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Albert's Rain
by Annette SnyderAlbert's dream led him toward independence. Escaping slavery, and to pursue a life where no man controlled him, was his goal. Frivolities of friendships could vanish with the whip of a switch, but freedom could be held a lifetime. Rayna's choice was to set an example and board a ship so her people could survive. Only after arrival in America, at Bristol Plantation, did she realize what consequences her sacrifice held. Her surrender meant life as a slave and separation from her island family. Can Albert's heart transcend language and barriers of repression and allow Rayna close? Will Rayna put aside hurt caused by the plantation owner and permit Albert's love to heal her heart? Can the pair abandon mistrust and let the kindness of strangers be their salvation?
Alberta Alibi
by Dayle Campbell GaetzSheila, Rusty and Katie are on the road again. Fresh from their adventures in Barkerville, the trio is now in southern Alberta. Sheila has been anxiously anticipating her reunion with her father and is worried about how they will get along. Her fears are confirmed when they arrive at the Triple W Ranch and he is not there to greet them. When the police arrive, Sheila finds that her father is in big trouble. Developers want to take over his land to build new housing and a golf course and when the night watchman at the development is shot, all the evidence points to Sheila's father. Sheila tries to help out, but the clues she finds only make things worse. Is Sheila's dad guilty? She doesn't think so and with help from the others sets out to prove it.
Albertine
by Décio GomesAlbertine y Jeremy crecieron juntos, y con ellos creció también el amor. Después de muchas tragedias familiares, separaciones e infortunios del destino, los dos jóvenes llevaron a cabo la tan soñada boda. Una ceremonia sencilla, hecha en aquella que sería su nueva morada: la mansión Riddell, una enorme y sombría construcción heredada por Jeremy, descubierta por casualidad en los documentos ocultos por la tiranía de su padre. En la nueva casa, junto a los criados juntos y Rosa, la fiel gobernanta que cuidara del joven desde la muerte de su madre, la pareja poco a poco comienza a descubrir que la herencia iba mucho más allá de aquella grande casa. Había algo mucho más grande: algo que pondría no sólo el amor de los dos, sino también la vida de Albertine en peligro de muerte e irremediable. Mientras el miedo y el horror se esconden en cada uno de los pasillos de la mansión, Albertine entonces tendrá que descubrir la manera de escapar del terrible destino que le espera, mientras lucha por su gran amor, sino también por su propia vida.
Albertine: The Ridell Chronicles
by Décio GomesAlbertine tells the story of a young couple in love, who after some family tragedies and twists of fate, makes the dream of getting married come true. Their new address would be a gigantic and gloomy mansion inherited by Jeremy, which he discovered by chance amongst the documents kept secret by his father’s tyranny. An old building, filled with stories and secrets. In their new address, along with the servants and Rosa, their faithful housekeeper who took care of the boy ever since his mother died, the couple begins to find out that Jeremy’s inheritance goes far beyond that house. There’s something much bigger; something that would place not only their love, but also Albertine’s life in a mortal and unescapable danger.
Albie's First Word: A Tale Inspired by Albert Einstein's Childhood
by Wynne Evans Jacqueline TourvilleHere's a beautiful historical fiction picture book--perfect for the Common Core--that provides a rare glimpse into the early childhood of Albert Einstein, the world's most famous physicist. Three-year-old Albie has never said a single word. When his worried mother and father consult a doctor, he advises them to expose little Albie to new things: a trip to the orchestra, an astronomy lecture, a toy boat race in the park. But though Albie dances with excitement at each new experience, he remains silent. Finally, the thoughtful, quiet child witnesses something so incredible, he utters his very first word: "Why?" Kids, parents, and teachers will be delighted and reassured by this joyous story of a child who develops a bit differently than others."More than a distinctive introduction to Albert Einstein, this book promotes both understanding of difference and scientific curiosity." --Kirkus Reviews, StarredFrom the Hardcover edition.
