![]() ![]() ![]() Side & bottom of text block look clear & attractive. Extremely small-scale pilling of cloth on both boards. ![]() Minor fraying along one small strip of front board's bottom edge. Minor tanning to top edges of both boards. A couple of small stains on spine & front board. Engraved maroon lettering on spine & matching Borzoi logo on back board are entirely unfaded, clear, & intact. 1946 stated on both copyright & title page. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION stated on copyright page, verso title page. First American Edition/First Printing/First Issue Dust Jacket. Translated from the French by Stuart Gilbert. We Buy Books! Individual titles, libraries, collections. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. A fine copy of this wonderful leatherbound edition of this classic novel by Albert Camus. Very faint residue from removed bookplate on pastedown. Book is like new clean and crisp with no writing or names. ![]() Three raised spine bands, blue satin endpapers and sewn-in satin bookmark. Bound in blue leather stamped in gold with gilt stained page ends. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Agent: Sarah Bedingfield, Levine Greenberg Rostan Literary Agency. It's a gentle and relatable introduction to a mother and daughter forced to live together by circumstance, and the next thing you know, you're plunged into the depths of claustrophobic madness that will keep you up turning pages deep into the night. Stage expertly crafts this creepy, can’t-put-it-down thriller into a fearless exploration of parenting and marriage that finds the cracks in unconditional love. Zoje Stage is a master of the slow burn, and her new book MOTHERED did not disappoint. For the besieged Suzette, there’s also a troubling ambivalence about whether she wants to save or kill her disturbed child. This week is off to a great start for MOTHERED The entire team is thrilled to have been interviewed for a feature article in Publishers Weekly, where we discussed the creation of MOTHERED in a piece titled Mother and Daughter Face Off in Zoje Stages New Thriller.You can read the full article here. From Hanna’s perspective, Suzette is the only thing standing in the way of the complete devotion of her father, Alex, and she plots ways to “step up her game against Mommy.” For Suzette, her love-starved relationship with a distant mother and chronic Crohn’s haunt every attempt to bond with a little girl who barks like a “feral animal” and only speaks as a 17th-century girl named Marie-Anne Dufosset, who was burned at the stake for suspected witchcraft. ![]() Frustrated and fragile stay-at-home mom Suzette and seven-year-old Hanna alternately narrate a cascade of crises stemming from Hanna’s near-total refusal to speak, her mistrust of her mom and adoration of her dad, and the parents’ frantic attempts to find a solution to Hanna’s increasingly dangerous tantrums. Stage’s deviously fun debut takes child-rearing anxiety to demented new heights. ![]() ![]() ![]() The only way we can be forgiven is by being brought back to God through the atonement of the Cross. ![]() The revealed truth of God is that without the atonement He cannot forgive- He would contradict His nature if He did. Never accept a view of the fatherhood of God if it blots out the atonement. To forgive sin, while remaining a holy God, this price had to be paid. We should never take the forgiveness of sin, the gift of the Holy Spirit, and our sanctification in simple faith, and then forget the enormous cost to God that made all of this ours.įorgiveness is the divine miracle of grace. There is no other way! Forgiveness, which is so easy for us to accept, cost the agony at Calvary. The only ground on which God can forgive our sin and reinstate us to His favor is through the Cross of Christ. ![]() To base our forgiveness on any other ground is unconscious blasphemy. The only basis on which God can forgive us is the tremendous tragedy of the Cross of Christ. That thought, based solely on emotion, cannot be found anywhere in the New Testament. Ephesians 1:7īeware of the pleasant view of the fatherhood of God: God is so kind and loving that of course He will forgive us. ![]() ![]() ![]() Marko tackled The Will, and the two combatants ended up battling on a spaceship as it rocketed away from Quietus’ orbit. This enraged Marko, who let his well-honed pacifism slide in favor of murderous bloodlust. He killed Prince Robot IV in revenge for the robot murdering his lover The Stalk way back in an early issue. Things only got worse after The Will escaped from Ianthe’s control. The Will, the bounty hunter who was tasked with hunting down Marko and Alana way back in the series’ first issue, was brought to Quietus by his sadistic torturer Ianthe. And so, just as the main characters had all reunited on the planet Quietus, disaster struck. ![]() ![]() Throughout the series, Vaughan and Staples have loved to pull the rug out from under their characters at the worst possible moments. