chatlie's bookshelf: all en-US Sat, 16 Nov 2024 16:18:56 -0800 60 chatlie's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg The Great Test Book 42816944 This is an alternate Cover Edition for ISBN10: 13071986
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300 Testy McTesterson chatlie 0 3.93 2018 The Great Test Book
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<![CDATA[Close to Her Heart (Carrigans of the Circle C, #3)]]> 23274654
It would help if the baby’s father would pop the question, but widowed father Adrian seems more interested in protecting his six-year-old daughter than committing to his new relationship with Dani.

The last time she felt this alone and scared was when she was 16 and her mother died, leaving Dani to raise her younger sisters with precious little help from her distant and disapproving rancher father. She felt so inadequate then, but is she any more prepared to be a mother now?

Support comes from an unlikely source. Dani always saw her next-door neighbour and friend, divorce attorney Elliot Gilmore, as a charming, handsome, playboy-type. But with each challenge she faces, from pregnancy, to delivery and beyond—Elliot reveals himself a better man than she ever guessed.

Is it possible that Elliot hasn’t been playing the field—but waiting for her?]]>
238 C.J. Carmichael 194029679X chatlie 0 to-read 3.93 2014 Close to Her Heart (Carrigans of the Circle C, #3)
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<![CDATA[The Lost Symbol (Robert Langdon, #3)]]> 7521724
What was lost will be found...

Washington DC: Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned at the last minute to deliver an evening lecture in the Capitol Building. Within moments of his arrival, however, a disturbing object - gruesomely encoded with five symbols - is discovered at the epicentre of the Rotunda. It is, he recognises, an ancient invitation, meant to beckon its recipient towards a long-lost world of hidden esoteric wisdom.

When Langdon's revered mentor, Peter Solomon - philanthropist and prominent mason - is brutally kidnapped, Langdon realizes that his only hope of saving his friend's life is to accept this mysterious summons and follow wherever it leads him.

Langdon finds himself quickly swept behind the facade of America's most historic city into the unseen chambers, temples and tunnels which exist there. All that was familiar is transformed into a shadowy, clandestine world of an artfully concealed past in which Masonic secrets and never-before-seen revelations seem to be leading him to a single impossible and inconceivable truth.

A brilliantly composed tapestry of veiled histories, arcane icons and enigmatic codes, The Lost Symbol is an intelligent, lightning-paced thriller that offers surprises at every turn. For, as Robert Langdon will discover, there is nothing more extraordinary or shocking than the secret which hides in plain sight...]]>
18 Dan Brown 030770405X chatlie 0 to-read 3.53 2009 The Lost Symbol (Robert Langdon, #3)
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<![CDATA[The da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)]]> 1194679
Langdon joins forces with a gifted French cryptologist, Sophie Neveu, and learns the late curator was involved in the Priory of Sion -- an actual secret society whose members included Sir Isaac Newton, Botticelli, Victor Hugo, and Da Vinci, among others.

In a breathless race through Paris, London, and beyond, Langdon and Neveu match wits with a faceless powerbroker who seems to anticipate their every move. Unless Langdon and Neveu can decipher the labyrinthine puzzle in time, the Priory's ancient secret -- and an explosive historical truth -- will be lost forever.

The Da Vinci Code heralds the arrival of a new breed of lightning-paced, intelligent thriller utterly unpredictable right up to its stunning conclusion.]]>
464 Dan Brown 5550155184 chatlie 0 to-read 3.79 2003 The da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
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<![CDATA[Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1)]]> 26187
A devastating new weapon of destruction.
When world-renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to a Swiss research facility to analyze a mysterious symbol -- seared into the chest of a murdered physicist -- he discovers evidence of the unimaginable: the resurgence of an ancient secret brotherhood known as the Illuminati...the most powerful underground organization ever to walk the earth. The Illuminati has now surfaced to carry out the final phase of its legendary vendetta against its most hated enemy -- the Catholic Church.

Langdon's worst fears are confirmed on the eve of the Vatican's holy conclave, when a messenger of the Illuminati announces they have hidden an unstoppable time bomb at the very heart of Vatican City. With the countdown under way, Langdon jets to Rome to join forces with Vittoria Vetra, a beautiful and mysterious Italian scientist, to assist the Vatican in a desperate bid for survival.
Embarking on a frantic hunt through sealed crypts, dangerous catacombs, deserted cathedrals, and even the most secretive vault on earth, Langdon and Vetra follow a 400-year-old trail of ancient symbols that snakes across Rome toward the long-forgotten Illuminati lair...a clandestine location that contains the only hope for Vatican salvation.

An explosive international thriller, Angels & Demons careens from enlightening epiphanies to dark truths as the battle between science and religion turns to war.]]>
572 Dan Brown chatlie 0 currently-reading 3.90 2000 Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1)
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The Mother 27868284 The author of the critically acclaimed A Cupboard Full of Coats makes her hardcover debut with a provocative and timely novel about an emotionally devastated mother’s struggle to understand her teenage son’s death and her search for meaning and hope in the wake of incomprehensible loss

The unimaginable has happened to Marcia Williams. Her bright and beautiful sixteen-year-old son Ryan has been brutally murdered. Consumed by grief and rage, she must bridle her dark feelings and endure something no mother should ever have to experience: she must go to court for the trial of the killer—another teenage boy—accused of taking her son’s life.

How could her son be dead? Ryan should have been safe—he wasn’t the kind of boy to find himself on the wrong end of a knife carried by a dangerous young man like Tyson Manley. But as the trial proceeds, Marcia finds her beliefs and assumptions challenged as she learns more about Ryan’s death and Tyson’s life, including his dysfunctional family. She also discovers troubling truths about her own. As the strain of Ryan’s death tests their marriage, Lloydie, her husband, pulls further away, hiding behind a wall of secrets that masks his grief, while Marcia draws closer to her sister, who is becoming her prime confidant.

One person seems to hold the answers—and the hope—Marcia needs: Tyson's scared young girlfriend, Sweetie. But as this anguished mother has learned, nothing in life is certain. Not any more.

A beautiful, engrossing novel that illuminates some of the most important and troubling issues of our time, The Mother is a moving portrait of love, tragedy, and survival—and the aftershocks from a momentary act of cruel violence that transforms the lives of everyone it touches.]]>
256 Yvvette Edwards chatlie 0 to-read 4.12 2016 The Mother
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Ponniyin Selvan 3 59101680 424 Kalki 938886073X chatlie 0 to-read 4.38 1950 Ponniyin Selvan 3
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We Were Liars 20935171
We are beautiful, privileged and live a life of carefree luxury.

We are cracked and broken.

A story of love and romance.

A tale of tragedy.

Which are lies?

Which is truth?

You decide.]]>
225 E. Lockhart 147140398X chatlie 0 to-read 3.65 2014 We Were Liars
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Find My Account 54464994 900 Testy McTesterson chatlie 0 4.30 1990 Find My Account
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<![CDATA[A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire #2)]]> 53133039 An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here.

Throughout Westeros, the cold winds are rising. From the ancient citadel of Dragonstone to the forbidding lands of Winterfell, chaos reigns as pretenders to the Iron Throne of the Seven Kingdoms stake their claims through tempest, turmoil and war. As a prophecy of doom cuts across the sky - a comet the colour of blood and flame - five factions struggle for control of a divided land. Brother plots against brother and the dead rise to walk in the night.]]>
913 George R.R. Martin 0007447833 chatlie 0 currently-reading 4.44 1998 A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire #2)
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who tests the testers? 20656258 151 Testy McJunior 098454 chatlie 5 Good book 3.62 2014 who tests the testers?
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<![CDATA[Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea]]> 40173
In this hilarious, deliciously skewed collection, Chelsea mines her past for stories about her family, relationships, and career that are at once singular and ridiculous. Whether she's convincing her third-grade class that she has been tapped to play Goldie Hawn's daughter in the sequel to Private Benjamin, deciding to be more egalitarian by dating a redhead, or looking out for a foulmouthed, rum-swilling little person who looks just like her... only smaller, Chelsea has a knack for getting herself into the most outrageous situations.

Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea showcases the candor and irresistible turns of phrase that have made her one of the freshest voices in comedy today.]]>
264 Chelsea Handler 0061173398 chatlie 0 to-read 3.85 2008 Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea
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A Test Book 25272136 Otto Mated Testla chatlie 0 Good 4.06 A Test Book
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Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 1 870
In an alchemical ritual gone wrong, Edward Elric lost his arm and his leg, and his brother Alphonse became nothing but a soul in a suit of armor. Equipped with mechanical “auto-mail� limbs, Edward becomes a state alchemist, seeking the one thing that can restore his and his brother’s bodies...the legendary Philosopher’s Stone.

the mystical power to alter the natural world; something between magic, art and science. When two brothers, Edward and Alphonse Elric, dabbled in this power to grant their dearest wish, one of them lost an arm and a leg…and the other became nothing but a soul locked into a body of living steel. Now Edward is an agent of the government, a slave of the military-alchemical complex, using his unique powers to obey orders…even to kill. Except his powers aren't unique. The world has been ravaged by the abuse of alchemy. And in pursuit of the ultimate alchemical treasure, the Philosopher's Stone, their enemies are even more ruthless than they are…]]>
192 Hiromu Arakawa 1591169208 chatlie 0 to-read 4.53 2002 Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 1
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Mexican Gothic 53152636
Noemí is also an unlikely rescuer: She’s a glamorous debutante, and her chic gowns and perfect red lipstick are more suited for cocktail parties than amateur sleuthing. But she’s also tough and smart, with an indomitable will, and she is not afraid: Not of her cousin’s new husband, who is both menacing and alluring; not of his father, the ancient patriarch who seems to be fascinated by Noemí; and not even of the house itself, which begins to invade Noemi’s dreams with visions of blood and doom.

Her only ally in this inhospitable abode is the family’s youngest son. Shy and gentle, he seems to want to help Noemí, but might also be hiding dark knowledge of his family’s past. For there are many secrets behind the walls of High Place. The family’s once colossal wealth and faded mining empire kept them from prying eyes, but as Noemí digs deeper she unearths stories of violence and madness.

And NoemĂ­, mesmerized by the terrifying yet seductive world of High Place, may soon find it impossible to ever leave this enigmatic house behind.]]>
320 Silvia Moreno-Garcia 0525620788 chatlie 0 to-read 3.66 2020 Mexican Gothic
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<![CDATA[The Great Test Book (Cool Series #1)]]> 27064664 This is an alternate Cover Edition for ISBN10: 13071986
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Testy McTesterson chatlie 0 Good book 4.17 2018 The Great Test Book (Cool Series #1)
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The Widow's Redeemer 16036298
London, 1815: After her husband’s untimely death, Letty Burton comes up from the country with her domineering mother-in-law. Hiding a past she wishes to forget and facing an uncertain future, all she wants is to navigate London Society as a silent companion.

A chance meeting with London’s most eligible bachelor sets in motion a series of events that will bring her quiet life under the unfriendly scrutiny of the ton. With the net of scandal, debts, and rivals closing in, will she let her dark past dictate her life forever? Will she learn to trust again? And most importantly, will she allow herself to love?]]>
302 Philippa Jane Keyworth chatlie 0 currently-reading 3.76 2012 The Widow's Redeemer
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<![CDATA[Death of Privilege: Justifiable Suicide]]> 7387884 127 Carl Anthony Esker 1448998468 chatlie 0 to-read 5.00 2009 Death of Privilege: Justifiable Suicide
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The Fault in Our Stars 11870085
Insightful, bold, irreverent, and raw, The Fault in Our Stars is award-winning author John Green's most ambitious and heartbreaking work yet, brilliantly exploring the funny, thrilling, and tragic business of being alive and in love.]]>
313 John Green chatlie 0 fav-books-of-mine 4.13 2012 The Fault in Our Stars
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Test Book from Space for QA 40649301 1000 Brandon Van Buskirk chatlie 0 currently-reading 4.46 2018 Test Book from Space for QA
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<![CDATA[Disloyal: The True Story of the Former Personal Attorney to President Donald J. Trump]]> 54925472
This book almost didn’t see the light of day as government officials tried to bar its publication.
The Inside Story of the Real President Trump, by His Former Attorney And Personal Advisor—The Man Who Helped Get Him Into the Oval Office
Once Donald Trump’s fiercest surrogate, closest confidant, and staunchest defender, Michael Cohen knows where the skeletons are buried.

This is the most devastating business and political horror story of the century. As Trump’s lawyer and “fixer,� Cohen not only witnessed firsthand, but was also an active participant in the inner workings of Trump’s business empire, political campaign, and presidential administration.

This is a story that you have not read in newspapers, or on social media, or watched on television. These are accounts that only someone who worked for Trump around the clock for over a decade—not a few months or even a couple of years—could know. Cohen describes Trump’s racist rants against President Barack Obama, Nelson Mandela, and Black and Hispanic people in general, as well as the cruelty, humiliation, and abuse he leveled at family and staff. Whether he’s exposing the fact that Trump engaged in tax fraud by inflating his wealth or election fraud by rigging polls, or outing Trump’s Neanderthal views towards women or his hush-money payments to clandestine lovers, Cohen pulls no punches.

He show’s Trump’s relentless willingness to lie, exaggerate, mislead, or manipulate. Trump emerges as a man without a soul—a man who courts evangelicals and then trashes them, panders to the common man, but then rips offĚýsmall business owners, a con-man who will do or say absolutely anything to win, regardless of the cost to his family, his associates, or his country.

At the heart of Disloyal, we see how Cohen came under the spell of his charismatic Boss and, as a result, lost all sense of his moral compass.

The real real Donald Trump who permeates these pages—the racist, sexist, homophobic, lying, cheating President—will be discussed, written about, and analyzed for years to come.]]>
432 Michael Cohen 1510764690 chatlie 3 4.02 2020 Disloyal: The True Story of the Former Personal Attorney to President Donald J. Trump
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<![CDATA[Harry Potter: A History of Magic]]> 35613533
Each chapter showcases a treasure trove of artefacts from the British Library and other collections around the world, beside exclusive manuscripts, sketches and illustrations from the Harry Potter archive. There's also a specially commissioned essay for each subject area by an expert, writer or cultural commentator, inspired by the contents of the exhibition � absorbing, insightful and unexpected contributions from Steve Backshall, the Reverend Richard Coles, Owen Davies, Julia Eccleshare, Roger Highfield, Steve Kloves, Lucy Mangan, Anna Pavord and Tim Peake, who offer a personal perspective on their magical theme.

Readers will be able to pore over ancient spell books, amazing illuminated scrolls that reveal the secret of the Elixir of Life, vials of dragon's blood, mandrake roots, painted centaurs and a genuine witch's broomstick, in a book that shows J.K. Rowling's magical inventions alongside their cultural and historical forebears.

This is the ultimate gift for Harry Potter fans, curious minds, big imaginations, bibliophiles and readers around the world who missed out on the chance to see the exhibition in person.]]>
256 British Library chatlie 0 currently-reading 4.21 2017 Harry Potter: A History of Magic
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<![CDATA[Earnings at Your Fingertips:: Remote Jobs 2019]]> 43738551 190 Janet L Savage 1795093323 chatlie 0 currently-reading 4.00 Earnings at Your Fingertips:: Remote Jobs 2019
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<![CDATA[Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds]]> 41721428 New York Times Best SellerOver 5 million copies soldFor David Goggins, childhood was a nightmare -- poverty, prejudice, and physical abuse colored his days and haunted his nights. But through self-discipline, mental toughness, and hard work, Goggins transformed himself from a depressed, overweight young man with no future into a U.S. Armed Forces icon and one of the world's top endurance athletes. The only man in history to complete elite training as a Navy SEAL, Army Ranger, and Air Force Tactical Air Controller, he went on to set records in numerous endurance events, inspiring Outside magazine to name him "The Fittest (Real) Man in America."In Can't Hurt Me, he shares his astonishing life story and reveals that most of us tap into only 40% of our capabilities. Goggins calls this The 40% Rule, and his story illuminates a path that anyone can follow to push past pain, demolish fear, and reach their full potential.]]> 366 David Goggins 1544512260 chatlie 1 4.30 2018 Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds
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<![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)]]> 3 309 J.K. Rowling 0439554934 chatlie 0 fav-books-of-mine 4.47 1997 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
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Feed (Newsflesh, #1) 7094569
The infection spread, virus blocks taking over bodies and minds with one, unstoppable command: FEED. Now, twenty years after the Rising, bloggers Georgia and Shaun Mason are on the trail of the biggest story of their lives—the dark conspiracy behind the infected.

