![]() ![]() Creatures hunt and kill each other in suspenseful scenes, but almost all violent acts happen "offscreen." In one scene, Mowgli uses his wits to trick an adversary into being killed by a stampeding herd of cattle the animal's death is not shown, but Mowgli is later described skinning the animal. These wonderful stories, which alternate with lyrical poems about the characters, depict a complex and sometimes dangerous natural world in which creatures must respect the "ways of the jungle" in order to coexist. ![]() However, in part because of the charming movie, Mowgli's stories are probably the best loved and best known pieces in the collection. ![]() Parents need to know that Rudyard Kipling's book of short stories The Jungle Book is far less whimsical (and musical) than Disney's classic animated film, and it includes stories with different central characters besides Mowgli, the "mancub" raised by wolves and befriended by Baloo the bear. ![]()
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![]() An astute examination of a repressive political and religious environments impact on moral judgment and behavior. The Carnivorous Lamb, originally written in French, won the Prix Hermes, and this, its 1984 English translation, was widely acclaimed. Author Agustin Gomez-Arcos left his native Spain for France in the 1960s to escape its censorship policies. Book Synopsis The latest in the Little Sisters Classics series resurrecting gay and lesbian literary gems: a viciously funny, shocking yet ultimately moving 1975 novel, an allegory of Francos Spain, about a young gay man (the self-described carnivorous lamb) coming of age with a mother who despises him, a father who ignores him, and a brother who loves him. About the Book A Little Sisters Classic: a stunning, award-winning 1975 novel from Spain. ![]() ![]() This guide is based on the hardcover first edition of The Lincoln Highway, published in 2021 by Viking. The sections of the novel begin with the heading of TEN, and progress in descending order through to the novel’s conclusion. With the exception of the chapters belonging to Duchess and Sally, which are written in first person, all other chapters are written in third person limited perspective. The ten sections comprise multiple chapters, titled with the name of the character whose experience is the primary focus of that chapter. Set over 10 days beginning on Jwith the release of Emmett Watson from Salina Juvenile Detention Center, each of the ten sections of the novel constitutes the proceedings of a single day. ![]() ![]() The Lincoln Highway is a fast paced and reflective adventure story centered on three young men from disparate backgrounds, whose incarceration together in a juvenile detention center brings them together on the outside where conflicting motives and moralities set them on a course for collision across the United States. ![]() ![]() ![]() Please follow the instructions to pack your return items and use Postal service (EMS) to return the package to desired return address. ![]() ![]() As soon as we receive notice of your cancellation of this order, we will inspect and process your returns within 24 hours via email. ![]() You can sign in “My Account” and click on “Returns and Refunds” to make a return. 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Even as a child, she loved writing poems, plays, and stories as an adult, Wright has published two romance novels, Here Be Sexist Vampires and From Rags. About the AuthorĪuthor Suzanne Wright, a native of England, can’t remember a time when she wasn’t creating characters and telling their tales. If the two succeed in convincing their respective packs that they’ve chosen each other as mates, Trey will win valuable political allies, while Taryn will escape an odious arranged mating.īut there are a lot of potential pitfalls to this plan-including the very real possibility that the wolf shifters, overwhelmed by their growing attraction to each other, will be unable to maintain the clear heads needed to pull off the deception. Taryn finds herself drawn in by Trey’s forceful demeanor and arctic-blue eyes, and she eventually agrees to enter an uneasy alliance with him. After all, Trey-who was only fourteen when he defeated his own father in a duel, winning the right to be alpha of his pack-can’t have anything to offer the talented healer besides trouble, or so she thinks. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Quammen compares combining specific antibodies with their virus to splashing holy water on a witch. For viral morphology, Ebola and Hendra virions together would resemble a “capellini in a light sauce of capers.” Mathematical modeling can be appreciated in translation, just as Dostoevsky can be appreciated in translation instead of in the original Russian. Instead of trying to turn the reader into a scientist with dry explanations, he uses analogies that have universal relevance. He focuses recurrently on the NBO (next big one) and how, if HIV or Ebola virus were more easily transmissible, no one would remain to read his book. He frames the events within an ecologic sense of the pathogen, the host, and the increasing human population. In 9 chapters, David Quammen chronicles various spillover events by using personal anecdotes and multiple stories to recount these events for the expert and novice alike. Spillover is a single event during which a pathogen from 1 species moves into another species such movement can result in an outbreak. Norton & Company, Ltd., New York, New York, USA, 2012 ![]() ![]() Travers, Mary Poppins Returns debuted in 2018 as a live-action and traditionally animated sequel to the classic 1964 film Mary Poppins, starring Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke. Based on the book series Mary Poppins by P. The part was written to be a cameo role for Julie Andrews who portrayed Mary Poppins in the original film, but she turned the role down as she felt her presence would unfairly take attention away from Emily Blunt. Lansbury played played the role of the Balloon Lady, a kindly old woman who sells balloons at the park. Signed by Angela Lansbury opposite the title page. ![]() Octavo, original illustrated wrappers, illustrated with color photographs from the film. First edition, early printing of the deluxe novelization of the 2018 American musical fantasy film starring Emily Blunt as Mary Poppins. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Library of America publication was a happy one. These texts were edited knowledgeably by Frank MacShane, author of a solidly informative biography of Chandler two decades ago, and editor of Chandler's notebooks and correspondence. His 1944 screenplay for ''Double Indemnity'' a group of his essays on the arts and misdirections of detective fiction, including ''The Simple Art of Murder'' (1944) and a selection of his letters, They contain 13 of his short crime stories from Black Mask and elsewhere the seven novels featuring Philip Marlowe, from ''The Big Sleep'' (1939) to ''Playback'' (1958) More on Raymond Chandler from The New York Times ArchivesĪymond Chandler, who died in 1959 at the age of 70, is the first mystery writer to be honored by the Library of America, which brought out two well-packed volumes. ![]() The brilliant, troubled, alcoholic life of Raymond Chandler ![]() ![]() In kid-friendly language, award-winning Name and Tame Your Anxiety explains what anxiety is, how it works, and how to manage it.Written by a parent whose child has anxiety and vetted by Myles L. And even more kids experience some level of anxiety in their daily lives. Help kids understand and manage anxiety to boost their mental health and well-being.Anxiety in kids is on the rise: 4.4 million children between the ages of 3 and 17 have diagnosed anxiety disorders, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. ![]() ![]() Her more recent interests have turned to Arab cultural studies with a concentration on Syria, and to the networked connections among Arabs and Muslims around the world. ![]() Her writings have focused on the intersection of gender and war in modern Arabic literature and on Arab women writers’ constructions of Islamic feminism. She has directed several study abroad courses in Morocco, Tunisia, Cairo and Istanbul. ![]() Since coming to Duke University she has taught Arabic language and a wide variety of courses on Arabic literature, war and gender, the Palestine-Israel conflict, postcolonial theory. She serves on several international advisory boards, including academic journals and institutions. ![]() She has been a visiting professor in Tunisia, Romania, Indonesia, Qatar and Alliance of Civilizations Institute in Istanbul. Miriam cooke is Braxton Craven Professor of Arab Cultures at Duke University. ![]() |