Porter the Hoarder - the Nature Explorer

Porter the Hoarder - the Nature Explorer
Author: Sean Covel
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2019-09
Genre: Compulsive hoarding
ISBN: 9781732750173

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From the bizarre brains of Sean Covel (Producer of Napoleon Dynamite) and Rebecca Swift (Creator/Illustrator) comes Porter the Hoarder, Nature Explorer! Porter is going into the great green yonder to fill her wagon with amazing finds! Use your amazing look-and-find skills to help Porter pick from Fossilized Deer Dookie, Shiny Seashells, Topsy-Turvy Turtles, and Flatulent Flying Fish! Only YOU can find it all and decide what Porter can keep, and what she has to throw away (?but she's not gonna be very happy about it)! Porter the Hoarder is a hilarious and original spin on "look and find" picture-books. Porter is a super-fast read that has Bigs (parents, grandparents and siblings) reading with Littles (kiddos aged 3-10) and having a blast.

Porter the Hoarder and the Ransacked Room

Porter the Hoarder and the Ransacked Room
Author: Sean Covel
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2019
Genre:
ISBN: 9781732750104

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The first book in the Porter the Hoarder look-and-find series invites Bigs and Littles to sort thru Porter's mess of a room and help her win a mind-blowing reward for cleaning it all up! This is a special edition created in partnership with The United Way.

Small Favors

Small Favors
Author: Erin A. Craig
Publisher: Ember
Total Pages: 497
Release: 2024-04-02
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 0593815386

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THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the critically-acclaimed author of House of Salt and Sorrows comes a mesmerizing and chilling fairy-talesque novel about Ellerie Downing, a young woman in a small town with monsters lurking in the trees and dark desires hidden in the shadows—in Amity Falls, nothing is more dangerous than a wish come true. Ellerie Downing is waiting for something to happen. Life in isolated Amity Falls, surrounded by an impenetrable forest, has a predictable sameness. Her days are filled with tending to her family's beehives, chasing after her sisters, and dreaming of bigger things while her twin, Samuel, is free to roam as he wishes. Early town settlers fought off monstrous creatures in the woods, and whispers that the creatures still exist keep the Downings and their neighbors from venturing too far. When some townsfolk go missing on a trip to fetch supplies, a heavy unease settles over the Falls. Strange activities begin to plague the town, and as the seasons change, it's clear that something is terribly wrong. The creatures are real, and they're offering to fulfill the residents' deepest desires, however grand, for just a small favor. These seemingly trifling demands, however, hide sinister intentions. Soon Ellerie finds herself in a race against time to stop Amity Falls, her family, and the boy she loves from going up in flames. "Unique, enchanting, and haunting."—Brigid Kemmerer, New York Times bestselling author of the Cursebreaker series “Sweet, dark, and complex as wildflower honey.”—Hannah Whitten, New York Times bestselling author of For the Wolf “Small Favors is an eerie fairytale that I couldn’t put down.”—Alexis Henderson, author of The Year of the Witching

House of Salt and Sorrows

House of Salt and Sorrows
Author: Erin A. Craig
Publisher: Ember
Total Pages: 418
Release: 2020-08-04
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 198483195X

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Get swept away by this “haunting” (Bustle) YA novel about twelve beautiful sisters living on an isolated island estate who begin to mysteriously die one by one. This dark and atmospheric fairy tale inspired story is perfect for fans of Yellowjackets. "Step inside a fairy tale." —Stephanie Garber, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Caraval In a manor by the sea, twelve sisters are cursed. Annaleigh lives a sheltered life at Highmoor with her sisters and their father and stepmother. Once there were twelve, but loneliness fills the grand halls now that four of the girls' lives have been cut short. Each death was more tragic than the last--the plague, a plummeting fall, a drowning, a slippery plunge--and there are whispers throughout the surrounding villages that the family is cursed by the gods. Disturbed by a series of ghostly visions, Annaleigh becomes increasingly suspicious that her sister's deaths were no accidents. The girls have been sneaking out every night to attend glittering balls, dancing until dawn in silk gowns and shimmering slippers, and Annaleigh isn't sure whether to try to stop them or to join their forbidden trysts. Because who--or what--are they really dancing with? When Annaleigh's involvement with a mysterious stranger who has secrets of his own intensifies, it's a race to unravel the darkness that has fallen over her family--before it claims her next. House of Salt and Sorrows is a spellbinding novel filled with magic and the rustle of gossamer skirts down long, dark hallways. Be careful who you dance with... And don't miss Erin Craig's Small Favors, a mesmerizing and chilling novel about dark wishes and even darker dreams.

