![]() So when he sees the flying saucer, he's sure his years of escapism have finally tipped over into madness.Įspecially because the alien ship he's staring at is straight out of his favorite videogame, a flight simulator callled Armada-in which gamers just happen to be protecting Earth from alien invaders.Īs impossible as it seems, what Zack's seeing is all too real. And too often, he catches himself wishing that some fantastic, impossible, world-altering event could arrive to whisk him off on a grand spacefaring adventure. ![]() He vastly prefers the countless science-fiction movies, books, and videogames he's spent his life consuming. Zack Lightman has never much cared for reality. ![]() ![]() ![]() mixes Star Wars, The Last Starfighter, Independence Day, and a really gnarly round of Space Invaders."- USA Today - "A thrilling coming of age story."- Entertainment Weekly Description NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A rollicking alien invasion thriller that embraces and subverts science-fiction conventions, from the author of the worldwide phenomenon Ready Player One ![]()
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![]() ![]() The Shambhala Pocket Library is a collection of short, portable teachings from notable figures across religious traditions and classic texts. The covers in this series are rendered by Colorado artist Robert Spellman. The books in this collection distill the wisdom and heart of the work Shambhala Publications has published over 50 years into a compact format that is collectible, reader-friendly, and applicable to everyday life. ![]() ![]() This book is part of the Shambhala Pocket Library series. Designed for on-the-go inspiration, this is a perfect guide to Buddhist principles and the foundations of meditation and mindfulness. ![]() Here she presents teachings on breaking free of destructive patterns developing patience, kindness, and joy amid our everyday struggles becoming fearless and unlocking our natural warmth, intelligence, and goodness. Pema Ch dr n, beloved Buddhist nun and best-selling. One wise teacher quoted in this book, Pema Chdrn, offers a simple practice for. The Pocket Pema Chdrn - (Shambhala Pocket Library) by Pema Chodron (Paperback). A collection of short inspirational readings by one of the worlds wisest women-O, the Oprah Magazine. when you have this pocket-sized treasure of transformative practices. Pema Chödrön, beloved Buddhist nun and best-selling author, offers this treasury of 108 short selections from her more than four decades of study and writings. Book Synopsis A collection of short inspirational readings by one of the. A collection of short inspirational readings by "one of the world's wisest women"- O, the Oprah Magazine. ![]() ![]() Read, for instance, the very last poem, “Nuts,” and read the great “How to Ignore an Invisible Man,” and you’re hooked forever. Nicol gives us a mature collection of quiet reflection, with wit and wisdom deployed through finely crafted poems of masterly formal dexterity.ĭear reader, I’ve fallen in love with this book, and that will happen to you too. Recognizable soliloquies with the meditative self or dialogues with the beloved are unraveled for keen insights on the human conditiondeconstructing them until the knotty connecting threads are exposed. ![]() This is a collection rich in aphorisms on the bright and shady spectra of our interactions. The subjects include the elephant, snake, sheep, skunk, bee, couple dynamics, the trials and triumphs of the ruler or the everyman. Alfred Nicols Animal Psalms begins with the baseball fields organized uncertainties, and continues on many a trajectory of animal ruminationswith the human species well accounted forending in the imbalance of the everyday “Nuts” around us. ![]() ![]() ![]() Seller Inventory # 9781529090789īook Description Condition: New. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. ![]() One of the world's favourite bedtime books, perfect for soothing small children to sleep. Margaret Wise Brown's comforting, rhythmic text accompanied by the warmth of Clement Hurd's classic mid-century illustrations make Goodnight Moon a timeless picture book, which is known and loved around the world. In a great green room a little bunny is tucked up snugly and safely in bed and is getting ready to say goodnight to all the familiar things in his room, one by one. A beautiful anniversary edition of the classic bedtime story with shiny gold cover flourishes - the perfect gift for christenings and birthdays.Featuring a look at the fascinating story behind the creation of one of the most famous children's books in the world, beloved by Michelle Obama and Neil Gaiman alike, as well as tips on how to get your child to sleep. ![]() ![]() ![]() It is not enough that we see and feel, that we taste and smell a thing. And we are taught to distinguish their real nature from that which falls under our senses. Upon the common principles of philosophers, we are not assured of the existence of things from their being perceived. And, indeed, if we consider the pains that have been taken to perplex the plainest things, that distrust of the senses, those doubts and scruples, those abstractions and refinements that occur in the very entrance of the sciences it will not seem strange that men of leisure and curiosity should lay themselves out in fruitless disquisitions, without descending to the practical parts of life, or informing themselves in the more necessary and important parts of knowledge. ![]() ![]() Though it seems the general opinion of the world, no less than the design of nature and providence, that the end of speculation be practice, or the improvement and regulation of our lives and actions yet those who are most addicted to speculative studies seem as generally of another mind. ![]() ![]() ![]() collection in their very own Stupid