Author: Megan Atwood
Publisher:
ISBN: 1496597354
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 73
Book Description
Eleven-year-old Stan cannot convince anyone that the garden gnomes he has always feared are connected to reports of missing persons and the strange sights and sounds he has observed.
The Nightmare Gnomes of Neary Heights
Author: Megan Atwood
Publisher:
ISBN: 1496597354
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 73
Book Description
Eleven-year-old Stan cannot convince anyone that the garden gnomes he has always feared are connected to reports of missing persons and the strange sights and sounds he has observed.
Publisher:
ISBN: 1496597354
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 73
Book Description
Eleven-year-old Stan cannot convince anyone that the garden gnomes he has always feared are connected to reports of missing persons and the strange sights and sounds he has observed.
A Gnome for All Occasions
Author: Norm Gillam
Publisher: Virtualbookworm Publishing
ISBN: 9781589392410
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Adult fun fantasy.
Publisher: Virtualbookworm Publishing
ISBN: 9781589392410
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Adult fun fantasy.
The Charlie Davies Mysteries Books 7-9
Author: Clare Kauter
Publisher: Clare Kauter
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 630
Book Description
Charlie Davies is back again – murders, stab wounds, pigs and all. Binge-read the next three books! Caught in the Act: I’m Charlie Davies, and I just let a murderer escape. Oops. Now I have to track the killer down, which would be a lot easier if I wasn’t still healing from my last scrape with a murderer. Raising Hell: When I discover the body of a priest seemingly sacrificed to Satan, the case seems pretty open and shut. After all, I saw a certain Satan-loving member of my knitting circle in the area around the time of the murder. But when I begin to delve deeper, it becomes apparent that there could be more to this case – and it might be connected to my friend Tim’s attempted murder. New Year, Screw You: When a man is found dead at the yoga studio during my personal growth class, I set about finding the culprit, although it would be a lot easier if my cop boyfriend would help. Unfortunately he doesn’t seem so keen on me chasing after yet another murderer. And when Adam returns to town, things start to get a little… complicated. If you enjoy a dose of humour and a helping of romance with your mysteries, this series is for you! Download this collection today and get ready to laugh your way through all three books.
Publisher: Clare Kauter
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 630
Book Description
Charlie Davies is back again – murders, stab wounds, pigs and all. Binge-read the next three books! Caught in the Act: I’m Charlie Davies, and I just let a murderer escape. Oops. Now I have to track the killer down, which would be a lot easier if I wasn’t still healing from my last scrape with a murderer. Raising Hell: When I discover the body of a priest seemingly sacrificed to Satan, the case seems pretty open and shut. After all, I saw a certain Satan-loving member of my knitting circle in the area around the time of the murder. But when I begin to delve deeper, it becomes apparent that there could be more to this case – and it might be connected to my friend Tim’s attempted murder. New Year, Screw You: When a man is found dead at the yoga studio during my personal growth class, I set about finding the culprit, although it would be a lot easier if my cop boyfriend would help. Unfortunately he doesn’t seem so keen on me chasing after yet another murderer. And when Adam returns to town, things start to get a little… complicated. If you enjoy a dose of humour and a helping of romance with your mysteries, this series is for you! Download this collection today and get ready to laugh your way through all three books.
