![]() ![]() ![]() Instead, she accepts an offer of marriage from a gentle, sickly minister passing through on his way to Japan. He promises her the world, but when she discovers she is pregnant and that her lover is married-she refuses to be bought. In the early 1900s, teenaged Sunja, the adored daughter of a crippled fisherman, falls for a wealthy stranger at the seashore near her home in Korea. And yet we played on, because we had hope that we might be the lucky ones." "There could only be a few winners, and a lot of losers. I n this bestselling, page-turning saga, four generations of a poor Korean immigrant family fight to control their destiny in 20th-century Japan, exiled from a home they never knew. LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION ![]()
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![]() ![]() This book has 47 pages in the PDF version, and was originally published in 1888. The stories are The Happy Prince (the tale of a statue and a swallow who are destroyed and then rewarded for their selfless deeds) The Nightingale And The Rose (the sad story of a nightingale who sacrifices it's life to help out a student) The Selfish Giant (a story about a giant who banishes children from his garden, only to discover it is the children that make the garden grow) The Devoted Friend (a story within a story about a man who shows nothing but selflessness to his friend who does not return the sentiment) and, The Remarkable Rocket (the tale of a firework who in an attempt to show off his importance, ends up going completely unnoticed). The Happy Prince and Other Tales is a collection of five short stories for children, written by Oscar Wilde and first published in May 1888. The Happy Prince and Other Tales Oscar WildeĪvailable to download for free in PDF, epub, and Kindle ebook formats. ![]() ![]() ![]() The avenger had to eat lunch, and since there was only one hallway leading to the cafeteria, I stationed myself there for all the lunch periods. We were just lucky-or unlucky-enough to be there when all the pieces fell apart from each other.” A fractal is generally a rough or fragmented geometric shape that can be And if you’ve done any reading about it, you’ll know that there isn’t anything we could have done to stop it. Whether or not it was under her control, she did it. You might even think it’s about what she didn’t do. You think it’s about what you didn’t do and what I didn’t do and maybe what her parents didn’t do and what her other friends, whoever they were, didn’t do. Because I don’t think you’ve been angry at her yet-and you need to be angry at her. That’s what all of us thought, right? Because we didn’t want to believe anything else.” “But, Jack-” “No-let me finish. ‘ I’m sorry-I was in a mood.’ Well, yeah. And I’d be afraid to go, and I’d be afraid to stay. And if I just sat there, she’d say, ‘Why aren’t you holding me?’ Long hours of this. ![]() She would tear it all apart to find her ‘truth.’ If I tried to hold her, she’d tell me to get off. ![]() ![]() Although the writing seemed a bit juvenile at times, I thought of this as a positive – that means younger readers can also delight in this wonderful, respectful, and lovely read with #ownvoices representation. This was one super cute, super extraordinary book about a group of teens who live in a futuristic setting where superheroes run rampant, saving the day from supervillains. But what starts as a fun way to spite her superhero parents takes a sudden and dangerous turn when she uncovers a plot larger than heroes and villains altogether. Then there’s the budding attraction to her fellow intern, the mysterious “M,” who never seems to be in the same place as Abby. On the upside, she gets to work with her longtime secret crush, Abby, who Jess thinks may have a secret of her own. Despite her heroic lineage, Jess is resigned to a life without superpowers and is merely looking to beef-up her college applications when she stumbles upon the perfect (paid!) internship-only it turns out to be for the town’s most heinous supervillain. ![]() Just ask high school nobody, Jessica Tran. ![]() Welcome to Andover… where superpowers are common, but internships are complicated. ![]() ![]() ![]() Its value is nearly five times what it was when Iger took over, and he is recognized as one of the most innovative and successful CEOs of our era. His vision came down to three clear ideas: Recommit to the concept that quality matters, embrace technology instead of fighting it, and think bigger-think global-and turn Disney into a stronger brand in international markets.