Author: James Thurber
Publisher: Library of America
ISBN: 1598533126
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 1209
Book Description
A comprehensive collection of the American humorist’s best work—including “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”—plus original drawings and a chronology of Thurber’s own troubled life James Thurber, whimsical fantasist and deadpan chronicler of everyday absurdities, brought American humor into the 20th century. His comic persona, a modern city-dweller whose zaniest flights of free association are tinged with anxiety, remains hilarious, subtly disturbing, and instantly recognizable. Here, in over 1,000 pages, editor Garrison Keillor presents the best and most extensive collection ever assembled. Pieces include “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” and “The Catbird Seat,” the brilliantly satirical Fables for Our Time, the classic My Life and Hard Times, and the best of The Owl in the Attic, Let Your Mind Alone!, My World—And Welcome to It, and the other famous books. Plus 500 wonderful drawings, including The Seal in the Bedroom and celebrated sequences like “The Masculine Approach” and “The War Between Men and Women.” Rounding out the volume is a selection from The Years with Ross, a memoir of the New Yorker publisher, and a number of wonderful early pieces never collected by Thurber. Only a book of this scope can do justice to Thurber’s extraordinary career and to the many unexpected turns of his comic genius. LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation’s literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America’s best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.
There's a Unicorn in Your Book
Author: Tom Fletcher
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0241466814
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
A brand new 'Who's In Your Book?' story from bestselling children's book author Tom Fletcher. WHOOSH! A unicorn has galloped right into your book - how exciting! But - oh dear! This Unicorn doesn't look very excited at all. In fact, he looks quite worried. Can you help to cheer him up? This brilliant new story combines interactive fun with an important message about the power of friendship, and how helpful it can be to share your worries with others. Who's in Your Book? Interactive adventures for big imaginations Also in this series: There's a Monster in Your Book: makes reading interactive and fun There's a Dragon in Your Book: explores empathy and responsibility There's an Alien in Your Book: explores acceptance and inclusion There's an Elf in Your Book: explores following instructions and good/bad behaviour There's a Superhero in Your Book: explores the power of kindness There's a Witch in Your Book: makes tidying up fun
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0241466814
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
A brand new 'Who's In Your Book?' story from bestselling children's book author Tom Fletcher. WHOOSH! A unicorn has galloped right into your book - how exciting! But - oh dear! This Unicorn doesn't look very excited at all. In fact, he looks quite worried. Can you help to cheer him up? This brilliant new story combines interactive fun with an important message about the power of friendship, and how helpful it can be to share your worries with others. Who's in Your Book? Interactive adventures for big imaginations Also in this series: There's a Monster in Your Book: makes reading interactive and fun There's a Dragon in Your Book: explores empathy and responsibility There's an Alien in Your Book: explores acceptance and inclusion There's an Elf in Your Book: explores following instructions and good/bad behaviour There's a Superhero in Your Book: explores the power of kindness There's a Witch in Your Book: makes tidying up fun
The Unicorn Thief
Author: R. R. Russell
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN: 1402279930
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
Readers who fell in love with Twig, Ben, and the fierce, wild unicorns of misty Lonehorn Island better get ready for an even more action-packed, heart-wrenching sequel. In the land of the unicorns a thief is at work. One so skilled and so bold, he's even taken the queen's prized unicorn. Now all of the captive unicorns are in danger and only Ben and Twig, the last unicorn riders, can save them. Twig and Ben are unicorn riders—guardians whose job it is to keep the last free unicorn herd safe. But a new danger is threatening the beautiful, mysterious creatures of Lonehorn Island. A thief from Terracornus has snuck onto the misty island and stolen Ben's loyal unicorn, Indy. There's only one path for Ben and Twig—straight into the secret, shadowy heart of the island and through the passage to Terracornus. But their rescue mission is unexpectedly complicated by a secret Ben has been hiding. A secret about the Queen of Terracornus who has enslaved all the unicorns of Ben's homeland. A secret that could save them all—or start a war.
