Author: Kaye Umansky
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1408801884
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Filth is Witch Sludgegooey's Fiend, Arthur the Dragon is precise, meticulous and lives with his mum, and O'Brian is a Leprechaun who is often mistaken for a Pixie. These three very different characters have two things in common - the band they play in (The Witchway Rhythm Boys) and the music they play (Crash 'n' Bang). But they don't get a chance to play Crash 'n' Bang a lot as nobody likes it very much. Until, that is, The Thing in the Moonmad T-shirt becomes their manager and sets their sights higher - on the forthcoming music competition The Battle of the Bands, where they face stiff opposition from some terrifying Skeletons, Trolls and Gnomes. The narrative is set in Witchway Wood and features welcome appearances for Pongwiffy fans of characters such as Scott Sinister, Ali Pali, Lulu Lamarre and Witch Sludgegooey, as well as the Witchway Rhythm Boys themselves. With appearances from a Fairy set on revenge, a Werewolf determined to join a band, and a loyal but not very talkative goldfish called Gareth, plus a lot of extremely loud Crash 'n' Bang, this is a fast-talking, drumstick-rolling, high-octane magical extravaganza!
Achoo! Bang! Crash!
Author: Ross MacDonald
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780761329008
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Words about sound and noise illustrate the letters of the alphabet.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780761329008
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Words about sound and noise illustrate the letters of the alphabet.
The Art of Crash Bandicoot: It's about Time
Author: Micky Neilson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781950366231
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
The Crash Bandicoot(TM) series has remained a beloved staple of platform gaming ever since the first game's release in 1996. The Art of Crash Bandicoot(TM)4: It's About Time(TM)is a rich repository overflowing with interviews, quotes, observations and anecdotes, accompanied by a treasure trove of concept art detailing the characters and environments of the game. Gamers of every type will cherish this all-encompassing look into the zany, wild and unpredictable world of Crash Bandicoot(TM) .
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781950366231
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
The Crash Bandicoot(TM) series has remained a beloved staple of platform gaming ever since the first game's release in 1996. The Art of Crash Bandicoot(TM)4: It's About Time(TM)is a rich repository overflowing with interviews, quotes, observations and anecdotes, accompanied by a treasure trove of concept art detailing the characters and environments of the game. Gamers of every type will cherish this all-encompassing look into the zany, wild and unpredictable world of Crash Bandicoot(TM) .
Bang: A Novel
Author: Daniel Peña
Publisher: Arte Público Press
ISBN: 1518504485
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
Uli’s first flight, a late-night joy ride with his brother, changes their lives forever when the engine stops and the boys crash land, with “Texas to the right and Mexico to the left.” Before the accident, Uli juggled his status as both an undocumented immigrant and a high school track star in Harlingen, Texas, desperately hoping to avoid being deported like his father. His mother Araceli spent her time waiting for her husband. His older brother Cuauhtémoc, a former high-school track star turned drop-out, learned to fly a crop duster, spraying pesticide over their home in the citrus grove. After the crash, Cuauhtémoc wakes up bound and gagged, wondering where he is. Uli comes to in a hospital, praying that it’s on the American side of the border. And their mother finds herself waiting for her sons as well as her missing husband. Araceli knows that she has to go back to the country she left behind in order to find her family. In Mexico, each is forced to navigate the complexities of their past and an unknown world of deprivation and violence. Ruthless drug cartels force Cuauhtémoc to fly drugs. “If a brick goes missing, Cuauhtémoc dies. If a plane goes missing, Cuauhtémoc dies. If Cuauhtémoc goes missing, they find Cuauhtémoc (wherever he’s at) and Cuauhtémoc dies.” If they can’t find him, they will kill his mother. They have photos of her in Matamoros to prove they can enforce the threat. Meanwhile, Uli returns to his family’s home in San Miguel and finds a city virtually abandoned, devastated by battles between soldiers, cartels and militias that vie for control. Vividly portraying the impact of international drug smuggling on the innocent, Peña’s debut novel also probes the loss of talented individuals and the black market machines fed with the people removed and shut out of America. Ultimately, Bang is a riveting tale about ordinary people forced to do dangerous, unimaginable things.
Publisher: Arte Público Press
ISBN: 1518504485
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
Uli’s first flight, a late-night joy ride with his brother, changes their lives forever when the engine stops and the boys crash land, with “Texas to the right and Mexico to the left.” Before the accident, Uli juggled his status as both an undocumented immigrant and a high school track star in Harlingen, Texas, desperately hoping to avoid being deported like his father. His mother Araceli spent her time waiting for her husband. His older brother Cuauhtémoc, a former high-school track star turned drop-out, learned to fly a crop duster, spraying pesticide over their home in the citrus grove. After the crash, Cuauhtémoc wakes up bound and gagged, wondering where he is. Uli comes to in a hospital, praying that it’s on the American side of the border. And their mother finds herself waiting for her sons as well as her missing husband. Araceli knows that she has to go back to the country she left behind in order to find her family. In Mexico, each is forced to navigate the complexities of their past and an unknown world of deprivation and violence. Ruthless drug cartels force Cuauhtémoc to fly drugs. “If a brick goes missing, Cuauhtémoc dies. If a plane goes missing, Cuauhtémoc dies. If Cuauhtémoc goes missing, they find Cuauhtémoc (wherever he’s at) and Cuauhtémoc dies.” If they can’t find him, they will kill his mother. They have photos of her in Matamoros to prove they can enforce the threat. Meanwhile, Uli returns to his family’s home in San Miguel and finds a city virtually abandoned, devastated by battles between soldiers, cartels and militias that vie for control. Vividly portraying the impact of international drug smuggling on the innocent, Peña’s debut novel also probes the loss of talented individuals and the black market machines fed with the people removed and shut out of America. Ultimately, Bang is a riveting tale about ordinary people forced to do dangerous, unimaginable things.
