![]() ![]() While Herbert indulges his thirst for exploration and adventure, Olga is limited by her gender and circumstance. When Olga falls in love with her neighbor, Herbert, the son of a local aristocrat, her life is irremediably changed. Smart and precocious, endearing but uncompromising, she fights against ingrained chauvinism to find her place in a world run by lesser men. ![]() Abandoned by her parents, young Olga is raised by her grandmother in a Prussian village in the early years of the twentieth century. ![]() "Two world wars and the passage of more than a century do not overshadow story of lovers who never fully belong to each other, just as they never fully belonged to the world."- Booklist "A brilliant novel about history and the nature of memory."- Evening Standard A sweeping novel of love and passion from author of the international bestseller The Reader about a woman out of step with her time, whose life is witness to some of the most tumultuous events of modern age. ![]()
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![]() ![]() My favorite kind of book is one that mentions other authors and other books because I love being exposed to new things. One of the reasons I love School Story is that it is actually a book about books, authors and publishing more than it is about kids in school. Sometimes she pretended to be interested in her mom's work at the publishing company even when she wasn't." Natalie's mom tells her about a six hour that could have been summed up in three sentences: "People, we need to publish more adventure books, more series books and more school stories." This gets Natalie thinking, " who knows more about school than someone who's right there, five days a week, nine months a year ?" When Natalie shares a few chapters of her book with Zoe, her best friend since kindergarten, the story takes off. One day while riding the bus home from the city to New Jersey, Natalie asks her mom about her day at work because, "when her dad died, Natalie had decided she needed to talk to her mom more. ![]() The two have been on their own since Natalie's father died in a car accident four years earlier. Sixth grader Natalie, is the daughter of Hannah Nelson, editor at Shipley Junior Books in New York City. The cover of School Story reflects back upon itself, like standing between two mirrors, and the story inside proves to be a bit like that as well. The covers of Clement's books, when illustrated by Brian Selznick, always have the main character holding something representative of the story. ![]() ![]() ![]() The lecture is free and open to the public. Published and nominated for the National Book Award. In October 2013, Book of Ages, Lepore’s landmark biography of Benjamin Franklin’s youngest sister, was ![]() Her 2008 novel, Blindspot, written jointly with historian Jane Kamensky, was also a Times Book Review Editors’ Choice. Her books include New York Burning, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize The Name of War, winner of the Bancroft Prize The Mansion of Happiness, a finalist for the Carnegie Medal The Whites of Their Eyes, a New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice and The Story of America. Jill Lepore is the David Woods Kemper ’41 Professor of American History at Harvard University and a staff writer at The New Yorker. Most of what Jane read, she borrowed, but she was an avid and discriminating reader, writing to her brother, “I Read as much as I Dare.” Professor Jill Lepore, National Book Award finalist and author of Book of Ages: The Life and Opinions of Jane Franklin, will discuss her work reconstituting the lost library of Benjamin Franklin’s sister Jane (1712–1794). The Twentieth Annual Lewis Walpole Library Lecture, 5:30pm Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 8 November 2013 The Story of America, 2012) masterfully formulates the story of Benjamin Franklin’s youngest sister, who will be virtually unknown to many readers, using only a few of her letters and a small archive of births and deaths. The Ladies Library: Or, Benjamin Franklin’s Sister’s Books New Yorker writer Lepore (History/Harvard Univ. This year’s Lewis Walpole Library Lecture takes place on Friday: ![]() ![]() Her messages speak to the ever-changing needs of homeowners striving to balance the practical requirements of economy and durability with the desire to love where we live. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Marianne Cusato is a designer, author and lecturer in the fields of real estate trends and housing. Sick of McMansions? This is a guide to what makes houses look and feel right, revealing the dos and don'ts of liveable home design. Hundreds of elegant line drawings-rendering the varieties of architectural features and displaying "avoid" and "use" versions of the same elements side by side-make this an indispensable resource for designing and building a timelessly beautiful home. Turnkey solutions for affordable workforce housing following natural disasters. She presents the definitive guide to what makes houses look and feel right, revealing the dos and don'ts of livable home design. Marianne Cusato HOME ABOUT ORDER PLANS DESIGN BOOKS SPEAKING PRESS CONTACT More DISASTER & WORKFORCE HOUSING Cypress Community Development Corp. She is also the author of two books: Get Your House Right. ![]() Sick of McMansions? Marianne Cusato, creator of the award-winning Katrina Cottages, is a champion of traditional architectural principles: structural common sense, aesthetics of form, appropriateness to a neighborhood, and sustainability. Architectural designer Marianne Cusato is well-known for her work on the Katrina Cottages. ![]() ![]() Did you know that the pilgrims didn't go straight from England to Plymouth? No, they made a stop along the way-and almost stayed forever Did you know there was a second ship, called the Speedwell, that was too leaky to make the trip? No joke. RIGHT? WRONG It was months before the Pilgrims met any Wampanoag people, and nobody gave anybody corn that day. In 1620, the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock and made friends with Wampanoag people who gave them corn. Perfect for fans of I Survived and Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales. Myths Lies Secrets Smash the stories behind famous moments in history and expose the hidden truth. Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.1" W x 7.6" (0.48 lbs) 224 pagesįeatures: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index ![]() ![]() Juvenile Nonfiction | History - Exploration & Discovery Juvenile Nonfiction | Holidays & Celebrations - Thanksgiving Juvenile Nonfiction | History - United States - Colonial & Revolutionary Periods This item is available now at an even betterīinding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In Vir’s case it’s the power to fly and serve India, whilst Aman can telepathically connect to the internet, Uzma has become instantly desirable to the Bollywood moguls she hopes to win over, and Tia has the ability to divide and clone herself a la Multiple Man. Vir, along with a plane-full of passengers on a flight from London to Delhi, has been gifted with a unique and individually-suited power. But Vir doesn’t need a fighter jet to fly, or missiles to strike with he’s a full-blown flying superhero (a scene which is detailed in the exclusive excerpt on the next page). The book opens with Vir, an Indian Air Force pilot, flying over the mountains of Pakistan surveying an enemy nuclear installation preparing for a tactical strike against the enemies of India. But despite the superhero saturation in cinemas right now, Basu’s novel has found a fresh new way of exploring the question that has plagued geeks around the world for decades. What happens when a group of ordinary people are gifted with extraordinary powers? It’s a question that has been asked ad-infinitum in the comic, film and literary world, and it’s asked again once more by Samit Basu in Turbulence. ![]() ![]() Walter is probably best-known as the illustrator of the first editions of ten of G.A. Paget, the work of Walter Paget (sometimes known as Wal Paget) has been overlooked in favour of that by his brother Sidney, best-known for his Sherlock Holmes illustrations in The Strand Magazine between 18. Death or Glory: The Best of Battle Picture Library.Unleash Hell: The Best of War Picture Library.Against All Odds: War Picture Library Vol.Frank Bellamy's King Arthur and His Knights. ![]()
![]() Free UK p&p over £10, online orders only. To order a copy for £8.49 (RRP £9.99) go to or call 03. Wohlleben wrote The Hidden Life of Trees, a smash hit in Germany. The Hidden Life of Trees – What they Feel, How they Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World is published by Harper Collins. ![]() He draws on groundbreaking scientific discoveries to describe how trees are like human families: tree parents live together with their children, communicate with them, support them as they grow, share nutrients with those who are sick or struggling, and. Wohlleben’s book will change your view of the wooded world. xxxi, 319 pages 21 cm Are trees social beings Forester and author Peter Wohlleben makes the case that, yes, the forest is a social network. Trees are, for instance, “social beings”, communicating with each other through their roots, thanks to the fungal “ wood wide web” that permeates the forest soil, even sharing nutrients in hard times. ![]() Wohlleben’s aim is to let us see the trees and forests around us not just as “lumber factories” but as wondrous organisms, as complex as any animal. He starts with wise words for those entering a forest: “Slow down, breathe deep and look around.” Not only is the air cleaner under trees, as their leaves filter out harmful pollutants, but pine forests release defensive compounds that kill germs: “Trees disinfect their surroundings.” Trees also release oxygen, so a walk in the woods is “like taking a shower in oxygen”. ![]() Wohlleben draws on decades of experience as a forester in Germany’s Eifel mountains for this eye-opening book. ![]() One of the world’s most venerable trees is a spruce in Sweden that is 9,500 years old. A ccording to Peter Wohlleben, we fail to understand trees because “they live on a different time scale” from us. ![]() ![]() ![]() She first began writing historical fiction when her Danish husband told her stories about his parents' experiences fighting the Nazis in World War II. Carol writes contemporary and historical fiction, as well as science fiction and fantasy. Her teaching experience includes Artists in the School (Manitoba Arts Council) visiting professor at Bemidji State University, Minnesota and creative writing instructor with Continuing Education at the University of Winnipeg. (English) from the University of Western Ontario. ![]() Her best-selling work, which includes three award-winning series, has been translated into Spanish, Catalan, Japanese, Taiwanese, Turkish, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Finnish, Norwegian, German, French, Indonesian, Bulgarian and Russian.Ī graduate of Actors Lab in London, England, Carol first earned a B.A. Carol Matas is an internationally acclaimed author of over 40 books for children and young adults. ![]() ![]() ![]() Crease to front flap with smaler edge crease, some scuffing and spotting to top of rear flap. Jacket price is price-clipped with some very small chips primarily to top corners, head of spine and top of panels. Would be Very Good if not for aforementioned coloration of boards. A tiny blue spot to bottom page ends and some very faint smudges to endpapers and paper abrasions to pastedowns. Some light loss still visible to board ends and corners. Unfortunately, to combat pigment/paper loss common to boards of this edition, a previous owner painted boards blue(but not spine). ![]() ![]() In light blue debossed cloth boards with darker blue cloth spine and silver type. Scarce with author's signature to half-title page. The early dystopian classic available in the original edition. ![]() |