![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The illustrations were wonderful and I thought they complemented the text perfectly! The word selections in the book are very delightful and clever, and the selection of spells that Simmons used were cute and fun to say (I found it amusing to try and figure out how the same spell would produce different results - I'm sure kids would have fun trying to figure this out, too!) In the end, of course, our nasty witch gets her just desserts and must educate herself all over again on the most important magical lessons. After graduating from witch school, the two witches go about witch-ly life, both using similar spells but for vastly different results. The story is about two witches who both learn the same magic but for entirely different purposes. I interpreted this story to have to morals:ġ) you can choose to see the good or bad in life (though this wasn't explored as much as the following moral)Ģ) You get back what you put into the universe: "Whatever you chant, Whatever you brew, Sooner or later Comes back to you!" ![]()
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![]() Carillon, who was married to a boy named Leon - he later decided he'd rather be called Noel - when they were aged five and seven, in order to secure the inheritance of a soup-factory-based family fortune. And this book, which I remember adoring at the age of eight or so, is no exception. I might not enjoy these books quite as intensely as I did way back when, but plenty of them turn out to still be entertaining. Fortunately, somewhat to my surprise, I've had a pretty good success rate. ![]() Not all of them will hold up well, and if you find you don't like them anymore, not only have you just read something you didn't enjoy, but you've also gone and tarnished a childhood memory. This is always an iffy proposition, of course. I have, off and on lately, been going back to books I loved as a kid and giving them a re-read from an adult's perspective. ![]() ![]() Now don’t get me wrong, I like characters like that, but they show up quite often and I think can be given more depth. Ursula is an independent, intelligent girl, and while I like independent girls she was a bit cliché she had no friends, and she was learning something forbidden or generally frowned upon. Review: I’ll begin this review by talking about the characters, starting with Ursula, the main character. ![]() Along with her father and her friend Bruno, Ursula joins thousands of other pilgrims on a harrowing journey, which will expose the dark side of the “glorious” Crusades, and change her life forever. When she is accused of witchcraft and sentenced to burn at the stake, she is given one chance to save herself: she must march in the People’s Crusade to the holy city of Jerusalem. The daughter of an apothecary and the owner of a secret book of healing arts, Ursula is determined to become a great healer–but her ambition makes her an outsider in the Holy Roman Empire. ![]() This is the description on the back of the book: The two books that follow, “The Scarlet Cross” and “Angeline” are a duology within the Crusades series. ![]() ![]() There Will Be Wolves January 9, 2015Īuthor: Karleen Bradford Genre: Young Adult Fiction Historical Fiction Suggested Age Group: 12-18 Number of Pages: 214 Rating (0 – 5 stars) : 2 3/4 starsįurther Info: The series titled “The Crusades” by Karleen Bradford is a series of five books, but this book and the two that follow: “Shadows on a Sword” and “Lionheart’s Scribe” are the three books in a trilogy inside the Crusades series. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Reed Royal has a quick temper and even faster fists. She’s tough, resilient, and willing to do whatever it takes to defend the people she loves, but the challenge of a long-lost father and a boyfriend whose life is on the line might be too much for even Ella to overcome. If you haven't let these Royals ruin you yet, what are you waiting for?"-USA Today Bestselling Author Meghan Marchįrom mortal enemies to unexpected allies, two teenagers try to protect everything that matters most.Įlla Harper has met every challenge that life has thrown her way. "Erin Watt's words are addictive brilliance. New York Times Bestselling Author Samantha Towle I eagerly await the next book from Erin Watt. Twisted Palace was an awesome conclusion to the Royals trilogy. Armentrout, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author “This generation’s Cruel Intentions.” Jennifer L. The hotly anticipated conclusion to the Royals series begun in the #1 New York Times bestselling novels Paper Princess and Broken Prince. ![]() ![]() ![]() Details Select delivery location Only 1 left in stock Add to Cart Buy Now Secure transaction Ships from and sold by SSN Book Store, from outside Singapore. "Contemporary culture, humorous romantic developments and strong characters enhance this collaborative effort. Let It Snow : John Green, John Green: Amazon.sg: Books Buy new: S14.00 List Price: S17.66 Save: S3.66 (21) S1.65 delivery 5 - 13 May. "Tender without being mushy, these carefully crafted stories of believable teen love will leave readers warm inside for the holidays."