The Heart Is Its Own Reason
Author: Natalee Caple
Publisher: Insomniac Press
ISBN: 1897414366
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 169
Book Description
The stories...deal with some of the darkest areas of the human psyche; she has an unsettling ability to combine the atrocious and the comic...moving...arresting. New Your Times Book Review
Publisher: Insomniac Press
ISBN: 1897414366
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 169
Book Description
The stories...deal with some of the darkest areas of the human psyche; she has an unsettling ability to combine the atrocious and the comic...moving...arresting. New Your Times Book Review
Communicating with Email and the Internet
Author: P K McBride
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136416218
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
This handy textbook covers all you will need to know to learn to communicate using email and the internet. Learning Made Simple books give readers skills without frills. They are matched to the main qualifications, in this case ECDL, ICDL and CLAIT, and written by experienced teachers and authors to make often tricky subjects simple to learn. Every book is designed carefully to provide bite-sized lessons matched to learners' needs. Using full colour throughout, and written by leading teachers and writers, Learning Made Simple books help readers learn new skills and develop their talents. Whether studying at college, training at work, or reading at home, aiming for a qualification or simply getting up to speed, Learning Made Simple books give readers the advantage of easy, well-organised training materials in a handy volume with two or four-page sections for each topic for ease of use.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136416218
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
This handy textbook covers all you will need to know to learn to communicate using email and the internet. Learning Made Simple books give readers skills without frills. They are matched to the main qualifications, in this case ECDL, ICDL and CLAIT, and written by experienced teachers and authors to make often tricky subjects simple to learn. Every book is designed carefully to provide bite-sized lessons matched to learners' needs. Using full colour throughout, and written by leading teachers and writers, Learning Made Simple books help readers learn new skills and develop their talents. Whether studying at college, training at work, or reading at home, aiming for a qualification or simply getting up to speed, Learning Made Simple books give readers the advantage of easy, well-organised training materials in a handy volume with two or four-page sections for each topic for ease of use.
Different Class
Author: Joanne Harris
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1501155539
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
“It’s Goodbye, Mr. Chips meets The Bad Seed. Joanne Harris’s latest novel, Different Class, has a killer elevator pitch and, what’s more, it delivers on its intriguing premise….[A] rich, dramatic tale that builds to a surprising conclusion.” —The Washington Post “Harris delivers mischief and murder to an English prep school in Different Class, a delightfully malicious view of privileged students with overly active imaginations.” —The New York Times Book Review From the New York Times bestselling author of Chocolat comes a dark, psychological suspense tale in the tradition of Patricia Highsmith about a sociopathic young outcast at an antiquated prep school and the curmudgeonly Latin teacher who uncovers his dangerous secret. After thirty years at St. Oswald’s Grammar in North Yorkshire, England, Latin master Roy Straitley has seen all kinds of boys come and go. Each class has its own clowns, rebels, and underdogs—all who hold a special place in the old teacher’s heart. But every so often there’s a boy who doesn’t quite fit the mold. A troublemaker. A boy with darkness inside. With insolvency and academic failure looming, a new headmaster arrives at the venerable school, bringing with him new technology, sharp suits, and even girls to the dusty corridors. But while Straitley does his sardonic best to resist these steps toward the future, a shadow from his past begins to stir again. A boy who still haunts Straitley’s dreams twenty years later. A boy capable of terrible things.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1501155539
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
“It’s Goodbye, Mr. Chips meets The Bad Seed. Joanne Harris’s latest novel, Different Class, has a killer elevator pitch and, what’s more, it delivers on its intriguing premise….[A] rich, dramatic tale that builds to a surprising conclusion.” —The Washington Post “Harris delivers mischief and murder to an English prep school in Different Class, a delightfully malicious view of privileged students with overly active imaginations.” —The New York Times Book Review From the New York Times bestselling author of Chocolat comes a dark, psychological suspense tale in the tradition of Patricia Highsmith about a sociopathic young outcast at an antiquated prep school and the curmudgeonly Latin teacher who uncovers his dangerous secret. After thirty years at St. Oswald’s Grammar in North Yorkshire, England, Latin master Roy Straitley has seen all kinds of boys come and go. Each class has its own clowns, rebels, and underdogs—all who hold a special place in the old teacher’s heart. But every so often there’s a boy who doesn’t quite fit the mold. A troublemaker. A boy with darkness inside. With insolvency and academic failure looming, a new headmaster arrives at the venerable school, bringing with him new technology, sharp suits, and even girls to the dusty corridors. But while Straitley does his sardonic best to resist these steps toward the future, a shadow from his past begins to stir again. A boy who still haunts Straitley’s dreams twenty years later. A boy capable of terrible things.
