![]() She is focused, single-minded and determined. Why are the gaming group nicknamed the Warheads so intent on bullying Anavi? Why do they dress alike? Why do they all speak and move in perfect harmony? And what has a military research outfit have to do with an otherwise normal high school? On the minus side, it ignites her crusading spirit, which, once lit, cannot be easily extinguished. On the plus side, this gets her noticed by newspaper editor Perry White, who gives her a part-time job on the Daily Scoop. On her first day, Lois objects to the principal's reaction to a bullying complaint. Of course, things don't quite go to plan. Heck, she might even make a friend or two. But this time, her nth time in a new town and a new school, Lois has vowed to herself that things will be different. And if something unjust is happening, she can't let it slide. ![]() ![]() Or at least, that's how her army general father sees it. Lois Lane is an army brat with a history of, shall we say, oppositional behaviour. ![]()
0 Comments
![]() ![]() Later he became design director for the Olivetti Corporation of America, and then art director for Fortune magazine. When he moved to America in 1939, Lionni was hired by a Philadelphia advertising agency as art director. It was there that he met the contacts who were to give him a start as a professional graphic designer. Having settled in Milan soon after his marriage in 1931, he started off by writing about European architecture for a local magazine. Lionni's business training gradually receded into the background as his interest in art and design grew. He was born in Holland in 1910 of Dutch parents, and although his education did not include formal art courses (in fact, he has a doctorate in economics from the University of Genoa), he spent much of his free time as a child in Amsterdam's museums, teaching himself to draw. Leo Lionni has gained international renown for his paintings, graphic designs, illustrations, and sculpture, as well as for his books for children. ![]() Leo Lionni died in October of 1999 at his home in Tuscany, Italy, at the age of 89. ![]() He received the 1984 American Institute of Graphic Arts Gold Medal and was a four-time Caldecott Honor Winner-for Inch by Inch, Frederick, Swimmy, and Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse. Leo Lionni wrote and illustrated more than 40 highly acclaimed children's books. ![]() ![]() ‘The Speckled Band’ is widely regarded as one of the best Sherlock Holmes stories, and this detailed plot summary reveals exactly why it is so admired. ![]() ![]() Holmes acknowledges that it was his blows with the cane which roused the animal’s ‘snakish temper’, so he was indirectly responsible for the doctor’s death, but he won’t lose too much sleep over that. But if Roylott tried enough times, eventually, one night, the snake would end up biting her and he would be able to keep his full allowance from his deceased wife. The whistling sound Helen had heard the night before was the doctor recalling the snake to him, after unsuccessfully goading it to enter Helen’s room and deliver the deadly bite. (Holmes guesses that the saucer of milk had been used to train the snake to return to the doctor when summoned by the whistle.) ![]() The whistling sound was the doctor using a tin whistle to coax the snake back after it had carried out its deadly task. When he inspected the room in which one sister had been killed and the other now slept, he deduced that the dummy bell-rope was there to act as a bridge for some sort of creature – such as a venomous snake – to enter the room and climb down onto the bed. ![]() ![]() Tracking delivery Saver Delivery: Australia postĪustralia Post deliveries can be tracked on route with eParcel. NB All our estimates are based on business days and assume that shipping and delivery don't occur on holidays and weekends. ![]() Order may come in multiple shipments, however you will only be charged a flat fee.ġ-2 days after each item has arrived in the warehouseġ The expected delivery period after the order has been dispatched via your chosen delivery method.ģ Please note this service does not override the status timeframe "Dispatches in", and that the "Usually Dispatches In" timeframe still applies to all orders. Items in order will be sent via Express post as soon as they arrive in the warehouse. Order may come in multiple shipments, however you will only be charged a flat fee.Ģ-10 days after all items have arrived in the warehouse ![]() Items in order will be sent as soon as they arrive in the warehouse. ![]() ![]() ![]() As a child in the late 1960s, I learned that within a couple of decades we’d all be getting around by jetpack, and I still don’t have mine. ![]() I have to start with a confession: I want a jetpack. Oh, I almost forgot the biggest howler: "The Soviet Union will still be around in 100 years and surpassed the West economically"(Herman Kahn, Ferdinand Lumberg, William McNeill and a cast of thousands). (Curiously, back in the 1960s and 1970s most scientists worried about global cooling, not global warming.) This book is not only great fun to read but a cautionary tale on why not to trust experts. Clarke) ESP proven and usable (Arthur Koestler) humans living past age 120 and perhaps forever (Robert Ettinger, and today Ray Kurzwell) global famines "of Biblical proportions that will kill over 100 million human beings" (Paul Ehrlich). If someone else tells you something can't be done because it violates the Second Law of Thermodynamics, believe him." Paul Milo has scoured the predictions made by some of the greatest minds of the second half of the twentieth century on