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What would you do if you found yourself alone in a new and scary
world?Would you set out to find your place in it? If you're not so
brave, dear reader, fear not. Help has arrived.Meet Poopy
McPooFace, the hero you didn't know you've been waiting for.The end
is just his beginning...
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Bear with Me (Hardcover)
David Michael Slater; Illustrated by Davilyn Lynch
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A familiar story about first-day-of-school fears and the kind of
friendship that helps you overcome them. For children ages 4 years
and up. It's the first day of school and Max is terrified! But he's
sure that Mr. Kalamazoo, his stuffed bear, will protect him. Only .
. . not so much. Things get totally wild! Luckily, just when it
looks like the day will be a complete disaster, a mysterious
classmate opens her backpack . . .
'Every idiot who goes about with "Merry Christmas" on his lips,
should be boiled with his own pudding' Dickens's story of solitary
miser Ebenezer Scrooge, who is taught the true meaning of Christmas
by a series of ghostly visitors, has had an enduring influence on
the way we think about the season. Dickens's other Christmas
writings collected here include 'The Story of the Goblins who Stole
a Sexton'; 'The Haunted Man'; and shorter pieces, some drawn from
the 'Christmas Stories' that Dickens wrote annually for his weekly
journals. In all of them Dickens celebrates Christmas as a time of
geniality, charity and remembrance. Edited with an introduction by
MICHAEL SLATER
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Sparks (Paperback)
David Michael Slater
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R372
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This celebrated and fully illustrated work brings Dickens into
close focus as a key commentator on America. He turns his satiric
pen on 19th-century American society during his visits in 1842 and
1867-68. This became what G.K. Chesterton called "Dickens's great
quarrel with America." It became one of the most celebrated
episodes in the history of Anglo-American cultural relations. This
large format, fully illustrated book traces the history of
Dickens's fascination with the young republic from his first
glorious anticipations, through a period of bitter disillusionment,
to a final reassessment and tribute to the nation. Michael Slater,
doyen of Dickens scholars and his major modern biographer, argues
that Dickens was a natural American, and that he experienced the
same love/hate relationship with his own country. Dickens expressed
many private opinions in his letters, and public views in his
books, notably American Notes (1842) and Martin Chuzzlewit
(1843-44). He comments on slavery, factories, social life, manners,
and the Shakers. He caricatured the boastful, grasping, swindling
Americans, taking his gleeful revenge. But he relented and his
triumphal reading tour of 1867-68 posed a revealing contrast to his
earlier attacks.
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Bleak House (Paperback)
Charles Dickens; Introduction by Michael Slater; Afterword by Elizabeth McCracken
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In the fog of London, lawyers enrich themselves with endless
litigation over a dwindling inheritance. A sterling example of
Dickens's genius for character, dramatic construction, and social
satire, this novel was hailed by Edmund Wilson as a "masterpiece."
In a book that is part fairy tale and part thinly veiled
autobiography, Dickens transmutes his life experience into a
brilliant series of comic and sentimental adventures in the spirit
of the great eighteenth-century novelists he so much admired. Few
readers can fail to be touched by David's fate, and fewer still to
be delighted by his story. The cruel Murdstone, the feckless
Micawber, the unctuous and sinister Uriah Heep, and David
Copperfield himself, into whose portrait Dickens puts so much of
his own early life, form a central part of our literary legacy.
This edition reprints the original Everyman preface by G K
Chesterton and includes thirty-nine illustrations by Phiz.
This celebrated and fully illustrated work brings Dickens into
close focus as a key commentator on America.He turns his satiric
pen on 19th-century American society during his visits in 1842 and
1867-68. This became what G.K. Chesterton called "Dickens's great
quarrel with America." It became one of the most celebrated
episodes in the history of Anglo-American cultural relations.This
large format, fully illustrated book traces the history of
Dickens's fascination with the young republic from his first
glorious anticipations, through a period of bitter disillusionment,
to a final reassessment and tribute to the nation.Michael Slater,
doyen of Dickens scholars and his major modern biographer, argues
that Dickens was a natural American, and that he experienced the
same love/hate relationship with his own country.Dickens expressed
many private opinions in his letters, and public views in his
books, notably American Notes (1842) and Martin Chuzzlewit
(1843-44). He comments on slavery, factories, social life, manners,
and the Shakers. He caricatured the boastful, grasping, swindling
Americans, taking his gleeful revenge. But he relented and his
triumphal reading tour of 1867-68 posed a revealing contrast to his
earlier attacks.
A magnificent new biography of the man who gave us David
Copperfield, Oliver Twist, and Ebenezer Scrooge This long-awaited
biography, twenty years after the last major account, uncovers
Dickens the man through the profession in which he excelled.
Drawing on a lifetime's study of this prodigiously brilliant
figure, Michael Slater explores the personal and emotional life,
the high-profile public activities, the relentless travel, the
charitable works, the amateur theatricals and the astonishing
productivity. But the core focus is Dickens' career as a writer and
professional author, covering not only his big novels but also his
phenomenal output of other writing--letters, journalism, shorter
fiction, plays, verses, essays, writings for children, travel
books, speeches, and scripts for his public readings, and the
relationships among them. Slater's account, rooted in deep research
but written with affection, clarity, and economy, illuminates the
context of each of the great novels while locating the life of the
author within the imagination that created them. It highlights
Dickens' boundless energy, his passion for order and fascination
with disorder, his organizational genius, his deep concern for the
poor and outrage at indifference towards them, his susceptibility
towards young women, his love of Christmas and fairy tales, and his
hatred of tyranny. Richly and precisely illustrated with many rare
images, this masterly work on the complete Dickens, man and writer,
becomes the indispensable guide and companion to one of the
greatest novelists in the language.
