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Author
Publisher
Sheed & Ward
Pub. Date
©2007
Language
English
Description
"Most parents have no trouble telling their children how to dress, drive, study, or shave, but struggle to talk with them about how best to live--about real love, faith, integrity, values, true enrichment, and success. In the tradition of Tuesdays with Morrie, renowned Catholic philosopher Peter Kreeft now shares with us the wisdom that he has compiled for his children as his best gift to them. Readable and browsable, these heart-to-heart chats present...
Author
Series
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends, an imprint of Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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Description
"Andy and Terry live in a 169-story treehouse...It now has a kangaroo-riding range, a Whatever-Weather-You-Want dome, and a hall of fun-house mirrors--the perfect place to hide from the truancy officer who is trying to catch them and Jill and make them go to school! Unfortunately, the hall of fun-house mirrors is also the place where their evil troublemaking twins, Anti-Andy, Terrible-Terry, and Junkyard-Jill, live in a doppelganger mirror, and they...
Author
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Theo Benton decides to move to the United States to finally finish her novel, and she is soon drawn into a literary labyrinth where identity is something that can be lost and remade for the sake of sales and readership. When her mentor and lover is brutally murdered, Theo wants the killer to be found and justice to be served. But when the prime suspect turns out to be her older brother, Gus, Theo does what is necessary to protect him--to save him....
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
From internationally renowned writer and Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie, a searing, deeply personal account of enduring--and surviving--an attempt on his life thirty years after the fatwa that was ordered against him. Speaking out for the first time, and in unforgettable detail, about the traumatic events of August 12, 2022, Salman Rushdie answers violence with art, and reminds us of the power of words to make sense of the unthinkable. Knife is...
Author
Series
Daniel Hawthorne novels volume 5
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Riverside Close is a picture-perfect community. The six exclusive and attractive houses are tucked far away from the noise and grime of city life, allowing the residents to enjoy beautiful gardens, pleasant birdsong, and tranquility from behind the security of a locked gate. It is the perfect idyll, until the Kentworthy family arrives, with their four giant, gas-guzzling cars, gaggle of shrieking children, and plans for a garish swimming pool in the...
9) 安徒生
Author
Series
Publisher
Kang xuan wen jiao shi ye gu fen you xian gong si
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
中文(繁體)
Description
When Hans Christian Andersen was a little boy, he treated storybooks as jewels to be treasured. He wanted to perform on stage, but was always cast as the troll. Luckily, through theatre, he found a love for writing. He wrote about both the ordinary and fantastic, in stories like 'The Ugly Duckling' and 'The Little Mermaid', never talking down to children. This enchanting book features stylish and quirky illustrations and extra facts at the back, including...
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