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Author : Terence E. R. Hodgson
Publisher : Larousse Kingfisher Chambers
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 30,64 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN :
Publisher description
Author : Terence E. R. Hodgson
Publisher :
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 27,26 MB
Release : 2003
Category : English fiction
ISBN : 9781877228803
This innovative treasury of similes and metaphors from modern literature in English will delight any reader. The images were selected from over 3000 novels, for their humor, poignancy and the way they distil a vivid thought into an original phrase, e.g.: .".". hair like the insides of a Salvation Army mattress" ..". a smile like a torch with a weak battery" ..". adolescents like spies in a cold waiting room" This is an unmatched literary tool for writers, students and teachers to show how skilled authors engaged readers.
Author : M. Anjelais
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 13,71 MB
Release : 2014-08-26
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 0545667674
The closest he will ever come to happiness is when he's hurting her. Will she let him? A beautiful and twisted story of first love and innocence lost -- written when the author was just eighteen. Sphinxie and Cadence. Promised to each other in childhood. Drawn together again as teens. Sphinxie is sweet, compassionate, and plain. Cadence is brilliant, charismatic. Damaged. And diseased. When they were kids, he scarred her with a knife. Now, as his illness progresses, he becomes increasingly demanding. She wants to be loyal -- but fears for her life. Only the ultimate sacrifice will give this love an ending.
Author : Zeena Pliska
Publisher : Page Street Kids
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 20,41 MB
Release : 2020-05-12
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781624149313
Caterpillar crawls from leaf to leaf, eating and waiting, all alone in a big, green world. Then Orange appears—Orange floats, and flits, and flies, graceful and beautiful. In this sweet, moving story of intergenerational friendship, a small caterpillar is befriended by a glorious monarch butterfly, and together they learn to see the world through each other’s eyes.
Author : Alan Madison
Publisher : Dragonfly Books
Page : 41 pages
File Size : 29,64 MB
Release : 2012-08-07
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0307978044
It's hard to be Velma, the littlest Gratch, entering the first grade. That's because everyone has marvelous memories of her two older sisters, who were practically perfect first graders. Poor Velma—people can barely remember her name. But all that changes on a class trip to the magnificent Butterfly Conservatory—a place neither of her sisters has ever been. When a monarch roosts on Velma's finger and won't budge for days . . . well, no one will forget Velma ever again. Acclaimed and bestselling illustrator Kevin Hawkes and author Alan Madison celebrate everything butterfly—from migration to metamorphosis. Watch as Velma Gratch metamorphosizes from a timid first grader into a confident young scientist!
Author : Lisa Heathfield
Publisher : Carolrhoda Lab& 8482
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 17,44 MB
Release : 2019-05-07
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1541560426
June is physically and emotionally abused by her stepmother, and the only person June feels safe telling is her friend Blister, but when a shocking tragedy occurs June finds herself trapped, potentially forever.
Author : Yvette Harrold
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 38,95 MB
Release : 2009-08
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ISBN : 1449009468
Author : Jean-Dominique Bauby
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 49,25 MB
Release : 2008-03-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0307454835
A triumphant memoir by the former editor-in-chief of French Elle that reveals an indomitable spirit and celebrates the liberating power of consciousness. In 1995, Jean-Dominique Bauby was the editor-in-chief of French Elle, the father of two young children, a 44-year-old man known and loved for his wit, his style, and his impassioned approach to life. By the end of the year he was also the victim of a rare kind of stroke to the brainstem. After 20 days in a coma, Bauby awoke into a body which had all but stopped working: only his left eye functioned, allowing him to see and, by blinking it, to make clear that his mind was unimpaired. Almost miraculously, he was soon able to express himself in the richest detail: dictating a word at a time, blinking to select each letter as the alphabet was recited to him slowly, over and over again. In the same way, he was able eventually to compose this extraordinary book. By turns wistful, mischievous, angry, and witty, Bauby bears witness to his determination to live as fully in his mind as he had been able to do in his body. He explains the joy, and deep sadness, of seeing his children and of hearing his aged father's voice on the phone. In magical sequences, he imagines traveling to other places and times and of lying next to the woman he loves. Fed only intravenously, he imagines preparing and tasting the full flavor of delectable dishes. Again and again he returns to an "inexhaustible reservoir of sensations," keeping in touch with himself and the life around him. Jean-Dominique Bauby died two days after the French publication of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly. This book is a lasting testament to his life.
Author : Claudia Natasia
Publisher : Grasindo
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 30,3 MB
Release : 2010
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ISBN : 9789790813205
Author : Anne Rockwell
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 50,24 MB
Release : 2004-03-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0802776868
A class observes the various stages caterpillars go through to become butterflies.