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Ghost: #4
David Michael Slater; Illustrated by Mauro Sorghienti
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The Collector: #6
David Michael Slater; Illustrated by Mauro Sorghienti
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R826
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The Vanishing (Paperback)
David Michael Slater
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Dickens's treatment of women is a central aspect of his artistic
achievement.Professor Slater examines the novelist's experience of
women - as son, brother, lover, husband, and father, and as it
affected the deepest emotional currents in his life. His perception
of female nature and his conception of women's role in the home and
outside it - and the ways in which these found expression in his
art - are pivotal topics.Professor Slater has sifted the mass of
legends and doubtful traditions about Dickens's private life to
present a close examination of his relations with women, and of his
views of woman's nature and the womanly ideal.This work offers the
most detailed survey of women in the novels, and the most
comprehensive attempted. It has been acclaimed internationally.This
brilliant, classic and scholarly study provides the fullest
treatment of a key subject. It is one of the essential works on
Dickens's work and life.A substantial new introduction deals with
more recent commentary.
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Fun & Games (Paperback)
David Michael Slater
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R377
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The 1980's: it's the time of Dungeons & Dragons, banana clips,
and Atari. Jonathan Schwartz is growing up in a family like no
other. His sisters, Nadia, the dark genius, and Olivia, the
gorgeous tease and temptress, manipulate Jon and his friends for
their own entertainment. And his Holocaust survivor grandparents?
Their coping techniques are beyond embarrassing. A disastrous visit
to Jon's class by his grandmother unhinges his famous father,
setting off a chain of events that threatens to send the
dysfunctional Schwartz clan up in flames once and for all. Fun
& Games is a heartbreaking and hilarious story of faith, family
secrets, betrayal, and loss-but it's also a tale of friendship,
love, and side-splitting shenanigans.
A page-turning account of the scandal that almost ruined Dickens
and how the story disappeared from history Charles Dickens was
regarded as the great proponent of hearth and home in Victorian
Britain, but in 1858 this image was nearly shattered. With the
breakup of his marriage that year, rumors of a scandalous
relationship he may have conducted with the young actress Ellen
"Nelly" Ternan flourished. For the remaining twelve years of his
life, Dickens managed to contain the gossip. After his death,
surviving family members did the same. But when the author's last
living son died in 1934, there was no one to discourage rampant
speculation. Dramatic revelations came from every corner-over
Nelly's role as Dickens's mistress, their clandestine meetings, and
even about his possibly fathering an illegitimate child by her.
This book presents the most complete account of the scandal and
ensuing cover-up ever published. Drawing on the author's letters
and other archival sources not previously available, Dickens
scholar Michael Slater investigates what Dickens did or may have
done, then traces the way the scandal was elaborated over
succeeding generations. Slater shows how various writers concocted
outlandish yet plausible theories while newspapers and book
publishers vied for sensational revelations. With its tale of
intrigue and a cast of well-known figures from Thackeray and Shaw
to Orwell and Edmund Wilson, this engaging book will delight not
only Dickens fans but also readers who appreciate tales of mystery,
cover-up, and clever detection.
Who's Got Your Back? These are four words spoken together as a
phrase that holds a tremendous amount of truth and power. I am
convinced that many have heard the phrase, yet have not grasped the
full meaning and purpose behind it. How would you answer the
question of who's got your back? A battle exists for you, your
marriage and your family. Life is challenging at all ages and
phases and we cannnot make it on our own. We need the support of
others to know in our hearts that we are not alone. This is the
strength that can enable one to continue to press on and face
difficult situations and challenges. This book and the teachings is
a journey for all, especially men, towards encouragement of one
another, finding strength in God and discovering purpose within our
lives. My prayer is that the depth and meaning of who's got your
back, would impact you and your life. Your back can be covered.
Are you lifting up others in their time of need?Have tough economic
times, physical and emotional challenges, or spiritual pain put you
on "the stretcher"?Sometimes, even the most caring people are not
sure how to help struggling friends or family. Inside this book,
you'll find Biblical insights and practical ways to encourage and
support those around you. You will also discover what to do when
you are on the stretcher of life. Encouragement and caring are
tremendous sources of strength and hope. Let this book guide you,
your family, and your friends to the feet of Jesus.We can lift
stretchers!
Based on the book, The Stretcher, this study teaches how to
practically minister to hurting people through the biblical
principles of encouragement and support. It will revolutionize the
way you and your church deal with the issues that hurting people
are facing. The following areas are addressed: The biblical
background for the ministry of encouragement and support Reasons
why people don't reach out for help How to make it through those
difficult times when you are alone on a stretcher Begin to realize
those true friendships in your life and how to affirm and
strengthen them Understanding issues and where we can help Making
Stretcher-Bearing work at your church
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