The truth will get out, even if it kills them.]]>
599 Mira Grant 0316081051 chatlie 0 to-read 3.85 2010 Feed (Newsflesh, #1)
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<![CDATA[The England's Dreaming Tapes: The Essential Companion to England's Dreaming, the Seminal History of Punk]]> 8350773 England's Dreaming: Anarchy, Sex Pistols, Punk Rock, and Beyond, was hailed by the New York Times Book Review as "the definitive history of the English punk movement." Widely imitated but never equaled, it remains that rare work of music history that appeals to music fans, critics, and scholars alike. In researching England's Dreaming, Savage conducted hundreds of hours of interviews of which only a fraction made it into the finished book. Now, in The England's Dreaming Tapes, Savage makes available for the first time the full, uncut, sensational story behind the cultural moment that was punk.

Here is the story of a generation that changed the world in just a few months in 1976, as told by the scene's major figures: all four original Sex Pistols as well as Joe Strummer, Chrissie Hynde, Jordan, Siouxsie Sioux, Viv Albertine, Adam Ant, Lee Black Childers, Howard Devoto, Pete Shelley, Syl Sylvain, Debbie Wilson, Tony Wilson, Jah Wobble, and many others. Together, they offer a sweeping history of the late 1960s and the 1970s-not just the era's music, but also its radical politics, social issues, fashion, and culture.

An invaluable source of information about a movement that has become obscured by myth, these vivid, unvarnished interviews were conducted when punk was only a decade old. In many cases, this was the first time that the subjects had talked about the period. The interviews describe the founding of the Sex Pistols; 430 King's Road, site of the legendary boutique Sex, which helped establish the punk aesthetic; punk rock New York; the cultural landscapes of London and its suburbs; the writers who covered punk; and the Manchester music scene centered around Factory Records.

With The England's Dreaming Tapes, Savage gives us the first and final word on the music, fashion, and attitude that defined this influential and incendiary era.]]>
752 Jon Savage 081667292X chatlie 0 currently-reading 4.18 The England's Dreaming Tapes: The Essential Companion to England's Dreaming, the Seminal History of Punk
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<![CDATA[England's Dreaming: Anarchy, Sex Pistols, Punk Rock, and Beyond]]> 330729 England's Dreaming is the ultimate book on punk, its progenitors, the Sex Pistols, and the moment they defined for music fans in England and the United States. Savage brings to life the sensational story of the meteoric rise and rapid implosion of the Pistols through layers of rich detail, exclusive interviews, and rare photographs. This fully revised and updated edition of the book covers the legacy of punk twenty-five years later and provides an account of the Pistols' 1996 reunion as well as a freshly updated discography and a completely new introduction.]]> 656 Jon Savage 0312288220 chatlie 0 currently-reading 4.06 1991 England's Dreaming: Anarchy, Sex Pistols, Punk Rock, and Beyond
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<![CDATA[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: A Play]]> 6311 An alternative cover edition for this book can be found here.


Here's your chance to join Charlie Bucket in Willy Wonka's amazing chocolate factory!

It's always fun reading plays, and almost everyone who has read Charlie and the Chocolate Factory has wanted to join in his adventures. Now, with the help of this dramatization, any bunch of enthusiastic actors could put on a performance of this play either at home or in school.



Cover illustration by Joseph Schindelman]]>
89 Richard R. George 0140311254 chatlie 0 4.41 1976 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: A Play
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They Wish They Were Us 48717442 A murder mystery set against the backdrop of an exclusive prep school on Long Island.

In Gold Coast, Long Island, everything from the expensive downtown shops to the manicured beaches, to the pressed uniforms of Jill Newman and her friends, looks perfect. But as Jill found out three years ago, nothing is as it seems.

Freshman year Jill's best friend, the brilliant, dazzling Shaila Arnold, was killed by her boyfriend. After that dark night on the beach, Graham confessed, the case was closed, and Jill tried to move on.

Now, it's Jill's senior year and she's determined to make it her best yet. After all, she's a senior and a Player--a member of Gold Coast Prep's exclusive, not-so-secret secret society. Senior Players have the best parties, highest grades and the admiration of the entire school. This is going to be Jill's year. She's sure of it.

But when Jill starts getting texts proclaiming Graham's innocence, her dreams of the perfect senior year start to crumble. If Graham didn't kill Shaila, who did? Jill vows to find out, but digging deeper could mean putting her friendships, and her future, in jeopardy.]]>
336 Jessica Goodman 0593114299 chatlie 0 to-read, hit-books 3.47 2020 They Wish They Were Us
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<![CDATA[The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)]]> 49494289 387 Suzanne Collins chatlie 0 good book ** 4.58 2008 The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
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<![CDATA[Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed]]> 101438 382 Ben R. Rich chatlie 0 to-read, new2 4.45 1994 Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed
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<![CDATA[Figure Drawing for All It's Worth]]> 147941 204 Andrew Loomis 067031255X chatlie 0 to-read, good-books 4.03 1943 Figure Drawing for All It's Worth
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average rating: 4.03
book published: 1943
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Everything, Everything 18692431
But then one day, a moving truck arrives. New next door neighbors. I look out the window, and I see him. He’s tall, lean and wearing all black—black t-shirt, black jeans, black sneakers and a black knit cap that covers his hair completely. He catches me looking and stares at me. I stare right back. His name is Olly. I want to learn everything about him, and I do. I learn that he is funny and fierce. I learn that his eyes are Atlantic Ocean-blue and that his vice is stealing silverware. I learn that when I talk to him, my whole world opens up, and I feel myself starting to change—starting to want things. To want out of my bubble. To want everything, everything the world has to offer.

Maybe we can’t predict the future, but we can predict some things. For example, I am certainly going to fall in love with Olly. It’s almost certainly going to be a disaster.]]>
312 Nicola Yoon 0553496646 chatlie 0 to-read 3.96 2015 Everything, Everything
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<![CDATA[The Winds of Winter (A Song of Ice and Fire, #6)]]> 12111823 The Winds of Winter is the forthcoming sixth novel in the epic fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin.

The previous installment, A Dance with Dragons, covered less story than Martin intended, omitting at least one planned large battle sequence and leaving several character threads ending in cliffhangers. Martin intends to resolve these cliffhangers "very early" in The Winds of Winter, saying "I'm going to open with the two big battles that I was building up to, the battle in the ice and the battle at Meereen—the battle of Slaver's Bay. And then take it from there."]]>
George R.R. Martin 0002247410 chatlie 0 to-read 4.40 The Winds of Winter (A Song of Ice and Fire, #6)
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Ask Again, Yes 42201996
Ask Again, Yes is a moving novel about two families, the bond between their children, a tragedy that reverberates over four decades, the daily intimacies of marriage, and the power of forgiveness.]]>
388 Mary Beth Keane 1982106980 chatlie 3 3.92 2019 Ask Again, Yes
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<![CDATA[Avatar: The Last Airbender: Imbalance, Part 3 (Imbalance, #3)]]> 43845605 Team Avatar faces their most dangerous foe yet as the bender vs. non-bender conflict turns into an all-out war in this action-packed conclusion to the Imbalance arc!

While Aang grapples with a life-changing decision that only he can make as the Avatar, Toph and Katara implore him--from opposite sides--to choose a path. Meanwhile, Ru and Yaling concoct a fiery ploy to get their mother back. The bender vs. non-bender conflict finally reaches a powerful boiling point, and for better or for worse, Cranefish Town will never be the same!

Written by Faith Erin Hicks (The Adventures of Superhero Girl, The Nameless City) and drawn by Peter Wartman (Stonebreaker), in collaboration with Avatar: The Last Airbender creators Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, this is the ultimate continuation of Avatar!]]>
80 Faith Erin Hicks 1506708137 chatlie 0 currently-reading 4.30 2019 Avatar: The Last Airbender: Imbalance, Part 3 (Imbalance, #3)
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<![CDATA[How the Grinch Stole Christmas!]]> 113946 "The Grinch hated Christmas! The whole Christmas season!
Now, please don't ask why. No one quite knows the reason."