Zoom In, Zoom Out
Author: Sandra Barriales-Bouche
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1443807966
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
In the context of the transformations that Europe is undergoing, Zoom in, Zoom out: Crossing Borders in Contemporary European Cinema attempts to serve as a testimony to the multiple ways in which European filmmakers are questioning the many borders of the continent. European films have become a vital cultural space where the relationship between borders and identity is being renegotiated. The films discussed here self-consciously address the question of European identity while overtly crossing geographic, cultural, linguistic and aesthetic borders. While all the articles explore the crossing of borders in Contemporary European films, the volume maintains diverse themes and perspectives as subtopics. It includes articles not only about films that deal thematically with border-crossings, but also articles that examine movies that cross borders in genres and techniques. The articles have different theoretical approaches (Film theory, Cultural Studies, History, Sociology, Philosophy, and Psychoanalysis) and cover films from well-known cinematic traditions (French, Spanish, German, and Italian) as well as lesser-known cinematic traditions (Yugoslavian, Greek, and Irish). As a whole, the essays frame the self-conscious gesture by European filmmakers to define European cinema as a work-in-progress, or at the very least, as a project that, like Europe itself, raises as many questions as it answers. "This volume is a welcome addition to the growing critical literature on the evolution of the conception and practice of national cinema in Europe over the last two decades. Sandra Barriales-Bouche and Marjorie Attignol Salvodon have chosen a solid selection of representative case studies that reflects different critical approaches to the problem of maintaining local or national cinema production in Europe during a period of intense globalization. Their insightful introduction formulates the theme of “unsettled borders” and “renegotiated identities” that will resonate in the nine essays that follow. With a focus on the critical concept of these unsettled borders, the various authors explore the ways that the traditional mark of national space has been transformed through political and economic realignments as well as new technologies and the emergence of a new generation of filmmakers for whom national cinema no longer means what it did even twenty years ago. The volume provides a good balance of critical approaches that includes auteur studies, descriptions of state policies and the particular practices of filmmakers and producers in different parts of the continent (Spain, Germany, Ireland, the Balkans) and, finally, useful appendices that provide a close-up view of the complex nature of international co-productions." —Marvin D’Lugo, Professor of Spanish, Clark University "This is an interesting collection of essays that has been well conceived and organised. The standard of writing is high and I recommend publication. I particularly commend the conceptual framework underpinning the volume. This marries a cultural studies approach, which still dominates the study of film in Area Studies and language departments across Europe and the US (where filmic texts are increasingly used as teaching tools), with the more industry-based focus one tends to find adopted by Media and Screen Studies departments. Thus this collection will appeal to a wide range of students and academics. The introduction sets out the volume’s overarching framework cogently and clearly, giving a nuanced exploration of the way that the notion of the border can be used as a dynamic prism to help define and explore the limits of our understanding of Europe, European identity and European culture, within which cinema has long played a key role. The editors give a good account, for example, of the way film has been employed as a space to explore the possibilities of European integration by EU politicians as well as highlighting the flaws inherent within this project. They do, however, perhaps suggest a certain Western European/North American-centric view in their suggestion that the cinema of Yugoslavia, Greece or Ireland is somehow less well known than other national and transnational cinemas explored here. Less well known to whom? ... However, from the broad range of cinemas explored in the rest of the volume clearly this is not the case. Particular high points for me are the chapters on the work of Fatih Akin by Janis Little Solomon and John Davidson’s discussion of Schulze gets the Blues, as well as Olivier Asselin’s fascinating account of Database Cinema. This will be a good addition to scholarship on European film and I look forward to receiving my copy." —Professor Paul Cooke (University of Leeds)
