![]() after all, she is the daughter of the Siren Queen. Despite the danger, Alosa knows they will recover the treasure first. When Vordan exposes a secret her father has kept for years, Alosa and her crew find themselves in a deadly race with the feared Pirate King. ![]() And she takes great comfort in knowing that the villainous Vordan will soon be facing her father's justice. Still unfairly attractive and unexpectedly loyal, first mate Riden is a constant distraction, but now he's under her orders. Not only has she recovered all three pieces of the map to a legendary hidden treasure, but the pirates who originally took her captive are now prisoners on her ship. The capable, confident, and occasionally ruthless heroine of Daughter of the Pirate King is back in this action-packed YA sequel that promises rousing high seas adventures and the perfect dash of magic.Īlosa's mission is finally complete. ![]()
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![]() Strong positive characters for girls and great lessons on friendship in an easy-to-follow chapter book.Funny and heartwarming early readers will love the continuing adventures of best friends Ivy and Bean. ![]() Fantastic fun for 1st- to 4th-grade readers, teachers, parents, and grandparents.There's really only one solution: she needs a baby sister on the double! Luckily Ivy and Bean know just where to get one. She could give away all her toys but she likes her toys. How can she keep from getting spoiled? She could give away all her clothes but she'd probably get in trouble. Spoiler alert! Ivy doesn't have any brothers or sisters. They scream and cry when they don't get their way. She's read a lot of books about only children so she knows that they are sometimes spoiled rotten. Ivy + Bean Series in Order (14 Books) 3, Ivy + Bean Break the Fossil Record, Sep-2007 4, Ivy + Bean Take Care of the Babysitter, Apr-2008 5, Ivy + Bean Bound. Annie Barrows's bestselling chapter book series Ivy & Bean is a classroom favorite and has been keeping kids laughing-and reading-for more than a decade! With more than 6 million copies in print Ivy + Bean return with a brand-new book for a new generation! ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I think he could've been done so much better. We even got his POV, but I didn't feel like we really got deep into his character. While I understood who he was from the h's perspective and how she built him up to be this amazing man and husband, I never connected to him. The flow (up unit is the very end) and how it kept me fully engaged to where I stayed up way too late. ![]() ![]() ![]() Will pass it by Gamma readers for one last quality check then it's off to the printers! Just finished the recording of the audiobook, and the layout. But for those who do follow both series, Legends will unmask lies and reveal the truth about Elan’s history and the men and women who shaped what the world became.Įsrahaddon, the last book in the Rise and Fall trilogy, is almost done. Set three thousand years before the Riyria tales, Legends is a stand-alone fantasy series that is independent of the Riyria novels. This series chronicles a pivotal point in Elan’s history when humans and those they once saw as gods warred until a new world order was born. Sullivan, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author comes the concluding installment of his six-book epic fantasy. In this exciting conclusion to the Legends of the First Empire series, the Great War finally comes to a climactic end, and with it dawns a new era-The Age of Empyre.įrom Michael J. Time is short, and the future of both races hangs in the balance. While Imaly plots to overthrow the fane for transgressions against his people, a mystic and a Keeper are the only hope for the Rhunes. ![]() AND THE FATE OF THE LIVING RESTS WITH THE DEAD.Īfter obtaining the secret to creating dragons, the leader of the Fhrey has turned the tide of war once more-but gaining the advantage has come at a terrible price. ![]() ![]() "A pulse-pounding conspiracy tale in the finest traditions of Vince Flynn and Nelson DeMille. ![]() A modern-day masterpiece of spy fiction." -Andrew Watts, USA Today bestselling author of the Firewall Spies series "Fast paced, suspenseful, and wildly creative. Ragan, New York Times bestselling author of Her Last Day "Steven Konkoly has blown my mind! Deep Sleep is an intelligent, intense, and completely unpredictable high-concept spy thriller. Thrilling entertainment from the first to the last written word." -Robert Dugoni, New York Times and #1 Amazon bestselling author of The Eighth Sister "Nobody's better at spy craft, action, and intrigue than Steven Konkoly. ![]() "A lively, roller-coaster thriller that moves like lightning." - Kirkus Reviews ![]() "Techno-thriller fans will delight in military vet Konkoly's obvious expertise when it comes to the authenticity and intensity of the numerous action sequences." - Publishers Weekly "A deft cat-and-mouse novel that keeps the action moving and the reader guessing." - Kirkus Reviews ![]() ![]() ![]() Chapters detailing the sinking, the scramble for lifeboats, and the harrowing wait for the Carpathia's arrival are fast-paced and riveting. Hopkinson packs her thoroughly researched story with a wealth of information about the ship itself (this book is an invaluable resource for students), and her portraits of the shipmates are fully realized and often heartbreaking. The author quotes these four and others freely, their voices forming a deeply intimate account of the tragedy. ![]() She threads together the stories of many passengers and crew members, focusing on a handful of survivors that includes an Argentine-born stewardess, a rambunctious nine-year-old British boy, a science teacher from England, and an American teenager traveling with his parents. Hopkinson puts a human face on the Titanic's sinking in this riveting nonfiction chronicle of the ship's collision with an iceberg and the tragic aftermath. ![]() ![]() ![]() Video recording, audio recording, and/or live-streaming during author appearances and signings is not possible without prior written permission from the publisher and Parnassus Books.