Dr. Seuss's small-hearted Grinch ranks right up there with Scrooge when it comes to the crankiest, scowling holiday grumps of all time.

For 53 years, the Grinch has lived in a cave on the side of a mountain, looming above the Whos in Whoville. The noisy holiday preparations and infernal singing of the happy little citizens below annoy him to no end. The Grinch decides this frivolous merriment must stop. His "wonderful, awful" idea is to don a Santa outfit, strap heavy antlers on his poor, quivering dog Max, construct a makeshift sleigh, head down to Whoville, and strip the chafingly cheerful Whos of their Yuletide glee once and for all.

Looking quite out of place and very disturbing in his makeshift Santa get-up, the Grinch slithers down chimneys with empty bags and stealing the Whos' presents, their food, even the logs from their humble Who-fires. He takes the ramshackle sleigh to Mt. Crumpit to dump it and waits to hear the sobs of the Whos when they wake up and discover the trappings of Christmas have disappeared. Imagine the Whos' dismay when they discover the evil-doings of Grinch in his anti-Santa guise. But what is that sound? It's not sobbing, but singing! Children simultaneously adore and fear this triumphant, twisted Seussian testimonial to the undaunted cheerfulness of the Whos, the transcendent nature of joy, and of course, the growth potential of a heart that's two sizes too small.

This holiday classic is perfect for reading aloud to your favorite little Whos.]]>
64 Dr. Seuss 0007173040 chatlie 4 4.38 1957 How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
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Saga, Volume 1 15704307
Collects: Saga #1-6.]]>
160 Brian K. Vaughan 1607066017 chatlie 4 4.16 2012 Saga, Volume 1
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<![CDATA[How to Draw Cute Food (Draw Cute Stuff, 3)]]> 44313789
The world of cute art has a delicious style of fusing food and character drawings—and this ultra-adorable book by Angela Nguyen features a menagerie of irresistibly sweet creatures.

How about a hot dog with an actual dog inside, kitty sushi, or bear eggs on toast?

It’s all so ellipses and circles become a plate of pancakes garnished with blueberries that have ears, eyes, and smiles. Turn a triangle into an animal-topped slice of pizza—or add ears to the crust. Angela teaches all the basic techniques, providing a solid foundation for your work, and includes everything from appetizers to desserts and snacks. You’ll want to draw them all . . . and cook up some of your own original ideas, too!]]>
128 Angela Nguyen 1454937564 chatlie 0 Good book 4.37 How to Draw Cute Food (Draw Cute Stuff, 3)
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The Things We Leave Behind 32175513
This stunning short story, the prequel to Tanya Anne Crosby’s remarkable new novel, THE GIRL WHO STAYED, is tense, poignant, and deeply satisfying � exactly what readers have come to expect from this New York Times bestselling author.]]>
18 Tanya Anne Crosby chatlie 0 3.47 2016 The Things We Leave Behind
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<![CDATA[Confessions of a Carpool Captive]]> 34708734 288 Dawn L. Chiletz 1543293344 chatlie 0 3.33 Confessions of a Carpool Captive
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<![CDATA[Activity Book - For Adults: Game Notebook - Play with Friends or Alone - Classic Pen & Paper Games - Hangman, MASH, Dots & Boxes, 3D Tic Tac Toe, Sea Battle, Four in a Row, Hexagon Game (8.5 x 11 inches)]]> 52812935 98 NOT A BOOK 169900871X chatlie 0 to-read 0.0 Activity Book - For Adults: Game Notebook - Play with Friends or Alone - Classic Pen & Paper Games - Hangman, MASH, Dots & Boxes, 3D Tic Tac Toe, Sea Battle, Four in a Row, Hexagon Game (8.5 x 11 inches)
author: NOT A BOOK
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Windmills and Wishes 49437734 154 E.L.Bisson 1645702235 chatlie 0 to-read 5.00 Windmills and Wishes
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The Little House 153540 The Little House, a poignant story of a cute country cottage that becomes engulfed by the city that grows up around it. The house has an expressive face of windows and doors, and even the feelings of a person, so she’s sad when she’s surrounded by the dirty, noisy city’s hustle and bustle: “She missed the field of daisies / and the apple trees dancing in the moonlight.� Fortunately, there’s a happy ending, as the house is taken back to the country where she belongs.]]> 40 Virginia Lee Burton 0395181569 chatlie 0 to-read, hit-books 4.29 1942 The Little House
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<![CDATA[The Garden Party and Other Stories]]> 188087 159 Katherine Mansfield 0140188800 chatlie 3 Good book !!!!!!!! 3.87 1921 The Garden Party and Other Stories
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<![CDATA[Chilling Adventures of Sabrina #8]]> 34346285 "WITCH-WAR" Part Two (of Six): "A Serpent's Tooth": Edward Spellman, trapped in Harvey's body, has been reunited with Madame Satan, who is finally realizing her grand plan of revenge. But Edward has his own dark agenda, and with Sabrina cut off from her aunts, the Spellman ladies are more vulnerable than ever as Round Two of the "Witch-War" commences!!]]> 35 Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa 1682550826 chatlie 0 4.02 2017 Chilling Adventures of Sabrina #8
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average rating: 4.02
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Lord of the Flies 439746 192 William Golding 1417703938 chatlie 0 3.50 1954 Lord of the Flies
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The Vanishing Deep 46222824
But once revived, Elysea has other plans. She doesn't want to spend her last day in a cold room accounting for a crime she insists she didn't commit. Elysea wants her freedom and one final glimpse at the life that was stolen from her. She persuades Tempe to break her out of the facility, and they embark on a dangerous journey to discover the truth about their parents' death and mend their broken bond. But they're pursued every step of the way by two Palindromena employees desperate to find them before Elysea's time is up--and before the secret behind the revival process and the true cost of restored life is revealed.]]>
432 Astrid Scholte 0525513957 chatlie 0 currently-reading 3.63 2020 The Vanishing Deep
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<![CDATA[Watchmen #1: At Midnight, All The Agents� (Watchmen, #1)]]> 17856572 34 Alan Moore chatlie 2 4.33 1986 Watchmen #1: At Midnight, All The Agents… (Watchmen, #1)
author: Alan Moore
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average rating: 4.33
book published: 1986
rating: 2
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<![CDATA[Patsy Walker, A.K.A. Hellcat! #1]]> 28319816 24 Kate Leth chatlie 0 4.00 2015 Patsy Walker, A.K.A. Hellcat! #1
author: Kate Leth
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average rating: 4.00
book published: 2015
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<![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)]]> 5 435 J.K. Rowling 043965548X chatlie 0 4.57 1999 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
author: J.K. Rowling
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average rating: 4.57
book published: 1999
rating: 0
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<![CDATA[Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Vol. 1: High School Is Hell]]> 42201547 Buffy The Vampire Slayer is reimagined under the guidance of series creator Joss Whedon!

This is the Buffy Summers you know, who wants what every average teenager wants: friends at her new school, decent grades, and to escape her imposed destiny as the next in a long line of vampire slayers tasked with defeating the forces of evil...only this time around, her world looks a lot more like the one outside your window.

Eisner Award winner Jordie Bellaire (Redlands) and Russ Manning Award winner Dan Mora (Go Go Power Rangers, Hexed),Ěýalong with series creator Joss Whedon (Marvel’s The Avengers), bring Buffy into a new era with new challenges, new friends, and a few enemies you might already recognize. But the more things change, the more they stay the same as the Gang faces brand-new Big Bads, and the threat lurking beneath the perfectly manicured exterior of Sunnydale High confirms what every teenager has always known: high school truly is hell.]]>
128 Jordie Bellaire 1684153573 chatlie 0 4.00 2019 Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Vol. 1: High School Is Hell
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<![CDATA[The Price of Scandal (Bluewater Billionaires)]]> 49690359 “So you show up here, break into my house, and take a bath?�

Emily Stanton’s perfect life just became a disaster. She has a trust fund brother looking for a handout, a father who is more board member than dad, and a mother who thinks she should give up on this whole billionaire CEO thing and meet a man with a pre-nup and a yacht.

Oh, and then there’s that “misunderstanding� with law enforcement witnessed by Miami’s paparazzi. Now her billion-dollar deal is on the line, and there’s a naked man in her bathtub who claims he’s going to make all her problems disappear.

