Author: Kate Cabral-McKeand
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1728377838
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 279
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In the first book of the Tree Dwellers trilogy - The Clan, Brill, and his young couriers have returned home from a successful grain-gathering mission at Memmcaro’s grain facility. Their community, known as The Clan, resides high in the hidden canopy of the tallwoods. The couriers stole their way into the corrupt seed conglomerate Memmcaro’s compound, but in doing so, it cost them the lives of their friends. Captain Mullins and his ruthless Rooks run Memmcaro. They control the compound where tainted and rare, untainted grains are stored. Horrific experiments on innocent children snatched from their homes also occur at the complex. Through these experiments, Mullins hopes to develop a serum that can cure the toxic effects of the diseases that affect virtually everyone on the ground. At a different location, Mullins’ nemesis, Civantes, is also conducting cruel experiments on the children. These endeavors have been unsuccessful due to the lack of healthy specimens - until now. Mullins wants to capture the tree dwellers whom he has seen. He wants them for their healthy compositions but also because they blew up his Farm, where battles to the death between men and mutated monsters took place. With the help of friends they have met, the companions must find and destroy Mullins, Civantes, and his deadly mutant men - The Snatchers - before being discovered. With the invaluable help of Mama Kilee’s knowledge, SheShe’s loyalty, and the antics of their pets, Cat and Dog, they must avoid the relentless Demonis, the silent Shivers, and the terrifying Humonsters if they want to live. Their mission is no longer about food. It’s about friendship, hope, and survival; time is running out.
Author: Jack Finney
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1501117823
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 224
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"The classic science fiction novel"--Cover.
Author: Cyndi Marko
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 0545613930
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 84
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Everyone’s favorite avian superhero takes on an evil villain creating mindless zombies in this action-packed, illustrated chapter book. Gordon Blue is not just a second grader. He is also a superhero named Kung Pow Chicken! When the smartest chickens in town start acting like zombies, this superhero gets cracking. He knows only a bad guy would steal brains! But does Kung Pow Chicken have the smarts to stop the evil birdbrain? Praise for Let’s Get Cracking! “A perfectly puntastic page-turner. Hybrids of comics and traditional pictures, the goofy all-color illustrations propel the fast-moving, high-interest story. “Ham and eggs!” —you don’t want to miss this!” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review “Just the thing for beginning readers.” —Publishers Weekly “Step aside, Captain Underpants! There is a new hero in town—this time, with feathers. . . . Fresh, funny, and packed with full-color illustrations, this new transitional series will be an instant hit with readers looking for silly fun and a touch of mystery.” —Booklist
Author: Ralph Blum
Publisher: Other Press, LLC
ISBN: 1590513428
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 305
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Looks at the effectiveness of the prostatectomy and surveys the latest research in prostate cancer managment.
Author: Shelley Cass
Publisher: Shelley Cass
ISBN: 0645185655
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 178
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“Razes, Razes, everywhere ... snatchers, snatchers all beware ...” Hato’s gang must go up against an underground system trading in the lives of youths, or risk losing the kid brother of their group forever. Kiddo prefers to be a wallflower. But being a ten out of ten on a looks scale makes that impossible … Especially when snatchers are out to find and sell the most aesthetically pleasing, most vulnerable youths they can snatch this season. Yet Kiddo has also caught the attention of the mysterious Raze. A snatcher hunter, Kiddo's new protector, and an irresistible flirt who is very interested in keeping Kiddo alive. A gritty urban backdrop, gang warfare, a vigilante hero, a corrupt system, and a bisexual awakening. Join the action and enjoy the ride. Interview with the Author: Q. What could readers compare the ‘Raze Warfare’ series to? A. It has a similar tone to ‘The Outsiders,’ with a gang like a family of very different people who need each other. Q. What makes this series different? A. Girls are kick ass members of the gang. Sexualities are open (there’s a bisexual triad romance – why choose?). There are diverse racial backgrounds. There’s some gender bending. The enemy is more covert, but widespread – a corrupt underground system. And the gang members enforce vigilante justice, while battling their own demons – ranging from trauma to learning difficulties. Q. What do you love most about this series? A. I love that Kiddo and Raze are so different – opposites attract. Their deepening, first time gay romance felt so intimate and sweet and real to write. I especially loved including so many diverse kinds of people without feeling the need to centre the story on their race/gender/sexuality/difficulites, because people are people. I loved having them there, as they are, rolling with the punches as people do – rather than the storyline centring on any stereotypes. Q. What do you want your readers to know? A. Hearing from you feeds my soul. Feel free to reach out! Read, read my pretties! And enjoy.