The Beginning Reading Instruction Study
Author: Marcy Stein
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
Calling attention to the continuum of approaches reflected in beginning reading programs, this report presents content and cost analyses for over 50 beginning reading programs. The first of the report's five chapters is an introduction. The second chapter begins with a brief description of the major issues in the area of beginning reading and concludes with a summary of important research-based recommendations for instruction. The third chapter outlines the evaluation criteria for a content analysis of the programs and provides operational definitions of evaluation criteria. The chapter concludes with an analysis of the extent to which over 50 instructional programs and approaches reflect research in beginning reading. The fourth chapter presents a cost analysis of each program evaluated and a description of how the cost analysis was determined. The final chapter contains some conclusions and cautions about selecting and designing effective reading instructional programs. (RS)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
Calling attention to the continuum of approaches reflected in beginning reading programs, this report presents content and cost analyses for over 50 beginning reading programs. The first of the report's five chapters is an introduction. The second chapter begins with a brief description of the major issues in the area of beginning reading and concludes with a summary of important research-based recommendations for instruction. The third chapter outlines the evaluation criteria for a content analysis of the programs and provides operational definitions of evaluation criteria. The chapter concludes with an analysis of the extent to which over 50 instructional programs and approaches reflect research in beginning reading. The fourth chapter presents a cost analysis of each program evaluated and a description of how the cost analysis was determined. The final chapter contains some conclusions and cautions about selecting and designing effective reading instructional programs. (RS)
A Dictionary of Catch Phrases, American and British, from the Sixteenth Century to the Present Day
Author: Eric Partridge
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0812885368
Category : Americanisms
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0812885368
Category : Americanisms
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
Rentier Capitalism
Author: Brett Christophers
Publisher: Verso Books
ISBN: 1788739752
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 513
Book Description
How did Britain’s economy become a bastion of inequality? In this landmark book, the author of The New Enclosure provides a forensic examination and sweeping critique of early-twenty-first-century capitalism. Brett Christophers styles this as ‘rentier capitalism’, in which ownership of key types of scarce assets—such as land, intellectual property, natural resources, or digital platforms—is all-important and dominated by a few unfathomably wealthy companies and individuals: rentiers. If a small elite owns today’s economy, everybody else foots the bill. Nowhere is this divergence starker, Christophers shows, than in the United Kingdom, where the prototypical ills of rentier capitalism—vast inequalities combined with entrenched economic stagnation—are on full display and have led the country inexorably to the precipice of Brexit. With profound lessons for other countries subject to rentier dominance, Christophers’ examination of the UK case is indispensable to those wanting not just to understand this insidious economic phenomenon but to overcome it. Frequently invoked but never previously analysed and illuminated in all its depth and variety, rentier capitalism is here laid bare for the first time.
Publisher: Verso Books
ISBN: 1788739752
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 513
Book Description
How did Britain’s economy become a bastion of inequality? In this landmark book, the author of The New Enclosure provides a forensic examination and sweeping critique of early-twenty-first-century capitalism. Brett Christophers styles this as ‘rentier capitalism’, in which ownership of key types of scarce assets—such as land, intellectual property, natural resources, or digital platforms—is all-important and dominated by a few unfathomably wealthy companies and individuals: rentiers. If a small elite owns today’s economy, everybody else foots the bill. Nowhere is this divergence starker, Christophers shows, than in the United Kingdom, where the prototypical ills of rentier capitalism—vast inequalities combined with entrenched economic stagnation—are on full display and have led the country inexorably to the precipice of Brexit. With profound lessons for other countries subject to rentier dominance, Christophers’ examination of the UK case is indispensable to those wanting not just to understand this insidious economic phenomenon but to overcome it. Frequently invoked but never previously analysed and illuminated in all its depth and variety, rentier capitalism is here laid bare for the first time.
The Knickerbocker
Knickerbocker; Or, New York Monthly Magazine (Jan.-June 1833 : Knickerbocker)
The Knickerbocker
Author: Charles Fenno Hoffman
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
Bulgarian Mini Dictionary
Author: J. N. Zaff
Publisher: Fluo Editions
ISBN:
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 439
Book Description
All the words you'll need in your day-to-day life in the palm of your hand! With thousands of lemmas, neatly organised and translated, Fluo's Bulgarian Mini Dictionary is designed to become the everyday go-to pocket reference for students, learners, business professionals and travellers. Features: Bi-directional bilingual dictionary (English-Bulgarian & Bulgarian-English) Over 5000 words in total Pocket-size and easy-to-use so that you can take it with you everywhere Lemmas neatly organised by headword Includes most common English phrasal verbs IPA pronunciation guide Table of English Irregular Verbs
Publisher: Fluo Editions
ISBN:
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 439
Book Description
All the words you'll need in your day-to-day life in the palm of your hand! With thousands of lemmas, neatly organised and translated, Fluo's Bulgarian Mini Dictionary is designed to become the everyday go-to pocket reference for students, learners, business professionals and travellers. Features: Bi-directional bilingual dictionary (English-Bulgarian & Bulgarian-English) Over 5000 words in total Pocket-size and easy-to-use so that you can take it with you everywhere Lemmas neatly organised by headword Includes most common English phrasal verbs IPA pronunciation guide Table of English Irregular Verbs