![]() ![]() ![]() OL77095W Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 90.14 Pages 298 Ppi 400 Related-external-id urn:isbn:0606123644 Urn:lcp:lovestargirl00spin:epub:08503205-682d-4b13-886f-d8b000d965c6 Extramarc The Indiana University Catalog Foldoutcount 0 Identifier lovestargirl00spin Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t4bp0rk0m Isbn 0375813756ĩ780375913754 Lccn 2007002308 Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.20 Ocr_module_version 0.0.17 Openlibrary_edition When Jerry Spinelli was a kid, he wanted to grow up to be either a cowboy or a baseball player. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 18:45:52 Bookplateleaf 0010 Boxid IA117205 Boxid_2 BL11203T Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City New York DonorĪlibris Edition 1st ed. ![]()
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![]() ![]() He was trying to persuade Butler to come to the next Legion convention, in Chicago, to give a speech denouncing President Franklin Delano Roosevelt-specifically his recent decision to take the dollar off the gold standard. MacGuire, represented himself as a member of the American Legion, a veterans’ organization founded at the end of the Great War. ![]() Two mammoth red satin umbrellas, given to Butler by villagers on his last overseas mission, to China, swayed gently overhead atop their fifteen-foot poles. The visitor was sitting in the vaulted main hallway the Butlers used as a living room, his cannonball-shaped head framed by the retired general’s old command flags, medals, swords, and assorted tropical bric-a-brac. Smedley Butler sized up the one doing all the talking-the bond salesman in the tailored suit. ![]() This image is in the public domain via WikiCommons. A picture of a double medal of honor recipient Smedley Butler. ![]() ![]() ![]() Two children played in that house and garden – one rich, one poor, and their imaginary worlds mixed with that garden’s real and very evocative pleasure. A silvery film spilled across every surface, smooth and dull like wax gone cool” “A full moon meant that the room wasn’t completely dark. This garden is magical and eerie all at once: They unfurl to reveal the past and the connections between people and places that might not seem connected at first. ![]() The Forgotten Garden linked to a house in Cornwall has been left to rack and ruin and the vines and tree branches protect its secrets. There is also a book within a book – Eliza’s book of fairytales which really should be a real book due to the magic it contains. Ever felt as if you want to climb into a book, literarily step into its pages and see and meet the characters, feel the magic of the storytelling all around you then this is the book for you. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Hazel is filled with these comments, and she shares her thoughts with the reader. I love students like this they’re the ones who will sit in the back and doodle, and when they do participate, it’s usually with some witty retort. She deals with her cancer (thyroid and lung) by accepting her end, and observes the world from this perch. In a sarcastic and cynical way, Hazel is the most alive person in the book despite being on the throes of death. The protagonist is just brimming with life. Hazel Grace Lancaster is a well-written, complex character Here are 10 reasons you should be reading TFIOS, minus any spoilers - so feel free to read without fret!ġ. The hottest book on the shelves - and one of the most-watched movies your students will be seeing this summer - is The Fault In Our Stars. Teacher Branding 101:Teachers are The Experts.Practicing Self-Care to Avoid Teacher Burnout- An 8 Week Course. ![]() ![]() ![]() And I found myself quite fascinated with the places Roy et al ended up eating - train cars, drugstores, etc. Sure, everything's spelled out for you, and pages fly by, but it's a fun way to spend an afternoon. The Grifters, one of the best novels ever written about the art of the con, is an ingeniously crafted story of deception and betrayal that was the basis for Stephen Frears’ and Martin Scorsese’s critically-acclaimed film of the same name. Yet, hidden behind three gaudy clown paintings in Roy’s pallid hotel room, sits fifty-two thousand dollars-the money Roy makes from his short cons, his “grifting.” For years, Roy has effortlessly maintained control over his house-of-cards life-until the simplest con goes wrong, and he finds himself critically injured and at the mercy of the most dangerous woman he ever met: his own mother. He has hundreds of friends and associates who could attest to his good character. He lives in a cheap hotel just within his pay bracket. To his friends, to his