7/6/2023 0 Comments The sculptor by scott mccloud![]() ![]() ![]() Maybe it isn't so far from the path followed by middle-aged Mira, the superior sculptor whose work he winds up stealing, albeit unconsciously-but no matter. Such a humdrum destiny is a fate worse than death, in David’s estimation. ![]() Would David give his life for his artwork? Yes, the sculptor says, unmoved by the alternative vision that Death outlines for his life: a house upstate, a wife (and maybe a second wife), kids and grandkids, a modest career at the community college. So much so, in fact, that in a moment of despair, drunk and broke, totally out of options, he makes a deal with the Grim Reaper, who here takes the form of his Great Uncle Harry. The Sculptor, a new graphic novel by the cartoonist Scott McCloud, follows this artist, David Smith-no, not that David Smith, but a young artist living in New York today who very much aspires to his namesake's success. ![]()
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7/6/2023 0 Comments Katie the catsitter 3![]() ![]() Can Katie and 217 super-unusual cats work together to save the city (and seventh grade)? Or is Katie about to be in super trouble? Bonus: includes instructions to make your own friendship bracelet! Looking for more cats and more fun?! Don't miss Katie the Catsitter and Katie the Catsitter: Best Friends for Never ! Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Gracie Harper Izzy Josie Katie Kiki Lily / Lillie Lottie Lucy Lulu Maggie. Oh yeah, and giant robots are attacking the city. 1 2 3 All Alfred Benson Brenda Bucky Bestie C3P0 Charlie Coco Cat Sitter Dasey. it turns out Beth might be a way better sidekick than Katie! And now Beth and Marie are hanging out all the time, Jess is acting super weird, and Katie still needs to tell her mom about being a sidekick. Calling all graphic novel fans! Get ready for sidekick training (and friendship drama!) with Katie the Catsitter in book 3 of the purr-fectly irresistible, bestselling middle-grade graphic novel series about growing up, friendship, heroes, and cats (lots of cats)! "Readers will revel in the heroic antics." - The New York Times What's better than BFFs? Super sidekick BFFs! Katie can't wait to have Beth join her for sidekick training! Until. ![]() ![]() ![]() Mayra Calvani writes fiction and nonfiction for children and adults and has authored over a dozen books, some of which have won awards. And undo the curse that torments her family-before evil wins and she becomes the next luthier’s apprentice… About the Author ![]() But why are only men violinists captured and not women? What is the connection between Emma’s family, the sorceress, and the infamous Niccolò Paganini? Emma must unravel the mystery in order to save her teacher from the fatal destiny that awaits him. With Sherlock Holmes fanatic, not to mention gorgeous Corey Fletcher, Emma discovers a parallel world ruled by an ex-violinist turned evil sorceress who wants to rule the music world on her own terms. But when her beloved violin teacher disappears… Emma takes charge. SynopsisNiccolò Paganini (1782-1840), one of the greatest violinists who ever lived and rumored to have made a pact with the devil, has somehow transferred unique powers to another… When violinists around the world mysteriously vanish, 16-year-old Emma Braun takes notice. The Luthier's Apprentice by Mayra Calvani Violinist Detective Series #1 Publication Date: Genres: Fantasy, Mystery, Young Adult ![]() 7/6/2023 0 Comments Memnoch the devil by anne rice![]() ![]() Dora reveals the veil to the world, triggering a religious movement. When Lestat produces the veil as proof of his experience, Dora and Armand are deeply moved upon seeing it. Even though Lestat suspects the entire experience was some kind of deception, he tells his story to Armand, David Talbot and Dora, who have joined him in New York City. Among other things, he believes that he has seen Christ's crucifixion and has received Saint Veronica's Veil. Lestat is left in confusion, unable to decide whether or not to cast his lot with the Devil.Īfter the tour, Lestat believes himself to have had a major revelation. In his journey, Memnoch claims he is not evil, but merely working for God by ushering lost souls into Heaven. ![]() He takes Lestat on a whirlwind tour of Heaven and Hell, and retells the entirety of history from his own point of view in an effort to convince Lestat to join him as God's adversary. Eventually, Lestat meets the Devil, who calls himself Memnoch. At the same time, Lestat has become increasingly paranoid that he's being stalked by a powerful force. Roger asks him to take care of his daughter Dora, a devout and popular televangelist, whom he wants to spare from embarrassment. ![]() After stalking and killing Roger, a ruthless but passionate mobster, Lestat is approached by Roger's ghost. ![]() 7/6/2023 0 Comments Gill sims why mummy![]() ![]() THIS is the follow-up to bestseller Why Mummy Drinks and is allegedly a cultural phenomenon. Why Mummy Swears by Gill Sims is published in hardback by HarperCollins, priced £12.99 (ebook £6.99) ![]() Who has the wisdom or courage to know the difference? There are things we worry about too much, and others we don't worry about enough, this sparely written book seems to say. This is more a study of mood and character than a plot-driven machine. And then the family bump into another group – you wait for the tragedy. A strange neighbour plays tennis solo in the middle of the night. ![]() ![]() The book builds subtly but ominously – there's an unaccountable smell, the pipes are set to flood, the children are left unattended for too long. Julia wants to start work on her next book Erik needs to find a way to tell her he has lost his job. SWEDISH-Finnish writer Philip Teir is a rising star of the contemporary fiction scene, and in The Summer House, Helsinki couple Julia and Erik take their two children, Alice