![]() In the tradition of William Bennett's Book of Virtues, Hinckley has created a classic look at the values that can change our world - and how to stand up for them. ![]() The solution lies not within our government, schools, or symbols of popular culture, but rather within ourselves, our families, and our faith. Hinckley, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, one cannot lose hope. Families are splintering around us, our children are becoming alienated from their great cultural heritage, and our leaders seem increasingly out of touch. Sadly, many today would say ours is a nation in crisis. No nation can be greater than the strength of its individual homes or the virtue of its people. ![]() With an introduction read by Mike Wallace ![]()
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She was the eldest of the three and the best informed on such matters. “He was spawned in the deepest of nights,” the third announced. “’Tis the rumor,” the second whispered with a furtive nod. One of the three girls huddled there stamped out the live embers, then leaned into the circle again, her eyes wide with unease. The twigs snapped and popped in the hearth, sending a spray of sparks across the stone. Excerpt: This Is All I Ask The de Piaget Family Chapter One ![]() ![]() ![]() OL5878740W Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 92.73 Pages 346 Ppi 514 Related-external-id urn:isbn:1459246322 Sex, Murder and a Double Latte Mystery writer Sophie Katz suspects that a crazed fan is sneaking into her apartment to reenact scenes from her books. ![]() Urn:lcp:isbn_9780373895809:epub:fc16b24c-1470-40a6-8016-cb2f60bd1bcf Foldoutcount 0 Identifier isbn_9780373895809 Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t8sb56d3s Isbn 0373895801Ġ373895526 Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.20 Ocr_module_version 0.0.17 Openlibrary_edition Follow the escapades of writer-turned-detective Sophie Katz in these four sexy mysteries from New York Times bestselling author Kyra Davis. ![]() Donorįriendsofthesanfranciscopubliclibrary Edition 1st ed. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 21:29:09 Boxid IA179301 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City Don Mills, Ont. ![]() ![]() The book is divided into two main sections: FEATURES includes a selection of sensationalistic, semi-factual confessions and case histories on such subjects as rape in Soviet prisons, Hitler’s secret sex life, prostitution, the persecution of witches, and other aberrations and FICTION collects vivid examples of garishly illustrated short pulp fiction, with categories including war, white slavery, Nazi horror, jungle savagery, Red menace, Devil worship, torture, sadism and erotic carnage. SOFT NUDES FOR THE DEVIL’S BUTCHER is a new anthology which collects some prime examples of text and artwork from a range of men’s adventure magazines published during the prime years of the genre. ![]() The prime years of the men’s adventure magazine unleashed a visual and verbal deluge of exposed and tormented flesh, bloody mayhem and sexual delinquency, representing a unique cultural phenomenon in US publishing and art. They arose partly in response to the inauguration of the Comics Code in 1954, as a way of circumventing censorship by presenting material in a new, “adults-only” format. Men’s adventure magazines were a form of pulp publishing which flourished in 1950s and 1960s America, pandering to the cruelty and lust of young men with luridly illustrated stories of war, sleaze and savagery. ![]() ![]() ![]() She published in an extraordinary burst of creativity five novels nine years, the last of them appeared before she was thirty-three, and then she just stopped publishing, leading the audience to speculate that she went mad because of all the scary things she wrote. Much is made of Jane Austen’s desire to stay anonymous, but Ann Radcliffe, even though she outsold Jane Austen (and probably every other contemporary author) and published under her own name, seems to be even better at this hiding in plain sight game. James Joyce – “Ulyss… on James Joyce – “The… ![]() James Joyce – “Ulyss… on James Joyce – “Ulysses” (“Lest… James Joyce – “A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man” (ctd.). ![]() ![]() ![]() This is, I think a new author/artist collaboration: in her eloquent, soft focus illustrations, Claire Alexander brings out the drama of Sean Taylor’s deliberately understated narrative, as well as showing young children’s ability to immerse themselves completely in the here and now. “ … he could have gone back in the woods and he’s alive down there.” I wonder …Ī lovely wintry tale with just a frisson of fear, and an acknowledgement of the boundless imaginations of young children. Next morning though, the sun has melted their snowbear right away at least that’s Martina’s suggestion. Could it be that something or someone is coming to their rescue in that chilly white wood? ![]() Candlewick, 15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7636-8953-7 In a sweet twist on the books-about-books theme from the duo. But the climb is steep and there’s something watching them from between the trees. BUY THIS BOOK I Want to Be in a Scary Story Sean Taylor, illus. Having completed their chilly enterprise, the children take to their sledge and go hurtling downhill, faces a-tingle, towards the woods.