![]() “ Jonathan Livingston Seagull and Illusions were iconic books that touched millions of readers. ![]() ![]() “It’s a thrill to have a writer of Richard’s influence publish his work as a Single,” said David Blum, editor of Kindle Singles. “Illusions II: The Adventures of a Reluctant Student” is available now in the Kindle Singles Store ( for $2.99. His new spiritual memoir is his first comment on his near-death experience in a plane crash in 2012. With over 60 million copies of his books sold, Bach is one of the world’s most beloved authors. 7, 2014- (NASDAQ:AMZN)- today announced that Richard Bach, best-selling author of Jonathan Livingston Seagull and Illusions, has published “Illusions II”-a sequel to his 1977 best seller available exclusively in the Kindle Store as a Kindle Single. Jonathan Livingston Seagull author Richard Bach’s “Illusions II” is now available exclusively in the Kindle Store ![]()
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![]() ![]() Brett’s work often focuses on tales from cultures around the world. Subsequently, her illustrations have primarily appeared in books of her own authorship. The publication of Fritz and the Beautiful Horses in 1981 marked a milestone in her career, as this was the first book both authored and illustrated by Brett. ![]() Initially, her illustrations appeared in books written by various authors. Now I try to recreate that feeling of believing that the imaginary place I'm drawing really exists.” She went on to pursue her goal of becoming an illustrator by studying at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.īrett began her illustration career in the 1970s. Recollecting her childhood, she says, “I remember the special quiet of rainy days when I felt that I could enter the pages of my beautiful picture books. Jan Brett (b.1949) was deeply interested in illustration from a young age. Home > Artists > Jan Brett Jan Brett Born: DecemBiography ![]() ![]() “But what’s surprising is that our heart also affects what we see!” “The brain itself decides which information to bring to awareness.” “We are not objective, and we don’t see everything that hits our retina like a video camera does,” said co-author Roy Salomon in a statement. They found that the brain filters out cardiac sensations, while still perceiving external sensations - a purposeful avoidance of processing information. That was until this week: Scientists from Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, a research institute in Switzerland, are the first to identify what exactly happens in the brain that keeps us from being constantly aware of our own heartbeat. It’s been previously assumed that this is because of the brain, but until now scientists haven’t known exactly how this works. If you’re healthy, these should be the rare moments where you’re aware of your own heartbeat. ![]() ![]() Think about the times you’ve been able to sense your heart - the puttering, lub-dub after an exhaustive workout or an adrenaline-fueled moment. ![]() ![]() ![]() Not in the form of the Dark Queen or an invading army, but in the form of the real Guinevere’s younger sister. When a rescue goes awry and results in the death of something precious, a devastated Guinevere returns to Camelot to find the greatest threat yet has arrived. The more she tries to claim herself as queen, the more she wonders if Mordred was right: she doesn’t belong. She has no sense of who she truly was before she was Guinevere. The closer she gets to Brangien, pining for her lost love Isolde, Lancelot, fighting to prove her worth as Queen’s knight, and Arthur, everything to everyone and thus never quite enough for Guinevere–the more she realizes how empty she is. Guinevere might have accepted her role, but she still cannot find a place for herself in all of it. Yet every night, dreams of darkness and unknowable power plague her. Her relationship with Arthur is developing, yet her affections for Mordrid leave her confused. Guinevere has acknowledged her part as queen. Proceeding with the fantasy retelling of King Arthur. EVERYTHING IS AS IT SHOULD BE IN CAMELOT: King Arthur is expanding his kingdom’s influence with Queen Guinevere at his side. By Kiersten White The Camelot Betrayal is the sequel to The Guinevere Deception by Kiersten White. ![]() ![]() ![]() In No Time Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality, Michael shares personal stories and observations about illness and health, aging, the strength of family and friends, and how our perceptions about time affect the way we approach mortality. ![]() His new memoir reassesses this outlook, as events in the past decade presented additional challenges. His two previous bestselling memoirs, Lucky Man and Always Looking Up, dealt with how he came to terms with the illness, all the while exhibiting his iconic optimism. ![]() Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research, the world's leading non-profit funder of PD science. Diagnosed at age 29, Michael is equally engaged in Parkinson's advocacy work, raising global awareness of the disease and helping find a cure through The Michael J. Keaton in Family Ties as Mike Flaherty in Spin City and through numerous other movie roles and guest appearances on shows such as The Good Wife and Curb Your Enthusiasm. Fox as Marty McFly, the teenage sidekick of Doc Brown in Back to. ![]() ![]() With her newfound magic, Immanuelle, the town’s shunned, blasphemous daughter, may be the only one with the power to stop them. ![]() ![]() As Immanuelle learns more about her mother’s history and her own connection to the Darkwood, a series of plagues befall Bethel. The forbidden Darkwood on the outskirts of town whispers to Immanuelle, and when she finally gives in and wanders into its thickets, the spirits of the town’s murdered witches bequeath her with Miriam’s journal. Immanuelle’s mother dies in childbirth, proclaiming, with her dying breath, that her baby is “a curse.” Now a teenager, Immanuelle can’t find her place in the rigid, puritanical society of Bethel as the mixed-race daughter of a woman remembered only for adultery, madness, and an association with witchcraft. ![]() Henderson’s bewitching feminist fantasy debut draws readers into a world of harsh contrasts and dark magic. