities provided by the global economy. There are two sides to the debate on foreign aid to developing countries, in particular in sub-Saharan Africa. ![]() ![]() ![]() I usually have a bit of order to my reviews but, as previously stated, this one is going to be a bit messy. Some I noticed and some I grabbed from Katie’s review, which you should also read (after this one, of course) because she’s brilliant. Let’s start off with a trigger/content warnings. I’ve been struggling to figure out how to write this review since I finished reading the book a few days ago, so it might be a bit messy and a bit long. ![]() ![]() It’s quite rare to find someone who sees the same world as you see. In his long-awaited return, John Green, the acclaimed, award-winning author of Looking for Alaska and The Fault in Our Stars, shares Aza’s story with shattering, unflinching clarity in this brilliant novel of love, resilience, and the power of lifelong friendship. She is trying to be a good daughter, a good friend, a good student, and maybe even a good detective, while also living within the ever-tightening spiral of her own thoughts. So together, they navigate the short distance and broad divides that separate them from Russell Pickett’s son, Davis.Īza is trying. Sixteen-year-old Aza never intended to pursue the mystery of fugitive billionaire Russell Pickett, but there’s a hundred-thousand-dollar reward at stake and her Best and Most Fearless Friend, Daisy, is eager to investigate. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I cannot be jealous of either of my lovers, for that is an abusive emotion.įortunately, my other lover, Carter (a pink omega from another world across the stars), does not test me. And while he is technically the barbarian, learning about society for the first time, I have made my own adjustments, reteaching myself to be civilized. My reputation would send news of my displeasure throughout the camp with a whisper in every ear, like a cough spreading.īut Pykh has made friends here. And tail whipping and everyone who doesn’t follow. Though, when some young and incidentally gorgeous warrior calls, ‘Pykh!’ across our encampment and I know he is talking to my very attractive lover, I have the notion to start setting an example. You will not hear me say that very often. ![]() I had lost all hope for escaping the cages that kept me, and so I never thought that I should teach Pykh his proper name, though I chose one and kept it secret for a long time.Įivrir. The last time I did so was to Pykh, my wild and man-raised-as-a-slave lover, whose cute nickname has become his second name to his close friends and our family. ![]() The Slayer, the Protector, the Greatest Warrior in All Our Villages.īut I have not had to introduce myself for a long time. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() So, in addition to simply having information about where the dollars flow, Texas and other states have information about what those dollars are accomplishing with respect to student performance. This has largely arisen since the early 2000s when the No Child Left Behind Act was implemented and states other than Texas were pushed into the system of having a statewide test and a lot of test data, which reflects how well the students are doing in the system that state devises. Something new that has come into the equation in Texas and in other states is the new data available on student performance. Trib+Edu: Are we seeing the same basic conflict over and over again with these court challenges? Or is the conflict changing with each iteration?Ĭlark: With respect to just the finance numbers and property tax considerations, we are seeing some of the same issues come up over and over again. Only Hawaii has a single school system, and other states have experienced litigation as well on topics that would be familiar to Texans. This is a situation that is present in nearly every state. ![]() Trib+Edu: Why has it proven to be so difficult to create a constitutional system to fund public schools in Texas?Ĭatherine Clark: I think it’s difficult to find a constitutional system to distribute resources to schools because of the nature of the partnership between school districts and the state. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The wealth of detail never overwhelms, relayed as it is amid Seraphina’s personal journey half-human and half-dragon, she is anathema to all and lives in fear. ![]() By turns pedantic, lonely, scared, drily funny and fierce, Seraphina brings readers into her world and imparts details from the vast (a religion of saints, one of whom is heretical) to the minute (her music, in beautifully rendered detail). Hartman has remixed her not-so-uncommon story and pseudo-Renaissance setting into something unexpected, in large part through Seraphina’s voice. As the anniversary of the treaty approaches, things fall apart: The crown prince has been murdered, anti-dragon sentiment is rising, and in the midst of it all, an awkward, gifted, observant girl unexpectedly becomes central to everything. As musician Seraphina describes it, attempting to educate the princess, humans are like cockroaches to dragons, but interesting. The dragons could destroy the humans, but they are too fascinated by them. In Hartman’s splendid prose debut, humans and dragons-who can take human form but not human feeling-have lived in uneasy peace for 40 years. ![]() ![]() inlibrary printdisabled trentuniversity internetarchivebooks. Ozsolak, Sarah Scott, Jack Vaughan) In front of Medea’s house in Corinth. This new translation does full justice to the lyricism of Euripides original work, while a new introduction provides a guide to the play, complete with interesting details about the traditions and social issues that influenced Euripides's world. Cambridge, UK New York : Cambridge University Press. Coleridge, revised by Roger Ceragioli, further revised by Gregory Nagy Newly revised by the Hour 25 Kosmos Society Medea Heroization Team (Jessica Eichelburg, Hlne Emeriaud, Claudia Filos, Janet M. It is an excellent example of the prominence and complexity that Euripides gave to female characters. Medea, incensed that her husband Jason would leave her for another after the many sacrifices she has made for him, murders both his new bride and their own children in revenge. Medea, is a story of betrayal and vengeance. ![]() These new translations are more than faithful to the original text, going beyond the literal meaning in order to evoke the poetic intensity and rich metaphorical texture of the Greek language.Euripides was one of the most popular and controversial of all the Greek tragedians, and his plays are marked by an independence of thought, ingenious dramatic devices, and a subtle variety of register and mood. The Greek Tragedy in New Translations series is based on the conviction that only translators who write poetry themselves, or who work in collaboration with poets, can properly re-create the celebrated and timeless tragedies of the great Greek writers. ![]() ![]() ![]() Though the novel is supposed to be a stand-alone work, the text leaves many questions unresolved, suggesting the possibility of a sequel. ![]() Inspired by the folklore and mythology of Europe, Japan, and China, the novel’s key themes are the redemptive power of love and the importance of feminist and queer retelling of stories. To vanquish this enemy, the various regions of the world must cast aside their differences and come together, heroes must retrieve lost magical artifacts, and people must question all known truths. The densely plotted novel spans several continents to tell the story of a divided world threatened by the return of an ancient enemy. The novel is notable for its subversion of the medieval fantasy genre, as well as its queer and feminist themes. Published in 2019, The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon is an epic high fantasy novel set in a fictional universe in which dragons are real and women rulers are the norm. ![]() |