Fleeing to London, he re-encounters the beautiful, mercurial and mysterious Anna Winters, who he first met on a trip to a strange white palace in happier times. Raised in the Yorkshire town of Bracebridge, a place dominated by the pounding of mighty subterranean engines, Robert witnesses the dark side of aether when his mother is transformed into a changeling less than human, terrible to see. Yet in this great age of the world, Robert Borrows, the insignificant son of a Lesser Toolmaker, holds the key to the world"s future. It is a place of enchanted gardens and grimy terraces, smokestack factories and fantastic beasts. Through the power of aether, and through the secrets and mysteries of the guilds that wield it, England has created a mighty Industrial Age. Aether drives the engines, the telegraphs, the very lights of London. (However, the UK edition features the outstanding jacket illustration by Edward Miller. However, it"s official published date is and precedes the official publication date of Jfor the UK edition published by Earthlight. Identified as the "First American Edition May 2003" on the copyright page. Not a remainder, book club nor ex-library copy. Ace 2003 First Edition Hardcover Murrello, Judith Fine in Very good jacket with some minor edgewear.
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20, even The Monster Mash, or the Misfits, my life is unabashedly enraptured by the nostalgia of manufactured fright. Once the autumnal gods blow forth the cool air, carrying with it their fragrances of dry leaves, patchouli, apple spice, and the harvest, and pumpkins begin to grace doorsteps, the numinous in me is sustained by clichéd images of chilling awe graveyards (with or without decayed hands rising there from), howling wolves silhouetted by full moons, implied malevolent cackling of jack-O’-lanterns, as well as expectedly evocative music like Toccata and Fugue, Swan Lake Op. In some manner my literary, musical, and aesthetic sensibilities transmogrify with the season. Kelsey is put off by Neale, Eric's son and Beth's brother Neale is cold, aloof and bitter, and Kelsey doesn't trust him. A search party has been called in to look for the girl after her belongings are found on the beach meanwhile Kelsey befriends the other teenagers on the island, including Donna, a preppy girl, and Skip, a wealthy and vain boy who works as a lifeguard. Upon arriving on the island, Kelsey and her mother are informed by a horrified Eric that his only daughter, Beth, is missing. Kelsey Tanner, a young girl who recently grieved the death of her biological father, is given a summer vacation trip to Beverly Island (fictional location) with her mother and her mother's boyfriend, Eric, who has several children roughly Kelsey's age. The book received negative reviews from critics, but in recent decades has become admired for its original first edition cover, which featured a wavy blue-and-orange aquatic title font and an artistic illustration of a creepy male lifeguard on the beach, popular as an example of nostalgic seapunk aesthetics and retro pop culture art. Written as a standalone novel, The Lifeguard was taken in by Scholastic and published as book #3 under the imprint Point Horror. The story follows Kelsey, a teenage girl on a holiday vacation, who begins witnessing the unfolding signs of a serial murderer who drowns their victims in the sea. The Lifeguard is a 1988 young adult horror thriller novel by Richie Tankersley Cusick. I do not upload pictures of my books but if it is pictures that you need they are only an email request away. THIS COPY IS IN MY POSSESSION AND WILL NORMALLY SHIP NEXT DAY. Actually not that bad a copy of a book that is getting reely hard to find in a first printing. A compilation edition of the first four Bachman Books which were originally published as PBOs with an introduction by King "Why I was Bachman". It has been awhile since I have had one of these in stock especially in a First Printing of the First Omnibus Edition, the true hardcover first. browning to extremities, light tanning to the reverse. The19.95 priced jacket has some light rubbing wear, some edge wear, bit of chipping to the area at the top and heel of the spine. This copy has some light tanning/soil to the edges of the text block, a group of 5 pages prox have been corner bumped, a wrinkle to the black cloth spine area with no wear to the bright gold inlay. A square solid tight carefully read copy. “So low for long, they never right themselves: Here the first stanza ends with his poetic imagination on the trees. But they are not seems would be broken though they are already bowed. A Quote from the PoemĪnd now he is uttering that the ice made trees down to the bracken. The poet is saying that people will think that the inner doom of heaven had fallen down on the earth. The scenario that has been created is very fantastic. You’d think the inner dome of heaven had fallen.” “Such heaps of broken glass to sweep away And after that, the sun rises and the trees achieve the crystal warmth and the ice gets avalanched. This line is very symbolic because it talks about the weather. These lines enunciating that the trees sometimes mode and the enamel gets crazed. Birches QuotesĪs the stir cracks and crazed their enamel.” In the next lines, the poet is explaining that maybe the weight of the trees makes the Birches down. Now, the poet is speaking that they all have seen the trees are bending with a load of ice on the winter days. So, the line says that suddenly the poet gets to know that the boys are not