![]() ![]() (And I love that the two who seem to start all the trouble are named Nip and Tuck. In You Are Mine, the Wemmicks start getting competitive about who has the most, and the best, boxes and balls. She suggests Punchinello visit Eli to learn why the stars and dots don’t stick to her. ![]() Punchinello gets dots, but then he meets a Wemmick who has neither. In You Are Special, the Wemmicks start dishing out stars and dots – stars to the good Wemmicks, and dots to the bad Wemmicks. ![]() Wemmicks are little wooden people made by Eli, the woodcarver. Crossway Publishing has generously offered to give away two more, to one Spits and Wiggles reader!īoth are stories of Punchinello the Wemmick, who lives in – you guessed it – Wemmicksville. Someone gave us two Max Lucado board books, both illustrated by Sergio Martinez, that are absolutely beautiful. There are some classics that we had to start with, but I’m finding great new stuff all the time too. I love that he likes to sit down and turn pages and point at pictures. I love books, and I love the slow process of building a library for The Meatball. ![]()
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There are different groups of people found in the books. ![]() The “Anvil of the World” novels are Kage Baker’s first foray into the fantasy genre. ![]() ![]() Theirs was a brutal world, but then so was the world of the Caribbean pirates. In the name of Islam, they spread terror not only in the Mediterranean, but along the coasts of Western Europe, even as far north as Iceland, selling their captives in the slave markets of North Africa. There is an obvious comparison with modern state-sponsored terrorism, especially when we learn that corsairs were sometimes spoken of as pursuing a sea jihad. ![]() They were privateers operating under licence. Strictly speaking, these men were not pirates at all. Yet another, of equal notoriety with Ward, was Simon Danseker, the Dutchman. John Ward, one of the most notorious, began life as a Kentish fisherman another, Sir Francis Verney, was an English gentleman. ![]() Yet they deserve to be, for a high proportion were European renegades. ![]() And – dare I say it – the Johnny Depps? The Corsairs of the Barbary Coast are much less well known. Pirates of Barbary: Corsairs, Conquests and Captivity in the 17th Century MediterraneanĮveryone knows about the pirates of the Caribbean, the Morgans and the Kidds. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Kennedy, by her own account, came late to fiction writing. It is a story told with such compulsive attention to the textures of its world that every page feels like a moral and intellectual event. Trespasses is a novel distinguished by a quality rare in fiction at any time: a sense of utter conviction. But after a very few pages have passed, it becomes clear how little any of this stuff – the traditional plot, the conventional telling – is relevant. In fact its mode is what you might call low-realist: the strain of dogged unromantic telling that descends from Ernest Hemingway and the early James Joyce through (in Ireland) writers such as Brian Moore and Colm Tóibín. This is not a book that is interested in performing radical aesthetic surgery on the realist novel. Thus commences an affair that Cushla must keep secret from everyone, on pain – literally – of death. He invites Cushla to an “Irish language evening” with his bourgeois-bohemian friends, liberals who toy with pro-Republican politics. Michael is a Protestant barrister who defends young Catholic men who have been unjustly arrested. Here she meets Michael Agnew: handsome, middle-aged, sophisticated, married. She also does the odd shift in the family pub, which is frequented by leering and aggressive British soldiers. ![]() Cushla Lavery is 24 and works as a primary teacher in a school on the outskirts of Belfast. 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It was first attributed to Clement Clarke Moore in 1837 by Charles Fenno Hoffman in The New York Book of Poetry. ![]() The poem was published anonymously in 1823 by the Troy Sentinel. Nicholas and other Christmastide visitors varied considerably. ![]() Prior to the poem, American ideas about St. Nicholas", also known as "The Night Before Christmas" from its first line, and first published in 1823, is largely responsible for the contemporary American conception of Santa Claus, including his appearance, the night he visits, his method of transportation, the number and names of his reindeer, and that he brings toys to children. ![]() ![]() The emir has been responsible for the death of several Vikings, and