Albie's First Word: Read & Listen Edition
by Jacqueline TourvilleHere&’s a beautiful historical fiction picture book that provides a rare glimpse into the early childhood of Albert Einstein, the world&’s most famous physicist. Three-year-old Albie has never said a single word. When his worried mother and father consult a doctor, he advises them to expose little Albie to new things: a trip to the orchestra, an astronomy lecture, a toy boat race in the park. But though Albie dances with excitement at each new experience, he remains silent. Finally, the thoughtful, quiet child witnesses something so incredible, he utters his very first word: &“Why?&” Kids, parents, and teachers will be delighted and reassured by this joyous story of a child who develops a bit differently than others.This Read & Listen edition contains audio narration.
Albion
by Jennifer Joffre Bianca MarconeroUn roman d'urban fantasy inspiré par la légende du roi Arthur. Au milieu des Alpes suisses se dresse l'Institut Albion, une école très spéciale, dans laquelle on n'entre pas par mérite, mais par droit héréditaire. Dans ce lieu loin de tout, au centre d'une Europe multiculturelle suspendue entre mythe et réalité, cinq adolescents vont se retrouver plongés dans une aventure extraordinaire et traverser les frontières à la découverte d'eux-mêmes et de leurs racines. Entre des amours naissantes, des amitiés durement gagnées, perdues puis retrouvées, des trahisons et des révélations déconcertantes, les héros vont découvrir qu'ils sont liés à un destin commun et inattendu ; un destin qui a pour nom légende.
Albion - Destino de caballero
by Bianca Marconero Marcela Gutiérrez Bravo y Rosina IglesiasEntre los Alpes Suizos surge el Albion College, una escuela especial en la que no se entra por mérito, sino por derecho hereditario. En ese lugar remoto, en el centro de una Europa multicultural suspendida entre mito y realidad; cinco chicos se encontrarán viviendo una increíble aventura por el continente y en pos del descubrimiento de sí mismos y de sus raíces. Entre amores que nacen, amistades ganadas, perdidas y reencontradas, traiciones y revelaciones desconcertantes, los protagonistas descubrirán estar ligados por un insospechado destino común: un destino llamado leyenda.
Albion: A Novel
by Anna Hope“Albion explores the complexities of family, trauma, nature, human nature, landscape and escape in language that is as provocative as it is tender.”—Miranda Cowley Heller, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Paper PalaceA finely crafted, propulsive, and nuanced story of family, inheritance, and accountability that shakes the country house novel to its foundations from the internationally acclaimed author of Expectation.The Brooke family are gathering in their eighteenth-century ancestral home—twenty bedrooms of carved Sussex sandstone—to bury Philip: husband, father, and the blinding sun around which they have orbited their entire lives.Eldest daughter Frannie, inheritor of a thousand acres of English countryside, has dreams of rewilding and returning the estate to nature: a last line of defense against the coming climate catastrophe. Her brother Milo envisages a treetop haven for the super-rich where, under the influence of psychedelic drugs, a new ruling class will be reborn. Each believes their father has given them his blessing, setting them on a collision course with each other.Isa, Philip’s estranged youngest child, only hopes to reconnect with her childhood love who still lives on the estate, to discover whether it is her feelings for him that are creating the fault lines in her marriage.And then there is Clara, who arrives in their midst from America, shrouded in secrets and bearing a truth that will fracture all the dreams on which they’ve built their lives.Beautifully layered and utterly compelling, Anna Hope’s multigenerational saga is a bold, brilliant, and deeply contemporary examination of family dynamics, colonial legacies, and class, set against the backdrop of the climate crisis.
Albion: Origins of the English Imagination
by Peter AckroydAn exciting new book from the acclaimed author of the magnificent London: The Biography. This book covers the whole of English cultural history from the Anglo-Saxon period to the present day -- from the Venerable Bede through English myths such as the legends about King Arthur and Albion to C. S. Lewis; from Chaucer through Spencer to George Eliot; from the English mystics through the philosopher Locke to Iris Murdoch; from Purcell through Elgar to Michael Tippett; from Hogarth through Constable to Turner; from mystery plays through Shakespeare to music hall. Peter Ackroyd's favourite themes are here: the visionary poetry of Blake, the theatrical novels of Dickens, the humanism of Thomas More -- and there are also explorations of forgery and plagiarism, Romanticism, artificiality, farce and pantomime, assimilation and energy. The author leads the reader through a labyrinth in one of the most exuberant books to be published this year.
