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Seuss continues to be the best-selling author of children's books in the world. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1984 and three Academy Awards, Seuss was the author and illustrator of 44 children's books, some of which have been made into audiocassettes, animated television specials, and videos for children of all ages. In the process, he helped kids learn to read. Find The Foot Book by Dr Seuss in Board Book and other formats in Juvenile Fiction > Concepts - Opposites. Sign up today for an additional 10 bonus. Seuss charmed his way into the consciousness of four generations of youngsters and parents. Seusss Wacky Book of Opposites for 5.99 + 2.5 Cash Back on BooksAMillion. Brilliant, playful, and always respectful of children, Dr. This popular series combined engaging stories with outrageous illustrations and playful sounds to teach basic reading skills. Seuss's first children's book, And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street, hit the market in 1937, and the world of children's literature was changed forever! In 1957, Seuss's The Cat in the Hat became the prototype for one of Random House's best- selling series, Beginner Books. His advertising cartoons, featuring Quick, Henry, the Flit!, appeared in several leading American magazines. After attending Dartmouth College and Oxford University, he began a career in advertising. Seuss was born Theodor Geisel in Springfield, Massachusetts on March 2, 1904. This is a few years after their son’s death and the idea of suicide, although at this point it wouldn’t be suicide but just a letting go and slipping away into the water, sounds fabulous. What she doesn’t know is that he has drowned in the very cold river that she is trying to pull them out of. Lindsey works tirelessly to make sure she and her husband, Hatch, make it. It was a fabulous book full of plot twists and turns so much so that it felt like a death defying roller coaster! I hate to give anything about the fabulous ending away but I will say, I didn’t see that one coming! Of course I never do with Koontz.įor Hideaway, it starts off with a car wreck, one in which both husband and wife, the main characters in the story, were nearly killed. His imagination is fabulous and his plots never fail us! Dean Koontz literally puts the terror in terrifying. I’ve always been a fan of horror but haven’t read anything really terrifying in a while. First off, thanks goes to the Horror RaT (Read a thon) for getting me back to reading Dean Koontz. It is the story, too, of a country torn apart by the savage fight for power Mao Tse-tung launched in his campaign to topple party moderates. Life and Death in Shanghai is the powerful story of Nien Cheng's imprisonment, of the deprivation she endured, of her heroic resistance, and of her quest for justice when she was released. When she refused to confess that any of this made her an enemy of the state, she was placed in solitary confinement, where she would remain for more than six years. Her background made her an obvious target for the fanatics of the Cultural Revolution: educated in London, the widow of an official of Chiang Kaishek's regime, and an employee of Shell Oil, Nien Cheng enjoyed comforts that few of her compatriots could afford. In August 1966 a group of Red Guards ransacked the home of Nien Cheng. 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While Koresh was the most publicly discussed figure during and after the siege at the complex, the show gives voice to the many people who followed his teachings. Many of Koresh's followers living in a Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas perished during a 51-day standoff with agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in 1993. At the center of the Paramount miniseries Waco is religious leader and self-proclaimed prophet David Koresh (played by Taylor Kitsch). Especially after Lucia's bitten by a vampire. In short, she's possibly the worst person alive for Mindy to crush on. Now she's captain of the cheer team, winner of the Boyfriend Olympics, and voted least likely to remember Mindy at their high school reunion. When they were kids they used to be besties, until Lucia grew a head taller and a cup size bigger. Maybe it has something to do with her new friend, Lucia West. High school senior Mindy Murphy has been questioning her small town life forever and, more recently, her sexuality. This young adult queer romance sucks you in with vampires, paranormal drama, humor, and a quirky lesbian coming-out story. What's worse than falling in love with a straight girl? Falling in love with a straight girl who drinks blood. With Kyle’s support, Lanie begins to unravel the secrets of her past, and the deep pain that has quietly defined her life. However, as Lanie sheds more layers, both emotionally and physically, Kyle begins to examine his life choices, and his true feelings for this enigmatic girl. As an ambitious journalist, he also can’t resist the Pulitzer worthy scoop she offers him. Kyle gradually accepts, justifying that the mystery of Lanie has sparked his natural, thirsty curiosity. Lanie Carmichael is in love with Brad, and wants Kyle’s assistance in winning his best friend’s heart. Her brazen attitude though, astonishes him, especially when she explains she has no interest in gorgeous Kyle. She is dowdy, awkward, and dressed in so many layers she resembles a wedding cake, but not in an edible way. Attorney Lanie Carmichael’s appearance is no surprise. “Arrogant womanizer Kyle Manchester hates blind dates however, when best friend, Brad calls in a favor, insisting Kyle take out his girlfriend’s sister, Kyle reluctantly agrees. She continued writing under her maiden name, and her subsequent novels became bestsellers, earning her enormous wealth and fame. A prestigious publishing house accepted her first novel when she was in her early twenties, and its publication brought her not only fame but the attentions of a handsome soldier, Major (later Lieutenant-General Sir) Frederick Browning, whom she married. Her family connections helped her establish her literary career, and she published some of her early work in Beaumont's Bystander magazine. She spent her youth sailing boats, travelling on the Continent with friends, and writing stories. Her elder sister, Angela du Maurier, also became a writer, and her younger sister Jeanne was a painter. She and her sisters were indulged as a children and grew up enjoying enormous freedom from financial and parental restraint. Born into a family with a rich artistic and historical background, her paternal grandfather was author and Punch cartoonist George du Maurier, who created the character of Svengali in the 1894 novel Trilby, and her mother was a maternal niece of journalist, author, and lecturer Comyns Beaumont. In many ways her life resembles a fairy tale. Daphne du Maurier was born on at 24 Cumberland Terrace, Regent's Park, London, the middle of three daughters of prominent actor-manager Sir Gerald du Maurier and actress Muriel, née Beaumont. |