![]() ![]() This, my Lord, is for want of thinking Rightly if Men wou’d consider with Reason, they wou’d have another sort of Opinion, and Esteem of Dedications and wou’d believe almost every Great Man has enough to make him Worthy of all that can be said of him there. ![]() The most part of Dedications are charg’d with Flattery and if the World knows a Man has some Vices, they will not allow one to speak of his Virtues. ![]() Patron, one who financially supports an author Since the World is grown so Nice and Critical upon Dedications, and will Needs be Judging the Book, by the Wit of the Patron we ought, with a great deal of Circumspection, to chuse a Person against whom there can be no Exception and whose Wit, and Worth, truly Merits all that one is capable of saying upon that Occasion. To the Right Honourable the Lord Maitland ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() The story is narrated from the perspective of an unnamed seven-year-old English boy, who goes to live with his Norwegian grandmother after his parents are killed in a tragic car accident. The book was adapted into an unabridged audio reading by Lynn Redgrave, a stage play and a two-part radio dramatization for the BBC, a 1990 film directed by Nicolas Roeg which starred Anjelica Huston and Rowan Atkinson, a 2008 opera by Marcus Paus and Ole Paus, and a 2020 film directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Anne Hathaway. In 2012, the Grand High Witch appeared on a Royal Mail commemorative postage stamp. In 2019, the BBC listed The Witches on its list of the 100 most influential novels. In 2012, the book was ranked number 81 among all-time best children's novels in a survey published by School Library Journal, a US monthly. ![]() ![]() It received mixed reviews and was criticized for misogyny. The Witches was originally published in 1983 by Jonathan Cape in London, with illustrations by Quentin Blake who had previously collaborated with Dahl. The witches are ruled by the vicious and powerful Grand High Witch, who arrives in England to organize her plan to turn all of the children there into mice. The story is set partly in Norway and partly in England, and features the experiences of a young English boy and his Norwegian grandmother in a world where child-hating societies of witches secretly exist in every country. The Witches is a children's dark fantasy novel by British author Roald Dahl. ![]() ![]() The mass abduction of Yezidi women and children is here conveyed with extraordinary intensity in the first-hand reporting of a young journalist who has been based in Iraqi Kurdistan for the past four years, covering the war with ISIS. ![]() Sinjar is now free from ISIS but the Yezidi homeland is at the center of growing tensions, making a return home for those who fled almost impossible. The headlines have moved on, but thousands of Yezidi women and children remain in captivity. More than one hundred thousand Yezidis were besieged on Sinjar Mountain. That summer, ISIS massacred Yezidi men and enslaved women and children. ![]() ![]() ISIS's genocidal attack on the Yezidi population in northern Iraq in 2014 brought the world's attention to the small faith that numbers less than one million worldwide. ![]() ![]() ![]() Ideal for upper elementary, this book gives appropriate weight to sensitive topics such grief and trauma, yet the overall tone is optimistic, weaving friendship, community, and perseverance into Mattie’s healing journey. With help from the mysterious owl and two loyal friends, Mattie is determined to get to the bottom of this ecological crime and save the donut shop, even if it means confronting deep-seated fears she developed after her mother’s death. Somebody has dumped a suspicious substance near her aunt’s donut shop-which is bad for the environment and bad for the shop. Young Mattie is startled by an owl tapping on her window, alerting her to strange happenings in the neighborhood. ![]() With short chapters, a whodunnit mystery, and uplifting themes, Owl’s Outstanding Donuts(Carolrhoda, Sept., 2019 Gr 3-6) by Robin Yardi hits the right notes. ![]() When choosing a classroom read-aloud, I look for tightly-woven plots that keep students rivited, and topics that invite discussion and reflection. From titles that will ignite discussions about contemporary issues, highlight little-known true stories, or tug on the heartstrings, these books will find a place on classroom shelves. ![]() Educators in search of engaging new chapter books to read aloud to their students need go no further. ![]() ![]() ![]() In the Courts of Chaos, Lilith is preoccupied by a Baron of Chaos who wants to know where hir Maelstrom went. In return he must first recreate the lost works of the Dark Apostle. Meanwhile, aboard Dante’s Inferno, Oorstemoth and the Rod invade the Abyss on their joint mission to rescue Talarius and arrest Lord Edwyrd.Įxador needs the assistance of the Storm Lords to destroy Lenamare and the Council of Wizardry and seize The Book once and for all. ![]() Hilda and the avatars of Tiernon work to establish a new base of operations upon the plains of Murgatroy to launch a rescue mission for Talarius. The Dark Lord Tommus, heir to the Throne of Orcus, has relit Mount Doom in the Abyss! It is time for the Orcs to reclaim their rightful place in the multiverse!