![]() ![]() Dominance has been achieved by systematic genocide and slaughter. An evil intelligence is masterminding their inexorable rise. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: Welcome to Birddom - a land where magpies rule. More specifically: Covers have no creasing or wear. *** CONDITION: This book is in very good condition. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Viking, Scoresby, VIC, Australia, 2005. Seller Inventory # 08010089īook Description Medium Trade Paperback. The photo of this book is of the actual book for sale. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy ISBN: 0670042773. But what can one bird do in the face of such evil? *** Quantity Available: 1. A bird to fight the darkness and bring light back to the land. For small birds throughout the land, survival is everything. The magpie has replaced the pigeon in the city and the starling in the garden. In Birddom, blackbird and sparrow have been exterminated. ![]() *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Penguin, Scoresby, VIC, Australia, 2005. ![]()
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![]() ![]() â Although Alan Alexander Milne wrote novels, short stories, poetry and many plays for adults, in addition to his work as assistant editor for Punch from 1906 to 1914, it is his writings for children that have captured the hearts of millions of people worldwide and granted Milne everlasting fameâ (Silvey, 461). Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated by Ernest H. If you see a photo beside this listing, please be aware that it s an ABE Stock Photo (whatever that is) and not a photo of this book.įirst edition of the second book in Milne's beloved Pooh quartet. Please email with questions or to request photos. I have added a Facsimile Dust-Jacket, identical to the one that this book would have had when it was new. This is a First Printing of the First edition. This is the 2nd book of stories about Winnie the Pooh and his friends. Page edges (all three - top bottom and outer) heavily gilt). ![]() Spine is faded half a tone lighter than the boards. There are two smudges on the front cover which I have not tried to clean off. ![]() ![]() Hardcover, bound in light red/pink cloth, with gold lettering on the spine and cover, with gold decoration of Tigger and Christopher Robin on the front cover, and Pooh on the spine. ![]() ![]() Recognize mental and emotional health problems In The Unapologetic Guide to Black Mental Health, psychologist and African American mental health expert Rheeda Walker offers important information on the mental health crisis in the Black community, how to combat stigma, spot potential mental illness, how to practice emotional wellness, and how to get the best care possible in system steeped in racial bias. ![]() This book is an exploration of Black mental health in today's world, the forces that have undermined mental health progress for African Americans, and what needs to happen for African Americans to heal psychological distress, find community, and undo years of stigma and marginalization in order to access effective mental health care. Black people die at disproportionately high rates due to chronic illness, suffer from poverty, under-education, and the effects of racism. ![]() We can't deny it any longer: there is a Black mental health crisis in our world today. ![]() ![]() Items in order will be sent via Express post as soon as they arrive in the warehouse. Order may come in multiple shipments, however you will only be charged a flat fee.Ģ-10 days after all items have arrived in the warehouse Items in order will be sent as soon as they arrive in the warehouse. 'An all too plausible disaster for the world we live in. ![]() 'Simply one of the best suspense novels I've read in a long time.' David Baldacci 'A big, breathless tale of nonstop suspense.' The New York Times Visceral, gritty and cinematic.' The Times 'The plot twists and turns like a python in a sack. The only man who can uncover a flawless plot to commit an appalling crime against humanity. The codename for a man who doesn't exist. Abandoned on a remote mountainside in Afghanistan. All of her identifying characteristics dissolved by acid.Ī SYRIAN BIOTECH EXPERT FOUND EYELESS. Killed in the blistering heat of a Saudi Arabian public square.Ī YOUNG WOMAN DISCOVERED. The astonishing story of one man's breakneck race against time to save America from oblivion.Ī FATHER PUBLICLY BEHEADED. The Day of the Jackal meets Homeland with a dash of Bourne - a debut thriller to take your breath away ![]() ![]() Junia’s funerary altar – image © Uffizi Museum ![]() After her death her father set up an elaborately decorated altar featuring (among many other things) Junia’s portrait, with her tidy little curls: She lived during the Flavian age (69-96AD) – so the same period as our Pompeiian kiddos – though Junia was in Rome. Having the Latin on the walls is a lovely detail – and I was quite intrigued by the name in the picture above, as Junia Procula was actually a real Roman child who died just before her 9th birthday. The lively scenes prompted lots of questions: What’s in that big vase? Where are the boats going? What do those letters on the wall mean? A busy day in Pompeii We’re also nicely introduced to different features of everyday Roman life: the busy taverns and shops, ships at the harbour bringing goods in and out of the city, the forum where politicians make speeches, the theatre, and even some children’s games – knucklebones! This is all bolstered by the warm illustrations which bring the city to life in characteristically earthy tones. We meet Tranio and Livia, two Roman children who live in Pompeii, and follow their story as disaster