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1443807966
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
In the context of the transformations that Europe is undergoing, Zoom in, Zoom out: Crossing Borders in Contemporary European Cinema attempts to serve as a testimony to the multiple ways in which European filmmakers are questioning the many borders of the continent. European films have become a vital cultural space where the relationship between borders and identity is being renegotiated. The films discussed here self-consciously address the question of European identity while overtly crossing geographic, cultural, linguistic and aesthetic borders. While all the articles explore the crossing of borders in Contemporary European films, the volume maintains diverse themes and perspectives as subtopics. It includes articles not only about films that deal thematically with border-crossings, but also articles that examine movies that cross borders in genres and techniques. The articles have different theoretical approaches (Film theory, Cultural Studies, History, Sociology, Philosophy, and Psychoanalysis) and cover films from well-known cinematic traditions (French, Spanish, German, and Italian) as well as lesser-known cinematic traditions (Yugoslavian, Greek, and Irish). As a whole, the essays frame the self-conscious gesture by European filmmakers to define European cinema as a work-in-progress, or at the very least, as a project that, like Europe itself, raises as many questions as it answers. "This volume is a welcome addition to the growing critical literature on the evolution of the conception and practice of national cinema in Europe over the last two decades. Sandra Barriales-Bouche and Marjorie Attignol Salvodon have chosen a solid selection of representative case studies that reflects different critical approaches to the problem of maintaining local or national cinema production in Europe during a period of intense globalization. Their insightful introduction formulates the theme of “unsettled borders” and “renegotiated identities” that will resonate in the nine essays that follow. With a focus on the critical concept of these unsettled borders, the various authors explore the ways that the traditional mark of national space has been transformed through political and economic realignments as well as new technologies and the emergence of a new generation of filmmakers for whom national cinema no longer means what it did even twenty years ago. The volume provides a good balance of critical approaches that includes auteur studies, descriptions of state policies and the particular practices of filmmakers and producers in different parts of the continent (Spain, Germany, Ireland, the Balkans) and, finally, useful appendices that provide a close-up view of the complex nature of international co-productions." —Marvin D’Lugo, Professor of Spanish, Clark University "This is an interesting collection of essays that has been well conceived and organised. The standard of writing is high and I recommend publication. I particularly commend the conceptual framework underpinning the volume. This marries a cultural studies approach, which still dominates the study of film in Area Studies and language departments across Europe and the US (where filmic texts are increasingly used as teaching tools), with the more industry-based focus one tends to find adopted by Media and Screen Studies departments. Thus this collection will appeal to a wide range of students and academics. The introduction sets out the volume’s overarching framework cogently and clearly, giving a nuanced exploration of the way that the notion of the border can be used as a dynamic prism to help define and explore the limits of our understanding of Europe, European identity and European culture, within which cinema has long played a key role. The editors give a good account, for example, of the way film has been employed as a space to explore the possibilities of European integration by EU politicians as well as highlighting the flaws inherent within this project. They do, however, perhaps suggest a certain Western European/North American-centric view in their suggestion that the cinema of Yugoslavia, Greece or Ireland is somehow less well known than other national and transnational cinemas explored here. Less well known to whom? ... However, from the broad range of cinemas explored in the rest of the volume clearly this is not the case. Particular high points for me are the chapters on the work of Fatih Akin by Janis Little Solomon and John Davidson’s discussion of Schulze gets the Blues, as well as Olivier Asselin’s fascinating account of Database Cinema. This will be a good addition to scholarship on European film and I look forward to receiving my copy." —Professor Paul Cooke (University of Leeds)
The Dead Don't Speak
Author: Claire Askew
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