Albrecht Durer: A Guide to Research (Artist Resource Manuals)
by Jane Campbell HutchisonHutchison's book is a complete guide on Durer and the research on his work, his historical import and his aesthetic legacy.
Albrecht Dürer and me
by David ZierothDavid Zieroth's Albrecht Dürer and me, an autobiographical travelogue spanning the author's journeys through central Europe, explores the transformative effect of dislocation. Inspired by and responding to art and music, history and war, architecture and place, this collection unearths knowledge that can only be realized by leaving home.Throughout the book, the observant eye of a visitor witnesses the layering of history and the contemporary, and contemplates the juxtaposition of the practical aspects of travelling ("noise") with emotional and spiritual evolution ("'Nude self-portrait'"). Responding to greats such as W.H. Auden, James Joyce and Albrecht Dürer, the speaker expresses how viewing foreign artwork or hearing unfamiliar music can spark a new awareness, not only of international culture, but of the expression of life and the human condition.The poems temper the high with the low, reflecting the many dualities of wanderlust. Stately homes are contrasted with war-scarred architecture, and sleepless nights, crowded trains and missed connections offset literature and symphony. "Berlin Album" reflects on the stains the past has left on modern-day Germany: "church bells at 6:00 p.m. / from spires on Borsigstrasse / pass an iron sound through rippled windows / so my body vibrates, and remembers / bullet holes in stone walls along the Spree." "on first hearing Mahler's Fifth" echoes that musical composition to mirror and evoke life's song and "weeds grew while I was away" describes the shock of returning home with the expectation of stasis only to find that things have changed.Attentive, humble and expertly crafted, Albrecht Dürer and me is a travel diary rife with evocative image, sensory detail and eloquent reflection, narrated with an honest, mature voice.
Albrecht Dürer and the Epistolary Mode of Address
by Shira BrismanArt historians have long looked to letters to secure biographical details; clarify relationships between artists and patrons; and present artists as modern, self-aware individuals. This book takes a novel approach: focusing on Albrecht Dürer, Shira Brisman is the first to argue that the experience of writing, sending, and receiving letters shaped how he treated the work of art as an agent for communication. In the early modern period, before the establishment of a reliable postal system, letters faced risks of interception and delay. During the Reformation, the printing press threatened to expose intimate exchanges and blur the line between public and private life. Exploring the complex travel patterns of sixteenth-century missives, Brisman explains how these issues of sending and receiving informed Dürer’s artistic practices. His success, she contends, was due in large part to his development of pictorial strategies—an epistolary mode of address—marked by a direct, intimate appeal to the viewer, an appeal that also acknowledged the distance and delay that defers the message before it can reach its recipient. As images, often in the form of prints, coursed through an open market, and artists lost direct control over the sale and reception of their work, Germany’s chief printmaker navigated the new terrain by creating in his images a balance between legibility and concealment, intimacy and public address.
Albrek's Tomb (Adventurers Wanted Series #3)
by Mark L. FormanTwo thousand years ago, the dwarf Albrek went looking for new mines in the land of Thraxon in the hopes of becoming rich -- and vanished. Now the dwarves must find Albrek's magical Ring of Searching before their mines run dry, a possibility which threatens the livelihood of the entire dwarf realm. <P><P> Alexander Taylor joins a familiar company of adventurers on a quest to discover what happened to Albrek, find his mythical tomb, and locate the lost talisman. <P><P> But finding the ring may be the least of the adventurers' problems once they cross paths with an ancient, wandering paladin, Bane, who warns of a great evil working in all of the known lands. Following in Albrek's footsteps, Alex and his friends travel to the haunted Isle of Bones, where a mysterious creature lurks in a deserted village, to the cursed city of Neplee, where the dwarfs are hunted by the undead hellerash, and through the shadow of an empty oracle's tower, where a whispered legend is about to come true.
