Author: Irene Berman
Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa
ISBN: 1776353625
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 64
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A guineafowl, a porcupine and a buffalo each face a challenge Buffalo Clyde has a really bad temper! When his hooves go stomp! and his teeth go chomp! everyone knows to stay out of his way. But before long, Clyde has no friends left. How will he ever learn to control his temper? Meet a guineafowl mom looking for her chicks, a porcupine rock star and a bad-tempered young buffalo in this beautifully illustrated collection of South African animal stories.
Author: Madeline DeFrees
Publisher: Copper Canyon Press
ISBN: 155659240X
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 106
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"DeFrees is committed to rigorous, even ritualistic, forms and a dense economy and precision of language."--Poetry Brimming with characteristic charm and careful regard, Madeline DeFrees ranges in scope and scale from sonnets about Elvis, a poem-cycle about sculptor Henry Moore, and lyrics about cataracts. DeFrees's poems are filled with daily encounters--birds outside the window, trips to the doctor, the plants in her well-tended garden--yet she brilliantly elevates these subjects beyond the personal. From "A Crown of Sonnets for 'The King'": "D.O.A." Although the mourners know his fate is sealed they can't give up on God, Who may come through. They cast about for something more to do: into Emergency, the patient's wheeled. The human curtain parts. Aides leave the field to doctors who inject the heart and who start IV drips, then shock a time or two the organ grown so large with caring that it failed. Why are we working on this corpse? The nurse throws up her hands. The crew, shocked back to normal, admits discretion is the better part of valor. They'll stare suspicion down, advise, rehearse the clothes that Elvis wears for his last formal. Up to this moment, blue was his favorite color. At 17, Madeline DeFrees entered a Catholic convent and remained a nun for 38 years. She has published nine volumes of poetry and has taught at universities and colleges throughout the United States. Her most recent book, Blue Dusk, won the Lenore Marshall/The Nation prize. She lives in Seattle.
Author: Rachelle Burk
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN: 1648762573
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 51
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Get toddlers ready for preschool with this delightful dance book for children ages 1-3 Toddlers are natural dancers, and they love to move! Release some of that endless toddler energy and help them develop balance and coordination with Stomp, Wiggle, Clap, and Tap. Moving along with the story will help stimulate little brains and provide a fun, creative way to build spatial awareness. Tons of colorful pictures offer toddlers visual clues for the movements, and the rhyming words make reading aloud feel like music. Movement and motor skills—Little ones will begin by learning to isolate individual body parts, like their hands, hips, arms, and toes, then move their whole body. Dynamic dancing—Toddlers will harness their imagination when they dance with silly moves like Prancing Pony, Flapping Chicken, and Twirling Pinwheel. Keep the fun going—Explore a list of online dance videos and resources to help them keep moving and developing even when the book is finished. Set the stage for an active childhood with this standout in books for toddlers.
Author: H.R. van Adel
Publisher: Hellebaard Publishing
ISBN: 0648560082
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 540
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On Thayria, the brutal Sarasinian League dominates. Yet beneath its arrogant façade, decades of corruption, neglect and incompetence have left it weakened and vulnerable. Even as its subject peoples yearn for freedom, the League, preoccupied with violent expansion, shows astonishing complacency in the face of impending revolt. Against a backdrop of relentless bloody battles, a provincial governor chooses a path that could change the course of history. A group of military cadets faces an increasingly dire future. And a jaded research assistant sets out to recover an object of immense power and dreadful consequence. In the centre of this gathering storm stands an improbably long-lived and immensely powerful figure whose hatred of the League knows no bounds... A tale of diverse peoples and places, Covenant of Blood is set in a world where innocence is dead, mercy is non-existent, and authority is wielded with an iron fist.
Author: Les Caulfield
Publisher: Dramatic Publishing
ISBN: 9780871297495
Category : Musicals
Languages : en
Pages : 36
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Publisher: American Philosophical Society
ISBN: 9781422381847
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 158
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Author: Rikdo Koshi
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
ISBN: 9781421513478
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 212
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Stories the director himself said they didn't dare put in the anime! Q: What happens when you try to act like an anime character in real life? A: EXCEL SAGA. Two groups of neighbors in an apartment building lead secret lives. One thinks they're trying to take over the city of Fukuoka. The other thinks they're trying to defend it. Only their bosses, would-be conqueror Lord Il Palazzo and obsessed bureaucrat Dr. Kabapu, know the truth behind this increasingly dangerous private game... Too bad neither will let their underlings in on it! Dr. Kabapu be ILLin', as the stunning success of Il Palazzo's eponymous electronics firm is turning him literally sick. But even while ILL's president--the stylish, corporate Excel--carries out her CEO's directives, kindhearted Umi discovers another version of her: a woman in a torn prison outfit with little memory of her past. Dressing the stranger from her extensive cos-play wardrobe, Umi brings the mystery girl into the Shiouji household, only to let her fall into Aunt Miwa's clutches. And that's not a figure of speech!
Author: Andrei Codrescu
Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher
ISBN: 9781574231007
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 496
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Andrei Codrescu's infamous anti-literary magazine Exquisite Corpse became a prime site of engaged dialogue in the stormy decade of its existence. Taking its name from Surrealism, the Corpse became the home of rebellion, passion, polemic, black humor, sedition, and all points between the front lines and back alleys of contemporary culture. In this text, Codrescu and Rosenthal resurrect the best essays and poems from Carl Rakosi, James Purdy, Joel Oppenheimer, Robert Creeley, Tom Clark and other members of America's vibrant and eclectic avant-garde.
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 968
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Author: Alf Prøysen
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0099267276
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 114
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Mrs Pepperpot doesn't know when or where she's going to shrink to the size of a tiny pepperpot - it just happens! But whether it's in the middle of the spring cleaning or the midst of a snowstorm - mini Mrs Pepperpot has some very big adventures.
