![]() I’d consider reading a future book in the series, but I won’t be waiting with bated breath. I have to say, I enjoyed the chick lit aspects of this novel much more than the mystery aspects-Regina H., Personal Romance Concierge, was a delight! But the mystery was very predictable, and I didn’t buy Riley’s somewhat indifferent reaction to her former BFF’s death. Meanwhile, in an attempt to get over being dumped by her long-term boyfriend, she subscribes to an online dating service, with entertaining results. She soon becomes convinced that Jordan didn’t kill herself, and she teams up with a local journalist to discover the truth. Jordan’s mother asks her to write the obituary, so Riley begins to investigate Jordan’s life. Jill Orr, The Good Byline - When Riley Ellison learns that her childhood best friend Jordan has committed suicide, she’s both grieved and shocked. ![]()
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![]() These are "In which book." questions with the answer to each question being the title and author of the book. ![]() This file contains 30 Battle of the Books questions for the book, "Punished by David Lubar. Even using these questions for practice sessions, 20-30 questions was more than sufficient for practices and a fair and lively competition. His video game accomplishments include Frogger 2 and Carmen Sandiego. A New Jersey native, Lubar now lives in Pennsylvania and grew up with a mother who was a librarian. He writes books and short stories for teen and young reader audiences. ![]() The Intergalactic Petting Zoo: And Other Stories. David Lubar is an author and a video game designer. I felt it was more important for all of my questions to be in the "In Which Book.?", format which would be used in the competition. Meet-the-Author Recording of Emperor of the Universe Audio Excerpt from Strikeout of the Bleacher Weenies. I also did not find it necessary to have 40 questions for each book. I notice many sights have the questions set up on cards, but after organizing and moderating five battles, I found it was just as easy to keep the questions on separate laminated sheets with the title and author at the top for quick reference, then put all sheets in a notebook to thumb through and check off with an erasable marker as you use them. It is a pretty easy set-up.just choose the titles you want to use and then get the questions for those books. ![]() ![]() If you haven't had a "Battle of the Book type competition in your classroom or school, this is a great way to encourage reluctant readers and improve comprehension and retention. ![]() ![]() ![]() Plato, Parmenides and Mortal Philosophy also includes a complete new translation of 'On Nature' and a substantial overview and bibliography of contemporary scholarship on Parmenides. The themes of human finitude, mortality, love, and singularity echo in thinkers such as Arendt, and Schürmann as well. The Parmenides of Plato belongs to a stage of philosophy which has passed away. In this interpretation, Parmenides' philosophy resonates with post-metaphysical and contemporary thought. Hence, Parmenides' poem articulates a "tragic return", i.e., a turn away from metaphysics to the community of mortals. Adluri argues that the tripartite division of Parmenides' poem allows the thinker to brilliantly hold together the paradox of speaking about being in time and articulates a tragic knowing: mortals may aspire to the transcendence of metaphysics, but are inescapably returned to their mortal condition. ![]() ![]() Diogenes Laertius says that his father was Pires, and that he belonged to a rich and noble family. In a new interpretation of Parmenides' philosophical poem On Nature, Vishwa Adluri considers Parmenides as a thinker of mortal singularity, a thinker who is concerned with the fate of irreducibly unique individuals. Parmenides was born in Elea (called Velia in Roman times), a city located in Magna Graecia. Plato deals with Parmenides on several levels there, some serious, some ironic: among other things, Plato provides explicit quotations from Parmenides’ poem, he discusses the possibility of a monistic position in general, and he investigates and develops Parmenides’ account of Being and non-Being. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Fans of Norah Lofts' work particularly appreciate how her characters who live around the Suffolk town of Baildon interact with one another between different books. The House at Old Vine is the second in Norah Lofts' enduringly popular Suffolk Trilogy which began with The Town House and concludes with The House at Sunset. Haunted by the stubbornness of its founder, Martin Reed, and the mystical gypsy blood of his wife, their descendants, both innocent and guilty, are caught up in a world of witch-hunts, wars and revolution over two centuries-between the days of Christopher Columbus and the Restoration of Charles II. Book Synopsis The doomed love story of Josiana Greenwood and Walter Rancon sets the scene as the destiny of the great Suffolk house known as the Old Vine continues to unfold. ![]() ![]() They have no one to trust but each other, and the only thing keeping them safe is the book that sent Becca's spirit to Ancient Mytica-the same book that their enemies would kill them for.Īncient Mytica: Maddox grapples to keep his newly discovered powers under control, while the ruthless goddess Valoria hunts him down. Modern-day Toronto: Sisters Crystal and Becca Hatcher are reunited after reclaiming the Bronze Codex and narrowly escaping death. ![]() ![]() ![]() In the second installment of New York Times bestselling author Morgan Rhodes's highly acclaimed Falling Kingdoms spin-off series, danger looms and the mystery deepens as two warring evils vie for possession of one elusive, powerful book. