![]() Now Magnus and Alec will have to drop everything to get it back. Until the night that two old acquaintances break into Magnus’s apartment and steal the powerful Book of the White. ![]() They’re living together in a fabulous loft, their warlock son, Max, has started learning to walk, and the streets of New York are peaceful and quiet-as peaceful and quiet as they ever are, anyway. Life is good for Magnus Bane and Alec Lightwood. ![]() The Lost Book of the White is a Shadowhunters novel. ![]() From #1 New York Times bestselling authors Cassandra Clare and Wesley Chu comes the second book in the Eldest Curses series and a thrilling new adventure for High Warlock Magnus Bane and Alec Lightwood, for whom a death-defying mission into the heart of evil is not just a job, it’s also a romantic getaway. ![]()
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![]() War opened opportunities for fascist extremists to pursue these goals to the point of genocide. ![]() ![]() Goals of forced national unity, purity, and expansion, accompanied by propaganda driven public excitement, held the mixture together. While fascist parties had broad political leeway, conservatives preserved many social and economic privileges. The author makes clear the sequence of steps by which fascists and conservatives together formed regimes in Italy and Germany, and why fascists remained out of power elsewhere. Fascist parties could not approach power, however, without the complicity of conservatives willing to sacrifice the rule of law for security. Their first uniformed bands beat up "enemies of the nation," such as communists and foreign immigrants, during the tense days after 1918 when the liberal democracies of Europe were struggling with the aftershocks of World War I. He focuses more on what fascists did than on what they said. The author of this book prefers to start with concrete historical experience. What is fascism? Many authors have proposed succinct but abstract definitions. From the author of Vichy France, a fascinating, authoritative history of fascism in all its manifestations, and how and why it took hold in certain countries and not in others. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Kennedy's campaign plane in late 1959 was called "The Caroline," after his daughter, a point warmly noted by journalists at the time. With President Kennedy, politics became more personal and a politician's family started to matter. saluting his father's casket that has become as recognizable a symbol as any of his family's never-ending tragedies. It is the heartbreaking photograph of John F. "This is our first television family - we watched that family and that family was part of the national consciousness in the way that others have not been," said author David Halberstam. Even as he made his way in New York literary circles with his magazine, George, those watching him could still remember the child photographed by Look magazine peering from under his father's Oval Office desk. Those images became part of the national memories that followed John Jr. President Kennedy understood the power of those pictures - his photogenic family enhanced his own popularity, and while Jacqueline Kennedy was said to have steadfastly tried to keep her children out of the spotlight, the president often allowed those pictures when she was not looking. ![]() ![]() ![]() This rhyming book cleverly uses a little boy's love for soup to teach children the months of the year and features Sendak's imaginative drawings and lyrical verses. ![]() ![]() In 2003, Sendak received the first Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, an annual international prize for children’s literature established by the Swedish government. Maurice Sendak, the Caldecott Medal-winning creator of the iconic Where the Wild Things Are, created a warmly loved classic book of months, in verse, with Chicken Soup with Rice. In 1970 he received the international Hans Christian Andersen Medal for Illustration, in 1983 he received the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award from the American Library Association, and in 1996 he received a National Medal of Arts in recognition of his contribution to the arts in America. Chicken Soup with Rice: A Book of MonthsWritten and illustrated by Maurice SendakPublished by HarperTrophy Collected in this charming book are twelve lilting rhymes and illustrations for the twelve months of the year, with chicken soup as their universal theme. He received the 1964 Caldecott Medal for Where the Wild Things Are and is the creator of such classics as In the Night Kitchen, Outside Over There, Higglety Pigglety Pop!, and Nutshell Library. Chicken Soup With Rice : A Book of Months Sendak, Maurice Published by HarperCollins (2018) ISBN 10: 0062854402 ISBN 13: 9780062854407 New Softcover Quantity: 5 Seller: GreatBookPrices (Columbia, MD, U.S.A.) Rating Seller Rating: Book Description Condition: New. Maurice Sendak’s children’s books have sold over 30 million copies and have been translated into more than 40 languages. ![]() ![]() ![]() Frampton, the wife of painter Edward Reginald Frampton (c. Preserved in a late-19th-century cream fabric jacket, finely embroidered by Mrs Reginald Frampton (according to the 1925 sale catalogue). ![]() (Short split in extreme top inner blank corner of folio 1.)īINDING: early-19th-century half sheep and marbled boards, seven sets of triple fillets across the spine, SONGS tooled vertically on lettering piece in second compartment, original wove endpapers, evidence of earlier stabbing, (rebacked, original backstrip laid down, corners worn). ![]() They measure 123 x 77 mm and slightly smaller and show text, decorative borders and pictorial illustrations. The plates printed in pairs by folio imposition on separate, aligned leaves. 54 in blue ink, no doubt by Blake.