Author : Lauren Ranalli
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 36,96 MB
Release : 2020-09
Category :
ISBN : 9781733143325
A story of long distance friendship and how we can stay close even when we are far apart.
Author : Ray Vukcevich
Publisher : Small Beer Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 30,84 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1931520011
Fantastic, surreal short stories.
Author : Grace Lin
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 22,85 MB
Release : 2009-07-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0316052604
A Time Magazine 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time selection! A Reader’s Digest Best Children’s Book of All Time! This stunning fantasy inspired by Chinese folklore is a companion novel to Starry River of the Sky and the New York Times bestselling and National Book Award finalist When the Sea Turned to Silver In the valley of Fruitless mountain, a young girl named Minli lives in a ramshackle hut with her parents. In the evenings, her father regales her with old folktales of the Jade Dragon and the Old Man on the Moon, who knows the answers to all of life's questions. Inspired by these stories, Minli sets off on an extraordinary journey to find the Old Man on the Moon to ask him how she can change her family's fortune. She encounters an assorted cast of characters and magical creatures along the way, including a dragon who accompanies her on her quest for the ultimate answer. Grace Lin, author of the beloved Year of the Dog and Year of the Rat returns with a wondrous story of adventure, faith, and friendship. A fantasy crossed with Chinese folklore, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon is a timeless story reminiscent of The Wizard of Oz and Kelly Barnhill's The Girl Who Drank the Moon. Her beautiful illustrations, printed in full-color, accompany the text throughout. Once again, she has created a charming, engaging book for young readers.
Author : Carolyn Cinami DeCristofano
Publisher :
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 41,66 MB
Release : 2016-07-05
Category :
ISBN : 9781484487044
The sun is out in the day and always has a circle shape. The moon's shape seems to change and you can sometimes see it in the daytime and at night. What are the sun and the moon? How are they the same and how do they differ? Hop into your spaceship a
Author : Beth Alesse
Publisher : Amherst Media, Inc
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 40,12 MB
Release : 2019-08-15
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1682033694
The Moon: NASA Images from Space, includes images from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration(NASA), European Space Agency (ESA), and other international space explorations. Early images show the very first Apollo missions to the Moon using film in a Hasselblad camera. NASA illustrations explain the Moon's tidal forces on the Earth's oceans, seas, and land mass, the Moon's phases as see from Earth, the lunar geography, and Moon's composition. This book shows detailed maps of the Moon's surface: its incredible craters, ancient lava flows, plains, seas, and mountains. Included is speculation about the Moon's origin and its historical place our solar system. Humanities future plans for lunar exploration and habitation are discussed. Can humans live there, and how? This book is a comprehensively illustrated collection of lunar visuals of over 150 images
Author : Shawn Warren Frohmuth
Publisher : Page Publishing Inc
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 43,62 MB
Release : 2018-06-27
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 164298373X
These stories are purely fiction and imaginary. Most of the plots come from dreams and/or the authors fascination with aliens. The book took over two years to write. The author hopes these stories inspire others to write and utilize their imaginations. Some of these stories were connected to the authors sculptures.
Author : Deanna Sparrow
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 22,49 MB
Release : 2010-04-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1462841015
Dragonfly Monsters and Unicorns unite their magic to create DraUgons, sleek white, scaly dragons with pointed red tails and beautiful heads with a Unicorns horn. DraUgons are the heroes that must save them all from humans. The Legend tells of their past and future and includes two friends, human children. One child, daughter of lepers, left to die in a field with her parents, has taught them to speak the human language. The other, a boy, teaches them about religion and heaven, yet comes from horrible inner city living conditions where he is forced to deliver drugs for his brother.
