I am number four novel5/30/2023 ![]() They were also each given one of the elder’s powers. Before the children left Lorien, the elders numbered them from one to nine and cast a charm on them that declared that they could not be killed out of that order, as long as they remained separated. 2) The Rise of Nine (I am Number Four Bk.3) The Rise of Nine I Am Number Four: The Lost Files: Secret. ![]() The elders of the planet sent nine children with one guardian each to Earth. The Power of Six (I am Number Four Series, Bk. The story starts many years ago when the planet Lorien was being overrun by the Mogadorians (another alien species). Jobie Hughes was the co-author of “I Am Number Four” and the sequel “The Power of Six”, but he was removed from the Lorien Legacies after a disagreement with Frey. James Frey is an American writer and the founder and CEO of Full Fathom Five, a transmedia production company responsible for the young adult series “The Lorien Legacies”. There are seven main books, and twelve in between books. It is a young adult science fiction novel by James Frey and Jobie Hughes. I Am Number Four is the first book of the Lorien Legacies. The book I Am Number Four shows a world where aliens are real. ![]() Can you imagine a world where aliens are real? ![]()
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Recollections of my nonexistence5/30/2023 ![]() ![]() Beyond being a memoir, Solnit's book is also a passionate argument: that women are not just impacted by personal experience, but by membership in a society where violence against women pervades. ![]() ![]() She explores the forces that liberated her as a person and as a writer-books themselves the gay community that presented a new model of what else gender, family, and joy could mean and her eventual arrival in the spacious landscapes and overlooked conflicts of the American West. She tells of being poor, hopeful, and adrift in the city that became her great teacher, and of the small apartment that, when she was nineteen, became the home in which she transformed herself. ![]() Shortlisted for the James Tait Black Prize for Biography Longlisted for The Orwell Prize for Political Writing An electric portrait of the artist as a young woman that asks how a writer finds her voice in a society that prefers women to be silent In Recollections of My Nonexistence, Rebecca Solnit describes her formation as a writer and as a feminist in 1980s San Francisco, in an atmosphere of gender violence on the street and throughout society and the exclusion of women from cultural arenas. ![]() Richard wagamese starlight5/30/2023 ![]() ![]() With astonishing scenes set in the rugged backcountry of the B.C. Starlight was unfinished at the time of Richard Wagamese's death, yet every page radiates with his masterful storytelling, intense humanism, and insights that are as hard-earned as they are beautiful. He wants revenge and is determined to hunt her down. ![]() But Emmy's abusive ex isn't content to just let her go. Starlight takes in Emmy and her daughter to help them get back on their feet, and this accidental family eventually grows into a real one. A profoundly moving novel about the redemptive power of love, mercy, and compassion-and the land's ability to heal us.įrank Starlight has long settled into a quiet life working his remote farm, but his contemplative existence comes to an abrupt end with the arrival of Emmy, who has committed a desperate act so she and her child can escape a harrowing life of violence. ![]() The final novel from Richard Wagamese, the bestselling and beloved author of Indian Horse and Medicine Walk, centres on an abused woman on the run who finds refuge on a farm owned by an Indigenous man with wounds of his own. A captivating and ultimately uplifting read, and the last we'll enjoy from on of our best writers." -Toronto Star ![]() The prose is both musical and hard-edged, bending to match the rhythms of life in the wild, on the farm and in the desolate skid-row bards of distant cities. ![]() The Nutcracker by Susan Jeffers5/30/2023 ![]() ![]() The illustrations by Susan Jeffers in this book bring the nutcracker ballet to life on paper. Years later when Marie and the prince get married, Marie becomes the Queen of a wondrous fairyland. He takes Marie to his kingdom, the Land of Sweets, where the Sugar Plum Fairy receives them. ![]() When the mouse king is killed, the nutcracker transforms into a handsome prince. ![]() Marie aids the nutcracker in his fight against the mouse king. He is attacked by the Mouse King and his army of mice. At midnight, the nutcracker comes to life. Fritz receives a box of toy soldiers and Marie gets two dolls and a wooden Nutcracker. The story begins on Christmas Eve at the Stahlbaum’s house Marie and her brother Fritz Stahlbaum are treated to some unique gifts by the famous toy maker Herr Drosselmeier. Hoffmann’s story written in 1816 “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King.” The Nutcracker is one of the most beloved ballets in the world for countless people the world over, watching this ballet is an annual holiday tradition. The Nutcracker by Susan Jeffers is a picture book based on the famous nutcracker ballet which is adapted from E.T.A. ![]() Left behind series in order5/30/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() They “perpetuate a massive misunderstanding of the nature of Scripture and how Scripture should be studied,” she writes. While many readers view Left Behind as harmless fiction, Flesher, professor of Old Testament at the Baptist Seminary of the West, believes the novels do more harm than many pastors assume. In Left Behind?: The Facts Behind the Fiction, author LeAnn Snow Flesher unearths theological underpinnings of the fiction series, challenges the authors’ claims they present the correct view of Bible prophecy and provides alternative methods for understanding the message of the biblical books of Daniel and Revelation.