Charming—and happy to bend the rules when necessary—Derek Price has made a living polishing the tarnished images of the rich and famous. He’s never lost, and he never takes clients to bed. Until the dazzling Emily. Derek promised her a win and offered up a lifetime supply of orgasms as part of the deal. But if he can’t stop her enemies, he’ll end up losing much more than he bargained for.

Author Notes: An enemies-to-allies-to-lovers workplace romcom with a meet-nude, four lady billionaire BFFs, a hero whose many talents include styling hair and picking pockets, the best dang drag queen brunch in Miami, and a shameless romance novelist cameo.]]>
422 Lucy Score 1945631503 chatlie 0 4.13 2019 The Price of Scandal (Bluewater Billionaires)
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<![CDATA[Wild Open Hearts (Bluewater Billionaires)]]> 48578313 “I’ve heard that boys with motorcycles have less-than-noble intentions.�
“Not a boy,� Beck said. “And you heard right.�

Luna da Rosa is America’s Vegan Best Friend. The self-made billionaire is a flower-crowned hippie whose Instagram feed is as popular as Wild Heart - her vegan makeup company. When she’s not changing the cosmetics industry, she’s dazzling her online fans with kombucha recipes. Until Wild Heart is caught in a scandal � destroying her reputation as a cheerful do-gooder.

Beck Mason is the prodigal son of Miami’s most notorious biker gang. But Beck left his criminal family to start Lucky Dog, rescuing dogs who need the most help. Except the surly ex-outlaw never realized leading a struggling nonprofit with a ragtag crew would be so damn hard. They’re in dire need of cash � and fast.

Luna believes working at Lucky Dog will fix her image problem and get Beck the money he needs. It’s a win-win, right? Except Beck doesn’t like the sunny, free-spirited…okay beautiful…billionaire. He sure as hell doesn’t trust Luna not to use him just to make herself look good.

Sure � Beck’s grumpy, stubborn pride and meat-eating ways irritate Luna. Even though Beck’s big-heart-and-big-beard-combo is dangerously sexy. And they really shouldn’t have shared The Kiss to End All Kisses on the back of his motorcycle one night�

But as the bohemian billionaire and the burly biker give into their electrifying attraction � will their differences keep them apart? Or will they finally learn to trust their wild hearts?

Author’s Note: Big, grumpy, bearded hero. Happy-go-lucky, hippie heroine. Snarky banter. Opposites that don’t so much attract as combust. Motorcycle sex. Steamy Miami nights. Four lady billionaire best friends. All the rescue dogs. Major heart-feels. ]]>
386 Kathryn Nolan 1945631538 chatlie 0 4.23 2019 Wild Open Hearts (Bluewater Billionaires)
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<![CDATA[With Love in Sight (Twice Shy, #1)]]> 36409145 From RWA's 2017 Golden Heart Winner comes a story of passion that is much more than meets the eye.

An aging spinster at 26, all Imogen Duncan sees ahead of her is a life of servitude to her overbearing mother. Her London Season has passed and her desperate shyness and reserved demeanor has destroyed any chance for a match. As her younger sister Mariah begins her own Season and must choose between many suitors, Imogen believes her chances for excitement are well and truly past. But a case of mistaken identity and an unintended kiss brings an excitement into her life that she never dreamed of.

Burying the guilt he suffers from his brother’s death a decade ago beneath a life of debauchery, Caleb Masters, Marquess of Willbridge is content enough to meet willing widows in dark gardens to numb the pain. But he is wholly unprepared when an innocent miss stumbles into his life, turning his superficial world on its head.

Drawn to the quiet, kind girl, whose kiss he stole, Caleb and Imogen form an unlikely friendship. But the more Imogen reveals of her wit and charm, the deeper Caleb finds himself falling for this bespectacled beauty. Refusing to let Imogen be tainted by his demons, he does everything in his power to fight the growing attraction. But when friendship turns to passion the situation between them takes an irreversible turn.

Caleb learns that behind Imogen’s placid exterior lies a will of steel when, to his bafflement, she refuses his marriage proposal. But now that he has possessed her, he cannot not let her go so easily. Can Caleb convince Imogen to give him a chance—and to perhaps heal his soul in the process?]]>
300 Christina Britton 1635761964 chatlie 0 3.74 2018 With Love in Sight (Twice Shy, #1)
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<![CDATA[Limits (Beg, Borrow or Steal, #2)]]> 42106373 318 Susie Tate 1999843746 chatlie 0 to-read 4.04 2018 Limits (Beg, Borrow or Steal, #2)
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Riptide 34978738 272 Kathryn Nolan 1544977255 chatlie 0 3.00 2017 Riptide
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Thornhill 28107168
Mary is an orphan at the Thornhill Institute for Children at the very moment that it's closing down for good. But when a bully goes too far, Mary's revenge will have a lasting effect on the bully, on Mary, and on Thornhill itself.

Years later, Ella moves to a new town where she has a perfect view of the dilapidated, abandoned Thornhill Institute. Determined to befriend the mysterious, evasive girl she sees there, Ella resolves to unravel Thornhill's history and uncover its secrets.

Ella's story is told through striking, bold art; Mary's is told through diary entries. Each informs the other until the two eventually intersect to reveal the truth behind Thornhill's shadowy past, once and for all. Strikingly told and masterfully illustrated, Pam Smy bends genres and expectations alike.]]>
234 Pam Smy 1626726531 chatlie 3 3.78 2017 Thornhill
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Graffiti Moon 7863274
Ed thought he was in love with Lucy, until she broke his nose.

Dylan loves Daisy, but throwing eggs at her probably wasn't the best way to show it.

Jazz and Leo are slowly encircling each other.

An intense and exhilarating 24 hours in the lives of four teenagers on the verge: of adulthood, of HSC, of finding out just who they are, and who they want to be.

A lyrical new YA novel from the award-winning author of Chasing Charlie Duskin and the Gracie Faltrain series.]]>
264 Cath Crowley 0330425781 chatlie 0 3.86 2010 Graffiti Moon
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<![CDATA[Anna and the French Kiss (Anna and the French Kiss, #1)]]> 6936382 beautiful, Étienne has it all...including a serious girlfriend.

But in the City of Light, wishes have a way of coming true. Will a year of romantic near-misses end with their long-awaited French kiss?]]>
372 Stephanie Perkins 0525423273 chatlie 3 3.96 2010 Anna and the French Kiss (Anna and the French Kiss, #1)
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<![CDATA[In the Land of the Lawn Weenies and Other Warped and Creepy Tales (Weenies #1)]]> 37238
From the award-winning author of Hidden Talents, two remarkable short story collections - Kidzilla and The Witch's Monkey - together for the first time. Plus several brand new stories. Each hilarious and harrowing. A substitute teacher finds out she has some monsters for students. A group of kids attempt a levitation trick with hair-raising results. A neighborhood is so boring the grown ups are turning into...well...you know. And dozens more.

