![]() ![]() ![]() He also illustrates the popular Pip and Posy series. In addition to his picture books, Axel is the illustrator of wonderful novelty and gift books for Macmillan, such as the bestselling The Bedtime Bear, The Tickle Book and Mother Goose's Nursery Rhymes. Axel Scheffler is a star illustrator whose instantly recognizable, warm and witty illustrations have achieved worldwide acclaim and numerous awards. Julia and her husband Malcolm divide their time between Sussex and Edinburgh. Julia also writes fiction as well as poems, plays and songs and her brilliant live children's shows are always in demand. Her books include the Acorn Wood series, What the Ladybird Heard and the modern classic The Gruffalo, which has sold over 13.5 million copies worldwide and has been translated into over sixty languages. She was the UK Children's Laureate 2011-13 and has been honoured with a CBE for Services to Literature. Julia Donaldson is the outrageously talented, prize-winning author of the world's best-loved picture books. ![]()
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Back when he was a kid in the 1940s, my friend Frank Hill today recalls the ritual they performed when they walked to recess at 38 th Street School. ![]() ![]() ![]() They ignite each other's passion and dramatic mood swings - it's enough to give a reader whiplash. The guy is like an electrical storm with lightning flashing and thunder booming one minute, then dark and brooding clouds move in signaling the onslaught of torrential rain … or will the skies clear? It's hard to say when dealing with the unpredictable Gideon Cross, but Eva, who they concur is high maintenance (I'll say), is as volatile as he is. However, he gives her plenty of reason to question his devotion, despite his seemingly heartfelt reassurances. Sylvia Day reveals an impressive talent for pulling a reader into her narrator's head and heart, revealing Eva's insecurities, emotional scars and confusion regarding her lover's seesaw temperamental reactions to her.Įva has enormous trust issues regarding Gideon's fidelity. The Crossfire Novels (thus far) are written in Eva's POV, in first person. The turbulent, emotionally charged love story of abuse survivors Eva Tramell and Gideon Cross continues in Reflected in You, which begins where Bared to You left off. ![]() ![]() The book was announced on by Epic Reads." Maybe it's not the first kisses that are supposed to be special.“ I only have one heart, and I’m saving it.” (The Heir) Features original black-and-white line drawings of favorite characters and moments from the world of Illa, as well as stunningly designed hand-lettered quotes.Every beat of my heart is yours.” (The One) ![]() ![]() “ I’ll love you until my very last breath. 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This book realistically reflects the "gray" situations that in which cross-cultural characters find themselves, habitant a world irrevocably altered by almost 400 years of colonialism. ![]() As women lose their rights to go to school or walk outside their homes, three teenage girls conspire to change the situation. In the remote Northwest Frontier area of Pakistan, a peaceful Muslim village has been overtaken by foreign undamentalists. The collection rounds out with a thriller story, BITTER TEA. ALIPORE CLUB RULES, a short story set in early 1950s Calcutta, features Kabita Lewes, an Anglo-Indian teenager who struggles with her parents' intense relationship and her own anxieties. 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Ben Horowitz, one of Silicon Valley’s most respected entrepreneurs, shares many invaluable and humbling lessons he learned during his time as the CEO of Opsware. ![]() ![]() ![]() Don't let that put you off, this is a children's book and it does not end in carnage, I promise. It's my opinion children are better to consider what 'death' and loss mean in a very controlled and subtle way, preferably before they have to face it in real life. ![]() The storyline is a little dark in places, and actually I don't see that as a bad thing. I've also very much enjoyed the storyline - and if I'm honest was rarely sure where it was going, so I was held in suspense just as much as my son!. In fact he's found it a delight to read, and we've read it together at bedtime. ![]() My 7 year old is a very competent reader and has a good vocabulary, so it was his choice to review The Imaginary, which we knew might be a difficult book as it is recommended for age 8+. ![]() ![]() The stories were well received, and boosted the subscriptions figures of The Strand Magazine, prompting Doyle to be able to demand more money for his next set of stories. Holmes is portrayed as offering a new, fairer sense of justice. In general the stories in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes identify, and try to correct, social injustices. Watson and all are related in first-person narrative from Watson's point of view. The only characters common to all twelve are Holmes and Dr. ![]() ![]() The stories are collected in the same sequence, which is not supported by any fictional chronology. It contains the earliest short stories featuring the consulting detective Sherlock Holmes, which had been published in twelve monthly issues of The Strand Magazine from July 1891 to June 1892. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of twelve short stories by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle, first published on 14 October 1892. ![]() The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes at Wikisource ![]() |