![]() Originally a child actor, he became Jeff Brown because Actors Equity already had a Richard Brown as a member. Jeff Brown was born Richard Chester Brown. In translation, he traveled to France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Japan and Israel, among other places. The character's life extended further, as schoolchildren mailed cut-outs of him to their friends. All together, Stanley's tales have sold nearly a million copies in the United States alone. The last, "Stanley, Flat Again!," was published the year he died. ![]() Flat Stanley became the star of a series of perpetually popular books. Jeff Brown had worked in Hollywood and as an editor and writer in New York before creating Flat Stanley, a hero for the youngest readers whose adventures, with illustrations by Tomi Ungerer, were first published in 1964. Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name. ![]()
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![]() That formerly spindly boy has now become a calm and effective leader and general, and although he dominates Born’s concluding volume, there are plenty of other well-drawn characters, from General (and future emperor) Tiberius to Augustus Caesar to Varro himself. As he himself reflects at one point in Wald Vengeance, “Take twenty years off me and I’m sure the vision General Drusus had as he approached us on the battlefield was more comedy than tragedy – a spindly boy and a few thousand men with wicker shields.” ![]() It was a devastating defeat, and, as Jason Born points out in his hugely entertaining new historical novel Wald Vengeance, “never again did Rome tread with authority east of the Rhine.”īorn’s “Wald” series – The Wald and Wald Afire – have been steadily building toward that climax in the life of Arminius we met him as a little boy named Ermin, and we followed him through many encounters, both hostile and collaborative, with the Roman invaders of Germany. ![]() ![]() In AD 9, a massive Roman force of three legions under the command of a general named Quinctilius Varus were shadowed, surrounded, and almost completely annihilated by a large force of German tribesmen under the command of a man named Arminius. ![]() ![]() She takes him right into her house, relatively to handle his injuries, nonetheless after she learns he exterminated the character of Misery in his most current book, she transforms violent and also maintains him restricted to cause him to make up a brand-new magazine moving the personality’s end – despite what it calls for. ![]() 1 mid-day, Sheldon strikes his vehicle in a snow storm and also can be kept by Annie Wilkes, his self- announced biggest follower. ![]() ![]() Amongst King’s most prominent and also effective stories, it fixates Paul Sheldon, an effective author best recognized for his most Victorian- period love publications starring the character Misery Chastain. ![]() ![]() (Nikos Frazier/Quad City Times via AP) Nikos Frazier/AP Show More Show Less ![]() The Upper Mississippi River will rise to near record-high levels as it flows through Wisconsin and Iowa, but officials said Thursday they expected to hold back floodwaters with a combination of flood walls, temporary barriers and wetlands, especially if dry weather continues. (Nikos Frazier/Quad City Times via AP) NIKOS FRAZIER/AP Show More Show Less 2 of8 A city worker walks along the HESCO sand barriers along River Drive between Iowa and Perry Streets, Friday, April 28, 2023, in Davenport, Iowa. ![]() ![]() 1 of8 A city worker inspects the HESCO sand barriers along River Drive between Iowa and Perry Streets, Friday, April 28, 2023, in Davenport, Iowa. ![]() ![]() ![]() Inspired by Jane Austen's persuasion, For Darkness Shows the Stars is a breathtaking romance about opening your mind to the future and your heart to the one person you know can break it. And again, she's faced with a choice: cling to what she's been raised to believe, or cast her lot with the only boy she's ever loved, even if she's lost him forever. In the dystopian future of For Darkness Shows the Stars. ![]() ![]() And while Elliot wonders if this could be their second chance, Kai seems determined to show Elliot exactly what she gave up when she let him go.īut Elliot soon discovers her old friend carries a secret - one that could change their society. will love Diana Peterfreunds take on Jane Austens Persuasion set in a post-apocalyptic world. Since then the world has changed: a new class of Post-Reductionists is jumpstarting the wheel of progress, and Elliot's estate is foundering, forcing her to rent land to the mysterious Cloud Fleet, a group of shipbuilders that includes renowned explorer Captain Malakai Wentforth - an almost unrecognizable Kai. Four years ago Elliot refused to run away with her childhood sweetheart, the servant Kai, choosing duty to her family's estate over love. ![]() It's been several generations since a genetic experiment gone wrong caused the Reduction, decimating humanity and giving rise to a Luddite nobility who outlawed most technology.