![]() ![]() ![]() Full of extraordinary facts and astonishing stories The Body: A Guide for Occupants is a brilliant, often very funny attempt to understand the miracle of our physical and neurological make up.A wonderful successor to A Short History of Nearly Everything, this book will have you marvelling at the form you occupy, and celebrating the genius of your existence, time and time again. Bill Bryson, best-selling author of A Short History of Nearly Everything, takes us on a head-to-toe tour of the marvel that is the human body. Many authors have produced such guides in recent years, and some of them are. Bryson’s latest book is a Baedeker of the human body, a fact-studded survey of our physiques, inside and out. Jacobs, The New York Times Book Review 'Mr. ![]() Book Summary :In the bestselling, prize-winning A Short History of Nearly Everything Bill Bryson achieved the seemingly impossible by making the science of our world both understandable and entertaining to millions of people around the globe.Now he turns his attention inwards to explore the human body, how it functions and its remarkable ability to heal itself. Bryson, who gives off a Cronkite-like trustworthy vibe, is good at allaying fears and busting myths. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Fresh and buoyant, these books are good, clean fun.” Ages 1-4. Sandra Boynton, Barnyard Dance (Workman Publishing, 1993) More fun, musically-inclined Boynton, though theres a piece or two of this where the rhythm is such that you might not get it on the first try unless youre familiar with the two-stepmight want to give it a quick read-over yourself before launching into it with the kiddies. Twirl with the pig if you know how.’ The rowdy crew in Monsters bursts in upon a mild-mannered hippo and makes ‘the mess that monsters make,’ but returns to make amends. ![]() In Barnyard, farm animals dance a boisterous, breathless, knee-slapping reel called, with great panache, by a fiddle-playing cow: ‘Bow to the horse. A zany sensibility gives an extra bounce to the otherwise conventional counting book One, Two, Three! A similar silliness suffuses Dinosaurs, which explores opposites. Each volume features a die-cut front cover framing a picture of its ebullient cartoon stars. “The popular illustrator and greeting-card artist brings oddball humor and plenty of sassy energy to Boynton on Board, a quartet of concept board books. Her Barnyard Dance! Is a true romp of a board book, with cartoon farm animals that are wacky enough to make you laugh out loud, and rhymes clever enough to sustain those nearly infinite re-readings: ‘Stand with the donkey / Slide with the sheep / Scramble with the little chicks - cheep cheep cheep!’ Now, here's a woman who really knows how to use an active verb.” - Parents “Sandra Boynton has a knack for creating baby books with bounce. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 'First Scholastic printing, September 2013'-Title page verso. Originally published: New York : Joanna Cotler Books, 2007. “DIARY OF A WORM, A SPIDER & A FLY spins a sweet story about acceptance, tolerance and understanding of differences with additional messages about being kind to our planet and caring for all its creatures great and small. A young fly discovers, day by day, that there is a lot to learn about being an insect, including the dangers of flypaper and that heroes come in all shapes and sizes. Recommended for Ages 5 through Adult or Grades K–5th Promoting eco-consciousness, earth science and tolerance of others, this is a joyful, hip musical exploration of the world outside… You might just find that a bug’s life is not all that different from your own! Based on the books Diary of a Worm, Diary of a Spider, and Diary of a Fly, written by Doreen Cronin, New York Times bestselling author of Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type, a Caldecott Honor Book and Giggle, Giggle, Quack. Worm eats his homework, Fly believes she has superpowers, and Spider can’t wait to grow up and molt. of a fly.Even though shes little-just like her best friends, Worm and Spider-Fly. Insects rule in the diaries of unlikely best friends: Worm, Spider and Fly. Doreen Cronin - Diary of a Fly, Hardcover - This is the diary. The coolest ever rock-n-roll romp in a bug's world, capturing all the droll humor and whimsy of the wildly popular books! ![]() *Not part of Celebrity Series Season Subscription Celebrity Series for Kids presents Diary of a Worm, A Spider and A Fly ![]() ![]() All games are preschooler-tested and approved. ![]() There are outdoor games and indoor games, games to play solo and games to play with others, arts and crafts, songs and rhymes, playdates and party favorites-even instant activities to do at the kitchen table while dinner's cooking. Will help parents give their children the kind of childhood that more and more children are missing."-Mary Piper, PhD., author of Reviving Ophelia Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls From Animal Doctor to Lunch Bag Puppet, Letter Hunt to Life-Size Me, here are more than 200 screen-free games and activities to help kids enjoy the wholesome, old-fashioned experience of playing creatively and freely.without technology. ![]() Unplug Your Preschooler with more than 200 screen-free games and activities "Just plain fun. ![]() ![]() ![]() We have lacked a clear Wonder Woman origin for almost a decade now, not just for the New 52 but since Infinite Crisis, so the fact that we actually have one at all is something of a miracle. ![]() I've no idea and probably won't for at least a few more months what timeline these Rebirth books are supposed to be adhering to, but as it seems pretty certain DC is doubling down on Justice League: Origin as being the definitive first meeting of the Justice League, and Wonder Woman: Year One dovetails with that. Still yet, however, this origin does fit fairly well into the post- Flashpoint New 52 continuity. At the same time, both happily and not, the broad strokes of Rucka's origin hew fairly close to George Perez's post- Crisis on Infinite Earths original, and I did have to wonder at the necessity of a new Wonder Woman origin when the last most recent still seems to work fairly well. It is a lovely Wonder Woman origin that in many ways reflects these characters best selves, with all the more pure and tragic motivations now for Diana, her mother Hippolyta, and the other gathered Amazons especially. ![]() ![]() ![]() Like in her former school, Lips is bullied by the rich boys who humiliate her in front of others. However, things don’t turn out as she anticipated.