![]() ![]() The master creation of Winsor McCay (1869–1934), this small and restless sleeper inspired generations of artists with his weekly adventures from bed to Slumberland, a dream realm of colorful companions, elaborate architecture, psychedelic scenery, and thrilling adventures.īecause different newspapers offered differing print quality and coloring, this collection is from the very best source: The New York Herald. ![]() Little Nemo may be a diminutive hero of comic narrative, but he sure stands tall as one of the greatest voyagers of the 20th century. Huge and sturdy hardcover format, perfect to delight in these detailed masterpieces.Īt once an adventure story, visual delight, and piece of cultural history, this publication is a monument to one of the most innovative pioneers-and one of the most intrepid explorers-of comic history. Then the return of Nemo in proper strips from 1924-27. Rarely collected before: 1910-11, then McCay’s jump to a new publisher and new title, “In the Land of Wonderful Dreams,” from 1911-14. Through them, we delight not only in the splendor of Slumberland, a surreal benchmark, but also Winsor McCay’s pioneering panel layout and storytelling techniques, his timing and pacing, and extraordinary architectural detail. ![]() This second volume collects, in glorious full color and superior resolution, all 329 of Nemo’s escapades from 1910 to 1927.
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Virtually Screwed by Isla Olsen5/13/2023 ![]() ![]() Except, I see him looking at me the way I could never look at him.Īm I sending the wrong message? Is he falling for me? He's leaning in fast. ![]() I want to be his friend, but he thinks I'm just another dumb jock. I know he would be better off if he let his guard down. But there's more to him than he's showing. Troy's all shy and awkward a classic nerd. If I play my cards well, a passing grade is guaranteed. Just smile and nod whenever someone lays on the sympathy 2. I got partnered up with the biggest nerd on campus. Written by Isla Olsen Narrated by Michael Dean 4.5 / 5 ( 76 ratings ) About this audiobook Josh Here’s some advice for surviving your ex’s wedding weekend: 1. ![]() Another point of difference: he's straight.Īs if my crush on him isn't bad enough, Jackson is assigned to be my partner on a year-long project, and I have no choice but to spend time with the hottest guy on campus. He's popular, confident, and as hot as hell in a tight T-shirt. Troy: Of course I fell for a football jock. ![]() ![]() "Are we all just going to keep doing this until we die?" "Are we in hell?" the people of the portal ask themselves. An avalanche of images, details, and references accumulate to form a landscape that is post-sense, post-irony, post-everything. When existential threats-from climate change and economic precariousness to the rise of an unnamed dictator and an epidemic of loneliness-begin to loom, she posts her way deeper into the portal's void. ![]() She is overwhelmed by navigating the new language and etiquette of what she terms "the portal," where she grapples with an unshakable conviction that a vast chorus of voices is now dictating her thoughts. A book that asks: Is there life after the internet?Īs this urgent, genre-defying book opens, a woman who has recently been elevated to prominence for her social media posts travels around the world to meet her adoring fans. ![]() Dark reunion by lj smith5/13/2023 ![]() The series was a great success for the CW channel as it attracted the largest audience in its history. ![]() The pilot season was shown on 10 September 2009 and then the series was extended up to the eight seasons in 2016. Other inhabitants including Elena's younger brother Jeremy Gilbert, her friends Tyler Lockwood, Bonnie Bennett, Matt Donovan, Caroline Forbes actively participated in horrible series of events as the battle between vampires, witches, werewolves has a tremendous impact on their lives.Īlthough Mystic Falls used to be surrounded by different supernatural beings for a long time the return of Katherine Pierce resulted in escalation of conflicts between its inhabitants. The plot becomes more complicated as each character has their own secrets and plans. The story is focused on the mysterious past of Mystic Falls involving Katherine Pierce who resembles Elena and the family of Original vampires. ![]() The emphasis is made on the love triangle between the main characters of Elena Gilbert and Stephan and Damon Salvatore who turned to be vampires and brothers at the same time. ![]() The series is inspired by the eponymous Lisa Jane Smith book series on vampires in a modern American society. The Vampire Diaries is an American television series developed by Julie Plec and Kevin Williamson on adventures of supernatural beings in small town Mystic Falls located in Virginia, the USA. ![]() The Unleashing by Shelly Laurenston5/13/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() "Fast-paced action and smoking hot love scenes. "Fast-paced action and smoking hot love scenes."- RT Book Reviews, TOP PICK "Wild, crazy, humorous, and snarky."- Heroes and Heartbreakers ![]() If you enjoy outrageous scenarios, witty banter, and hilariously over the top characters then look no further than Shelly Laurenston's Call of the Crows series."- Smexy Books "Everything you could wish for in a paranormal romance and more. With a storm of oh-crap magic speeding straight for L.A., survival will depend on combining their strengths: Kera's discipline, Vig's loyalty. Not after surviving two tours lugging an M16 around the Middle East. So not the Marines.