![]() ![]() I also love that the book introduces several constellations and explains the Star of Bethlehem. The dark illustrations with their barely-there shadow trees in some cases and, their easier-to-see colorful pictures in others, make the book. The Star is a delightful tale of a star looking for it's purpose and wishing to be great. ![]() ![]() I purchased it for my 4-year-old niece and she loves it. "the Star" (by Michele Breza) is an enchanting book with a great message. SILVER MEDAL Winner in the 2016 Illumination Awards! Journey with this tiny star as it seeks its purpose in the Milky Way Galaxy and discovers that it is destined to participate in a wonderful Christmas event.īeautiful illustrations compliment this spectacular and unique re-telling of the announcement of the birth of Baby Jesus. Visit "the Star" by Michele Breza on Facebook ![]()
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![]() ![]() High oxygen levels may also explain the global firestorm that contributed to the demise of the dinosaurs after the asteroid impact.The strange and profound effects that oxygen has had on the evolution of life pose a riddle, which this book sets out to answer. Giant spiders, tree-ferns, marine rock formations and fossil charcoals all tell the same story. Researchers claim they could have flown only if the air had contained more oxygen than today - probably as much as 35 per cent. Three hundred million years ago, in Carboniferous times, dragonflies grew as big as seagulls, with wingspans of nearly a metre. ![]() Oxygen has had extraordinary effects on life. High oxygen levels may also explain the global firestorm that contributed to the. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Following the success of falling leaves, she has pursued her lifelong dream of being a fulltime writer.Īdeline Yen Mah lives in California and England with her husband. When she won a writing competition at the age of fourteen, she convinced her father to send her to school in England, where she later received a medical degree. Mah conveys the power of the human spirit in her writings. ![]() Millions of readers worldwide celebrate the way Ms. Her other books include the New York Times best-seller Falling Leaves: The Memoir of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter A Thousand Pieces of Gold: A Memoir of China's Past Through Its Proverbs and Watching the Tree: A Chinese Daughter Reflects on Happiness, Traditions, and Spiritual Wisdom. Adeline Yen Mah is the author of Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter, an ALA Best Book for Young Readers and a Publishers Weekly Best Book. ![]() ![]() ![]() But then he meets Simon, a clumsy human who asks way too many questions and is-unfortunately-a total demon-magnet, and he starts breaking his own rules.What’s inside the box, and why do the demons want it so badly? One thing is for sure… Simon can kiss his peaceful, ordinary life goodbye.Book 1 in the Sons of the Fallen series. ![]() ![]() Cursed with Wrath, he’s hot-tempered and spends his days fighting demons and trying not to kill his six brothers when they irritate him.His number one rule? Never fall in love. Now demons are after him and his only hope is to trust the tall, muscled, combat-boot-wearing thief who claims to be the son of a fallen angel.Galen is charged with protecting humanity from dark forces. more Simon just wants to run his antique shop in peace.But then he finds a small mysterious box that’s (probably) haunted, and his shop is broken into by the hottest man he’s ever seen who then steals said creepy box. Simon just wants to run his antique shop in peace.But then he finds a small mysterious box that’s (probably) haunted, and his shop is broken into by the hottest man he’s ever seen who then steals said creepy box. ![]() ![]() ![]() Connects to that special bond that humankind has with dogs and what it can open up in our hearts. ![]() Gives vivid details of an ultra-marathon and what its like to run one of the toughest races on the planet.Proves that miracles are possibleanywhere and at any time.Dion, with the help of strangers and a viral outpouring of assistance on the internet, set out to track her down, and reunite with the dog that changed his life. However, before he could take her home, Gobi went missing in the sprawling Chinese city where she was being kept. Whereas in the past these races were all about winning and being the best, his goal now was to make sure he and Gobis friendship continued well after the finish line, and he undertook another difficult journey to bring Gobi home to Scotland. The lovable pup, who would later earn the name Gobi, went step for step with Dion over the Tian Shan Mountains and across massive sand dunes, keeping pace with him for 77 miles.Īs Dion witnessed the incredible determination and heart of this small animal, he found his own heart undergoing a change as well. The New York Times bestselling true story of an Australian ultramarathon runner and a little dog who formed an unbreakable bond in the middle of the Gobi desert.