Īs the orcs rejoice and race to rebuild the connections between their worlds and the Abyss and the alvar gird for war, Tom discovers his new home comes with some unexpected guests–guests who may provide him with leverage in his conflict with the god Tiernon. (All books available on Kindle Unlimited)Īfter 4,000 years of waiting, Prophecy has been fulfilled! ![]() The Apostles of Doom arrive January 1, 2017! as The Demons of Astlan continues. ![]() ![]() ![]() Kate vows to stop the killer before he strikes again. She's certain she's come to terms with her past-until the first body is discovered in a snowy field. Her Amish roots and big city law enforcement background make her the perfect candidate. Now, a wealth of experience later, Kate has been asked to return to Painters Mill as Chief of Police. Kate Burkholder, a young Amish girl, survived the terror of the Slaughterhouse Killer but came away from its brutality with the realization that she no longer belonged with the Amish. In the aftermath of the violence, the town was left with a sense of fragility, a loss of innocence. But sixteen years ago, a series of brutal murders shattered the peaceful farming community. In the sleepy rural town of Painters Mill, Ohio, the Amish and "English" residents have lived side by side for two centuries. Now the subject of the Lifetime original movie, An Amish Murder A killer is preying on sacred ground. ![]() ![]() ![]() Tolstoy told how he entertained the eager crowd for hours with tales of Alexander, Caesar, Frederick the Great, and Napoleon. “In 1908, in a wild and remote area of the North Caucasus, Leo Tolstoy, the greatest writer of the age, was the guest of a tribal chief “living far away from civilized life in the mountains.” Gathering his family and neighbors, the chief asked Tolstoy to tell stories about the famous men of history. Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln His genius is still too strong and too powerful for the common understanding, just as the sun is too hot when it's light beams directly on us.” ![]() We are still too near to his greatness, " Tolstoy concluded, "but after a few centuries more our posterity will find him considerably bigger than we do. He was bigger than his country- bigger than all the Presidents t,ogether. Naopoleon was a typical Frenchmen, but Lincoln was a humanitarian as broad as the world. Now, why was Lincoln so great that he overshadows all other national heroes? He really was not a great general like Napoleon or Washington he was not such a skillful statesman as Gladstone or Frederick the Great but his supremacy expresses itself altogether in his peculiar moral power and in the greatness of his character. “Tolstoy went on to observe,"This little incident proves how largely the name of Lincoln is worshipped throughout the world and how legendary his personality has become. ![]() ![]() ![]() Wilder writes the book from an innocent child’s perspective rather than that of a grown adult, reflecting on past events, perhaps to make the story more relatable to her young readers. Reflecting Laura’s young age and the target audience of young readers, the narration is written in a simple style. ![]() He immediately packs up the house and reassembles the covered wagon, and the family moves on the next day, looking for a new place to call home. Just as Pa is preparing farm fields to grow crops and a garden, he learns that US soldiers will be coming through the territory to remove white settlers rather than allowing them to claim land. ![]() It will be passed along generation to generation, especially as the series reaches big anniversaries and we’re given more new editions and more insights into. She loves to hear Pa play the fiddle in the evenings, which he does often.Ī year after the family arrives in Kansas, many Native Americans leave the area. The Little House on the Prairie books will forever be a part of the children’s literary world, and the franchise itself will live on as part of American history and cultural literacy. Laura and Mary love playing and frolicking on the prairie, and Laura is captivated by the landscape and by the family’s animals-dog Jack, the horses Pet and Patty, and a foal named Bunny. ![]() The house is very isolated from other settlers, but the family interacts with a few neighbors, a bachelor named Mr. Potentially dangerous wildlife is also nearby, and the family has run-ins with wolves and a panther. Natives sometimes come into their house, and Laura’s parents feel compelled to give them supplies when they indicate that they want something. Native Americans often pass through and camp near the family’s house, putting them on edge because they are afraid the Native Americans will be hostile toward them. ![]() ![]() ![]() Michael obeys God's call to marry Angel and to love her unconditionally. Then she meets Michael Hosea, a man who seeks his Father's heart in everything. ![]() And what she hates most are the men who use her, leaving her empty and dead inside. Sold into prostitution as a child, she survives by keeping her hatred alive. A time when men sold their souls for a bag of gold and women sold their bodies for a place to sleep.Īngel expects nothing from men but betrayal. "A literary masterpiece, reminding us that God's love is unconditional."-Debbie MacomberĬalifornia's gold country, 1850. ![]() Description #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER - NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE - A story of love that won't let go-no matter what! ![]() ![]() ![]() As she discovered in her own life, God built a way for us to escape that downward spiral. Jennie Allen knows what it's like to swirl in a spiral of destructive thoughts, but she also knows we don't have to stay stuck in toxic thinking patterns. Other people have better lives than I do. "A must-have resource for anyone looking to get control of their thoughts."-Lysa TerKeurst, #1 New York Times bestselling author and president of Proverbs 31 Ministries CHRISTIAN BOOK AWARD FINALIST - NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY COSMOPOLITAN Are your thoughts holding you captive? I'll never be good enough. The visionary behind the million-strong IF: Gathering challenges you to exercise your God-given power to shift negative thinking patterns and take back control of your thoughts and emotions. About the Book Place of publication from publisher's website.īook Synopsis NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - You can choose hope in the midst of chaos. ![]() |