īut Vig can't give up on someone as special as Kera. Kera Watson never expected to face death behind a Los Angeles coffee shop. A novel by Shelly Laurenston In this romantic adventure by the New York Times bestselling author of The Unleashing, a Norse goddess’s handmaiden and a Viking fight to save the world. Signing up with the Crows will get Kera a new set of battle buddies: cackling, gossiping, squabbling, party-hearty women. He knows one way to save her life-but she might not like it. In uncountable years of service to the Allfather Odin, Ludvig "Vig" Rundstrom has never seen anyone kick ass with quite as much style as Kera. If it wasn't for her hot Viking customer showing up too late to help, nobody would even see her die. Kera Watson never expected to face death behind a Los Angeles coffee shop. The New York Times bestselling author's " trademark blend of action, earthy humor, magic, and romance is on full display " in her Call of Crows series debut ( Publishers Weekly). ![]() I too had a love story5/13/2023 ![]() ![]() Destiny is something we can never change, what we can do is make better choices. A day before their engagement, something bad happens. Both the families are very pleased with the relationship and they are about to be engaged. ![]() Ravin goes to Delhi to meet Khushi and they are very happy. They sign up on a web matrimonial site and as fate would have it they meet and fall in love. Their parents have been pushing them towards getting into an engagement or wedding soon. This story is about two people Ravin and khushi who are looking forward to get married. This novel is based on a real life event that happened with Ravinder Singh, the author. This book has remained in the bestsellers list, even after 6 years of publication. Debut novel of well-known Indian English writer Ravinder Singh 'I too had a love story’ was published in 2008 by Shrishti publishers and republished in 2012 by Penguin India. ![]() The origins of political order5/13/2023 ![]() ![]() Biden focused more on bread-and-butter issues, boasting of his record of creating jobs and financing new roads and bridges. In a speech later in the day to a supportive labor group in Washington, Mr. “When I ran for president four years ago,” he added, “I said we were in a battle for the soul of America. All while making it more difficult for you to be able to vote.” Dictating what health care decisions women can make, banning books and telling people who they can love. “Cutting Social Security that you’ve paid for your entire life while cutting taxes for the very wealthy. ![]() ![]() Trump’s Make America Great Again slogan to describe the former president’s allies. “Around the country, MAGA extremists are lining up to take on those bedrock freedoms,” Mr. ![]() Nobody's Slave by Tim Vicary5/12/2023 ![]() When he's not writing he likes horse-riding, cycling, and swimming. Tim lives in the English countryside, near York. In 20 two of these - Titanic and The Everest Story - were each the winners in their category for the Language Learner Literature Award for the Extensive Reading Foundation. ![]() Tim has also written about twenty much shorter books, graded readers for foreign learners of English, published by Oxford University Press. His three other historical novels, Cat & Mouse, The Blood Upon the Rose, and The Monmouth Summer, are all available individually or as a boxed set of three, entitled Women of Courage. Nobody's Slave, a novel about the Elizabethan slave trade, won first prize in the young adult category of the Kindle Book awards 2014. Her parents are very pleased to have a son, but Ellen is not pleased, because now baby Al comes first. His four historical novels have also won praise. Tim Vicary Word count 6,180 CD: American English Death in the Freezer - Tim Vicary 2000 Ellen Shore's family is an ordinary American family, and Ellen is six years old when her brother Al is born. He is currently writing a fourth book in the series, entitled Broken Alibi. The second book in the series, A Fatal Verdict, was awarded a B.R.A.G Medallion for an outstanding independent novel, and the third book, Bold Counsel, was awarded the Awesome Indies Seal of Excellence. His legal thrillers about a tough British barrister, Sarah Newby, have been compared to the works of John Grisham and Scott Turow. ![]() Tim Vicary is an author and a recently retired university teacher from the university of York, England. ![]() The Sisterhood by Tali Inlow5/12/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() For fans of The 100, Into the Badlands, or Mad Max: Fury Road.*** Read more Start with EPISODE ONE to discover kick-ass heroines surviving at the end of the world and bonds of friendship and love built to overcome any obstacle. *** The Sisterhood is a serialized speculative fiction adventure. But when Autumn realizes that other members of their Sisterhood are in danger, she may have to put their past where it belongs, teaming up with Summer to save them all. Twenty-five years later, when Autumn receives a magical summons drawing her west, she never expected to be reunited with the woman who betrayed her all those years before. ![]() Those who attended became part of the Sisterhood, a network spanning the globe, their influence and power unparalleled.ĭesire drew Autumn and Summer together from different worlds, taking them from enemies to lovers at Whitmore. In their childhoods, both were students at the Whitmore School for Girls in Appalachia, an elite and intensely secretive SCHOOL where young women were taught how to conquer the world. With evil brewing, she vows not to go down without a fight. As the SHERIFF, she has a massive target on her back. Summer Norwood rules a wild outpost on the outskirts of what used to be Phoenix, but her grasp on power is fragile. But as she treks across the desolate Midwest years after the collapse of society, a hero is exactly what she's become: a SHEPHERD, weaving magic from words and guiding people between this life and the next. ![]() Wild Swans by Jung Chang5/12/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() As communists were "deep red", she asked her father to rename her when she was 12 years old, specifying she wanted "a name with a military ring to it." He suggested " Jung", which means "martial affairs." 'Second Swan'), which sounds like the Chinese word for "faded red". ![]() The Communist Party provided her family with a dwelling in a guarded, walled compound, a maid and chauffeur, as well as a wet-nurse and nanny for Chang and her four siblings.Ĭhang writes that she was originally named Er-hong ( Chinese: 二鴻 lit. His formal ranking was as a "level 10 official", meaning that he was one of 20,000 or so most important cadres, or ganbu, in the country. As a child she quickly developed a love of reading and writing, which included composing poetry.Īs Party cadres, life was relatively good for her family at first her parents worked hard, and her father became successful as a propagandist at a regional level. Her parents were both Chinese Communist Party officials, and her father was greatly interested in literature. Chang was born on 25 March 1952 in Yibin, Sichuan Province. ![]() |