įinding Gobi is the miraculous tale of Dion Leonard, a seasoned ultramarathon runner who crosses paths with a stray dog while competing in a 155-mile race through the Gobi Desert in China. ![]() ![]() ![]() And in a final, heartbreaking coda, Tardi grimly itemizes the ghastly human cost of the war, and lays out the future 20th century conflicts, all of which seem to spring from this global burst of insanity. Yet he also delves deeply into the underlying causes of the war, the madness, the cynical political exploitation of patriotism. ![]() ![]() Like Remarque, he focuses on the day to day of the grunts in the trenches, and, with icy, controlled fury and disgust, with sardonic yet deeply sympathetic narration, he brings that existence alive as no one has before or since. Tardi is not interested in the national politics, the strategies, or the battles. (His very first rejected comics story dealt with the subject, as does his most recent work, the two-volume Putain de Guerre.) But It Was the War of the Trenches is Tardi's defining, masterful statement on the subject, a graphic novel that can stand shoulder to shoulder with Erich Maria Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front and Ernest Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms. World War I, that awful, gaping wound in the history of Europe, has long been an obsession of Jacques Tardi's. Tardi's World War I masterpiece finally in English! ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Kusanagi is unable to find any obvious holes in Yasuko's manufactured alibi and yet is still sure that there's something wrong. When the body turns up and is identified, Detective Kusanagi draws the case and Yasuko comes under suspicion. Overhearing the commotion, Yasuko's next door neighbor, middle-aged high school mathematics teacher Ishigami, offers his help, disposing not only of the body but plotting the cover-up step-by-step. When he shows up one day to extort money from her, threatening both her and her teenaged daughter Misato, the situation quickly escalates into violence and Togashi ends up dead on her apartment floor. Yasuko Hanaoka is a divorced, single mother who thought she had finally escaped her abusive ex-husband Togashi. Winner of the prestigious Naoki Prize for Best Novel the equivalent of the National Book Award. ![]() ![]() ![]() He was always this unseen patriarch because we didn't see a lot of him, right? He was always this legend when the Flash family was really forming. One of the challenges is that the Flash family stuff was more of a Wally thing than a Barry thing. It was always in my head about wanting to get the Flash family back together. When I first got the job - the very first meeting I had I asked about Bart. There was no way I can go out the door without having Bart being reunited with Iris and suddenly other members of the family and getting a chance for him to meet Kid Flash, Avery, and stuff like that. There were certain promises to myself that there was no way I could go out the door without bringing Max and Jesse back. So, I felt like when I was on my way out, I needed to finish a bunch of stuff. Williamson: Anyways, with this whole run, I definitely wanted to work more with the Flash family in places. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() One of the most thought-provoking and accomplished short-fiction writers of our time, this collection is a delight for all SF readers. With an introduction by noted SF critic Johnathan Strahan, this collection of twenty short stories, novellettes and novellas includes ZIMA BLUE, one of the standout shorts in Netflix's LOVE, DEATH AND ROBOTS, as well as MINLA'S FLOWERS, SIGNAL TO NOISE, TROIKA, and seven previous uncollected stories, including TRAUMA POD, THE WATER THIEF and IN BABELSBERG.Īlastair Reynolds has won the Sidewise Award and been nominated for The Hugo Awards for his short fiction. This collection includes ZIMA BLUE, one of the standout episodes in Netflix's LOVE, DEATH AND ROBOTS ![]() This is an amazing collection of some of the best short fiction ever written in the SF genre, by an author acclaimed as 'the mastersinger of space opera' The Times ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Weapons: Daggers, darts, slings, quarterstaffs, light crossbows HP at Higher Levels: 1d6 (or 4) + your Constitution modifier per sorcerer level after 1st Proficiencies ![]() HP at 1st Level: 6 + your Constitution modifier That said, there is some versatility in the class, especially depending on the sorcerous origin you select. Class FeaturesĪll sorcerers share the same traits and features. Instead, the sorcerer’s struggle is to control and tap the magic that runs through them inherently. the journey of a sorcerer is not to learn, to appease a patron, or to serve a God. Their powers could emanate from a gift of the gods, the kiss of a dryad, or birth into a particular bloodline. In fact, many sorcerers will never know the source of their power. The sorcerous origin of their magical abilities differs from a warlock’s patron. This latent magical energy must be controlled, however, for a sorcerer to maximize their abilities. Instead, the magic flows through them whether they like it or not. Unlike other classes of spellcasters, sorcerers do not seek out the use of magic. Does Metamagic Adept Stack with Sorcerer?.Do Sorcerers Regain Anything on a Short Rest?.Good Multiclassing Options for Sorcerers.Is a Sorcerer More Powerful than a Wizard in 5E?. ![]() |