Album for the Young (and Old): Poems
by Steven Seymour Vera PavlovaA new collection of the accessible and evocative "micro-verse" from one of Russia's most beloved poets.Vera Pavlova's If There Is Something to Desire delighted the poetry world a few years ago. Her poems, rarely longer than a few lines, thrill and puzzle us like Zen koans, considering matters philosophical, romantic, sexual, familial, artistic. Album for the Young (and Old), whose title poem takes its name and inspiration from Tchaikovsky’s music, carries us through a life in miniatures, drawing from a wide-ranging group of poems translated by the poet’s late husband, Steven Seymour. Here Pavlova returns to her childhood to peruse its key ingredients (“a glass jar, a rag, a sponge . . . Mom’s listening to the Beatles, / Dad, to Radio Liberty”), confronts adulthood (“And, please, no forbidden fruits!”), balances her loves and losses (“Without you, my unquenchable . . . woes are bearable, / joys are not”). Once again, this poet’s piquant short poems sum up worlds and take on heavyweight challenges, yet are light enough to carry with us.
Album: Unpublished Correspondence and Texts (European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism)
by Roland BarthesAlbum provides an unparalleled look into Roland Barthes's life of letters. It presents a selection of correspondence, from his adolescence in the 1930s through the height of his career and up to the last years of his life, covering such topics as friendships, intellectual adventures, politics, and aesthetics. It offers an intimate look at Barthes's thought processes and the everyday reflection behind the composition of his works, as well as a rich archive of epistolary friendships, spanning half a century, among the leading intellectuals of the day.Barthes was one of the great observers of language and culture, and Album shows him in his element, immersed in heady French intellectual culture and the daily struggles to maintain a writing life. Barthes's correspondents include Maurice Blanchot, Michel Butor, Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault, Julia Kristeva, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Georges Perec, Raymond Queneau, Alain Robbe-Grillet, Marthe Robert, and Jean Starobinski, among others. The book also features documents, letters, and postcards reproduced in facsimile; unpublished material; and notes and transcripts from his seminars. The first English-language publication of Barthes's letters, Album is a comprehensive testimony to one of the most influential critics and philosophers of the twentieth century and the world of letters in which he lived and breathed.
Albuquerque
by Sara OrwigEnticing, entrancing April Danby had given her heart to one man when she was little more than a girl. Then she lost him and vowed never to feel that way for another. Noah McCloud had been madly in love with a bewitching temptress who had betrayed him. Now he knew better than ever to put his happiness and dreams into the hands of a woman again. He told himself to be wary of April from the moment he met her. For her part, April drew back from the fierce response rising within her at Noah's gaze, his touch, his lips on hers. But this was Albuquerque, where men and women left their pasts far behind ... and let the passionate present rule. ...
Albuquerque (A Southwestern Saga #2)
by Sara OrwigA pretty saloon singer finds danger and love in a novel by an author who &“draws readers in with just the right amount of mystery, humor and chemistry&” (RT Book Reviews). Albuquerque is the boomtown of the New Mexico territory, where ambition and greed make even the boldest of dreams come true. It is where April Dabney resides, singing in church by day and serenading the patrons of a local saloon by night. It is also where Noah McCloud, brother of a fallen Confederate soldier, comes to build a promising future from the remains of a broken past. Noah is convinced that the gold his brother carried was stolen by the woman who was with his last hours—April Dabney. Now the two find themselves caught in an unsettling mixture of suspicion and desire… From the USA Today-bestselling author, this is a novel of passion and intrigue in the Old West starring &“[a] winning heroine&”—Publishers Weekly
Alburquerque: A Novel
by Rudolfo AnayaTaking its title from the original spelling of the city's name, Alburquerque is the story of a Chicano boxer's quest for identity Abrán González always knew he was different. Called a coyote because of his fair skin, the kid from Barelas found escape through boxing and became one of the youngest Golden Gloves champions. But the arrival of a letter from a dying woman turns his entire life into a lie. The revelation that he was adopted makes him feel like an orphan and sends him on a quest to find his birth father. With the help of his girlfriend, Lucinda, and Joe, a Vietnam veteran, Abrán begins a journey that hurls him from the barrio into a world of greed and political corruption spearheaded by Frank Dominic, a con artist running for mayor with visions of building El Dorado on the Rio Grande. Rudolfo Anaya's vibrant novel celebrates a land and a people struggling to preserve and reshape ancient tradition. Rich in spirituality and sense of place, Alburquerque cuts across class and ethnic lines to tell a story of hope and displacement, love and regret, and the age-old quest for roots, identity, and family.