So don't be a weenie! Read these stories!]]>
256 David Lubar 0765345706 chatlie 3 3.96 2003 In the Land of the Lawn Weenies and Other Warped and Creepy Tales (Weenies #1)
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<![CDATA[The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals]]> 3109 What should we have for dinner? For omnivore like ourselves, this simple question has always posed a dilemma. When you can eat just about anything nature (or the supermarket) has to offer, deciding what you should eat will inevitably stir anxiety, especially when some of the foods on offer might shorten your life. Today, buffered by one food fad after another, America is suffering from what can only be described as a national eating disorder. The omnivore’s dilemma has returned with a vengeance, as the cornucopia of the modern American supermarket and fast-food outlet confronts us with a bewildering and treacherous food landscape. What’s at stake in our eating choices is not only our own and our children’s health, but the health of the environment that sustains life on earth.
The Omnivore's Dilemma is groundbreaking book, in which one of America’s most fascinating, original, and elegant writers turns his own omnivorous mind to the seemingly straightforward question of what we should have for dinner. The question has confronted us since man discovered fire, but according to Michael Pollan, the bestselling author of The Botany of Desire, how we answer it today, at the dawn of the twenty-first century, may well determine our very survival as a species. Should we eat a fast-food hamburger? Something organic? Or perhaps something we hunt, gather, or grow ourselves?
To find out, Pollan follows each of the food chains that sustain us—industrial food, organic or alternative food, and food we forage ourselves—from the source to a final meal, and in the process develops a definitive account of the American way of eating. His absorbing narrative takes us from Iowa cornfields to food-science laboratories, from feedlots and fast-food restaurants to organic farms and hunting grounds, always emphasizing our dynamic coevolutionary relationship with the handful of plant and animal species we depend on. Each time Pollan sits down to a meal, he deploys his unique blend of personal and investigative journalism to trace the origins of everything consumed, revealing what we unwittingly ingest and explaining how our taste for particular foods and flavors reflects our evolutionary inheritance.
The surprising answers Pollan offers to the simple question posed by this book have profound political, economic, psychological, and even moral implications for all of us. Ultimately, this is a book as much about visionary solutions as it is about problems, and Pollan contends that, when it comes to food, doing the right thing often turns out to be the tastiest thing an eater can do. Beautifully written and thrillingly argued, The Omnivore’s Dilemma promises to change the way we think about the politics and pleasure of eating. For anyone who reads it, dinner will never again look, or taste, quite the same.]]>
450 Michael Pollan 1594200823 chatlie 0 4.18 2006 The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
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<![CDATA[A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy]]> 25937671 Ěý
For the last sixteen years, Sue Klebold, Dylan’s mother, has lived with the indescribable grief and shame of that day. How could her child, the promising young man she had loved and raised, be responsible for such horror? And how, as his mother, had she not known something was wrong? Were there subtle signs she had missed? What, if anything, could she have done differently?
Ěý
These are questions that Klebold has grappled with every day since the Columbine tragedy. InĚýA Mother’s Reckoning, she chronicles with unflinching honesty her journey as a mother trying to come to terms with the incomprehensible. In the hope that the insights and understanding she has gained may help other families recognize when a child is in distress, she tells her story in full, drawing upon her personal journals, the videos and writings that Dylan left behind, and on countless interviews with mental health experts.
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Filled with hard-won wisdom and compassion,ĚýA Mother’s ReckoningĚýis a powerful and haunting book that sheds light on one of the most pressing issues of our time. And with fresh wounds from the recent Newtown and Charleston shootings, never has the need for understanding been more urgent.
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All author profits from the book will be donated to research and to charitable organizations focusing on mental health issues.

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336 Sue Klebold 1101902760 chatlie 0 4.11 2016 A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy
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A Tale for the Time Being 15811545
Across the Pacific, we meet Ruth, a novelist living on a remote island who discovers a collection of artifacts washed ashore in a Hello Kitty lunchbox—possibly debris from the devastating 2011 tsunami. As the mystery of its contents unfolds, Ruth is pulled into the past, into Nao's drama and her unknown fate, and forward into her own future.Ěý

Full of Ozeki's signature humour and deeply engaged with the relationship between writer and reader, past and present, fact and fiction, quantum physics, history, and myth, A Tale for the Time Being is a brilliantly inventive, beguiling story of our shared humanity and the search for home.]]>
432 Ruth Ozeki 0670026638 chatlie 0 4.06 2013 A Tale for the Time Being
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The Joy of Cooking 327847
All the recipes have been reconceived and tested with an eye to modern taste, and the cooking knowledge imparted with each subject enriched to the point where everyone from a beginning to an experienced cook will feel completely supported.

The new Joy continues the vision of American cooking that began with the first edition of Joy. It is still the book you can turn to for perfect Beef Wellington and Baked Macaroni and Cheese. It's also the book where you can now find Turkey on the Grill, Spicy Peanut Sesame Noodles, and vegetarian meals.

The new Joy provides more thorough descriptions of ingredients, from the familiar to the most exotic. For instance, almost all the varieties of apples grown domestically are described-- the months they become available, how they taste, what they are best used for, and how long they keep. But for the first time Joy features a complete section on fresh and dried chili peppers: how to roast and grill them, how to store them, and how long they keep-- with illustrations of each pepper.

An all-new "RULES" section in many chapters gives essential cooking basics at a glance: washing and storing salad greens, selecting a pasta and a matching sauce, determining when a piece of fish is cooked through, stuffing a chicken, and making a perfect souffle.

New chapters reflect changing American tastes and lifestyles:

Separate new chapters on grains, beans, and pasta include recipes for grits, polenta, pilafs, risottos, vegetarian chills, bean casseroles, and make-ahead lasagnes.

New baking and dessert chapters promise to enhance Joy of Cooking's reputation as a bible for bakers. Quick and yeast bread recipes range from focaccia, pizza, and sourdoughs to muffins and coffee cakes. Separate chapters cover custards and puddings, pies and tarts, cookies, cakes, cobblers, and other American fruit desserts revived for this edition. Recipes include one-bowl cakes, gingerbread, angel and sponge cakes, meringues, pound cakes, fruitcakes, 6 different kinds of cheesecake-- there's even an illustrated wedding cake recipe, which takes you through all the stages from building a stand, making and decorating the cake, to transporting it to the reception without a hitch.

Little Dishes showcases foods from around the world: hummus, baba ghanoush, bruschetta, tacos, empanadas, and fried wontons.

AII new drawings of techniques, ingredients, and equipment, integrated throughout an elegant new design, and over 300 more pages round out the new Joy.

Among this book's other unique features: microwave instructions for preparing beans, grains, and vegetables; dozens of new recipes for people who are lactose intolerant and allergic to gluten; expanded ingredients chart now features calories, essential vitamins, and levels of fats and cholesterol. There are ideas for substitutions to lower fat in recipes and reduced-fat recipes in the baking sections.

From cover to cover, Joy's chapters have been imbued with the knowledge and passion of America's greatest cooks and cooking teachers. An invaluable combination of old and new, this edition of Joy of Cooking promises to keep you cooking for years to come.]]>
1152 Irma S. Rombauer 0684818701 chatlie 0 to-read 4.12 1931 The Joy of Cooking
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The Devil of Nanking 366788 363 Mo Hayder 0802117945 chatlie 0 to-read 3.78 2004 The Devil of Nanking
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A három testőr 15727915 A regény főszereplői, a királyi testőrség három tagja és D' Artagnan lovag igazi jó barátok, akik tisztelik és szeretik királynéjukat, és esküvel fogadják, hogy tűzön-vízen keresztül szolgálják. Ez a négy bátor, talpraesett, ravasz ifjú szembe mer nézni a hatalmas Richeliue-vel, és bátran harcol a bíboros hírhedt kémnője, a milady ellen. Richelieu fondorlatos módon meg akarja buktatni a királynét, és mindent elkövet, hogy ártalmatlanná tegye a királyné híveit. De a fiatalemberek nem ismerték azt a szót, hogy "lehetetlen", és mindenféle csellel-fortéllyal keresztülhúzzák a bíboros számításait. Életük gyakran forog kockán, de kitartásukat, bátorságukat és a királyné iránti törhetetlen hűségüket végül is siker koronázza.
Dumas teremtő képzelete, kifogyhatatlan mesélő kedve száz és száz kalandon keresztül repíti az olvasót, aki lankadatlan érdeklődéssel követi a három testőr és D'Artagnan lovag fordulatokkal teli romantikus történetét.]]>
698 Alexandre Dumas chatlie 0 to-read 4.35 1844 A három testőr
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Better Off Without Him 20489609 French, she has to step back and take a good, long look at her life.

First, her career. She can’t continue to write about “Happily Ever After,� so she changes the heroine of her new book from a hot young thing to a forty-something woman who manages to find happiness without a man. Her agent isn’t too happy—the heroine is how old? She doesn’t get the guy in the end? How is that even possible?

But Mona is tough, and she’s got Anthony, her personal assistant, and a few good friends to cheer her on and keep the stiff martinis flowing. And Ben. Ben is her plumber, but not your average plumber. He’s smart enough to know that Brian was never good enough for her, and sexy enough to be cast as the romantic lead in quite a few of her books. The sound of his voice alone can send her imagination into full romantic overdrive.

Then she meets Mitch, who might be just the guy for her. And there’s still Ben, who’s managed to come to her rescue more than once. But—there’s a book to publish, a soon-to-be-ex-husband to deal with, and what has Aunt Lily done this time?

Can Mona work this all out? Can life imitate art, and can Mona write her own happy ending?