Įventually they come to a halt and decide home is where they now most want to be. ![]() Slips and slides are inevitable and a snowman, of sorts is duly built, although they decide their creation looks more like a snowbear. But be careful because the hill is too steep and slippery,” is their mother’s warning as they sally forth into the great outdoors. Two small children, a brother and sister wake to find that overnight their world has turned completely white. ![]() ![]() ![]() In the publisher's original cloth binding, in price unclipped dust wrapper. She finds love with Mary Llewellyn, whom she meets while serving as an ambulance driver in World War I, but their happiness together is marred by social isolation and rejection.Former owner's inscription to front pastedown. As a result, it was not published again in England until this 1949 Falcon Press edition, and has been in print continuously ever since.Hall's novel follows the life of Stephen Gordon, an Englishwoman from an upper-class family whose 'sexual inversion' is apparent from an early age. ![]() The first impression of the first edition thus of this work, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.Initially published in the UK in 1928 by Jonathan Cape, a British court judged the novel obscene because it defended "unnatural practices between women". The first Falcon Press edition of Radclyffe Hall's important and controversial work of lesbian literature. ![]() ![]() ![]() In this provocative, utterly original work of scientific fiction, Kai-Fu Lee, the former president of Google China and bestselling author of AI Superpowers, joins forces with celebrated novelist Chen Qiufan to imagine our world in 2041 and how it will be shaped by AI. ![]() AI is at a tipping point, and people need to wake up-both to AI's radiant pathways and its existential perils for life as we know it. Meanwhile, AI will bring new risks in the form of autonomous weapons and smart technology that inherits human bias. ![]() In liberating us from routine work, however, AI will also challenge the organizing principles of our economic and social order. AI will generate unprecedented wealth, revolutionize medicine and education through human-machine symbiosis, and create brand new forms of communication and entertainment. ![]() Within two decades, aspects of daily human life will be unrecognizable. In this ground-breaking blend of imaginative storytelling and scientific forecasting, a pioneering AI expert and a leading writer of speculative fiction join forces to answer an imperative question: How will artificial intelligence change our world within twenty years?ĪI will be the defining development of the twenty-first century. ![]() ![]() He talks to his family and realizes they all have fears too. It’s a book about a boy who’s afraid of starting school in the fall. ![]() Our first translated title to get strong critical recognition was Garmann’s Summer (written and illustrated by Stian Hole, translated by Don Bartlett), which we published in 2008. And with our children’s books, we look for titles that can open up a wider world for young readers by presenting new perspectives and ideas, cultures and history that readers might not be aware of. Eerdmans Publishing, as a whole, is known for broad-minded books that foster thoughtful conversation on a wide range of topics. We’re huge fans of the World Kid Lit community and the work all of you do to promote awareness of translated books!Īs you noted, EBYR has had a global outlook from the beginning. Kathleen: Thanks so much for this opportunity to speak with you and share a bit more about our publishing program. ![]() Could you tell us a little about EBYR’s trajectory since the imprint started in 1995 and how books in translation feature in your publishing program? EBYR has had a global outlook from the outset. ![]() WKL: We’re very happy to have you on the blog. WKL contributor Mia Spangenberg speaks with Kathleen Merz, Editorial Director. ![]() Today we learn more about Eerdmans Books for Young Readers (EBYR), the children’s book imprint of Wm. ![]() ![]() ![]() Because, in this book more than the others, its the living, breathing humans who are responsible for the most brutal acts against each other. Or maybe it was simply that there were more people in the Dark City. Maybe it was the enclosed setting of the damaged city streets and derelict buildings instead of forest and beaches that made it that much blacker. This last book, however, seemed especially dark and violent. ![]() The third and final book hurls us straight into the broken, dangerous landscape of The Dark City where Annah struggles to survive.Įach of these books show desperate people living in circumstances where death is a daily threat and is almost certainly not the end of your suffering. The second book took us to the coastal town of Vista where Gabry lived in a lighthouse and the Unconsecrated washed in with the tide. It seemed like the last safe place in the world and then, in an instant, that safety was destroyed. The first book was set in a remote, isolated village in the middle of a forest infested with zombies. In each of the three books Carrie Ryan has shown us a different aspect of the world of the Forest of Hands and Teeth. ![]() ![]() I am glad to report that this final book did not disappoint. I am so glad to get the chance to read and review The Dark and Hollow Places as I really enjoyed the first two books in this series. ![]() |