Įlliot North has always known her place in this world. ![]() ![]() ![]() You just might be inspired to boldly go where no one like you has ever gone before! ![]() This empowering tribute to the trailblazing pop culture icon reminds us of the importance of perseverance and the power of representation in storytelling. Nichelle not only inspired a generation to pursue their dreams, but also opened the door for the real-life pioneering astronaut Sally Ride, Dr. A smart, strong, independent Black woman aboard the starship Enterprise was revolutionary in the 1960s when only white men had traveled to outer space in real life and most Black characters on TV were servants. Perfect for fans of Hidden Figures and Mae Among the Stars! To Boldly Go tells the true story of Nichelle Nichols and how she used her platform on Star Trek to inspire and recruit a new generation of diverse astronauts and many others in the space and STEM fields.Īs Lieutenant Uhura on the iconic prime-time television show Star Trek, Nichelle Nichols played the first Black female astronaut anyone had ever seen on screen. ![]() ![]() ![]() Despite numerous complexes and a general feeling of self-doubt, he believed in the value of his work and strove to immortalise it. In general, he was a man of opposites: an introvert who could talk about his passions in an engaging way. At the same time, he was endowed with an extraordinary sense of humour, combined with cynicism and a developed sense of observation. Beksiński was an intellectual with wide humanistic knowledge and outstanding knowledge of the matters which absorbed him the most, for example, classical music. To characterize his figure, we should pay attention to his extraordinary erudition and eloquence. This is probably the best evidence of Beksiński’s class. Considering his position and extraordinary achievements, one would rather expect arrogance and complacency. What is particularly striking was his modesty, self-irony and a powerful distance to his own person, according to their testimonials. But in direct contact, as his friends and acquaintances testify, he made an even stronger impression. Too bad for me, because Beksinski – even in the light of archival and biographical materials available to us – appears to have been an exceptional figure. Unfortunately, I have never had that opportunity. ![]() Krakow, Poland – Kafkadesk sat down with Jaroslaw Serafin, the art director of the Historical Museum in Sanok, Poland, to talk about Zdzisław Beksiński (1929 – 2005), the great Polish master of arcane figures, dystopian worlds and haunting shapes. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() She didn’t get to be the editor of one of the UK’s leading online women’s lifestyle magazines by resting on her laurels her meteoric rise is well documented in the industry with both green-eyed envy and huge respect. I’m disappearing under tiny, invisible kitchen weights, and Ali has noticed my diminishment because Ali notices everything. I was, I am, determined not to be someone who makes a big drama out of it, but with every passing day it’s as if someone adds an extra weight onto my shoulders-one of those mini cast-iron ones you see in old-fashioned kitchen scales. Thirty felt like just another year until I was twenty-nine and three-quarters, but now that my landmark birthday is a few weeks away, I’ve started to experience all kinds of unexpected and unwelcome anxieties. I stumble as I say my age the number sticks like glue in my mouth. It’s altogether different for an almost thirty-year-old dating columnist to claim she’s doing it too.” “It’s one thing for an A-lister to declare she’s ‘self-coupling’ for an interview in Vogue, Ali. “Look.” I pinch the bridge of my nose, choosing my words carefully. “It’s not legally binding,” she says, as if that makes it better. She’s asked me to do some fairly out-there things over the years, but this one tops the lot. You genuinely want to send me to a remote island to marry myself?”Ī warm flush creeps up my neck as I sit across the desk from Ali, my terrifyingly enigmatic boss at Women Today. ![]() ![]() Lively illustrations, dominated by hues of blue and featuring irresistibly cheerful characters, have a childlike feel, as though scribbled by a youngster clutching a crayon. Clanton crafts a whimsical narrative that focuses on quirky conversations rather than superheroic adventures, and the funny story will snare a range of readers. In addition to three tales about Narwhal and Jelly, there's a section about the "superpowers" of various ocean creatures (for instance, crabs can regrow their legs, the mimic octopus can change its appearance to resemble other animals, and dolphins sleep with one eye open) and a pun-laced story "written" by Narwhal and Jelly, in which Super Waffle and Strawberry Sidekick rescue their city from a giant butter blob. In this second installment of the sweetly surreal series, the characters are true to form delightfully ditzy Narwhal remains upbeat even when he initially fails to exhibit a single superpower, while his jellyfish friend frets at every turn. Super Narwhal needs a sidekick, so pal Jelly is dubbed Jelly Jolt. ![]() ![]() Gr 1–3–Donning a cape, Narwhal decides to become a superhero-after eating lunch, of course. ![]() ![]() ![]() Urn:lcp:linneainmonetsga0000bjor:epub:957c2cc3-d953-4c71-84a2-9e85f7b7e5e1 Foldoutcount 0 Identifier linneainmonetsga0000bjor Identifier-ark ark:/13960/s2bfq6zncww Invoice 1652 Isbn 9781402277290ġ402277296 Ocr tesseract 5.0.0-1-g862e Ocr_detected_lang en Ocr_detected_lang_conf 1.0000 Ocr_detected_script Latin Ocr_detected_script_conf 0.6921 Ocr_module_version 0.0.14 Ocr_parameters -l eng Old_pallet IA-NS-1200201 Openlibrary_edition ![]() ![]() Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 08:07:06 Associated-names Monet, Claude, 1840-1926 Anderson, Lena Boxid IA40324314 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier ![]() |