White Turtle


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Alternately mythic, wistful, and quirky, this short story anthology resonates with an original and confident storytelling voice. An anomalous kiss, a white turtle ferrying the dreams of the dead, a working siesta in a five-star hotel, a woman’s 12-meter hair trawling corpses from a river, and a queue of longings in Sydney: these are some of the subjects of the 23 enigmatic tales brimming with chance and hope.




Sunny the Sea Turtle


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Sunny the sea turtle hatches out of his egg and gets turned around by the bright lights of the city, just one of the many dangers that can stop a baby turtle from finding his or her mama. A portion of the proceeds of this book are being donated to turtle rescue groups. Includes fun turtle facts. Easy reader, rhymes, 40 pages, 17 illustrations.




The Moonrat and the White Turtle


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Moonrat, the leader of a band of pirate rats, plots to steal the moon from the sky and add it to his treasure hoard.




One Turtle's Last Straw


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The inspiring true story of how one small turtle and kids all over the country sparked an environmental movement. Based on the viral video that created awareness of the harm caused by plastic straws, this heart-wrenching story is a perfect tool for teaching children about sustainability. Slurp! A boy finishes his drink and tosses it in the trash, straw and all. He moves on without another thought.... In the waters off of Costa Rica, scientists spot an endangered sea turtle and pull him aboard to study him. But he has something stuck in his nose. A barnacle? A stick? No...it's a plastic straw! This heroic story of one turtle's rescue reminds us that even the smallest straw can hurt our ocean life--and that the smallest demand for change can grow into something big!










Turtle, Truffle, Bark: Simple and Indulgent Chocolates to Make at Home


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Caramel and nuts make a turtle; this cookbook makes you a master of chocolate Even if you’ve never made chocolate candies before, you’ll fall in love with the easy recipes in Turtle, Truffle, Bark. The title refers to the three types of candies featured in this cookbook: A turtle is traditionally a pecan-studded, chocolate-covered caramel patty, but reimagined by author Hallie Baker, you'll be making Dark Chocolate Almond Chili Turtles and White Chocolate Cashew Mango Turtles. You might think you know what Baker means by a truffle, but think again. These aren’t everyday flavors—here are crazy-simple recipes for Milk Chocolate Lavender Truffles and Dark Chocolate Stout Truffles, among others. Finally, bark is usually a slab of chocolate in which various ingredients are anchored. Peppermint bark is one familiar kind, but you must try the White Chocolate Strawberry Bark and the Milk Chocolate Peanut Butter Bark you'll find in this book. Get ready to satisfy your chocolate craving in yummy new ways!




A Time of Lost Gods


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Traversing visible and invisible realms, A Time of Lost Gods attends to profound rereadings of politics, religion, and madness in the cosmic accounts of spirit mediumship. Drawing on research across a temple, a psychiatric unit, and the home altars of spirit mediums in a rural county of China’s Central Plain, it asks: What ghostly forms emerge after the death of Mao and the so-called end of history? The story of religion in China since the market reforms of the late 1970s is often told through its destruction under Mao and relative flourishing thereafter. Here, those who engage in mediumship offer a different history of the present. They approach Mao’s reign not simply as an earthly secular rule, but an exceptional interval of divine sovereignty, after which the cosmos collapsed into chaos. Caught between a fading era and an ever-receding horizon, those “left behind” by labor outmigration refigure the evacuated hometown as an ethical-spiritual center to come, amidst a proliferation of madness-inducing spirits. Following pronouncements of China’s rise, and in the wake of what Chinese intellectuals termed semicolonialism, the stories here tell of spirit mediums, patients, and psychiatrists caught in a shared dilemma, in a time when gods have lost their way.




Silent One


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The Silent One is Jonasi, sent from the sea as a baby to grow up in an isolated Pacific village. Separated from the villagers by his silence and their prejudices, Jonasi finds solace in his underwater world where he develops a special relationship with a huge white turtle. However, the superstitious villagers see both Jonasi and the turtle as evil spirits. A series of natural disasters and a struggle for leadership within the village sweep Jonasi toward his strange destiny.




Teenage Ninja to Mutant Turtle


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GO BEHIND-THE-SCENES OF THE ORIGINAL TMNT MOVIES & GET ALL THE INSIDER SECRETS IN THIS ENTERTAINING, LAUGH-OUT-LOUD RIDE THROUGH HOLLYWOOD! Kenn Scott portrayed Raphael in the original hit TMNT films of the 1990s! Now, he shares amazing and funny stories about bringing the turtle heroes to life on the silver screen! Learn how all the incredible action was done! Find out what it was like to work with April O'Neil, Shredder, Splinter, Casey Jones, and more! With a relentless production schedule, grueling working conditions, and breakdowns in the state-of-the-art technology used to make the turtle costumes, making the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles films was no walk in the park. Performers suffered injuries, illness, and exhaustion to meet the demanding needs of the production. But, they also had a WILD RIDE! Now, in this candid book, Kenn shares entertaining, laugh-out-loud stories of the blood, sweat, and tears shared by him and a crew of dedicated artists, as they brought some of the world's most beloved comic book characters to life. This book is a MUST READ for any Ninja Turtle movie fan, or for anyone interested in the wacky world of Hollywood filmmaking. See what life was like behind the shell! BUY IT TODAY! Bonus - 10% of ALL proceeds from this book go to the SEA TURTLE CONSERVANCY!




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