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The natural world of Shropshire offers her some consolation to the back-breaking work on the farm, and the fact that she can read and work with numbers is a source of pride and solace. Her "hare-shotten" lip is her own bane, and she bears it at times with dignity, at other times with deep feelings of shame.
When We Cease to Understand the World (Spanish: Un Verdor Terrible; lit. ' A Terrible Greening ' ) is a 2021 book by Chilean writer Benjamín Labatut . Originally written in Spanish and published by Anagrama , the book was translated into English by Adrian Nathan West and published by Pushkin Press and New York Review of Books in 2021.
Something Happened has frequently been criticized as overlong, rambling, and deeply unhappy. [2] These sentiments are echoed in a review of the novel by fellow writer and humorist Kurt Vonnegut, but are countered with praise for the novel's prose and the meticulous patience Heller took in the creation of the novel, stating, "Is this book any good?
Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane is the second book in Suzanne Collins's children's novel series The Underland Chronicles. [3] Published in 2004, the novel contains elements of high fantasy . [ 1 ] The novel focuses on a prophecy mentioned at the end of Gregor the Overlander which the Underlanders believe requires the protagonist Gregor to hunt ...
A Bad Case of Stripes is a children's book written and illustrated by David Shannon published in 1998 by Blue Sky Press, a division of Scholastic Press. A Bad Case of Stripes highlights the theme of being true to oneself, and is commonly used by educators to teach young students important values.
The Prism aims to locate and destroy the blue bane, an island formed from imbalanced blue luxin, which was created by his loss of control over that color. These temples to the color Gods—beings who possess complete mastery over the world-wide reserve of their color—grant them numerous powers, including the physical manipulation of nearby ...
Magnus Bane - The High Warlock of Brooklyn, loyal to Shadowhunters due to his relationship with Alec Lightwood. He is one of the few who knows of Emma and Julian's secret relationship, and works to help them, but is rendered weak and ill from the blight. He has two sons with Alec Lightwood, Rafeal Lightwood-Bane, and Max Lightwood-Bane.
Pandæmonium, 1660–1886: The Coming of the Machine as Seen by Contemporary Observers is a book of contemporary observations of the coming, development, and impact of the Industrial Revolution in the United Kingdom, collected by documentary film-maker Humphrey Jennings and published posthumously in 1985 by Icon Books having received funding for the project from the Elephant Trust. [1]