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Following the internationally acclaimed publication of Stitches,
David Small emerged as a storied figure in graphic literature,
eliciting comparisons to Stan Lee and Alfred Hitchcock. Werewolf at
Dusk, appearing fifteen years later, is his homage to
aging—gracefully or otherwise. The three stories in this
collection are linked, Small writes, “by the dread of things
internal.” In the title story, an adaptation of Lincoln
Michel’s much-loved short, the dread is that of a man who has
reached old age with something repellant—even bestial—in his
nature. The specter of old age also haunts the
semi-autobiographical story “A Walk in the Old City,” with its
looming spiders and cascading brainmatter—a dreamscape that gives
way to the ominous environs of 1930s Berlin in the final story, a
reinterpretation of Jean Ferry’s “The Tiger in Vogue.” As
fluid as manga and rife with unsettling imagery, Werewolf at Dusk
affirms Small’s place as a modern master of graphic fiction.
An innocent game of internet poker leads James, an English writer
and poet, to Mia; the successful President of her own American
companies. As their transatlantic friendship develops, they embark
upon a journey of a lifetime which takes them back to younger
dreams they had long since abandoned. Against a backdrop of
stunning locations incorporating Florida, Cornwall, Scotland and
Lancashire, their story unfolds. As the sparks of passion ignite,
love begins to blossom in deeper ways than either of them had ever
encountered. Their journey begins to deepen and unfold, as passion,
desire and their innermost feelings create a world that neither of
them can resist or control. The thousands of miles between them
cannot stem their desires and against overwhelming odds and
life-threatening moments, they fight for the world they know is
there. They both examine their hearts, minds and souls, in a bid to
live their dreams.
David Small, a best-selling and highly regarded children's book
illustrator, comes forward with this unflinching graphic memoir.
Remarkable and intensely dramatic, Stitches tells the story of a
fourteen-year-old boy who awakes one day from a supposedly harmless
operation to discover that he has been transformed into a virtual
mute a vocal cord removed, his throat slashed and stitched together
like a bloody boot. From horror to hope, Small proceeds to
graphically portray an almost unbelievable descent into adolescent
hell and the difficult road to physical, emotional, and artistic
recovery. A National Book Award finalist; winner of the ALA's Alex
Award; a #1 New York Times graphic bestseller; Publishers Weekly
and Washington Post Top Ten Books of the Year, Los Angeles Times
Favorite Book, ALA Great Graphic Novels, Booklist Editors Choice
Award, Huffington Post Great Books of 2009, Kirkus Reviews Best of
2009, Village Voice Best Graphic Novel, finalist for two 2010 Will
Eisner Comic Industry Awards (Best Writer/Artist: Nonfiction; Best
Reality-Based Work)."
Wildly kaleidoscopic and furiously cinematic, Home After Dark is a
literary tour-de-force that renders the brutality of adolescence in
the so-called nostalgic 1950s, evoking classics such as The Lord of
the Flies. Thirteen-year-old Russell Pruitt, abandoned by his
mother, follows his father to California in search of a dream.
Forced to fend for himself, Russell struggles to survive in
Marshfield, a dilapidated town haunted by a sadistic animal killer
and a ring of malicious boys who bully Russell for being "queer".
Rescued from his booze-swilling father by Wen and Jian Mah, a
Chinese immigrant couple who long for a child, Russell betrays them
by running away with their restaurant's proceeds. Told through
thousands of spliced images, Home After Dark is a new form of
literature, a shocking graphic interpretation of cinema verite.
Wildly kaleidoscopic and furiously cinematic, Home After Dark is a
literary tour-de-force that renders the brutality of adolescence in
the so-called nostalgic 1950s, evoking classics such as The Lord of
the Flies. Thirteen-year-old Russell Pruitt, abandoned by his
mother, follows his father to California in search of a dream.
Forced to fend for himself, Russell struggles to survive in
Marshfield, a dilapidated town haunted by a sadistic animal killer
and a ring of malicious boys who bully Russell for being "queer".
Rescued from his booze-swilling father by Wen and Jian Mah, a
Chinese immigrant couple who long for a child, Russell betrays them
by running away with their restaurant's proceeds. Told through
thousands of spliced images, Home After Dark is a new form of
literature, a shocking graphic interpretation of cinema verite.
This new version of the Caldecott-winning classic by illustrator
David Small and author Judith St. George is updated with current
facts and new illustrations to include our forty-second president,
George W. Bush. There are now three Georges in the catalog of
presidential names, a Bush alongside the presidential family tree,
and a new face on the endpaper portraiture.