Ī few weeks into her new school and Lips had already attracted the wrong attention. When she lands a full scholarship at Hannaford Prep, Lips is happy to finally get the freedom she so much desired. Lips has survived foster care and all kinds of bullies in school. The book introduces Eclipse, otherwise known as Lips, a fourteen-year-old girl who has had her fair share of challenges. Just Drop Outcomes first in the Hannaford Prep series. Her fans can find more information about Bree and her work on her website and on social media. Her husband is constantly moaning about the wine grapes, and she confesses that she can be a snack bitch with her children. This talented author lives in a small town in Australia, far away from civilization. Bree is also a mother of two, a cat-wrangler, and a farmer, and her priorities change by the day. The author considers herself a dreamer and spends days thinking about her book boyfriends. ![]() Bree is a contemporary romance and crime writer best known for her captivating dark romance stories. ![]() ![]() ![]() It’s there that she meets Barclay McQueen, a rancher in theory, but a racketeer at heart. One of her deliveries is to the local brothel, where the ladies dress her up and put makeup on her. She cuts her hair short and is often mistaken for a boy, much to Jamie’s chagrin. ![]() At fourteen, she runs moonshine for a local bootlegger, driving a truck advertising Stanley’s Bread and Cake. Marian is driven to find a way to pay for flying lessons. “She was at an age when the future adult rattles the child’s bones like the bars of a cage.” When Marian encounters the Flying Brayfogles, two barnstormers from a defunct Flying Circus, she becomes fixated on learning to fly. The twins are left to themselves most of the time – their uncle releasing them “into the wilderness like a pair of dogs trusted to return eventually.” Jamie, like his uncle, is a gifted artist. Soon after, they are sent to live with their indifferent uncle Warren, a man who had at one time been a promising artist but shows a greater commitment to gambling and drink than to his work or his obligations. ![]() GREAT CIRCLE by Maggie Shipstead opens with the rescue of twins from a sinking ocean liner in 1909 Marian and Jamie Graves are rescued by their father, but their mother perishes. ![]() ![]() Romans 8:24-25 ~ For in this hope we were saved. Isaiah 40:31 ~ But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength they shall mount up with wings like eagles they shall run and not be weary they shall walk and not faint. Hebrews 11:1 ~ Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. Romans 12:12 ~ Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer. Romans 15:13 ~ May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope. Jeremiah 29:11 ~ For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. May these hopeful scriptures remind you to seek the Kingdom of God first, and all things needful will be added unto you! ![]() Read Bible verses about the hope we find in Christ, Who came to save the world from death, sin, and evil. ![]() Bible Verses about Hope - Be inspired by the Word of God to find hope in God and His revelation to mankind, trusting in Him for all things. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The book was released in January of 1983. Eighty-two days later, after traveling through thirty-eight states and over 13,889 miles, Heat-Moon’s journey became the basis for the travel memoir Blue Highways: A Journey into America. Driven by “a nearly desperate sense of isolation,” he left Missouri determined to make a journey solely on “blue highways”-the writer’s now-iconic term for the back roads he assiduously studied on U.S. His teaching job at Stephens College had been eliminated and a separation from his wife of ten years appeared to be permanent. At the time Heat-Moon was thirty-eight years old. It was “the fastest route east out of the homeland,” he would later write, and the starting point of what would be a remarkable and influential journey through the continental United States. On a dismal morning in March, 1978, William Least Heat-Moon left Columbia, Missouri, on Interstate 70. ![]() ![]() ![]() Ready to retire, he’s trying to hide in Everland, but doesn’t count on the townsfolk being so curious… especially a particular bookseller who reminds him of the life he abandoned long ago. After all, the fewer people looking at his hideous scars, the better. World-renown violinist Vincenzo Bellini is at ease with his carefully cultivated reputation of a beastly recluse. And as her beauty faded, so did her worth.didn't it? Re-marriage might have once been an option, but Arabella knows she’s past her prime, and isn’t the Beauty she used to be. But she’s running out of money, and ten-year-old Eddie is giving her fits, and their future is uncertain. ![]() Twice-widowed Arabella Mayor has made a place for herself and her son in Everland, selling and lending her beloved books to other bibliophiles in the sweet town. but which is the Beauty and which is the Beast? ![]() |