Alcaparras de Corfú (Sublime Retreats Romances #1)
by Joy Skye¿Pueden unas vacaciones curar un corazón roto? Para la divorciada Kate Delaney, es hora de mostrarle al mundo que puede arreglárselas muy bien sin un hombre. Aceptando el deseo de su hijo de ayudarle con sus habituales y entusiastas habilidades de planificación para proponerle matrimonio a su novia, organiza unas vacaciones en la isla de Corfú, Grecia y organiza el "gran momento". Pero cuando sus planes comienzan a desmoronarse con hilarantes consecuencias, conoce al apuesto Pericles y se sorprende al descubrir que se puede relajar en el estilo de vida griego. ¿Podrán estas vacaciones realmente cambiar su futuro y ofrecerle una segunda oportunidad para el amor? Esto es lo que a los lectores les ENCANTA sobre Alcaparras de Corfú: 'Gloriosamente lleno de amor, risas y lágrimas'. ★★★★★ 'Una historia encantadora, perfecta para una lectura navideña' ★★★★★ '¡Qué maravillosa y divertida escapada a Corfú!' ★★★★★ 'Ya agregué el próximo libro a mi lista de deseos' ★★★★★
Alcatraz
by Max BrandFrederick Schiller Faust (May 29, 1892 - May 12, 1944) was an American author known primarily for his thoughtful and literary Westerns under the pen name Max Brand. This is one of his novels.
Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians (Alcatraz #1)
by Brandon SandersonAlcatraz Smedry doesn't seem destined for anything but disaster. On his 13th birthday he receives a bag of sand, which is quickly stolen by the cult of evil Librarians plotting to take over the world. The sand will give the Librarians the edge they need to achieve world domination. Alcatraz must stop them!... by infiltrating the local library, armed with nothing but eyeglasses and a talent for klutziness.
Alcatraz Versus the Knights of Crystallia (Alcatraz #3)
by Brandon SandersonIn this third book in the Alcatraz Smedry series by an acclaimed fantasy writer, it's up to Alcatraz, a boy with all the wrong talents, to save the day when the Evil Librarians lay siege to the Free Kingdom city of Crystallia.
Alcatraz Versus the Scrivener's Bones (Alcatraz #2)
by Brandon SandersonAlcatraz Smedry has an incredible talent... for breaking things! It generally gets him into a lot of trouble, but can he use it to save the day? In this second Alcatraz adventure, Alcatraz finds himself on a mission to save Grandpa Smedry when he gets swept up by a flying glass dragon powered by the mouthy Smedry clan. Their mission? A dangerous, library-filled one of course! This time they are on their way to the ancient and mysterious Library of Alexandria (which some silly people think was long ago destroyed!). They must find Grandpa Smedry, look for clues leading to Alcatraz's potentially undead dead father, and battle the creepy and dangerous soul-sucking curators who await them.
Alcatraz Versus the Shattered Lens (Alcatraz #4)
by Brandon SandersonThe fourth and final book in the fabulously funny Alcatraz Smedry series! Alcatraz Smedry, the boy with the incredible Talent for breaking things, has a lot to prove and little time in which to do it. In this final adventure, Alcatraz faces an army of librarians--and their giant robots--as they battle to win the kingdom of Mokia. If the librarians win the war, everything that Alcatraz has fought so hard for could end in disaster. Alcatraz must face the robots, the evil librarians, and even his own manipulative mother! But will he be able to save the kingdom of Mokia and the Free Kingdoms from the wrath of the librarians before everything comes crashing down?