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN: 1402279930
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
Readers who fell in love with Twig, Ben, and the fierce, wild unicorns of misty Lonehorn Island better get ready for an even more action-packed, heart-wrenching sequel. In the land of the unicorns a thief is at work. One so skilled and so bold, he's even taken the queen's prized unicorn. Now all of the captive unicorns are in danger and only Ben and Twig, the last unicorn riders, can save them. Twig and Ben are unicorn riders—guardians whose job it is to keep the last free unicorn herd safe. But a new danger is threatening the beautiful, mysterious creatures of Lonehorn Island. A thief from Terracornus has snuck onto the misty island and stolen Ben's loyal unicorn, Indy. There's only one path for Ben and Twig—straight into the secret, shadowy heart of the island and through the passage to Terracornus. But their rescue mission is unexpectedly complicated by a secret Ben has been hiding. A secret about the Queen of Terracornus who has enslaved all the unicorns of Ben's homeland. A secret that could save them all—or start a war.
A Unicorn in a World of Donkeys
Author: Mia Michaels
Publisher: Seal Press
ISBN: 1580057756
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
An empowerment manifesto for creatives, misfits, innovators, and disruptors from the star of So You Think You Can Dance and creator of Broadway's Finding Neverland A Unicorn in a World of Donkeys offers a playbook for living a creative and authentic life. Using her own story as a launching spot, and creative quizzes, charts, and lists to engage the reader in an interactive journey, Mia Michaels explores the experience of the unicorn in a world of donkeys, a world where fitting in, pleasing others, following rules, and maintaining norms-no matter how messed up those norms are-is the only acceptable path. She acknowledges the struggles of the unicorn life-loneliness, ridicule, being misunderstood and undervalued-and goes on encourage readers to reframe the unicorn life the way she has, as essential to a life of brilliance.
Publisher: Seal Press
ISBN: 1580057756
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
An empowerment manifesto for creatives, misfits, innovators, and disruptors from the star of So You Think You Can Dance and creator of Broadway's Finding Neverland A Unicorn in a World of Donkeys offers a playbook for living a creative and authentic life. Using her own story as a launching spot, and creative quizzes, charts, and lists to engage the reader in an interactive journey, Mia Michaels explores the experience of the unicorn in a world of donkeys, a world where fitting in, pleasing others, following rules, and maintaining norms-no matter how messed up those norms are-is the only acceptable path. She acknowledges the struggles of the unicorn life-loneliness, ridicule, being misunderstood and undervalued-and goes on encourage readers to reframe the unicorn life the way she has, as essential to a life of brilliance.
How to Grow a Unicorn
Author: Rachel Morrisroe
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0241392217
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
A rollicking, rhyming read-aloud treat from wordsmith extraordinaire, debut author Rachel Morrisroe, and the ridiculously talented, bestselling Steven Lenton Welcome to Mr Pottifer's Parlour of Plants: a magical shop with the most surprising plants you'll ever see! Sarah thinks she's discovered the perfect gift for her garden-loving grandma, but before you can say GARDEN FULL OF UNICORNS, things grow wildly out-of-hand! Live your own hilarious unicorn fantasy in this rip-roaring, rhyming delight from a terrifically talented new picture book author, with illustrations from the brilliant, bestselling illustrator Steven Lenton - illustrator of Shifty McGifty and The Hundred and One Dalmations picture book.
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0241392217
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
A rollicking, rhyming read-aloud treat from wordsmith extraordinaire, debut author Rachel Morrisroe, and the ridiculously talented, bestselling Steven Lenton Welcome to Mr Pottifer's Parlour of Plants: a magical shop with the most surprising plants you'll ever see! Sarah thinks she's discovered the perfect gift for her garden-loving grandma, but before you can say GARDEN FULL OF UNICORNS, things grow wildly out-of-hand! Live your own hilarious unicorn fantasy in this rip-roaring, rhyming delight from a terrifically talented new picture book author, with illustrations from the brilliant, bestselling illustrator Steven Lenton - illustrator of Shifty McGifty and The Hundred and One Dalmations picture book.