strikes the city. We’ve been exploring lots of Roman forts here lately, so it definitely seemed like time to balance out all our Greek and Egyptian books with some more Romans! We’ve read about Pompeii before a few times before and it immediately captured H’s imagination, so I was really excited when I spied Escape from Pompeiiby Christina Balit. ![]() ![]() ![]() She is honored and grateful to be given the opportunity to work on The Prince Warriors books with Priscilla Shirer. Gina Detwiler was planning to be a teacher but switched to writing so she wouldn’t have to get up so early in the morning. And that is what first drove Priscilla to dream up this fictional story about the very un-fictional topic of spiritual warfare-to help raise up a new generation of Prince Warriors under her roof. Because who has time to check such things while raising three rapidly growing sons? When she and Jerry, her husband of eighteen years, are not busy leading Going Beyond Ministries, they spend most of their time cleaning up after and trying to satisfy the appetites of these guys. Priscilla Shirer is a homemade cinnamon-roll baker, Bible teacher, and bestselling author who didn’t know her books ( The Resolution For Women and Fervent) were on The New York Times Best Seller list until somebody else told her. ![]() ![]() She was ranked Number 18 of FHM's 100 sexiest women of 1998, named one of the 100 sexiest sports models of 2003 by Inside Sport Magazine, and chosen by Australian Playboy as one of the 10 sexiest women in the world. She has appeared on the covers of many magazines such as FHM, Loaded, Maxim, Ralph and Inside Sport. Harrison also appeared in many pop culture magazines, eventually making appearances for many designers, including Donna Karan. She also served as a feature model for many hair and beauty lines. Modeling careerĪfter she was signed, Harrison spent the next two years working with Impulse and Coca-Cola. She started her television career with commercials, including Palmolive, and KFC. ![]() Emma Harrison is an actress, model and dancer, best known for the role of Joanna Hartman in the Australian soap-opera Neighbours.īorn in Christchurch, New Zealand, and raised in Australia, Harrison started modelling at the age of 15, when she was spotted in the audience of a beauty contest and was signed by a local modelling agency. ![]() ![]() ![]() Toru trifft viele Menschen und die ganzen Menschen machen den Roman letztendlich zu dem, was er ist.ĭas Buch war auf englisch noch viel viel schöner geschrieben und ich habe es sehr genossen und dabei noch ein paar Tränen gegossen (= geschluchzt und gerotzt). Toru gibt ihr jeden Beistand, den er ihr anbieten kann und versucht aber gleichzeitig ein normales Jugendleben an der Uni zu führen, während er Naoko schon völlig verfallen ist. Irgendwann finden sie sich wieder, aber zu dem Zeitpunkt kämpft Naoko schon mit vielen anderen Dingen und ist tief in ihrer Trauer versunken. Naoko und Toru verlieren einen Kindheitsfreund als sie alle gerade mal 17 Jahre alt sind und versuchen ihre Leben danach einzeln weiterzuleben. ![]() ![]() Eine Art Liebesgeschichte/ Geschichte über das Erwachsenwerden in Japan der 1960er Jahre. ![]() ![]() ![]() Little did they know what they were in for! The entertainment value of this movie lays squarely on the overly dramatic melodrama movie. When Mom and Dad was originally released it became a midnight favorite because youngsters were interested in trying to see some nudity. It's almost refreshing to see a film like this that doesn't shy away from the obvious. The themes and moralizing of the film are just as thick - but most impressively is how frank this film was for the 1940s. Mom and Dad - the movie portion - plays much like a Mystery Science Theater 3000 short - Jimmy from the I Accuse My Parents episode is even the boyfriend that gets the poor young high school girl "into trouble!" The acting is about as wooden as a fresh cut oak. Not just what goes where, but more importantly the risks of unprotected sex from young women becoming "in trouble" as well as the scourge of social diseases - shown in graphic and often uncomfortable detail. Mom and Dad is that sort of a movie but one that is actually a benefit to society. ![]() ![]() As soon as someone could mic a pompous dolt on a crusade, there's been a movie about their personal passion project of which they take a highfalutin stand for the good of the people. ![]() ![]() ![]() The shortest story, “Not Warm at All,” features the narrator, a writer, contemplating the difficult life of her first childhood best friend and what his loss taught her about true humanity. In “Tomo-chan’s Happiness,” the titular main character gathers her courage to forge a connection with a co-worker in spite of past traumas that have rendered her passive. ![]() ![]() In “ ‘Mama!’ ” Matsuoka, an editor, is the victim of a shocking criminal act at her workplace and in the aftermath must deal with unpleasant childhood memories. In the long opening story, “House of Ghosts,” two college friends try to define their relationship over a shared love of food and the presence of two ghosts in the apartment where they gather together. They are young Japanese women, all professionals, who are often forced, by some precipitating event, to reckon with heartache in their pasts or worry in their presents. ![]() A new short story collection from one of Japan’s most beloved authors features five women seeking peace in the face of uncertainty.Īll the main characters in Yoshimoto’s newest volume are similar enough that you might find them all at the same neighborhood cafe, dreamily gazing out a window and contemplating the nature of fate or the vastness of the universe. ![]() |