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Twilight Saga: The Official Illustrated Guide, a definitive encyclopedic reference with nearly 100 full color illustrations, was released in bookstores on 2011. ![]() A novella, The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner, which tells the story of a newborn vampire who appeared in Eclipse, was published on 2010. The series is told primarily from Bella's point of view, with the epilogue of Eclipse and the second part of Breaking Dawn being told from the viewpoint of character Jacob Black, a werewolf. Released annually from 2005 through 2008, the four novels chart the later teen years of Bella Swan, a girl who moves to Forks, Washington, from Phoenix, Arizona and falls in love with a 104-year-old vampire named Edward Cullen. Twilight is a series of four fantasy romance novels, two companion novels, and one novella written by American author Stephenie Meyer. ![]() ![]() Cat is even less happy about the move when she is told that her new town is inhabited by ghosts, but Maya sets her heart on meeting one Cataloging source TEFOD Telgemeier, Raina Dewey number 741.5/973 Illustrations illustrations Index no index present LC call number PZ7.7. Language eng Summary Catrina and her family have moved to the coast of Northern California for the sake of her little sister, Maya, who has cystic fibrosis. California, Northern - Juvenile fiction.Cat isnt happy about leaving her friends. Catrina and her family are moving to the coast of Northern California because her little sister, Maya, is sick. California, Northern - Comic books, strips, etc release from 1 New York Times bestselling, multiple Eisner Award-winning graphic novelist, Raina Telgemeier. Raina Telgemeier has masterfully created a moving and insightful story about the power of family and friendship, and how it gives us the courage to do what we never thought possible.Moving, Household - Comic books, strips, etc.Families - California, Northern - Juvenile fiction.Families - California, Northern - Comic books, strips, etc. ![]() Smile has appeared on the New York Times bestseller list for more than four years, and received an Eisner Award for Best Publication for Teens as well as a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor. ![]() ![]() Label Ghosts Title Ghosts Statement of responsibility Raina Telgemeier with color by Braden Lamb Creator Raina Telgemeier is the 1 New York Times bestselling creator of Smile and Sisters, which are both graphic memoirs based on her childhood. ![]() ![]() ![]() In 1877, Frederica – or Free – Marshall is the owner and editrix of The Women’s Free Press – a newspaper by women, for women and about women. Ms Milan is surely unique among the writers in the genre of historical romance for the incredible insight she affords her audience into the issues of the time at which her books are set and for the way in which each story is developed so that these elements are fully integrated into the plot and characterisation rather than seeming like a tacked-on history lesson. It’s the last full-length novel in Ms Milan’s Brothers Sinister series, and like the books which precede it, contains a beautifully developed romance set against a thoroughly researched and fascinating historical background. The Suffragette Scandalis an extraordinary book, and one which is quite difficult to encapsulate in a review. ![]() ![]() ![]() My interest in THE WILD PARTY started with the flop American-International Picture of 1975, a Merchant & Ivory production, with James Coco, Perry King and Raquel Welch. Powerful narrative, but I can do without the illustrations I have not seen the move or the Broadway plays, and chances are won't, the original poem is more than satisfying enough for me. ![]() ![]() Still, even today the story maintains a kind of rawness and edge that stays with the reader. Queenie remains the center of the story, and rightfully so, she is the most developed and most fascinating.Īpparently this book was banned in Boston, and I guess it is understandable given the times. The characters are great, the kind that one wishes to know of some more. It never seems forced in the least, but flows well and succeed's in pulling the reader into the party itself. Certainly the brief description of the book made it even easier to buy.īut now having read it in one sitting, I was blown away at how brilliant it was! The poetic style is very easy to get into, and its use to tell this gripping tale was amazing. ![]() I decided to buy this book for no other reason than that I loved the 1949 Robert Wise film, "The Set-up", and wanted to check out the other book written by the original story's author, Joseph Moncure March. ![]() ![]() ![]() The tiny sphere was created for Tremaine Valiarde's amusement when she was a child of twelve, presented to her by her uncle Arisilde, the greatest of all sorcerers. And the last hope of a magical realm under siege rests within a child's plaything. Every weapon in the arsenal of Ile-Rien's revered wizards has proven useless - their magic quickly identified by the enemy and rendered instantly impotent, their conventional arms spontaneously and inexplicably exploded. Once a fertile and prosperous land, it is now under attack by the Gardier, a mysterious army whose storm-black airships appear from nowhere to strike without warning. Ile-Rien faces the grim specter of its own imminent demise. ![]() With this, the first book in an extraordinary new epic trilogy, the Nebula Award?nominated author of The Death of the Necromancer and Wheel of the Infinite dazzles as never before - bringing a stark and breathtaking reality to an imperiled world of magic. Reviewers nationwide, as well as fellow artists in the fantasy arena, have already marveled at the astonishing voice and vision of Martha Wells. ![]() ![]() ![]() Paul leaves, determined to continue his preaching even if it is founded in falsehood. Jesus is infuriated by this and tells him the truth. Some time later, Paul arrives at Jesus' house and talks to him of the crucifixion, the resurrection of the Messiah and the new religion. ![]() ![]() But while he is on the cross, Jesus opens his eyes and sees that he has been transported to the shade of a tree in blossom an angel tells him that God has decided to save him and allow him to live a normal life. Up until the crucifixion, the story develops largely in line with the gospel accounts. Having steadfastly refused to undertake the mission of salvation, he eventually decides to submit to divine will. Jesus is depicted as an ordinary carpenter, even making the crosses used by the Romans to execute Jewish revolutionaries. This is a narrative of the story of Jesus, focused on the final years of his life. ![]() |