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350 Dee Ernst 1477859578 chatlie 0 4.18 2010 Better Off Without Him
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a book for testing 25395974 Otto Mated Testla chatlie 0 4.08 a book for testing
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Almost like Love (Love, #1) 22341275
If people had told Ian Hart that he'd be firing Kate in the morning and dancing with her that night, he'd have laughed in their faces. Despite her leggy body, the sweet but geeky redhead isn't his type. At least, that's what he thinks before spotting her in a club wearing an outfit that reveals her surprisingly delectable assets.

Before he knows it, Ian becomes Kate's knight on a shining motorcycle, escorting her home to prevent her from running off with some random guy. But when the night is over, "Little Miss Boring" and her sexy former boss just might turn their oh-so-wrong feelings into something very right.]]>
224 Abigail Strom 1477825886 chatlie 0 3.86 2014 Almost like Love (Love, #1)
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Dead Man's Shoes 33790600 6 David R. Stookey 1310394156 chatlie 4 3.19 Dead Man's Shoes
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<![CDATA[Meant to Be (Anchor Island, #1)]]> 17194454
Beth Chandler has spent her whole life pleasing others. She went to law school to make her grandparents happy. She agreed to marry her workaholic boyfriend, Lucas, to make him happy. And, despite her fear of boats, she took a ferry to see Lucas’s parents just to make them happy.

While suffering through a panic attack on the ferry, Beth meets a tall, sexy stranger who talks her down from her fear -- and makes her heart flutter in the process. Soon, she has a new reason to panic: her gorgeous, blue-eyed rescuer is Lucas’s brother, Joe. But could she ever leave her fiancé for his own brother…even if Lucas is more focused on making partner than on making their relationship work…and even if Joe turns out to be everything she never knew she wanted?]]>
348 Terri Osburn 1612183085 chatlie 0 to-read 3.92 2013 Meant to Be (Anchor Island, #1)
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<![CDATA[Crazy Little Thing (Bell Harbor, #1)]]> 17204568
Any men.

But eccentric Aunt Dody has other plans; she’s determined to see Sadie have a little fun—with Desmond, the sexy new neighbor. Tall, tanned, muscular—and even great with her kids, Desmond is Sadie’s worst nightmare. He must have a flaw—he’s a man, after all—so Sadie vows to keep her distance. But as summer blazes on, their attraction ignites, and the life Sadie is trying so hard to simplify only gets more complicated. But maybe a little chaos is just what she needs to get her future, and her dreams of love, back in order.]]>
341 Tracy Brogan chatlie 4 3.80 2012 Crazy Little Thing (Bell Harbor, #1)
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Ellie and the Harpmaker 40611134
Dan Hollis lives a happy, solitary life carving exquisite Celtic harps in his barn in the countryside of the English moors. Here, he can be himself, away from social situations that he doesn't always get right or completely understand.

Ellie Jacobs is a lonely housewife, her days filled with walks and poetry she writes in secret.

One day, she comes across Dan's barn and is enchanted by his collection. Dan gives her a harp made of cherry wood to match her cherry socks. He stores it for her, ready for whenever she’d like to take lessons.

Ellie begins visiting Dan almost daily, drifting deeper into his world. But when she accidentally discovers a secret, she must make a choice: keep it from him and risk their friendship, or change the course of their lives forever?]]>
336 Hazel Prior 1984803786 chatlie 0 3.75 2019 Ellie and the Harpmaker
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<![CDATA[At the Going Down of the Sun ......: An anthology of stories, essays and verse by an old soldier ... before he too fades away.]]> 45152809 292 Marius Oelschig 1976140269 chatlie 0 0.0 At the Going Down of the Sun ......: An anthology of stories, essays and verse by an old soldier ... before he too fades away.
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<![CDATA[The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles]]> 10336 209 Julie Andrews Edwards 0060218053 chatlie 0 4.25 1974 The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles
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We Help Mommy 2163546 Little Golden Books are known by their gold-foil binding and by the pleasure they bring to children.

#11 of 68 Special miniature versions of Golden's best-loved children's stories.]]>
24 Jean Cushman 0307340112 chatlie 0 to-read 4.41 1959 We Help Mommy
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<![CDATA[Catching Fire: The Official Illustrated Movie Companion (2) (The Hunger Games)]]> 17623910 160 Kate Egan 0545599334 chatlie 0 to-read, my-shelf 4.53 2013 Catching Fire: The Official Illustrated Movie Companion (2) (The Hunger Games)
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<![CDATA[Illumination in the Flatwoods: A Season With The Wild Turkey]]> 52216 248 Joe Hutto 1599211971 chatlie 5 4.46 1995 Illumination in the Flatwoods: A Season With The Wild Turkey
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White Rose 39884755
Disillusioned by the propaganda of Nazi Germany, Sophie Scholl, her brother, and his fellow soldiers formed the White Rose, a group that wrote and distributed anonymous letters criticizing the Nazi regime and calling for action from their fellow German citizens. The following year, Sophie and her brother were arrested for treason and interrogated for information about their collaborators. This debut novel recounts the lives of Sophie and her friends and highlights their brave stand against fascism in Nazi Germany.]]>
358 Kip Wilson chatlie 3 3.94 2019 White Rose
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First & Then 23310751
Pride and Prejudice meets Friday Night Lights in this contemporary novel about falling in love with the unexpected boy, with a new brother, and with yourself.]]>
272 Emma Mills 162779235X chatlie 2 3.90 2015 First & Then
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Normal People 41057294
A year later, they’re both studying at Trinity College in Dublin. Marianne has found her feet in a new social world while Connell hangs at the sidelines, shy and uncertain. Throughout their years in college, Marianne and Connell circle one another, straying toward other people and possibilities but always magnetically, irresistibly drawn back together. Then, as she veers into self-destruction and he begins to search for meaning elsewhere, each must confront how far they are willing to go to save the other.

Sally Rooney brings her brilliant psychological acuity and perfectly spare prose to a story that explores the subtleties of class, the electricity of first love, and the complex entanglements of family and friendship.]]>
273 Sally Rooney 1984822179 chatlie 0 to-read 3.81 2018 Normal People
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The Silent Patient 40097951
Alicia’s refusal to talk, or give any kind of explanation, turns a domestic tragedy into something far grander, a mystery that captures the public imagination and casts Alicia into notoriety. The price of her art skyrockets, and she, the silent patient, is hidden away from the tabloids and spotlight at the Grove, a secure forensic unit in North London.

Theo Faber is a criminal psychotherapist who has waited a long time for the opportunity to work with Alicia. His determination to get her to talk and unravel the mystery of why she shot her husband takes him down a twisting path into his own motivations—a search for the truth that threatens to consume him....

The Silent Patient is a shocking psychological thriller of a woman’s act of violence against her husband—and of the therapist obsessed with uncovering her motive.]]>
336 Alex Michaelides 1250301696 chatlie 0 to-read 4.18 2019 The Silent Patient
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World Whisperer 40758143 336 Rachel Devenish Ford 0999606115 chatlie 0 4.17 World Whisperer
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Hope and Other Punchlines 36584899 Sometimes looking to the past helps you find your future.

Abbi Hope Goldstein is like every other teenager, with a few smallish exceptions: her famous alter ego, Baby Hope, is the subject of internet memes, she has asthma, and sometimes people spontaneously burst into tears when they recognize her. Abbi has lived almost her entire life in the shadow of the terrorist attacks of September 11. On that fateful day, she was captured in what became an iconic photograph: in the picture, Abbi (aka "Baby Hope") wears a birthday crown and grasps a red balloon; just behind her, the South Tower of the World Trade Center is collapsing.

Now, fifteen years later, Abbi is desperate for anonymity and decides to spend the summer before her seventeenth birthday incognito as a counselor at Knights Day Camp two towns away. She's psyched for eight weeks in the company of four-year-olds, none of whom have ever heard of Baby Hope.

Too bad Noah Stern, whose own world was irrevocably shattered on that terrible day, has a similar summer plan. Noah believes his meeting Baby Hope is fate. Abbi is sure it's a disaster. Soon, though, the two team up to ask difficult questions about the history behind the Baby Hope photo. But is either of them ready to hear the answers?]]>
306 Julie Buxbaum 052564444X chatlie 0 3.88 2019 Hope and Other Punchlines
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<![CDATA[The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium #1)]]> 2429135
An international publishing sensation, Stieg Larsson’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo combines murder mystery, family saga, love story, and financial intrigue into one satisfyingly complex and entertainingly atmospheric novel.]]>
480 Stieg Larsson 0670069019 chatlie 0 4.17 2005 The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium #1)
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Still Me (Me Before You, #3) 35791968 From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Jojo Moyes, a new book featuring her iconic heroine of Me Before You and After You, Louisa Clark.