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Then the idea of the supernatural in the story is brilliantly merged with the practical. He subtly creates a platform to thrill and entertain his readers through his simple yet elegant writing style. And this is the first hint of the genius of Arthur Conan Doyle. The vastness and the hint of the unknown in the moors made me shiver. But is the curse the reason for Sir Charles’ death or did he just die from a weak heart? And is the mysterious and deadly hound real or just a figment of everyone’s imagination? Also can Sherlock solve this case and prove it to be the work of a mortal rather than the work of a supernatural being, as everyone believes it to be? Mortimer fears that he, too, will fall victim to the curse. ![]() So, now that the only surviving heir to Sir Charles, Henry Baskerville, is arriving in England to take up his residence at the Baskerville hall, Dr. And since then all Baskerville men have been cursed by its presence. This curse hounds all Baskerville men.Īccording to the legend, a huge black hound killed Hugo Baskerville following a dreadful deed done by him. Mortimer is unsure if the death of Sir Charles is natural or the result of the realisation of the Baskerville curse. Set in the England of 1880s, the mysterious death of a prominent man, Sir Charles Baskerville, in the moors of Dartmoor brings his physician and friend, Dr. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Tiger Math Level C 1 for Grade 2 by Michelle Y You ~ Tiger Math is a selfguided math tutoring series which is systematically designed for kids in K 6 their parents and their educators The main goal of Tiger Math is to build math foundation by acquiring a sense of numbers and mastering the four operation skills in terms of addition subtraction multiplication and division Perforated sheets make it so easy to tear out Tiger Math Level C 1 for Grade 2 Selfguided Math ~ Tiger Math is a selfguided math tutoring series which is systematically designed for kids in K 6 their parents and their educators The main goal of Tiger Math is to build math foundation by acquiring a sense of numbers and mastering the four operation skills in terms of addition subtraction multiplication and division Just do 2 sheets a day for 10 minutes ![]() ![]() Department of Justice and the European Commission. His early reporting on Microsoft anticipated the antitrust investigations by the U. His first book, Chaos: Making a New Science, an international best-seller, chronicled the development of chaos theory and made the Butterfly Effect a household phrase.Īmong the scientists Gleick profiled were Mitchell Feigenbaum, Stephen Jay Gould, Douglas Hofstadter, Richard Feynman and Benoit Mandelbrot. Gleick is active on the boards of the Authors Guild and the Key West Literary Seminar. In 1993, he founded The Pipeline, an early Internet service. Gleick collaborated with the photographer Eliot Porter on Nature's Chaos and with developers at Autodesk on Chaos: The Software. He was the McGraw Distinguished Lecturer at Princeton University in 1989-90. After its demise, he returned to New York and joined as staff of the New York Times, where he worked for ten years as an editor and reporter. Having worked for the Harvard Crimson and freelanced in Boston, he moved to Minneapolis, where he helped found a short-lived weekly newspaper, Metropolis. ![]() ![]() ![]() Three of these books have been Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalists, and they have been translated into more than twenty languages.īorn in New York City, USA, Gleick attended Harvard College, graduating in 1976 with a degree in English and linguistics. James Gleick (born August 1, 1954) is an American author, journalist, and biographer, whose books explore the cultural ramifications of science and technology. ![]() ![]() ![]() Like medieval literature, modernist fiction has a strong tradition of dream-inspired narrative modern writers from Poe to Ishiguro are not seeking religious wisdom in their dreams, however, but the personae and landscapes of the unconscious, the revelation of the repressed. This critical gesture is more important than it would otherwise be because Ice has been advertised as science fiction, whereas its tradition is actually oneiric modernism. There is only one.” Luckily, as he goes on he outgrows this meaningless blurb-babble, this blurble, and suggests Kavan’s antecedents and cognates: Poe and Kafka, Ballard’s Crash and Ishiguro’s Unconsoled, Resnais’s Last Year at Marienbad and Godard’s Alphaville, and more. Jonathan Lethem begins his introduction to the new Penguin Classics edition of this 1967 novel, “Anna Kavan’s Ice is a book like the moon is the moon. ![]() |