There's No Such Thing As... Unicorns
Author: Lucy Rowland (Children's author)
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781685059712
Category : JUVENILE FICTION
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
When her brother tells her that there is no such thing as unicorns, a little girl sets out to find out the truth and hopefully prove him wrong.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781685059712
Category : JUVENILE FICTION
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
When her brother tells her that there is no such thing as unicorns, a little girl sets out to find out the truth and hopefully prove him wrong.
Uni the Unicorn
Author: Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Publisher: Random House Studio
ISBN: 0375982086
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 49
Book Description
Amy Krouse Rosenthal's New York Times bestselling picture book about a unicorn who believes that little girls are REAL is perfect for anyone interested in stories of friendship, unicorns, and the power of believing! Uni the unicorn is told there’s no such thing as little girls! But no matter what the grown-up unicorns say, Uni believes that little girls are REAL. Somewhere there must be a smart, strong, wonderful, magical little girl waiting to be best friends. In fact, far away (but not too far away), a real little girl believes there is a unicorn waiting for her, too. This magical story of friendship from the bestselling author of I Wish You More is perfect for Easter and spring-time reading. It reminds believers and nonbelievers alike that sometimes wishes really can come true. Don't miss the sequel, Uni the Unicorn and the Dream Come True!
Publisher: Random House Studio
ISBN: 0375982086
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 49
Book Description
Amy Krouse Rosenthal's New York Times bestselling picture book about a unicorn who believes that little girls are REAL is perfect for anyone interested in stories of friendship, unicorns, and the power of believing! Uni the unicorn is told there’s no such thing as little girls! But no matter what the grown-up unicorns say, Uni believes that little girls are REAL. Somewhere there must be a smart, strong, wonderful, magical little girl waiting to be best friends. In fact, far away (but not too far away), a real little girl believes there is a unicorn waiting for her, too. This magical story of friendship from the bestselling author of I Wish You More is perfect for Easter and spring-time reading. It reminds believers and nonbelievers alike that sometimes wishes really can come true. Don't miss the sequel, Uni the Unicorn and the Dream Come True!
The Book of the Unicorn
Author: Linda Garland
Publisher: Overlook Books
ISBN: 9780879518400
Category : Unicorns
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
No creature of myth has held mankind's attention more compellingly than the Unicorn, whose story has evolved throughout many eras and cultures, from early Christian and European Middle Age legends to tales from the Near East, Ethiopia, and the Americas. Conjuring up universal images of beauty and innocence, this mystical white, horselike creature is brought to stunning life by the breathtaking illustrations of Linda and Roger Garland, who portray the Unicorn in all its majesty, in both its ferocious and gentle guises.
Publisher: Overlook Books
ISBN: 9780879518400
Category : Unicorns
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
No creature of myth has held mankind's attention more compellingly than the Unicorn, whose story has evolved throughout many eras and cultures, from early Christian and European Middle Age legends to tales from the Near East, Ethiopia, and the Americas. Conjuring up universal images of beauty and innocence, this mystical white, horselike creature is brought to stunning life by the breathtaking illustrations of Linda and Roger Garland, who portray the Unicorn in all its majesty, in both its ferocious and gentle guises.
Definitely a Unicorn
Author: Jory John
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
ISBN: 9780374312169
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
From the dynamic and expressive team of New York Times bestselling author Jory John and illustrator K-Fai Steele comes a hilarious picture book featuring a new and unforgettable character who proves you can be anything you want to be—probably. Everyone calls him a rhinoceros, but just between us . . . he’s probably a unicorn. What, you don’t believe it? Well, he has a horn, and so do unicorns! He’s beautiful and unicorns are beautiful! And there are at least fifty or sixty other reasons he’s probably a unicorn! Sure, there might be a few differences between rhinos and unicorns, but hey, don’t worry about it. Those differences doesn’t make him any less of a unicorn.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
ISBN: 9780374312169
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
From the dynamic and expressive team of New York Times bestselling author Jory John and illustrator K-Fai Steele comes a hilarious picture book featuring a new and unforgettable character who proves you can be anything you want to be—probably. Everyone calls him a rhinoceros, but just between us . . . he’s probably a unicorn. What, you don’t believe it? Well, he has a horn, and so do unicorns! He’s beautiful and unicorns are beautiful! And there are at least fifty or sixty other reasons he’s probably a unicorn! Sure, there might be a few differences between rhinos and unicorns, but hey, don’t worry about it. Those differences doesn’t make him any less of a unicorn.