- School Library Journal Thanks to three of today’s bestselling teen authors-John Green, Maureen Johnson, and Lauren Myracle-the magic of the holidays shines on these hilarious and charming interconnected tales of love, romance, and breathtaking kisses. It was released on 2 October 2008 through Speak. Or that the way back to true love begins with a painfully early morning shift at Starbucks. Let It Snow: Three Holiday Romances is a fix-up novel comprising three separate stories that intertwine with one another. ![]() ![]() And no one would think that a trip to the Waffle House through four feet of snow would lead to love with an old friend. After all, a cold and wet hike from a stranded train through the middle of nowhere would not normally end with a delicious kiss from a charming stranger. ![]() Three interconnected stories from three bestselling authors: John Green ( Paper Towns, The Fault in our Stars), Maureen Johnson ( The Name of the Star), and Lauren Myracle (The Internet Girls series.)Ī Christmas Eve snowstorm transforms one small town into a romantic haven, the kind you see only in movies. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Up-to-date research on work, love, the brain, friendship, technology, and fertility. ![]() The result is a provocative read that provides the tools necessary to take the most of your twenties, and shows us how work, relationships, personality, identity and even the brain can change more during this decade than at any other time in adulthood-if we use the time well. In The Defining Decade, Meg Jay argues that twentysomethings have been caught in a swirl of hype and misinformation, much of which has trivialized the most transformative time of our lives.ĭrawing from more than two decades of work with thousands of clients and students, Jay weaves the latest science of the twentysomething years with behind-closed-doors stories from twentysomethings themselves. Some say they are an extended adolescence. Our "thirty-is-the-new-twenty" culture tells us the twentysomething years don't matter. Revised and reissued for a new generation, let it change how you think about you and yours. The Defining Decade has changed the way millions of twentysomethings think about their twenties-and themselves. ![]() ![]() I've learned a great deal from every one of Professor Wood's books. In 2010, he received the National Humanities Medal from President Barack Obama. His book entitled, The Creation of the American Republic, 1776 to 1787, won the Bancroft Prize in American History. Many of them have been award-winning books. ![]() He has also been a professor at Cambridge University in Great Britain. ![]() ![]() He has taught history at Harvard University, the College of William & Mary, and Brown University. Professor Wood graduated with his PhD from Harvard University, and since then, has enjoyed a prolific career in academia. His books have been national bestsellers, but more importantly than that, they have had a decisive impact upon American intellectual life. He won the Pulitzer Prize for his book, The Radicalism of the American Revolution. Gordon Wood is a renowned scholar of American history. I'm Albert Mohler, your host and President of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. This is Thinking In Public, a program dedicated to intelligent conversation about frontline theological and cultural issues with the people who are shaping them. ![]() ![]() ![]() My Ántonia is the 3rd book in the Prairie Trilogy, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order. ![]() Under the watchful eye of Jim Burden, her neighbor and childhood friend, Ántonia blossoms into a woman as beautiful, captivating, and resilient as the Great Plains. But as one calamity after another befalls the Shimerdas, Ántonia finds the strength not merely to survive, but to thrive. The eldest daughter of Bohemian emigrants, fourteen-year-old Ántonia Shimerda arrives in Black Hawk, Nebraska, blissfully unaware of the poverty and heartbreak that lie in store for her family. ![]() The moving story of one woman's struggles and triumphs on the Nebraska frontier In the breathtaking final volume of her acclaimed Prairie Trilogy, Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist Willa Cather brings to life one of the most remarkable heroines in American literature. ![]() ![]() ![]() It was MADAME BOVARY that established Flaubert as one of the supreme masters of the realistic novel, with his objective, precise style typified by his use of "le mot juste." Somerset Maugham selected MADAME BOVARY as one of the ten greatest novels, saying that "Flaubert created the modern realistic novel and directly or indirectly has influenced all the writers of fiction since his day." Although the novel did appear in the early 1880s in America (a little-known undated Peterson edition, probably 1881), it did not appear in England until here in 1886, because UK publishers would not touch it - due to the fact that the lending libraries (responsible for most of any novel's initial sales) would likewise refuse it. However, he won the case, while the book gained notoriety that spurred its sales in France. Portraying the frustrations and love affairs of romantic young Emma Bovary, married to a dull provincial doctor, the book - first published in French in late 1856 - resulted in Flaubert being prosecuted on moral grounds. First English Edition of Flaubert's masterpiece, which was destined to become one of the great classics of world literature. ![]() Original aqua-blue cloth decorated in gilt, black and dark grey. Translated from the French Édition Définitive by Eleanor Marx-Aveling. ![]() |