and Anton, to spend a summer at the family's old summer home by the sea. The Summer House by Philip Teir is published in hardback by Serpent's Tail, priced £12.99 (ebook £3.99) ![]() ![]() ![]() So what if Piper can’t do math, and the idea of sleeping in a shabby apartment with bunk beds gives her hives. Piper hasn’t even been in Westport for five minutes when she meets big, bearded sea captain Brendan, who thinks she won’t last a week outside of Beverly Hills. So he cuts her off, and sends Piper and her sister to learn some responsibility running their late father’s dive bar. When too much champagne and an out-of-control rooftop party lands Piper in the slammer, her stepfather decides enough is enough. ![]() Piper Bellinger is fashionable, influential, and her reputation as a wild child means the paparazzi are constantly on her heels. where she butts heads with a surly, sexy local who thinks she doesn’t belong. The first in a spicy and unforgettable rom-com duology from #1 New York Times bestseller and tik tok favorite Tessa Bailey, in which a Hollywood “It Girl” is cut off from her wealthy family and exiled to a small Pacific Northwest beach town. ![]() 7/5/2023 0 Comments Innocent traitor book![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Unabashedly honest and exceptionally intelligent, Jane possesses a sound strength of character beyond her years that equips her to weather the vicious storm. With the premature passing of Jane’s adolescent cousin, and Henry’s successor, King Edward VI, comes a struggle for supremacy fueled by political machinations and lethal religious fervor. The child of a scheming father and a ruthless mother, for whom she is merely a pawn in a dynastic game with the highest stakes, Jane Grey was born during the harrowingly turbulent period between Anne Boleyn’s beheading and the demise of Jane’s infamous great-uncle, King Henry VIII. It is the story of Lady Jane Grey–“the Nine Days’ Queen”–a fifteen-year-old girl who unwittingly finds herself at the center of the religious and civil unrest that nearly toppled the fabled House of Tudor during the sixteenth century. Historical expertise marries page-turning fiction in Alison Weir’s enthralling debut novel, breathing new life into one of the most significant and tumultuous periods of the English monarchy. I am to die when I have hardly begun to live. ![]() 7/5/2023 0 Comments Cardello by Luigi Capuana![]() ![]() Capuana was a prolific writer whose works translated into English include: Cardello, The Marquis of Roccaverdina and Sicilian Tales – Once Upon a Time. ![]() As their adventures and turns of fortune unfold, we are thrust into the characters’ small village world and Capuana’s detailed canvas brings to life characters humorous, heart warming and tragic.Īlthough written as a children’s story, Capuana’s portrayals make Il Drago thoroughly enjoyable for adults as well. : Cardello (Italian Edition) (9781478113096) by Capuana, Luigi and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at great prices. But everything is turned upside down when he meets two orphans on a village road and despite himself Don Paolo must come to terms with their entry into his life. The central character is Don Paolo Drago, “dragon by name, dragon by nature” who is embittered by tragedies which, in the space of a few months, robbed him of his family and left him alone in the world. At the same time, he populates his story with fairytale creatures. From Libreria Antiquaria Pregliasco (Torino, Italy) AbeBooks Seller Since Ma. ![]() Set in rural Sicily at the end of the nineteenth century, it is a world that Capuana knows well, for he comes from it. This is the heartwarming story of a poor, innocent boy in late nineteenth century Sicily, who learns about the truly important things in life through three. The story, although fiction, is gritty in its realism. ![]() 7/4/2023 0 Comments In the year 2889 jules verne![]() ![]() Think of the railroads of the olden time, and you will be able to appreciate the pneumatic tubes through which to-day one travels at the rate of 1000 miles an hour. Could they but duly appreciate the refinements of civilization in our day could they but compare the present with the past, and so better comprehend the advance we have made! How much fairer they would find our modern towns, with populations amounting sometimes to 10,000,000 souls their streets 300 feet wide, their houses 1000 feet in height with a temperature the same in all seasons with their lines of aërial locomotion crossing the sky in every direction! If they would but picture to themselves the state of things that once existed, when through muddy streets rumbling boxes on wheels, drawn by horses-yes, by horses!-were the only means of conveyance. Surfeited as they are with marvels, they are indifferent in presence of each new marvel. ![]() Little though they seem to think of it, the people of this twenty-ninth century live continually in fairyland. ![]() ![]() ![]() Harlan, Iowa: (R.C.) Booth Enterprises, 1949. Atlas of Atchison County, Kansas, with Township Plats Corrected to December 30, 1948. ![]() 4 Standard Atlas of Atchison County, Kansas. Minneapolis: Northwest Publishing Company, 1901. 2 Atlas and Plat Book of Allen County, Kansas, Including History of the World War and Allen County Honor Roll. Des Moines: Northwest Publishing Company, 1906. If the map has been digitized, there is a link to it on Kansas Memory. These maps are listed alphabetically by county. Some early Kansas county maps also show landowners. For help, read how to locate the family farm in a Kansas plat atlas. ![]() Sometimes there are pictures and a directory of county residents at the end. Plats of cities are included but city lot owners are not listed. They also include the locations of rural churches, cemeteries, and schools. County atlases or plat books contain township maps that show rural landowners. ![]() |