ĬOLLATION: (plate numbering as adopted by Bentley in the more standard order of Songs of Innocence and of Experience): 1r blank, 1v pl. ![]() The first four plates outlined in red occasional letters strengthened by pen, several words on pl. 21 RELIEF AND WHITE-LINE ETCHINGS BY BLAKE, PRINTED IN GREEN AND COLORED BY THE ARTIST. Wove paper by Edmeads & Pine (E & P watermark in folios 5, 10 and 11). Miniature broadsheets (one-sixteenth of double crown size): 163 x 116 mm. ![]() ![]() I will be listening to more Pilcher on Audible. I can understand why this author is a favourite in Germany with many films having been made from her books. I tried reducing the speed via Settings however this sounded ridiculous. If I’m being picky, her Scottish accent isn’t great and I would have preferred the speed of the text to have been slower - at times I felt I was racing through the book when in fact this is a great book for relaxing. ![]() Hayley Atwell has a soothing voice and reads the story very well. It was lovely to listen to a story without swearing or descriptive love scenes. I also enjoyed the old fashioned feel of the book, set in a time before mobile phones and social media. Second Hand Books in English - FictionTitle: The Shell SeekersAuthor: Rosamunde PilcherCondition: PoorPlease also click on the appropriate box to add. The characters are well rounded and believable. I enjoyed the descriptions of the locations and the timeframes. When her grown children, especially Nancy and Noel, (the users), realize this painting is worth a fortune they each have an idea as to what Penelope should do with it. This painting was made by her father, and symbolized her unconventional life. Set in the 1980’s with flashbacks to the 1930’s and onwards. The painting called the Shell Seekers is worth a fortune. Well written family saga with astute observations of human characteristics and motivations. ![]() Easy listening, well written family drama ![]() ![]() ![]() ' - Robin Maxwell, bestselling author of Signora da Vinciand The Seceret Diary of Anne Boleyn 'This haunting tale of prophecy and redemption sweeps up into an opulent world of glamour, myth, tragedy and unforgettable humanity. ![]() weaves history and magic into a riveting page-turner. 'A master story teller at the height of her game. Bursting to life with the rich and glorious marvels of Imperial Russia, The Last Romanov is a magical tale of second chances and royal blood. Is she responsible for those murderous events that changed everything? If only she can find the heir, maybe she can put together the broken pieces of her own past-maybe she can hold on to the love she found. Yet, decades later, her time spent in the embrace of the Romanovs haunts her still. IN A TIME OF RASPUTIN'S MAGIC AND ROMANOV MYSTERY, A YOUNG GIRL FINDS HERSELF AT THE HEART OF THE ROYAL FAMILY She was an orphan, ushered into the royal palace on the prayers of her majestry. ![]() ![]() ![]() Grounding for the metaphysics of morals: With, on a supposed right to die because of philanthropic concerns (J. Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals: With, on a Supposed Right to Die Because of Philanthropic Concerns. ![]() Here are Grounding for the metaphysics of morals citations for five popular citation styles: MLA, APA, Chicago (notes-bibliography), Chicago (author-date), and Harvard style. If you are looking for additional help, try the EasyBib citation generator. Grounding for the metaphysics of morals is cited in 14 different citation styles, including MLA, APA, Chicago, Harvard, APA, ACS, and many others. Learn how to create in-text citations and a full citation/reference/note for Grounding for the metaphysics of morals by Immanuel Kant using the examples below. ![]() ![]() Her partner Michael Maddison would back her up all the way to Hell itselfand that just may be where this case ends up. Detective Carson O∬onnor is cool, cynical, and every bit as tough as she looks. He arrives as a serial killer stalks the streets, a killer who carefully selects his victims for the humanity that is missing in himself. ![]() ![]() His name is Deucalion, a tattooed man of mysterious origin, a sleight-of-reality artist whos traveled the centuries with a secret worse than death. The first book in Koontz’s series, subtitled “Prodigal Son,” was released in 2005 and is officially described as follows:Įvery city has secrets. Hart and Jake Hart adapting a pilot screenplay. Deadline today brings words that Dean Koontz’s Shelley-inspired series of novels are being developed for TNT with the father/son team of James V. With quite a few feature film adaptations of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” already on the way from various studios, it now looks like the small screen is prepping for multiple takes on the modern Prometheus. ![]() ![]() But the reveal almost never happened - because originally, Geppetto wasn't supposed to be the Adversary. The Geppetto reveal was one of the biggest twists in Fables and set the stage for numerous developments surrounding Pinnochio, his legions of "brothers" who made up some of Geppetto's most fearsome forces, and the eventual arc of the series first half. ![]() Having spent decades building puppet kings and inadvertently becoming a behind-the-scenes ruler, Geppetto embraced his role as Emperor and became one of Fables' primary antagonists. The Adversary's eventual conflicts with the New York-based Fables in the modern-day escalated to war between the two, with Fabletown ultimately discovering the truth about the Adversary - that he was truly Geppetto, the old woodcarver who'd made Pinnochio. This was because of the advances of the Adversary, a terrifying warlord who'd amassed an unstoppable armada to spread his empire. ![]() The backstory of Fables revealed that in the 15th and 16th centuries, the "Fables" - mystical beings from faraway lands that lived on Earth as stories - were forced to abandon their realms for the mundane world. ![]() |