Gnomes huygen6/28/2023 Huygen died on 14 January 2009 in Bilthoven. In commemoration of the 20th anniversary of its publication, we're thrilled to reissue this phenomenal delight, which enjoyed 62 weeks on the New York Times best-seller list. In the second book ( De oproep der Kabouters) both Huygen and Poortvliet make appearances themselves in both the story and the illustrations as they get contacted by the gnomes because of the Gnomes book they have written together. Using a number of sources the author and illustrator have compiled a delightful book on gnomeology. It was on top of the bestseller list of the New York Times for over a year (as a book on folklore, it was categorized as non-fiction). The first book in his picture book series is Gnomes (published in 1977, and originally known as Leven en werken van de Kabouter in Dutch). The seventh of ten children, his primary occupation was that of a physician. Huygen was born in Amersfoort, the Netherlands. He is best known for the picture books on gnomes, illustrated by Rien Poortvliet. Willibrord Joseph Huygen (23 June 1922 – 14 January 2009) was a Dutch book author.
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Blue lily lily6/28/2023 The plant is known as an aphrodisiac in Africa. They are also worn by women to provide strength and boost fertility. The flowers are worn as a protection against thunderstorms. African lily is a magical and medicinal plant. Specific epithet Africanus is derived from Latin word referring to its African origin. The genus name agapanthus (flower of love) is derived from the Greek work agape meaning love, and anthos meaning love. Its popular common names includes African-lily, Blue agapanthus, Blue-lily, Lily of the Nile, Cape agapanthus, African agapanthus, African blue lily, agapanthe d’Afrique, ail d’Afrique, tubéreuse bleue and love flower. It is also known as the lily-of-the-Nile in spite of only occurring in South Africa. The plant is native to South Africa and from that point it started propagating to the other parts of the world including Europe, Asia and America. Agapanthus africanus, or the African lily, is a flowering plant from the genus Agapanthus and Liliaceae (Lily family) found only on rocky sandstone slopes of the winter rainfall fynbos from the Cape Peninsula to Swellendam. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. The book illustrates that the damaging legacy of torture is not only borne by the detainees, but also by American soldiers and the country to which they've returned. The location is far from CIA prisons and Guantanamo, but the story captures the use and nature of detainee abuse in the US armed forces that was once widespread.īased on firsthand reporting from the Middle East, as well as interviews with soldiers, their families and friends, military officials, and the victims of torture, None of Us Were Like This Before reveals how soldiers, senior officials, and the US public came to believe that torture was both effective and necessary. It tells of how a group of ordinary soldiers, ill trained for the responsibilities foisted upon them, descended into the degradation of abuse. How did US forces turn to torture? Phillips's narrative recounts the journey of a tank battalion-trained for conventional combat-as its focus switches to guerrilla war and prisoner detention. None of Us Were Like This Before recounts the dark journey of a tank battalion as its focus switched from conventional military duties to guerilla warfare and prisoner detention. What Phillips uncovered was a story of American veterans psychologically scarred by the abuse they had meted out to Iraqi prisoners. Phillips-with the support of Adam's mother and several of his Army buddies-investigated Adam's death. For more than three years, reporter Joshua E. Sergeant Adam Gray made it home from Iraq only to die in his barracks. How the damaging legacy of torture affects not just detainees but also US forces. Jon krakauer everest book6/28/2023 “They were taking chances trying to get clients to the summit because I was there.” Krakauer, however, does accept one of the film’s suggestions: that his presence, and potential coverage in a major magazine, may have pushed one of the expedition leaders, Rob Hall, to take more risks. They were helpless … The writers and I tried to look at things from a fair point of view without choosing sides.” “Our intention in the tent scene that Mr Krakauer mentions was to illustrate how helpless people were and why they might not have been able to go out and rescue people … They were not malicious. Kormákur responded to Krakauer’s complaint in a statement to the LA Times. Fates and furies6/28/2023 Mathilde's ability to survive against the odds in her youth informs her ability to endure the fiction of her husband's charmed existence. The denouement of her tempestuous version of the marriage rages through the second half of the novel. Orphaned and cast out by distant relatives, she cunningly rids herself of her dreadful past in which Dickensian tragedy befalls more tragedy. Mathilde's fury begins at an early age and she flees her French family after a tragic incident in which she may be implicated. Even so, life is good: he is buoyed by his beloved wife and the presence and indulgence of close friends. The marriage works for Lotto as he floats through his days and nights pursuing the next best artistic endeavor, even as his previous roles in plays, or playwriting, or a proposed