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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.
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That Book Woman (Book)
Heather Henson; Illustrated by David Small
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Cal is not the readin' type. Living way high up in the Appalachian
Mountains, he'd rather help Pap plow or go out after wandering
sheep than try some book learning. Nope. Cal does not want to sit
stoney-still reading some chicken scratch. But that Book Woman
keeps coming just the same. She comes in the rain. She comes in the
snow. She comes right up the side of the mountain, and Cal knows
that's not easy riding. And all just to lend his sister some books.
Why, that woman must be plain foolish -- or is she braver than he
ever thought?
"That Book Woman" is a rare and moving tale that honors a special
part of American history -- the Pack Horse Librarians, who helped
untold numbers of children see the stories amid the chicken
scratch, and thus made them into lifetime readers.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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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Bloom (Hardcover)
Doreen Cronin; Illustrated by David Small
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R501
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From #1 New York Times bestselling author Doreen Cronin and
Caldecott Medal-winning illustrator David Small comes a picture
book about how an extraordinary "ordinary" girl can save a kingdom
with the help of a mud fairy. A glass kingdom is no place for a Mud
Fairy. Bloom and her mud fairy magic might be able to turn weeds
into flowers and spin sand into glass, but the people of the
kingdom ceaselessly complain about the trails of dirt and puddles
of mud that seem to follow her every step, and finally they cast
her out. But when the glass castle begins to crack, then cracks
some more, the King and Queen in a panic search for the
long-banished fairy, but they can't find Bloom anywhere. Desperate
to save their home, they send their meekest, most ordinary subject,
a girl named Genevievewhose sole task until now has been to polish
the Queen's crystal sugar spoon--to coax any worthy fairy to come
and save the kingdom. Genevieve finds Bloom exactly where the king
and queen failed to see her, and Bloom knows exactly how to save
the kingdom. But it will take the two girls working together, along
with a mighty dollop of self-confidence--and some very messy
hands--to accomplish the extraordinary.
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The Gardener (Paperback)
Sarah Stewart; Illustrated by David Small
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R222
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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.
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.
The sight of a wild landscape covered with heathers in full bloom
is breathtaking, so it is little surprise that people have found
ways of introducing these rewarding plants into their gardens. Here
they excel, offering color in the drabbest months and a huge
diversity of height, habit, and other valuable characteristics in
return for modest cultural demands.
This comprehensive and highly informative account encompasses the
heaths and heathers of the closely related genera "Calluna,
Daboecia," and "Erica, " whose shared characteristics and similar
cultural requirements make them broadly compatible in a variety of
garden situations. These plants have enhanced people's lives for
millennia and a full discussion of their naming, uses and other
interactions with humans is explored in detail. A fascinating
account of the unique ecological niche they occupy including their
remarkable adaptation to make use of the nitrogen and phosphorus
unavailable to most other plants provides a fitting context for
discussion of their specific cultural needs. With more than 700
cultivated varieties of "Calluna" alone, selecting the right
heather for the right place can be daunting. The detailed selection
of cultivated hardy heathers conveniently provides gardeners with
the best garden performers while further lists allow them to search
for heathers for specific qualities, such as heat tolerance, ground
cover, or early summer blooming. Design options for displaying
heathers at their best in the garden are provided along with advice
on spacing, pruning, propagation, pests, and diseases.
In this fascinating and beautifully illustrated work, classic
wild-collected cultivars are described alongside the latest
introductions to produce an invaluable reference that will inspire
heather enthusiasts and gardeners for generations to come.
"
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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