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![]() Her debut adult fiction novel A History of Wild Places will release in December of 2021. ![]() Her books have been published in over twelve countries/languages, and her novels The Wicked Deep and Winterwood were Indie Next Picks. SHEA ERNSHAW is a New York Times bestselling author and winner of the Oregon Book Award. Long Live the Pumpkin Queen : Disney Tim Burtons The Nightmare Before Christmas 3.91 (12,178 ratings by Goodreads) Paperback Disney Fiction English By (author) Shea Ernshaw US7.65 US9.94 You save US2.29 Also available in Hardback US17.44 Free delivery worldwide Available. Quiz #/Name: 517827 / Long Live the Pumpkin Queen Can Sally discover what it means to be true to herself and save the town she's learned to call home, or will her future turn into her worst. But when Sally and Zero accidentally uncover a long-hidden doorway to an ancient realm called Dream Town, she'll unknowingly set into motion a chain of sinister events that put her future as Pumpkin Queen, and the future of Halloween Town itself, into jeopardy. Cast into the spotlight and tasked with all sorts of queenly duties, Sally can't help but wonder if all she's done is trade her captivity under Dr. ![]() Sally Skellington is the official, newly-minted Pumpkin Queen after a whirlwind courtship with her true love, Jack, who Sally adores with every inch of her fabric seams- if only she could say the same for her new role as Queen of Halloween Town. Read Sally's story in this young adult companion to Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas written by New York Times best-selling author Shea Ernshaw. ![]() **THE INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER** ![]()
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Against empathy review5/20/2023 ![]() It can be biased, prejudiced, innumerate, overly emotional, and sometimes selfish. In Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion, author and Yale psychologist Paul Bloom shows us that empathy isn’t perfect. Because empathy is based on emotion, not logic, it doesn’t always judge fairly. Though stepping into another’s shoes doesn’t seem all that bad, it does come with limitations. ![]() It is not to be confused with sympathy, which is feeling for someone, rather than feeling with them. If you step back and really think about empathy, you might be surprised about what it drives people to do.Įmpathy is an emotional response that allows us as humans to ‘feel’ what other people are going through. How can anyone be against empathy? Isn’t that like being against something inherently good and innocent like puppies or babies? Not exactly. If you’re like me and read the title of this book, Against Empathy, you were immediately curious. ![]() Listen to the audio of this summary with a free reading.fm account*: ![]()
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Out of Love by Hazel Hayes5/20/2023 ![]() This is another beautiful story of loss and new beginnings, creatively using time to tell the story. The First Time Laur en Pailing Died by Alison Rudd ![]() You will laugh, rage, cry and be filled with nostalgia and hope. The best way to describe it is Normal People meets Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine with a creative flare thrown in. I loved this unique take o n a novel about love, and I am so excited to read more by Hazel Hayes. I had my highlighter at hand and ended up annotating most of the book in my excitement. I think anyone who has had their heart broken will find something they can relate to in this story. ![]() ‘ This story is raw, beautiful and heart wrenching. Starting with the day the ex-boyfriend collects his belonging, and ending with the day they met, Hayes writes a post mortem on a relationship to explore love, mental health, grief, tragedy and hope. Out of Love looks at the end and slowly brings the unravelled pieces together. The story begins with an ending, t elling the usual story of a relationship but in reverse. ![]() ![]() This week for What We’re Reading, Marketing Intern Imie Kent-Muller tells us all about the book she is JUST OBSESSED with – Out of Love by Hazel Hayes. ![]()
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The life of andrew jackson remini5/19/2023 ![]() ![]() After three years in the service I realized I wanted to spend the rest of my life reading and writing and teaching history. I even read all nine volumes of Henry Adams’s History of the United States During the Administrations of Thomas Jefferson and James Madison and I loved every page. Fortunately World War II came along and I found myself aboard a ship plying the Atlantic and reading histories of the United States. ![]() Not because I was intrigued by the law but because it seemed like a worthy profession then for a child of the Great Depression. For example, when I graduated from college I fully intended to become a lawyer. To a very large extent my career as an historian, such as it is, was determined by events over which I had little control. ![]() He is also the author of biographies of Henry Clay and Daniel Webster, as well as a dozen other books on Jacksonian America, and is considered the most preeminent scholar on Andrew Jackson and his times. Remini has written a three-volume biography of Andrew Jackson, the third volume of the series, Andrew Jackson and the Course of American Democracy, 1833-1845won the National Book Award for nonfiction in 1984. ![]() House of Representatives, and has been named House Historian. He is currently at work on a narrative history of the U.S. Remini is professor emeritus of history and the humanities at the University of Illinois at Chicago. ![]()
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Aprilynne pike arabesque5/19/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Laurel no ha visto a Pero cuando su vida vuelve a la normalidad, Laurel descubre un nuevo enemigo oculto que la acecha, entonces Laurel debe de recurrir a Aprilynne Pike is an internationally best-selling Ilusiones View in iTunes. The decsargar edition of this novel was published in January 1stand was written by Aprilynne Pike. Aprilynne PikeĪprilynne Pike – Wikipedia Aprilynne Pike is an internationally best-selling You live your life, I’ll keep you safe,” Tamani said, sweeping a lock of hair from her face. Piek is still facing dangers from the trolls and aprilgnne every move is watched by her protectors. Open Apple Books to buy and download books. Ilusiones 0 Down votes, mark as not useful. IllusionsSeries: Read eBook on the web, iPad, iPhone and Android. I have followed this series from its Defy the Dark View in iTunes. 2 Aprilynne Pdf Hechizos Alas 2 By Aprilynne Pike – Ebook Download, Free Spells Wings 2 Aprilynne Pike Download Pdf, Free Pdf Spells Wings. Hannah Moskowitz is the award-winning author of the young adult novels Break Invincible Summer Gone, Gone, Gone and Teeth as well as the middle grade. Preview and download books by Aprilynne Pike, including Wings, Destined, Illusions, and many more. ![]()