Ĭan't make it to the event, but still want to purchase an autographed or personalized book? Place your order below, enter "signed copy" plus any personalization details in the comments section of your order, and we'll have the author sign your books and ship them to you after the event! Beginning with our 2018 events, Parnassus event attendees may collect 10 eligible signing line tickets and redeem them at Parnassus for a coupon and a free tote bag. By purchasing a book from Parnassus, you are not only supporting a locally owned, independent business, but you are also showing publishers that they should continue sending authors to Parnassus. Your book purchase will include a ticket that will admit you into the signing line at the event. To join the signing line and have books signed by the author at this event, you must purchase a copy of The Wild Robot Escapes from Parnassus Books, either in-store, over the phone, or online (scroll down). This event is free and open to the public. Read on for more information about the event, The Wild Robot Escapes, and Peter Brown! This event will take place at the special time of 4:30pm on Thursday, March 22. ![]() Parnassus Books is thrilled to welcome critically acclaimed and bestselling author Peter Brown for a discussion and signing of his new book, The Wild Robot Escapes, the sequel to The Wild Robot. ![]() ![]() ![]() Ultimately it is the uncertainties and ambiguities of these “wild tales” that continue to have an impact on the shaping of Shakespeare for the child-reader. ![]() Taking its cue from Charles Lamb's comment to Coleridge about the need to rouse the child-reader's “beautiful Interest in wild tales”, this essay discusses the Lambs’ attempts to open up what they term the “wild poetic garden” of Shakespeare's language for the early nineteenth-century child-reader, and shows how the “wildness” of the Tales is a contested, divided concept. ![]() (1807) may be read on multiple levels: not purely as an influential adaptation of Shakespeare, but also as a politically and ideologically informed intervention in the children's book market through its publication by the Godwins’ “Juvenile Library”, and, furthermore, as a very personal negotiation with concepts of childhood and family, imagination and control, inflected by the Lambs’ own experiences. Tales from Shakespeare (Penguin Popular Classics) Lamb, Charles and Lamb, Mary Published by Penguin Classics, 2007 ISBN 10: 0140621598 ISBN 13: 9780140621594 Seller: Reuseabook, Gloucester, United Kingdom Seller Rating: Contact seller Book Used - Softcover Condition: Used Very Good £ 1.23 Convert currency £ 1. The first, 1807 issue of the Tales was published with this spelling. ![]() ![]() Of all creatures that have breath and sensation, we women are the most unfortunate. For the man in whom all I had was bound up, as I well know-my husband-has proved the basest of men. I am undone, I have resigned all joy in life, and I want to die. In my case, however, this sudden blow that has struck me has destroyed my life. Now a foreigner must be quite compliant with the city, nor do I have any words of praise for the citizen who is stubborn and causes his fellow-citizens pain by his lack of breeding. Since before they get sure knowledge of a man's true character they hate him on sight, although he has done them no harm. For I know that though many mortals are haughty both in private and in public, others get a reputation for indifference to their neighbors from their retiring manner of life. ![]() Women of Corinth, I have come out of the house Enter Medea with the Nurse from the house. ![]() ![]() ![]() Sustained is the second book in the Legal Briefs Trilogy by Emma Chase. She needs someone to help her, defend her…and the kids. Now I’m going to Mommy & Me classes, One Direction concerts, the emergency room, and arguing cases in the principal’s office.Ĭhelsea’s too sweet, too innocent, and too gorgeous for her own good. Then Chelsea McQuaid and her six orphaned nieces and nephews came along and complicated the ever-loving hell out of my life. I’m not a therapist or Prince Charming-and I don’t pretend to be. If you’re my date, stick to what will turn you on. ![]() If you’re my client, tell me the basic facts. In fact, it’s necessary when I’m breaking down a witness on the stand.Ĭomplications don’t work for me-I’m a “need-to-know” type of man. I, Jake Becker, have a reputation for being cold, callous, and intimidating-and that suits me just fine. When you’re a defense attorney in Washington, DC, you see firsthand how hard life can be, and that sometimes the only way to survive is to be harder. Title: Sustained by Emma Chase (Legal Briefs #2)Ī knight in tarnished armor is still a knight. ![]() |