Daphne

Daphne
Author: Will Boast
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2019-02-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1631495429

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In this “elegant meditation on modern-day emotion” (San Francisco Chronicle), best-selling, prize-winning author Will Boast reimagines the myth of Daphne and Apollo. Will Boast’s long-anticipated first novel is an “outright marvelous debut [that] breathes fresh vigor into timeless questions of love and risk” (Laura van den Berg). Born with a rare condition in which she suffers degrees of paralysis when faced with intense emotion, Daphne has had few close friends and fewer lovers. Like her mythic namesake, one touch can freeze her. But when Daphne meets shy, charming Ollie, her well-honed defenses falter, and she’s faced with a critical choice: cling to her protective isolation or risk the recklessness of real intimacy. Set against the backdrop of a San Francisco flush with money and pulsing with protest, Daphne is “an amiable exploration of how humans might come to manage their raucous hearts” (NewYorker.com).

Porter the Hoarder and Pappy's Perfect Pizza Party

Porter the Hoarder and Pappy's Perfect Pizza Party
Author: Sean Covel
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2019-09
Genre: Compulsive hoarding
ISBN: 9781732750159

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From the bizarre brains of Sean Covel (Producer of Napoleon Dynamite) and Rebecca Swift (Creator/Illustrator) comes Porter the Hoarder and Pappy's Perfect Pizza Party! Help Porter make the perfect pizza for her Pappy's birthday! Last time she made one is was 200 feet tall and had ingredients like old tires and bullfrogs. Use your amazing look-and-find skills to help Porter get just the right toppings to make a pizza, and throw out all the wrong ones (?but she's not gonna be very happy about it)! Porter the Hoarder is a hilarious and original spin on "look and find" picture-books. Porter is a super-fast read that has Bigs (parents, grandparents, and siblings) reading with Littles (kiddos aged 3-10) and having a blast.

The Roaring Girl

The Roaring Girl
Author: Thomas Middleton
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Total Pages: 292
Release: 1987
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780719016301

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Ward was in a New York banking family, brother of Julia Ward Howe, married into the Astor family, was in the Gold Rush, involved in the social life of New York and London, and was an epicure. He was also a very powerful lobbying influence on Congress and an author. His family connections and friends were prominent in many fields.

Bury Your Dead

Bury Your Dead
Author: Louise Penny
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Total Pages: 384
Release: 2011-08-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1429945524

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Bury Your Dead is a novel about life and death—and all the mystery that remains—from #1 New York Times bestselling author Louise Penny Chief Inspector Armand Gamache is on break from duty in Three Pines to attend the famed Winter Carnival up north. He has arrived in this beautiful, freezing city not to join the revels but to recover from an investigation gone hauntingly wrong. Still, violent death is inescapable—even here, in the apparent sanctuary of the Literary and Historical Society, where one obsessive academic’s quest for answers will lead Gamache down a dark path. . . Meanwhile, Gamache is receiving disturbing news from his hometown village. Beloved bistro owner Olivier was recently convicted of murder but everyone—including Gamache—believes that he is innocent. Who is behind this sinister plot? Now it’s up to Gamache to solve this killer case. . .and relive a terrible event from his own past before he can begin to bury his dead. “Few writers in any genre can match Penny’s ability to combine heartbreak and hope.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Apartment 16

Apartment 16
Author: Adam Nevill
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2010-05-21
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0330525700

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Some doors are better left closed . . . In Barrington House, an upmarket block in London, there is an empty apartment. No one goes in, no one comes out. And it has been that way for fifty years. Until the night watchman hears a disturbance after midnight and investigates. What he experiences is enough to change his life forever. A young American woman, Apryl, arrives at Barrington House. She's been left an apartment by her mysterious Great Aunt Lillian who died in strange circumstances. Rumours claim Lillian was mad. But her diary suggests she was implicated in a horrific and inexplicable event decades ago. Determined to learn something of this eccentric woman, Apryl begins to unravel the hidden story of Barrington House. She discovers that a transforming, evil force still inhabits the building. And the doorway to Apartment 16 is a gateway to something altogether more terrifying . . . Apartment 16 is another gripping novel full of suspense and horror from Adam Nevill, twice winner of the August Derleth award.

Science, Strategy and War

Science, Strategy and War
Author: Frans P.B. Osinga
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 328
Release: 2007-01-24
Genre: History
ISBN: 1134197098

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John Boyd is often known exclusively for the so-called ‘OODA’ loop model he developed. This model refers to a decision-making process and to the idea that military victory goes to the side that can complete the cycle from observation to action the fastest. This book aims to redress this state of affairs and re-examines John Boyd’s original contribution to strategic theory. By highlighting diverse sources that shaped Boyd’s thinking, and by offering a comprehensive overview of Boyd’s work, this volume demonstrates that the common interpretation of the meaning of Boyd’s OODA loop concept is incomplete. It also shows that Boyd’s work is much more comprehensive, richer and deeper than is generally thought. With his ideas featuring in the literature on Network Centric Warfare, a key element of the US and NATO’s so-called ‘military transformation’ programmes, as well as in the debate on Fourth Generation Warfare, Boyd continues to exert a strong influence on Western military thinking. Dr Osinga demonstrates how Boyd’s work can helps us to understand the new strategic threats in the post- 9/11 world, and establishes why John Boyd should be regarded as one of the most important (post)modern strategic theorists.