Weather offill6/30/2023 Tiny individual choices are not going to turn the planet around and send new greenery shooting up across the continents, even if we can convince people to undertake them. (Soon, we’ll have so many jellyfish in our acidic ocean that we’ll need to start eating them - or turning them into tampons.) A disturbingly soothing voice trickles in over the loudspeakers, offering suggestions for sustainable clothing fibers. She chuckles at the broad advice plastered on the walls (“Our choices matter!”), wryly countering with the most damning facts she knows about the climate crisis. Jenny Offill is wandering through Arcadia Earth, an “immersive, augmented reality journey through Planet Earth” in downtown Manhattan - the museum’s words, not hers. Arcadia Earth, an immersive climate-change museum in downtown Manhattan.
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Not only are they exceedingly helpful, but they are also, luckily, far far too clever for the tailor's sly cat, Simpkin. He has a terribly important commission to complete for the Mayor of Gloucester's wedding on Christmas Day but is ill and tired, and before long is running out of food and thread, as well as time! How will he possibly complete the beautiful coat and embroidered waistcoat? Luckily, there lives in the dresser, some very kind and very resourceful mice who set about helping the poor tailor with his work. Color frontispiece and twenty-six color plates (included in pagination). The Tailor of Gloucester was first published in 1903 and tells the story of a poor tailor trying to survive in his freezing workshop over a hard winter. First published edition, first issue (printed October 1903), with a single-page endpaper occurring four times. Ghosts by Raina Telgemeier6/30/2023 She is constantly able to nail the ups and downs of life in the simplest of panels and her books are just EVERYTHING. Sure, superheroes are amazing, but seeing yourself and your life represented between the pages of a colorful OGN is pretty darn incredible. Raina’s charming storytelling chops and legit understanding of the minds and lives of kids like you has transformed the world of graphic novels for the better. If you’ve read Raina’s other graphic novels, “Smile” and “Drama”, you know that she’s got a knack for expressing even the deepest of thoughts in the most subtle of ways. Thankfully, it came out last Tuesday, and we devoured the entire thing so quickly we had to give it another read before writing about it so that we could accurately describe it’s greatness. We were lucky enough to grab a short “sneak peek” of it from Scholastic’s booth at the Book Expo of America back in May, and we’ve basically been living every day our lives since then counting down the seconds until this amazing book would finally be released. If you’ve been alive in the human world for the past few months, you’ve probably been anticipating Raina Telgemeier’s newest graphic novel, “Ghosts”, since the very first second you heard about it. The earthsea6/30/2023 Le Guin’s Earthsea novels are some of the most acclaimed and awarded works in literature. With stories as perennial and universally beloved as The Chronicles of Narnia and The Lord of The Rings-but also unlike anything but themselves-Ursula K. This is the tumultuous tale of his testing, how he mastered the mighty words of power, tamed an ancient dragon, and crossed death's threshold to restore the balance. 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I heard about both the Swedish and American film versions when they came out and thought it looked interesting, but never got around to seeing either film – so thought I might read the book first. Enter Let The Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist! 2008 Quercus paperback edition I normally wait until after my birthday to assess the entire haul and choose a new book for the new year, but for some reason this time I wanted to dive right into the Christmas batch. I got some books for Christmas – of course – and will probably get some – I hope – for my birthday on 4th January. Wizard of oz story book6/28/2023 Baum never lived in Kansas.īaum wrote The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in Chicago. The character Dorothy was Baum’s tribute to the lost baby girl. She died in November 1898, right as Baum was writing The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Dorothy Gale was named after a niece who died.ĭorothy Gale is based on Dorothy Gage, the infant niece of Baum’s wife, Maud. There were three drawers marked “A to G,” “H to N,” and “O to Z.” And so Oz was born. Then one day he found himself looking at the filing cabinet in his study. He got the name “Oz” from his filing cabinet.Īt first, Baum had trouble coming up with a name for the magical land Dorothy visits. On the attached paper he scrawled, “With this pencil I wrote the manuscript of The Emerald City.” 2. He must have been proud of his work, for he framed the pencil stub and hung it on the wall of his study. Frank Baum-former chicken rancher, traveling salesman, and theater manager-had already published two successful children’s books when he started The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in 1898. If i ran the zoo ebay6/28/2023 President Joe Biden also refused to acknowledge Dr. Seuss classics (“And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street,” “If I Ran the Zoo, McElligot’s Pool,” “On Beyond Zebra!,” “Scrambled Eggs Super!,” and “The Cat’s Quizzer”) because they “portray people in ways that are hurtful and wrong.” Seuss Enterprises announced Tuesday they are no longer reproducing six Dr. We’re also monitoring the newly published list to be reviewed.”ĭr. It can take some time to review all existing listings and provide education to impacted users. The spokeswoman referred the Examiner to the company’s offensive material policy and added the company is “currently sweeping our marketplace to remove these items. Edith frome6/28/2023 More free fiction ebooksĬontent produced by or for Standard Ebooks L 3C is dedicated to the public domain via the CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication.Ĭontent not produced by or for Standard Ebooks L 3C but displayed on this website may be subject to copyright. You can also donate to Standard Ebooks to help fund continuing improvement of this and other ebooks. If youâre comfortable with technology and want to contribute directly, check out this ebookâs GitHub repository and our contributors section. But it’s still vintage Wharton in her use of language. Ethan Frome is a departure in subject material, focusing instead on a western Massachusetts mountain town and its poor farming residents. To report typos, typography errors, or other corrections, see how to report errors. Edith Wharton is known primarily for her novels of manners skewering the New York City aristocracy: The House of Mirth and The Age of Innocence. 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Chalice, arrive, they learn about the camp's bitter rivalry with their neighbors, Camp Punchafink, and discover that a menacing mountain, Glumstone the Giant, is watching over both camps, ready to bring down a fierce punishment upon whichever camp gets on its bad side!īefore long, the two camps go head-to-head in an all-out prank war. When he and his best buds, Mugman and Ms. He can't wait to shoot some archery, swim in the lake, and sit around and do nuthin' at all. School's out, which can only mean one thing: camp! Cuphead has been looking forward to going to Camp Hootenholler for ages. Gather 'round the campfire for s'more Cuphead adventures! An original novel based on the award-winning and visually stunning Cuphead video game, featuring twenty original illustrations and an interactive treasure hunt. Ivan sertima6/27/2023 Such agricultural commodities will allow the colony to become self-sustaining. Through this trade, the colonists of Boure Bambouk are first acquainted with New World crops, including corn, beans, peanuts, tobacco, cotton, and tropical fruits. Abubakari establishes the first diplomatic contacts with the curious Tupi tribes of the region, encouraging trade with them. The third year in the fledgling colony of Boure Bambouk, the first under the direction of Abubakari II, sees its highs and lows. “He decides instead that he will journey across the ocean to rule this new land he calls “Boure Bambouk”, after the richest goldfields of Mali. One site says on Abubakari II’s arrival in Brazil: Some historians say nothing was heard from or of Abubakari II after and for this reason, some posit that Malians did not sail to the Americas during this time.īut others say Abubakari II’s expedition is what helped Mansa Musa become as rich as he is. His brother, Kankou Moussa, popularly known as Mansa Musa, would become the richest man in all of history. “The emperor gave up all power and gold to pursue knowledge and discovery,” historians say. (Source: Ancient Origins)Ībubakari II handed his throne to his brother, Kankou Moussa, and set off on an expedition into the unknown in 1311. Muslims (some say including Mansa Abu Bakar II) meet with Native Americans. |