įlesher says the 14 novels by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins, who have sold more than 60 million books, have become for many Americans a way for interpreting and coping with the terrorist attacks of September 2001. But a new book says millions of evangelicals are buying a marginal and fairly recent theology behind the “Left Behind” novels as if it were gospel truth. Many Bible-believing Christians worried “The DaVinci Code” would blur the line between fiction and what the Bible says about the life of Jesus. ![]() The power broker paperback5/30/2023 ![]() (For the record, I started and petered out on The Power Broker, so it’s a shame I know well.) It’s 1,336 pages in hardback form and weighs nearly 4.3 pounds - or about 1 pound more than the laptop I’m currently typing on. The problem? The Power Broker is also notorious for being one of those books people claim to have read, or start and never finish. He outsmarted mayors, governors, even sitting presidents, all in pursuit of his highway-centric, highly racist, and sprawl-inducing vision of the city. Robert Caro’s The Power Broker is a masterful study of Robert Moses, a politically brilliant and personally monstrous man who did more to change the environment of the New York City metro area than perhaps anyone else, all from an unelected office. ![]() ![]() ![]() This is about as far I got in The Power Broker before putting it down to read a book with large spaceships on the cover. ![]() Murder, She Barked by Krista Davis5/30/2023 ![]() ![]() Now Holly and her furry companions will have to nose out the murderer before someone else gets muzzled. One of the employees at the inn has been killed in a hit-and-run accident-which is looking anything but accidental. She has no job, her boyfriends former flame is sniffing around. But someone in this friendly town is bad to the bone. Murder, She Barked audiobook, by Krista Davis. Read Murder, She Barked: A Paws & Claws Mystery by Davis, Krista, lexile & reading level:, (ISBN: 9781101593066). The staff-and a frisky Calico kitten named Twinkletoes-adopts Holly and her new dog on arrival. ![]() Just when she thought things couldn't get worse, a troubling phone call about her grandmother sends her rushing home to the family inn on Wagtail Mountain. She has no job, her boyfriend's former flame is sniffing around, and a scruffy but loveable Jack Russell Terrier is scattering crumbs all over her borrowed car. ![]() Holly Miller's life has gone to the dogs. But this tourist town smells trouble when a killer goes on the prowl. The Sugar Maple Inn in Wagtail, Virginia, is the country's premiere vacation hot spot for pet owners who can't bear to leave their furry friends behind. Murder, She Barked (Paws and Claws Mystery Series 1) by Krista Davis, Paperback Barnes & Noble®. THE FIRST PAWS & CLAWS MYSTERY FROM KRISTA DAVIS-A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ![]() The angel experiment by james patterson5/30/2023 ![]() ![]() Patterson's books always seem to have short chapters, which deceives the reader into always starting the next chapter. He has produced a fast paced book that is both enjoyable and easy to read. James Patterson's first foray into Young Adult fantasy is an entertaining one. This book follows their missions, firstly rescuing Angel from malicious mutants and then infiltrating a secret facility to track down their parents. Max leads this flock and they have managed to escape from the school where the experiments were originally performed. This allows them to fly and possess super human strength, along with other unusual traits. Six children Max, Fang, Iggy, Nudge, the Gasman and Angel have been genetically experimented upon and now have avian DNA running through their blood, leaving them 98% human and 2% bird. These children don't need broomsticks to fly. ![]() Wolflust by Doug Mezner5/30/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Idea generation and pattern recognition are major strengths. My career path is diffused over a complementary content creation field that blends writing and editing, in-depth research and analysis, desktop publishing and page layout/design, information design (including infographics) and a stack of finely-tuned communications skills. ![]() With a host of software and skills my capacity stretches from specialist support (collaborator level) to overseer (director / management / advisor level), built to fly solo or in winged formation with the editorial, production and design group. 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According to Index Translationum, she remains the most-translated individual author, having been translated into at least 103 languages. Her books have sold over a billion copies in the English language and a billion in translation. She wrote 66 crime novels and story collections, fourteen plays, and six novels under a pseudonym in Romance. Agatha Christie also wrote romance novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott, and was occasionally published under the name Agatha Christie Mallowan.ĭame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie is the best-selling author of all time. ![]() AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |