![]() ![]() Our book program also gives parents the chance to connect and engage with their children in a meaningful and beneficial way. “We are giving children across the state from every background and social status the same chance to imagine new worlds and learn through reading. Originally from Lawrence, Kan., Dustin loves fishing, the Kansas Jayhawks basketball team and weekly movie nights with his wife and children. in education and a minor in business administration. Previously, he spent 10 years working in non-profit organizations, most recently as Executive Director of the Old School Farm in Nashville, Tenn., where he worked to create vocational training, job opportunities and educational experiences for adults with developmental disabilities.ĭustin graduated from the University of Kansas with a B.A. his distractible father, he politely asks whether he can have a penguin-and then removes one from the penguin pool to his backpack. ![]() Available at Rod Library UNI Youth (YE BUZ). Dustin Jacobsen joined Governor's Early Literacy Foundation in 2020 as Executive Assistant, working directly with the Foundation’s leadership to manage customer service and program relationships. One cool friend / story by Toni Buzzeo pictures by David Small. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() Stine describes as “the scariest place on Earth.” In a Goosebumps first, the new series will be a serialized adventure, and the story won't end on the final page of book one, Revenge of the Living Dummy. The new series will be an immersive storytelling experience welcoming fans to HorrorLand, a vast theme park which R.L. The first twelve books were announced with the following details: The series, based loosely on One Day at HorrorLand (sixteenth in the original series) and Return to HorrorLand (thirteenth in the Goosebumps 2000 series), is the first Goosebumps series where each book is part of the same plot, and the first Goosebumps fictional crossover, with characters, villains and locations from distinct Goosebumps continuities interacting. Stine had written what was originally announced as a twelve-book series titled Goosebumps HorrorLand. There was an almost ten-year gap between the publication of the initial installment in the Goosebumps Horrorland. ![]() Stine, a spin-off of his popular Goosebumps books. Goosebumps HorrorLand is a horror novella series by R.L.
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Millions of Americans work full time, year round, for poverty-level wages. ![]() The New York Times bestselling work of undercover reportage from our sharpest and most original social critic, with a new foreword by Matthew Desmond, author of Evicted ![]() ![]() ![]() Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Montague, an occult scholar looking for solid evidence of a haunting Theodora, his lighthearted assistant. It is the story of four seekers who arrive at a notoriously unfriendly pile called Hill House: Dr. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. First published in 1959, Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House has been hailed as a perfect work of unnerving terror. But Hill House is gathering its powers-and soon it will choose one of them to make its own. At first, their stay seems destined to be merely a spooky encounter with inexplicable phenomena. Montague, an occult scholar looking for solid evidence of a "haunting" Theodora, his lighthearted assistant Eleanor, a friendless, fragile young woman well acquainted with poltergeists and Luke, the future heir of Hill House. ![]() ![]() ![]() The greatest haunted house story ever written, the inspiration for a 10-part Netflix series directed by Mike Flanagan and starring Michiel Huisman, Carla Gugino, and Timothy Hutton First published in 1959, Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House has been hailed as a perfect work of unnerving terror. ![]() ![]() ![]() All the cornerstones of the Southern table are here, from Out-of-This-World Smothered Catfish to desserts like a jaw-dropping Very Red Velvet Cake. ![]() Each dish has a “secret ingredient” for a burst of flavor: mayonnaise in the biscuits Savannah Seasoning in her Gone to Glory Potato Salad sugar-glazed bacon in her deviled eggs. These are the intensely satisfying dishes at the heart of Dora’s beloved Savannah: Shrimp and Rice Simple Smoky Okra Buttermilk Cornbread from her grandmother and of course, a truly incomparable Fried Chicken. ![]() Now, the woman who was barraged by editors and agents to tell her story invites us into her home to taste the food she loves best. Hundreds of thousands of people have made a trip to dine on the exceptional food cooked by Dora Charles at Savannah’s most famous restaurant. “ A beautiful read, a vital illustration of Southern foodways, and an important addition to the canon of great American cookbooks.”- Matt Lee and Ted Lee, authors of The Lee Bros. ![]() ![]() ![]() Now Keller is elevated to the highest ranks of the DEA, only to find that in destroying one monster he has created thirty more that are wreaking even more chaos and suffering in his beloved Mexico. ![]() His obsession to defeat the world’s most powerful, wealthy, and lethal kingpin-the godfather of the Sinaloa Cartel, Adán Barrera-has left him bloody and scarred, cost him people he loves, even taken a piece of his soul. What do you do when there are no borders? When the lines you thought existed simply vanish? How do you plant your feet to make a stand when you no longer know what side you’re on?įor over forty years, Art Keller has been on the front lines of America’s longest conflict: The War On Drugs. The explosive, highly anticipated conclusion to the epic Cartel trilogy from the New York Times bestselling author of The Force. Hardcover with DJ in Very Good (VG) condition. ![]() ![]() ![]() Not to be confused with (though obviously partly inspired by) the 1905 short story of the same title by H. It was adapted into a Real-Time Strategy video game of the same name in 2001. Attacked by strange stone-smelling ants, 327 allies with with a princess ant, 56, and a soldier ant, 103 683, in investigating the mysterious circumstances, and uncovers a conspiracy that goes deeper than any of them realize. ![]() He tries to alert the ant colony, at first suspecting the nearby dwarf ant colony, but they don't believe him. Meanwhile, at a russet ant ( Formica rufa) colony, a young male ant, 327, finds out that a whole group of ants were instantly killed under mysterious circumstances. In his will, he has left the instruction to " never ever go down in the basement". It's about the Wells family, who have inherited a house from their dead uncle Edmond Wells, an eccentric scientist who was obsessed about ants and apparently discovered very strange stuff about them. It got a sequel in 1992, and another one in 1996. Empire of the Ants (original title: Les Fourmis) is a science-fiction book written by Bernard Werber in 1991. ![]() ![]() A customized, souped-up, hot rod wheelchair named the Silver Bullet (it kills werewolves-get it?). ![]() Marty therefore doesn't need a motorized wheelchair, but the movie goes for some sick jokes as the kid pulls into a gas station to fill his tank.Īnd then Uncle Red ( Gary Busey) gives the kid a great present. As the werewolf continues his raids, the story centers around the typical family, and especially around the crippled kid, little Marty, whose legs are paralyzed but who is able to use his arms to climb trees and sneak out of the house at night. Who is the werewolf? I was able to guess almost the moment he walks onscreen. Worst of all, when the full moon shines, a werewolf breaks into people's homes and rips them to shreds. One of the kids in the family is in a motorized wheelchair. ![]() We meet a local family (named the "Coslaws"-a nice touch, expecially if the Potato Salads live next door). A decapitated body is found down by the tracks. ![]() ![]() The town's social life centers around the bar, where mean drunks sit around looking hostile. A narrator talks about how quiet and sleepy things used to be-and then, after a few shots of Main Street, we see what really goes on. The movie takes place in 1976, in one of King's patented little American towns. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() "What, dice with more than six sides? These things exist?". When I was 9, my sister's boyfriend gave me an old box with his Dungeons and Dragons books, guides, charachter sheets. Sometimes they were simply maps, sometimes they also had details like flags, factbook statistics.Īlso, I've always been fascinated by role-playing games - something that, essentially, the Imaginations are. Or huge islands in the Atlantic Ocean, midway between Brazil and Africa, with a multi-language Slavic and Latin American culture. A small jungle nation in the Angola-Zaire border area. So, of course I had to make my own lost countries as well! Rocky islets on the Pacific. The Crazy Boy of the title, on one page, describes his Lost Country of Eufeidolôcio and its capital city of Timólei-Mólei. ![]() This was certainly inspired by Brazilian writer Ziraldo Alves Pinto and his book O Menino Maluquinho (The Crazy Little Boy), which mom gave to me when I was 6 or 7. First of all, I've been always fascinated by the idea of imaginary countries. Use with care.Įufeidolôcio in all its glory. ![]() Consider any information here as out-of-character. ![]() ![]() ![]() Facing the complications and pressures of everyday lives, the Social Club offers a chance to meet regularly, dish, dine, and help each other over the bumpy course of life and love.įilled with humor, drama, and the redemptive power of friendship, The Dirty Girls Social Club promises to be one of the most talked-about books of the year. These women, who come from widely varied backgrounds, meet at Boston University and, after graduating, reunite every six months to share their stories. In this heartfelt and absorbing novel, Valdes-Rodriguez opens up the lives of six upwardly mobile Latina friends in their late 20's. Access a growing selection of included Audible Originals, audiobooks and podcasts. ![]() It's no wonder the media is all in a whirl. The Dirty Girls Social Club By: Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez Narrated by: Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez Length: 4 hrs and 44 mins 3.7 (241 ratings) Try for 0.00 Pick 1 title (2 titles for Prime members) from our collection of bestsellers and new releases. The Associated Press reported that "even people running the copy machines at major publishing houses just had to read The Dirty Girls Social Club." The Chicago Tribune reported that the book "set off a bidding frenzy" among publishers. Valdes-Rodriguezs debut novel delivers on the promise of its sexy title, offering six lively, irreverent characters: the sucias (dirty girls in Spanish). A vibrant and absorbing novel of six friends - each an unforgettable Latina in her late 20s - and the complications and triumphs in their lives.Īs soon as it was written, The Dirty Girls Social Club began turning heads. ![]() |