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() For its first mission, Simulmatics aimed to win the White House back for the Democratic Party. “Simulmatics,” a mashup of “simulation” and “automatic,” had much the same mystique as another nineteen-fifties neologism: “artificial intelligence.” Decades before Facebook and Google and Cambridge Analytica and every app on your phone, Simulmatics’ founders thought of it all: they had the idea that, if they could collect enough data about enough people and write enough good code, everything, one day, might be predicted-every human mind simulated and then directed by targeted messages as unerring as missiles. His new company’s offices were threadbare his ambition could hardly have been grander. “Ed Greenfield,” he’d say, flashing a Dean Martin grin, slapping a back, offering a vodka-and-tonic, palming a business card. ![]() Greenfield, an adman, political consultant, and all-around huckster, pulled people in like a “Looney Tunes” magnet. The Simulmatics Corporation opened for business on February 18, 1959, in an office rented by Edward L. Greenfield, the company’s thirty-one-year-old president, on an upper floor of a building at the corner of Madison Avenue and Fifty-second Street, five blocks south of I.B.M.’s glittering World Headquarters. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Register to get access to the free Zoom link for this guaranteed humorously fun-filled reading and interactive chat with Terry Fallis at. No Relation (2014) won the 2015 Leacock Medal. Poles Apart (2015) was a finalist for the 2016 Leacock Medal, as was The High Road in 2011. (This book was adapted as a six-part CBC Television miniseries and a stage musical.) ![]() Creative Aging Books & Ideas will feature Terry Fallis, the two-time winner of the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour, at its free, virtual get-together on Thursday, Sept. 29 at 2 p.m.įallis is the author of eight national bestselling novels including Operation Angus, a national bestseller and a CBC Best Books of 2021 selection, The Best Laid Plans, which was the 2008 winner of the Leacock Medal for Humour and CBC’s Canada Reads in 2011. ![]() ![]() ![]() Part of what made this run fun was that it overlapped occasionally with Alias or another book that Bendis was writing. Sometimes there would even be continuations of scenes that were happening in the other book. Only the second to last story, Decalogue, shows any dip in quality, and it seemed out of place in the run. Notable Arcs: Hardcore, Underboss, Murdock Papers, End of Days (co-wrote with David Mack)īrian Michael Bendis had a hard task following the Kevin Smith and David Mack mini-runs that made Daredevil as critically acclaimed as it was popular. Bendis put together an exceptional run with a tightly plotted tale. 2 #1-6, Daredevil: End of Days #1-8 (with David Mack) ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() But first they'll have to get rid of Asa, and only Nomi knows how. They plan to sweep across the entire kingdom, issuing in a new age of freedom for all. ![]() It is an island in the grip of revolution, and Serina-polite, submissive Serina-is its leader.īetrayal, grief, and violence have changed both sisters, and the women of Mount Ruin have their sights set on revenge beyond the confines of their island prison. But when Nomi and Malachi arrive, it is not the island of conquered, broken women that they expected. Their only hope is to find Nomi's sister, Serina, on the prison island of Mount Ruin. Now that Asa sits on the throne, he will stop at nothing to make sure Malachi never sets foot in the palace again. A fierce sequel full of sisterhood, heart pounding action, betrayal, and intrigue in the royal court in a series that "breathes new life into the feminist story of oppression and resistance" (Publisher's Weekly).īanished by Asa at the end of Grace and Fury, Nomi and Malachi find themselves powerless and headed towards their all-but-certain deaths. ![]() ![]() The characters are distinct and the action flows naturally it is amazing how closely this version evokes the style and feeling of the original." - School Library Journal, starred review Carroll’s grayscale artwork perfectly depicts the starkness of Melinda’s depression through strong ink lines and striking panels that rely on pencil and charcoal textural effects for the backgrounds. "This potent retelling of the modern classic Speak blends words and images to create magic: a new representation of a teen whose voice is ripped from her, the battles she must wage to find it again, and the triumph of finally being able to speak out. ![]() ![]() With spellbinding artwork, this exceptional adaptation masterfully does justice to its source material while adding new depth and nuance." - Booklist, starred review "Carroll, well-known for her horror comics, does an excellent job of bringing the vignettes of Anderson’s novel to the graphic format. *Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award Winner* * An ILA Young Adult Reading List Selection* *A 2019 Little Maverick Graphic Novel Reading List Selection* * A Quill & Quire Best Kids' Book of 2018* ![]() * A 2019 Amelia Bloomer Best Feminist Book for Young Readers* * A YALSA Great Graphic Novel Reading List Selection* *A School Library Journal Best Book of 2018* ![]() |