Hilariously illustrated by Small, this celebration by St. George
shows us the foibles, quirks and humanity of forty-two men who have
risen to one of the most powerful positions in the world. Perfect
for this election year--and every year
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One Cool Friend (Hardcover)
Toni Buzzeo; Illustrated by David Small
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2013 Caldecott Honor Book.
From "New York Times" bestselling author Toni Buzzeo and Caldecott
Medal winning illustrator David Small, comes a cool tale about an
unlikely friendship.
On a spontaneous visit to the aquarium, straight-laced and proper
Elliot discovers his dream pet: a penguin. When he asks his father
if he may have one (please and thank you), his father says yes.
Elliot should have realized that Dad was probably thinking of a toy
penguin, not a real one... Clever illustrations and a wild surprise
ending make this sly, silly tale a kid-pleaser from start to
finish.
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The Christmas Crocodile (Hardcover)
Bonny Becker; Illustrated by David Small; Introduction by Nancy Pearl
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From Caldecott-winning illustrator David Small and bestselling
author Bonny Becker, an unforgettable Christmas story that will
leave the whole family giggling. When Alice Jayne finds a crocodile
under the tree on Christmas Eve, her family goes into an uproar!
The Christmas Crocodile doesn't mean to be bad, not really, but
soon he is eating up Christmas-from the dinner roast to the left
stove-top burner...even the Christmas tree! Everyone has an opinion
about what to do with him. Uncle Theodore suggests they send him to
Africa, Father recommends the zoo, and Aunt Figgy mentions an
orphanage. But Alice Jayne thinks the Christmas Crocodile deserves
a real family. Can she find him a new home? And will she and the
family survive till Christmas morning, with that naughty crocodile
gobbling up everything in sight?
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The Gardener (Paperback)
Sarah Stewart; Illustrated by David Small
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By the author-and-illustrator team of the bestselling" The Library"
Lydia Grace Finch brings a suitcase full of seeds to the big gray
city, where she goes to stay with her Uncle Jim, a cantankerous
baker. There she initiates a gradual transformation, bit by bit
brightening the shop and bringing smiles to customers' faces with
the flowers she grows. But it is in a secret place that Lydia Grace
works on her masterpiece -- an ambitious rooftop garden -- which
she hopes will make even Uncle Jim smile. Sarah Stewart introduces
readers to an engaging and determined young heroine, whose story is
told through letters written home, while David Small's
illustrations beautifully evoke the Depression-era setting.
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The Library (Paperback, First)
Sarah Stewart; Illustrated by David Small
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Elizabeth Brown doesn't like to play with dolls, and she doesn't
like to skate. What she "does" like to do is read books. Lots of
them, all the time. Over the years, her collection has grown to
such enormous proportions that there's not even room in Elizabeth's
house for Elizabeth. The way she solves the problem will warm the
hearts of book lovers, young and old.
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The Quiet Place (Hardcover)
Sarah Stewart; Illustrated by David Small
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When Isabel and her family move to the United States, Isabel
misses all the things she left behind in Mexico, especially her
aunt Lupita and hearing people speak Spanish. But she also
experiences some wonderful new things--her first snow storm and a
teacher who does not speak Spanish but has a big smile. Even
better, Papa and her brother Chavo help her turn a big box into her
own quiet place, where she keeps her books and toys and writes
letters to Aunt Lupita. As she decorates and adds more and more on
to her quiet place, it is here that Isabel feels the most at home
in her new country while she learns to adjust to the changes in her
life.
Set in the 1950s and told through Isabel's letters to her aunt,
Sarah Stewart and Caldecott Medalist David Small have created a
charming and unforgettable young heroine who will win the hearts of
readers in this story of immigration and assimilation. "The Quiet
Place "is a" Kirkus Reviews" Best Children's Book of 2012
One day David Small awoke from a supposedly harmless operation to
discover that he had been transformed into a virtual mute. A vocal
cord removed, his throat slashed and stitched together like a
bloody boot, the fourteen-year-old boy had not been told that he
had cancer and was expected to die. In Stitches, Small, the
award-winning children s illustrator and author, re-creates this
terrifying event in a life story that might have been imagined by
Kafka. As the images painfully tumble out, one by one, we gain a
ringside seat at a gothic family drama where David a highly anxious
yet supremely talented child all too often became the unwitting
object of his parents buried frustration and rage. Believing that
they were trying to do their best, David s parents did just the
reverse. Edward Small, a Detroit physician, who vented his own
anger by hitting a punching bag, was convinced that he could cure
his young son s respiratory problems with heavy doses of radiation,
possibly causing David s cancer. Elizabeth, David s mother,
tyrannically stingy and excessively scolding, ran the Small
household under a cone of silence where emotions, especially her
own, were hidden. Depicting this coming-of-age story with dazzling,
kaleidoscopic images that turn nightmare into fairy tale, Small
tells us of his journey from sickly child to cancer patient, to the
troubled teen whose risky decision to run away from home at sixteen
with nothing more than the dream of becoming an artist will
resonate as the ultimate survival statement. A silent movie
masquerading as a book, Stitches renders a broken world suddenly
seamless and beautiful again. Finalist for the 2009 National Book
Award (Young Adult); finalist for two 2010 Will Eisner Comic
Industry Awards (Best Writer/Artist: Nonfiction; Best Reality-Based
Work)."