James Thurber: Writings & Drawings (LOA #90)
Author: James Thurber
Publisher: Library of America
ISBN: 1598533126
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 1209
Book Description
A comprehensive collection of the American humorist’s best work—including “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”—plus original drawings and a chronology of Thurber’s own troubled life James Thurber, whimsical fantasist and deadpan chronicler of everyday absurdities, brought American humor into the 20th century. His comic persona, a modern city-dweller whose zaniest flights of free association are tinged with anxiety, remains hilarious, subtly disturbing, and instantly recognizable. Here, in over 1,000 pages, editor Garrison Keillor presents the best and most extensive collection ever assembled. Pieces include “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” and “The Catbird Seat,” the brilliantly satirical Fables for Our Time, the classic My Life and Hard Times, and the best of The Owl in the Attic, Let Your Mind Alone!, My World—And Welcome to It, and the other famous books. Plus 500 wonderful drawings, including The Seal in the Bedroom and celebrated sequences like “The Masculine Approach” and “The War Between Men and Women.” Rounding out the volume is a selection from The Years with Ross, a memoir of the New Yorker publisher, and a number of wonderful early pieces never collected by Thurber. Only a book of this scope can do justice to Thurber’s extraordinary career and to the many unexpected turns of his comic genius. LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation’s literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America’s best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.
Publisher: Library of America
ISBN: 1598533126
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 1209
Book Description
A comprehensive collection of the American humorist’s best work—including “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”—plus original drawings and a chronology of Thurber’s own troubled life James Thurber, whimsical fantasist and deadpan chronicler of everyday absurdities, brought American humor into the 20th century. His comic persona, a modern city-dweller whose zaniest flights of free association are tinged with anxiety, remains hilarious, subtly disturbing, and instantly recognizable. Here, in over 1,000 pages, editor Garrison Keillor presents the best and most extensive collection ever assembled. Pieces include “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” and “The Catbird Seat,” the brilliantly satirical Fables for Our Time, the classic My Life and Hard Times, and the best of The Owl in the Attic, Let Your Mind Alone!, My World—And Welcome to It, and the other famous books. Plus 500 wonderful drawings, including The Seal in the Bedroom and celebrated sequences like “The Masculine Approach” and “The War Between Men and Women.” Rounding out the volume is a selection from The Years with Ross, a memoir of the New Yorker publisher, and a number of wonderful early pieces never collected by Thurber. Only a book of this scope can do justice to Thurber’s extraordinary career and to the many unexpected turns of his comic genius. LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation’s literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America’s best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.
Introduction to Pragmatics
Author: Betty J. Birner
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118348303
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Introduction to Pragmatics guides students through traditional and new approaches in the field, focusing particularly on phenomena at the elusive semantics/pragmatics boundary to explore the role of context in linguistic communication. Offers students an accessible introduction and an up-to-date survey of the field, encompassing both established and new approaches to pragmatics Addresses the traditional range of topics – such as implicature, reference, presupposition, and speech acts – as well as newer areas of research, including neo-Gricean theories, Relevance Theory, information structure, inference, and dynamic approaches to meaning Explores the relationship and boundaries between semantics and pragmatics Ideal for students coming to pragmatics for the first time
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118348303
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Introduction to Pragmatics guides students through traditional and new approaches in the field, focusing particularly on phenomena at the elusive semantics/pragmatics boundary to explore the role of context in linguistic communication. Offers students an accessible introduction and an up-to-date survey of the field, encompassing both established and new approaches to pragmatics Addresses the traditional range of topics – such as implicature, reference, presupposition, and speech acts – as well as newer areas of research, including neo-Gricean theories, Relevance Theory, information structure, inference, and dynamic approaches to meaning Explores the relationship and boundaries between semantics and pragmatics Ideal for students coming to pragmatics for the first time