ISBN: 1529348323
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
'Compelling' IAN RANKIN 'Stunning' SUNDAY TIMES The brilliant new novel from award-winning writer and rising star Claire Askew. A city that's no longer safe... An anonymous vigilante stalks the streets of Edinburgh. As his behaviour escalates, the police are at a loss - they can find no clues to his identity, and no trace of his whereabouts. A detective in the path of danger... DI Helen Birch has been told to stay away from the case - but she's never been one to play by the rules. When her colleague Amy comes to her asking for help, DI Birch finds it impossible to resist the challenge - and soon, her life is on the line. Will she crack the case before it breaks her? Or has she finally met her match? A gripping crime thriller for fans of Susie Steiner, Elly Griffiths and Val McDermid - guaranteed to keep you up all night... PRAISE FOR CLAIRE ASKEW: 'Thought-provoking' Mail on Sunday 'A crackerjack read' Val McDermid 'Meticulous and compelling' Ian Rankin 'Thoughtful and well-written' Guardian 'Compellingly written' Daily Mail 'Stunning' Erin Kelly 'Absorbing and thought-provoking' The Times
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
ISBN: 1529348323
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
'Compelling' IAN RANKIN 'Stunning' SUNDAY TIMES The brilliant new novel from award-winning writer and rising star Claire Askew. A city that's no longer safe... An anonymous vigilante stalks the streets of Edinburgh. As his behaviour escalates, the police are at a loss - they can find no clues to his identity, and no trace of his whereabouts. A detective in the path of danger... DI Helen Birch has been told to stay away from the case - but she's never been one to play by the rules. When her colleague Amy comes to her asking for help, DI Birch finds it impossible to resist the challenge - and soon, her life is on the line. Will she crack the case before it breaks her? Or has she finally met her match? A gripping crime thriller for fans of Susie Steiner, Elly Griffiths and Val McDermid - guaranteed to keep you up all night... PRAISE FOR CLAIRE ASKEW: 'Thought-provoking' Mail on Sunday 'A crackerjack read' Val McDermid 'Meticulous and compelling' Ian Rankin 'Thoughtful and well-written' Guardian 'Compellingly written' Daily Mail 'Stunning' Erin Kelly 'Absorbing and thought-provoking' The Times
Our Boys and Girls
Naked Barbies, Warrior Joes, and Other Forms of Visible Gender
Author: Jeannie B. Thomas
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 9780252071355
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
In this folkloric examination of mass-produced material culture in the United States, Jeannie Banks Thomas examines the gendered sculptural forms that are among the most visible, including Barbie, Ken, and G.I. Joe dolls; yard figures (gnomes, geese, and flamingos); and cemetery statuary (angels, sports-related images, figures of the Virgin Mary, soldiers, and politicians). Images of females are often emphasized or sexualized, frequently through nudity or partial nudity, whereas those of the male body are not only clothed but also armored in the trappings of action and aggression. Thomas locates these various objects of folk art within a discussion of the post-women's movement discourse on gender. In addition to the items themselves, Thomas explores the stories and behaviors they generate, including legends of the supernatural about cemetery statues, oral narratives of yard artists and accounts of pranks involving yard art, narratives about children's play with Barbie, Ken, and G.I. Joe, and the electronic folklore (or "e-lore") about Barbie that circulates on the Internet.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 9780252071355
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
In this folkloric examination of mass-produced material culture in the United States, Jeannie Banks Thomas examines the gendered sculptural forms that are among the most visible, including Barbie, Ken, and G.I. Joe dolls; yard figures (gnomes, geese, and flamingos); and cemetery statuary (angels, sports-related images, figures of the Virgin Mary, soldiers, and politicians). Images of females are often emphasized or sexualized, frequently through nudity or partial nudity, whereas those of the male body are not only clothed but also armored in the trappings of action and aggression. Thomas locates these various objects of folk art within a discussion of the post-women's movement discourse on gender. In addition to the items themselves, Thomas explores the stories and behaviors they generate, including legends of the supernatural about cemetery statues, oral narratives of yard artists and accounts of pranks involving yard art, narratives about children's play with Barbie, Ken, and G.I. Joe, and the electronic folklore (or "e-lore") about Barbie that circulates on the Internet.