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![]() ![]() And to get a better idea of the scope of California history and the lives of its citizens, readers can: * create a Chumash rock painting * play the Miwok Hoop-and-Pole game * bake and eat hardtack like a gold miner * design a cattle brand * decode a railroad cipher * immortalize their handprints in plaster * assemble an earthquake preparedness kit * and more Author Katy Duffield tells the rich story of the men and women who, despite challenges and occasional hardships, settled and built the vibrant cities and bountiful farms, ranches, and orchards of the Golden State. California History for Kids includes a time line of significant events, a list of historic sites to visit or explore online, and Web resources for further study. This book is awesome for kids Ca history. ![]() After the gold ran out, other rushes followed, from agriculture to industry, Hollywood to Silicon Valley. Shop California History for Kids: Missions, Miners, and Moviemakers in the. ![]() But when gold was discovered in 1848, the rush was on, and two short years later California became a state. Father JunÃpero Serra later established a chain of missions along the coast, expanding European and Mexican influence. The first native inhabitants arrived 9,000 years ago, ancestors of the tribes who would greet the Spanish in the 1700s. The story of California is the story of dreamers-explorers, gold miners, immigrants, ranchers, moviemakers, farmers, and everyday Americans who headed west for a fresh start. ![]()
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Decline and fall of the roman empire5/19/2023 ![]() ![]() The book itself tends to be ?one damn thing after another? and unless you keep up and concentrate, you quickly loose the thread. Nevertheless, it is something of a tour de force to read the long, and to our modern ears, difficult to follow sentences and Madoc makes sense of what we are hearing. ![]() Neville Jason who reads the intervening passages comes as a relief. When you start listening you think ?oh yes this is the voice of Gibbon? but after a while his sonorous tones get on your nerves ? and he sounds too old. I was quite irritated by Philip Madoc?s voice. I suspect that reviewer Andrew from Dublin has read the whole work and is better placed to judge. To be honest, it?s a bit of a challenge to listen to and I?m certainly not enough of an expert to review the book as such ? but I think this abridgement is OK. ![]() This is an extraordinary book! And although I listened to both parts, it is really during the second part, and especially with the account of the fall of Constantinople, that I was gripped ? and astonished. An excellent way to read Decline and Fall ![]()
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Book phantastes5/19/2023 ![]() ![]() ★The book tells the story of a young boy named Diamond. The book includes the fairy tale Little Daylight, which has been pulled out as an independent work, or separately, added to other collections of his fairy tales.★ ![]() Diamond travels together with the mysterious Lady North Wind through the nights. It is a fantasy centered on a boy named Diamond and his adventures with the North Wind. It was serialized in the children's magazine Good Words for the Young beginning in 1868 and was published in book form in 1871. ★At the Back of the North Wind is a children's book written by Scottish author George MacDonald. Anodos lives through many adventures and temptations while in the other world, until he is finally ready to give up his ideals.★ ![]() The story concerns a young man who is pulled into a dreamlike world and there hunts for his ideal of female beauty, embodied by the "Marble Lady". ★The story centres on the character Anodos ("pathless", or "ascent" in Greek) and takes its inspiration from German Romanticism, particularly Novalis. It was later reprinted in paperback by Ballantine Books as the fourteenth volume of the Ballantine Adult Fantasy series in April 1970.★ ★ A Faerie Romance for Men and Women is a fantasy novel by Scottish writer George MacDonald, first published in London in 1858. ![]()
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All hell let loose by max hastings5/19/2023 ![]() Unless this is a subject that simply doesn’t interest you, this is a book worth reading. But it is a powerful, tightly-packed and skilfully written judgement which tugs the reader on to the end and actually distracted me, on an uncomfortable and ill-lit aeroplane, from theoretically easier reading. ![]() There are no doubt small things with which one might quibble. The book, dealing with the whole war, military, political and social, is deeply informed by several previous works by Sir Max on detailed aspects of the war. But first, a general introduction:īy far the best popular history book of the season is Max Hastings’s ‘All Hell Let Loose’, his summing up of the Second World War. ![]() This book comes tantalisingly close to being right. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Sweetland is a licensed clinical psychologist with 20 years of experience specializing in work with children, adolescents and adults. ![]() Five parent traps are identified in Teaching Kids to Think that cause adults to unknowingly increase their children's need for instant gratification, and offer practical tips to teach children to be confident, independent, thoughtful, and ready to enter the adult world.ĭr. Parents are doing more for their children than ever before and technology has advanced in such a way the conveniences are no longer the exception, but the rule. Not only do they expect instant solutions to their challenges, but they are also increasingly dependent on adults. This generation of children and teens has grown up with very little need to wait for anything. It’s understandable that parents want to help their children succeed in any way they can, but toeing the line between simply helping and full-on rescuing can be difficult to navigate. There are countless challenges parents undergo while raising their children in a world filled with smartphones, immense academic pressure, and social media. ![]() Teaching Kids to Think addresses the unique challenges of raising children and teens in the Instant Gratification Generation. ![]() |