production, never quite make it off the ground. She provides the security of a comfortable home and throws fabulous parties riddled with debauchery and booze. Mathilde appears complicit, supportive of Lotto’s role as an archetypical great American male artist. As fate would have it, Lotto, born into privilege, is charming, promiscuous and desired, destined for a life in theatre. Nodding to Greek tragedy, Groff pulls back the curtain in the opening paragraph as Lawrence "Lotto" Satterwaite and Mathilde Yoder emerge from the water and consummate their marriage on the beach. Amazing sentences build seductive paragraphs that breathe life into every providential scene. Lauren Groff's audacious novel, Fates and Furies, is an astounding portrait of a marriage. Indiscreet by Kasey Michaels6/28/2023 You cannot download an eBook purchased on the Mills & Boon website to a Kindle device, as it doesn't support the file type.įor more information about delivery please visit our delivery page. Subscriptions are only available to customers based in the United Kingdom. Up to 10 working days, with free postage to UK addresses. Please allow up to 14 working days for delivery. Postage charges vary according to the weight of your items and the destination country, and are calculated at the checkout. 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But despite this he is also the grandson of Muto Shizuka and owes allegiance to the Tribe. Sunaomi chafes against the dull routine of the monastery, though his teachers are kind, having been raised to be a warrior. The boys have only escaped death themselves as their aunt Kaede has interceded with the tyrant Lord Saga and promised that the boys will enter the monastery at Terayama as novice monks, never to leave it. The central character of this first in the new series is Sunaomi who along with his younger brother Chikara are the surviving children of Arai Zenko who, with his wife, was condemned as a traitor. The long and bitter feuds between the Tribe and the clans have created much devastation and one significant outcome is the many children left orphans either as the result of their parents’ deaths in battles or as ‘honour’ demands. It’s been quite some time since I first read the Tales of the Otori series but Hearn’s skill as a storyteller has certainly not diminished – witness the fact that I read this over four nights because it is so utterly compelling, just as the original saga was. Hoffmeister's intimate knowledge of this place, this way of life, pulls you in, ensnares you in the struggle to protect Yosemite from itself. "In Peter Brown Hoffmeister's Graphic the Valley, you'll enter the life of Yosemite's 'other' visitors, the nomadic climbers and rootless drifters, fed by dreams, a wish to escape, or a native's desire to never leave his ancestral home. Passionately conceived, arrestingly original, this will be life changing for some readers." - Booklist starred review and a deeper meditation on the beauty of the wild world. "This fascinating novel is both an outsider's coming-of-age story. Hoffmeister brings a new found sense of urgency to one of the Bible's oldest and strangest tales." - Wall Street Journal The avenging destruction wrought by both Tenaya and the natural world is captured with beauty and aplomb. Hoffmeister, an experienced outdoorsman and magazine writer, marvelously harnesses the valley's natural wonders. "A vigorously original retelling of the Samson and Delilah story set in Yosemite. The kings of cool by don winslow6/27/2023 Earning an exceptionally tantalizing profit on their product, the duo continue to expand their business that is until they are given an ultimatum. Meanwhile, O is engaged within her own journey that occasionally crosses path with the aforementioned characters. Intelligent, savvy, and dangerous, Ben and Chon quickly monopolize on the drug trade and reap the rewards of their multitudes of grow houses. Ben and Chon engineer a unique strain of weed that prompts them to open their first grow house and mass produce their product for a profit. The Kings of Cool focuses on the lives of Ben, Chon, and the lustfully witty O. Don Winslow’s The Kings of Cool is a bold, enthralling story of love, lust, greed, drugs, and the fallacies of them all.ĭon Winslow crafts a masterpiece of a story that weaves together the past and present lives of 8 characters in his novel The Kings of Cool, which is the prequel to his novel Savages. Echolands, Vol. 1 by J.H. Williams III6/27/2023 It's going to be a helluva ride!Select praise for ECHOLANDS:"Subverts expectations at every turn while building an ever-expanding world. But fate will send them all on a path leading to a war between worlds.ECHOLANDS is a landscape-format, mythic-fiction epic where anything is possible―a fast-paced genre mashup adventure that combines everything from horror movie vampires, to classic mobsters and cyborg elves, to Roman demigods and retro rocket ships. HADEN BLACKMAN (Star Wars, Elektra) reunites! They're joined once again by colorist supreme DAVE STEWART and master letterer TODD KLEIN.In a bizarre future world that has forgotten its history, reckless thief Hope Redhood holds the key to excavating its dark, strange past―if only she and her crew can escape a tyrannical wizard and his unstoppable daughter. WILLIAMS III (Promethea, The Sandman: Overture, Batman) and W. The story of Earth's last war starts with Hope's sticky fingers.The multiple award-winning Batwoman team of J. |