able to bend the trees like ‘ice-storm’. “But swinging does not bend them down to stay Writing through the young eyes of Finch's children Scout and Jem, Harper Lee explores with rich humor and unswerving honesty the irrationality of adult attitudes toward race and class in small-town Alabama during the mid-1930s Depression years. Lawyer Atticus Finch defends Tom Robinson - a black man charged with the rape of a white girl. A gripping, heart-wrenching, and wholly remarkable tale of coming-of-age in a South poisoned by virulent prejudice, it views a world of great beauty and savage inequities through the eyes of a young girl, as her father - a crusading local lawyer - risks everything to defend a black man unjustly accused of a terrible crime. One of the best-loved stories of all time, To Kill a Mockingbird has been translated into more than 40 languages, sold more than 30 million copies worldwide, served as the basis for an enormously popular motion picture, and voted one of the best novels of the 20th century by librarians across the United States. American fiction (fictional works by one author), Journal of Educational Psychology, 88, 715-730. Intrinsic motivation and the process of learning: Beneficial effects of contextualization, personalization, and choice. Computer games: Text, narrative and play. Digital game involvement: A conceptual model. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.Ĭalleja, G. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press.īruner, J. Journal of Managerial Psychology, 10, 3-17. From learning styles to learning skills: The executive skills profile. Reflection: Turning experience into learning. Flow experience and autotelic personality in Japanese college students: How do they experience challenges in daily life? Journal of Happiness Studies, 5, 123-154.īoud, D., Keogh, R., & Walker, D. URL (last checked 30 September 2012).Īsakawa, K. From gaming to training: A review of studies on fidelity, immersion, presence, and buy-in and their effects on transfer in pc-based simulations and games. The familiar noises, repetition and beautiful illustrations make Jill Murphy's delightful Peace at Last an all-time favourite bedtime story with children and adults everywhere. Jill Murphy's bestselling classic Peace at Last has delighted young children for almost forty years, and is equally beloved by tired parents who are all too familiar with the plight of poor Mr Bear. The familiar noises, repetition and beautiful illustrations make Jill Murphy's delightful Peace at La. With a snoring Mrs Bear, an excitable Baby Bear and a house full of tapping and dripping and ticking, peace is hard to come by - will Mr Bear ever get a decent night's sleep? This is Glenn Holloway's story who we got to know a bit in the 2nd book. We get to visit with old friends and make some new ones. Its roughly 2 years after the story in book 2. Get it, keep it and listen more then once Add to that sexy, stubborn cowboys, a kidnapping scare and some good ole' boy lovin' make this one a must listen. If you are a fan of this Author or Narrator then grabbing a copy of this book should be a no brainer. And Mac Gentry is going to make sure he not only brings his stubborn self back to the Ranch, he is going to make sure Glenn is sleeping in his bed every night. Glenn Holloway has stayed away from his kin for far too long, and though he had good reason years ago, now it's time for him to come back home. If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?Ĭrisden is a great narrator, I don't think I've listened to a book he's read that I didn't enjoy, but he really hits his stride when it comes to Cowboys. Which character – as performed by Sean Crisden – was your favorite? There's this venom inside him festering, keeping him away from family and a man that could be everything he needs, and he's too damn stubborn to do something about it. You betcha! I just love the way Sean Crisden brings a sexy, broken down cowboy to life. Would you listen to When the Dust Settles again? Why? Stephen Edwin King was born the second son of Donald and Nellie Ruth Pillsbury King. It's a masterpiece from King, in the great American tradition of Frank Norris, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Edgar Allan Poe. This rich and disturbing novel spans five decades on its way to the most terrifying conclusion Stephen King has ever written. Their bond becomes a pact beyond even the Devil's devising, and Jamie discovers that revival has many meanings. In his mid-thirties-addicted to heroin, stranded, desperate-Jamie meets Charles Jacobs again, with profound consequences for both men. Wed to his guitar from the age of thirteen, he plays in bands across the country, living the nomadic lifestyle of bar-band rock and roll while fleeing from his family's horrific loss. When tragedy strikes the Jacobs family, this charismatic preacher curses God, mocks all religious belief, and is banished from the shocked town. With Jamie, the Reverend shares a deeper bond based on a secret obsession. Jacobs the women and girls feel the same about Reverend Jacobs-including Jamie's mother and beloved sister, Claire. The men and boys are all a bit in love with Mrs. Charles Jacobs, along with his beautiful wife, will transform the local church. Jamie Morton looks up to see a striking man, the new minister. In a small New England town, over half a century ago, a shadow falls over a small boy playing with his toy soldiers. A dark and electrifying novel about addiction, fanaticism, and what might exist on the other side of life. |