Smelly Bus. With this fun boxed set, readers can store their Junie B. Jones chapter books are available together. Laugh yourself silly with the world's funniest kid! Now, for the first time ever, all 28 Junie B. ![]() So Does May) Junie B., First Grader Aloha-ha-ha! Junie B., First Grader Dumb Bunny Junie B., First Grader Turkeys We Have Loved and Eaten (and Other Thankful Stuff). and I Mean It! Junie B., First Grader Jingle Bells, Batman Smells! (P.S. Jones is a Graduation Girl Junie B., First Grader (At Last!) Junie B., First Grader Boss of Lunch Junie B., First Grader Toothless Wonder Junie B., First Grader Cheater Pants Junie B., First Grader One-Man Band Junie B., First Grader, Shipwrecked Junie B., First Grader Boo. Jones and the Mushy Gushy Valentine Junie B. Jones Has a Monster Under Her Bed Junie B. ![]() Jones and That Meanie Jim's Birthday Junie B. Jones and the Yucky Blucky Fruitcake Junie B. Jones and Some Sneaky Peeky Spying Junie B. Jones and a Little Monkey Business Junie B. Mixed editions, some with and some without volume # on spine. ![]() ![]() ![]() Forced together, the two become hesitant friends and unlikely allies as the simmering tension between their two nations reaches new heights. Akos, raised among the Thuvhesit and kidnapped by the Shotet, has a similarly singular currentgift: his touch relieves Cyra of her pain. Like all people, Cyra has a “currentgift” bestowed by the galactic current that connects all living things, but hers is darker than most: she lives in debilitating pain, eased only when she unleashes it on another-a fearsome spectacle that her cruel, power-hungry brother often forces her to employ. ![]() Cyra belongs to the ruling family of the Shotet, a people wrestling for planetary power against the gentle, prophetic Thuvhesit. Roth (the Divergent series) returns with a gripping space opera about two individuals who share a planet but come from very different worlds. ![]() ![]() Anticipate reading both Prudence and Imprudence for the whole story. Prudence is a story in and of itself, but it is also the first half a love story rather than the whole love story. Indeed, not doing so would make some of the character connections slightly more mysterious. As it happens, in The Parasol Protectorate series, Carriger does explain much of the steampunk/supernatural verbiage (except claviger for some reason), but one can infer the meanings without too much difficulty, so I wouldn’t say you must read the prior series first. ![]() ![]() I wondered if this was intentional, as if the reader is meant to be a little in the dark (because immersion) or if it had all been explained earlier in time. This series is centered on the daughter of protagonists of a prior series, so there’s a great deal of overlap, and Carriger does not explain many of the terms that are frequently used in the supernatural, steampunk, Victorian setting. ![]() I checked out the audiobook for this first book in the series, Prudence, and true love was born. The synopsis of the book was slightly outrageous, so it naturally wormed its way into my brain and stuck there. The third book in this series popped up as a new acquisition in my digital library, and I jokingly suggested to Ingrid that she read it, as she had been attempting to branch out. ![]() Heat Factor: Butterflies – It’s the hint of something thereĬharacter Chemistry: Solid, but not primary to the story ![]() ![]() Venable includes a cast of supportive adults who provide Katie with scaffolding to grow out of old friends and into new interests that completement her love of animals. ![]() 9/19), and the occasional departures from standard paneling keep the visuals feeling fresh. Yue’s drawing style will remind readers of Raina Telgemeier’s work (most recently Guts, rev. ![]() Lang might just be a supervillain… but things aren’t that simple. These not-so-savage cats have varied, impressive skills and intellects that they use to test Katie, so much so that she starts to suspect Ms. Madeline Lang, who has somehow kept her 217 felines a total secret from the building’s snoopy super. Katie finds her perfect job cat-sitting for Ms. Bell’s plants, which require complicated watering instructions. ![]() Quinn, who can carry his own groceries up the stairs, or Mrs. Unfortunately, Katie is no match for spry Mr. To join her two best friends at a pricey sleepaway camp outside of the city, plucky Katie, star of this entertaining graphic novel, puts up a flyer in her apartment building to advertise her entrepreneurial talents and earn some quick cash. ![]() ![]() The story largely focuses on the human experience of the people who have inhabited the same little plot of land on our planet for nearly innumerable generations, detailing the evolution of their culture, the challenges they had to face, the philosophies they had to debate, and the joys they all celebrated. ![]() The team goes deeper and deeper beneath the soil until they reach a layer of bedrock, and from there on out we are treated to the development of Judaism over the course of thousands of years, right from the point of its genesis up until modern times. The book is framed in the form of a novel, following an archaeological dig in Israel taking place in modern times (which is to say, the 1960s when this book was first published). Michener‘s The Source deserves some more recognition, delving as deep as humanly possibly into its history. Today, most of us only have a cursory knowledge of its recent past, which is why I believe James A. ![]() ![]() What’s more, it seems certain points on Earth act as magnets for incessant and bloody struggles, the Holy Land being one of the more prominent ones. Michener Begins the Long ExcursionĬonflict seems to be inherent to human nature, fallowing virtually every civilization over the course of their history, and it doesn’t seem like it will ever leave us. ![]() |