Louisa Clark arrives in New York ready to start a new life, confident that she can embrace this new adventure and keep her relationship with Ambulance Sam alive across several thousand miles. She steps into the world of the superrich, working for Leonard Gopnik and his much younger second wife, Agnes. Lou is determined to get the most out of the experience and throws herself into her new job and New York life.

As she begins to mix in New York high society, Lou meets Joshua Ryan, a man who brings with him a whisper of her past. Before long, Lou finds herself torn between Fifth Avenue where she works and the treasure-filled vintage clothing store where she actually feels at home. And when matters come to a head, she has to ask herself: Who is Louisa Clark? And how do you find the courage to follow your heart—wherever that may lead?

Funny, romantic, and poignant, Still Me follows Lou as she navigates how to stay true to herself, while pushing to live boldly in her brave new world.]]>
368 Jojo Moyes 0399562451 chatlie 0 4.09 2018 Still Me (Me Before You, #3)
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<![CDATA[Wicked Saints (Something Dark and Holy, #1)]]> 36118682 Wicked Saints—an epic, passionate novel that you won't soon forget. Prepare to meet:

A GIRL named Nadya, who hears the whisper of the gods inside her head.

A PRINCE surrounded by desperate suitors and deadly assassins

A MONSTER hidden behind pale, tortured eyes � and a smile that cuts like a knife

The paths of these three characters become entwined during a centuriea-long war filled with sinners and saints, magic and mystery, and a star-crossed romance that threatens to tip the scales between dark and light . .. forever.
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385 Emily A. Duncan 1250195667 chatlie 0 3.55 2019 Wicked Saints (Something Dark and Holy, #1)
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Shtein Spring 42166966 1884 Mark Shtein chatlie 0 to-read 0.0 Shtein Spring
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The Little Prince 157993
Few stories are as widely read and as universally cherished by children and adults alike as The Little Prince, presented here in a stunning new translation with carefully restored artwork. The definitive edition of a worldwide classic, it will capture the hearts of readers of all ages.]]>
96 Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 0152023984 chatlie 0 to-read 4.32 1943 The Little Prince
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<![CDATA[Master Your Mind, Master Your Life: 15 Mindset Hacks That Will Unleash Your Full Potential TODAY]]> 34014959 Success is 80% Mindset and 20% Mechanics. Now with THREE bonuses for 2017

Do you often find yourself setting new goals and never achieving them?

It’s a vicious cycle for most people � they set goals, get excited and work hard for a few weeks, then they either give up at the first failure or when the results aren’t good enough.

Well the thing is, the actual PROCESS, whether it be a diet, a fitness regime or a business model, usually works. I’m sorry to tell you this but it’s more likely YOU that is not working correctly.

This is why it is of PARAMOUNT importance that you develop the RIGHT mindset before you pursue ANY goal. This book contains 15 EASY ways to alter your mindset and unleash your full potential starting TODAY. You DON’T have to live a life of half measures. If you want to be in the same place a year from now, then don’t read this book.

BUT, if you are willing to develop yourself into someone that is GOING PLACES, I’d recommend INVESTING in yourself by reading this short book as a starting point. Who knows where it could take you.]]>
26 M S Teele chatlie 0 to-read 4.02 Master Your Mind, Master Your Life: 15 Mindset Hacks That Will Unleash Your Full Potential TODAY
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The Septembers of Shiraz 1038088
As Isaac navigates the tedium and terrors of prison, forging tenuous trusts, his wife feverishly searches for him, suspecting, all the while, that their once-trusted housekeeper has turned on them and is now acting as an informer.

And as his daughter, in a childlike attempt to stop the wave of baseless arrests, engages in illicit activities, his son, sent to New York before the rise of the Ayatollahs, struggles to find happiness even as he realizes that his family may soon be forced to embark on a journey of incalculable danger.

A page-turning literary debut, The Septembers of Shiraz simmers with questions of identity, alienation, and love, not simply for a spouse or a child, but for all the intangible sights and smells of the place we call home.]]>
340 Dalia Sofer 0061130400 chatlie 3 3.80 2007 The Septembers of Shiraz
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A Tale of Two Cities 9847899 This is the alternate cover edition for "A Tale of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens for ASIN number:B004EHZXVQ can be found here.

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times"

The story is set in the late 18th century against the background of the French Revolution. Although Dickens borrowed from Thomas Carlyle's history, The French Revolution, for his sprawling tale of London and revolutionary Paris, the novel offers more drama than accuracy.

The scenes of large-scale mob violence are especially vivid, if superficial in historical understanding. The complex plot involves Sydney Carton's sacrifice of his own life on behalf of his friends Charles Darnay and Lucie Manette. While political events drive the story, Dickens takes a decidedly antipolitical tone, lambasting both aristocratic tyranny and revolutionary excess--the latter memorably caricatured in Madame Defarge, who knits beside the guillotine.

When former aristocrat Charles Darnay learns that an old family servant needs his help, he abandons his safe haven in England and returns to Paris. But once there, the Revolutionary authorities arrest him not for anything he has done, but for his rich family's crimes. Also in danger: his wife, Lucie, their young daughter, and her aged father, who have followed him across the Channel.
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476 Charles Dickens chatlie 3 4.18 1859 A Tale of Two Cities
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<![CDATA[Short Stories from Rabindranath Tagore]]> 166396 249 Pratima Bowes 0856921440 chatlie 0 currently-reading 4.33 1917 Short Stories from Rabindranath Tagore
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<![CDATA[In an Absent Dream (Wayward Children, #4)]]> 38232344 204 Seanan McGuire 0765399296 chatlie 0 4.23 2019 In an Absent Dream (Wayward Children, #4)
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Hotel Lachapelle 43200 168 David Lachapelle 0821226363 chatlie 0 4.28 Hotel Lachapelle
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The Art of Tim Burton 7648998 Artwork from the following films and projects are included in this book: Alice in Wonderland (2010), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Corpse Bride (both 2005), Big Fish (2003), Planet of the Apes (2001), Sleepy Hollow, (1999), Mars Attacks! (1996), Ed Wood (1994), The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), Batman Returns (1992), Edward Scissorhands (1990), Family Dog (1987), Batman (1989), Beetlejuice (1988), Pee-Wee's Big Adventure (1985), Frankenweenie (1984), Vincent (1982), and Hansel & Gretel (1982). The book also contains additional drawings from his illustrated book of poetry The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy & Other Stories (1997), and from The World of Stainboy web shorts (2000).

Text By: Leah Gallo, Design by: Holly Kempf, Edited by: Derek Frey, Leah Gallo & Holly Kempf

*PLUS*

Personal text contributions by friends and fellow creatives including:

Allison Abbate, Colleen Atwood, John August, Rick Baker, Helena Bonham Carter, Felicity Dahl, Johnny Depp, Danny Devito, Danny Elfman, Carlos Grangel, Ray Harryhausen, Martin Landau, Rick Heinrichs, Christopher Lee, Lindsay Macgowan, Shane Mahan, Ian Mackinnon, Alex Mcdowell, Victoria Price, Ken Ralston, Paul Reubens, Deep Roy, Winona Ryder, and Richard Zanuck.]]>
434 Tim Burton chatlie 0 4.65 1999 The Art of Tim Burton
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<![CDATA[Ice Cream Man, Volume 1: Rainbow Sprinkles]]> 36992226
ICE CREAM MAN is a genre-defying comic book series, featuring disparate “one-shot� tales of sorrow, wonder, and redemption. Each installment features its own cast of strange characters, dealing with their own special sundae of suffering. And on the periphery of all of them, like the twinkly music of his colorful truck, is the Ice Cream Man—a weaver of stories, a purveyor of sweet treats. Friend. Foe. God. Demon. The man who with a snap of his fingers—lickety split!—can change the course of your life forever.]]>
144 W. Maxwell Prince 1534306757 chatlie 2 to-read Nice book 3.59 2018 Ice Cream Man, Volume 1: Rainbow Sprinkles
author: W. Maxwell Prince
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