they are determined to bring him to justice. In Eaters of the Dead, Michael Crichton tells the story of a group of Vikings who are sent to capture an Arab emir. This fast-paced and suspenseful book will keep you guessing until the very end! 5. As they explore the ship, their own fears consume them as they realize that this isn’t just any ordinary space exploration mission. The story follows the crew of a scientific expedition who discover strange and dangerous phenomena on board what appears to be an abandoned spaceship. ![]() ![]() If you are looking for a great science fiction novel to read, Sphere is an excellent choice. ![]() Crichton’s writing is skilled and engaging, and he does an excellent job of building tension and keeping the reader guessing what will happen next. The novel is fast-paced and suspenseful, with plenty of action and intrigue. As they explore the ship, they begin to experience strange and dangerous phenomena, and soon realize that they are in danger of being consumed by the sphere. ![]() The story follows the crew of a scientific expedition who are investigating a mysterious alien spacecraft discovered on the ocean floor. Sphere is a novel written by Michael Crichton and published in 1987. ![]() ![]() ![]() Runt is a real page-turner, and despite the enormous cast of characters all of the narrative strands come together in the book’s triumphant end. Silvey is a natural at writing for this age-bracket. When Annie realises that Runt is clever enough (and fast enough) to win the local dog race and perhaps even the prestigious Krumpets Dog Show she sees a way to make her family enough money to solve all of their problems, but first she’ll have to overcome Runt’s fear of an audience. Annie comes from a family of inventors and experimenters, larger than life characters who will do anything for each other-it’s Roald Dahl-esque in the best of ways, with enough whimsy and nostalgia to appeal to adults, and humour and suspense for the book’s ideal middle-grade reader. ![]() With Runt, Craig Silvey has concentrated his interest on the outsider in this charming book. When anyone else is watching, Runt won’t budge, but when he’s alone with Annie he’ll do anything she wants. Annie’s instinct is to fix everything, and Runt’s is to follow Annie. Knows where Runt came from, but everybody knows he’ll only listen to Annie. ![]() ![]() ![]() Yet as the summer stretches on, Jax’s passion leaves him breathless-and Sadie feels like the only source of oxygen. Everything about Sadie fascinates Jax, but he fights his attraction: Relationships never work in his world, and as badly as he wants Sadie, he believes she deserves more. ![]() Even though Sadie isn’t impressed by Jax’s fame, he is drawn to her. If Sadie were normal-if she hadn’t spent her life raising her mother and taking care of the house-maybe she’d be excited about working for a rock star. When the family arrives at their summer getaway, Sadie is surprised to learn that the owner of the house is Jax Stone, one of the hottest teen rockers in the world. ![]() Since her mom is pregnant and refuses to work, Sadie will be taking over as a domestic servant for a wealthy family on a nearby island. A steamy read from bestselling author Abbi Glines.Sadie White’s summer job is at the beach, but she won’t be working as a lifeguard. In the shore town of Sea Breeze, Sadie discovers that fame is nothing in the face of passion. ![]() ![]() ![]() Now she isn't sure of anything-not the mother who lied, the man she calls Dad, or the girl staring back at her in the mirror. All she needs to do is mail in her DNA sample, write about her ancestry results, and get that easy A.īut when Cordelia's GeneQuest results reveal that her father is not the person she thought he was, but a stranger who lives thousands of miles away, her entire world shatters. And getting partnered with her longtime crush, Kodiak Jones, is icing on the cake. While her peers stressed, Cordelia planned to use the same trace-your-roots genealogy idea her older sister used years prior. ![]() ![]() Seventeen-year-old Cordelia Koenig intended to breeze through her senior project. Told through a series of poems, text messages, and emails, this contemporary YA is perfect for fans of Gaby Dunn and Allison Raskin. Dante Medema The Truth Project Hardcover Octoby Dante Medema (Author) 133 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 10.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 12.59 Other new and used from 1.49 Paperback 10.79 Other new and used from 1.59 Audio CD 16.89 2 New from 16. 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