Leadership isn't about being perfect; it's about getting things
done. In "The Wandering Leader," author David Small, an ice hockey
coach who has traveled the world, presents his views about being a
leader and a man by growing the most important part of your
leadership persona-yourself.
"The Wandering Leader" seeks to help you determine how to dream,
give you a road map to accomplish your dreams, and supply the
courage to keep taking steps forward once that road map has been
blown out the window. To guide you in unleashing the great promise
inside of you and make you an amazing leader, it discusses seven
different areas of your life: career, finances, social, physical,
spiritual, intellectual, and family. But most importantly, it
focuses on you and what you have to offer.
"The Wandering Leader" is not a typical book on leadership.
Using personal examples from a wide range of people-such as
military officers, construction workers, and economics
specialists-it shows that you can be a leader in many areas of your
life-in friendships, business, and family. It's not about your job
or role; it's about your character and heart, helping you to pick
yourself up after you've been kicked in the teeth. "Deeply
motivated by your astute truth, I have conquered some of my most
difficult obstacles and have you to thank." -Mitch Labreche,
helicopter pilot, former BCHL Player
Leadership isn't about being perfect; it's about getting things
done. In "The Wandering Leader," author David Small, an ice hockey
coach who has traveled the world, presents his views about being a
leader and a man by growing the most important part of your
leadership persona-yourself.
"The Wandering Leader" seeks to help you determine how to dream,
give you a road map to accomplish your dreams, and supply the
courage to keep taking steps forward once that road map has been
blown out the window. To guide you in unleashing the great promise
inside of you and make you an amazing leader, it discusses seven
different areas of your life: career, finances, social, physical,
spiritual, intellectual, and family. But most importantly, it
focuses on you and what you have to offer.
"The Wandering Leader" is not a typical book on leadership.
Using personal examples from a wide range of people-such as
military officers, construction workers, and economics
specialists-it shows that you can be a leader in many areas of your
life-in friendships, business, and family. It's not about your job
or role; it's about your character and heart, helping you to pick
yourself up after you've been kicked in the teeth. "Deeply
motivated by your astute truth, I have conquered some of my most
difficult obstacles and have you to thank." -Mitch Labreche,
helicopter pilot, former BCHL Player
In this paper, we empirically examine the portfolio-rebalancing
effects stemming from the policy of "quantitative monetary easing"
recently undertaken by the Bank of Japan when the nominal
short-term interest rate was virtually at zero.
Portfolio-rebalancing effects resulting from the open market
purchase of long-term government bonds under this policy have been
statistically significant. Our results also show that the
portfolio-rebalancing effects were beneficial in that they reduced
risk premiums on assets with counter-cyclical returns, such as
government and high-grade corporate bonds. But, they may have
generated the adverse effects of increasing risk premiums on assets
with pro-cyclical returns, such as equities and low-grade corporate
bonds. These results are consistent with a CAPM framework in which
business-cycle risk importantly affects risk premiums. Our
estimates capture only some of the effects of quantitative easing
and thus do not imply that the complete set of effects were adverse
on net for Japan's economy. However, our analysis counsels caution
in accepting the view that, ceteris paribus, a massive large-scale
purchase of long-term government bonds by a central bank provides
unambiguously positive net benefits to financial markets at zero
short-term interest rates.
Title: By-gone Glasgow ... Forty full-page drawings and
twenty-three text illustrations by D. Small, etc.Publisher: British
Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the
national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's
largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all
known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound
recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its
collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial
additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating
back as far as 300 BC.The HISTORY OF BRITAIN & IRELAND
collection includes books from the British Library digitised by
Microsoft. As well as historical works, this collection includes
geographies, travelogues, and titles covering periods of
competition and cooperation among the people of Great Britain and
Ireland. Works also explore the countries' relations with France,
Germany, the Low Countries, Denmark, and Scandinavia. ++++The below
data was compiled from various identification fields in the
bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an
additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++
British Library Millar, Alexander Hastie; Small, David; 1896. 4 .
10370.g.14.
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