įourteen years later, Disney is the largest, most respected media company in the world, counting Pixar, Marvel, Lucasfilm and 21st Century Fox among its properties. Morale had deteriorated, competition was intense, and technology was changing faster than at any time in the company's history. Robert Iger became CEO of The Walt Disney Company in 2005, during a difficult time. ![]() The CEO of Disney, one of Time's most influential people of 2019, shares the ideas and values he embraced to reinvent one of the most beloved companies in the world and inspire the people who bring the magic to life. ![]() 'One of the best business books I've read in years.' BILL GATES ![]() ![]() ![]() This special collection of MUTTS comics for kids includes eco-friendly lessons on how to keep the environment clean and ways to help create a greener future for our furry friends and future generations. ![]() An official synopsis for Mutts Go Green reads, The stories and comics in McDonnell's book explore themes of ecology, environmental friendliness, and animal education. "As Greta Thunberg says, and Shtinky Puddin’ believes, you are never too small to make a difference." "The Mutts characters Earl, Mooch, and their furry friends try their best every day to make wise choices for themselves and for the earth - to keep it kind, clean, wild, and green,” McDonnell says in a release about the book. ![]() ![]() More than one hundred line drawings and a sixteen-page color insert reproduce some of the finest illustrations of the original book, while reset and reformatted text makes this edition of The Secret Teachings of All Ages newly accessible to readers everywhere.Ĭanadian born, Manly Palmer Hall is the author of over 150 published works, the best known of which are Initiates of the Flame, The Story of Healing, The Divine Art,Aliens Magick and Sorcery The Secret Teachings of All Ages, and An Encyclopedic Outline of Masonic, Hermetic, Qabbalistic Rosicrucian Symbolical Philosophy. ![]() Literally hundreds of entries shine a rare light on some of the most fascinating and closely held aspects of myth, religion, and philosophy from throughout the centuries. For the first time, Hall's celebrated classic is now published in an affordable trade paperback volume. While many thousands of copies have sold since its initial publication in 1928, The Secret Teachings of All Ages has previously been available only in oversized, expensive editions. Students of hidden wisdom, ancient symbols, and arcane practices treasure Hall's magnum opus above all other works. Hall's legendary The Secret Teachings of All Ages is a codex to the ancient occult and esoteric traditions of the world. ![]() Like no other book of the twentieth century, Manly P. ![]() A classic since 1928, this masterly encyclopedia of ancient mythology, ritual, symbolism, and the arcane mysteries of the ages is available for the first time in a compact "reader's edition." ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() "Hither came Conan, the Cimmerian, black-haired, sullen-eyed, sword in hand, a thief, a reaver, a slayer, with gigantic melancholies and gigantic mirth, to tread the jeweled thrones of the Earth under his sandaled feet."ġ5/May/20: 26, 27, 28. Notes on Various Peoples of the Hyborian Age Most of the stories originally appeared in the magazines The Phantagraph, Weird Tales, Super-Science Fiction, Magazine of Horror, Fantasy Fiction, Fantasy Magazine and The Howard Collector. ![]() The collection is edited by Stephen Jones and was issued to celebrate the centenary of Howard's birth. The book was published in 2006 by Gollancz and is an omnibus of their earlier collections The Conan Chronicles, Volume 1: The People of the Black Circle and The Conan Chronicles, Volume 2: The Hour of the Dragon, though the stories are rearranged. Howard featuring his sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian. The Complete Chronicles of Conan: Centenary Edition is a collection of fantasy short stories written by Robert E. ![]() ![]() ![]() Sixty-one years later, the vision remains, and the movement is vibrant and growing, supporting some 20,000 workers in hundreds of independent ministries operating from some 1,000 bases in about 200 countries. (Now in their 80s, both are still working with YWAM in Kona, Hawaii.) ![]() Rather, he believed he was igniting a movement. ![]() In 1960, he and his wife Darlene founded Youth With a Mission, but he never saw himself as launching an organization that would require management and direction. Those waves were groups of young people giving up everything to go throughout the world to share Christ’s Gospel. Loren Cunningham said he saw the vision in 1956 when he was singing in the Bahamas with the The King’s Magnifiers, a gospel quartet from Central Bible Institute and Seminary, an Assemblies of God school.Ĭunningham, a son and grandson of Pentecostal evangelists and church planters, saw waves covering the continents. ![]() ![]() But before Strike can question him further, Billy bolts from his office in a panic. While Billy is obviously mentally distressed, and cannot remember many concrete details, there is something sincere about him and his story. When Billy, a troubled young man, comes to private eye Cormoran Strike's office to ask for his help investigating a crime he thinks he witnessed as a child, Strike is left deeply unsettled. ![]() |