coworkers, and even to his mistress Moira, Roy Dillon is an honest hardworking salesman. ![]() ![]() ![]() The mystery is that somebody ate Horace's feast! Who did it?! Kids will find hidden messages and clues to the mystery in rhymes and wonderfully detailed illustrations inspired by animals that Base and his wife saw in their travels. None of the eleven animals is above suspicion when the clock strikes the eleventh hour!" But little does Horace know that when the partygoers gather for the banquet, a curious mystery will be revealed. ![]() Fine music, games, and the promise of a magnificient feast prepared by Horace himself (everyone knows elephants are the world's best cooks) make this costume gala a most special event. "When Horace the elephant turns eleven, he celebrates in style by inviting his friends to a splendid party. ![]() This is a fantastically fun book! An Agatha Christie-inspired whodunit for kids. (First published in Australia, 1988.) Harry N. Was it one of the eleven guests? A whodunit for kids! Find out who ate Horace's eleventh birthday feast at the eleventh hour. edition of The Eleventh Hour: A Curious Mystery by Graeme Base. ![]() ![]() ![]() Vazirani, he is the author of An Introduction to Computational Learning Theory. He has worked extensively in the finance and technology industries, and consulted on various legal and regulatory matters involving algorithms, data, and machine learning. ![]() Kearns has published widely in machine learning, artificial intelligence, algorithmic game theory and quantitative finance. He is also the Founding Director of Penn's Warren Center for Network and Data Sciences. Michael Kearns is Professor and the National Center Chair in the Computer and Information Science department of the University of Pennsylvania, where he has secondary appointments in Economics and the Wharton School. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Having lived and worked in London for two decades, she now finds herself unemployed and struggling to make ends meet. Many years later and thousands of miles away, Jess is a journalist in search of a story. Police are called, and the small town of Tambilla becomes embroiled in one of the most baffling murder investigations in the history of South Australia. The highly anticipated new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Clockmaker’s Daughter, a sweeping novel that begins with a shocking crime, the effects of which echo across continents and generationsĪdelaide Hills, Christmas Eve, 1959: At the end of a scorching hot day, beside a creek on the grounds of a grand country house, a local man makes a terrible discovery. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Race, class, and gender are all on Ada’s mind, but the power structures where those things intersect occasionally get lost. North’s rendering of race is less sure-footed. North renders a dazzling landscape, punctuated by a musicality that lulls you like a folk song. Fans of Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale are in for a stellar ride where gender roles, sexuality, agency, and self discovery come together, making North’s story as experimental and novel as it is classic. The results in North’s tale are varied and breathe new life into the Western format. There’s always a test involved when a stunt of this kind is pulled: will it hold up on its face as a compelling story?. On its premise it’s an exciting idea: a classic American tale with the script flipped starring a woman as the leading man. ![]() ![]() ![]() The exhibition offers optimistic images of rosy-cheeked kids and their world. I would have loved to paint the rest of the panel which included Henrik Drescher, Guy Billout and Laurie Rosenwald, but I got shy and only got one sneaky photo. This is why the images on show at Ladybird by Design are set to engage the public and creative professionals alike. In this painting of mine it looks like they are reading some kind of religious text, but it's actually Zeegen's book. ![]() (I actually memorized some of Steve's books after looking at them so many times in my undergraduate years!). To Begin at the Binding A talk given by designer Brian Webb and book binder. It featured an amazing roundtable of people who I actually learned about in school!!! Pictured here are Seymour Chwast, Barbara Nessim and Steve Heller. Ladybird by Design A talk on the history of Ladybird Books by Lawrence Zeegen. Last Thursday I attended an amazing lecture by Lawrence Zeegen on his book "50 years of illustration" at the Society of Illustrators. On the 24th of January a new exhibition will be opening, celebrating the design of Ladybird Books through ‘the golden years’ of the 50s, 60s and early 70s. ![]() |