Author : 張西亞
Publisher : 時報文化出版
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 37,54 MB
Release : 2020-04-24
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9571381675
針對母語造成的學習障礙，提供解析與攻略 讓你的語感超融入！用初級程度，就能聽說讀寫出英語的自然語感。 ．將ace（王牌）錯發成ass（臀部），或將dad（爸爸）發成dead（死的），很奇怪；吃飽飯時，將full（飽的）錯發成fool（傻子）可能發生衝突；如果將met（遇到）發成mate（交配），後果更嚴重！ ．英國足球金童Beckham中的字母h不發音。Do you want some coffee?問句尾端的coffee是升調。英語韻律的基本規則是內容字要重讀、功能字要輕。 ．你好嗎？是How’s it going?；降低成本不叫cost down；覺得不舒服得說not feel well；要求老闆加薪是get a raise；喝湯不用drink soup；貼文不能直用po；selfie是自拍、vape吸電子菸、自我隔離是self-isolation、封鎖要lockdown…… ．may是請求許可很正式的用法，日常生活少用；最常用的是can；could比較婉轉。美國小孩如果問媽媽：Can I go out？會被媽媽糾正為：May I go out？但長大以後，大家都說：Can I…？如果在朋友間用May I …？反而會讓人覺得做作或反諷…… 母語學習像是天上掉下的禮物，從小耳濡目染，毫不費力，但長大之後，母語卻常成為學習外語的干擾與障礙，甚至隨年紀漸長而遞增。過了幼年的自然吸收期，就很難自然地學會，需要下一番工夫，從發音與文法的基本動作開始學，打好基礎，逐步向上。 學習英語就是為了對話溝通，需要先學發音，接著為了敘述寫作，得結合文法與字彙的功力。本書將兩者並陳，內容深入淺出，匯整分析常見錯誤及易混淆之處，並附有練習題，供讀者做學習驗收。適合國中、高中學生作為英語輔助教材，也適合大學生與社會人士作為加強語文能力的工具。 《一本突破中式英文盲點》以中文的視角提供華人學英文時應該注意的地方。了解自己母語與外語之間思維、邏輯、結構等的差異，可以降低母語的干擾，對於學外語會有很大的幫助。取材注重貼近生活化的日常英語，以及流行的字詞。 【本書特色】 ◎指出中英文的差異：提供中文與英文在思維、邏輯、結構差異，降低母語干擾，提升英語學習力。 ◎發音．文法．字彙同時收納：在發音關鍵點、字詞順序、字詞分類、句子結構等，容易忽略的、應注意的地方，做重點式的解析與歸納。 ◎中式思維與英文語法的對照：集結日常一些單字、片語、短句，美國人可能也聽得懂中式思維，但不會那樣說的語法對照。 ◎英式與美式英文差異：在語文的表現上有很多不一樣的地方，分別簡述字彙、文法、發音的差異。 ◎收錄最新流行字詞：疾病衛生、一般生活、新興科技、環保綠能、政經社會等各類型詞彙。 ◎加強語文能力工具書：適合國中與高中的讀者作為英語輔助教材，也適合大學生與社會人士作為加強語文能力的工具。
Author : Monika Rauth
Publisher : Partridge Publishing
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 50,94 MB
Release : 2015-03-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1482843102
A tale about women,twenty-first century women brave confident and independent who leave the cosy nest of their boarding school and embark on the journey of life,each one with hopes,dreams and hearts full of love. Moon meets every challenge and faces all odds to prove that it is possible to rise above the ordinary and make your life sublime. So do her friends Anjali and Roma. Although they tread over thorns and thistles, there are roses too along the way. There is hope and disillusionment,dreams and disappointments.Relationships bring heartache and loneliness. They also bring love comfort and fulfillment.
Author : Nuska Nisthar
Publisher : Ukiyoto Publishing
Page : 47 pages
File Size : 49,62 MB
Release :
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
God is the best of planners' 'She was a little star, Shining even in the darkest times. Oh, how beautiful she was!' 'The memories hurt me Daddy. You took a part of me when you left. I am not myself anymore. Daddy, the only thing that remains now is my broken heart and silent tears.' 'I have to say I love the moral of your recent novelette, Remember me? I was wondering, it's indeed true. People do things which lead them to regret later. Time is unpredictable. No one can say what will happen to the people we love. We say things and don't care. Then we regret over it later. I had seen you were speaking about publishing it. Go for it. People has to know about this. It really hurts.' - Author of 'The Blue Eyes' 'Wow, Quite intriguing.' 'Woah it's motivating' - Words from the readers A book with two short stories that will touch you emotionally. Enjoy this piece of art.