Author: Matt McMann
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 059353073X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 209
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This series of terrifying tales that combine monsters + mysteries is perfect for fans of Goosebumps. “Spine-chilling and creepy!” —Max Brallier, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Last Kids on Earth, on Escape From Grimstone Manor (Monsterious, Book 1) When her small town is rocked by a series of baby kidnappings, Teo vows to spend her summer break solving the mystery, and convinces her friend Logan—who would much rather spend his vacation relaxing—to help. Their search for answers soon leads them to the woods at the edge of town, and Teo fears some kind of supernatural creature might be behind the snatchings. What else could explain the creepy figure they see moving through the trees, or the bloodcurdling screams coming from the forest at dusk? Logan has his doubts, but when another child is taken, there's no time to waste. Can he and Teo get to the bottom of the kidnappings and rescue the missing babies before it's too late?
Author: Claudine Herrmann
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803272521
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 180
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Claudine Herrmann became famous in France with he publication of Les Voleuses de langue in 1976. Her much-quoted book is now recognized as a modern classic of feminist literary criticism. Nancy Kline's welcome English translation captures the clarity and passion of observations that go beyond books to boudoirs and boardrooms. Herrmann charges that language is the fundamental means by which women are oppressed. Their education forces them to parrot masculine discourse, often gets them dismissed as chatterboxes, and silences their real lives. Women who desire to express themselves creatively are obliged to "steal" language or to invent one of their own. Based on readings of major texts in literature, philosophy, and the social sciences, The Tongue Snatchers illuminates how men and women differ in their experiences of words, work, space, time, love, and sexuality.
Author: Joshua Viola
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781733917759
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Welcome to tonight's feature presentation, brought to you by an unholy alliance of our spellcasters at Hex Publishers and movie-mages at the Colorado Festival of Horror. Please be advised that all emergency exits have been locked for this special nostalgia-curdled premierre of death. From crinkling celluloid to ferocious flesh--from the silver screen to your hammering heart--behold as a swarm of werewolves, serial killers, Satanists, Elder Gods, aliens, ghosts, and unclassifiable monsters are loosed upon your auditorium. Relax, and allow our ushers to help with your buckets of popcorn--and blood; your ticket stubs--and severed limbs; your comfort candy--and body bags. Kick back and scream as you settle into a fate worse than Hell. Tonight's director's cut is guaranteed to slash you apart.
Author: Zac Gorman
Publisher: Oni Press
ISBN: 9781620101902
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Hot on the heels of the freshly announced video game COSTUME QUEST 2, Oni Press presents an adorable Halloween-themed graphic novel from Double Fine Productions (BROKE AGE, PSYCHONAUTS) and comics superstar Zac Gorman (MAGIC GAME TIME)! Klem and his pals aren't the most popular Grubbins in candy-starved Repugia, but Klem's hoping that will change once he brings a hoard of candy back from the human world. After all, it's Halloween, so there's candy everywhere! Unfortunately, there're also bullies everywhere, ready to steal all of Klem's sweet, sweet loot. Will he and his friends make it out alive, or are they doomed to an eternity of sugar-free torment?
Author: Lucy Jo Palladino
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
ISBN: 0834800322
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 257
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Are your kids glued to their screens? Here is a practical, step-by-step guide that gives parents the tools to teach children, from toddlers to teens, how to gain control of their technology use. As children spend more of their time on tablets and smartphones, using apps specially engineered to capture their attention, parents are becoming concerned about the effects of so much technology use—and they feel powerless to intervene. They want their kids to be competent and competitive in their use of technology, but they also want to prevent the attention and behavioral problems that can develop from overuse.In this guide, Lucy Jo Palladino doesn’t demonize technology; instead she gives parents the tools to help children understand and control their attention—and to recognize and resist when their attention is being "snatched." Palladino’s straightforward, evidence-based approach applies to kids of all ages. Parents will also learn the critical difference between voluntary and involuntary attention, new findings about brain development, and what puts children at risk for attention disorders.