what life would be like at the start of the twenty-first and found all turned out wacky: Lunar cities and mining camps (Arthur C. ![]() ![]() A wise man once said to me, "If someone tells you that something won't be accomplished in the future because it costs too much don't believe him. O, future! You promised me flying cars and permanent manned bases on Mars and all I got was Facebook. ![]() ![]() ![]() Side-by-side with a detested rival, Harrow must perfect her skills and become an angel of undeath - but her health is failing, her sword makes her nauseous, and even her mind is threatening to betray her. Harrowhark Nonagesimus, last necromancer of the Ninth House, has been drafted by her Emperor to fight an unwinnable war. ![]() Nothing is as it seems in the halls of the Emperor, and the fate of the galaxy rests on one woman's shoulders. She arrived with her arts, her wits, and her only friend.Īfter rocking the cosmos with her deathly debut, Tamsyn Muir continues the story of the penumbral Ninth House in Harrow the Ninth, a mind-twisting puzzle box of mystery, murder, magic, and mayhem. “Deft, tense and atmospheric, compellingly immersive and wildly original.” - The New York Times on Gideon the Ninth “Lesbian necromancers explore a haunted gothic palace in space! Decadent nobles vie to serve the deathless emperor! Skeletons!” -Charles Stross on Gideon the Ninth ![]() Harrow the Ninth, the sequel to the sensational, USA Today best-selling novel Gideon the Ninth, turns a galaxy inside out as one necromancer struggles to survive the wreckage of herself aboard the Emperor's haunted space station. ![]() ![]() ![]() Rebel of the Sands (Rebel of the Sands #1) by Alwyn HamiltonĨ. ![]() The Winner’s Curse (The Winner’s Trilogy #1) by Marie Rutkoskiħ. ![]() Forbidden (Forbidden #1) by Kimberly Griffiths LittleĦ. Crown of Midnight (Throne of Glass #2) by Sarah J. Grave Mercy (His Fair Assassin #1) by Robin LaFeversĤ. Pandemonium (Delirium #2) by Lauren Oliverģ. Luckily I have the Recaptains to help me remember the important stuff, but not always! I’m going to highlight those series books I read but don’t remember, which has sadly prevented me from finishing the series.ġ. I end up forgetting the important things from the first/second books and not having the time to re-read them (or the desire because I didn’t LOVE it enough to read it again), but still wanting to finish the series! It’s so frustrating. I love reading a really amazing series, but sometimes I get caught up in so many series at a time that I get really overwhelmed. This is a big problem for me, especially where series books are concerned. This week’s topic is about the books you loved or really liked, but can’t remember much about. ![]() ![]() ![]() They are mortal people whose need for energy metaphorically connects them to the lifestealing predators of vampire myth. we could use our inborn abilities to help people heal." Psychic vampires are people who prey on the vital, human life energies of others. ![]() No longer were we parasites or predators. It freed us to look at ourselves in a new light, and it also helped those outside our community to view us differently. Father Sebastiaan, a fellow vampire writes in the foreword that Michelle Belanger's system "introduced a breath of fresh air into the vampire subculture. ![]() The Psychic Vampire Codex is the first book to examine the phenomenon and experience of modern vampirism completely from the vampire's perspective. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Pepe, Discuss "The Unfakeable Code®: Take Back Control, Lead Authentically and Live Freely on Your Terms" by Tony Jeton Selimi, Discuss "The Magician's Secret" by Charles Townsend, Discuss "Mark Victor Hansen, Relentless: Wisdom Behind the Incomparable Chicken Soup for the Soul" by Mitzi Perdue, Discuss "Good Sexual Hygiene & Spiritual Attitude: Human Ethics" by Anthony A. Subforums: Discuss"Donny and Mary Grace's California Adventures" by Catherine A. Don't be scared to nominate, as you can change your nomination to a different book if you think of something better. Simply click the link that says 'Nominate for book of the month' on the left side of the book's Bookshelves page near the social sharing buttons. You can nominate a book to be book of the month using the book's page on Bookshelves. Members of the forum choose and read a new book every month together, and then discuss it. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Instead of playing it safe, Wavy has to learn to fight for Kellen, for her brother, and for herself."-Īccess-restricted-item true Addeddate 05:09:15 Bookplateleaf 0003 Boxid IA40319914 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier Kellen may not be innocent, but he is the fixed point in Wavy and Donal's chaotic universe. When tragedy rips Wavy's family apart, a well-meaning aunt steps in, and what is beautiful to Wavy looks ugly under the scrutiny of the outside world. By the time Wavy is a teenager, her relationship with Kellen is the only tender thing in a brutal world of addicts and debauchery. After witnessing his motorcycle wreck, she forms an unusual friendship with one of her father's thugs, Kellen, a tattooed ex-con with a heart of gold. ![]() Obsessed with the constellations, she finds peace in the starry night sky above the fields behind her house, until one night her star gazing causes an accident. Struggling to raise her little brother, Donal, eight-year-old Wavy is the only responsible adult around. It's safer to keep her mouth shut and stay out of sight. "As the daughter of a drug dealer, Wavy knows not to trust people, not even her own parents. ![]() |