The Reader S Choice

Author : Kevin J. Anderson
Publisher : WordFire +ORM
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781614750888

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Clockwork Angels by Kevin J. Anderson Pdf

From a New York Times bestseller, “firmly planted in the steampunk genre, an epic-scale story . . . with beautiful illustrations” based on the album from Rush(Booklist). A remarkable collaboration that is unprecedented in its scope and realization, this exquisitely wrought novel represents an artistic project between the bestselling science fiction author Kevin J. Anderson and the multiplatinum rock band Rush. Rush’s concept album, Clockwork Angels, sets forth a story in Neil Peart’s lyrics that has been expanded by Peart and Anderson into this epic novel. In a young man’s quest to follow his dreams, he is caught between the grandiose forces of order and chaos. He travels across a lavish and colorful world of steampunk and alchemy with lost cities, pirates, anarchists, exotic carnivals, and a rigid Watchmaker who imposes precision on every aspect of daily life. The mind-bending story is complemented with rich paintings by the five-time Juno Award winner for Best Album Design, Hugh Syme. “Stands on its own merits as a grand adventure tale woven with threads of various themes enough to keep it fresh, exciting and engaging. Ultimately, Clockwork Angels is one of the most human of stories.” —Book Reporter “A fine piece of dystopian fiction, and it will appeal to readers young and old.” —Booklist

Author : E. Margaret Baudoin
Publisher : University of Michigan Press ELT
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : College readers
ISBN : UOM:39015013278836

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Reader's Choice by E. Margaret Baudoin Pdf

Author : Kim Flachmann,Alexandra MacLennan,Jamie Zeppa
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2012-03-02
Category : College readers
ISBN : 0205032419

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Reader's Choice by Kim Flachmann,Alexandra MacLennan,Jamie Zeppa Pdf

Reader's Choice challenges you to think, read, and write on a literal, interpretive, and critical level by discussing various rhetorical strategies through the use of both student and professional essays. Each chapter discusses in detail a single rhetorical technique and includes a selection of professional readings in order to demonstrate the use of that particular technique. Questions following each reading are designed to guide you from a literal understanding of the piece, to interpretation, and finally to analysis.

Author : Marissa Meyer
Publisher : Feiwel & Friends
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2012-01-03
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781466800113

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Cinder by Marissa Meyer Pdf

The #1 New York Times Bestselling Series! Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, a ruthless lunar people watch, waiting to make their move. No one knows that Earth's fate hinges on one girl. . . . Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. She's a second-class citizen with a mysterious past, reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister's illness. But when her life becomes intertwined with the handsome Prince Kai's, she suddenly finds herself at the center of an intergalactic struggle, and a forbidden attraction. Caught between duty and freedom, loyalty and betrayal, she must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect her world's future. Marissa Meyer on Cinder, writing, and leading men Which of your characters is most like you? I wish I could say that I'm clever and mechanically-minded like Cinder, but no—I can't fix anything. I'm much more like Cress, who makes a brief cameo in Cinder and then takes a more starring role in the third book. She's a romantic and a daydreamer and maybe a little on the naïve side—things that could be said about me too—although she does find courage when it's needed most. I think we'd all like to believe we'd have that same inner strength if we ever needed it. Where do you write? I have a home office that I've decorated with vintage fairy tale treasures that I've collected (my favorite is a Cinderella cookie jar from the forties) and NaNoWriMo posters, but sometimes writing there starts to feel too much like work. On those days I'll write in bed or take my laptop out for coffee or lunch. If you were stranded on a desert island, which character from Cinder would you want with you? Cinder, definitely! She has an internet connection in her brain, complete with the ability to send and receive comms (which are similar to e-mails). We'd just have enough time to enjoy some fresh coconut before we were rescued. The next book in the Lunar Chronicles is called Scarlet, and is about Little Red Riding Hood. What is appealing to you most about this character as you work on the book? Scarlet is awesome—she's very independent, a bit temperamental, and has an outspokenness that tends to get her in trouble sometimes. She was raised by her grandmother, an ex-military pilot who now owns a small farm in southern France, who not only taught Scarlet how to fly a spaceship and shoot a gun, but also to have a healthy respect and appreciation for nature. I guess that's a lot of things that appeal to me about her, but she's been a really fun character to write! (The two leading men in Scarlet, Wolf and Captain Thorne, aren't half bad either.)

Author : Zetta Elliott
Publisher : Yearling
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2024-04-02
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780593897218

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Dragons in a Bag by Zetta Elliott Pdf

The dragon's out of the bag in this diverse, young urban fantasy from an award-winning author! When Jaxon is sent to spend the day with a mean old lady his mother calls Ma, he finds out she's not his grandmother--but she is a witch! She needs his help delivering baby dragons to a magical world where they'll be safe. There are two rules when it comes to the dragons: don't let them out of the bag, and don't feed them anything sweet. Before he knows it, Jax and his friends Vikram and Kavita have broken both rules! Will Jax get the baby dragons delivered safe and sound? Or will they be lost in Brooklyn forever? AN ALA-ALSC NOTABLE CHILDREN'S BOOK AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR The Dragons in a Bag series continues! Don't miss The Dragon Thief, and The Witch's Apprentice.

Author : Glencoe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1999-08
Category : African American women
ISBN : 0028180321

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Gl Sg Auto/Ms Jane Pitman by Glencoe Pdf

Provides teaching strategies, background, and suggested resources; reproducible student pages to use before, during, and after reading--Cover.

Author : Alice Savage
Publisher : Wayzgoose Press
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2017-07-24
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Variety Pack: Readers' Choice (Big Ideas: Low Intermediate) by Alice Savage Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : McGraw-Hill/Glencoe
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1999-06
Category : Education
ISBN : 002635389X

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Glencoe Literature Course 3 by Anonim Pdf

Documents the increasing momentum of the civil rights movement during the decade of the sixties.

Author : McGraw-Hill Education
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1999-06-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0026354349

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Glencoe Literature: The Reader's Choice, Grade 12, British Literature, Student Edition by McGraw-Hill Education Pdf

Glencoe Literature is a powerful blend of classic and contemporary literature to engage and motivate your students. Integrated reading, writing and language arts skills instruction address the demands of your curriculum. A full range of assessment tools is designed for flexibility and ease of use.

Author : McGraw-Hill, Glencoe
Publisher : Glencoe/McGraw-Hill
Page : 1261 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2001-05-04
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0078251117

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Glencoe Literature: The Reader's Choice, Course 7, British Literature, Student Edition by McGraw-Hill, Glencoe Pdf

"The two most engaging powers of an author are to make new things familiar, and familiar things new." - Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) Glencoe Literature for 2002 also "makes new things familiar and familiar things new." Designed to meet the needs of today's classroom, Glencoe Literature has been developed with careful attention to instructional planning for teachers, strategic reading support, and universal access that meets the learning needs of all students.

Author : Kim Flachmann,Michael Flachmann,Alexandra MacLennan
Publisher : Prentice Hall
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0130418749

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Reader's Choice by Kim Flachmann,Michael Flachmann,Alexandra MacLennan Pdf

Designed for Developmental Writing courses (Essay level). An appealing alternative to the popular Reader's Choice, now in its third Canadian edition, Reader's Choice: Essays and Stories adds fiction to provide a broader range of models of writing. The book's primary purpose continues to be helping students improve their ability to think, read, and write on progressively more sophisticated levels.

Author : Victoria Golden McMains
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2000-07-25
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0688174353

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The Readers' Choice by Victoria Golden McMains Pdf

Here are two hundred reader-tested answers to the question "What have you read that's good?" The Readers' Choice is the first book to feature titles based on the recommendations of numerous book clubs. Victoria McMains has collected two hundred favorites of more than seventy reading groups nationwide, ideal for book group members looking for a "good read," busy people seeking enjoyable books outside the bestseller lists, or anyone who wants to read more but isn't sure where to start. Combining her skills as a book reveiwer and a veteran book group member, McMains provides brief, captivating profiles of a diverse mix of fiction and nonfiction. There are love stories and war stories, fantasy and political intrigue, biography and nature-and much more. Each profile highlights the unique traits of the book and ends with a few questions for group favorites as well as little-known gems that have been discovered and treasured. Indexes organize the entries by title and subject matter, helping readers find books that appeal to their interest. For anyone wanting to learn the easy essentials of starting a book club, check out McMains's introduction. Let The Readers Guide help you make the most of the precious time you spend reading?

Author : Christopher Scotton
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2015-01-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781455551934

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The Secret Wisdom of the Earth by Christopher Scotton Pdf

"A marvelous debut...has everything a big, thick novel should have, and I hated to put it down." - John Grisham "A page-turner." - New York Times Book Review For readers of The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, this is a dramatic and deeply moving novel about an act of violence in a small Appalachian town and the repercussions that will forever change a young man's view of human cruelty and compassion. After seeing the death of his younger brother in a terrible home accident, fourteen-year-old Kevin and his grieving mother are sent for the summer to live with Kevin's grandfather. In this town of Medgar, Kentucky, a peeled-paint coal town deep in Appalachia, Kevin quickly falls in with a half-wild hollow kid named Buzzy Fink who schools him in the mysteries and magnificence of the woods. The town is beset by a massive mountaintop removal operation that is blowing up the hills and back filling the hollows. Kevin's grandfather and others in town attempt to rally the citizens against the "company" and its powerful owner to stop the plunder of their mountain heritage. But when Buzzy witnesses a brutal hate crime, a sequence is set in play that will test Buzzy and Kevin to their absolute limits in an epic struggle for survival in the Kentucky mountains. *Includes Reading Group Guide*

Author : Ashley Spires
Publisher : Tundra Books
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2019-09-10
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780735264267

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Fairy Science by Ashley Spires Pdf

The award-winning author of The Most Magnificent Thing introduces the value of science and inquiry to young readers with humor and heart. For fans of Ada Twist, Scientist and Hidden Figures. Esther the fairy doesn't believe in magic. But fairies are all about magic, despite Esther's best efforts to reveal the science of their world. No matter how she and her bird, Albert, explain that rainbows are refracted light rather than a path to gold, or that mist is water evaporating rather than an evil omen, or the importance of the scientific method, her fairymates would rather just do magic. So when the other fairies' solution to helping a dying tree is to do a mystical moonlight dance, Esther decides to take it upon herself to resuscitate the tree . . . with the scientific method, some hypothesizing, a few experiments and the heady conclusion that trees need sunlight to live! But while Esther manages to save the tree, she can't quite change the minds of her misguided fairymates . . . or can she? Fairy Science, the first in a hilarious new picture book series, introduces a charming, determined heroine as she learns about the world and celebrates the joys of curiosity and exploring science.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2024-07-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0078208483

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Glencoe Literature. the Readers Choice. Course 4 by Anonim Pdf